#pwj

and then another

and another

until it was a whole week

you immediately thought the worst, that he was sick

so after you got home from school that day you ran straight to his house only to see a 'for sale' sign in the yard and the house completely empty

when you got back to your house you asked your parents about it and they just mumbled something about the mafia

and just like that you never saw him again

you got on with your life, but it was difficult

you hadn't got a friend to say everything to anymore

nobody as close to you

and it made you feel very,, alone

and if what your parents had said about the mafia was true then

for all you know woojin could be a gangster or worse, dead

you'd just never know now

but you poured yourself into your work

you studied as hard as possible, partially because it was a distraction but also because something in you made you think that maybe, just maybe, if you did well woojin would be proud of you

wherever he was, that is

and you really did do well

you went to one of the top colleges in the country with a high gpa

but even though you'd succeeded it didn't feel right

you didn't have woojin there to celebrate with you

you didn't have woojin going to college with you

it was... different

but you got on with it

you found a small apartment in the suburbs to live in while you attended uni, and although it was kind of cramped it was homey and also very cheap

your friends at college said it was ,, in a kind of dodgy area,,, but you ignored them because well

you'd never seen anything bad happened and your neighbours were a crazy cat lady and a photographer how dodgy could it be???

that was until you were walking home one day, later than usual

you'd been doing work in the library for an essay that was due in a few weeks time

when you came across something odd - dodgy

3 men stood with their guns pointed towards another man on his own, with his own gun

all the men had your backs to you but

one of them seemed familiar

you approached further, making sure they didn't notice you because haha you didn't want to be shot

he... reminded you of someone

or was he the someone he was reminding you of?

wait

it's?

"Woojin?"

it was only a whisper but

the man closest to you, turned around, his gun pointing to the floor

and as he looked you in the eye you knew

it was definitely woojin

as much as you wanted to run to him and hug him for 2991934 hours to make up for the years you'd missed together

there was a dangerous situation

just as one of the other men tutted and turned to woojin

the person they were all facing ran away into the night

the tallest man fired in the mans disappearing shadow before walking off, followed by the other man

"Woojin? Are you coming with us?"

"I'm just going to stay here for a bit. See if he comes back."

the tallest hummed in approval before turning to walk away

"You shouldn't have lost focus."

as soon as they were out of sight woojin ran over to you and hugged you tighter than you've ever been hugged before

"I've missed you so much, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

you smiled into his shoulder and took a deep breath

"It's okay, as long as you're okay it's all okay."

he pulled back from the hug and looked at your face properly, lit up by the streetlights

"You've gotten prettier, I'm sure!"

you rolled your eyes at him and smacked his shoulder

"Shut up, if anything you've got... handsome.... er???"

he laughed at your attempt at a compliment and stepped back

"It's dark, do you want to come to mine? I live nearby!"

and he did

he lived closer to your college than you did which made you jealous,,, but his apartment was also way bigger than yours with 2 bedrooms which made you even moRE JEALOUS

he went to make you some tea and when he returned you two sat on the sofa, watching tv

to be honest,, neither of you were focused on the tv,, more on how good it felt to be back together again

"I really missed you woojin, I thought you were dead."

you sighed and breathed slowly, your chest heavy

"I wouldn't die on you, you know that."

his tone was serious but he looked at you next to him with a smile

and you felt your heart jump a bit

it hasn't been long since you last saw him but you were sure he'd gotten even more handsome

in fact he was really,,, good looking ,,,

he explained that when he left it wasn't really,,, his fault

his dad was Kang Daniel's dad's, the head of the mafia, old friend, and he'd called in a favour which meant he needed woojin's dad's help

and the area you lived in wasn't really ideal,,,

so woojin moved away and then with all that happened

he managed to get involved in the mafia himself

but he wasn't really heavily involved

not as much as his friends minhyun and jihoon, who were with him earlier

minhyun was higher up,, and jihoon was as good as a trained assassin who watched over newbies like a hawk in case they tried to stray

but woojin wasn't nearly as involved as them

he just did small jobs, jobs that didn't need a lot of work or violence because although he was good with a gun they said he had ""too much of a heart""

and he was totally fine with that,,, he didn't really want to go around doing bank robberies or hits

before long you got talking about yourself, your uni life

when you mentioned your grades you noticed the proud look on woojins face and it made it all worth it

because not only did you make him proud but the grades brought you here where you saw him again

when you mentioned where you live you noticed woojin started to look like he was

,,, in thought ,,,

and he suddenly spoke up before you'd even finished your sentence

"Do you want to live with me? I'm closer and you don't have to pay me rent!"

