sailor of silence

TEASE

TEASE

Soonyoung is always looking for new ways to tease his members.

It's a known fact not just to the members but to the rest of the world too. If there was an opportunity, Soonyoung would be the first to take it and use it to his advantage.

He didn't care about winning the game or whatever challenge they were doing, he just needed to be the funniest and wittiest in the room.

Today was no different.

"Do you ever take a day off, Kwon Soonyoung?!" Seungkwan whines, shooting daggers at the man in question. "I swear you just love to make our life a living hell."

Soonyoung just flashes the younger member a smirk as he crosses his arms in front of his chest. "Seungkwan ah~ Weren't you the one who really liked the chereography when it was pitched? I'm just making sure we're acing it like we always do." His eyebrow raises, the teasing smirk growing bigger on his lips. "Are you getting old?"

Seungkwan's eye twitches as his fist clenches while Soonyoung's eyes crinkle, loving the feeling of riling up one of the younger members.

Mingyu sighs before wrapping his arms around Seungkwan who looked like he will pounce the tiger wannabe at any moment. "Don't give into his goading, Seungkwan." Mingyu flashes the older member a "really" look as he tightens his hold on the younger member. "You know he loves to do this because he gets a rise out of you."

Soonyoung's smirk deepens as Seungkwan begins complaining and trashing against Mingyu who just sighs and tightens his grip.

"You're a menace, you know?" Soonyoung turns to see Jeonghan standing behind him, taking a drink from the water he's sharing with Minghao. "You know picking on Seungkwan during non-filmed dance practices never end well, especially if we've been here since eight this morning."

Soonyoung just shrugs, about to reply when Minghao cuts him off. "You're one to talk." He mutters. "You thrive off tricking us and being the smartest in the room."

Jeonghan flashes Minghao a look of bewilderment. "What?" He asks, dragging out the 't's. "No I don't!" Minghao fixes him with an unimpressed expression.

“Sure.” Minghao deadpans. Jeonghan pouts before he starts to whine, making Minghao's eyes roll before he walks away from the man. Jeonghan though, ever the menace, trots after the younger man, continuing his assault of whines.

Soonyoung can't help but smile before realizing he still has a tiny terror after him. He turns back to Seungkwan who is still sulking in Mingyu's hold and flashes another teasing smile before patting the younger man's head.

"Seungkwan ah~" He coos. "Don't scowl at me like that, you're going to get a lot of wrinkles."

His statement causes the latter's scowl to deepen and he opens his mouth to curse at Soonyoung again when he gets cut off by a girl yelling.

"Hao!"

Everyone's attention whips to the source of the sound, blinking as they see a girl peaking into the practice room, her hair in a high bun with a mask and a hat on. Minghao, who was still trapped in an eternal torment with Jeonghan, turns to the door and blinks before a warm smile overtakes his features.

"Breezy."

The girl wastes no time and runs into the room, wrapping her arms around Minghao, in a tight hug. The two begin to chat in Chinese as they ignore the rest of the room staring at them, as if they were the only two people there.

Soonyoung's gaze flickers between the pair as he watching Minghao laugh at something the girl said.

"Who's that?" He hears Chan asking Jun who is standing beside him.

"Minghao's dancer friend." Jun answers, a small smile on his face. "You guys have never met her before?"

The rest of the room shakes their head as they watch the two converse fast, practice definitely forgotten. Breezy shifts a little as Minghao plucks the cap off of her head, placing it on top of his long blonde hair as he says something to her in Chinese. The girl rolls her eyes but moves her hand to pull down her mask and what Soonyoung sees makes his breath hitch.

His eyes go wide as he stares at you and your beautiful smile as you whack Minghao's shoulder at something stupid that he just said, rolling your eyes in the process. He recognizes you now, you were one of Minghao's friends that he brought in for music video for Orbit. He remembered how much of a passion project that was for Minghao and how he had insisted that one of the dancers had to be his friend.

He didn't have the time to go onto the set himself, being busy with his own schedule but he had watched the video after and he remembered thinking you were pretty. However, the video pales in comparison to you standing a few meters away from them, bare faced with your hair tied high.

