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Your eyes drifted towards the school window where Hwa-jin had run towards the student. You tried your best to not panic knowing it would only cause more unnecessary stress.

As you led her both towards the stairs you reassured her it was fine. 

“You're good, you got it.” 

“I'm good, I'm good.”

Geun-dae and you sat down, making sure she wasn't about to fall down.

“Are you feeling dizzy?” He asked her as she shut her eyes for a brief moment.

Your heart continued to beat faster, searching her face,

“Should I go bring water?” 

“No,no I'm-I’ll be okay.” 

When your eyes drifted towards the window again, you let out a gasp without thinking. Because all you saw was Hwa-jin being shoved towards the window. Something was very wrong. 

“Inspector Na!” Geun-dae gasped in horror. 

Despite being drugged, Han-rim knew something was going down and it could possibly be the worst case scenario if not acted upon quickly. 

“What are you doing?!” You held onto her as she got up quickly and almost immediately fell back down. 

Breathing shakily, she looked at you and spoke,

“Go. I'll- I'll follow you once I am sobered up.” It was then you knew this was a much worse situation than you could grasp, because for one, you weren't the one who could physically fight at any given moment, instead being the doctor who treated and was giving any needed medical advice. 

You nodded at her rapidly, standing up and running towards the building. You knew they were on the above floors and as someone who had been present throughout the past few weeks due to the ongoing investigation, you had a good idea of the layout of the school.

Quickly finding the stairs, you made sure to run up as quietly as you possibly could, wanting to avoid any sort of confrontation from other students who were fighting against you, knowing you might not easily have the upper hand.

As you raced upwards, you could hear voices and when you got even more closer you heard someone crying. It was a gut wrenching sound and you had to hold control yourself from screaming. 

You reached the floor where they were, deciding to stand just behind the wall to assess the situation. 

“‘I’ll let Seong-gu live when you finally die.” You had to cover your mouth to prevent the gasp of horror that escaped when you saw the situation. 

Hwa-jin had a knife stabbed into his side while Seong-gu seemed to be held captive.

“Please know that I am very sorry.” Gyu-cheol spoke calmly which made you flinch when he shoved Hwa-jin against the wall, knife still pressed into his torso. 

You couldn’t help it when your eyes teared up, knowing how he must be in pain. You knew he had possibly survived far worse, but it didn’t mean you liked it when he got hurt. 

You had to think quickly. There was no time to feel pain, it wasn’t like you were stabbed yet somehow it felt all the same seeing Hwa-jin’s face so still. 

You turned back, eyes clenching shut when you heard another stab and hearing Seong-gu wail in agony. You had to stop this before someone eventually died. 

Rushing back to the stairs, you tried to think of something, hands running through your hair in frustration. 

Think, think think.

You didn’t hear Hwa-jin get stabbed again, him bending over from the sheer force and brute of the knife going deeper. You didn’t know how all he somehow could think about was you. Hoping you hadn’t been hurt. It seemed a bit ridiculous to think that even when his life was on the verge of near death, all he could think about was how he wanted to see you again. 

The lights. You knew Seong-gu was being held as the hostage which in turn prevented Hwa-jin from fighting, you had seen a fire extinguisher just on the wall you were standing at, but you knew if you went in with just that you would be visible to Gyu-cheol. 

Remembering where the emergency testing light switch was, you rushed, knowing it would only turn the main lights off for a brief time to detect any issues and then turn back on when nothing was detected. Luckily, it was on the pathway between the floors, and you flipped it, sudden darkness surrounding you. 

You didn’t care if you made any noise at this point, quickly grabbing the fire extinguisher with all your strength. You took a deep breath before you threw it towards the kid holding Seung-gu, and then the red lights shut off with the main lights coming back on. 

You couldn’t seem to catch a breath, the adrenaline making you shake a little. 

The kid yelled something between a cuss word and a scream of pain, while you moved towards Seong-gu. Your hands seemed to not stay still. 

He saw you. You who were here with two boys who were ready to kill. You who kept her own life in danger…to save him. 

“Oh God, you’ll be fine, you’ll be fine.” 

You pushed him inside the classroom, not realising the kid you’d shoved had gotten back up. You screamed in shock as he grabbed you from behind, hands tightening around the collar of your t-shirt. Your hands immediately latched onto his, digging your nails as harshly as you could.

“Who the fuck do you think you are?” 

