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31. Hold on to me

12 AM   |   Yejin

"My eyes are here," I showed, raising my eyebrows at him.

He giggled when I called him out.

It took all my courage to dare to undress in front of him. I couldn't keep a clear mind if he kept looking at me with those eyes.

Jungkook plunged into the water and swam below the small waves before emerging a few meters ahead of me.

He spat some water out, his wet hair moving all around.

"You should jump in too!" he encouraged me, his longs arms floating on the dark water.

I snorted, taking one more step inside.

The ocean looked both beautiful and mysterious under the bright light of the moon. It reminded me of Mokpo and the beach parties with my friends.

But I realized I highly over-estimated the water's temperature as I folded my arms on my chest, a shiver going down my spine.

And the water wasn't even reaching my hip level yet.

"Jump in! It feels good once you're inside!"

Jungkook dived one more time into the waves, showing his back to me. I admired for a second his tense muscles as he crawled further away.

The ocean was calm. The waves were only ripples on the surface, making the water darker and even more beautiful.

"Do you want me to pull you inside?"

I lifted some daring eyebrows at him.

"You'd better not."

Half of his face was under the water. I could only see his doe eyes and his nose, some black strands of hair falling on his cheekbones.

Again, his eyes were not on mine.

He was looking further down.

To my tattoo, I realized.

His intense stare lingered on it. It made me think of the last time he saw it.

That time, he could not help himself but touch it.

I wondered if he was thinking about doing the same right now.

I took another step into the water, making the tattoo disappear below the surface. I couldn't bear to feel his piercing eyes so low on my stomach.

It was making me feel too many things.

He swam a bit more, waiting for me to join him where our feet wouldn't touch the ocean floor.

I shivered again from the cool air.

Jungkook was silent, swimming around me.

"You look like a shark," I scoffed, wrapping my arms tighter around myself.