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“Yurim~” Heedo whined upon finding her girlfriend in the fencing locker room.
“What~” Yurim playfully mocked in the same tone.
Ignoring the disrespect, Heedo continued “My mom said she won’t let me train at night if I don’t study more. We literally just got Daseul’s approval and now she’s doing this to me!” Heedo sat down on the bench and sulked
Yurim rolled her eyes with a smile “Well you better start studying then” she closed her locker and turned to face Heedo.
“That’s what I came to talk to you about.” Heedo stood up and walked over to Yurim “Do you wanna study with me?” she asked, cutely.
“Hmmm…” Yurim began to think “I guess I can…” She replied, reluctantly.
“Yes!” Heedo pumped her fist and pulled Yurim into a hug “Thank you! I would’ve had to ask Jiwoong if you said no, and I don’t think I would gain anything from that” she laughed
Yurim smiled “But you should know something first.” she started
Heedo pulled away from Yurim to look at her “Whats up?”
“I… I placed 320th on our exams”
“Oh… Well, that’s still higher than my score!” Heedo patted Yurim’s head “And, we’re fencers anyways. How are we expected to know thats stuff?”
Yurim smiled and nodded “So, when and where should we study?”
***
“Woah…” Yurim was surprised that Seungwan and Jiwoong managed to turn some random storage shed into a vibrant hang out spot.
“It’s cool, huh?” Heedo asked, taking a look at the place that she had made so many memories in such a short time.
“It is,” Yurim agreed “How come you never brought me here?”
“Seungwan and Jiwoong wanted it to be a secret, I guess.” she shrugged “But, we can hang out here more often now that those two know, that you know.”
“Nice!” Yurim exclaimed, plopping down on the couch but quickly sitting up straight. “Now, take a seat Heedo-ya, and get your stuff out. We’re here to study.” she said sternly.
“Ugh, do we really have to?”
“Yes?” Yurim said, as if the answer was obvious (which it was) “You’re the one who asked me to study in the first place”
“Fine, fine” Heedo sat down “What subject should we do first?”
“Well, we go to one class, so…”
“So, history?” Heedo tried to connect the dots.
“What? No, that’s lame.” Yurim dismissed Heedo’s idea with a wave of her hand “I think we should do math.”
“You’re such a nerd!” Heedo smiled at Yurim fondly “Math is just as lame as history.”
“Absolutely not. You’re 100% wrong.” Yurim took out her math book and opened to a random page.
“Look at this Heedo,” She pointed at the page “pythagorean theorem.”
“What the hell is that?” Heedo asked, confused.
“It’s, like, triangles… or something” Yurim said, grabbing her pencil and a piece of paper to do the problem.
Just as Yurim was about to begin writing, she froze with her pencil left hovering over the page.
“You okay, Yurim-ah?” Heedo noticed her girlfriends absence of movement. “Can you do the problem?”
Yurim looked up at Heedo “I cannot.” she said with a fake wide smile “I forgot how to do it.”
Heedo started giggling, her small laughing fit soon turning into boisterous cackling.
“How are you gonna study math with me if you can’t even do the problem?” Heedo teased.
“Well, can you do it?” Yurim asked with a slight pout.
“No? Who do you think I am? Einstein?” Heedo continued to laugh.
Yurim lightly slapped Heedo’s arm “Whatever,” she said crossing her arms “math is stupid anyways.”
Heedo laughed even harder at Yurim’s casual contradiction of her previous statement but had to calm herself down due to her lack of breath.
“Oh my god, Yurim-ah, you’re so funny!” Heedo exclaimed before taking a final deep breath to end her laughter
A small blush started to color Yurim’s cheeks at the compliment. Yurim scooted closer to Heedo and hugged her tightly.
“Do you want love, Yurim-ah?” Heedo raised her eyebrow teasingly
Yurim nodded her head shyly and Heedo pulled Yurim onto her lap.
Curling up and snuggling into Heedo, Yurim hid her face in Heedo’s neck, breathing in the familiarity of her girlfriend.
“So, I guess we’re done studying?” Heedo joked.
