Waiting | Ateez Seonghwa x reader

19 ~ Normal

You yawned as you squinted your eyes adjusting to the bright sunlight coming into the living room through the large window.

You groaned as you got up from the couch and you looked around seeing no one else was up or they decided to stay in their rooms. After your late night talk with hongjoong you had fallen asleep on the couch.

You lazily walked to the small kitchen sitting at the table. You placed your hands together as you leaned on them and your eyebrows furrowed while you mind raced with thoughts

"you look like you are plotting someone's death" you heard a deep voice say while you looked up to see hongjoong still wearing his pajamas, you simply sighed as he sat down across from you

"I'm just trying to think of ways to deal with seonghwa now, it is going to be hard being around him" you had a frown on your face while hongjoong leaned on his hands so he was closer to you

"well...you could always move in with me" he said while he stared at you with a serious expression but then he laughed and you smacked his shoulder

"I thought you were being serious" you said while hongjoong smiled "but seriously if you ever need someone to talk to you can always come to me. I don't mind" you smiled back at him and you gently reached up then you ruffled his hair as he scowled

You got up about to run away from an angry hongjoong but you froze when you saw everyone else already standing in the living room "when did you guys get here" you asked nervously and yunho opened and closed his mouth like a fish,  you hoped they didn't hear you talking about seonghwa

"since fire head over here asked you to move in with him" san stated referring to hongjoongs earlier statement. You sighed in relief, they just missed you mentioning seonghwa. You then quickly moved behind yunho remembering about the angry hongjoong you were trying to run from. 

Hongjoong chased after you and you quickly yelled "what, your hair was messed up. I fixed it" and hongjoong scowled again "yeah right, you messed it up more"

You tired to hold in your laughter, before hongjoong had a small piece of hair sticking up at the front but right now his hair was all over the place after you ruffled it.

"did not" you defended still trying to hold in your laugh seeing the messed up hair while you hid behind yunho and san spoke again "is no one going to answer why the heck hongjoong asked y/n to move in with him" 

"it was a joke, but you know what's not a joke, y/n messing up my hair" hongjoong stated, you saw the playful look on his face as he chased you and he easily caught you ruffling your hair

"unbelievable, two children" yeosang stated while you smiled up at him while hongjoong stood beside you, your hair now matched hongjoongs and was sticking up and finally mingi burst out laughing as he took a picture of you both

"come on, let's go out to get some breakfast" wooyoung said while you smiled at the thought of food, the whole time though you avoided looking up at seonghwa. 

"sure, we should all get dressed" you said while everyone scattered back to their rooms to get dressed and you traveled to the open bathroom with a random pair of jeans and a sweater. After you got dressed you quickly walked back to the living room to see the others were waiting for you already 

You raced over slipping on your shoes "alright let's go" you said happily and you all walked outside, you froze as you walked down the streets, literally it was freezing.

The temperature seemed to drop overnight, you shivered not liking the cold and you scolded yourself for not bringing a proper coat, your sweater would have to keep you warm for now.

"I want to go there for breakfast" wooyung pointed to a random restaurant and san agreed along with yeosang. 

"I want to try the restaurant over there" yunho pointed at a small restaurant as mingi, hongjoong, and jongho nodded their heads enthusiastically in agreement. Then your eyes traveled to a cute small cafe and you spoke "I want to go to the cafe" 

Your heart stopped as you looked up seeing seonghwa had said the exact same thing as you pointing at the small cafe down the road. You both looked at each other and you tried to force a smile, you didn't want to be weird around seonghwa.

Then he smiled at you "well, let's go" he said while you smiled up at him and nodded. You all separated going to the separate breakfast places and you watched as hongjoong gave you a worried glance as he was dragged to the small restaurant by mingi and jongho while yunho followed behind them

You gave him a soft smile trying to let him know you would be okay with seonghwa. You would have to get over him eventually and you couldn't avoid him forever since he was your best friend.

You two made it inside the cafe and you worried it would be different but as you sat down and talked it was just like normal and soon the fake smile on your face turned genuine as you laughed with seonghwa talking about random things

You were glad he never brought up yeonsoo, you felt calm as you heard seonghwas phone vibrate and he looked down.

"Oh, the others are going back since it's been a while" he laughed out while your eyes widened while you looked down at your phone seeing the time, hours had passed. 

"like normal though, we always end up spending way too much time together" seonghwa laughed while you smiled "yeah, you're right"

Seonghwa texted back and soon you both got up from the table ready to leave the small cafe. 

You quietly walked down the street, the chilly air was almost unbearable and you missed the warmth of the cafe immediately.  However, the small stores lining up the street were calming in a way and you found yourself ignoring the cold as you peacefully walked. 

"it's nice here" seonghwa breathed out while you smiled softly "yeah it is"

You both smiled as you walked back to the cabin and you felt your heart heal a little at the fact that at least your friendship would always be there even if seonghwa didn't feel the same as you...then you had decided in that moment

You would stay by seonghwas side like normal, even if your heart was hurting.