Study Room : Lovers? [Part 3 - End]
Title: Study Room : Lovers?
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Warning: LONG!! 10 000+
Warning: All the SHINee members are GIRLS, if you don't like the idea, don't read!! ^_^
Pairing: Eunsook/Gwiboon (Onew/Key) and Minjung/Taeyeon (2min)
Summary: "But, it's still not desperate!" Junghee smiled down at her friend. "Ask for help and you might be able to pass the finals,"
Sunday morning, Eunsook woke up early. It must have been about 4am because the sun wasn't up yet. But she didn't care, she laid in her bed and hugged her pink teddy bear close to her.
The things she had said yesterday were coming back in her mind and she was happy. She thought she did the right thing. She had said the right words. She liked Gwiboon. She really did and whether Gwiboon had lied or not when she had confessed her love to Eunsook was out of the point. This was about Eunsook's own feelings toward her friend. And she was now sure that she really wanted to go out with Gwiboon.
She shifted in her bed, cause sheets to fall off and stuffed toys to tilt. Eunsook curled up in a ball, her face suddenly felt very very hot. Going out with Gwiboon did not mean mere holding hands and more frequent friendly hug. It meant that they would be...closer, both mentally and physically. She was okay with being mentally close to the younger girl, but she was quite scared of physical contact. Wasn't Gwiboon known for making out with her boyfriends in front of everyone? No matter if she liked it or not...
Eunsook was scared that Gwiboon might just end up focing her into doing things she didn't feel ready to do. But this fear was nothing compared to the happiness that had overtaken her soul and body. She secretly smiled under her covers. Gwiboon had an unpredictable chracacter, but she had always been nice to her, and almost sweet at times.
She couldn't help but wonder what was Monday going to be like. Especially in their rethoric class. It would surely be hard for her to ignore Gwiboon like she did until now.
---
Oh God...Don't look! Don't look!
But...Eunsook looked so cute when she was chewing on her pencil this way...And that annoying strand of hair which always ended up in her eyes, causing her to push it behind his shoulder, it was just so adorable. Gwiboon supressed a squeal when Eunsook bit her pink lips, a sign that she didn't understand what the teacher was talking about and tried hard to think about it to figure it out. When Eunsook understood, Gwiboon managed to see her face brighten up and she scribbled something in her notebook.
Eunsook glimpsed at her and turned red. She cleared her throat and straightened her back. She felt Gwiboon's stare. Eunsook glanced at her dongsaeng again. Gwiboon's dreamy stare. The older girl tried to shrug it off, but failed, considering that Gwiboon, yes her Gwiboon was staring at her, and nobody else. Not even the teacher. Just her.
Eunsook was happy, but...hoped Gwiboon would stop now. She felt awkward. And what if someone noticed and started rumors about them? It's not like Gwiboon was even trying to make it subtle. Her head was obviously turned around her, her eyes fixated on her, her mouth was showing a small smile and was occasionally letting out a content sigh.
Luckily, the class was soon over and nobody seemed to have given much attention to the both of them. Except Junghee, which was not at all dangerous. They got up and smiled to one another. Eunsook was sure a genuine shy smile from Gwiboon worthed millions, billions or maybe even more.
"We'll meet after class," The youngest mouthed and Eunsook nodded.
The afternoon was painful for Gwiboon. All she could think about was Eunsook. It was a little annoying, but she gave up trying to concentrate quite quickly, feeling more comfortable thinking about Eunsook's lovable face than weird calculus on the board.
When her last class ended, she was more than happy to gather her things and go meet up with Eunsook. Her friends wondered why she didn't even say goodbye before dashing out of the classroom, but since they had decided long ago to stop searching answers to Gwiboon's behavior, they got over it after merely 2 seconds.
"Hi!" Eunsook smiled warmly at her and watched her dongsaeng sit down beside her. Closer than usual, she noticed.
They didn't speak for some seconds and Eunsook felt awkward, so she forced some barely coherent words out of her mouth. Something about weather and Taeyeon's hair, something that might have made sense in a...oh well it didn't make sense at all, but she didn't care; she needed to say something.
Gwiboon giggled lightly and scooted even closer, taking advantage of them being alone to do what she had wished to do all day. She brushed their hands together on the bench, but oddly, Eunsook removed her hand hastily and started dugging in her schoolbag. Gwiboon scowled a bit, but quickly forgot when Eunsook spoke.
"Hmm, I had trouble concentrating in the last week...so hum, I'll try to help you as much as I can, but I can't guarantee that it'll be helpful, okay?"
"Why were you not- Oh! Oh...okay," Gwiboon looked down at Eunsook's notebook, unusually full of drawings and scribblings in the margins. Most of them were struck out, but Gwiboon could figure out her name and some other random words and hearts and people drawn in cartoon form.
She smirked. "Nice drawings," Gwiboon looked up at Eunsook. "My hair is a little longer though,"
Eunsook blushed and avoided her gaze. "I- thank's," She hid them with one of her hand, pretending to straighten the sheet of paper.
Gwiboon smiled and encouraged Eunsook to start the 'lesson', which was gladly done. Eunsook was talking about random religous people and Gwiboon was caught up in her own thoughts. She still listened to her 'teacher' though, it was why she was there in the first place.
Gwiboon knew why Eunsook looked so flustered and talked faster than usual and she found it adorable. She supressed a giggle whenever Eunsook did something wrong, like mistaking a name for another or dropping her pencil and picking it up only to drop it again. It was quite weird since they both knew they liked each other, but were still feeling so awkward with one another. Well particularly Eunsook, whose hands were obviously trembling as she was gesturing a newly seen theory.
On the other hand, Gwiboon was just enjoying looking at her unni. She hoped they would at least hug tonight. At least hug. Though the hug wouldn't be enough to express all the love Gwiboon felt for Eunsook at that moment. She would need to do more to express it. But she didn't want to look like the guys that had once forcefully kissed her or imposed demonstrating affection to her.
As usual, the hour was finished before they knew it and it was time to go home. Separate ways. Again. Eunsook got up. Gwiboon watched her gather her things up and pouted. She guessed nothing that she had planned was going to happen. Maybe not even a hug.
Gwiboon scowled. If she didn't do anything by herself. Eunsook would never do it on her own. The sweet girl she was would never dare kissing Gwiboon on her own free will. The younger girl smirked. She was too nice. Way too nice.
"Eunsook! Wait!"
The said girl stopped what she was doing, which was simply putting her pencil case in her bag. She looked at Gwiboon with soft eyes.
"Yes?"
The pigtailed girl got up. She walked to Eunsook's side and raised her eyebrows, as if to say she was waiting for something.
"Shall we kiss now?"
Eunsook blinked and nearly dropped the pencil case she was still holding. Had she heard right?
"I want to kiss you,"
Once again, the older was speechless and only managed to blink her eyes until she saw Gwiboon frown and lick her lips.
"Look, I'm being nice asking you. Normally I would just do it regardless of your feelings,"
Eunsook furrowed her eyebrows. She knew Gwiboon's lack of shame, but this was almost ridiculous. She was still thinking about what to answer when she felt the other's moist lips on her own.
She wanted to back away, to run, to hide, but she couldn't. It was too sudden, her body had reacted by standing still. She was frozen into place. Not even her eyes had closed, nothing about her was moving. Her mind had gone blank as well, unable to process what was going on. To put it simply, she was wide-eyed, stil holding her pencil case tightly, with Gwiboon brushing their lips together.
The younger didn't seem to think it was very shocking though. What was bothering her was that her unni hadn't moved since she had first suggested the idea. Gwiboon sighed lightly into the kiss and peeked through her eyelids, feeling something unusual in the kiss. She yelped and stepped away when she noticed Eunsook's eyes wide open, staring at her intently.
