Show Me Your Eyes
Title: Show Me Your Eyes
Fandom: CN Generation.
Characters/Pairing: Yonghwa/Seohyun
Genre: Romance (is there really any other?)
Rating: PG
Summary: Seohyun's laugh is one of the best things Yonghwa has ever seen or heard in his life.
Yonghwa loves making her laugh. But he doesn't like how whenever she's on the verge of hysterics, she hides her face in her hands and doubles over until her head is hidden in her own lap. Her laughter is reduced to a muted, gasping giggle and the shaking of her shoulders and he feels slightly cheated of the entire experience. He's addicted to that sparkle in her eyes, that glow of glee that emerges whenever she's happy or amused and anything that impedes his sight of that should not exist in this universe.
So when she does it again, keeling over in laughter, hands rising to her face, he moves without thinking.
Before he can fully comprehend the consequences of his actions he finds his hands on her face, silken skin underneath calloused fingertips and suddenly all trace of mirth is gone from the air. He aches to draw the features of her face with his fingers, imagines caressing the soft shape of her lips even as he unconsciously draws closer to her. Everything is painfully still and he's suddenly very aware of every little sound.
Seohyun's sharp inhalation of air yanks him back to his senses.
The memory of her skin lingers on his fingertips even after he yanks his hands back as if burned. Guilt and shame flood through him - hadn't he promised not to get dirt on her? To protect her? He is so caught up in his own self remonstrations that he almost doesn't notice the sudden haze in her usually clear eyes. Her suddenly quickened and laboured breathing. The familiar flush that begins on her cheeks but spreads downwards over her neck to her pale, creamy shoulders.
He almost doesn't notice.
Yonghwa slowly returns his gaze back to Seohyun's, purely masculine pride upturning his lips in a small smirk at the sight of her blushing cheeks and dilated eyes. He thinks he's dreaming his effect on her, but look at how sweetly she is responding to his touch. That innocence, that complete lack of coyness in her response could not be faked or imagined.
He wonders just how far he can push this. Yonghwa knows that what he has just done must be more than any man has ever touched her before in her life. The thought is terrifying and titillating all at once.
Slowly he places one of his hands on top of the two that are twisted tightly together on her lap, the action causing her eyes to fly to his. He places the other where her neck meets her shoulder, his thumb stroking the soft skin there.
Her eyelids drop, her gaze becoming unfocused. Her lips part and all rational thought leaves his head when on the whisper of a breath-
“Yo~ng.”
His name. The syllables drawn out and caressed, her voice husky and low and he comes undone. He brings his face closer to hers until her exhale becomes his inhale. He is so close, so close...
Accept her; teach her. Care for her and stay next to her. Protect Seohyun.
He stops, unable to go on. His eyes close and he pulls away, simultaneously aching with the thought of what could have been and hating himself for going back on his promise. He starts to turn away, his hand falling away from her when suddenly-
Heated skin under his palm.
He turns to look, shocked, into Seohyun's far too calm eyes. His hand pressed under one of hers, against her cheek. She smiles softly up at him as her other hand intertwines with the one he left forgotten on her lap. Seohyun turns her face into his palm, kissing it lightly, leaving a burning mark on the skin there.
“What-”
But before he can finish his sentence she leans in, presses a soft, chaste kiss on his cheek and he's so surprised he can't breathe.
Minutes pass, her cheeks flushing brighter red under his stare as she allows his hand to fall from her face. She's about to stammer out an excuse, even though she doesn't have one because she can't even begin to explain why her brain suddenly seemed to stop functioning when he was so close to her and his hands were just so warm and- Well how was she expected to act when Yonghwa came so close all she could breathe in was him and all she was aware of was him and-
“Will I get a kiss every time?”
She splutters with shock. “What?”
His eyes sparkle with mischief, her heart racing in double time as he smiles that smile which rearranges her entire digestive tract.
“I should make you laugh more often.”
A/N: If anyone is interested, the quotation in italics is actually an excerpt from Tiffany's message in the Oh! Album that Seohyun gave to Yonghwa in Episode 4 of We Got Married.