pairing; park wonbin x reader, genre; best friends to lovers, warnings; none
note; i finished watching ‘one day’ (netflix show) a few days ago and decided to write this inspired by it,, it’s quite long but i hope u guys like it !!
unspoken feelings
in which you want wonbins help to prepare yourself for your first date but things take a different turn…
“𝓪𝓻𝓮 you sure this looks good?” you swirl around in the dark blue dress that you’ve just put on.
after waiting for a few minutes and not getting an answer, you see that your best friend wonbin isn’t paying much attention to you — he’s laying on your bed and looking at his phone.
“wonbin, help me out here and stop looking at your phone!” your voice sounds so desperate that it makes you mad. you absolutely hate sounding like that.
wonbin sits up and throws his phone next to him.
“yeah, the dress is pretty good.”
“only good? oh god, no, it needs to look perfect.”
full with panic, you start walking to your wardrobe to look for another dress.
“why do you care so much anyway?” wonbin asks, trying to hide the jealousy he has been feeling the whole time since you’ve told him that you’re going on a date with someone.
“because it’s my first date ever and i want it to be good and it’s only going to be good when i also look good!!”
wonbin watches you look through your clothes, throwing them to the ground and desperately trying to find a new dress. he bites his lips, asking himself if you’ve ever been this stressed about looking good when the two of you were out together.
“how come you never dress up when we go out?”
you laugh at his question, not understanding why he’d ask this. “well, we don’t go on dates. we go out as friends.”
that word slaps wonbin right back into reality. he gulps, tearing his eyes away from you.
“yeah but you could still try to match my coolness with your outfits.”
“oh shut up,” you laugh, grabbing after the white dress that’s been sitting at the bottom of your wardrobe.
“what do you think about this one?” turning around, you hold your dress up so wonbin can see it, but you catch him looking to the other side of the room, not acknowledging what you’ve just said.
“uhm, hello, earth to wonbin, you here?”
he snaps his head back to you but it still looks like he’s not really here, with you. his mind seems to be somewhere else.
you wave the white dress in an attempt to attract his attention. “so? how about this one?”
slowly, he nods. “yeah, this is the one.”
proudly, you smile and stand up. wonbin is still staring at you, hating the fact that he can’t even be happy for you. he absolutely detests that he’s here, helping you out for your first date and the date isn’t even with him.
maybe he's not a good best friend for thinking this way, but who can blame him? he‘s been in love with you for so many years. seeing someone else taking you out on a date, making you smile this much, and filling you with such excitement and eagerness to dress up — it hurts him deeply.
it’s my own fault, wonbin thinks. he should have gathered up the strength to confess to you way before, but now it’s too late.
he’s about to lose you to someone else.
wonbin grabs his chest, feeling like it’s hurting so much that he can barely breathe.
“wonbin, can you do me a favor and unzip me please? i can’t reach it,” you ask him.
“hurry, i need to be ready in an hour and i still need to do my hair and make up!” you whine, wanting wonbin to stop being so slow.
wonbin stands up, his heart beating very fast as he approaches you. he hopes that you don’t realize how heavily he’s breathing.
once he stands behind you, he gulps, realizing how close to you he is. his hands carefully make their way up to your hair, moving it to the side.
you can feel wonbin's breath in your neck. being this close to him gives you goosebumps, and you pray he doesn't notice.
he can't possibly know the effect he has on you. whenever he's near, your heart races, and every moment feels so alive, so fulfilling, so utterly consumed by love.
wonbin has been your best friend for so many years and you don’t want to lose that.
confessing to him would put the two of you in a tough spot because what if he doesn’t like you in that way? how could you two ever recover from that? it would change everything.
you don’t want to lose him.
you agreed to go on a date with someone else just to stop thinking about wonbin, but he's always on your mind. every moment feels like a battle against these unspoken feelings for him. you thought the date might help you move on, but it's only making you feel like you're betraying him.
but there’s no going back now; you need to do this. it’s for the best.
noticing that wonbin still hasn’t unzipped the dress, you ask if he can hurry up.
wonbin doesn't respond. it’s like his throat is closing up, choked by the knowledge of you going out with someone else. he thought he could handle it, but the reality hits him like a tidal wave, devouring him in a whirlpool of agony and longing.
“no, i don’t want to hurry,” he whispers. he doesn’t understand why he’s so brave all of sudden, but he’s not going to back away now.
“i actually lied,” wonbin whispers in your ear. “you look absolutely perfect in this dress.”
it feels like you’re having a hard time hearing because of how fast your heart is starting to beat.
wonbin touches your shoulders, slowly turning you around to him.
“i just didn’t want you to wear this to your date.”
as you stand face to face with wonbin, you‘re struck by the realization that you‘ve never been this close to him before.
it’s a moment you've yearned for endlessly.
“why?” you whisper, your gaze flickering down to his lips and then back to his eyes.
“because..” wonbin murmurs, his hands leaving your shoulders to caress your waist, pulling you closer. the proximity makes your head spin.
is this surreal moment truly happening?
“i want to be the sole reason you wear this dress,” he confesses, his right hand delicately tracing your lower lip.
your knees tremble, threatened by the imminent collapse under the weight of overwhelming desire.
“and i also want to be the only one who takes you out on dates, who brings that radiant smile to your lips, and who..." he pauses momentarily, his gaze lingering on your mouth.
“..gets to kiss you, if you allow me to, of course.”
your heart is pounding with anticipation. the realization that this long-awaited moment is finally arriving feels surreal, yet undeniably thrilling.
without a word, you rise onto your tiptoes and meet his lips in a fervent embrace.
wonbin is taken aback at first, but starts kissing back enthusiastically when he realizes that you've been meaning to do this just as much as he has.
in that moment, everything around you seems to fade away, leaving just the two of you in your own little world.
it feels like time is standing still as you are drawn together, your connection becoming the only thing that matters.
amidst the quiet, your love shines brighter than anything else, filling the space around you with warmth and intensity.