Seungcheol, ever one to bring everyone back on track, claps to gather everyone's attention so that they can start up practice again. Everyone starts to move, stretching a little as they prepare for yet another two grueling hours of practice when Chan notices Soonyoung's gaze, transfixed somewhere.

Chan frowns at the sight. "Hyung?" He starts to call softly, tilting his head to the side as he tries again. "Hyung?"

Jeonghan turns, upon hearing Chan's confused calls as he looks between Soonyoung and where his gaze is fixed on. "Well, well, well…" Jeonghan coos, crossing his arms with a small smirk on his face. "Look what we have here."

"What?" Chan asks, his gaze on the older member. "What do we have?"

Jeonghan's smirk grows as he gestures between you and Soonyoung. "I think someone might have a little crush on Eisa's pretty dancer friend."

Seungkwan who wasn't that far away, peers over his older member's shoulder and gasps when he notices it. "Oh my god." He breathes out. "He's entranced by her."

Jeonghan lets out a soft chuckle as Seungkwan's mind races, devising and plotting.

Because for the first time, the rest of Seventeen have something to tease Soonyoung with.

You.

SILENT YEARNING

After that day, Soonyoung became… weirder?

It started with practice on Monday and how Minghao offhandedly mentioned that you were coming in the groupchat. Everyone was stretching in the practice room when Soonyoung walked in, a little later than usual and when they looked at him, they did a double take.

Because Soonyoung wasn't dressed in his normal practice attire. Instead, he had on a baggy hoodie, comfortable sweatpants and trainers and his hair was a little more styled than usual.

Jeonghan immediately smirked seeing this. "Soonyoung ah~" He cooed. "Why are you dressed so nicely today?"

Soonyoung blinked at his older member as he felt a slight flush spread across his cheeks at how Jeonghan had called him out so easily. "Well." He coughed. "Are we not doing the dance practice shoot today?" He rubs the back of his neck. "I wanted to look nicer for our carats."

A few of the members exchanged looks, not believing a single word falling from his lips. Unexpectedly, Jeonghan didn't push, instead his smirk just deepened as he clicked his tongue. "Ah, you're right, you're right."

Soonyoung was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Jeonghan said, "Since you are dressed so nicely, how about you record the dance challenge with Breezy later?" His eyes twinkled with mischief before he turned to Minghao, "Didn't the staff ask you about that earlier as well, Eisa?"

Minghao blinked at the older member before his eyes slowly dragged over to see Soonyoung a little paler than before. "Erm." He muttered as he internally apologized to his childhood friend for making her go through this. "Yeah, they did want someone to film the challenge with her later."

Jeonghan clapped his hand as a huge grin painted his lips. "Great!" He looked back at Soonyoung, the shit-eating grin on his face growing wider. "So it's decided! Thank you, Soonyoung ah."

All Soonyoung could do was stand there as he contemplated his life decisions while the rest of the members snickered behind their hands, loving the opportunity they were given to tease him.

It was much to their dismay when you suddenly called Minghao to reschedule saying that you got called in for a last minute dance shoot. They watched Soonyoung breathed a sigh of relief and joked about how he wasn't ready to even teach you the dance but they saw through his little facade and noticed the soft disappointment that lingered behind it.

But that was the start of a foreseeable pattern.

Soonyoung kept a closer eye on the groupchat for any mentions of you. He managed to find your Instagram on his private and was mesmerized by how ethereal you looked while dancing your heart out. He silently started to yearn to see you more.

He tried to keep it under wraps, tried not to let it get seen but after not seeing you for a month, he started to get a little desperate.

"What do you want?" Minghao deadpans out, staring the older man dead in the eye with a small frown on his face.

Soonyoung blinks at him before letting out a nervous chuckle. "What? What makes you think I want something?"

Minghao had tapped Soonyoung on the shoulder a few moments earlier, signaling to him that they needed to talk which led them outside the practice room, the two of them facing each other in the hallway leading up to it.

