[M] Sounds Good To Me (1/1)

Seulgi was sitting on the couch watching television when she received a call from Irene telling her she was needed at the studio to fill out paperwork for her upcoming stint with the travel magazine. Seulgi huffed—she was supposed to take Wendy out for dinner—but hastily agreed to head downstairs.“You know I’m supposed to take Wendy out tonight, right?” Seulgi asked.“I know,” Irene said regretfully, “But this paperwork just came in and it’s time sensitive, we have to get everything filled out sometime today. I’m really sorry.”“It’s not your fault, let me tell Wendy, and I’ll be down in a bit.”“Okay,” Irene said, “Sorry again, see you in a few.” The phone line went dead, Seulgi sighed, and got up from the couch in search of Wendy.Seulgi walked all over the apartment to find Wendy, she tried the bedroom first because she wanted to surprise Wendy with kisses and an apology for canceling their plans so late in the afternoon, but she wasn’t there. She tried the kitchen to see if Wendy was fixing herself a snack, but she wasn’t there either.  Finally, she thought of the one place Wendy might go for privacy.Seulgi eventually found Wendy huddled in the corner of the studio room trying to record something. She couldn’t quite understand the words and when Wendy looked up to see Seulgi standing in front of her, she stopped singing, took her headphones off, and waited for Seulgi to speak.Whatever the song was, Seulgi realized it sounded amazing, but she was going to press Wendy to find out what she was doing in the studio, instead she smiled and apologized, “Sorry to interrupt,” she said.“It’s alright,” Wendy answered.“I’m going to have to cancel our plans for tonight, and I’m really sorry,” Seulgi said, closing in on Wendy.“Why?” Wendy breathed as Seulgi reached her and brushed her fingers down her cheeks.“I’ve got to spend a few hours in the studio. Irene called me about some paper work that needs to be done as soon as possible, can I get a rain check for tomorrow?”Wendy nodded but didn’t speak, only fiddled with the headphones around her neck and didn’t look into Seulgi’s eyes.Seulgi sighed, not wanting to leave Wendy, and gently caressed her cheek. “I know it’s not okay to cancel like this, but it’s necessary tonight, alright?” A slight smile played on her lips.Wendy tilted her head up and finally looked into Seulgi’s eyes, “Yeah, I understand,” she eventually smiled back, “I may go across the street and visit with Mrs. Park while you’re gone.”“Cool,” Seulgi replied, “Just make sure and take your phone, I’ll keep you updated on when I’m coming back upstairs.”“I will,” Wendy said.“I may be a while though,” Seulgi said, removing her hand from Wendy’s cheek, and rubbing the back of her own neck, “I’d rather spend time here with you but business calls for now.”Wendy smiled brighter and nodded, “It’s okay, I have a lot I can do here, and if I visit Mrs. Park, the time will fly by. If you’re not back by then, I’ll make dinner and wrap it up for you. If you’re going to be gone that long, you’ll probably be hungry when you get back.”“That’s true, thanks,” Seulgi said as she turned to walk out, “By the way, you sound great.”“Thanks,” Wendy blushed.“Okay, I’ll leave you to it, tomorrow we’re on, right?”“Yes, as long as you get the paper work done,” Wendy joked.Seulgi chuckled, “You got me there.” ----- Seulgi scrolled through her special “Wendy & I” folder that she had created once Wendy had come back into town. Inside the folder were all the photos that they had taken together from the first one—a shot of Wendy dressed in her finest clothes when they’d met at her workplace that first night—to their most recent trip to the lake, where Seulgi had taken shots of them on her phone.“Seulgi?” Irene asked, as she glanced at the screen that was filled with shots of Wendy, “What are you doing, we’ve got to finish this paperwork.”“I know,” Seulgi said as she sighed and closed the folder.“I know you’d rather be with Wendy right now,” Irene explained, “But we have to finish all this before you leave the country, or else Joy and I will be out of luck and so will you.”“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, back to business,” Seulgi said, she didn’t need the distractions right now but desperately wanted Wendy with her—or to be sitting at the restaurant table with her.Irene chuckled, “Why don’t you look at those with Wendy, has she seen them?”“What?”“The photos you were just looking at,” Irene said, “Obviously.”