Eunsook didn't move and looked terrified.
"I love you," Gwiboon confirmed, wanting it to be clear.
Eunsook cleared her throat and place her pencil case in her bag as calmly as she could. "It- Don't- Don't be so..." She looked away. "...eager,"
Gwiboon's face turned slightly guilty. Yes she had enjoyed the kiss, but if Eunsook didn't like it, it would negatively affect her own mood. And that was bad.
Eunsook was blushing madly, nervously shuffling through her bag. She zipped it and placed it on her shoulder then looked at Gwiboon. Or more looked in the general direction Gwiboon was. She could never directly look at her at that moment.
"Don't be so serious," Gwiboon frowned. "It ruins the mood,"
Eunsook's look saddened, a bit disapointed by her dongsaeng's words. "I'm sorry," She apologied.
"It's okay. I'm sure you'll do better next time," Gwiboon sashayed her way to the school gate without saying goodbye to her unni.
Eunsook sighed. She prefered Gwiboon when she wasn't so straigtforward. Her first kiss had just been stolen and she couldn't do anything about it now. She had cherished it, and now it was gone. Gone forever. She was a bit sad to see that it really wasn't as great as she expected it to be. Not that it was bad, but she had always wanted it to be romantic and special. She had always pictured her first kiss accompanied by a full moon or a sunset. And how things turned out was just plain ridiculous.
Gwiboon hadn't waited for the right mood, nor had she tried to make her feel secure. She just did what she did the best. Surprising her. At least she had asked informed Eunsook before doing anything.
However, from another angle...
that was what was special about the kiss.
It was nicely surprising.
---
Eunsook almost canceled Tuesday's meeting, but didn't have the courage. She was shy to admit it, but she was curious to feel Gwiboon's lips against her own once again. This time, she wanted to respond correctly and make Gwiboon feel that she didn't do anything bad. Eunsook felt like she had overeacted, her dongsaeng really hadn't done anything wrong, it was quite normal to kiss the one you love that way.
Gwiboon even warned me before. She didn't really want to shock me the way she ended up do-
"What are you thinking about?" A smirking Junghee cut in her chain of thought. "Your first kiss?" She teased.
Eunsook blushed and looked around. Class had ended and everyone was going home. Everyone but Junghee, who had noticed Eunsook not moving from her seat.
"I- No, just-" The oldest stuttered as she started gathering her stuff. "I was just thinking about..."
"Gwiboon?"
The long-haired girl stayed quiet, revealing everything.
"Well, she's probably already waiting for you right now, don't you think?"
Eunsook looked up at the clock and realised that Junghee was right.
"I should...get going," She said, placing her bag on her shoulder and running out, waving at Junghee as she did so.
She jogged to the back of the school and behind the bushes to find a smiling Gwiboon waiting for her. Eunsook's cheeks flushed, seeing Gwiboon smiling this way meant that she was either up to something or simply had a good news.
"Hello Eunsook," She said sweetly. "How are you?"
"Er...fine thank you," Eunsook sat down beside her. "Thank's for the lunch again,"
"Did you like it?"
"It was great, as usual..." Eunsook frowned at Gwiboon's forced laughter. "Are you okay?"
Gwiboon sighed. "I'm trying to be like you, now can't I try?"
"Like me?" Eunsook chuckled. "Why?"
"Because I won't upset you if I'm like you," She explained dryly.
"Upset me?"
"I clearly upset you yesterday, I don't want that to happen again," Gwiboon said, a little nervous yet able to keep her voice steady.
"You-" Eunsook's complexion showed hidden happiness. "You didn't upset me, I wanted to say sorry for what I said."
Gwiboon stared, suddenly very interested into Eunsook's words.
"I mean, I should have- I shouldn't take it so seriously. I'm sorry, it's just that it was...well it was my first-" She gulped. "My first...experience at these kind of things and it shocked me...I really didn't want to make you feel bad. Don't worry about it."
Gwiboon nodded, accepting Eunsook's apologies, even though she hadn't done anything wrong.
"And I guess you're right, It'll- It'll be better next time,"
The youngest grinned devishly. "Yes, of course it'll be,"
Eunsook prefered to ignore everything she had said and continue as if nothing had ever happened. She took out her notebooks and other stuff she needed as she alwasy did. As usual, she started talking about various things, from occidental way of thinking to asian religious philosophy, making links between the two. And Gwiboon was doing great in listening and understanding the subject.
She also learned the different point of view of the ancient Greeks about laws. What was wrong, what was right. How they defended their opinions in public and everything. She pretty much listened to it all and carved it in her memory. She really did. But for some reason, the word 'marriage' caused a question to form in her mind. It had nothing to do with the subject, however she felt the urge to ask it. So she did. Out of nowhere.
"Can we go out together?"
Eunsook stopped dead in her sentence about ancient Greek's laws. Her head was too much into History, she had to take sometimes before going back to her feelings instead of her studies.
"Officially?"
"No, it'll be bad if someone found out." Gwiboon shook her head. "I meant, you know kissing and stuff, can we do that?"
Once again, Eunsook's eyes widened. "Stuff?"
"Yeah, what couples do. Can we do that? I love you and well, I'm pretty much sure you noticed how affectionate I can get, so I was wondering if you didn't mind...I don't want to scare you or anything," Gwiboon didn't look shy at all. Eunsook wondered how she could talk about it as if it was a new mascara brand.
"I know we can't do anything at school. But like this, alone together. Can we just, be...closer?"
Eunsook pulled herself together and smiled. "I don't mind," She said, because she suddenly didn't mind being close to the younger girl. "But what does that have to do with Laws?"
"Nothing,"
She giggled through a sigh. "I guess we should stop with the Greeks now," Eunsook suggested, not really in the mood to talk about ancient rethoric anymore.
"And go home now? Why?"
"I never said we should go home,"
Eunsook scooted closer and let her head fall on Gwiboon's shoulder. "We can just stay like this, like you wanted,"
Gwiboon's eyes sparkled at Eunsook's first move that showed some kind of love. The youngest lowered her head and nuzzled into Eunsook's hair, breathing in the watermelon scent.
"I like your shampoo. Smells nice," She noted causing the other to giggle.
"I'm sure yours smells twice as good,"
Gwiboon shivered at the comment. So corny, yet so touching. " You're so cute," She said before leaning to catch her unni's lips into a second kiss.
This time Eunsook tried to stay calm and actually do something else than just being there. She moved her lips lightly onto Gwiboon's, but still felt too unsure, so she stopped after some seconds.
Gwiboon decided that she needed someone to guide her through the kiss. Her hand gently went to brush against the oldest's cheek, setting a delightful electric shock through her body. Then Gwiboon's free hand tried hard to find Eunsook's to wrap them around her waist.
Unfortunatly for Gwiboon. Eunsook's arms were too limp to stay that way and quickly slided off and fell back to the older's sides. The younger girl smirked and deepened the kiss, making Eunsook back away all of a sudden, confused at what the other was doing to her mouth.
"You're too cute," Gwiboon said before Eunsook could say anything. "Don't worry you'll get used to kiss me soon enough," She said, flashing a pretty smile.
Eunsook's body tensed at her words, but a smile still found its way to her face. "I'm sorry, I'm not really-"
"It's alright, think of it as payback for the rethoric study,"
"You're already cook-"
"Look do you want to get kissed or not?"
"...," Eunsook unconsciously bit her lips.
"Good, now let's study some more," Gwiboon said before bringing their lips together again, surprising Eunsook once again.
Where is the rethoric in that? Eunsook thought before closing her eyes and slowly drowning into the gentle kiss.
---
"Since you've probably got nothing to do next week-end. You will sleepover at my house." She had said.
