Welcome Home - Seonghwa

All Is Good

You fluffed your wet hair with the towel and walked out of your room. You were wearing your favourite one of Seonghwas tshirts, it was loose and comfortable, it was even a bit to big for Seonghwa. He was sitting in the kitchen on his phone, and his face seemed to light up when he saw you. His expression changed to amusement when he saw you in yet another one of his shirts.

"What did you even wear while I was gone? I haven't seen you in a single one of your own clothes since I've been back." You blushed, since he was right. "I like your clothes better than mine, is that so horrible?" You say dramatically. He gets up and walks towards you with a smile on his face and says "It is, when eventually I'll have no clean clothes when I need to wake up early for practice" as he playfully grabbed you around the waist and tickled your sides. You batted at his hands, twisting away from his ticklish offence. "Hey, we have a washing machine! Try using it sometime!"

Seonghwa backed away, fake hurt flashing across his face, and he covered his mouth with his hand. He shook his head and turned away, and you rolled your eyes. "I thought you wanted to go out! And now you're gonna avoid me? Typical." He turns around quickly. "You're gonna go out wearing that? I mean, you look amazing as usual but y/n, babe your hair us still soaked." You stood there silently for a few seconds and tilted your head to the side in acknowledgement. "Yeah okay, you make a good point. I guess I'll go get dressed or something." Seonghwa laughs, "I'll be waiting."

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You walk into the small restaurant Seonghwa hadn't stopped talking about on the way there. It was a cute little place, and the air inside smelled wonderful. You sat down at a small booth in the corner of the restaurant. You ordered the same thing as Seonghwa, he promised that you would love it. When the waitress brought out your food, his face lit up. You smiled, it was the most adorable thing when he got excited over little things like his favourite food. The two of you talked about many things while you ate, he talked about the tour and how lovely it was to see his fans and travel the world. You talked about the things you learned and tried while he was away, like new recipes and yoga, which you were NOT a fan of. It was so lovely to be able to go out with him again, away from the fans that would follow the two of you around, away from the noise of the world, just the two of you in your own beautiful universe. You have each other, and all is good.

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Hand in hand, you and Seonghwa walk down the street away from the restaurant. "See, wasn't it adorable?" He asks you. You lean into his arm and say "It actually was, the whole vibe was so comforting. They really served all 8 of you guys in there and didnt kick you out?" Seonghwa laughed, "You know, we're actually a lot better behaved when we're out in public. Plus our managers were there, and they were filming, we couldn't be rude or loud." He said with a smile on his face as he gently swung your hands back and forth.

"Ahh, I see" you say sarcastically. "I'm lucky enough to get to deal with the Ateez that doesn't have to be polite in public." Seonghwa wraps his arm around your shoulders and pulls you in to kiss the top of your head. "Damn right you are" he says confidently. You giggle, shocked but not exactly surprised by his tone. "Yeah, I guess I am one of the lucky ones" you say as you look into his eyes. Seonghwa blushes as the two of you get to the car. "Yeah, but not the luckiest. Because thats me." He says as he gets in the drivers side.

The two of you blast the music on the way home, screaming the lyrics to your favourite songs (while driving safely, of course) and laughing harder than you had in weeks. When you get home, your voice is sore from yelling and your face hurts from smiling. Seonghwa walks into your small apartment and says "Man, it sure is nice opening the door to my home instead of another hotel." You roll your eyes at him "God, Seonghwa I get it, your famous you get to travel" you walk up to him and wrap your hands around his small waist. "Big whoop." Seonghwa tips your chin upwards to kiss you gently. "You know, we could travel some day. Like when all of this is over and done with and the 8 of us go off to do our own thing and live our lives. We could go anywhere."

Your heart skips a beat as you hear his words. Hearing his talk about the future he wants with you never failed to make your heart race and cheeks flush. You hugged him tight. "I would love to. Maybe we could go somewhere sunny and warm in the winter, like somewhere super basic and cliche." You feel Seonghwa nod his head as he says "And maybe we could fly to visit your family and stay there for a bit, like longer than the holidays." Tears spring to your eyes at the mention of your family, you hadn't thought about how much you missed them until just then.

"Yeah, that would be really nice." You say quietly. Seonghwa pulls away from the hug as his phone starts ringing. He answers a call from his parents and speaks to them quietly. He hangs up and looks at you with slight distress. "My parents want to have dinner with us tonight. And my mom insisted that you wear the dress they bought you last year." Your face fell as you thought about Seonghwas religious and strict parents, and then remembered the slightly low-cut and off shoulder dress they had gotten for you. Your hands brushed across the many, MANY markings left on your neck and chest. "Oh. Well that's problematic."

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Yeahhhh this one is kinda long but I really loved writing it and this one made me really happy so I dont care lolz 🙄💋💖