Before you could even say a word, he shoved you against the wall behind, your head hitting hard on the wall. “Shit!” You hissed in pain as your vision blurred. It didn’t seem to satisfy the kid as he raised his hand and punched you across the face hard. 

“Stupid bitch!” He hit you on the other side of your face as you bowled over, kicking you hard in the stomach and all you could feel was stomach clenching in the most abnormal way.

And for a moment there, Hwa-jin’s world stopped. Everything around him seemed to blur, maybe due to the rapid blood loss or even just from seeing one of his worst case scenarios come true. Possibly both. It felt like his whole body was suddenly shoved into unfamiliar territory. 

Because despite all the years of being strong, all the years of being the best fighter he could possibly be to protect those he loved and those who could not protect themselves, at the end of the day, removing all the layers of him and underneath was just a human. 

One who could simply not bear to see the sight of his beloved in pain. It made something in him tremble too. Perhaps his heart. 

 No. He would not let anything happen to you. 

“S-sto-” You could only feel the burn on your face, rapidly spreading throughout your body as if it reacted a little later to the hit. Gosh, maybe you should have taken up those training lessons.

Before you could think much, suddenly you felt all the weight disappear as you saw him fly sideways. 

You knew it was Han-rim even before you saw her. You knew your mouth was probably bleeding, the back of your head felt wet enough to assume it was too. 

“Agh! You fucking bitch!” He got up with all his might and charged towards Han-rim, who you knew could handle it as she shoved him into the desk in the classroom. 

It seemed your brain knew, the situation was seemingly in control now. You began sliding downwards. 

“Y/N! Don’t shut your eyes!” Han-rim yelled from inside. Groaning in pain, you looked to your sides, towards him. Seeing him made your heart twist in something you were not too unfamiliar with, seeing the blood this time making you want to throw up. 

“Hwa- I am fine. I-i am okay.” You breathed shakily, trying your best to keep your eyes open to see him. 

You needed to stay conscious. You knew it was more for him then you too. To reassure him that you were fine. The way he would reassure you when he would come to you to get his injuries treated. You understood now how much that reassurance mattered when you were the one giving it. Even if you were in pain, eyes blurring and adrenaline slowly decreasing, you could only worry about him.

And despite everything, it was more than enough for him to fight back. Seeing you worry, trying to reassure him that you were okay even when you could barely stand up, it was enough as he grabbed Gyu-cheol’s hand and began to pull it away from him.

He looked back at you, knowing you would have been safer if you stayed down with Geun-dae while the cops came. But you didn’t. You risked your own life to come up and save him, even when you couldn’t fight. Seeing you hurt made this rage slowly build up in him. As if he had somehow made this happen. As if it was his fault you came and not simply because you loved him more than you could ever realise and could not bear to see him in any pain. 

You could see something going on in his mind, the far-away look you were familiar with coming back along with some form of guilt. You shook your head with a small smile that you tried mustering, “It-it’s not your fault okay?” 

Gyu-cheol seemed to be getting caught off-guard, his violent plans going sideways rapidly ever since you came. “Let go. I said let go, you fucking-” 

“You like running your mouth off, Hm? Gonna let me talk now?”

The ringing in your head was now more prominent as you leaned back against the wall, breathing in gulps as you moved your hand towards the back of your head. You knew head injuries were disarming, you just didn’t expect for it to affect you so quickly. You clenched your eyes, feeling the blood as you groaned. 

You could hear a bit of what was going on, Hwa-jin’s voice loud enough in the empty hallway. 

“Y/n!Y/N!” You momentarily forgot Han-rim was there as she moved towards you, having the kid become unconscious, not dead. She held your head with both her hands. “Look at me!” 

You grabbed her hands with both of yours. “Ta-take Seong-gu, if the bleeding persists- he could-he could get severe blood loss. I-i am okay, just a little- concussed. Hwa-jin- he- he is bleeding- I’ll need to help tha-”

Han-rim, even though as unaffected as she tried to seem, her eyes slightly teared up. Of course, you’d be more worried about everyone else than yourself. She didn’t call you a goody two-shoes for no reason. 

“Go-!” You forced her to listen to you, even though she would have retorted back, she nodded at your words and followed your instructions, glancing back again as she made her way out with Seong-gu who walked with a limp and hand around her shoulder. You nodded firmly to assure her again that you were okay.

“Listen to me carefully. Everyone in this country has the right to an equal education to the extent of their abilities and through that, the right to be happy!”