And Eunsook said yes. Though it wasn't really a suggestion, more like an order. But she really wanted to spend time with Gwiboon. She felt good with her, but still shy. She was walking to Gwiboon's apartment buiding, anxiously looking around every seconds to be sure she won't miss it. The weather was nice, even if the sun was slowly setting and it was getting colder. Eunsook was carrying a large bag on her shoulders. She smiled nervously when the building came into her view.
Her hands were trembling so much when she pushed the elevator's button, she nearly missed it.
She stepped inside and let a man push the button to the 2nd floor for her. The doors closed and there was a long silence in which Eunsook anxiously stared at the number lighten up when the elevator reached the second floor.
She stepped out and walked to Gwiboon's apartment door. The teenage girl sighed, put a sweet look on her face and knocked. Eunsook heard a lot of noises from the apartment and that unnerved her a little.
"She's here, she's here!!" A voice screeched from inside.
"Wait, calm down honey, maybe it isn't," Another one said.
Eunsook recognised Gwiboon's parents and her body relaxed when she remembered how they seemed to like her. The door swung open and a frantic woman smiled at her widely. Eunsook blinked as she was pulled into the house and into a hug.
"Oh, isn't she cute!?" Gwiboon's mother pulled away and looked at Eunsook with admiration. She nodded as if she was approving something. "Gwiboon, you picked the cutest of them all,"
"Oh really, our daughter has such a good taste," The father said, walking closer to pat Eunsook on the head. "I was shocked when Gwiboon told us she had a girlfriend,"
"But we learned it was you, Eunsook! Aww, I understand why our Gwiboon choose you, and I totally aggree with her," The woman said sweetly.
The girl blushed as both of Gwiboon's parents started praising her again. Eunsook was a bit shocked. They knew about their relationship? Already?!
How, when, WHY!?!
Eunsook hadn't told her parents, nor did she plan to. But she figured it was normal for normal parents to know about these things, so she smiled nervously and removed her shoes. Gwiboon walked near them casually and leaned on the wall.
"Gwiboon, your first lover! This is wonderful! We should take a picture!" Her mother said happily.
Eunsook smirked. First lover? What a convenient lie...If only they knew all of Gwiboon's ex-boyfriends...
"No picture. It's not like it's the last time you see her!" Gwiboon walked toward them. "We should go to my room now,"
"Aw, Gwiboon, don't do anything bad to that sweet girl! Why don't you stay and chat! I'm sure Eunsook's got many stories to tell us about herself, right?" The woman turned to Eunsook to show her teeth in a big, and a bit insane, smile.
Gwiboon blushed lightly. "I won't do anything!" She said and pulled at Eunsook's hand until they were both safely hidden in her room.
"See? That's why I go in my room," She whispered, frowning at her door.
Eunsook smiled. How she wished to have such a good relationship with her mother....The oldest observed the room. It was cleaner than the last time, but still very girly. Pink being the theme color.
"Please take a seat," Gwiboon said, casually walking to her bed. Eunsook put her bag down and sat next to her on the bed. They stayed that way in silence for some seconds, Eunsook nervously swinging her legs and fidgeting with her fingers.
"I've been thinking," Gwiboon spoke up first. "And I decided that you should take care of your image a bit more,"
Eunsook pouted lightly. She had forgotten about the superficial side of Gwiboon in the past few weeks. But unfortunatly, it was still there.
"So choose a color,"
"Blue,"
"Light blue, ocean blue, deep blue, sparkling blue...?" Gwiboon raised an eyebrow at the clueless girl in front of her.
"There is a difference?"
Gwiboon narrowed her eyes. "I'll choose for you," She said and took a bottle of nail polish from a pink box lying on the bed. "Light blue it is,"
Eunsook nodded to no one in particular and let her girlfriend take her right hand and apply a light blue color on her nails. She smiled as it shined in the light of the room.
"Do you like it?" Gwiboon said, focusing on the nail she was painting. "We can still change color,"
Eunsook shook her head virogously. "No, I like it,"
"It matches the hairclip in your hair," Gwiboon said as she proceeded to paint the nails on Eunsook's left hand.
"Yes,"
Gwiboon finished pretty quickly, she was used to apply nail polish. "It's surprising, your nails are fine and you don't take care of them as much as I do,"
"Er...thank's?"
"Yes, it's a compliment,"
"Thank's!"
Gwiboon smiled and put the cap back on the little bottle. "Now, your hair!" She said.
"My hair?"
"Yeah, don't you ever do something with your hair? It's always loose," The youngest said, gathering her hairclips, headbands, hairbrushes...
"Do you really need all this?" Eunsook frowned.
"Yes." She replied softly, focusing on choosing one of the 4 hairbrushes that were lying on the bed. "Now down!"
Eunsook slided down the bed obediently and sat on the floor, her back against the side of the bed. Gwiboon place both her legs Eunsook's sides, so she couldn't escape. The oldest thanked God, her dongsaeng wasn't wearing a skirt that day.
Gwiboon started brushing her unni's hair quite harshly after removing the blue hairclip. Earning squeals and weird faces from the other, but Eunsook remained still. The other was still furiously working on her hair, now with her hands and a little softer.
"Your hair is so perfect..." She whispered as she let her hand travel in the black locks spread on her thighs. "You know, I used to do this a lot with Junghee and Taeyeon when we were younger."
Eunsook stayed quiet, ready to hear another story about Gwiboon's childhood, like those that were told over the phone. Her eyes fluttered sleepily as Gwiboon's soothing hands brushed her hair gentler until it ressembled more to a loving caress.
"I know it's childish and I'm too old now. But-"
"No need to justify yourself~" Eunsook whispered sweetly. Her eyes were closed by now and she was only enjoying Gwiboon's hands in her hair. She didn't feel like hearing her younger friend talk anymore, silence sounded better.
Gwiboon didn't seem too happy, but kept quiet while continuing to fix Eunsook's hair. Twisting a strand, clipping something over it before taking all this off to come back to the ordinary loose hair. She did the pattern again until she found something she liked. When she finished, The older girl was practically sleeping.
"I'm done!" She said, poking Eunsook's head. he didn't move. "Hey, I said I'm done," She kissed the tied-up hair and it was enough to act like an alarm clock and wake Eunsook up.
Eunsook looked up to see Gwiboon's smiling face. "Want to see?"
The oldest nodded and a mirror was given to her. She stared at her reflection and scowled. She touched her hair and frowned, very unsure of what she thought about the way her hair was tied up.
"You don't like it," Gwiboon pouted when she saw Eunsook. "Don't tell me you do, I won't believe you,"
"It's...very...Gwiboon-like," Eunsook stated. "But also very un-Eunsook-like,"
"What is?"
"The pigtails," Eunsook answered, still uncertain if she liked the way her hair was combed or not. It looked exactly like Gwiboon's, but instead of pink hair ties, they were blue and instead of curled brownish hair, it was black and straight.
"And what exactly is wrong with pigtails?" She crossed her arms, obviously hurt.
"It's very...you. Not really me," Eunsook panicked when Gwiboon turned with a frustrated sigh. "But it looks great on you! Really, it does!"
Gwiboon snickered. "It's not you now, but wait until I get the right clothes!" She said before getting up to open her closet. "I'm sure there are clothes that fit you in there," She searched through the colorful shirts, pants, skirts, whatever was in her closet.
Eunsook was sure of one thing, no monsters could hide in Gwiboon's closet...it would be far too squeezed and uncomfortable.
"Here! This will do!" Gwiboon held out a frilly deep blue t-shirt. "And with this, it'll be perfect," She showed a white skirt...oh-so-short...
"Gwiboon, I don't think-"
"Just try it on!" She said, smiling brightly, putting the clothes down on the bed with all the make-up and the stuff. She scurried toward Eunsook and hurriedly unbutoned the higher part of her shirt, stopping when she noticed that...this wasn't Junghee...and they weren't 7 years old...