WELL YOU WERENT ABOUT TO SAY NO

something in your mind was thinking about,,, living with a mafia member would be dangerous,,, but he was low down so you assumed it would be totally okay

also he claimed that you ‘might be recognised by that guy!!!’ and it was protection lmao nice one

and so you moved in together

it was ;; real fun being together all the time again

it was exactly like nothing had change

you'd order takeout like every night and just eat it and watch tv

I mean of course you'd do your work for college too but

it was like the 2+ years without him never happened

but there was one difference

somewhere in your heart, feelings were starting to grow for woojin

not bad ones lol

LOVE

he had gotten so handsome,,, and so caring ,,, and the way he looked at you sometimes gave you butterflies

but he was in the mafia...????!!!!!

that ain't safe

one day you were home earlier than usual, one of your classes were cancelled

when you heard woojin come in,, accompanied by who you assumed were minhyun and jihoon

of course you realised you pROBABLY HAD TO SHUT UP AND NOT SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY DIDNT KNOW YOU EXISTED

so you went and hid out in the bathroom

as you hid,,, you could hear some of their talking

they were just talking about Daniel,,,, really ,,, and his cool penthouse suite in the hq and how jealous they were of it lmAO

as you got bored of their conversing you looked to the side and noticed

boy had literally used up all of the toilet paper

completely forgetting about keeping quiet you sighed loudly and mumbled "every damn time"

uh oh

bad idea

them mafia guys got MAD good hearing

"What the hell was that??"

"It sounded like a person..."

"Uh.... it's the ghost that haunts this apartment??"

nice lie woojin

"It sounded like it came from the bathroom, I'm going to check-"

before anyone could barge in on you, you stepped out from the bathroom and were greeted by the shocked faces of ,,, minhyun and jihoon,,, and woojin facepalming

"Really y/n? You couldn't keep quiet?"

"Why is there a GIRL in your bathroom? I thought you lived alone"

the taller, older one - you guessed he must be minhyun- seemed more shocked and confused than angry

but as for jihoon...

"She isn't one of us. Who is she?"

"She's my friend from before, she goes to uni nearby so she lives in the spare bedroom is that so bad?"

minhyun shrugged and wandered off back to the living room but jihoon looked at you suspiciously

"You know what you're getting her involved in?"

"Yeah."

"Hmm."

and then jihoon was gone too

and I guess that was how you met woojins friends

straight away minhyun started to come over every evening to teach you some self defence

nothing with a gun,,, because that's too much for someone who isn't even part of the mafia,,, but just how to protect yourself from attacks just in case

and every time you'd successfully do something, woojin would have that proud look on his face again

which gave you butterflies

before long you were pretty much perfect at defending yourself

if someone even tapped your shoulder,,, you could have them on the floor in 0.2 seconds

even minhyun was impressed by how quickly you caught on

and so your self defence classes finished

in celebration of your completion, you text woojin as soon as minhyun left to ask him what takeout he wanted

he responded quickly with

"Pizza! I'll be back soon!!!"

and so you got to ordering it

it came quickly, before woojin even got home

and so you went to unpack it, leaving the front door unlocked so woojin could get in easily

as you started to unpack the pizza you heard a faint knock at the door

assuming it was woojin, you shouted to him that the door was unlocked, he could come straight in

you heard the squeak of the door opening and closing, still not turning around from the pizza

and that was when you felt it

a cold knife was pressed against your neck from behind, a gloved hand pressing it close to your throat

before you even had time to process the situation your training had kicked in

you couldn't do much in the way of beating the guy up, but you managed to disarm him and chuck his knife out of the window

as you stood face to face with him, your own kitchen knife in your hand the door swung open and there was woojin

you looked over at him and noticed the complete shock as he pulled the gun from his pocket and the intruder backed away

"Get out!!! Do you hear me?? Get out of here!!"

he waved the gun in the direction of the door and within  seconds the intruder was gone

an odd silence fell in the apartment, with the only noise being the wind through the open door

Woojin looked up at you, a strange look in his eyes

"Woojin-"

he walked straight up to you, holding your face in his hands for a few seconds saying nothing at all

and then his lips were on yours

all you could think about was how much you loved him,, not even what had just happened

he pulled back slightly, resting his forehead against yours

"I really need to stop letting the one I love get hurt."