You looked back at Hwa-jin as he spoke firmly, him moving forward. He had been stabbed multiple times, yet he still found the resilience to move forward. 

“This is what children come to school for.”

“Now, any bastard who gets in the way of that…no matter who has to be taught a lesson.”

And you knew that whatever arrogance that was making the boy pursue all this rapidly melted away, instead being replaced by a fear. A fear that should have been there a long time ago when he chose this path without thinking about the consequences that lay ahead. 

Even when Hwa-jin had his hands on the person who caused all this despair and misery, who would yet choose to go down this same path even when he was punished once for it, who would only cause more and more pain. More destruction. Who would never ever change. He could only think of finding a way to end this before any of it could ever occur. 

You could tell by the shift in his body language that he was contemplating something difficult, something that could change everything in a matter of a few seconds if you did not stop him.

With all you had, you cried out, “Hwa-jin.” He paused. The hesitation already indicated how difficult he was fighting each and every scenario and thought that passed his mind as he thought about how to stop this.

And yet all you could feel was just how much compassion he still held despite it all. 

It would be so easy for him to give into the hatred and end this all. His eyes shifted towards you, you who believed in the good of every single person you met. You who believed that this world, no matter how cruel, still had greatness in it and it came from within. Your gaze stayed on him as you shook your head slowly. 

No. 

You never spoke it but he understood it as his body did, his hold on Gyu-cheol loosening as his raised clenched fist dropped beside him, ultimately letting Gyu-cheol fall to the ground. 

His voice shook slightly as he spoke, “Gyu-cheol.”

“I can’t do that. It’s okay.”

“Let’s-let’s start over then.”

“This-this is the last chance you will ever get.”

You had to go to him, you didn’t care if you would faint half-way but you had to reach him. Holding onto the wall, you began to rise up, hissing in pain as your face continued to ache. You moved towards him.

“Hwa-jin.” Your voice cracked as you held onto the wall to be more stable when your vision began to slightly blur. He seemed like he had words to say but the adrenaline that was giving him strength was also decreasing. 

“Don’t- don’t move,I-” Even when his blood dripped onto the floor as he came towards you, all he could think about was your discomfort. This idiot. 

His legs shook as his knees hit the ground and you pushed yourself to meet him half-way.

“No-no, listen to me. Hwa-jin-” You held his face as you moved your hand through his hair, shaking him to keep his eyes open. Momentarily, your own pain seemed to be phased away as your hands automatically moved to his wound, adding pressure to stop the bleeding. 

His eyelids briefly opened as he saw your face and raised his other hand to touch your bruises on it. “You-this is all my-”

“Shut up you stupid. You’re the one who’s bleeding to death.” You didn’t even realise you had begun to cry, your attention focused on making him lean on the wall as you continued putting pressure on the wound to prevent any more blood loss. 

“Seems-seems like a far fetch. Think of it as my sweat hm?” Even when he was quite literally dying, he still found it in him to tell ill timed jokes. 

Rolling your eyes, you scoffed at him in disbelief, “Gosh what is-what is wrong with you!” You were blinking back your tears, him choosing to push his hand towards your face again to wipe them. “I hate it when you are in pain. I am sorry-”

“Stop with the sorry, okay? I chose to come here, I chose to join this knowing everything okay? I chose to be here with you despite it all alright? And you know why? Because I know you,Hwa-jin and you chose to be good despite everything and you annoy me so much sometimes but I lov-” Your voice choked up, your seemingly out of nowhere outburst surprising you, while the idiot managed to have a smile on his face. 

“You have to stay here okay? You promised me you will always be okay, you have to keep that promise.” 

The sounds of footsteps resonated loudly in the empty building, a sigh of relief escaping you as you stayed in your position, his hand slowly falling back to his side. 

“Tell me- tell me what you didn’t say after all this gets over, yeah?” Your heartbeat increased rapidly, realising he picked up on what you stopped at. You didn’t hesitate because you were unsure of your own feelings but you hesitated because you feared it would be ill timed to say a confession to a dying person. 

You nodded and his hands moved over yours, his eyes closing and opening for a few seconds, his gaze still holding all his stubbornness. As if a new found stubbornness to survive against all odds came up within him and perhaps it did. 

“Y/N!” Han-rim yelled as she saw you two, your own exhaustion hitting you suddenly in waves as your hold weakened on Hwa-jin. 

“No-no-” He felt your hands slowly weakening their hold and clenched onto them with what strength he had left.

