The injury

“I hate this”, Chaeyoung sighed, placing on the spot next to her the poems book she was reading.

“…do you mean us?”, your voice never sounded more confused before, but her sentence came out of nowhere, there was literally silence in the room before her complain.

Chaeyoung looked at you, almost if your question made her confused too. Then she realized that you had zero contest to understand her words.

You two were literally just hanging out on the couch of your shared apartment, her back resting against your chest, while your hands mindlessly played with her hair. The most cozy scenario you could imagine.

“Baby, don’t worry, I was not talking about you. I mean, I can’t stand you the 90% of the times, but you’re still the love of my life”, she giggled, catching your wrist before biting softly your arm. It didn’t even sting, it just tickled your skin.

“Then what is it? Is that book really that bad?”, you asked once again, this time just faking to be oblivious to tease her, despite the soft kiss you left on the crown of her head.

“The book…you’re an idiot, babe”, she groaned, biting lightly stronger, but still no damage was taken. “No, I was talking about my situation, you know, skipping the tour and shit…I hate being injured”.

She could not help but pout and look disappointed. She looked even smaller than usual, her shoulders dropping low. If you were a genie, you would use your power to fix her back in that exact moment.

“I’m so sorry, Chae, it sucks, I know how much you love to perform but your health is the most important thing right now. If the doctors said the you need to rest, it’s better to listen to them”, maybe your words could appear a bit firm, but your tone was gentle, soft, almost a whisper.

Chaeyoung is a dreamer, she often skips the part where she has to filter her thoughts process through the reality, so sometimes you have to bring her with the feet on the ground again, for her own good.

“I know, I know, babe, it’s just that I feel like I’m leaving the girls alone”, she mumbled, a bit offended by the fact you were right and she could not really protest. “I mean, I already skipped a part of the tour last year, hell, I even missed Tzuyu finally performing in her own country. I fucking hate this”, her voice was getting slowly higher, almost loading towards the breaking point.

“Hey hey, babygirl, it’s okay, you’re human too”, you immediately grabbed her by the waist and adjusted her position, in order for her to look at you with those black shiny eyes. “I know you feel guilty but it’s not your fault. Do you remember when Jihyo injured her leg and could not come with you to Switzerland? What did you tell her?”

“To not worry and just enjoy some deserved rest. But, listen, it’s different-”, she tried to argue like a child who wanted to avoid a lesson from her father but you were ready with the exact timing.

“No buts, missie. Now it’s turn to finally rest your bones. And then, it’s not like you have to stay still for an year, a couple of weeks and you will be ready to rock stadiums all over the world. Is that not thrilling? You will go back to Europe and show them how cool you are while performing Shoot!”, your tone moved from fatherly to enthusiastic so quickly that Chae forgot about her injury for a minute or so.

“Sheesh, alright alright, mister Logic, a girl can’t even complain and being dramatic these days”, she groaned, rolling her eyes back but her lips were actually trembling hard, trying to hide one of those smiles that only you were able to produce on her in these moments.

“Are you kidding me? I literally let you being dramatic about everything”, you scoffed, looking away with playful disdain. “You literally frowned at me for a whole day because I was listening to an Aespa song instead of a Twice one!”, you reminded her, flicking her forehead with your finger.

“Yah, stay still with those naughty hands”, she said while pulling them back on her waist to be held. “ Your girlfriend is literally a Twice member and you were listening to another girl group: you’re lucky I am not accusing you of cheating”, she clenched her jaw and menaced you with her tiny fist.

“Chae…we were in the car…listening to the radio…to the channel you picked”, you took your time for every bunch of words to let them sink enough.

“So what? You should still be loyal to your girlfriend and her group, always and at any cost”, she remarked in that bratty tone that she always uses to tease you.

“You know what? I was going to propose you a romantic picnic on the beach under the moonlight but I guess I will spend that time studying again Twice music”, you countered, making her freeze.

Actually no, she didn’t freeze; she tackled you(even if you two were basically laying on the couch already), her hands on your chest to keep you still.

“Why so in hurry to take shitty decisions? Tell me more about that picnic”, she encouraged you, squinting her eyes with peaked interest.

“Oh, you know, we could make a fruit salad, order eel sushi and baked salmon, maybe even buy some Baskin-Robbins ice cream, mint chocochip flavor as you like, and, why not, a small strawberry cake, but I guess it’s better to refresh my memory on your group discography. Don’t you agree?”, you explained and you could see her jaw getting lower at every dish.

“I don’t agree at all, come here, you idiot”, Chae sandwiched your face between your hands and closed the space between your lips, giving you a deep kiss that made finish the oxygen after a while.

“Chae…please…I can’t…brea-”, you tried to complain, but she was glued to your lips, her arms around your back.

“Shut up, baby, I’m trying to convince you about the priority of the pic-nic”, she shushed you, barely giging you the time to breath.

“Babygirl, I was kidding, we can go to make the salad right now, but please, let me live”, you chuckled against her lips once she broke the kiss.

She looked at you with such a silly and happy smile and you could not help but smile back because you managed to cheer up. It didn’t matter what the problem was, you are going to always be there to make Chaeyoung happy.