While getting ready, you get a text from Woojin.

Snagglebby💕: Bring a change of clothes. Going somewhere after if your parents are okay with it? We’ll be done at 7 :)

You smile and reply with ‘Okay, let me ask. See you soon~’, deciding to pack a cute but casual outfit into the small backpack you decided to bring. As you leave your room, you run smack into your mom’s back.

“Another date with Woojin?” She asks. “Did you eat lunch?”

You nod. “Yes, to both questions. And also, we’re going somewhere after, so I’ll be back after 8. Is that okay with you?” 

Your mom nods, smiling. “Have fun, alright? And tell Woojin I said ‘hi’.”

With a nod and a sincere smile, you go on your way, walking the 10 minute route to YMC.

“Hello Y/N,” the receptionist, who’s name you can’t remember, greets. “Woojin?” You nod and she smiles. “Down the hall, farthest door to the left.”

“Thank you,” you say, giving a her a polite smile. While following her directions, you get a text from Woojin.

Snagglebby💕: i’m talking to minhyun hyung. I’ll be there in a few :) 

See you then.

You approach the door to the practice room, cautiously opening it. After a step inside, you close the door behind you. 

“Y/N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Guanlin rams into you, nearly making the both of you fall over. 

“Hey Guanlin,” you laugh as he pulls away and shoots his gummy smile.

The boys come over and say hi, hugging you before going back over to the corner where the music controls for the studio are. WinkDeepHwiLin stays, bothering you as usual. 

“We just finished practice, so you and Woojin can be by yourselves,” Jinyoung tells you, wiggling his eyebrows. 

You giggle as Daehwi slaps his arm, sighing whilst turning his attention to you. “Woojin’s really going to miss you, so the two of you have fun tonight.”

“Thank you Daehwi,” you reply, hugging him.

“Okay, I’m hitting up the shower,” Sungwoon says, letting a towel rest on his shoulders as he plays with his hair. “Bye Y/N! Have fun~”

He waves as he leaves, the others following while you smile and say bye. Just as you, Panwink, and Jinhwi sit on the ground, Minhyun comes in looking tired yet happy. 

“Hey Y/N,” he manages to greet as you get up and walk into his arms. “Hi Minhyun. Make sure to get some rest today, alright?” 

He nods, smiling. “Woojin will be here in a bit. I have to take these guys back to the dorm for a late lunch.”

“Can we hang out just a little longer?” Guanlin whines. 

Minhyun sighs and looks at the maknae line. “Jisung said he would make his chicken fried rice for-”

“GOTTA BLAST!!!!!!!!!!”

Guanlin darts out, the other boys following behind in a fit of laughter and giggles. Minhyun clicks his tongue and looks at you.

“You and Woojin have fun tonight,” he says.

“We will,” Woojin replies from the door. 

You look past Minhyun at your boyfriend, his hands behind his back. Minhyun smiles at him, then at you.

“This is my cue to leave,” he whispers. “Don’t do anything reckless.”

“We won’t,” you giggle. “All we’re gonna do is dance.”

He just nods and waves while leaving. As he opens the door, you call out “Make sure you and Jisung get some rest!” and he nods continuously as Woojin embraces you in a backhug. 

“My girlfriend cares more about my bandmates than me?” He whines. 

You laugh and turn around to peck his lips and hug him tightly. “Minhyun and Jisung have to deal with all you little monsters every day and they need rest.” 

“Well, Sungwoon isn’t going to do them any justice.” 

“Tsk, tsk. No honorifics for Sungwoon?” Woojin shakes his head and you laugh. “Anyways, I think their best bet of a baby-sitter is Daehwi.”

“What do you mean, he’s the most childish one out of the maknae line.”

You roll your eyes and play ruffle his hair. “Okay, Woojin. What should we start with first?”

“Well, before we start, I have something for you.” 

He reaches behind his back and pulls a red rose out of his back pocket. 

“Wow,” you awe at the perfectly curled petals. “Thank you Woojin... I just, didn’t think you were the romantic type?”

He chuckles as you take the rose, something cold meeting your hand. “I had help from Minhyun hyung.”

You gasp as you look at the heart ring on the stem, slipping it off to admire it. 

“I know it’s plain and simple, but it matches my ring.” 

You quickly look at your boyfriend, who’s taking his ring off. He shows the band to you, gently motioning for your ring. You watch as he clicks the heart of your ring into the cutout on his ring. Satisfied, he looks at you, a cute, excited smile on his face.