“I- i will be okay-” Han-rim knelt beside you, another person with her, who you couldn’t make out. She moved you from Hwa-jin as she moved your arm over her shoulder. "Y/N, hold on okay? I will make sure you will be okay.”

Before you could say anything or hear what was said to you, the world darkened around you quickly and your whole body felt lighter than ever. The last thing you felt was Hwa-jin’s hold on your hands with a look of deep worry enveloping his whole face. 

The first thought you had when your eyes were adjusting to the blinding bright light was that this was probably the end of your existence. But immediately another thought came when you felt the excruciating pain of the weight of your own brain in your skull. 

Oh gosh I don’t care about getting hurt but I hope I never go through that pain again. 

You blinked open your eyes to the surrounding, realising you were in an ambulance it seemed. And as the temporary amnesia slipped off, it all came back rushing to you. 

School. Drugs. Fight. Kids. Knife. Stabs. Blood. Hwa-jin.

You shot up quickly, regretting it as quickly when the dizziness hit you so hard that you had to lay back down for a brief second. 

“Shit- is he fine? Hwa-jin?”

“Ma’am, you should take it easy right now.” You ignored the medic beside you as she grabbed your arm to hold you in place.

“I am fine- just- how is he? He was bleeding–he was stabbed–” You were panicking even more as she tried to reply to you. You hated how weak you were feeling in the moment.

Before she could respond, the door that was slightly ajar opened wider. “Y/N.”  

You stopped breathing for a moment when you finally saw him, wanting to already get back up.

“You should be more careful-you were just hurt a while ago.” He nodded briefly towards the medic, her understanding that she is not needed there anymore because her job is done. 

“Are you fine?” Your eyes shifted towards the place he was stabbed, seeing his hand resting over it. 

This action of yours made his lips twitch in fondness. Always the one worrying first. 

“Yes, I got it stitched but I have to say, there’s nothing quite like the way you treat my wounds.” He had moved to sit down where the medic had sat, eyes never leaving your face as he spoke and he moved his free hand to rest on yours. 

Even if it made your head hurt a little, you couldn’t stop the eye roll that came with a shake of your head, “Tha-that is so- gosh sometimes I wonder what is seriously wrong with you- I mean here you just got saved from life or death circumstances and you seriously cannot stop with the- with the”

“With what hm?”

“Flirting! You and your stupid flirt-” 

The way he laughed at your expression then made your heart flutter with the softness that it always did in his presence, your whole chest feeling like there were butterflies trapped within. 

“You are so-”

Before you could say more, the other door flung open and in front stood Han-rim and Geun-dae. 

They paused before their eyes landed on the (very rare) genuinely smiling with that specific smile he had reserved for a certain someone with that look in his eyes Hwa-jin and a flustered you who looked equally annoyed yet happy to be there and the hand that rested on top of yours. 

“Are we interrupting something-”

“Yes-”

“No-” 

Hwajin and you respectively replied and you looked at him with a questioning glare as if to say this is quite possibly not the time while he smiled widely with any time with you is the perfect time.

“Riiight well we just came to check up on you but it seems you are perfectly okay.” Han-rim rapidly said as she made eye contact with Hwa-jin and understood the whole thing. 

“Wait-” Before you said anything else, they closed the door but didn’t shut it fully and left. 

“Wow- that was-”

“That was just normal Han-rim behaviour.” You raised a suspicious eyebrow at him as you faced him. “Mhm sure.” 

“I am glad you are okay now though. You will be better.” He said it so softly, you wondered if it was the same man who could make someone fear for their life with just the way he spoke. 

“I was so worried about you.”

“I know, I know. But I will be fine too.”

“No, you don’t get it because I- i thought I would lose you and I was so worried I would never see you again or even tell you how much I love you. I didn’t even say it then because it felt like I would somehow curse you with the whole ‘confession during dying’ thing you see in movies and-”

His hand that was resting on your cheek stills, the thumb that was rubbing circles on it stopped too and then you realised what you just said in that moment. 

“I-” You wanted to cuss at yourself but you also knew there was no going back and frankly a part of you was relieved to say it. No matter what happens at least you can say you tried. 

“Say it- say it again.”

“Huh?”

“Say-”

“I…I love you, and it’s- I have for a while, I just didn’t realise I should have said it sooner and not when you were…I-” You were going to explain, you were going to say all that has been in your mind since ages. 

“You don’t even know what you do to me.” But these words made you pause.

