Just a collection of short stories about Tomorrow X Together members
It's my first time writing for anyone other than myself so I apologise in advance :T
Recap Hours later, everyone was talking about food... well by everyone I mean Yeonjun, Hayoung and Soobin. So we decided to stop and get lunch at one of the parks restaurants. We also decided that since no one wanted to pay for their own food, we'd play a game; the loosing two have to pay! And what was that game, you might ask? Classic, old but gold... rock, paper, scissors!
The atmosphere has never been so tense between us before. It was a life or death situation... and Soobin and Beomgyu lost, much to their disappointment. We ordered tteokbokki, fried chicken and corn dogs. As we were eating, I went through some of the pictures I took today on both my Polaroid and Huening Kai's digital camera. Managed to capture quite a lot of good pictures. This one of the boys was by far your favourite.
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You even managed to get a few candids of Yeonjun. You soon realised that he's super photogenic. What you didn't realise, however, was Hayoung looking over your shoulder. She quickly snatched the camera and polaroids out of your hands. "Oh wow, guys look!" She exclaimed, quickly handing the camera and photos around the table before you could grab them back. "Yah! Pass them back!" You yelled reaching across the table. You soon gave up when the boys all pushed their seats further away from the table to look at your pictures without interruption. "Ahh that's so embarrassing, seriously!" You groaned, you picked at your food, turned your back to everyone and continued eating like nothing was happening. There were many things about you that you didn't like to share, in fear of criticism that leaves you disheartened... plus it's just plain embarrassing to share. "Wow! Noona, you take such great photos!" Exclaimed Huening Kai "I agree, look how she captured the right angle of the sun hitting our faces." Complimented Taehyun "Of course, Aurem is crazy talented. I go to her to take all my pictures" announced Hayoung, feeling smug with herself but also proud of you. "Woah, look how handsome Yeonjun looks in these candids!" Yelled Beomgyu "Of course! I'm handsome, Aurem-ah made me look even more handsome" he said cheekily. That put a smile on your lips. "Oh, there's so many of Yeonjun" commented Soobin. Shit. You forgot you took those on Kai's camera instead of yours. You felt your face beat up; you knew you'd been caught out when you felt 6 pairs of eyes on you. You took that as your cue to leave. You pushed away your food before grabbing your Polaroid and saying a quick "thanks for the compliments, I'll meet you guys back at the entrance later, bye" whilst avoiding eye contact and quickly dashed around a corner out of their line of view.
You let out a breath you didn't know you were holding. That was so embarrassing, no doubt Yeonjun guessed that you liked him from the sheer amount of pictures you took of him. Ugh! Now things are gonna be awkward between the two of you and you didn't want that. You'd rather suffer from a one-sided love and stay best friends with Yeonjun than confess (or be found out), then him reject you and that being the end of a strong friendship or worse, a weakened friendship. You felt something wet touch touch your hand. A few stray tears had slipped past your eyes, descending down your cheeks. But you were too lost in thought to realise.
It seemed only seconds had passed since you had left the group and you felt warm hands wrap around your waist. Judging from the scent, it was Yeonjun. He pulled you into his chest and just held you tightly, not saying a word. You didn't know what to say or do so you just hugged him back. After a few minutes, he pulled back slightly. "Aurem-ah, please don't cry anymore." He pleaded wiping your tears. "To make you feel better, I'll say it first" he looked nervous, his eyes landing everywhere but yours. "I like you" he confessed, holding your hands. Your heart soared. "I have liked you for ages now but I was too afraid to tell you before because I thought you only saw me as a brother and I didn't want to loose you as my best friend. I wasn't certain of your feelings for me but I thought that maybe you did like me even just a little bit from the amount of photos you took of me earlier - plus, when you walked off, Hayoung told me you liked me. I hope she's not lying because I've just confessed to you but you don't have to give me an answer, just know that I'll always be here for you." He finish his little speech with a red tint to his cheeks and a small smile on his lips. You didn't say anything for the longest time but the smile never left his lips and he never lost eye contact with you. Until finally, "I like you too" the biggest grin formed on Yeonjun's face and you couldn't help but smile back. He hugged you so tight you almost couldn't breathe. "Reumie-ah, lets date." Yeonjun looked you dead in the eye, almost daring you to object. You squealed and jumped into his arms. He spun you around and you both fell into a fit of giggles. Once he placed you back on your feet, he peppered your face with kisses, something you dreamt of him doing for the longest time. You felt so happy and warm on the inside. He paused as he got close to your lips, silently asking your permission. You approved by closing the gap between the two of you and connecting your lips with his. The kiss was short and sweet, everything you needed in that moment.
You both had been walking around the amusement park taking selfies and just talking about anything and everything. You suggested riding the Ferris wheel, something you always wanted to do if Yeonjun ever became your boyfriend. You smiled at the thought. You were both in the middle of taking pictures together when your phones starting vibrating.
Hayoung: YAH! ARE YOU TWO DATING YET? 😏 Beomgyu: I KNEW IT! Taehyun, you owe me a milkshake 😌 Taehyun: In my defence, I thought they were already dating...🤨 Soobin: Since when? Why didn't anyone tell me?🤯🤯 HueningKai: AUREM NOONA AND YEONJUNIE HYUNG ARE DATING?!😱😱😱
And it continued like that for a couple of minutes, then just arguing between who knew first and why the others weren't informed about it. You giggled. "It seems that everyone knew before we did" you giggled. "Well, everyone apart from Soobin and Huening" "Soobin has been too preoccupied with Hayoung to notice if a building was on fire. And NingNing is an innocent baby" Yeonjun chuckled. "We should probably go and find them before they go crazy" suggested Yeonjun. You agreed and sent out a text on the group chat.
Aurem: We'll meet you by the entrance in 10 😅
At the entrance, the conversation stayed on the topic of you and Yeonjun until Hayoung spoke. "Alright guys, I think they've had enough of our teasing. What are we having for dinner? Should we pick something up on the way back?" And so the debate or what to eat arose. As we all got into the minivan, Taehyun and Soobin watched and listened in amusement at Hayoung, Beomgyu and Huening Kai argue over what we should eat. Yeonjun and I were seated at the middle, right in the midst of it all. "Yah! Why don't we just order from that buffet place we went to last time? That way, everyone can chose what they want" Soobin smartly suggested. Everyone agreed and I didn't miss Hayoung complimenting Soobin's idea... he went red again lol.
We set off back to Seoul and the trip back was much more laid back than the one going to the amusement park. The radio played softly in the background and Yeonjun was singing along sweetly in my ear making my face heat up much to my embarrassment but thankfully nobody paid us any attention. He was too sweet, but oh my his voice was so smooth.
We ordered ahead and pick up our food before heading to the convenience store near Soobin's house. We all hopped out the minivan and made our way inside the store... I think we bought too much snacks! Oh well.
The short drive to Soobin's house was full of anticipation for the movie night. And so the discussion began; what movies are we watching?
