You and seonghwa continued walking on the sandy beach simply enjoying the cool breeze as you both talked about random things but soon the conversation took a turn as seonghwa asked something you weren't expecting "so...that guy hongjoong, how do you know him"
You looked up at him and you found yourself sweating despite the cold weather, you had no idea how you were going to answer him. You knew you couldn't just say 'oh yeah just cried to him at a party about how you will literally never like me back' so you found yourself turning the gears in your brain desperately trying to think of something to say
"the party, you know the one we went to last time with san and yunho. I met him there" you said hoping he wouldn't ask anymore questions like what you and hongjoong talked about. Seonghwa sighed "right, our first and I hoped it would be our last party" seonghwa said while you chuckled
"yeah, I hoped too. I guess you and I are just too alike" you smiled thinking about how you and seonghwa always preferred more quite hang outs like the movies, going for walks, or as cheesy as it sounded just laying on the floor in your shared apartment living room as you both stared at the ceiling talking.
"yeah I guess. So, why did he give you his jacket" seonghwa said while your head snapped upwards while you looked at him surprised and seonghwa looked down at you while you both continued walking.
How did he know about the jacket
Soon your thoughts were answered as seonghwa continued talking
"I saw it in your room when we came back yesterday, I noticed it wasn't yours. It didn't look familiar and it wasn't really your style" seonghwa said while you looked away from him and down at your feet as the sand moved under your weight
Had...had he always payed so much attention to you. You felt your face heat up but luckily it was dark outside, well the moonlight did provide some light but it wasn't enough to expose your blushing expression
You found yourself slowly staring at seonghwas hand still wrapped around yours. You didn't even notice that neither of you let go, instead you both walked side by side holding hands
"are you two dating, or do you like him, do you like hongjoong" seonghwa asked like it was the most casual thing in the word but you sputtered as you stared up at him in shock "w-what no, I don't"
I like you
Oh how much you just wanted to say it but right now your mind was racing with other thoughts
Was seonghwa always this observant of you, was he always this touchy, why did he care about hongjoong so much
You found yourself answering your own thoughts. Of course seonghwa was observant, he even noticed when you changed your favorite candy. Then there was... you looked at your connected hands once again
Sometimes you two would fall asleep during your late night talks or movie days. You both were used to cuddling some times, then even as kids you and seonghwa always held hands running together everywhere you went, but this hand to be the longest time he held your hand since you were both younger
You felt nervous as you thought about the last point. Why did he care about hongjoong so much...maybe, maybe he felt the same. You knew it was a stretch, he could just be looking out for you as a friend making sure you pick the right guy to date but another part of you held onto the little hope you had that he possibly had the same feeling you had. Maybe he also like you as more than a friend
"good, don't want you running off with him" seonghwa muttered while your eyes widened. But before you could even ask what that meant you were interrupted as seonghwas phone rang. He let go of your hand and just like you had been shocked earlier he seemed surprised realizing he was still tightly holding your hand, but soon he seemed to have shook away the thought as his ringtone kept playing. He took out his phone and he checked who was calling him before he huffed as he slid his finger across his phone screen answering the call
He put the phone up to his ear as he spoke "hello, what is it san"
"COME JOIN THE PARTY OR I WILL DRAG YOU HERE" you heard san scream through the phone as seonghwa groaned in pain and removed the phone from his ear. You laughed as san continued screaming through the phone so you could clearly hear him and seonghwa looked like he was going to murder san
"STOP SCREAMING" seonghwa finally snapped back at san as he raised the phone back to his ear. You could still hear the loud music from the phone playing in the background but san seemed to have toned down his voice since you couldn't hear what he was saying anymore
"a surprise for me, yeah right you just want to drag me back there" seonghwa stated while rolling his eyes. You laughed seeing his annoyed expression as he listened to san, soon he sighed "fine, I'll check out this 'surprise' but if it's dumb I'm going to punch you" seonghwa threatened and he removed the phone from his ear and he ended the call
"alright, san says there is some stupid 'happy surprise' he wants to show me. I'm guessing you probably don't want to go back in there just like me so wait here. I'll be right back" you smiled at seonghwa grateful he wasn't asking you to follow him into the overcrowded loud cabin again "okay sure" you replied.
You watched as seonghwa smiled back at you and he jogged across the sand back to the cabin in the distance. You were about to sit down on the sand to relax but then your mind replayed a few certain words you almost forgot about
"good, don't want you running off with him"
Your face went bright red while your heart was beating rapidly as you thought about seonghwas words again. What did that even mean, did it...
"is that supposed to mean he doesn't want me dating anyone else" you felt your heart beat faster as your eyes wandered to the cabin. Then you blamed the courage on the one drink you had flowing through you as you raced across the sand to the cabin in which you just wanted to avoid only moments ago
You stumbled a bit from the sands weird texture as you ran but you huffed as you arrived near the front of the cabin the music blared loudly as you walked towards the front door.
You felt your adrenaline rush as you only had one thought racing through your mind over and over
Just ask, just ask what he meant. All you have to do is ask if he could possibly like you too
Your hands were slightly sweaty as you thought about what you were going to do and your hand reached out as you placed it on the doorknob. You blushed as you spoke softly to give yourself courage
"okay here goes y/n, just ask" then you opened the front door being meet by the loud music along with the crowded cabin and you stepped inside into the party once again
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Waiting | Ateez Seonghwa x reader
Teen Fictionateez college au| Y/n was always by seonghwas side, it made sense since she was his best friend. However, she was always waiting by his side for other reasons than just being a good friend...she was always waiting and hoping that some day he would r...
