#jinho request

But when you were out together you told yourself everyone was staring. How could a woman so tall date a man so short. Really, anyone who took notice thought you two were absolutely adorable. But your past of getting picked on because of it lead you to assume the worst.

In the last few weeks Jinho had noticed the changes. You were slouching more, you were always wearing flats or slip-ons, nothing with any lift or heel. You were dressing in softer clothes and colors, trying to appear smaller. He noticed how you’d shy away in public sometimes, or if the two of you were out with friends you’d stick to the maknaes’ sides because you blended in better. He had noticed just how upset you seemed and he wasn’t going to allow it to continue.

“(Y/N)! I’m home!” Jinho’s cheery voice rang from the front door.

“Hi, did you have a good day?” You asked from your spot on the couch, turn your head towards him to kiss him when he greeted you.

“I did.” He paused, “But I’m soooo tired, can we cuddle on the couch for a bit and then order out? I don’t want to cook.” He pouted from behind the couch, his eyes sparkling as looked down at you.

You wanted to relish in the moment, Jinho was looking down at you and it made you feel really good for a few seconds.

“Of course.” You giggled, coming back to the present. “Come here.” You opened the blanket you had wrapped around you and Jinho practically bolted into your arms. “Was your day that stressful?”

“It wasn’t so much stressful as I was distracted all day.”

He pushed you down to lay on your back and he settled on top of you. He wrapped the extra blanket on the back of the couch around the two of you and sighed. In the next moment his wiggled to have his back against the back of the couch so he was facing you but still laying on you. He threw his leg over yours and rested he head on his hand as he looked you over. His free hand resting lightly on your stomach and tracing shapes between there and your hip.

“Why were you distracted?” You brushed his bangs out of his face and watched him watch his hand.

“Well, I’ve noticed a few things lately and I didn’t know how to bring them up to anyone. So I’ve been thinking about it all day.”

“What have you noticed?” You were genuinely curious.

“Why have you been so upset lately?” His words knocked the wind out of you.

“What do you mean?” You tried to cover your surprise as you mentally kicked yourself for being so obvious.

“Babe.” His voice turned stern. “We’ve been together for three years now, I can read you like a large print book.”

“Nice simile.” You joked, giving as much of a smile as you could muster from being caught.

“(Y/N), what’s up? You know you can talk to me about literally anything right? I mean, I know how you like your coffee. I know that you prefer to sleep on your stomach and only sleep with socks on if you’re not feeling well. I know what to get when you’re on your period, food wise and pad or tampon wise. I know so much about you I could write that large print book. Can you talk to me about it?”

“I’m insecure.” You did the equivalent of hanging your head in your current situation which was covering your face with you arm, your face hot with embarrassment.

“About?” His hand kept tracing shapes on your lower abdomen, his voice was still steady.

“You’re going to think it’s dumb.” You whined, peeking from under your arm to watch his chest move as he breathed.

“You’ve said a lot of dumb things in the time we’ve been together, whatever it is that you’re insecure over will not be one of those.” He assured you, in a last ditch effort to coax it out of you he pressed a kiss to your elbow that was closest to him and gave your body a gentle squeeze.

“I’m too tall.” The words came out fast and mumbled.

“Too tall?” You were hoping he hadn’t caught them.

“Yes, I’m too tall. Especially next to you.” You slowly moved your arm away and looked up shamefully at Jinho.

You weren’t expecting the love in his eyes, or the goofy grin he always had when you caught him staring. The hand that had been on your stomach moved towards your hand and laced his fingers with yours.

“Those words have never left my mouth, so where did you hear them?” He kissed each knuckle as he spoke.

“It’s been ingrained in me for so long so you didn’t have to.” 

“Then let’s get rid of it then.” Jinho leaned over and planted a big kiss on your lips. “I love you so much. You shine the brightest when you’re happy and when your love for yourself outweighs you love for me. I don’t care that you’re taller than me. I don’t care what others may say. I adore you and our friends cherish you and we only want to see you happy. Besides, if only one of us can reach the top shelf and has to lead the other in crowds I’m perfectly happy with you being the one. I’ll follow you anywhere and I’ll make sure I don’t put anything too low.”

You don’t know why his words brought tears to your eyes but they did. You blinked furiously trying to get rid of them before they fell, but Jinho caught them all with his sleeve.

“Besides, it’s nice that you sometimes cuddle me like this where I can feel safe and at complete peace with you. Being the oldest out of our friend group is exhausting and coming home to being the little spoon every now and then is very revitalizing for me.”

You laughed at that point, you loved wrapped yourself around Jinho and just relishing in the physical contact. It was a huge comfort to you and it made you feel much better knowing it was the same for him.

“Plus, my badass girlfriend can totally beat up most of our younger friends for me. Who wouldn’t love that?” Jinho kissed you again and rolled a bit to lay more on top of you. “Nothing will change how I feel about you okay? Regardless of height, you’re perfect just the way.”

You let out a sigh as the two of you settled, feeling comforted by Jinho’s weight on your body. You felt much better getting your biggest insecurity off your chest. You were even more thankful to have an angel like Jinho in your life to keep you in check in every way. You moved a hand to rest on his lower back.

“Thank you.” You voice was warmer but still small. “Thank you for being there to bring me back up, I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

“I can’t let me sunshine disappear.” He groaned a moment later. “I’ve been around Shinwon too much, that was gross.”