“I didn’t know for a long time that I was capable of even loving someone. But you- you came into my life and introduced me to everything different. You always see the greatness in people and that- that sounded so absurd to me when I know just how cruel the world gets and can be but it never changed how you continued to believe in people. Believe in me.”

“I am not a perfect man but you make it feel like even with all the flaws that are there, I am capable of loving someone. Loving you. And I have to say it is- it is the most natural thing I have felt and understood. And all because of you, I love you- and honestly, it doesn’t seem like it encapsulates all I feel but-” 

Before he could say anything, you had moved upwards and placed your lips on his. Eyes fluttering shut as he froze but he realised it and his own closed too. You had left his hand on your cheek, moving your own on top of it as you held it while the other moved to pull him closer. It was softer than you anticipated, Hwa-jin holding your face in the most tender way as he relished in how soft your lips felt against his own slightly rough ones. You smiled a little, thinking if it was all a dream but surely it was as real as Hwa-jin moving somehow closer into the kiss. 

“I heard you’re finally awake-” The door slammed open to which you jumped away from him as if you got electrocuted, heart rapidly beating against your chest in shock and awe of everything that just transpired. 

It was the Minister this time that opened the doors and you saw the look of annoyance of Hwa-jin’s face as you moved a bit further away in embarrassment. The Minister had both his eyebrows raised as if he had seen something that was very unexpected and perhaps it was. 

“I think- I interrupted something I shouldn’t have-” The Minister clearly was a bit awkward but also trying to act non-chalant with the way he spoke. 

“Yes-” You pinched Hwa-jin’s hand that sat on the side of your own as if to shut him up. To your own relief, he did for the moment. 

“Uh-no it’s-”

“I see you are presumably well?”

You nodded at the question asked, not wanting to speak in case you said something unusual. He nodded back and said, “Very well–I– just come outside when you can.” 

He closed the door as they were, and Hwa-jin looked at you and you couldn’t help but admire how good he somehow managed to look despite all that went down. 

“It somehow worked out for the best didn’t it?”

He smiled at your words, the smile that you know was only reserved for you, with that look that was also only for you, as others had said,

“Yes. yes it did.”

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WONWOO as THE TYPE to sing a song he specially made for you as a birthday gift !

so he began the journey of songwriting, give or take a few weeks before your birthday.

in the process of it, there were moments he felt like he should just think of another gift but he knew you. He knew you’d appreciate this just as much even if he put together the cheesiest lyrics.

After all for you what matters is the thought and efforts put into something no matter the end result.

You were always his muse, in fact he did have quite a few poems and writings solely made on you.

Having looked through them, he smiled when he recalled how your own reactions to them were.

A mixture of awe and amazement was on your face as you read through a poem Wonwoo wrote for you and made you read it.

“This is so…this is so beautiful wow.” You re-read the words, simple yet holding so much weight.

Giggling at the way he described your eyes holding the whole universe’s stars whenever you looked at him full of love.

“Well indeed I would look at you like that, don’t you already know you are my whole world?” Wiggling your eyebrows teasingly at him, laughing in more delight at the blush that glazed his cheeks.

That's what made him finish the whole song on time, with the help of his bros too ofc!!!

the production and instrumentals were of his own and with the end product, he was extremely happy.

Then the big day finally arrived. He was nervous, more so about how he'd perform rather than if you'd like the lyrics or not.

After you finished greeting all your friends and family, cutting the cake and all the usual shenanigans at birthday parties, apparently there was still something left.

You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion as the lights suddenly dimmed down.

Then like a cliche movie, a spotlight shone on you. Surprised at this, not even realising there was a spotlight in such a place, you looked around and spotted Wonwoo.

He sat on a lifted stage that was once used to cut your cake, now all clear with only him in the center…holding a guitar with a mic in front of him.

He looked nervous, you could see it in his habits of looking around but when he finally looked at you, you smiled reassuringly at him despite not knowing what you were in for.

Cause I'm off my face, in love with you

I'm out my head, so into you

And I don't know how you do it

But I'm forever ruined by you, ooh-ooh-ooh

Playing the final chorus, Wonwoo took a deep breath as he opened his eyes and looked at you.

Honestly you felt like a mess. Your heart felt so full at the moment and before you knew it, you rushed towards the stage.

Wonwoo placed aside his guitar as he also placed the mic to the side, and you almost knocked him out by the hug you engulfed him in.

