Legal Affairs | Namjin

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I move forward deepening the kiss grabbing his shirt pulling him closer to me. He straddles his hands around my face kissing me back. I trail down my hands through his shoulders grabbing the hem of his shirt to pull it off him.

He holds my hand stopping the action and moves back, stopping the kiss. He looks straight into my eyes,

"I don't want you to do anything which you'll regret later" staring right through my eyes pulling me off my trance. I take my hands off him and settle myself.

"I really really like you Jinnie, and I know if we continue this now, tomorrow you are going to push me away furthermore and I don't want that. I want to get to know you, I want you to give you your space, which you deserve, to make a conscious choice to be with me irrespective of our work. I want you to know that I am willing to go places for you.. will you let me ?"

Those words which came out had an impact on me. If I am being honest with myself I cannot say that my previous experience scarred me for life, it was a rather unpleasant one that no one deserves, which made me conscious about my choices. It is a matter of self-respect and if ever I enter into a romantic relationship I want it to be with someone whom I can trust. 

I see this man in front of me who gave me confidence, stood by my side radiating comfort when I am down, asking me to give him a chance. 

"I don't know... can we take it slow" 

"We have all the time in the world Jinnie," he says kissing my forehead "let's go to sleep now"

"Good Night Joonie," I say turning away from him as he places his hands on my shoulders, I could hear him mumble "I love it when you call me Joonie," as I fall asleep.

I wake up to see an empty space beside me, thinking about our conversation last night. If I am willing to give it a shot I should take a step forward from my end too. I walk out of the room to see Namjoon already working on the couch. He looks at me smiling,

"Good Morning Sweetie, breakfast's on the table" pointing at the table and getting back to his work.

"How many nicknames are you going to call me" I took my plate and sat beside him on the couch.

"Until I find the one which sticks"

"Thanks for stopping last night, you know ..."

"Only God knows how hard it was" I take a paper and smack him, "Ouch !! Ok fine, I was thinking if we can take leave today, you know to discuss how we take us forward."

I turn towards him, "Namjoon, I want to give us a shot and see where this leads us but, I have few conditions", he nods at me to continue, "The most important one of all is I don't want to disclose our personal details to anyone in the office. Let's keep it to ourselves till we figure it out. Second, I don't want any kind of preferential treatment because of this at work."

"I want to add one more condition Jinnie, once we leave the office we are not Manager and his employee. I want you to see me beyond that."

I felt it was a reasonable place to start.

"Now as we set our ground rules, can I take you out on a date handsome", I choke on my food, 

"Now?"

"Yes now, be ready in an hour," he said walking back to his room. I finish my food and go to my room to get ready.

I pull out a grey shrug and a simple white shirt with black jeans. I see Namjoon dressed in denim he's handsome without even trying.

"You look beautiful," he says opening the car door for me. 

"Ahh! here I thought chivalry was dying." I smile and get into the car, "Where are we going?"

"Supermarket"

"So much for a date" I laugh

"We need few things for the house, then we'll go on a date"

It is a pleasant morning, I look out the window taking in the beauty of the city, I look at Namjoon he's stealing glances at me and smiling, 

"Eyes on the road please," he smiles looking away from me.

  We enter the supermarket shopping for the necessary things and my eyes fall on sour jelly candy, I grab a couple of boxes and throw them in our cart. 

"That's a lot of jellies" 

"I love them," I say grabbing few more boxes, 

"What else do you like ?"

"Hmm, let's see I love games, Super Mario, I like collecting action figures, plushies, alpacas, and most importantly I love food. I know what you like too"

"Do you !!!"

"I think you like books, computers, and clothes"

"Well you forgot one important thing, I like you too", a pink tint formed on my cheeks, he moves closer to me holding my chin "this face here is worth billions"

I was fast towards the billing counter as my heartbeat increases. What's he doing to me. He follows me as we check out and reach the car.

"I hope you like this place," he stops in front of a beautiful Italian restaurant, we walk into and take a table.

"I love cooking Namjoon-ah, I used to try out these little dishes for my mom, help her in cooking. I and my brother used to get into fights about whose cooking she likes the most, food is always been my comfort" I say thinking back to all those memories.

"I love my mom's cooking, it's one thing I miss as I moved out of my parent's house, you know I try to cook but end up destroying half of the things"

"Don't say, I saw you struggling with a carrot yesterday" he closes his face as I laugh out loud.

"I don't like seafood though"

"Too bad I love seafood"

We both spoke about a lot of things, we are different personalities, he's calm and composed, I am chirpy, but the more we spoke, the more we understood each other. Is it the beginning of something new and exciting?

YES.