Minghao's eyebrow raises. "You've been staring at me for the whole practice. Everytime when I think you're going to ask me something, you turn around before going back to staring at me again." He clicks his tongue. "Just… tell me what is on your mind please?"

Soonyoung stares at the younger man before saying, "Can I have Breezy's number please?"

Pin drop silence is heard after that as Minghao analyzes the man in-front of him.

"No."

Soonyoung's eyes widen. "W-What?" He sputters out.

Minghao sighs as he pinches the bridge of his nose. "Breezy doesn't like it when people give out her numbers to people that she doesn't know."

"But… she's been in our practice room before!"

Minghao shoots Soonyoung an 'are you serious' look before shaking his head. "That's besides the point, Hyung." He points at him. "You need to be the one to ask for her number if you really want it. It's not my place to give out her number if she isn't comfortable with it."

Soonyoung considers that for a second before he looks towards the ground and nods. "Alright." He breathes out, a little quieter than he normally would, feeling a little bit of the pressure. Minghao notices and sighs again.

He takes a few steps forward until he is in-front of the older man and places a hand on his shoulder. "She's really nice, Hyung." He says softly, sensing the older man's nerves. "Just be yourself."

Soonyoung looks up at Minghao, his eyes turning hopeful. "Alright. I will… Thanks!" He says, nodding as he gives Minghao a small smile, to which the younger boy returns.

"No problem."

"Does that mean you'll give me pointers on what to say to her and—"

"I think they're calling us back for practice."

CRUSH ON YOU

The next time Soonyoung sees you, is close to two weeks after the 'pep talk' Minghao had given him. He was nervous to say the least because why was he so affected by you. He could brave many different stages across the world and dance many difficult dances but the thought of talking to you? It just sends a wave of jitters through him.

An arm slinging around his shoulders, knocks him out of his thoughts. "Excited?" Jeonghan asks with that same twinkle in his eyes. "You're filming the dance challenge with your girlfriend today!"

Soonyoung's cheeks flush red instantly. "She's not my girlfriend!" He all but whispers out, his voice higher by a few octaves as it cracks a little.

The shit-eating smirk on Jeonghan's face grows. "Not yet~" He teases, wiggling his eyebrows. "A little birdie told me that you were planning on asking for her number today."

Soonyoung flushes redder. Damn Minghao and his love for spreading a little gossip sometimes.

Soonyoung opens his mouth to retort when the door to the practice room swings open. The small talk going around the room falters a little as you walk in, gaining the attention of everyone, especially your dance challenge partner for the day.

Minghao is by your side, an easy smile on his face.

The two of you converse a little before Minghao places a reassuring hand on the small of your back as you nervously fiddle with your fingers.

"Everyone." He gestures to you. "Some of you know her but let me officially introduce her." He says your name a few seconds after. "But she said that everyone can call her Breezy as well."

You nod, shyly as you lift up your hand in a small wave with a dazzling smile on your face. Soonyoung swears he could've melted right then and there with how cute you looked. Your hair has been curled and the matching baggy sweats you were wearing last time had been replaced with a black cropped off-shoulder sweater and a pair of baggy gray jeans.

"She said she's very excited to work with you." Minghao says, giving Soonyoung a little smirk. "I've already taught her the dance beforehand so you guys just need to film the challenge."

Soonyoung swallows once. Twice. Before he nods, feeling his nerves spiking as you get closer to him. "It's so nice to meet you!" He chirps out, praying that his voice doesn't waver under your gaze. "Minghao's talked a lot about you and I'm really glad that I get to work with you!"

He watches as you give him a small confused smile before turning to Minghao who is quick to say some stuff in Chinese. Clarity washes over your features before you say something back to him in Chinese.

"She said that I've talked about you a lot and she's glad that it's you dancing with her."

In any other circumstance, Soonyoung would've probably willed for the floor to swallow him whole at the thought of his crush saying those words to him. However, all his thoughts are at a standstill as he pales.

Because his brain had suddenly pieced everything together.

Your little confused look and the way Minghao was translating everything for you.

