Chapter 4

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You woke up early in the morning the next day due to your phone, which was ringing loudly.

You groaned and got up. Sometimes you regretted about Jin's Super Tuna being your ringtone. You picked your phone and saw that Jessie, your boss was calling you.

You picked up the call immediately and came to know about the surprise holiday of about one week, which was being given to everyone in the office because of the New Year.

Usually, your boss never gave you holidays so easily, even during the festive time. So this was kind of shocking for you.

Since it was a holiday now, you decided to have some more sleep. You kept your phone back on the bedside table and lied down while covering yourselves with the blanket. More sleep is no harm, right?

You woke up at around 8:30 a.m. and brushed your teeth. You wore your sports suit, white Puma sneakers, and took your headsets. You decided to jog to your favourite book shop ,which was in the nearby market, to buy a new book.

As soon as you stepped out of your house, you begin to feel very cold. The chilly air hit your face. For a moment, you thought to go back into your home, and slide under the blankets. But then, you thought about a new book and became excited. So you started to jog towards the shop.

You loved to read books, especially when it came to mythological or science fiction books. Romance was also your favorite genre, however, your interest from romance faded away ever since your past relationship. Relationships can be traumatic, especially if you become too attached with someone.

After about 15 minutes, you reached the book shop. You went straight to the novel section and began to look through various books when someone bumped with you and you both fell down.

You groaned in pain and opened your eyes to se that it was Namjoon, lying over you. He looked at you with wide eyes, as if he had just realized who you were. His hands were on the either sides of you face while his face was just a few centimeters away from yours.

The close proximity with him heated up your cheeks. Even though your cheeks were icy cold due to the wind outside, your cheeks were on fire now. You cleared your throat a little and immediately looked away.

Immediately, he realized and got up. He offered you a hand and pulled you up.

"I am so sorry. Are you okay?" He asked.

"Aah.. Yes, I am absolutely fine." You said. Even though you were not. Your head was paining like anything. Damn!! Namjoon was so strong. He needed to stop going to the gym on a regular basis or else, he might be casted as the Hulk soon.

He smiled and asked, "Ah!! That's fine then." He smiled in relief and you gave an awkward smile.

"So, you like to read books?"

"Yes, I do." You said while brushing your jacket.

"Wow, even I like that, as you might know. So, which book are you searching for?"

"Umm.. Something good in science fiction or mythology."

"Woah, I am also looking for the same. It might be a beautiful coincidence the. Why don't we look for a book together?" He asked.

You nodded and then, you both searched for the book. Finally, Namjoon came with a book which you also liked. It was something about a group of teenagers, who invent a time machine and decide to travel in it. However, due to some mechanical errors in their machine, they get lost in some other dimension.

Namjoon bought two copies of the book and gave you one.

"There was no need for you to buy this for me." You said while getting out of the shop.

"Oh come on! It's alright. After all, we are friends right?" He asked.

"Yes, but-"

"I don't want to listen anything. This book seems to be very interesting. I am definitely gonna read this one." He said. You smiled a little and nodded.

You both looked at each other and smiled. Suddenly, you found yourself in a strange connection with him.
There was an awkward silence between both of you. It seemed like you both wanted to talk more, but you were unable to find a topic.

His sharp dragon eyes, which were usually fiery when you saw him being serious or performing, were soft right now. An unexplainable emotion was swimming in his eyes. You felt being drawn to his eyes, as if you wanted to get in them and explore everything his eyes had, as if his eyes held galaxies, waiting for them to be explored by you.

Your eyes traveled to his dimples. Something inside you shouted to poke at them. Too many feelings were filling you up. Why? Why were they muddling in you for a man you met just a day before, personally. You abruptly broke the eye contact and decided to look somewhere else.

"Okay, I think I should go now." You said and waved him a goodbye.

Namjoon looked at you for a moment, as if he was searching for any abrupt emotions on your face. On finding nothing, he also waved you a goodbye.

"See you soon." He said and you nodded. You started to jog towards the opposite direction, cheeks still heated up due to what just happened. You shook your head and started to tell yourself that it was nothing but a mere conversation, a mere friendly conversation.

Namjoon kept looking at you till you disappeared in the light fog.

He looked down at his book and smiled again. Only if you knew that what you were feeling was something mutual. He took a deep breath and decided to head for his home.

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