’ So, where was your last first date at? ’ // hoon x bomi
when it comes to relationships, nothing is as it seems. or at least how you expect it to play. clarity doesn’t come so easy when you are trying to hold on to familiarity. and it’s hard to admit it even when you are standing face to face with the big picture. that’s something on which was prompted in hoon’s brain for a while now, a really long time actually and that was nothing something to be proud of. he was never the type to back down when things got difficult or to hide behind something because he was not comfortable with the outcome. he was privileged though, he would always recognize that before any takeaways and that was partially the reason why he would try to calculate his actions with precision so things wouldn’t blow off in the wrong direction. however, when it comes to matters of the heart, things get much more complicated than that. especially when you thought you already knew so much about it. when you thought that this is all there is to know and if that’s all then it’s fine to just roll with the standard version. none of these mistrusts can explain his behavior though. and he knows, taking accountability it’s his first instinct at least. which is why that question was so tortuous and yet unvarnished to give a response. hoon was trying hard not to lie to bomi, as much as he could, but things were moving so quickly between them that it didn’t seem like he had much time for the truth. sometimes he wouldn’t even think about it, and that’s exactly what makes it so painful to realize. his expression was so dead serious for a moment that he had to take a quick breath like he was caught up in the midst of an adrenaline memory. ‘ at my house, under an old tree, so unoriginal.’ it was back in middle school actually, hoon was fourteen and took his crush to his house, a place she very much knew already but made a whole place in the backyard for lunch. they spend the whole day sitting under the tree, they even made out. ‘ god, it was so embarrassing. it was my first tongue kiss. i had no idea what i was doing and i probably tasted like toothpaste.’ different from those times, with bomi though there was no such thing as regret. she knew him as someone mature, someone that hoon wanted so bad to be for so long and yes, he may be a bit bitter sometimes from growing up to fast but even in those moments, she seems to be full of appreciation for him which only makes their connection even harder to dwell. this fresh page, standing right in the middle of his fine apartment with glass eyes and an expression too lovely to bear was weighting not only on his mind anymore but starting to carve it’s way into the heart every day. so he couldn’t help but notice their chemistry and he didn’t wanna hold back, meaning that there were a million pieces of hope in the air; ones hard to read, others simple but still just pieces. ‘ dates. do people still go on those? wait.. was that your way of making me ask you on one? ’ fuck, why would he say that? he so desperately wanted to take bomi on a date even before, but now if he didn’t she would surely be thrown off and if he did things would get much more disgraceful from that point on. this was the weakest hoon has ever been in his entire life, having to deal with such a strong and fast emotion, yet that was no excuse for lying and he was determined it shall never be. ‘ forget it. i shouldn’t get my hopes up. you’re the kind of big brain that knows her midterms are coming and wouldn’t risk that on a guy.’ genius, hoon, blame it on the academics. blame it on her future, which is set to be brilliant if she doesn’t get time to answer that question before things start popping from his mouth again. ‘ which gets me to my point: it’s late, do you wanna grab a coffee by the campus before going home?’ not very good, no. not when you are trying to draw a line. but at this point what is this line? ‘ actually, i should wait for hunter. he owns me this month's rent.’ with his hands on his pockets and the most apologetic look he could ever have given a woman before in his life, he told his most minor lie of the century. at least he wanted to believe so. he had to believe so, for bomi because she didn’t deserve this play at all, and getting closer together wasn’t gonna erase his own relationship if you could call it that. they waved by the door, ignoring his heavy heart and confusing thoughts. begone whatever left of reasoning there, his own self took it all away for taking for granted what he once thought knew about falling in love.