You couldn't speak a single word of Korean and Soonyoung has no idea what this means for his major crush on you.

THE PLAN

"Is he okay?" Jun asks Chan, peering at a very sulky Soonyoung who has his head face down on the table.

Chan spares the unit leader a glance before shaking his head. "He's sulking because Breezy can only speak Chinese so he's at a lost for what he wants to do."

Soonyoung had been in a state of denial for the last few days. The dance challenge had finished within the hour and he had been quick to give you a bow of goodbye before he dashed out of the room. All the feelings he had felt crashed onto him at once and he ended up crashing at Jihoon's place because he didn't think he could be alone right now.

Jihoon had tried his best to cheer the older one up, letting him listen a few of the demos he was working on for their next comeback but, in the end, all he could do was watch him silently spiral.

Jun frowns at this information as a look of confusion fills his features.

"What?" He asks as his eyebrows furrow. "That can't be right, she—"

He cuts himself off with a yelp as Minghao elbows him. Jun shoots Minghao a questioning glare to which the latter just mutters out some stuff in Chinese before a wave of clarity crosses over Jun's features.

"Oh." He mutters, rubbing his side where Minghao had elbowed him. "No wonder she only spoke Chinese to me when we saw her."

Seungcheol watches silently from across the room before he stands up and walks towards Soonyoung. He crouches to the side of him, meeting the other leader's eye.

"You okay?" He asks quietly. Soonyoung stares at his general leader before giving him a small nod.

"Yeah." He admits, his tone a little defeated. "I think this means that my crush on her can't go on."

Seungcheol frowns and opens his mouth to say something when he gets cut off by Chan. "Hyung, what if you learn Chinese for her?"

"Isn't Chinese is a really hard language to learn though?" Joshua asks. "Learning the basics takes some time and being able to use it in conversation takes even longer."

The room goes silent as Soonyoung sighs, finally lifting his head from the table. "I think it's a lost cause." He shakes his head. "I just need to accept that I might never get her, much less have the chance to talk to her."

The rest of the members exchange looks at Soonyoung's answer before Jun speaks up. "Well…" He clears his throat. "Chinese is a little easier to pick up and say what you want to in writing." He gives Soonyoung a small smile. "Why don't you write her notes and letters instead?"

Soonyoung blinks at Jun's suggestion. "I don't know…" He softly says, swallowing. "Do you think she might feel creeped out by it?"

Minghao sighs and rubs his temple. "No." He breathes out, gaining Soonyoung's attention. "She loves little notes and letters. She's seen so many movies about couples getting letters from their loved ones too, like the 'Lake House' and 'Dear John'."

"Those are some really good movies." Vernon chimes in, his ears perking up from the movies listed. "She's got good taste."

Seungkwan rolls his eyes at the boy beside him. "Is that the only thing you're adding to this conversation?"

Vernon just shrugs. "I just like good movies."

Seungkwan shakes his head at the cinephile and retorts with something else but Soonyoung tunes them out with a smile as he turns back to Jun and Minghao.

"You guys really think this will work?"

The two Chinese members share a look before Jun gives their unit leader a smile. "Yeah." He says. "Hao and I can help you with it as well if you want." He looks to the younger man and nudges him. "Right?"

Minghao looks between Soonyoung's hopeful face and Jun's smile before sighing. "Right." He mutters before he fixes the two of them with a warning look. "But if this goes sideways, I am denying having had anything to do with this."

THE NOTES

Soonyoung thinks he's never worked this hard in his life. Since the discussion a month and a half ago, he's been taking one to two hour Chinese lessons with Jun and Minghao to learn how to write the Chinese characters. It was definitely more difficult to write the Chinese forms but Jun and Minghao were great teachers, sometimes Joshua was also there to just provide a little insight with the limited Chinese knowledge that he had.

Before he knew it, he managed to write the characters out neatly and concisely with the help of them plus the Chinese dictionary app.

Much to his delight, over those few weeks, PLEDIS had employed your efforts to help with Minghao's newest music video that he was releasing in the next month or so. This meant that Soonyoung would be seeing you around more often as well.