“Woojin,” you start. “It’s adorable. I love it so much.”

You throw your arms around him and he chuckles, his arms resting on your waist as he gently rubs your back. “I’m glad you love it, Y/N. Here, give me your hand.”

You let him gently caress your hand, and he slips the ring onto your ring finger. He grins. “Ready to dance?”

“I can’t believe I had to teach you ‘As If It’s Your Last’,” Woojin tells you as the two of you end your poses. 

“Shut up, I had to teach you HOTSHOT’s ‘Jelly’, which I figured you would have known,” you jeer while patting his chest. 

“I mean, the HOTSHOT guys did come and make an extra position for Sungwoon to learn ‘Jelly’ and we came to say hi.”

“Wait. You need to introduce me to Timoteo, please.”

Woojin laughs and kisses your forehead. “You can ask Sungwoon later.” You pout as Woojin takes your hands. “Want to dance some more?” 

You nod in response. “Let’s learn a song together.” 

“Well, if you want, we could come up with a dance for a song of your choice,” Woojin suggests while twirling you around. 

“How about ‘Hug Me’ by Crush?”

“Sounds perfect.”

By the time the two of you finish choreographing ‘Hug Me’, it’s been exactly five hours since you’ve been at YMC. 

“Okay, we should record and then get ready to go wherever you were planning on taking me,” you tell Woojin, who was gulping down a water bottle. 

He wipes at the sweat and nods, holding out the nearly empty water bottle to you. You laugh and take his offer, gulping down the rest of it. You reach for a hug but he shakes his head. 

“Baby, I’m sweating a lot,” he tells you, smiling at you glaring at him.

“We’re both sweating, you loser,” you laugh while embracing him. 

Woojin chuckles and kisses the top of your head. “When we’re done, we can go up to the dorms and get showered up and ready to go.”

“Y/N, you shower first,” Woojin tells you as he closes the door behind him. 

“Okay,” you reply, giving him a quick kiss before taking your backpack and going to the bathroom. 

You get changed in the outfit you packed and come out of the bathroom. You hear chatter from the living room, so you go out and spot all of the boys, excluding Jisung and Minhyun, pestering Woojin about something. 

“Leave the poor boy alone,” you tell them, shoving yourself in between Woojin and Jihoon on the couch. You let your backpack rest by your feet as the boys look to you.

“Y/N, what did you guys do?” Jinyoung curiously asks.

“Uhm, dance?” You reply, putting a hand on Woojin’s arm. “Hey, go shower. I’ll be fine.” 

He nods and kisses your cheek before quickly leaving. 

“AWE YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY A MARRIED COUPLE!!” Seongwoo obnoxiously screams. 

“Seongwoo shut up,” you mumble. “If I show you guys us dancing will you shut up?”

They all eagerly nod, and you sigh while pulling out your phone. The boys crowd around and you press play. It was you and Woojin dancing to ‘As If It’s Your Last’ and ‘Jelly’, the boys throwing in commentary every other move. You go to the next video, the dance you and Woojin choreographed for  ‘Hug Me’. For this one, they’re completely quiet, except for Ongniel, who compliment the dance every once in a while. 

“Uhm, you guys learned this all in the span of five hours?” Daniel asks, amazed. 

“Well, me and Woojin choreographed that last dance,” you reply, scrolling through your Instagram feed. 

Woojin comes out, looking good as always. “Why are you guys screaming?”

“They’re just being nerds.” 

“YOU GUYS ARE THE CUTEST,” Daehwi squeals. 

“Uhm, we’re gonna go eat dinner and I’ll be back,” Woojin says, helping you up. You sling your backpack on and he takes your hand.

“Bring me back a pizza!” Guanlin calls out as Woojin opens the door for you. 

“Uhm, no!” You shout back as the two of you leave. Woojin looks at you and you smile. “Where are we going?”

“Well, the game plan is that we’ll meet my family,” Woojin explains. “I’ll take you home afterwards.”

You nod. “Wait. I’m meeting your parents? And your extended family?”

Woojin nods while looking at you, a small, sympathetic smile playing on his lips. You play with his hand as the two of you find a cab. 

“My family will love you,” he assures you as the cab driver goes on his way. The ride from the dorm to his parent’s house will take 5 minutes. You only nod in response while looking out the window, your hands clasped together in your lap. Woojin takes a hold of your hands, looking you straight in the eye. 

