His Tour Guide

Chapter 53

I sit back in my seat, blown away by the whole conversation. The fact that Namjoon sees a future with me is what Yoongi said last night. He is very astute. A minute passes where we don't say anything, we almost let out a collective sigh that we have at least broken the barrier and we can try to move past it to some sort of normality.

"I'm happy you have been honest too Namjoon, and I can't lie, I definitely feel something for you, and I don't want to hurt you Jimin but I think it's more for me than it perhaps was with you. What I need to know now is, can you 2 still be friends if things end between me and you and I date Namjoon instead?" Both of them look at each other, knowing glances like this is what they expected and maybe had hoped for. My legs all of a sudden feel restless and I stand up, beginning to pace a little waiting for an answer.

"Gwihan, I want you to be happy. If that means stopping with me and seeing what happens with hyung then that's fine. You both deserve to be happy. I can't be the one that stops that from coming true" Jimin says standing up and moving toward me. He holds out his arms gesturing for a cuddle and says "will you still be my friend?" I wrap my arms around him and kiss him on the cheek "of course, always".

He looks over at Namjoon and points out to the hallway and then disappears, I presume to give us a little space. Namjoon pats the sofa next to him and I go and sit. He takes my hands in his and stares at me intently and says "Aimee Iris Thomson, will you please date me?" I can't help but smile at how cute he is, and without needing to think about my answer I say yes and lean forward to kiss him. It's just a peck on the lips, but when we connect I feel something different than before. It's not electricity and heat it's calm serenity. I lift up my legs getting more comfortable and we cuddle for a bit, neither of us talking anymore as I think we are maxed out on conversation for the moment. We just sit there with each other.

Roughly 15 minutes later Lori comes into the room and asks if we are ok. She has had a thought about the living arrangements and thinks it might be best if I go back to my flat with Namjoon and she stays at hers with Yoongi and Jimin. It makes sense for us to have some time alone. We both agree and set to packing up our stuff. Once we are done we walk together back to my flat after saying our goodbyes. I know I haven't spoken to Lori about all of this yet, but we will catch up later i'm sure.

When we get back Louis is happy to see me and quickly comes for a cuddle on my bed. I tickle under his chin and rub his belly, he's always liked that, even when he was a kitten. Namjoon unpacks his essential items and leaves the rest in his case. I ask him if he's ok to sleep in the bed with me later and he says yes and almost simultaneously we both say "fresh sheets!" We laugh that our brains both thought the same and he helps me strip the bedding and put it on to wash, then put the clean sheets on.

"What do you want to do for the rest of the night?" I ask him. "Shall we watch a film and chill out? Maybe we could go on our first proper date tomorrow?" He replies. "That sounds lovely, let's order in for dinner too" I say.

I suddenly realise that i'm still wearing the ring Jimin gave me, I start to fiddle with it thinking I should perhaps take it off and give it back to him. Namjoon sees my awkward rotating of it on my finger and with a soft voice says "Did Yoongi tell you I chose that for you?" "Yeah he did, you have lovely taste, it's exquisite, but it doesn't feel right keeping it now".

He scoops up my hand in his and kisses the back of it. "It was a present, it had no stipulations assigned with it, he would be upset if you didn't keep it". "You know how expensive it is though right? I could buy a little car with the money he spent on it" I reply. He pulls me to him, kisses my forehead and chuckles. "This is one of the reasons I love you Aimee. Always worried about others. Jimin can afford it, he is not going to struggle financially from paying for it. He wanted you to have something really nice and now you have".