"Ready?" Chan asks beside him. Soonyoung nods, the little note in his pocket weighing him down heavily as he swallows his nerves. He adjusts the mask on his face before quietly walking into the room with Chan and Jun, their hands filled with food and beverages.

Minghao walks over to the three of them a couple minutes later with a tired smile on his face while the dancers go to the snack table. Soonyoung should be focusing on the answers that leaves Minghao's mouth as Jun and Chan ask him questions about the chereo and practice. But his attention and eyes find you instead, still practicing the chereo by yourself in the mirror.

He admires you quietly, watching you nail it, step after step as you hum the song to yourself while the rest of the room quietly converses around you. Before he could second guess himself, he quickly walks towards the table of food and grabs a sandwich before making his way over to you.

His nerves spike the closer he gets to you, making him take a deep breath before he clears his throat, getting your attention. Soonyoung swears you whip around in slow motion as you flash him a cute smile.

You bow in greeting to which Soonyoung returns, the silence a little awkward between the two of you. You tilt your head almost as if you were questioning if he needed something. He blinks at you before nodding, remembering why he was standing in front of you in the first place. He clumsily digs through his pocket, nearly dropping the note in the process as he flushes a little more red in-front of you.

Before he continues to make a complete fool out of himself, he quickly shoves the note and the sandwich into your hands.

"Eat." He says softly in Chinese.

Your ears perk up as you stare at the food in his hands before taking it into yours. Soonyoung watches you open the note, as everything becomes muffled, his heart thumping being the only sound that fills his ears.

He watches your eyes flit through the lines of his neat scrawls of Chinese as he chews the inside of his cheek, silently recalling what he had written.

I hope this food cheers you up and helps you to dance better! Please remember to drink water as well :) ps: i hope my handwriting isn't too messy >< pss: i'm sorry if the words are wrong too, blame Jun and Minghao if they are!

He is about to combust from anticipation when he hears you giggle. He blinks at you as you turn to hime with a big smile on your face.

"Thank you." You say in Chinese, one of the few words that Soonyoung is able to understand. Your smile melts his heart as his cheeks flush once more as he nods, scratching the back of his nape.

"No problem." He answers back softly in Chinese, the words rolling off his tongue easily from the practice with Minghao and Jun. You surprise him by grabbing his hand and tugging him to the corner of the room where your stuff was.

You plop down onto the floor and pat the space beside you. He blinks at you before slowly taking the seat beside you while you busy yourself with opening up the container. Once you do, you break the sandwich into half before offering it to him.

His eyes widen as he starts to shake his head with his hands up but stills when he sees the pout on your face. His mind blanks as his hand moves, grabbing the sandwich from you which instantly brings a smile to your face before you take a bite of your sandwich.

All Soonyoung can do is blink before he shakes his head, a ghost of a smile on his lips at how easily he gave in to you. He turns away, not wanting you to see the expression as he takes a bite of his half, the flavours warming his heart more than he remembers before.

Chan, Minghao and Jun watch the exchange from afar with various different looks.

"Wow." Chan starts. "She already has him wrapped around her finger."

Minghao scoffs at the sentence as Jun lets out a breath of a laugh but they didn't deny Chan's words.

Because they knew that it was only a matter of time before you had the lovesick man in the palm of your hands.

THE CONFESSION

That visit was the first of many that Soonyoung makes to the practice room. If he wasn't in the Seventeen recording studio, everyone would find him sitting next to you, sharing some snack or dessert.

With translation apps, he was able to find out your favourite drink and snack and would sometimes bring it while he visits the room. You insisted that he didn't need to do it and that his company was enough but you stopped when you realized that Soonyoung was just as — if not more — stubborn than you were.

He had brought more notes, making sure to give them to you before the two of you started your translation conversations which always brought a smile to your face.

The more time he spent with you, the more his crush on you grew which led him to this very moment.

"What do you mean you haven't asked her out yet?!" Seungkwan loudly asks, his face full of disbelief.

