#inzenith

cal makes sure the text is sent and he waits patiently for changwoo. he doesn’t want to chase him around. as much as cal is very much a prideful, loud person, he knows that the other wasn’t much of a fan for being the center of attention. even if he wouldn’t be surprised if the other decided to ditch him and not go in that room, he still stays anyway. he’s holding out for a little bit of hope in the end. 

he hears footsteps in the empty hallway and finds his heart racing as he turns his head immediately to the door. he waits expectantly for something. anything. as soon as he sees that familiar stature, he sighs in relief and walks over to the door. 

“yuyu...” he says, relief clear in his tone. “i was thinking you wouldn’t show up.” 

there’s silence in response. that doesn’t surprise cal in the slightest. if anything, that just tells cal that he needs to make it apparent that he felt guilty for what he said. 

“listen... i can understand why you wouldn’t want to be here right now.” he starts it off safe. trying his best to think as if he was in the other’s position. “i just got... i got way too into the moment. i was upset with what you were saying and i think i got too defensive.” he laughs as he reflects back on it while talking to him. “you were right. i can be...” he sighs in defeat as he admits it to himself. “...irresponsible. childish. and—” he sighs before he goes on with what he has to say next. “sometimes stupid. and even if i got upset from you calling me that, that didn’t give me the right to tell you that you weren’t going nowhere in life.” 

the conversation plays back in his head as he says this. cal shouting at the other, telling him “at least i have a goal. at least i’m going to get somewhere.” knowing that was one of the other’s biggest insecurities in life because of his relationship with his father as well as his general outlook in life was a low blow. the geumseong student was thankful that despite that, changwoo was still willing to hear him out and give him a chance. he couldn’t imagine losing a relationship over his foolish words. 

he couldn’t imagine losing him. 

“i’m really sorry, yu—” he stops as he finds himself resorting back to that nickname. this is serious. he needs to be serious. “i’m really sorry, changwoo. i really do mean it. and i’m not just saying that because i don’t want to lose you as a boyfriend or lose you in general. i’m saying that because i realize that i hurt you. and i want to let you know that from now on, i’ll do my damn hardest to never let myself do that to you again.” 

there’s a silence that follows his words and it makes cal incredibly unsure of himself. "only if you let me,” he says softly. 

that was enough to earn a sound from the other. a sigh. 

“i can’t stand mad at you forever,” he says finally. it feels like forever since cal last heard him speak and it does not fail to make his heart soar. he sighs in relief as he rushes over to the other and pulls him in for a big hug, gaining a slight strained noise coming from the other. 

immediately, cal pulls away from him, still holding onto the other but now with much less strength. he laughs. “sorry! i just missed you.” he leans in to give the other a soft peck. 

the smile is slow, but it does not fail on warming the other’s heart. “it’s okay. i should’ve expected that. you’re a... really strong hugger.” 

he grins widely, saying something else before he goes in for a much longer kiss this time from the other. “you better prepare yourself for the kisses then!”

she lets out a breath that she had no idea she had been holding in this entire time. “oh my god!” she says in a loud voice finally, sounding relieved. “oh my god!! ari!! i can’t believe we did that!” she lets out an amazed laugh before she walks over to the other. “holy fuck!! i can’t believe it!! what the fuck!” 

“angie, shh! people are sleeping,” the other warns, making the girl bring her volume down.

