ink • soonhoon (completed)

• nineteen •

jihoon woke up with the sun shining onto his face. the sensation was warm but it still bothered him, he wanted to sleep more. jihoon blinked as his eyes struggled to adjust to the brightness and he glanced up to see soonyoung still sleeping as soft breaths passed his lips. jihoon slightly shifted and soonyoung stirred in his sleep and he gripped onto the boy a bit tighter. jihoon grinned at the cute action, even in his sleep soonyoung loved having jihoon in his arms.

jihoon glanced to the clock on the bedside table and read it was nearly ten and they had to go check on the cafe soon. jihoon had to wake up soonyoung even though he wanted to let the boy rest. jihoon laid there and admired the boy's soft features for a minute more. he reflected as he got lost in thought about how lucky he truly had gotten. when he was with soonyoung he forgot about all of his worries and felt as if he was floating, soonyoung was truly the person that jihoon held closest in his heart. jihoon felt like a child saying it but he felt- no, he knew that soonyoung was his soulmate.

"soonyoung," jihoon said softly as he attempted to wake him up, no response.

"soonie," jihoon used a nickname hoping it would bring some sort of response but there was nothing, jihoon let out a huff and pouted.

"baby!" jihoon chimed and soonyoung woke up upon being called baby. he rubbed his eyes and looked down at jihoon and a grin just spread across his face.

"you.. so pretty.." soonyoung sleepily said as his head fell back onto the pillow and he seemed to fall asleep again. jihoon just let out a defeated sigh as his heart melted and face blushed.

he rested his head back onto soonyoung's chest and listened to his heart thump. jihoon could bask in this moment for forever and he wouldn't have a single complaint. while the two should've gotten up to go tend to the cafe, five more minutes couldn't hurt them much. jihoon felt his eyelids begin to shut slowly as the comfort of the moment lulled him to sleep, he didn't fight it and let himself fall back asleep.

jihoon woke up to the smell of food. he reached out to feel for soonyoung but felt an empty bed, jihoon's eyes opened and he frowned as he didn't see soonyoung. he sat up and pushed himself out of bed. he walked towards the joint living room and kitchen area, soonyoung was humming as he stirred some dish. jihoon was irritated by waking up alone in bed but he did slightly grin at soonyoung in an apron while humming, he looked like a housewife.

jihoon snuck up behind him and hugged him from behind as he burrowed his head into soonyoung's back. soonyoung grinned as he recognized the boy immediately.

"good morning baby," soonyoung chimed and jihoon flushed a bright red as he kept his face nuzzled into soonyoung's back.

"m-morning," jihoon responded and soonyoung grinned as he could read the flustered in jihoon's tone.

"i made lunch, it's kinda big because we didn't have breakfast." soonyoung said and jihoon nodded into his back, soonyoung was so warm he didn't want to let go.

"let's go eat," soonyoung chimed and jihoon hummed in response but didn't let go of soonyoung.

soonyoung turned off the heat on the stove and turned around so that jihoon's face was now in his chest. jihoon noticed the change and looked up to be met with a kiss being pressed gently onto his lips. jihoon's face flushed a light pink as he glanced down soonyoung's lips again.

"a-again," jihoon mumbled and soonyoung smiled and complied as he pressed another kiss to jihoon's lips.

after the conversation they had a few nights ago the anxiety that jihoon had once felt seemed to bubble down and cease. he found himself feeling his heart race and his face heat up easier and more than usual. jihoon was truly feeling the affects of love and he was secretly adoring them. soonyoung was in love with jihoon and his flustered look that he seemed to be wearing more often, it was so easy to make jihoon melt.

"let's go eat, hm? we gotta go to the cafe today too," soonyoung said softly as he backed away from jihoon's lips, jihoon nodded and released soonyoung.

jihoon grabbed the plates and silverware while soonyoung put the food onto the table. the two sat across from each other and didn't talk much as they ate and they didn't need to being with each other was enough. jihoon was quietly eating when he began to get lost in thought, was it really okay for him to work at the salon? he was covered in tattoos and wasn't exactly friendly.

"bub? are you okay?" soonyoung asked as he watched jihoon's pace of eating slow until he wasn't eating at all. jihoon snapped to attention at the petname and he just smiled and nodded.

"jihoon.." soonyoung chimed and jihoon frowned, he knew he should tell soonyoung about his worries. he buckled and decided to tell him.

"is it.. is it really okay for me to work at the cafe? my tattoos and lack of social skills might scare off customers-"

"i want you to work with me at the cafe. if a customer is "scared off" by your tattoos then i didn't want their business anyway! the thing that matters most to me is you," soonyoung said and jihoon's heart sped up and his face warmed up as he listened. how did soonyoung so casually have this affect on him?

"i-i love you.." jihoon mumbled and soonyoung squinted as if it would help him hear better.

"huh?" soonyoung asked and jihoon's face got even more red as he felt like he was being teased but soonyoung genuinely didn't hear him.

"i love you," jihoon said again and soonyoung's face flushed a shade of pink and he leaned over the table and placed a hand on jihoon's cheek causing the two to make eye contact.

"i love you too," soonyoung whispered before pressing their lips together in a sweet kiss.

so soft and sweet like honey.

• author's notes •

aight i rlly like this chapter so pls don't clown me ..

also if you follow me and see my message board posts you have probably seen that im in the works of writing a demon au book and im tryna figure out the ship so leave your suggestions in the comments !! the groups i wanna write are either svt, ateez, bts, or skz

thank you for reading <3

-lilly