She let go as if she had been burnt by Eunsook's collar. "I'm...sorry,"
"It's alright," Eunsook blushed and took the clothes on the bed without even trying to complain. "I'm just going to change over there okay?" She added pointing at a corner of the room.
When she was sure Gwiboon couldn't see her, she changed quickly. Eunsook looked down at the clothes. All she could see in them was Gwiboon, this wasn't her.
And the skirt. The skirt. It was even shorter than she thought. She was standing so staight and her legs were held together so tightly it was getting uncomfortable.
"Gwiboon," She said, the other still facing away from her. "Can I be honest?"
"Sure,"
Eunsook sighed. "The clothes really don't fit me at all. The shirt is itchy and the skirt is so short...I'm sorry. Can you hand me my bag so I can wear my pajamas?"
Gwiboon admited defeat by giving the bag to the other girl without a word. She didn't even glanced at Eunsook and just went to burry her face into the frilly pillow on her bed. Eunsook wondered if this meant something good or bad, either way, she changed into her comfortable sleeping clothes and took something out of her bag with loud shuffling noises. Gwiboon turned her head to the side, noticing the noises.
"What in the world are you doing?" Gwiboon asked seeing Eunsook trying to get some kind of carpet out of her large bag, along with covers and pillows.
"Huh?" She looked down at the things she held on her hand, then up at Gwiboon. "I don't want to sleep on the floor, so I brought this,"
"What are you talking about? Sleeping on the floor?"
"Yeah, well last time I slept over, you didn't sleep well. I figured I should bring this,"
Truth was. Eunsook was too shy to sleep in the same bed as Gwiboon ever again, but she wouldn't say this, because it would require logical explanation and it was impossible for her to do.
"Oh come on! You won't sleep on the floor!" Gwiboon complained, kneeling up on the bed and pushing all the stuff at the end, dropping some of it down on the floor.
"I won't! I have a camping mattress!"
"I officially hate camping," Gwiboon muttered and laid back on the bed, all the things had been pushed down to the floor, creating a big mess. After some seconds, she decided that her sleeping clothes would be more comfortable and it was the right time to put them on since Eunsook was busy with the covers and the pillow she had to put on her mattress.
She picked some random pink silk sleeveless nightgown, which looked more like a shirt since it was short and a pair of matching shorts to make it look more decent. She loosen up her hair and turned to Eunsook who was now tucked under her cover.
"You're sleepy?"
"A little,"
"Already?! But we can't sleep now!" Gwiboon panicked as she plopped herself on her bed. "We can...watch TV or listen to some music or chat or-"
"Sleep so we can get up early and go shopping while the crowd is not too big,"
"Shopping...in the morning?"
Eunsook raised an eyebrow. "Yeah,"
"I usually sleep until 11 o'clock," Gwiboon rolled on her back. "But I guess it would be quite fun...Let's do this then,"
And with that, Gwiboon got up and went to turn off the light and slipped under her covers.
"Are you sure you're alright down there?" She asked after a short silence.
"Yeah,"
"You're sure?"
Eunsook chuckled. "Yes, don't worry about me,"
Gwiboon turned to her side, watching Eunsook through the thick darkness. "Oh come on, the floor is certainly cold! And I'm cold too! Come up here!"
"Hmm..." Eunsook shifted in her bed, unable to find a position that wasn't leading her to face Gwiboon's pained expression.
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to." Eunsook sighed, thinking that some sense had finally kicked in Gwiboon's weird mind. She was obviously wrong, because she felt Gwiboon roll down her bed to lie down next to her.
"What-"
"I just want to snuggle for a bit," She said, covering herself with Eunsook's soft blanket. She curled up against Eunsook's body, which made the latter hold her breath and back away until she was on the edge of the already very small mattress.
That seemed to go unnoticed by Gwiboon who just got closer and rested her head on the other's shoulder. Her soft, mint scented breath blew on the older's cheek, making her shiver in a mix of fear and delight.
"Eunsook-ah~" Gwiboon whispered, her eyes closed. "I love you,"
"Th-thank you,"
Gwiboon moved a bit, unsatisfied with the response she got.
"Well?" The youngest added.
"What?"
She looked up at her unni. "Do you love me too?"
Eunsook chuckled nervously. Gwiboon had this talent to make her nervous... "Of course I do," she finally said.
"Say it,"
"Why?"
Gwiboon closed her eyes tightly, furrowing her eyebrows as she did so. "Just say it," She insisted.
"But why?" Eunsook was confused at the sudden sort of sadness emanating from Gwiboon.
The youngest sighed and snuggled a bit more, as if to be comforted by the physical contact. "You see...sometimes I doubt it,"
Eunsook sat up as if she had just been electrocuted. She turned and saw Gwiboon still laying there, in the same position she left her, except with eyes open and no support for her head.
She doubted Eunsook's feelings...really? Gwiboon could be unsure? Gwiboon could be...scared? Eunsook's first reaction was to find it completely ridiculous, since her love for Gwiboon seemed neverending, despite all the annoying habits and all the flaws the girl had. But after thinking over, she realised that on the outside, her love might not be as obvious as it was in her head.
Her eyes softened at Gwiboon's puppy expression. She stared for a while, enjoying Gwiboon showing vulnerability. Then she felt bad for smiling at such a time and laid back down next to her dongsaeng. This time, she cuddled on Gwiboon's side and willingly leaned her head on Gwiboon's shoulder, swiftly kissing her neck as she did so.
"I love you," She said as Gwiboon relaxed. "I love you so very much," She added, feeling Gwiboon's arms wrap around her waist and lips kissing the top of her head.
"I still think we'll be more comfortable in my bed,"
Eunsook chuckled.
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The next morning they had woken up with sore backs and necks, but managed to get out of bed without too much harms. After some teasing about how Eunsook had kept the pigtails and how she seemed to stare at her nails more often than usual, the girls had gone shopping, being careful to be back before noon so that Eunsook could go and enjoy the only afternoon she got with her mother.
Of course, it was once again very dramatic when Gwiboon's parents learned that Eunsook wouldn't stay for lunch. But they managed to calm them down by saying that she would come back more often from now on and next time, she would eat dinner with the family. The day passed by rather quickly, Gwiboon had called Junghee to tell her everything about the night before, the clothes she had bought and many other not-so-interesting informations while Eunsook had finally been able to talk with her mother about school and friends. Gwiboon was her favourite subject, though she still hadn't told her mother about her real relationship with the girl.
Soon, they had to go back to school on Monday. As usual, Eunsook had found a lunchbox waiting for her in her locker and Gwiboon had talked with her popular friends all morning. Little did they know that their two school lives would soon collide and become one big mess.
With only one comment at lunchtime, Gwiboon knew that something bad was going to happen. Her three friend, Taehee, Eunjung and Sumi were talking about some random rumors that were going around the school when their conversation drifted to a subject Gwiboon really didn't want to talk about.
"Have you seen? That girl over there, Eunsook, her hair is the same as Gwiboon's. Even the same hair ties on the pigtails!" Taehee said, looking in disgust in Eunsook's direction.
The innocent girl was completely oblivious to the stare and kept on reading some old book as she was eating the rice Gwiboon had been carefully cooking in the morning. Eunsook had kept the pigtails to please her girlfriend, but she never expected anyone would notice it.
"Such a copycat," Sumi muttered.
"Huh! And have you seen her nails?" Taehee asked, making Gwiboon frown and Junghee try to calm her down by stroking her arm soothingly.
"Definitely Gwiboon's color," Eunjung was shocked. "I think she wants to take over Gwiboon's status! This is dangerous, we should stop her before it's too late!"
Gwiboon resisted the urge to whack her three friends for being so freaking observant.