“i’m sorry! i’m sorry!” she laughs, feeling the adrenaline run through her veins. it feels... exhilarating to say the least. it’s not the first time she has felt this, given the kind of person that she is, but it never fails to make her feel rejuvenated. she wants the feeling to last a little longer. 

so she decides to do something crazy while being under the influence of it. she cups the other’s face and stares at her for just a few seconds before pulling the other into a kiss, closing her eyes in the process. it’s... funny. it’s been a while since angie’s been kissed. the last time it happened, she wasn’t the one to initiate it, so it does make her feel excitement to be doing this. she didn’t expect aria’s lips to be so soft. she wonders what kind of lip balm she uses. she wonders if it’s flavored. would it be weird if they were like this just for a bit longer? 

when angie’s head wanders to that thought, she pulls back and looks at the other with a sheepish smile. “sorry. wasn’t thinking,” she says honestly, trying to proceed as if nothing wild had happened. “you have everything, right?” 

the girl’s speechless to say the least and it makes sense as to why, though angie refuses to think any further of what she’s thinking right now. “y-yeah. right here,” she answers, pulling them from out of her pockets to hand over to the other. 

“great~ awesome!” angie grabs them, turning around as she heads to her bedroom now. “follow me then! we’ve got some potions to make!” 

as she makes her way to the other, she’s repeating the same few words in her head: 

“by the way, you look really pretty,” he says all of a sudden, earning a big grin from the girl. he never fails to make her heart flutter from sudden compliments. she did look pretty today, though. she wore a cute, heart-patterned dress that was flow-y and made her look pure... which she finds funny, given the situation she was in right now. 

“really? thank you,” she smiles before she stands up from her seat and smiles, giving a quick and small twirl for him to see the entirety of the dress. “i wore it for you, after all! i always want to look pretty for you.” 

he smiles. “you don’t need to worry about that. you’re always pretty to me.” after he says that, he gives her a confused look and she feels as if she knows what he’s thinking. “aren’t you going to sit back down?” he asks. 

yeonhee has to hold back a smirk after she hears the question. truth be told, she had been planning for this to play out the way it did. sure, some things had happened naturally, but there was a specific reason as to why she’s dressed up for him today and why she wanted the both of them to be alone. but she doesn’t want to spoil the surprise for him just yet. after all, the reason why their relationship was so fun was because yeonhee, since the day they met, was always unpredictable. 

“hm? oh, sure,” she replies, smiling as if she had no idea in her mind as she walks over to him, moving herself over his lap so that she was straddle position while on him. 

immediately, he reacts with wide eyes and red ears and she couldn’t help but smile at how cute it was. had you told yeonhee at the beginning of the year that she’d have this kind of reaction from someone older than her, she’d probably have her ego inflated right at the spot. “what are you doing?” he asks. 

she tilts her head to the side, her innocent smile slowly turning into a more cheeky one. “what? can i not get close with my boyfriend?” she asks him, wrapping her arms around his neck so that she could show her intentions of being a little more intimate with him. “i haven’t seen you in a while. i miss being around you.” 

“n-no, it’s just,” he stammers, yeonhee giggling at how flustered he was getting. it’s not often he’s like this. back then, she used to be the one that would lose her cool while around him because of how charming yet kind he was. it’s ironic to have the positions be switched this time around, but perhaps that’s what happens when a new wave of confidence takes over yeonhee. and that wave of confidence is called big horny energy. 

“i’ve been thinking a lot about you these last few days,” she continues to speak, a pout forming on her lips this time as she recounts her feelings while being separated from him. “every night when i came back to my dorm, i’d always think about you because i was so tired and stressed out from rehearsals.” 

“y-you have, huh?” he asks, his shyness shining through his voice to the point that yeonhee finds it adorable. 

“you can put your hands on me,” she says with a smile. “you’ve done it before, haven’t you? no need to be shy with me, changwoo-ssi.” it feels a little peculiar calling him that whilst she was trying to flirt with him. she feels as if she hasn’t used honorifics with him in a while since the both of them had gotten close. but it feels right to call him that as she has on this playful-seductive act for him. “i dressed up so pretty for you, it’d be a waste if you didn’t get to feel me all over. especially since i’m not wearing panties.” 

a natural smile plays on her lips as she watches him gulp from being told that information, carefully placing his hands on her waist. the girl was always reminded of how her boyfriend’s hands were much bigger than hers every time they held each other’s hands. but whenever she thinks about all the times he’s touched her with them, she melts just from the memory of the feeling. 

and she’s so eager to feel that again. she’s been so eager and she wants to let him know that, too. 