“Mhm” Yurim hummed “I’m tired.”
“Are you?”
The feeling of Yurim nodding, her hair repeatedly brushing against Heedo’s neck and jaw, gave confirmation of her girlfriend’s sleepiness to the latter.
“Why don’t we lay down then.” Heedo suggested before laying across the couch and resting her head in its armrest, doing her best not to jostle Yurim too much.
The two laid quietly, with Heedo rubbing Yurim’s back soothingly and Yurim placing chaste kisses on Heedo’s neck every other moment or so.
After what felt like an hour in comfortable silence, Heedo noticed Yurim’s kisses had ceased and her breathing was quiet and even.
‘Cute!’ Heedo thought to herself, kicking her feet slightly because of how perfect her girlfriend was.
“Heedo-ya…” Yurim said quietly.
Heedo was nervous that her slight movement had disturbed Yurim’s slumber, but she was reassured when she noticed that her girlfriend was still asleep.
‘Is she sleep talking?’ Heedo thought.
“Yurim, what’s up?” Heedo whispered, wanting to play along with Yurim’s unconscious speaking.
“I love you…” Yurim muttered before going completely quiet once again.
Heedo perked up “Wait, for real?” she leaned closer to Yurim’s ear “You love me?” she whispered.
Yurim was unmoving and Heedo knew it was useless trying to talk to her now. Still, that quiet declaration of feelings was the first time in their six months of dating that Yurim had uttered those three little words.
An exhilarated grin spread across Heedo’s face ‘She loves me! I can’t believe she loves me!’ She hugged Yurim a little tighter
“Well, just so you know,” Heedo spoke excitedly, barely able to contain her happiness, “I love you too Yurim-ah” Heedo punctuated her sentence with a kiss on the top of Yurim’s head, before closing her own eyes and drifting off.
***
Nearly forty five minutes later, Yurim had stirred awake. The first thing she had noticed was Heedo’s sleeping face. A large, blindingly bright grin overshadowed the rest of her featured yet they still managed to look relaxed.
Feeling the effects of Heedo’s contagious smile, Yurim felt herself start to be filled with the same warm feeling she imagined her girlfriend was experiencing.
After checking her watch, Yurim decided that it was time to go home, and that she should start trying to wake Heedo up.
“Heedo-ya” Yurim shook Heedo softly “It’s time to wake up.” she continued to shake her girlfriends sleeping body.
Soon, Heedo’s eyes began to flutter open and she quickly examined her surroundings before staring back at Yurim with the most beautiful expression of admiration the latter had ever seen.
Yurim chuckled “What’s got you so happy?” she asked
Heedo took a deep breath and sighed fondly “Oh, just, you.”
A blush formed on Yurim’s cheeks. She noticed her face getting hotter and cleared her throat “I think it’s time to go now, Heedo-ya” she chuckled awkwardly. Yurim stood up, collected her and Heedo’s things, and held her hand out for Heedo to take.
The latter put her back pack on and grabbed Yurim’s hand, allowing her to be led out of the building
***
As Heedo was walking Yurim home, hand in hand, she decided to ask about Yurim’s sleep.
“So,” Heedo started “Did you happen to be dreaming when you took a nap earlier”
Yurim’s face turned red and she looked away embarrassed “H-how did you know?” Yurim remembered her dream world where she and Heedo lived together in a small, cozy town. Their lives were perfect, free of stress, Yurim recalls.
“Intuition, I guess” Heedo chuckled, squeezing Yurim’s hand tighter.
Heedo had no plans to tell Yurim about her sleep talking and what she said, as she wanted Yurim to remember their first love confession.
So, in the future when Heedo has the courage to tell Yurim she loves her again, she fumbles over her speech and shyly locks eyes with Yurim, carefully reciting those three simple words that can only come so close to displaying the indescribable feelings they have for each other. Heedo softly holds Yurim’s face and kisses her with the gentleness of a feather and when they pull apart Yurim whispers that she loves Heedo too. It was the moment Yurim and Heedo knew they were absolutely, irrevocably in love.
And, my god, does Yurim remember it.