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Comments are appreciated LOVED!!
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Warning: LONG!! 10 000+
Warning: All the SHINee members are GIRLS, if you don't like the idea, don't read!! ^_^
Pairing: Eunsook/Gwiboon (Onew/Key) and Minjung/Taeyeon (2min)
Summary: "But, it's still not desperate!" Junghee smiled down at her friend. "Ask for help and you might be able to pass the finals,"
Sunday morning, Eunsook woke up early. It must have been about 4am because the sun wasn't up yet. But she didn't care, she laid in her bed and hugged her pink teddy bear close to her.
The things she had said yesterday were coming back in her mind and she was happy. She thought she did the right thing. She had said the right words. She liked Gwiboon. She really did and whether Gwiboon had lied or not when she had confessed her love to Eunsook was out of the point. This was about Eunsook's own feelings toward her friend. And she was now sure that she really wanted to go out with Gwiboon.
She shifted in her bed, cause sheets to fall off and stuffed toys to tilt. Eunsook curled up in a ball, her face suddenly felt very very hot. Going out with Gwiboon did not mean mere holding hands and more frequent friendly hug. It meant that they would be...closer, both mentally and physically. She was okay with being mentally close to the younger girl, but she was quite scared of physical contact. Wasn't Gwiboon known for making out with her boyfriends in front of everyone? No matter if she liked it or not...
Eunsook was scared that Gwiboon might just end up focing her into doing things she didn't feel ready to do. But this fear was nothing compared to the happiness that had overtaken her soul and body. She secretly smiled under her covers. Gwiboon had an unpredictable chracacter, but she had always been nice to her, and almost sweet at times.
She couldn't help but wonder what was Monday going to be like. Especially in their rethoric class. It would surely be hard for her to ignore Gwiboon like she did until now.
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Oh God...Don't look! Don't look!
But...Eunsook looked so cute when she was chewing on her pencil this way...And that annoying strand of hair which always ended up in her eyes, causing her to push it behind his shoulder, it was just so adorable. Gwiboon supressed a squeal when Eunsook bit her pink lips, a sign that she didn't understand what the teacher was talking about and tried hard to think about it to figure it out. When Eunsook understood, Gwiboon managed to see her face brighten up and she scribbled something in her notebook.
Eunsook glimpsed at her and turned red. She cleared her throat and straightened her back. She felt Gwiboon's stare. Eunsook glanced at her dongsaeng again. Gwiboon's dreamy stare. The older girl tried to shrug it off, but failed, considering that Gwiboon, yes her Gwiboon was staring at her, and nobody else. Not even the teacher. Just her.
Eunsook was happy, but...hoped Gwiboon would stop now. She felt awkward. And what if someone noticed and started rumors about them? It's not like Gwiboon was even trying to make it subtle. Her head was obviously turned around her, her eyes fixated on her, her mouth was showing a small smile and was occasionally letting out a content sigh.
Luckily, the class was soon over and nobody seemed to have given much attention to the both of them. Except Junghee, which was not at all dangerous. They got up and smiled to one another. Eunsook was sure a genuine shy smile from Gwiboon worthed millions, billions or maybe even more.
"We'll meet after class," The youngest mouthed and Eunsook nodded.
The afternoon was painful for Gwiboon. All she could think about was Eunsook. It was a little annoying, but she gave up trying to concentrate quite quickly, feeling more comfortable thinking about Eunsook's lovable face than weird calculus on the board.
When her last class ended, she was more than happy to gather her things and go meet up with Eunsook. Her friends wondered why she didn't even say goodbye before dashing out of the classroom, but since they had decided long ago to stop searching answers to Gwiboon's behavior, they got over it after merely 2 seconds.
"Hi!" Eunsook smiled warmly at her and watched her dongsaeng sit down beside her. Closer than usual, she noticed.
They didn't speak for some seconds and Eunsook felt awkward, so she forced some barely coherent words out of her mouth. Something about weather and Taeyeon's hair, something that might have made sense in a...oh well it didn't make sense at all, but she didn't care; she needed to say something.
Gwiboon giggled lightly and scooted even closer, taking advantage of them being alone to do what she had wished to do all day. She brushed their hands together on the bench, but oddly, Eunsook removed her hand hastily and started dugging in her schoolbag. Gwiboon scowled a bit, but quickly forgot when Eunsook spoke.
"Hmm, I had trouble concentrating in the last week...so hum, I'll try to help you as much as I can, but I can't guarantee that it'll be helpful, okay?"
"Why were you not- Oh! Oh...okay," Gwiboon looked down at Eunsook's notebook, unusually full of drawings and scribblings in the margins. Most of them were struck out, but Gwiboon could figure out her name and some other random words and hearts and people drawn in cartoon form.
She smirked. "Nice drawings," Gwiboon looked up at Eunsook. "My hair is a little longer though,"
Eunsook blushed and avoided her gaze. "I- thank's," She hid them with one of her hand, pretending to straighten the sheet of paper.
Gwiboon smiled and encouraged Eunsook to start the 'lesson', which was gladly done. Eunsook was talking about random religous people and Gwiboon was caught up in her own thoughts. She still listened to her 'teacher' though, it was why she was there in the first place.
Gwiboon knew why Eunsook looked so flustered and talked faster than usual and she found it adorable. She supressed a giggle whenever Eunsook did something wrong, like mistaking a name for another or dropping her pencil and picking it up only to drop it again. It was quite weird since they both knew they liked each other, but were still feeling so awkward with one another. Well particularly Eunsook, whose hands were obviously trembling as she was gesturing a newly seen theory.
On the other hand, Gwiboon was just enjoying looking at her unni. She hoped they would at least hug tonight. At least hug. Though the hug wouldn't be enough to express all the love Gwiboon felt for Eunsook at that moment. She would need to do more to express it. But she didn't want to look like the guys that had once forcefully kissed her or imposed demonstrating affection to her.
As usual, the hour was finished before they knew it and it was time to go home. Separate ways. Again. Eunsook got up. Gwiboon watched her gather her things up and pouted. She guessed nothing that she had planned was going to happen. Maybe not even a hug.
Gwiboon scowled. If she didn't do anything by herself. Eunsook would never do it on her own. The sweet girl she was would never dare kissing Gwiboon on her own free will. The younger girl smirked. She was too nice. Way too nice.
"Eunsook! Wait!"
The said girl stopped what she was doing, which was simply putting her pencil case in her bag. She looked at Gwiboon with soft eyes.
"Yes?"
The pigtailed girl got up. She walked to Eunsook's side and raised her eyebrows, as if to say she was waiting for something.
"Shall we kiss now?"
Eunsook blinked and nearly dropped the pencil case she was still holding. Had she heard right?
"I want to kiss you,"
Once again, the older was speechless and only managed to blink her eyes until she saw Gwiboon frown and lick her lips.
"Look, I'm being nice asking you. Normally I would just do it regardless of your feelings,"
Eunsook furrowed her eyebrows. She knew Gwiboon's lack of shame, but this was almost ridiculous. She was still thinking about what to answer when she felt the other's moist lips on her own.
She wanted to back away, to run, to hide, but she couldn't. It was too sudden, her body had reacted by standing still. She was frozen into place. Not even her eyes had closed, nothing about her was moving. Her mind had gone blank as well, unable to process what was going on. To put it simply, she was wide-eyed, stil holding her pencil case tightly, with Gwiboon brushing their lips together.
The younger didn't seem to think it was very shocking though. What was bothering her was that her unni hadn't moved since she had first suggested the idea. Gwiboon sighed lightly into the kiss and peeked through her eyelids, feeling something unusual in the kiss. She yelped and stepped away when she noticed Eunsook's eyes wide open, staring at her intently.
Eunsook didn't move and looked terrified.