"That was so…gosh I don't even have words to say. It was so perfect. The lyrics, the instrumentals, just everything about the whole song!" You murmured against his chest, feeling your eyes getting wet as you replayed the lyrics and how full of emotions his voice sounded.

"Really?" He asked jokingly and you pulled yourself away to glare at him, of course with fake anger.

"Shut up, you…you did this on purpose, making me cry on my birthday, and knowing you'd get away with it because I love you too much!" Accusing him of such a crime, then smiling at him.

"Did you love the gift?" He asked after your mini rant as he chuckled to which you clicked your tongue, looking off in deep thought.

"Something's missing though." He raised an eyebrow at you to which you rolled your eyes, standing on your tip toes, you pushed your lips against his.

His arms naturally wrapped around your waist as he grinned into the kiss.

"Now I can say I do love the gift, in fact it's probably the best gift I've ever received." Pulling away from him, you grinned at him.

And he knew if it meant you'd look at him as if you were indeed his whole world, he was ready to give you a million other gifts like these.

MINGYU as THE TYPE to stand outside your window sharp 12 am with a home-baked cake messily decorated to make sure he’s the first one to wish you !

To me this fits Mingyu so much because hear me out.

He's very much love story by Taylor Swift coded.

And what does love story mention?

DING DING DING!

Romeo and Juliet!

And what's a famous scene from that?

Romeo calling Juliet from her balcony ( or something along the lines of that, sorry I don't know shit about Shakespeare other than what Taylor Swift and 8th grade literature taught me )

And hence this whole thing seems very much gyu coded and it is something gyu coded because I say it is :)

Now we do know gyu is a great cook and an even amazing baker ( in fanfics atleast yo )

Having been his own personal taste tester, he knew all your preferences and your likes and dislikes.

He'd basically avoided you the day before your big day.

You thought it was probably because he's busy with studies or something, completely slipping out of your mind what the occasion was.

And he was a master at making up excuses, so lucky for him, you didn't question him much.

The thing was everything was all set and there was exactly one hour left till midnight.

Your cake was ready, it was the exact flavor you loved with your soul and quote on quote would sell Mingyu to the devil for ( he was very much annoyed when you basically counted him less important than your favorite cake flavor )

But he was stuck with something. Minyu knew nothing at all about cake decorating other than what he watched on tv.

So with the help of tasty by BuzzFeed and his own brain braining, he had messily conjured up a design which was on par with if you gave a fifth grader buttercream frosting and cake to decorate however the fuck they want to.

It's the thought that counts he tried convincing himself and fuck, he realised it's already fifteen minutes to 12!

Rushing to his car, mentally checking off everything he'd bought.

Candles check, cake check, gift check, phone check…

Once he was done with that, he drove to your place and parked his car a bit away from your driveway to avoid you seeing him as your window faced the driveway.

Now he was not new to the whole sneaking around your house part, given it'd been a while since you both were together, he knew how to get into your room without your strict parents noticing.

Looking around in wonder, getting distracted from your late night book reading because of a constant thudding noise, you realized it was coming from your window.

Skeptically, you made your way to it. It didn't occur to you that it could be Mingyu, rather you'd been reading a thriller book so your mind was already jumping to other conclusions.

"GYU?!?" You looked down at the grinning black-haired boy, seeing a box in his hands, confused as to what he was doing late at night.

"It's literally so late! Do you even know the timing!-" You whisper yelled at him "Why didn't you tell me you're coming?"

A small pout formed on his face at your scolding,

"It wouldn't be a surprise then." He said softly to which you couldn't really make out so you shook your head and just pointed down,

"I'll open the back door to let you in! Just be quiet once you enter and don't make a single noise until you come in my room!" Making up the swift plan, you closed the curtains shut before he could even confess what he came there to do.

He blinked a few times, astounded at how you just basically ordered him around but then remembering it'd be worse if your parents woke up due to him yelling his undying love for you.

Well then, his love for you won't be the only thing dying if he did his original idea.

You clicked the door open softly, making sure to do it in a way there'd be no sound made.

Pulling your boyfriend's arm inside while pulling him in as well, you shut the door softly. Pressing a finger on your lips, you moved ahead, slowly. You gestured to him to follow you. You wondered what the fuck was in the box but you didn't question anything, not yet anyways.

"Okay now we're good." You shut your door, as you sighed in relief.

Mingyu put down the box on your mini table laying in the middle of your room and turned towards you.