“Oh,” Seulgi replied, “I haven’t shown them to her.”“Why not?”“It’s….a….surprise.”“For Wendy?”“Yes.”“What’s the surprise?” Irene asked.“If I told you—““—It wouldn’t be a surprise?” Irene cut in.“Yeah,” Seulgi said, blushing.“That’s fine,” Irene said, “But do you need help with it?”“Maybe, yes eventually I will, but not until I figure out exactly what I want to do.”“Okay,” Irene smiled, “Then let’s finish this, and then you’ll have all the time in the world to figure out what you want to do for her.”“Alright,” Seulgi answered.  ----- “It’s good to see you, Wendy,” Mrs. Park said as the bell on the door echoed through the store. Wendy walked through, waved, and greeted Mrs. Park in return, “It’s good to see you too.”“What brings you here?”“We were supposed to have a date night, but Seulgi got called away, so I came to stay with you for a while.”“Well, I’m not a great date, but I’m glad you showed up. What exactly called her away from a date with you? I know she’d rather be on the date,” Mrs. Park said.“Yeah, she said as much,” Wendy replied, “Seulgi’s at the studio working on paperwork and getting things ready before she has to leave in a couple weeks.“Oh, yes,” Mrs. Parks said, “She came to visit me and told me all about her impending trip around the world.”“Yeah,” Wendy explained, “Three months of it.”Mrs. Park smiled and nodded. She sensed the melancholy in Wendy’s voice, “She started by telling me how much she’s going to miss you.”“Did she?” Wendy asked.“Yes, and not the kind of miss that someone would normally talk about. Seulgi wasn’t blasé about it at all, she’s going to miss you from the core of her bones, from her heartstrings, from the center of what makes her Seulgi.”Wendy nodded and listened further.“I’ll tell you this though, Seungwan, She’s not going to spend her time regretting this decision she’s made, the decision to leave you behind. She seemed to regret it as she talked to me, but I told her she’d better not be having second thoughts about it. That would diminish her time away from you and make it trivial. She can’t constantly regret it while she’s away. That’s no way to live, don’t you agree?”“Yes, Mrs. Park, I agree,” Wendy said.“She told me that you have been reassuring her, and I’m proud that you’re agreeing with her leaving.”“I do,” Wendy whispered, “I want her to be content.”“I am glad she was able to decide this for herself, I think it’s important,” Mrs. Park said.“What?” Wendy asked.“What I mean is, it’s always been her choice, and you’ve been trying your best not to entangle yourself into it to confuse her. That made her able to make the decision so quickly. I’m proud of you for that as well, Seungwan.”“Am I not hers, and is she not mine?” Wendy asked, confused.“Of course she’s yours,” Mrs. Park laughed, “You are beloved to one another. I see it in both of your faces, your eyes when you speak about each other.”“Then what do you mean?”“What I mean is that you’re are equals. You are both living your lives, and you never told her she couldn’t go just because of you or your feelings. You may have been upset or felt loneliness creep in a time or two, but she will always be yours, even if she is far away, even after three months, you are hers and she is yours. So, while she misses you, she’s going to do her job, do it well, and enjoy her time. Isn’t that what you want for her, to enjoy it?”“Of course,” Wendy said.“Even without you?”Wendy nodded again, “Even without me.”“You’re being very selfless, my dear, sweet Wendy, even though you know you’ll be without her for so long—well at least physically, right?” Mrs. Park said, “Do you know why Seulgi will be able to leave you? It’s certainly not because she wants to. That’s not why she decided this.”“Then why?” Wendy asked.“Because you’re supporting her, you’ll be a constant in her life while she’s away. She has faith in you, and confidence that you’ll be here when she gets back. That’s one of the things she won’t have to worry about as she travels. And I want you to know that I haven’t seen her this in love with someone ever.”“Really?”“Oh, she’s loved before,” Mrs. Park answered, “And liked a lot. She loves her family and her friends deeply. But those loves are from the gentle part of her heart. This love she has for you is more than love, it’s beyond that, and I think it’s beyond that for you too, isn’t it?”“It is,” Wendy said simply.