Better Days // 좋은 날

9. The Sanctuary

Throughout the entirety of Wheein and Yongsun's newfound relationship, one thing Wheein refused to accept was the fact that Yong was a morning person. It had always been the same routine ever since they had begun sleeping over at eachother's places; Yongsun would rise early, get out of bed with a completely ungracious yawn, and attempt to drag Wheein along with her. And each time, Wheein would groan and whine and bury herself further under the safety of the bed covers, waiting patiently until Yongsun's retreating footsteps indicated her surrender.

Which is why, Wheein supposed, she was in such disbelief when she woke to find Yongsun still sound asleep beside her, one leg hanging off the side of the bed and an arm curled comfortably over Wheein's stomach. She had never been a morning person, but maybe this was a side effect of last night's events; maybe admitting to loving eachother had meant Yongsun could sleep with ease, and Wheein was, for once, excited to live as much of the day as possible.

"Why are you staring at me?" Alright, so maybe Wheein's theory was short-lived when Yongsun frowned, eyes still closed as she stretched in big motions.

"Because you're ugly," Wheein deadpanned, and Yongsun let out a soft chuckle.

"Oh thank god you're back to normal. I was expecting some lavish love poem about my beauty or something," Yong yawned, cracking an eye open and pulling herself into Wheein so that her face was tucked under the girl's rib, essentially trapping herself between the woman and her mattress.

"No, sorry. I'm saving those for my other girlfriends," Wheein said, biting her lip in amusement and waiting for the inevitable assault from the other woman. Instead, Yongsun lifted her head, face still puffy from sleep and hair sticking out all over the place, and smiled goofily.

"I'm one of your girlfriends?"

Wheein laughed at that, one of those head-thrown-back, freeing kind of laughs which made Yongsun want to record it for her next ringtone. "I mention that I have many girlfriends I read love poems to and you focus on the fact that I referred to you as one of them?"

Yongsun nodded once, face serious. "I would like to be one please."

"Oh my god, you're so weird," Wheein said, pulling the covers over her head to hide her blushing cheeks, not wanting to show Yong that she was embarrassed by the conversation.

"Hey," Yongsun huffed, pulling at the covers. "What's weird about wanting to be official with the girl I'm in love with?"

Wheein could hear the smile in Yongsun's voice, the teasing way she looked at her when she'd pulled the covers off the girl making her struggle to fight a smile of her own. "Why do we do things so backward?"

Yongsun shrugged. "Because being normal is boring?"

Wheein nodded. "That must be it."

"So...it's a yes? We can be girlfriends?"

Wheein's bottom lip jutted out at the innocence of Yong's question, the hopefulness making her laugh teasingly. "Yes, we can be girlfriends," Wheein said, a slight eye roll and shake of her head ignored by Yongsun when the woman stretched her arms above her head and let out a satisfied noise.

"Cool. So what's for breakfast?"

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"Stop laughing! I swear it didn't look like this when I practiced at home," Yongsun pouted, flipping over one of the misshapen pancakes with a huff while Wheein shook her head in amusement.

"You practiced? Aw unnie," Wheein cooed, looping her arms around the woman's waist from behind and resting her chin on the woman's shoulder. She nuzzled her face into the woman's cheek and planted a small, gentle kiss there. "I'm sure they'll taste great."