"I love you," Gwiboon confirmed, wanting it to be clear.
Eunsook cleared her throat and place her pencil case in her bag as calmly as she could. "It- Don't- Don't be so..." She looked away. "...eager,"
Gwiboon's face turned slightly guilty. Yes she had enjoyed the kiss, but if Eunsook didn't like it, it would negatively affect her own mood. And that was bad.
Eunsook was blushing madly, nervously shuffling through her bag. She zipped it and placed it on her shoulder then looked at Gwiboon. Or more looked in the general direction Gwiboon was. She could never directly look at her at that moment.
"Don't be so serious," Gwiboon frowned. "It ruins the mood,"
Eunsook's look saddened, a bit disapointed by her dongsaeng's words. "I'm sorry," She apologied.
"It's okay. I'm sure you'll do better next time," Gwiboon sashayed her way to the school gate without saying goodbye to her unni.
Eunsook sighed. She prefered Gwiboon when she wasn't so straigtforward. Her first kiss had just been stolen and she couldn't do anything about it now. She had cherished it, and now it was gone. Gone forever. She was a bit sad to see that it really wasn't as great as she expected it to be. Not that it was bad, but she had always wanted it to be romantic and special. She had always pictured her first kiss accompanied by a full moon or a sunset. And how things turned out was just plain ridiculous.
Gwiboon hadn't waited for the right mood, nor had she tried to make her feel secure. She just did what she did the best. Surprising her. At least she had asked informed Eunsook before doing anything.
However, from another angle...
that was what was special about the kiss.
It was nicely surprising.
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Eunsook almost canceled Tuesday's meeting, but didn't have the courage. She was shy to admit it, but she was curious to feel Gwiboon's lips against her own once again. This time, she wanted to respond correctly and make Gwiboon feel that she didn't do anything bad. Eunsook felt like she had overeacted, her dongsaeng really hadn't done anything wrong, it was quite normal to kiss the one you love that way.
Gwiboon even warned me before. She didn't really want to shock me the way she ended up do-
"What are you thinking about?" A smirking Junghee cut in her chain of thought. "Your first kiss?" She teased.
Eunsook blushed and looked around. Class had ended and everyone was going home. Everyone but Junghee, who had noticed Eunsook not moving from her seat.
"I- No, just-" The oldest stuttered as she started gathering her stuff. "I was just thinking about..."
"Gwiboon?"
The long-haired girl stayed quiet, revealing everything.
"Well, she's probably already waiting for you right now, don't you think?"
Eunsook looked up at the clock and realised that Junghee was right.
"I should...get going," She said, placing her bag on her shoulder and running out, waving at Junghee as she did so.
She jogged to the back of the school and behind the bushes to find a smiling Gwiboon waiting for her. Eunsook's cheeks flushed, seeing Gwiboon smiling this way meant that she was either up to something or simply had a good news.
"Hello Eunsook," She said sweetly. "How are you?"
"Er...fine thank you," Eunsook sat down beside her. "Thank's for the lunch again,"
"Did you like it?"
"It was great, as usual..." Eunsook frowned at Gwiboon's forced laughter. "Are you okay?"
Gwiboon sighed. "I'm trying to be like you, now can't I try?"
"Like me?" Eunsook chuckled. "Why?"
"Because I won't upset you if I'm like you," She explained dryly.
"Upset me?"
"I clearly upset you yesterday, I don't want that to happen again," Gwiboon said, a little nervous yet able to keep her voice steady.
"You-" Eunsook's complexion showed hidden happiness. "You didn't upset me, I wanted to say sorry for what I said."
Gwiboon stared, suddenly very interested into Eunsook's words.
"I mean, I should have- I shouldn't take it so seriously. I'm sorry, it's just that it was...well it was my first-" She gulped. "My first...experience at these kind of things and it shocked me...I really didn't want to make you feel bad. Don't worry about it."
Gwiboon nodded, accepting Eunsook's apologies, even though she hadn't done anything wrong.
"And I guess you're right, It'll- It'll be better next time,"
The youngest grinned devishly. "Yes, of course it'll be,"
Eunsook prefered to ignore everything she had said and continue as if nothing had ever happened. She took out her notebooks and other stuff she needed as she alwasy did. As usual, she started talking about various things, from occidental way of thinking to asian religious philosophy, making links between the two. And Gwiboon was doing great in listening and understanding the subject.
She also learned the different point of view of the ancient Greeks about laws. What was wrong, what was right. How they defended their opinions in public and everything. She pretty much listened to it all and carved it in her memory. She really did. But for some reason, the word 'marriage' caused a question to form in her mind. It had nothing to do with the subject, however she felt the urge to ask it. So she did. Out of nowhere.
"Can we go out together?"
Eunsook stopped dead in her sentence about ancient Greek's laws. Her head was too much into History, she had to take sometimes before going back to her feelings instead of her studies.
"Officially?"
"No, it'll be bad if someone found out." Gwiboon shook her head. "I meant, you know kissing and stuff, can we do that?"
Once again, Eunsook's eyes widened. "Stuff?"
"Yeah, what couples do. Can we do that? I love you and well, I'm pretty much sure you noticed how affectionate I can get, so I was wondering if you didn't mind...I don't want to scare you or anything," Gwiboon didn't look shy at all. Eunsook wondered how she could talk about it as if it was a new mascara brand.
"I know we can't do anything at school. But like this, alone together. Can we just, be...closer?"
Eunsook pulled herself together and smiled. "I don't mind," She said, because she suddenly didn't mind being close to the younger girl. "But what does that have to do with Laws?"
"Nothing,"
She giggled through a sigh. "I guess we should stop with the Greeks now," Eunsook suggested, not really in the mood to talk about ancient rethoric anymore.
"And go home now? Why?"
"I never said we should go home,"
Eunsook scooted closer and let her head fall on Gwiboon's shoulder. "We can just stay like this, like you wanted,"
Gwiboon's eyes sparkled at Eunsook's first move that showed some kind of love. The youngest lowered her head and nuzzled into Eunsook's hair, breathing in the watermelon scent.
"I like your shampoo. Smells nice," She noted causing the other to giggle.
"I'm sure yours smells twice as good,"
Gwiboon shivered at the comment. So corny, yet so touching. " You're so cute," She said before leaning to catch her unni's lips into a second kiss.
This time Eunsook tried to stay calm and actually do something else than just being there. She moved her lips lightly onto Gwiboon's, but still felt too unsure, so she stopped after some seconds.
Gwiboon decided that she needed someone to guide her through the kiss. Her hand gently went to brush against the oldest's cheek, setting a delightful electric shock through her body. Then Gwiboon's free hand tried hard to find Eunsook's to wrap them around her waist.
Unfortunatly for Gwiboon. Eunsook's arms were too limp to stay that way and quickly slided off and fell back to the older's sides. The younger girl smirked and deepened the kiss, making Eunsook back away all of a sudden, confused at what the other was doing to her mouth.
"You're too cute," Gwiboon said before Eunsook could say anything. "Don't worry you'll get used to kiss me soon enough," She said, flashing a pretty smile.
Eunsook's body tensed at her words, but a smile still found its way to her face. "I'm sorry, I'm not really-"
"It's alright, think of it as payback for the rethoric study,"
"You're already cook-"
"Look do you want to get kissed or not?"
"...," Eunsook unconsciously bit her lips.
"Good, now let's study some more," Gwiboon said before bringing their lips together again, surprising Eunsook once again.
Where is the rethoric in that? Eunsook thought before closing her eyes and slowly drowning into the gentle kiss.
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"Since you've probably got nothing to do next week-end. You will sleepover at my house." She had said.