“Your love for Seulgi has shown self-sacrifice. You’re letting her leave freely and by her own choice. That’s the greatest form love can ever have. She feels that for you as you do for her, this girl who’ll soon be in motion across the world. She’s knows what you have done for her, all of it. She’s spent many moments here with me describing it all, and she wants to pay you in kind someday soon, and I believe she will. She wants to give you what you rightfully deserve, all of her. She’ll give you all of herself, every last bit and piece.”“I don’t just believe that,” Wendy replied, “I know it’s true.”“Isn’t that a magical feeling? To be together even when you’re far apart, to know someone loves you just because you’re you, and not for any other reason?”Wendy nodded.Mrs. Park smiled, and sighed, “We’re having a very serious talk aren’t we? I’m sure you didn’t come to hear all of that.”“Yes,” Wendy smiled in return, “But I appreciate your candor, advice, and point of view. It’s reassuring.”“Well, I’m glad,” Mrs. Park said, “Now let’s talk about things that are not so serious, how does that sound? Tell me all about your day at the lake, when you went hiking.”Wendy chuckled, “Alright, but I can’t tell you everything, it may be a bit embarrassing to hear.”“Well,” Mrs. Park said, “How scandalous.”They both laughed and Wendy began to tell her. ----- Irene and Seulgi finished the work around 11:30, it was later than even Seulgi had figured it would be and she looked forward to seeing Wendy again.“How many snapshots do you have in that folder?” Irene asked as they closed the lounge for the evening.“Oh, the one for Wendy?” Seulgi asked.“Yes,” Irene nodded.“I don’t know, hundreds? Probably more than that.”“And she didn’t know you were even taking them?” Irene asked“No, she knew I was taking photos the whole time, I just haven’t shown her any yet.”“Oh, okay, I get it,” Irene said, “You’re just keeping a record of your time together. I think it’s nice. You’ve been so many places and done so many things in such a short amount of time, it’s good to have those memories. To stop, take a minute, and record them is important.”“I think so too,” Seulgi said, “But I haven’t just been standing still and taking photos, I’ve experienced everything with her.”“I know that Seul,” Irene said, “You’re moving together, and you’ll do the same thing when you come back to her.”Seulgi smiled, “I hope so, I don’t want to be the only one moving, and I think she knows that. She knows I want her with me.”Irene nodded. An idea began to form in Seulgi’s head as they walked to the front door of the studio, it formed slowly, but began to bloom as they locked the door and left.“I’m not sure what I’m going to do exactly, but now I know the perfect name for it,” Seulgi answered.“What name?”Seulgi winked, “Not telling.”“Another surprise?” Irene asked.“Exactly.” ----- Finally back home, Seulgi heated up the food Wendy had prepared for her and ate it quickly. Afterward, she went to the bathroom and took a quick shower, then joined Wendy who seemed to be asleep in bed.Seulgi tried to get in softly, but once the bed dipped down, all hope was lost, and Seulgi kicked herself for not being more careful. Wendy yawned with eyes shut tightly, as Seulgi crawled fully into bed with her. Wendy stretched as Seulgi wrapped herself around her body then settled back down, “Are you back?”“Yes, sorry I woke you, and sorry I’m so late. There was more paperwork than I had originally imagined. Like a ton of it. Thanks for the food, it was good, we’ll go to that restaurant you wanted to take me too tomorrow night.”“It’s okay,” Wendy whispered, her voice jagged and rough with sleep, “I’m just glad you’re back. I bet the paperwork was so boring, wasn’t it? I know you’d rather be in action than have to fill out forms.”“Yeah, that’s true, I’m glad I’m back too, my eyes are swimming.,” Seulgi said.Wendy turned over in Seulgi’s arms and wrapped her own around Seulgi in the same fashion that was being done to her, “You smell really good.”Seulgi chuckled, “I just got out of the shower.”“Mmm, well, thanks for that. You smell amazing and feel amazing too. Rest your eyes now, they’re one of my favorite parts of you, plus you need them, right? They’re important to me.”Seulgi smiled in the darkness at Wendy’s sleepy voice, and held tighter to her waist, “How was Mrs. Park?”“She’s great, and we had a great talk,” Wendy said.“About?”“Mmm, you,” Wendy said quietly.“Me? Hopefully nice things were said.”“Incredible things were said,” Wendy replied.