#talented?

You can still remember how his dark voice made you shiver and cause you to look at him once again, his eyes staring at you intensely. ”I-I do. But I don’t want to bother you while you take a look around the city.”  You gestured around yourself with your free left hand since he still held your right one. Confusion was evident on his face. “Should we maybe at least take a picture together?” You nod shyly and take out your phone and start your camera and the snow app, carefully handing it over to Yongguk who started scrolling through your filters – or that’s what you assumed he was doing. He soon stretched out his long arm and you scooted over to him to get into the frame. He chose a cute cat filter and you first took a few pictures with them and then without them. Yongguk sent one of them to everyone in your friends list and he did the same on snapchat – much to your embarrassment since most of your friends don’t really like kpop and usually make fun of it. “Would you like to show me around?” His deep voice startled you. “I’m not a local here so I wouldn`t be of much use. I’m actually following my navigation system to a Korean restaurant since I want to eat Bibimbap.” You admitted. “I’d like to go with you. I’ve been craving Korean food for days.”His gummy smile is one of the most beautiful things you’ve ever seen and you can only agree to let him tag along. “By the way. How come your English is so good?” The question had been circling your mind and you couldn’t resist asking it. “I have been studying really hard so I can talk to our international fans.” This made you smile even more and you looked at the floor shyly. Your navigation system startled you as it told you to turn right and you followed its directions only to be in front of the store a few seconds later. “This is it.” You whispered and he opened the door for you to let you in. Thankfully the entire restaurant was empty. You had been scared that other fans might want to use the chance to eat delicious foreign foods that might not be available in their hometown, because that’s what you had planned on doing. You both sat down across each other and started talking about different things. The Concert, Food, culture, your hobbies and other things. Afterwards both of you said your goodbye’s and walked away from each other and you thought that you would soon be a distant memory, until your snow told you that you had a received a new picture. Curiously, you opened it and Yongguks face was clearly visible, two words were placed beneath his chin. “Thank you.”You squealed and people turned around to look at you weirdly but you just ignored them. “Stop Squealing.” The message confused you and you looked around only to find Yongguk just a few meters behind you, smiling at you. Your cheeks started burning and you watched his every step as he walked over to you. “I just wanted to see if you actually like us.” You playfully hit his chest only to realize what you had done and quickly apologize but he assured you that it was alright. “I really have to leave now. Will you be in the crazy front row today?”  You nodded your head yes and he smiled. “What kind of ticket?” This time you frowned. “I could only afford the crazy front row ticket. So no high five.” Your pout makes him smile and he just tells you to “Wait and stand on the left side of the stage from your point of view.” And you did as you were told later that day. He chose you to come to the high five event and the two of you chatted backstage later that night. After the concert your started texting, then occasional phone calls and soon those phone calls became skype calls. Four months after the concert he came back to your country – this time to your hometown – and despite the difficulties that you would be facing and the physical difference between the two of you, you both decided to date.