Soonyoung's cheeks heat up as he hisses for the younger boy to be quiet. They were in the practice room next to yours, waiting for Minghao to come in before they start the OT13 dance practice. Though he knew the walls were thick and you couldn't understand Korean, he didn't want anyone other than the rest of the members to hear.

"I just haven't gotten around to doing it." He admits with a small shrug. "I wanted to get to know her better and to get her comfortable with me before I even think about doing it."

Seungkwan frowns at his answer. "But." He starts, "Isn't she already really comfortable around you?"

The performance team leader chews the inside of his cheek. "I guess?" He softly states as he runs a hand through his hair. "I just don't want her to be weirded out by it or something. I'm scared it's too fast for her or that she doesn't like me and I lose her before I even get the chance to take her out on a date."

He glances upwards to meet Seungkwan's eyes, to see his expression change from one of frustration and confusion to one of understanding and sympathy. The two are quiet for a while till Soonyoung feels a hand on his shoulder.

He turns to see Joshua standing there with a soft smile on his lips. "Didn't mean to eavesdrop but," Joshua pauses, sparing Seungkwan a glance before his eyes are back on him. "Seungkwan's right. From what the rest have been saying about it, Breezy seems pretty comfortable around you already. I'm not saying that you have to ask her out this instance but you wouldn't know how she feels if you don't ask her out."

Soonyoung looks at Joshua's genuine expression before his eyes flicker over to Seungkwan who has a similar one on his face. He sighs and nods. "You're right. I'll do it."

And do it, he did.

Soonyoung wipes his sweaty palms against the side of his pants as he takes a deep breath. Minghao had texted him, telling him that they were wrapping up for the day which presented the perfect opportunity for him to try and ask you out. He had written a note because god forbid he messes up all the Chinese he had been practicing by fumbling it through asking you out on a date.

He patiently waits outside the room before seeing it open and the rest of the backup dancers trail out. He pushes off of the wall when he sees you and Minghao walk out of the room, conversing in quick and soft Chinese before you spot him.

"Soonyoung!" You call out, making his heart melt from the way his name sounded falling from your lips. Minghao glances between the two of you before excusing himself, saying that he needs to go and meet Jun.

Minghao sends Soonyoung one last look that says 'don't mess this up' before he bids you goodbye with a soft kiss to the top of your head and walks down the hallway, disappearing into the lift.

Your attention is back on him after your friend disappears as you whip out your phone to ask what he was doing here.

"I have something for you." He softly admits, the app translating his words into Chinese as he takes out the note from his pocket. He watches as your eyes widen in anticipation before you take it from his hands and slowly unfold it.

His heart thumps in his ears as he watches you read through the note, your eyes lingering on every word.

It feels like a million years had passed before you look up at him, making his breath catch as he eagerly waits for your answer. His heart sinks as he watches you tuck your phone back into your pocket. You open your mouth to say something when he stops you.

"I'm sorry." He starts, feeling his heart in his mouth. "I didn't mean to creep you out or whatever. I knew this would be too fast but I still did it anyway and I didn't actually want to ask you out so soon but Seungkwan and Joshua — the members from my group — were telling me that I should just try to ask you out on the pretense that you might like me back. Because they saw how close we were getting and—"

"Soonyoung." Your soft voice effectively cuts off his ramble as you grab his shoulders firmly.

He blinks at you before he mumbles out another soft apology, realizing that you probably didn't understand a single word that he had just spouted because he was probably speaking too fast for the phone to pick up.

"Let me repeat all that so that you can understand it." He says softly into his phone, about to hit the translate button when you cut him off again.

"You don't need to." You say softly in Korean, offering him a shy smile. "I understood everything that you said."

Soonyoung feels his eyes widen as he nearly drops his phone. "Y-You," He stutters out, "You can speak Korean?!"

"I can." You admit softly.

"B-but, Minghao translating for you—"

"Was my idea." You say. "My Korean was a little rusty the first week that I met you and your members. I just flew back after a year long holiday in China and I asked Minghao if he could translate for me because my brain was adapting back to the language. I've been here since I was like eighteen so I picked up the language quite fast but it sometimes takes a while for me to switch my brain back, especially if it's a language that I haven't used in a while."

