the color of my life × taekook

9. date pt. 2

Jungkook's pov

After we both ordered something - Taehyung ordered a lemonade for himself, I ordered a cappuccino, and we both agreed on a banana split with vanilla, chocolate, and mint choco ice cream, and chocolate topping- I stood up and went in the corner where most cats were.

I crouched down but after two cats climbed on my back I lost balance and ended up laying on the floor, rolling on my back. All cats got closer around me and some even made themselves comfortable on my torso and beside my legs or my neck.

I giggled when one licked my cheek and called Taehyung over.

"Taehyungie come over here~!" I said through my giggles. I felt so free.

When color invaded my vision I knew he was coming over and I felt a slight heat in my cheeks, being a little self conscious now.

Taehyung's pov

I heard his giggles before he called me over. He sounded so happy, delighted even. And I took that moment to enjoy his giggles, glad he liked the place I brought him to.

When I went there and saw him on the floor with the cats all around him I couldn't contain my grin. He shut his eyes and scrunched his nose when a cat's tail brushed his face.

"Taehyung!" he opened his eyes and looked up at me. "Please take a picture of me! I want to see how I look right now." he said and glanced at the cats on top of him.

I immediately took out my phone and opened the camera. He noticed I was taking more pictures than needed and whined:
"Ah no~! Stop, I said one picture, I don't look good!" he turned his head but was laughing nonetheless.

I wanted to kneel down next to him and tell him everything about him that looks good to me. But I let that thought pass with a small pain.

Then I saw him smile, his cheeks now rosy. I couldn't help but laugh with him. A genuine laugh. I hope his is also genuine.

After considering I took enough pictures, I checked some of them, to see if they're clear. My eyes landed on Jungkook's face. His smile which was dangerously contagious. But his eyes... He was not looking at the camera with that smile.

Jungkook's pov

Even though he was laughing -a sound that I want to hear more- Taehyung was focused on taking good pictures. So I smiled at him, not at the camera.

I am genuinely having fun with him and I want to make my point clear. So my smile was directed to him. Since the first picture he took. I noticed his slight frown and the way he unconsciously pokes his tongue out when he concentrates very hard.

He's an interesting person, Kim Taehyung.

Taehyung's pov

When our order was ready, we went back to our small table. I gave Jungkook my phone to let him look at the pictures. He started giggling once he saw the first ones.

I sipped my lemonade while watching his reactions, a smile playing on my lips. He kept glancing up at me, as if he wanted me to go dizzy because of the constant change between chromatic and monochromatic views.

He gave me my phone back, still grinning like a little child. We started eating ice cream and talking about random stuff, like movies we like, school, books, and games, which he talked really excitedly about. So excited I could see the sparks in his eyes. So excited he didn't notice the ice cream he had on the corner of his lips.

While Jungkook was rambling about this game called 'Call of Duty' that I've hardly understood anything about, I leaned in and reached out my hand to wipe the ice cream off.

He stopped whatever he was saying and instead stared at me as I took my hand back and cleaned the ice cream off my finger with a tissue. When I looked back I got caught in his gaze. It felt comforting at first, as if luring me in a mysterious challenge.

But not even a second later I felt caged. I felt as if I would be left alone again if I look away. It wasn't comforting anymore. I was scared that Jungkook will leave if I look away even for a second. Scared to break whatever we had going on.

Jungkook's pov

As his finger touched the corner of my lips my brain shut down. I even forgot what I was talking about. Then he stared back at me, gaze intense, probably analyzing mine, searching for something. I struggled internally to open up, to let him find whatever he was searching for.

Unfortunately, my phone started buzzing and I blushed, looking away, unsure of what just happened, but flustered nonetheless.

"It's my mom. I have to go home, sorry. Let me walk you home first" I offered after I checked the messages.

"No, it's- it's really fine. I have to stop somewhere on the way" he said but I could see something was bothering him. Not something he wanted to share anytime soon, for sure.

Taking a deep breath, he looked at me: "I will walk you to the bus station. Let's go," he said as he already put money on the table to pay for our orders. I didn't argue about the pay, not wanting to trigger him, seeing he wasn't quite alright.

"Okay," I said and we both stood up.