And Eunsook said yes. Though it wasn't really a suggestion, more like an order. But she really wanted to spend time with Gwiboon. She felt good with her, but still shy. She was walking to Gwiboon's apartment buiding, anxiously looking around every seconds to be sure she won't miss it. The weather was nice, even if the sun was slowly setting and it was getting colder. Eunsook was carrying a large bag on her shoulders. She smiled nervously when the building came into her view.
Her hands were trembling so much when she pushed the elevator's button, she nearly missed it.
She stepped inside and let a man push the button to the 2nd floor for her. The doors closed and there was a long silence in which Eunsook anxiously stared at the number lighten up when the elevator reached the second floor.
She stepped out and walked to Gwiboon's apartment door. The teenage girl sighed, put a sweet look on her face and knocked. Eunsook heard a lot of noises from the apartment and that unnerved her a little.
"She's here, she's here!!" A voice screeched from inside.
"Wait, calm down honey, maybe it isn't," Another one said.
Eunsook recognised Gwiboon's parents and her body relaxed when she remembered how they seemed to like her. The door swung open and a frantic woman smiled at her widely. Eunsook blinked as she was pulled into the house and into a hug.
"Oh, isn't she cute!?" Gwiboon's mother pulled away and looked at Eunsook with admiration. She nodded as if she was approving something. "Gwiboon, you picked the cutest of them all,"
"Oh really, our daughter has such a good taste," The father said, walking closer to pat Eunsook on the head. "I was shocked when Gwiboon told us she had a girlfriend,"
"But we learned it was you, Eunsook! Aww, I understand why our Gwiboon choose you, and I totally aggree with her," The woman said sweetly.
The girl blushed as both of Gwiboon's parents started praising her again. Eunsook was a bit shocked. They knew about their relationship? Already?!
How, when, WHY!?!
Eunsook hadn't told her parents, nor did she plan to. But she figured it was normal for normal parents to know about these things, so she smiled nervously and removed her shoes. Gwiboon walked near them casually and leaned on the wall.
"Gwiboon, your first lover! This is wonderful! We should take a picture!" Her mother said happily.
Eunsook smirked. First lover? What a convenient lie...If only they knew all of Gwiboon's ex-boyfriends...
"No picture. It's not like it's the last time you see her!" Gwiboon walked toward them. "We should go to my room now,"
"Aw, Gwiboon, don't do anything bad to that sweet girl! Why don't you stay and chat! I'm sure Eunsook's got many stories to tell us about herself, right?" The woman turned to Eunsook to show her teeth in a big, and a bit insane, smile.
Gwiboon blushed lightly. "I won't do anything!" She said and pulled at Eunsook's hand until they were both safely hidden in her room.
"See? That's why I go in my room," She whispered, frowning at her door.
Eunsook smiled. How she wished to have such a good relationship with her mother....The oldest observed the room. It was cleaner than the last time, but still very girly. Pink being the theme color.
"Please take a seat," Gwiboon said, casually walking to her bed. Eunsook put her bag down and sat next to her on the bed. They stayed that way in silence for some seconds, Eunsook nervously swinging her legs and fidgeting with her fingers.
"I've been thinking," Gwiboon spoke up first. "And I decided that you should take care of your image a bit more,"
Eunsook pouted lightly. She had forgotten about the superficial side of Gwiboon in the past few weeks. But unfortunatly, it was still there.
"So choose a color,"
"Blue,"
"Light blue, ocean blue, deep blue, sparkling blue...?" Gwiboon raised an eyebrow at the clueless girl in front of her.
"There is a difference?"
Gwiboon narrowed her eyes. "I'll choose for you," She said and took a bottle of nail polish from a pink box lying on the bed. "Light blue it is,"
Eunsook nodded to no one in particular and let her girlfriend take her right hand and apply a light blue color on her nails. She smiled as it shined in the light of the room.
"Do you like it?" Gwiboon said, focusing on the nail she was painting. "We can still change color,"
Eunsook shook her head virogously. "No, I like it,"
"It matches the hairclip in your hair," Gwiboon said as she proceeded to paint the nails on Eunsook's left hand.
"Yes,"
Gwiboon finished pretty quickly, she was used to apply nail polish. "It's surprising, your nails are fine and you don't take care of them as much as I do,"
"Er...thank's?"
"Yes, it's a compliment,"
"Thank's!"
Gwiboon smiled and put the cap back on the little bottle. "Now, your hair!" She said.
"My hair?"
"Yeah, don't you ever do something with your hair? It's always loose," The youngest said, gathering her hairclips, headbands, hairbrushes...
"Do you really need all this?" Eunsook frowned.
"Yes." She replied softly, focusing on choosing one of the 4 hairbrushes that were lying on the bed. "Now down!"
Eunsook slided down the bed obediently and sat on the floor, her back against the side of the bed. Gwiboon place both her legs Eunsook's sides, so she couldn't escape. The oldest thanked God, her dongsaeng wasn't wearing a skirt that day.
Gwiboon started brushing her unni's hair quite harshly after removing the blue hairclip. Earning squeals and weird faces from the other, but Eunsook remained still. The other was still furiously working on her hair, now with her hands and a little softer.
"Your hair is so perfect..." She whispered as she let her hand travel in the black locks spread on her thighs. "You know, I used to do this a lot with Junghee and Taeyeon when we were younger."
Eunsook stayed quiet, ready to hear another story about Gwiboon's childhood, like those that were told over the phone. Her eyes fluttered sleepily as Gwiboon's soothing hands brushed her hair gentler until it ressembled more to a loving caress.
"I know it's childish and I'm too old now. But-"
"No need to justify yourself~" Eunsook whispered sweetly. Her eyes were closed by now and she was only enjoying Gwiboon's hands in her hair. She didn't feel like hearing her younger friend talk anymore, silence sounded better.
Gwiboon didn't seem too happy, but kept quiet while continuing to fix Eunsook's hair. Twisting a strand, clipping something over it before taking all this off to come back to the ordinary loose hair. She did the pattern again until she found something she liked. When she finished, The older girl was practically sleeping.
"I'm done!" She said, poking Eunsook's head. he didn't move. "Hey, I said I'm done," She kissed the tied-up hair and it was enough to act like an alarm clock and wake Eunsook up.
Eunsook looked up to see Gwiboon's smiling face. "Want to see?"
The oldest nodded and a mirror was given to her. She stared at her reflection and scowled. She touched her hair and frowned, very unsure of what she thought about the way her hair was tied up.
"You don't like it," Gwiboon pouted when she saw Eunsook. "Don't tell me you do, I won't believe you,"
"It's...very...Gwiboon-like," Eunsook stated. "But also very un-Eunsook-like,"
"What is?"
"The pigtails," Eunsook answered, still uncertain if she liked the way her hair was combed or not. It looked exactly like Gwiboon's, but instead of pink hair ties, they were blue and instead of curled brownish hair, it was black and straight.
"And what exactly is wrong with pigtails?" She crossed her arms, obviously hurt.
"It's very...you. Not really me," Eunsook panicked when Gwiboon turned with a frustrated sigh. "But it looks great on you! Really, it does!"
Gwiboon snickered. "It's not you now, but wait until I get the right clothes!" She said before getting up to open her closet. "I'm sure there are clothes that fit you in there," She searched through the colorful shirts, pants, skirts, whatever was in her closet.
Eunsook was sure of one thing, no monsters could hide in Gwiboon's closet...it would be far too squeezed and uncomfortable.
"Here! This will do!" Gwiboon held out a frilly deep blue t-shirt. "And with this, it'll be perfect," She showed a white skirt...oh-so-short...
"Gwiboon, I don't think-"
"Just try it on!" She said, smiling brightly, putting the clothes down on the bed with all the make-up and the stuff. She scurried toward Eunsook and hurriedly unbutoned the higher part of her shirt, stopping when she noticed that...this wasn't Junghee...and they weren't 7 years old...