"i was so lonely without you, you know,” she continues on with her explanation. “but you were always so busy and i didn’t want to bother you with how needy i was. so i tried to keep myself company while also thinking of you. and it just didn’t feel the same, you know?” she leans closer so that she can whisper in his ear this time, even if they are the only two in the room right now. “i’d think about how your hands would be all over me and how i’d be melting so easily whenever you touched me. your fingers just do a better job at pleasing me than my own.” 

she lowers her head down to give kisses to his jawline, unconsciously grinding on the slow growing tent through his pants. when she hears the sound of a soft moan leave his lips, she smiles to herself to know that what she was doing to charm him was working. perhaps she should play the role of a vixen more often, even if it’s only for her boyfriend only. 

“i missed the feeling of your tongue on me,” she continues to explain in a soft voice, moving her kisses to his neck. “just the thought of you having me squirm while you’re eating me out makes me so excited because of how easy it is to make me cum.” she sighs dreamily as she imagines that scene playing out in her head, the combination of the wet sounds of his tongue licking her sex and her moans practically sending her over the moon the more she thinks about it. she stops herself from getting too carried away. after all, if she wants a similar experience, she has to finish this. 

“and your cock, fuck,” her laugh is light, but the teasing tone doesn’t ever leave her voice. “i’ve been thinking of helping you de-stress too, you know. can’t imagine what’s going on your mind when you have to prepare for such an event. i just want to help you unwind from it by sucking you off.” she sighs again, though this time it resembles more of a soft moan than before. “and that’s before you use me like a doll, making everyone in hwaseong know that i’m nothing more than just your little whore.” 

“yeonhee,” changwoo says, the way he delivers it sounding much like a plead. the girl takes that moment to pull away from where she kissed last to give a devilish smile before she closes the distance between them, kissing him hotly and feeling relieved over it. when he responds to her with the same urgency, she feels her heart soar as she moves her arms away from his neck, making her hands go down to his chest. 

every single thing about this was driving her insane; from the way their tongues were intertwining with each other to how his hands were underneath her dress, finding themselves on her bare ass. however, she’s focusing on another feeling instead of his fingertips on her cheek, making her not at all ending the teasing from where she left off. 

she pulls away, letting herself catch her breath before she says something to him.“already? you’re so easy to please, changwoo-ssi.”

at this point, changwoo was already red in the face. but now, he just looks like a tomato and she couldn’t help but laugh. “fuck, yeonhee, you’re so mean.”

the reply makes her laugh as she grinds on his clothed boner, moaning herself from how she was so desperate to feel more. but she only does it once to test him. “you can be mean to me too, babe,” she responds to him. “i just want to spend time with you.” 

she wants to continue pushing the other’s buttons, but she immediately hears footsteps from the hallway, immediately getting the girl to get off of him. but before she could make herself comfortable next to him, he stands him and puts his hand out to her. “we need to go. now.” 

that is what make yeonhee’s cool act suddenly melt away as she finds herself smiling from excitement. she immediately takes his hand and stands up next to him before the both of them rush out of the common room to go out into the hallway, immediately rushing to go back to his dorm. 

on the way there, she sees haeun walk by her with a confused face. “yeonhee?” 

.he could always count on anais to know him like the back of her hand because before he could say anything, she immediately points out his... anxiety. "are you okay, calcifer?” she asks. “you look like you’ve had something on your mind the whole night.

the girl couldn’t have been any more right and he clears his throat when he realizes it’s time. he couldn’t pretend or let this hold out anymore. the both of them were at the right place, anyway. it’s about time that he asks her.... and hope for the best.