Soonyoung blinks at you. "So… how come you didn't tell me?"

A red flush spread across your cheeks. "Minghao might've mentioned that you were interested in me and told me stories about how you always tease your members so…" You give him a shy look. "I decided that I wanted to play a small prank on you as well."

Soonyoung feels his heart skip a beat as he sees the shy, mischievous expression on your face.

He lets out a soft chuckle. "You're a menace, aren't you?" He softly asks.

You let out a giggle. "A menace that you asked out to dinner." You tease, stepping closer to him. "Which I accept by the way."

Soonyoung feels the butterflies in his stomach flutter as he clears his throat. "Well." He coughs out. "There's this really good Chinese restaurant that Minghao recommended just down the street from here." He says as he takes a step closer to you, your jasmine and citrus perfume wafting through his nose. "But if you're feeling adventurous, there is this place two blocks away that sells ghost pepper ramyeon."

The way your eyes sparkle at his second suggestion makes his heart stutter a little more in his chest. "Well," you softly say as you reach out to intertwine your hand into his. "Let's see if you're as good with spice as you always claim you are."

HIMYM

"And that kids," Soonyoung says, slinging an arm around your shoulder. "Is the story of how I met your mother."

You can't help but roll your eyes as you husband concludes your kids bedtime story before you watch your daughter burst into a fit of giggles.

"I can't believe mummy tricked you, daddy." She squeaks out making your husband's eyebrows furrow as a pout is on his face.

"Hey!" He says, reaching over to tickle her. "You aren't suppose to be laughing at daddy! You're supposed to be scolding mummy and saying that she shouldn't have done such a thing!"

Your daughter squeals as Soonyoung continues his assault of tickles making you giggle as your younger son yawns. You coo at him before carrying him into your arms. He has a small frown on his face from how loud his sister is, making you nudge Soonyoung to stop. You stand from the edge of your daughters bed to go tuck your son into his bed.

Soonyoung notices and tickles your daughter for a few more seconds before he stops. Your daughter catches her breath as your husband smooths out her messy hair before tucking her back into her bed.

"Daddy."

"Yes, sweetheart?"

"What was in the note that you wrote to mummy to ask her to be your girlfriend?"

A soft smile spreads across as he takes a glance at you, recalling his words in the last note he wrote to you before you guys went out for dinner that night.

dear breezy, i hope that my handwriting is easy to read because this is going to be a longer note than it usually is. i want to take you out on a date! i know that we might not be able to understand each other and that the journey ahead would be really tough but, i really like you. i liked you from the day that we passed each other during Minghao's first orbit shoot. i liked you from the moment i saw you in the messy bun in the practice room where i got enamored by you and i grew to like you even more these last few weeks.

i hope you do me the honour and pleasure of letting me take you out on a date. i love to show you how i feel instead of just using words because they do get lost in translation sometimes.

~ with love, soonyoung.

"I just told her that she's very pretty and that I wanted to treasure her for the rest of my life, sweetheart." Soonyoung softly summarizes. He feels a hand on his shoulder and looks up to meet your eyes. He gives you a smile full of love before looking back at your firstborn. He leans over to give her a kiss on her forehead.

"Goodnight sweetheart."

"Goodnight daddy. Goodnight mummy."

"Goodnight pumpkin." You softly say before the two of you watch her snuggle into her blanket. The two of you leave the room quietly, turning off the lights in the process before shutting the door with a soft thud.

"Well," You softly start, wrapping your arms around your husband's neck. "Seems like we didn't get lost in translation after all."

Soonyoung lets out a soft chuckle as his hands find themselves around your waist. "No, we did not." He pulls you in slowly, leaving a quick peck on your lips.

"The wedding was beautiful as well."

"Yeah." He agrees before a sly smile appears on his lips. "It was so beautiful that even the wedding cake was in tiers."

…

"Soonyoung."

"Yes, babydoll?"

"You're sleeping on the couch tonight."

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