↳ IN LOVE? MAYBE?

haknyeon puffs his cheeks up, he's sitting at the end of the table. chin resting on the sturdy wood as he watches one of the stray kid's member eats some cookies. he would ask for some, but the thing is.

he doesn't know his name.

haknyeon gets impatient, squirmy and whines to himself. he didn't want to take a cookie from the package because that would be plain disrespectful. and calling the boy, 'hey' would be even more disrespectful.

"are you just gonna watch me eat?" he then questions, haknyeon's cheeks deflate and he points at the cookies.

"may I have one?.." he politely yet shyly asks, the ravenette closes the package and pushes it across the table to where it slides right in front of haknyeon. "t—thank you! I was too shy to ask because I didn't know your name..also taking one would be rude.."

"it's woojin." he then smiles, "no problem. you're haknyeon right? I've seen you on produce one-o-one."

haknyeon smiles, "woojin..hyung..." he then stuffs a cookie into his mouth, "sorry for not using honorifics. it was disrespectful of me."

"you're quite a polite boy. don't worry, you're all good." woojin reassures, "all you wanted was some cookies. there's no harm in that."

haknyeon nods, "yeah..you're right. but.."

"but what?" woojin teases, "you still want more sweets? you can steal a kiss from me if the cookies weren't enough."

haknyeon's eyes widen, "u—ugh—"

"don't take that seriously. I'm just teasing you, sorry if I made you uncomfortable."

haknyeon shakes his head, "n—no..it's fine.."

"on a serious note, I haven't got the chance to know you guys better. I've talked to jacob and sangyeon a couple times but not much with the younger members."

"yeah..same. I haven't talked to you guys as well, I'm a talker but you guys have different auras in comparison to the boyz."

"I feel the same way. maybe cause there's more of you, I feel obligated to get to know you all quickly. but now that I think about it, I should just keep it steady. don't wanna make everyone uncomfortable."

haknyeon smiles, "I get that. that's a nice way to put it."

"you're a very cute kid, I just want to point out that you have a really nice smile." woojin calmly tells, "also, you're blushing."

haknyeon covers his cheeks with his sweater paws, "thanks...it means a lot..."

"I bet it does. I've actually read some of the negative things put upon you when it came to produce one-o-one, they shouldn't have done you dirty like that. I hope people can recognize your true self."

haknyeon's smile forms into a little frown, he hated being reminded of that time. but, he tries to force a grin on his face until woojin said something.

"I definitely made you uncomfortable, I didn't mean to. it's just, the truth is I feel as if people like you deserve a lot. I bet you've gone through a lot of pain and are still receiving backlash for little things, an angel like you can smile and people would depict you as the devil."

haknyeon's head falls down, "y—yeah..."

woojin then gets up from his chair and pats haknyeon's back, "this talk is getting too depressing. wanna get some ice cream? I know you're an eater, also the maknae line in stray kids always feel better after cuddling. so we can cuddle as well if you're alright with it."

haknyeon's cheeks flush. he looks up to the boy and all he can see is flower petals falling around him. it's as if there is a sparkle in his eye, "s—sure.."

haknyeon stands up and woojin holds his hand, "haknyeon." he then says softly.

"y—yes?"

"nothing, it just had a nice ring to it."

woojin smiles. and haknyeon feels his heart being pierced by an arrow.