#aaaaaaaay

She was standing in Yoosung's apartment, pouring her coffee into a travel mug. Despite the slowdown, she did spend the night occasionally. This time had originally been under the guise of studying. It had turned out that they went to the same university, just in completely different departments. She had to laugh. Once again "studying for ten minutes and doing something I like for ten minutes" had gotten them nowhere. But that was okay.

There was a shuffle as Yoosung came into the room, clearly barely awake with his eyepatch protecting his still healing eye. He shuffled over, wrapping her into a hug and burying his face into her shoulder. He mumbled something before letting go and making his way to the fridge.

She stared after him, hand loose around her travel cup as her thoughts whirled. Yoosung wasn't acting as he had said anything different. She bit her lip, and screwed the lid on her cup. She made her way over to him, leaning against him casually.

"When you mumbled into my shoulder, did you say what I think you said?" She asked him in an even tone. She felt Yoosung stiffen, but didn't look at him.

"Maybe..." He finally mumbled out. She grinned to herself.

"Hey hey hey." She said with excitement standing up and kissing him quickly on the cheek. His eyes were wide, as she grinned. "Me too!"

And with that she turned and left, leaving a blushing Yoosung standing in front of his sink.

~

They ended up meeting for lunch on campus, and the mood was bright. Nothing was said about their interaction that morning until they were about to part. Yoosung hugged her tightly, and pulled back so he could look her in the eye while still holding her.

"I'm going to say it again, this time so you'll hear it." Yoosung took a deep breath before looking at her intently. "I love you."

Her grin was large and identical to the smile she had that morning. She hadn't heard him say that in almost four months and it made her heart soar. She kissed him on the lips and through it she could feel him grinning just as much. She pulled back to look at him just intently.