Try Not To Fall In Love | woohwa

10

after they finish eating the cupcakes, they go upstairs to wooyoung's room. since it was supposed to be a sleepover, seonghwa brought some pajamas along with a plushie.

he goes into the bathroom to change into his pajamas, then walks back into wooyoung's room and sees he has his pajamas on already. he must admit he looks really cute.

when wooyoung sees him, he smiles at him and sits up on his bed. he had already chosen a movie for them to watch, so he hits play as soon as seonghwa sits down next to him.

wooyoung must admit he's a little worried about what will happen tomorrow. tomorrow is monday and the first day back in school after being a 'couple'. so he's a little worried that when they stop this, seonghwa won't even be his friend anymore. he's afraid that everything will go back to how it used to be and seonghwa will go back to his friends and start ignoring him like he used to.

"what are you thinking about?" wooyoung hears seonghwa ask him, which interrupts his thoughts. he turns to him, only to realize that seonghwa's really close to him and has his arm wrapped around his shoulder.

"nothing." wooyoung lies and forces a smile.

"i know the movie just started, but before it hits twelve, could we go to the beach? to walk around?"

"to the beach?"

"yeah... on my way to your house, i noticed you lived near the beach, so..."

"oh." wooyoung nods and looks down at his phone, checking the time. it's 10 pm. "sure." he gives him a small smile.

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once it's 11:30, they both make their way to the beach. it's only a few minute walk from wooyoung's house, so it doesn't take long for them to get there.

"remember when we were here last time? the second day we started dating?" seonghwa asks him and wooyoung just nods. "it's only been a few days since then, but it honestly feels like it's been way longer since then."

"why's that?"

"it just feels like we know each other a little more than someone would know a person they started getting to know in just a week."

"i guess so." wooyoung nods, understanding what he means. seonghwa sits down on the sand and reaches for wooyoung's hand, pulling him down so he can sit next to him.

they sit in silence for a little while as wooyoung looks down at the sand, lost in his thoughts. there's only around ten minutes until the clock hits twelve. after that, he might never talk to seonghwa again, so he's sad.

seonghwa notices how much wooyoung keeps looking down at his phone, checking the time. a small smile forms on his lips when he sees wooyoung pout.

"so about tomorrow..." seonghwa starts and wooyoung turns to look at him. "i was thinking you could come over to my house for dinner. i don't work tomorrow after school, so..."

wooyoung just stays quiet, not believing what seonghwa just said. is he making more plans so they can hang out together? he thought that after today, they would never talk to each other again.

"it's only if you want to." seonghwa says, nervously. "i just realized you never tried my food, so i want to cook for you tomorrow."

"a-are you sure?" wooyoung asks him. "so after today, we can still be friends?"

"well, no." seonghwa says, which makes wooyoung's smile fade.

'that was harsh.' wooyoung thinks to himself, but tries to force a smile. "right... sorry, i shouldn't have just assumed." he stands up and is about to walk away, but seonghwa quickly stands up and takes his arm, turning him to face him.

"woo..." seonghwa starts, but wooyoung feels tears rolling down his cheeks.

"i know i'm not good enough for you. i'm sorry for assuming and-"

"it's not-" seonghwa starts, but wooyoung cuts him off.

"i shouldn't have just assumed we'd stay being fr-"

"wooyoung!" seonghwa cups his face. "look at me and let me talk... please."

"o-okay." wooyoung looks at him with tears in his eyes.

"you didn't let me finish." seonghwa wipes wooyoung's tears away and gives him a small smile. "i meant that we can't be friends because we were never friends to begin with."

"wh-what? but why are you acting like we're n-"

"woo... think about it, please." seonghwa smiles at him. "we skipped the 'become friends' part. we went straight to dating, so we're not friends." he takes his hand. "we're more than that."

"h-huh?"

"i'm your boyfriend." seonghwa tells him.

wooyoung realizes what he meant and even more tears roll down his cheeks. "wh-why would you scare me like that?!" he hits seonghwa's chest.

"i'm sorry." seonghwa frowns and takes wooyoung's hands so he can't hit him anymore. "do you forgive me?" he pouts. wooyoung just looks down, not making eye contact with him. "i'll never scare you like that again, i'm sorry."

wooyoung finally looks up at him. this is so much for him to take in, but when he realizes that this means he and seonghwa will continue being together, a big smile forms on his lips. "are you sure you want to be with me, though?"

"i'm sure." seonghwa nods. "trying not to fall in love with you was impossible." he cups wooyoung's face. "i know it's only been a week, so let's continue getting to know each other and being together, okay?" he asks and wooyoung nods and smiles.

wooyoung notices seonghwa's starting to lean in. he looks down at his lips as they start getting closer to his. he never thought he'd ever be able to be this close to his crush, so now that it's happening, it seems surreal.

seonghwa leans in all the way and presses his lips against wooyoung's, giving him a soft kiss as he takes his hands in his.

the end.
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