She let go as if she had been burnt by Eunsook's collar. "I'm...sorry,"
"It's alright," Eunsook blushed and took the clothes on the bed without even trying to complain. "I'm just going to change over there okay?" She added pointing at a corner of the room.
When she was sure Gwiboon couldn't see her, she changed quickly. Eunsook looked down at the clothes. All she could see in them was Gwiboon, this wasn't her.
And the skirt. The skirt. It was even shorter than she thought. She was standing so staight and her legs were held together so tightly it was getting uncomfortable.
"Gwiboon," She said, the other still facing away from her. "Can I be honest?"
"Sure,"
Eunsook sighed. "The clothes really don't fit me at all. The shirt is itchy and the skirt is so short...I'm sorry. Can you hand me my bag so I can wear my pajamas?"
Gwiboon admited defeat by giving the bag to the other girl without a word. She didn't even glanced at Eunsook and just went to burry her face into the frilly pillow on her bed. Eunsook wondered if this meant something good or bad, either way, she changed into her comfortable sleeping clothes and took something out of her bag with loud shuffling noises. Gwiboon turned her head to the side, noticing the noises.
"What in the world are you doing?" Gwiboon asked seeing Eunsook trying to get some kind of carpet out of her large bag, along with covers and pillows.
"Huh?" She looked down at the things she held on her hand, then up at Gwiboon. "I don't want to sleep on the floor, so I brought this,"
"What are you talking about? Sleeping on the floor?"
"Yeah, well last time I slept over, you didn't sleep well. I figured I should bring this,"
Truth was. Eunsook was too shy to sleep in the same bed as Gwiboon ever again, but she wouldn't say this, because it would require logical explanation and it was impossible for her to do.
"Oh come on! You won't sleep on the floor!" Gwiboon complained, kneeling up on the bed and pushing all the stuff at the end, dropping some of it down on the floor.
"I won't! I have a camping mattress!"
"I officially hate camping," Gwiboon muttered and laid back on the bed, all the things had been pushed down to the floor, creating a big mess. After some seconds, she decided that her sleeping clothes would be more comfortable and it was the right time to put them on since Eunsook was busy with the covers and the pillow she had to put on her mattress.
She picked some random pink silk sleeveless nightgown, which looked more like a shirt since it was short and a pair of matching shorts to make it look more decent. She loosen up her hair and turned to Eunsook who was now tucked under her cover.
"You're sleepy?"
"A little,"
"Already?! But we can't sleep now!" Gwiboon panicked as she plopped herself on her bed. "We can...watch TV or listen to some music or chat or-"
"Sleep so we can get up early and go shopping while the crowd is not too big,"
"Shopping...in the morning?"
Eunsook raised an eyebrow. "Yeah,"
"I usually sleep until 11 o'clock," Gwiboon rolled on her back. "But I guess it would be quite fun...Let's do this then,"
And with that, Gwiboon got up and went to turn off the light and slipped under her covers.
"Are you sure you're alright down there?" She asked after a short silence.
"Yeah,"
"You're sure?"
Eunsook chuckled. "Yes, don't worry about me,"
Gwiboon turned to her side, watching Eunsook through the thick darkness. "Oh come on, the floor is certainly cold! And I'm cold too! Come up here!"
"Hmm..." Eunsook shifted in her bed, unable to find a position that wasn't leading her to face Gwiboon's pained expression.
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to." Eunsook sighed, thinking that some sense had finally kicked in Gwiboon's weird mind. She was obviously wrong, because she felt Gwiboon roll down her bed to lie down next to her.
"What-"
"I just want to snuggle for a bit," She said, covering herself with Eunsook's soft blanket. She curled up against Eunsook's body, which made the latter hold her breath and back away until she was on the edge of the already very small mattress.
That seemed to go unnoticed by Gwiboon who just got closer and rested her head on the other's shoulder. Her soft, mint scented breath blew on the older's cheek, making her shiver in a mix of fear and delight.
"Eunsook-ah~" Gwiboon whispered, her eyes closed. "I love you,"
"Th-thank you,"
Gwiboon moved a bit, unsatisfied with the response she got.
"Well?" The youngest added.
"What?"
She looked up at her unni. "Do you love me too?"
Eunsook chuckled nervously. Gwiboon had this talent to make her nervous... "Of course I do," she finally said.
"Say it,"
"Why?"
Gwiboon closed her eyes tightly, furrowing her eyebrows as she did so. "Just say it," She insisted.
"But why?" Eunsook was confused at the sudden sort of sadness emanating from Gwiboon.
The youngest sighed and snuggled a bit more, as if to be comforted by the physical contact. "You see...sometimes I doubt it,"
Eunsook sat up as if she had just been electrocuted. She turned and saw Gwiboon still laying there, in the same position she left her, except with eyes open and no support for her head.
She doubted Eunsook's feelings...really? Gwiboon could be unsure? Gwiboon could be...scared? Eunsook's first reaction was to find it completely ridiculous, since her love for Gwiboon seemed neverending, despite all the annoying habits and all the flaws the girl had. But after thinking over, she realised that on the outside, her love might not be as obvious as it was in her head.
Her eyes softened at Gwiboon's puppy expression. She stared for a while, enjoying Gwiboon showing vulnerability. Then she felt bad for smiling at such a time and laid back down next to her dongsaeng. This time, she cuddled on Gwiboon's side and willingly leaned her head on Gwiboon's shoulder, swiftly kissing her neck as she did so.
"I love you," She said as Gwiboon relaxed. "I love you so very much," She added, feeling Gwiboon's arms wrap around her waist and lips kissing the top of her head.
"I still think we'll be more comfortable in my bed,"
Eunsook chuckled.
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The next morning they had woken up with sore backs and necks, but managed to get out of bed without too much harms. After some teasing about how Eunsook had kept the pigtails and how she seemed to stare at her nails more often than usual, the girls had gone shopping, being careful to be back before noon so that Eunsook could go and enjoy the only afternoon she got with her mother.
Of course, it was once again very dramatic when Gwiboon's parents learned that Eunsook wouldn't stay for lunch. But they managed to calm them down by saying that she would come back more often from now on and next time, she would eat dinner with the family. The day passed by rather quickly, Gwiboon had called Junghee to tell her everything about the night before, the clothes she had bought and many other not-so-interesting informations while Eunsook had finally been able to talk with her mother about school and friends. Gwiboon was her favourite subject, though she still hadn't told her mother about her real relationship with the girl.
Soon, they had to go back to school on Monday. As usual, Eunsook had found a lunchbox waiting for her in her locker and Gwiboon had talked with her popular friends all morning. Little did they know that their two school lives would soon collide and become one big mess.
With only one comment at lunchtime, Gwiboon knew that something bad was going to happen. Her three friend, Taehee, Eunjung and Sumi were talking about some random rumors that were going around the school when their conversation drifted to a subject Gwiboon really didn't want to talk about.
"Have you seen? That girl over there, Eunsook, her hair is the same as Gwiboon's. Even the same hair ties on the pigtails!" Taehee said, looking in disgust in Eunsook's direction.
The innocent girl was completely oblivious to the stare and kept on reading some old book as she was eating the rice Gwiboon had been carefully cooking in the morning. Eunsook had kept the pigtails to please her girlfriend, but she never expected anyone would notice it.
"Such a copycat," Sumi muttered.
"Huh! And have you seen her nails?" Taehee asked, making Gwiboon frown and Junghee try to calm her down by stroking her arm soothingly.
"Definitely Gwiboon's color," Eunjung was shocked. "I think she wants to take over Gwiboon's status! This is dangerous, we should stop her before it's too late!"
Gwiboon resisted the urge to whack her three friends for being so freaking observant.
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