He had that stupid grin on his face and you snorted at his expression, questioning

"Tell me why you're here again and what is with the box-"

Without saying anything and ignoring your questions, he stepped forward, now only about 1 feet away from you.

He'd been wearing a jacket that was pretty baggy and you remembered it had pockets on the inside so it didn't shock you too much when he put his hand inside as if looking for something, just raising your curiosity more.

Pulling out an envelope, he pushed it towards you and then gestured for you to take it.

"Open this when I'm gone but for now, see what I made for you!"

He grabbed your hand, pushing the envelope in it and then pulling you to where he left the box.

You stood beside him as he opened the box and once you saw what was inside you couldn't help but let out an amused giggle.

"Wow this is…"You snorted at the messily written 'happy bday!!!!' and below it in tiny words was 'p.s im not a decorater but I <3 u"

"This is?"

"Adorable gosh I love it!" You squealed, ready to hug him tightly at the thought of him putting in this much efforts for you.

"Wait!" He paused you before you could hug him, you arms frozen mid air.

"3…2…1" He finished counting down as he looked at the time on his phone that he pulled out.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Jumping into your arms, he wrapped his own around your waist, making you giggle as he lifted you up slightly.

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"I love you, as cheesy as it sounds you're the best gift that I ever will have." Sitting in your bed after celebrating a bit, teasing Mingyu about the decorations and then resulting in him smearing your face with the buttercream.

"And it was not the cake?" He pouted sadly and you snorted.

"Well the cake maker and the cake are the best gifts I've ever gotten." You leaned forward as his face lit up with an adorable smile, pecking his lips.

SOONYOUNG as THE TYPE to be more excited for it than you because it’s his beloved’s special day !

See this is just my opinion idk if you agree BUT

He has golden retriever energy ofc

SO obv it means he's very excited all days

And especially if it's your birthday then

It's almost as if it becomes double if that was possible like

Planning ahead how to make sure your day would go to how you would normally like a perfect day to go

Scanning over your wishlist and stuff, double.checking the reservations, making sure your whole schedule was clear like he is excited in a normal way

Totally not.

"Wake up baby, we have a huge day ahead of us." You heard a cheery voice whisper in your ears.

Groaning at the way your precious sleep had been disturbed,you were about to slap whoever woke you up before you heard him speak again.

"It's a special day afterall, you can't waste a day like today!"

Deciding you should wake up,you slowly blinked your eyes open and you spotted your boyfriend standing next to your bed.

Even though you were sleepy, you grinned lazily at his pretty face. Oh you think you already got your gift.

As you smiled, you opened your arms wide, hands gesturing for him to hug you, to which he happily obliged and swooped in, kissing you right on your lips.

No matter what, or how much time goes by, you don't think you'd ever get used to how his lips felt on yours, igniting butterflies that made your heart flutter like the same.

“Alright! Now that we're awake, we have a whole day of things to do! First we'll go to your favorite animal shelter and do your traditional birthday thing where you feed them, then lunch is with our friends, and then in the evening we'll have some more plans with them, which are a surprise and then finally dinner with your parents and then it's just us for the rest of the night.”

Wow. It seemed he really went all out to put this together. You couldn't believe he even remembered your birthday tradition considering this was your first birthday you're spending with him.

And just the mere thought of him going out of his way to make sure your day would go this well made you tear up.

“I love you.”

His eyes momentarily widened. It wasn't a first but it wasn't something he was used to.

With a wider smile, a bit of pink on his cheeks, he replied,

“I love you too baby, happy birthday.”

-

The day went as planned and perhaps even better considering he was there during all those moments with you.

Despite being tired at the end of the day from all the socializing you'd end up doing, when you reached home, your heart still felt like it was on cloud nine.

You sat down on the couch, tired but with a wide grin on your face.

"This is probably the best birthday I've ever had."

And it was not just because of all the delicious food, cake and plenty of gifts you'd gotten but also mostly because of who did this all.

Soonyoung came and sat beside you, looking at you with equal adoration, if not more.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah,"

You sat up a little and looked at him, the pure joy radiating on your face,

"Mostly cause of you."

"I'm glad, although I do expect a return gift."

Raising one eyebrow, you narrowed your eyes in mischief,

"Hmm and what would that be?"

He grinned widely before he leaned forward and engulfed you in one of his breathtaking kisses that always seemed to surprise you despite how used to you'd gotten.

Yeah, best birthday ever.

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