“Well then, remind me to get some flowers for Mrs. Park then,” Seulgi joked.“Okay,” Wendy said, sleepily.”“Do you want to go back to sleep now? I should have been more careful not to wake you,” Seulgi said.“I went to bed too early. I should have waited for you,” Wendy said, “What I really want to do is make love to you.”Seulgi gulped.“But now I think we’ll have to wait until morning, I’m really tired,” Wendy said.“Okay,” Seulgi agreed, “Morning it is.”“I promise,” Wendy said, “If sleep wasn’t on my mind right now, I would only be able to think about making love to you.” She yawned again but continued to speak, “I want you every day like that. I want you all the time. Sometimes I can only think about our bed, and being in it with you….naked.”Seulgi groaned.“Tomorrow morning,” Wendy said, “You’re all mine.”“I’m always yours,” Seulgi said.“I know,” Wendy replied, “I know.”And then they settled in and went to sleep. ----- Morning found Seulgi lying amidst the sheets with a very warm Seungwan melting on top of her. Seungwan had kept her promise, and with the sun she wrapped herself around Seulgi and held onto her for dear life. Seulgi’s hands were dancing across the expanse of her back, and Wendy herself was buried deeply in Seulgi’s neck, sucking her pulse point, and listening to the whimpers escaping the beautiful column of throat as it bobbed and moved at the pleasure just underneath it.Wendy stopped for a moment as Seulgi moved her hands lower to her hips and played with the hem of the long t-shirt she was wearing, “Do you want it off?” Wendy asked.Seulgi hummed in response and began to work the shirt up, up until Wendy finally sat up herself and helped it come off completely.“Mmm, gorgeous,” Seulgi whispered at the revealed skin above her.“Now you have too much on,” Wendy chuckled.“Maybe so,” Seulgi replied, she sat up and removed her shirt as well, now both were alike, equal to the other.“These too?” Wendy asked playing with the elastic waistband of the last article of clothing on Seulgi.“Sure,” Seulgi said, “Yours too.” ----- Wendy mewled as she felt Seulgi’s short-but-still-there nails run across the back of her thighs as they moved together amidst the mess of the covers. They were chaos and they dipped into each other while pleasure and pressure racked their bodies equally.“I love seeing you like this,” Seulgi said her voice rough and shattered from the effort she was making, “So free and wild.”Wendy moaned and nodded though it was almost imperceptible as her body remained in motion above Seulgi’s, “Same.”Seulgi finally moved again, rippled against the body atop her and then it was nearly over and they gasped and became molten. They kissed, a syrupy sweet kiss that faded into simple pecks. Their bodies melted again—as Wendy’s had—into one another and they lay there and waited. Waited to catch their breaths and be able to speak again. ----- Afterward, when language was useful once more, they stayed entwined and talked.“I told Mrs. Park about our trip to the lake and our hike,” Wendy said, “Yesterday while you were busy.”“About everything?” Seulgi panicked.“No,” Wendy said, pulling Seulgi’s face in for a kiss, “Not everything.”“Good.”“We talked about your trip too.”“Really?” Seulgi asked.“Mmhmm,” she said some interesting things. How I will be your constant while you’re away, how good it is to find something like we have.”“Isn’t it?” Seulgi asked, “To be able to leave knowing you support me is giving me peace of mind.”“It really is?” Wendy asked.“Yes, of course. I’m going to do my best at this job, just like I would any other. I’m going to have fun, but I know you’ll be here when I get back. Not because I’ve told you so, or made the decision for you. That would be unfair and wrong. But I know you’ll be here, because I’m yours to have and no one else’s. I’ve made the choice to commit myself to you fully, to love you fully. You’re not an idea or a fleeting thought to me in the back of my brain, you’re a constant to me, someone I love unconditionally.”“And I’m yours in this way too, having made this same decision myself, even if I wasn’t aware of it. I think it came to me bit by bit, the love, then being able to say it unreservedly, like breathing, ‘I love Seulgi.’ I could say it to you forever but the words would probably lose meaning, so I’d rather show you by my actions. I can’t exactly say I look forward to your absence, but I know you’ll be back, and that comforts me. I want you to be as free and wild everyday just the same as when we make love. This gives you that chance, and we’ll still be commited.”