home is wherever i'm with you

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Seungwan's decision to move in with Juhyun snowballs into a multitude of startling realizations about herself and their relationship. Best friends x roommates AU.

Foreword

I wrote this (while still having a lot of other works in progress, welp) for many reasons, most of which was self-indulgence. As a er for friendship to romance AUs, desperate to see more variations of them, you know what they say - if you can't find it, make it. Or something along those lines. And out of the unfortunately many drafts I've stored over time, this was the one that called out to me, so hopefully people will enjoy it as much as I did, writing it!

 

For those who read my previous posts, it might be confusing, seeing me publish this out of the blue, given that I did sound pretty decisive when I made those blog entries. I'll explain it soon, my focus was preparing and putting this out as quickly as possible.  Don't worry if you're concerned though, it's all on a positive note. I won't disclose much, but I was lucky enough to attend both days of R to V in Seoul, and then Irene's birthday party (I'm still sad about not having been able to go to Wendy's) - those events, as well as the friends I made and talked to along the way, made me come to realizations of my own, just as the Seungwan in this story did ❤

 

Title taken from the song 'Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

 

This oneshot is dedicated to tammyboomerang, an ever supportive friend and fellow writer ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗

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bedofnails
#1
Chapter 1: Deserving an upvote! Well written story and i enjoy reading them from the beginning till the end 😊 kudos!
zero309
#2
Chapter 1: 👍
wenrenes
#3
Chapter 1: this is gotta be the cutest thing 😭 the way you wrote this friends to lovers trope is so good thank you so much 🫂 i can’t emphasize this better but i want what they have ‼️‼️

honestly, if i were wendy’s bff like yermseuljoy, i would be sooo frustrated with them too esp with wendy too because of how oblivious she is 😭 this is such a good shot this will definitely be on my constant reread list. thanks for writing this!
KLXRYU #4
Chapter 1: Rereading this because i need my daily dose of wenrene fluff 😭 please , i need my own irene too 🥲🤧
thequietone
16 streak #5
Chapter 1: Beautiful fluffy story I love it!!!!
hardcolors #6
Chapter 1: Im in love with u
maknae-mess
#7
Chapter 1: this is the FLUFF WE DESERVE IN OUR FANDOM - how i've missed a good roommate au, truly it is so important to have this dynamic and WENRENE their cute, oblivious idiocy that makes the story i LOVE IT

truly i have to say if wendy was a lucky person in this, we wouldn't have this story and honestly in the beginning i was like "damn why isn't joo offering her place off the bat?" but then as they have their conversation you feel that yearning build until the jealousy just snaps it "you don't need miyeon....you don't need to do all that, seungwan" YOU NEED ME SAY IT JOOHYUN you little coward hehehehe

you know whats funny? the irony of this part "juhyun was one of the most harmless people she'd ever known" -- i have feelings about this bc we're clearly seeing it from seungwan's perspective andim like...you are not harmless sis, this anti projection heheheheheh

AW YOU KNOW WHAT? i do enjoy sooyoung like that when she just says it straight "a death trap for her" bc shes just so smart and she knows it but gets so disgruntled when no one listens to her (big sister/mom vibes hahaha) her and seulgi deserve an award for keeping up with these idiots

and just poor seungwan being so oblivious (and even joohyun) i just like...girl how are you so smart???

GAAAAAAH "i just thought it was impressive you were able to make a home out of a place with so few belongings" THE MEANING BEHIND THIS - THE UNSETTLED FEELING INSIDE SEUNGWAN THAT WHERE SHE LIVES ISNT PERMANENT AND HOW ITD BE DIFFERENT JOOHYUN BC ITS JOOHYUN - THE FEELINGS SEUNGWAN HAS ARE SO WELL EXPRESSED BC SHE DOESN'T GET IT YET

ugh the imagery when they start living together is so cute bc seungwan's fluffy feelings just make me all warm and fuzzy, how sweet to see someone that you /like/ regularly and be able to share the space with them

yerms choosing turtle references makes me giggle i love animal comparisons hahah and she does give that market ahjumma wisdom vibe and we need it expressed more

seungwan's gay self needs to be controlled BUT THEN AGAIN HER DENIAL IS HOW CONTROLLED SHE IS (i dont blame her for reaching out to wanna touch joo in her three piece suit its literally a y visual all the time everytime tHANK YOU)

T_T my feelings as Seungwan really starts to think about her emotions for joohyun is like perfect bc this such big emotion of being IN LOVE with her roommate isn't just over big things, its all the little things have built over time LITTLE SWEET THINGS THAT WAN NOTICES and their toothbrushes!! WHY IN MY HEAD I IMAGINE A BLUE AND PINK BRUSH SIDE BY SIDE??? my heart just MELTS

"it was her all along" I TOLD YOUUUU LMAO

you know what i like about your seulgi? shes like so steady she's perfectly balanced as a person and friend, she knows so much about her besties and just waits patiently for them to open up she listens first before she tells seungwan what she really needs to hear and just ughhh i love that kind of friend bc its not judgment shes passing, but real guidance that wan needs

AND I LOVE A GOOD MISCOMMUNICATION TROPE LIKE GIVE ME IT; GIVE ME THAT 'I DIDNT MEANT FOR YOU TO HEAR THAT TERRIBLE THING I SAID BC ITS NOT WHAT I MEAN' --- honestly i wouldve been pissed if we dragged it on bc my heart couldnt take it i needed this pivotal point to bring them together not drive them apart THE FLUFF - im such a er for a BACK HUG T_T seungwans admission she just pouring out her feelings so hard and im just like T_T yas queen T_T

UGH KISS

WE BEEN KNEW JOOHYUN LOVES HER AND I WAS JUST WAITING FOR IT T_T i loved how she said it back, it just gives me feels

lmao housewarming for their relationship - BC ITS THEIR HOME NOW SJF HOME lmao the children being sassy as ever AND WE LOVE A FULL WR HOME <3 this fic made my heart so full just bc i loved seeing it from seungwan's perspective, her progression from unwittingly, unintentionally, and unknowingly loving her friend and falling harder until she has that moment of realisation was just so so good thank you for writing this piece uwu we needed it
f8nt_echo
#8
Chapter 1: Thank you for feeding us fluff! Juhyun has been so patient with Seungwan but it paid off. Wohoo!
Emgeelex
#9
Chapter 1: 🥰🥰🥰🥰