“It will be okay,” Woojin softly tells you, placing a kiss on your lips. “Be yourself.”

All you could do was smile and lean your head against his shoulder, his arm around you as time continues to shorten.

After helping you out of the cab, Woojin closes the door and caresses your hands. 

“Y/N, if you’re not up to meeting my family, we can leave,” he tells you, rubbing gentle circles on the top of your hands.

“I’ll be okay,” you tell him. “Just a bit nervous, that’s all.”

Woojin, being the gentleman he is, holds his arm out for you. You gently take his arm as the two of you walk up to the house. He knocks a few times, and you notice some quiet music playing inside. The door opens, and a middle-aged woman stares at us for a moment. 

“Woojin-ah? It’s been a while~” She laughs as she reaches out for a hug. You let go of his arm so that they can hug, and when they pull away, she smiles at you. “This must be your girlfriend?”

“Yeah. Y/N, this is my Aunt Maerin,” Woojin says, giving you an encouraging smile. 

Maerin reaches out for a hug and you gently hug her. 

“Come meet the family~” She chirps, allowing you and Woojin inside. “The kids are downstairs blaring music. Sorry for that, Y/N.”

“Oh no, it’s fine,” you assure Maerin, who locks the door and motions the two of you into the living room. 

Woojin leads you into the living room, and you’re a bit taken aback at how many people are there. 

“Woojinnie~!” 

A bunch of relatives come up to greet him, and you stand back a bit. Some of them ask for your name and you introduce yourself. Finally, after a few moments, you and Woojin get to his parents who are near the kitchen. 

“This is Y/N?” His mom asks, smiling sweetly at you. 

Woojin nods and looks at you. “Y/N, these are my parents.”

His mom and dad give you quick hugs and you suddenly feel okay. 

“We’re so glad you could come, Y/N,” Woojin’s dad says. 

“Oh, it’s no problem,” you reply with a smile. 

“You should go take her to meet your cousins,” Woojin’s mom says. 

Woojin nods and his parents wave as the two of you leave. When you guys approach the basement, ‘Energetic’ can be heard. 

“I’m having second thoughts,” Woojin tells you just as the basement door opens. 

“WOOJIN!!”

A few little kids, a couple of girls and a little boy, hug Woojin’s legs and you giggle as they laugh and he ruffles their hair.

“Y/N, meet the triplets,” he laughs, giving you one of the sweetest smiles ever. “Min, Minhwa, and Minhyung.”

The triplets run around and they barrel into you for hugs. They lead both you and Woojin downstairs where other little kids and teenagers are hanging out. Honestly, you thought it would have been some sort of hangout for teenagers, but most of them greet you and Woojin nicely. ‘Burn It Up’ starts playing and everyone encourages Woojin to dance. 

The next few hours are spent with dance battles, karaoke, and some snacking on crackers, chips, and everything else. 

“My girlfriend can dance, too.”

You end up dancing to BLACKPINK songs with a few of his other cousins, and he ends up cheering you on. When you finish, he’s saying things like ‘That’s my girlfriend right there’ while messing with his cousins. You become good friends with a few of Woojin’s cousins and before you know it, you have to get back home. The kids have to hug you individually, as well as Woojin’s older cousins. Everyone thanks you for coming, and the two of you leave. 

Woojin calls a cab and the two of you get in. On the way to your house, you fall asleep on his shoulder, exhausted from the fun night. He gently calls your name to tell you that you’re there. 

At your door, Woojin gives you a sweet kiss. He pulls you in for a long hug before letting you go. 

“I’m really going to miss times like these,” he admits while looking at you. 

“I will too,” you reply. “I can’t wait until we go on another date. I don’t care how long I’ll have to wait.”

Woojin smiles sincerely, caressing your cheek. “I love you.”

“I love you, too.”

Woojin presses his lips against yours, and he stares into your eyes. 

“Don’t make me cry,” you tell him, biting back your smile. 

Woojin chuckles and nods, kissing your forehead. “Get inside safely, okay?”

“I will. Now, you get to the dorm safely, alright?”

“I promise I will.” 

He lets go of my hand and he starts walking away. You wave and he turns, waving. When he disappears down the street, you head inside, your mom sitting at the kitchen table while reading a book. 

“How was it?” She asks as you plop onto the couch.

“It was wonderful,” you dreamily reply, thinking about the night.