“annie, there’s something i’ve been meaning to tell you.” he says honestly. he clears his throat as he looks down at her concerned eyes. his hands reach for hers to hold them as he looks at her. it’s at this moment where he realizes that he is set on his decision. there was definitely no turnign back at this point. sure, there was a possibility in which she might reject him. but if he didn’t go through with it, then this whole entire night that was meant to be a lead up would be for nothing. all the times he’s looked at anais in the past, whether it be her in joy, frustration or in peace, and thought about a future with all of that would be for nothing.

the possible chance of having it set in their hearts that they would be together forever... would be for nothing.

“we’ve been together for a while now,” he starts. “and even before we started dating, you’ve always been on my mind. i’m sure you’re already aware of that.” there’s a goofy little smile that plays on his lips when he says that and it does its magic by getting the girl to smile back at him with fondness. “and whenever i’m not thinking about you in the moment, as you are now, i’m always thinking about you being in my life. like in the past... and in the future.”

he lets go of her hands and tries to search for the expensive box that he remembers putting in his pocket, only to realize that it wasn’t where he last put it. his eyes widen as he has the realization and he feels his heart drop to his stomach as he frantically moves his hands around his outfit.

“ah, sorry,” he apologizes, interrupting his overall speech. “this was supposed to be the part where i-”

“calicfer, finish it,” she urges. he looks up at her and there’s an excited smile on her lips. fuck. he’s making her expect it already. she definitely knows that he was planning on proposing.... that being said, it’s obvious that he’s lost the ring now. so why does she want him to continue with the lack of a band?

“right, right,” he continues on, trying his best to pretend that everything’s fine and he wasn’t panicking over the fact that he can’t give anais the proper proposal she deserves. it’s the declaration of love that matters in the end, right?

“anais, i’ve been thinking a lot about us. like… i’ve been thinking about the three of us a lot. i talked to jinnie about it, too and he actually… gave me some advice about how to tell you, so here i am.” he feels like he’s going with what he’s prepared, but also bulshitting along the way. this is all because he lost the box. but he still has to give it his all and let every single word get out of his mouth because he needs her to know. “and i’m always so happy around you, so it means the world knowing that you’re happy with me, too. so.. why not spend some more happy memories together? but make it… official?”

cal expects the big smile on her face after he finally lets out his words, but he doesn’t expect the girl to reach into her purse to pull out a very familiar looking box. so familiar in fact that it exactly resembles the one that cal had thought he had lost. he gasps.

she giggles. “calcifer, you’ve made it obvious that you were going to propose to me tonight,” she responds.

“what?!” cal pouts. “but i thought i did better from haejin’s proposal. he told me i was being obvious about mine, too.”

she sighs and shakes her head as she closes the distance between her and him. “as if you wouldn’t be stuck in your head over this,” she says, making the other blush in response to her words. she opens up the box to reveal an expensive, yet beautiful diamond ring. cal remembered passing by the jewelry store and thinking that it looked absolutely stunning. the fact that she was showing off his gift for her to him felt as if it could also be his… and to be honest, he wouldn’t have minded that.

“i love you, cal. you, haejin—hell, the whole country is probably aware of how much i’m grateful to have you in my life.” she reaches her hand to squeeze his left cheek, a.k.a the softest one dubbed by her and their boyfriend. “you’re my safespace. my sunshine but also my home. and i love spending every second with you. so you know i can’t say no to spending even more.”

“that being said.” cal finds himself smile when he sees the girl giggling before she can even finish her words. “calcifer, will you make me the happiest girl in the world and be my safespace forever?”

without even a thought, cal dips down and cups the other girl’s face before pulling her into a happy, yet passionate kiss to solidify his decision. now that he thinks back to the times where he stressed about asking this question to the girl, he finds the fear silly. he feels her lips curve into a smile before she kisses him again with the same emotion and he feels his heart go light. her was feeling relieved, yet the butterflies at the same time. it was a sweet feeling and he knows that this isn’t the first time he’s felt this around anais.