It Just Happened That Way || JEONGIN from skz!

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A/N: So I didn't write as frequently last week as I expected to LOL sorry everyone. But I came back for that regular weekend upload didn't I? :) I'm having a bad case of sunday scaries because I don't want to go back to working tomorrow after a much needed week off. I wish I were Yeona but shes living many years in the future so... she's just in a different circumstance, isn't she. Anyways. Enjoy this chapter! The next one will be a fun one :) 

Yeona's POV

It's been...quiet. Maybe Jeongin and I are just used to being discreet in public, and maybe he is also just trying to avoid being rushed by fans and therefore disguised when out, but we haven't seen any rumors pop up about Jeongin dating a mystery girl.

Not that I am all that mysterious — I have an active public instagram page with many followers, albeit climbers. I was interviewed in Youtube videos about climbing training regimes, and for post competition interviews. I even have a LinkedIn account that details my work history. I'm not the most mysterious person in this day and age.

Still. It was nice to have come to the decision to not give a shit. We felt freer, even if it was just a freer mentality. We held hands in public, we went on outings without sneaking from location to location, we took pictures without fears of them leaking.

The couple weeks in Europe go by quickly. It was honestly pretty tiring with all of the constant context switching for me. I would wake up early and get all of my work for the day done — a full 7 hours of working. I had my meetings with my team on top of that. After I finished working, I would go find a local climbing gym if they existed. Usually they did since the boys were only touring in some of the biggest cities in Europe. I got my training in, and by then, it was time to see Jeongin since they had finished whatever sound checks and rehearsals they had.

It always felt like I was letting out a relieved sigh to be reunited with him every day, melting into his arms, sometimes into a group hug with some of the other affectionate boys.

Since I was with them most days, (except when they were filming — then, I would stand to the side and hang out with the staff members or go off on my own), I got to know the other boys a bit more. Turns out that I vibed with Minho the most, surprisingly.

I remember when he had first come over for that rooftop barbecue that he was the most apprehensive toward me. Once he got over that, though, we figured out that we both had the same sarcastic sense of humor, thus bringing our friendship closer together.

My life was a whirlwind, and I couldn't feel more fulfilled about it all. I just was starting to feel a little bit nervous about telling my parents about it.

They knew that I was dating someone, and that that someone was important enough to me to want to stay in Korea to see it through. They didn't ask many questions, just whether he was successful on his own, and whether he had gone to college. After hearing that he didn't, they just hoped it was a phase, and stopped talking about it. Needless to say, they did not know it was Jeongin from Stray Kids, and college was not necessary, in this case, for success.

Anyways, the next stop on the tour was some random southern city in the US, so I was going to head home early, and wait there for them to finish their tour. I was tired from the constant traveling, and wanted to have some time to prepare my parents for the news.

At the airport in Brussels, Jeongin and I stood together between gates, preparing to say our goodbyes for now.

"Are you sure that you want to go home already? I know you're tired but..."

Jeongin, as usual, brushes my cheek with his fingers. I wrap my arms around his neck and hug him tightly.

"Jeongin, I gotta go warn them that you're coming," I say, laughing. "And besides, I think I should settle down and work for a bit so that I don't get fired for going off around the world with my secret not-so-secret idol boyfriend."