“Mmm,” Seulgi hummed, “ We’re free to make choices, to live. And if you decided to leave on a trip for work and I couldn’t be with you, I would be here for you to come home to.”“I see,” Wendy said, leaning away from Seulgi, “Then I will live while you’re gone and have fun—not with anyone else as we are, that is yours alone—but with our friends and by myself and when you make it back, we’ll live that way together, okay? With determination and wholeheartedness.”“Okay,” Seulgi said simply.Wendy sighed, “This is the second deep conversation I’ve had in two days. My mind is tired.”Seulgi chucked, “And not your body?”Wendy fake glared then smiled, “And my body, both thanks to you. Let’s talk about what to eat for lunch or something, it’s too late for breakfast I think.”“Okay,” Seulgi said again.“Maybe nachos or pizza or both?”“Mmm,” Seulgi hummed in delight, “Pizza.”“There’s my Seulgi,” Wendy laughed, “Deep discussions about our relationship to the glorious talk of a cheesy, cheesy pizza.”Seulgi leaned in, “Your Seulgi at your service.”“Another kiss please, then we’ll go cook the pizza.”Seulgi practically bounced with excitement, nipped Wendy’s lips, then rolled out of bed in one of the sheets, “I’m ready.”“Oh, my sweet, sweet, pure cinnamon roll,” Wendy said in English, “How I love thee.”“I love your cinnamon rolls too,” Seulgi said, not getting it, “Should we bake some?”“Yes, yes we should,” and Wendy wrapped herself in the other sheet, took Seulgi’s hand, and they both walked to the kitchen. ----- In the late, late afternoon after they’d taken a shower together, fell back into bed, then had to take another shower, Seulgi and Wendy stood in the kitchen together and watched as the cinnamon rolls baked. It wasn’t quite time to get ready for the restaurant so, keeping her promise, Wendy pulled out a long can of cinnamon roll dough from the refrigerator and got Seulgi to help her fix them before they finally put them in the oven.“Cinnamon rolls are our thing, aren’t they?” Seulgi asked.“Pretty much,” Wendy answered, “Can I tell you something? I’ve been meaning to tell you for a couple of days now.”“Of course,” Seulgi said, taking a sip of her drink, “What’s up?”Wendy leaned onto the kitchen island and began to explain, “I got a call from the guy who owns the karaoke bar the other day.”“Cool,” Seulgi said, “What did he want?”“He wants me…to start singing there regularly, he likd when I sang the last time and…he wants me to do gigs there at least once a week.”Seulgi’s eyes lit up with wonder, “That’s awesome!”“So…you think I should do it?” Wendy asked, unsure.“Of course I do,” Seulgi smiled widely, “When would he want you to start?”“Probably in the next couple of weeks,” Wendy said, “Most likely right before you leave.”“Okay,” Seulgi nodded, “I think it will be fun for you to do, and you can invite the girls out with you and make a night of it.”“I was thinking about that too,” Wendy said.“Is that why you’ve been playing around in the studio room?”“Yes,” Wendy replied, “I’ve been trying to decide if I want to do it or not so I went in there and practiced every once in a while.”“You sounded great when I saw you in there.”“Thanks.”“I should be able to see your first gig there, right?”“Yeah,” Wendy answered as she glanced at the cinnamon rolls, “I’ll call him back and ask when I can start.”“Good,” Seulgi said, and Wendy nodded.“Now, are the rolls about done?”“Just about.” Wendy replied.“Awesome,” Seulgi said. She grabbed Wendy’s hand and entwined it with hers, “It’ll be a great opportunity for you to sing, I know it’s your favorite thing.”“No, it’s not,” Wendy said.“Really?”“You are.”They both cringed at the cheesy comment, “You’re right though,” Wendy said finally, “I love it.”“I know you do,” Seulgi said.Wendy took one last look in the oven and took the pan out, “Done.”“Great, now let’s wait for them to cool a bit before we put the icing on, I want to make out some more,” Seulgi said.Wendy laughed, turned off the oven, stood on her toes, and answered Seulgi’s request with a gentle kiss, “Sounds good to me.”  ===  So....that was chapter 24, and interesting one for me to write. Thank you, as usual for all the amazing comments, everyone has been really encouraging. Let me know what you think about this one!If you want to follow me on twitter I'm @snapshotsandinkThanks for reading, I'll be back soon with chapter 25. They're are many chapters left in this one ;)