 That was about a year ago and today you are still in a happy relationship – only the distance makes it hard for the two of you at times. And today is one of those days as you have been sick for the past two days. “I wish I could be with you. I have to go into the studio now. Please rest.” You read the message Yongguk sent you once more and sigh. You know that there is no such thing like a “good sick person” but you are definitely a bad one as you rarely get sick and are either drowning in self pity or just keep doing your work until you break down because your body is too weak to function. This time you are a mix of both – your body is too weak and you just lie in bed and drown in self-pity. Of course you would never tell Yongguk about it. He thinks that you have a slight case of the flu and decided to stay at home, while in reality your boss sent you home because you could barely concentrate. You cheeks are burning and your head hurts terribly but you told him that everything is alright. Yongguks message was sent to you about 11 hours ago and you hadn’t gotten one ever since, which made you worry at first but you just tell yourself that he is probably busy at the studio. Your eyes get heavy and you are about to fall asleep when you hear a knock on the door. “I’m coming!”  You say as loud as possible but there is no chance that the person on the other side of the door could hear you as you could barely hear yourself. You look through the peephole and see a large figure covered in all black. The broad shoulders tell you that it is probably a man standing in front of your door but you can’t make out the face as the hood of his sweatshirt is pulled deep into his face. “Who’s there” You say in your mother tongue and the person on the other side quickly looks up. You are right – it is a man. And not just any man. Although his face is covered by a black face mask you have no trouble to recognize his eyes. Your fingers are shaking and you are not sure if it’s because your body is weak because of the flu or if it’s because he’s right in front of that door but it takes you about a minute to put the key inside the keyhole and turn it twice in order to unlock the door. You tumble backwards and pull the door open at the same time to let him in. “That doesn’t look like a mild case of the flu.” Is the first thing he says as he walks in and closes the door behind you. “I didn’t want you to worry.”  The excuse sounds weak in your own ears but it is the truth. Yongguk pulls his mask down and reveals his beautiful lips, which are currently in a frown. “Y/N. We are in a relationship. I’ll always be there for you and I want to hear from you that you are not doing well. I don’t want your best friend to tell me “in case she didn’t tell you, which she probably didn’t“. I love you and I want to be there for you.” He takes your face into his hands and immediately flinches. “You are burning!” His eyes are huge and he lifts you up into his arms to carry you back to the bed.  You are quite thankful because you weren’t sure how much longer your legs would be able to carry you. “Did you go and see a doctor?” You nod your head, immediately regretting it as a sharp pain pulses through your head. “Where are the meds?” You just point to your nightstand and Yongguk lays you down on your bed and takes the meds to read their instructions. “So you’re supposed to take those three times a day, those twice a day and the cough syrup also three times a day but not right before bed.” You didn`t even know that you are not supposed to take the cough syrup right before bed and just look at him with big eyes. He hands you the meds along with a glass of water and you take them. “Why are you here?”  Your voice is raspy and you cough once, trying to clear it. “I knew that there was something wrong and I missed you.” He now blushes and smiles at you shyly, his unmade hair partially covering his eyes. “How long are you staying” waiting for the answer makes you anxious. “An entire month. TS gave us some time off. I will be spending my entire time here. The other will come over for a few days but I don’t know when and that also doesn’t matter for now. For now I’ll have to play your nurse.” He smiles and walks over to your en suite bathroom to get a cold towel and lays it on your head. You sigh in relieve as the cold fabric touches your hot forehead. “Now sleep for a while. I’ll still be there when you wake up.” His dark voice soothes you and you close your eyes, quickly falling asleep.

Your eyes open and you feel a warm body wrapped around you, still dressed in his clothes and with his head on your chest. You suddenly feel really warm but in general you are feeling better. Your head hurts less and your throat feels better. “Yongguk.” Your voice is only a whisper and he only reacts by pressing his body into yours. “Yongguk you can’t cuddle with me. You’ll get sick. .” You wiggle your arms free and brush his hair out of his eyes, which makes them flutter open. “But I don’t want to let go. I missed you.” His voice is deep and raspy and your heart melts into a puddle. It took him quite some time to open up to you. He didn’t say I love you until a few weeks ago and even now he only rarely tells you that he does but he shows you in other ways. Once a week you would receive flowers from a local flower shop. Sometimes you’d get chocolates and for your one year anniversary he paid for a wellness trip for you and your best friend since he couldn’t be able to be with you due to his busy schedule. You know that he feels bad about it but always tell him that it’s alright. That you are happy for him to be able to live his dream and that without his busy schedule you would have never met each other. And that is true, you are happy for him although you still miss him at times. “But you’ll get sick and then we can’t go out. You told me that you want to see that movie.” He lifts his head and pouts at you. “But if I’m sick you can be my nurse and that would probably be interesting.  . ”He tiredly lifts himself up, now his face is hovering directly over yours and he smiles like a little boy, making up the most genius prank in his head. He moves his lips closer to yours and you try to get away from him – without success. He presses his lips onto yours and at first you try to resist the urge to kiss him back, not wanting to be sick during his vacation, but you give up your struggles and wrap your arms around him and kiss him back. “You’re going to regret this. . .” You whisper and he pulls away only to press his lips against the most sensitive spot on your neck. “I will never regret being with you.”

~ 3 Days later ~

“I told you that you’d regret it. Now I’m healthy again and you have to stay in bed. .”