Tiger Flower (JJK)

Bonus

"Ugh, the food was so good" you gushed as you stepped outside the restaurant, zipping your black jacket up after feeling the cold air of the night hit your chest.

"It was" Jeongguk agreed with a small nod, digging his hands inside his jacket's pockets as the two of you started slowly walking on the streets.

"And you know what I just discovered?" the cheeky tone of your voice had him raising his eyebrows in a signal for you to go on. "You become pretty chatty when you drink".

He rolled his eyes, trying his best not to show just how shy your statement had made him — yes, even more than usual.

"Will I have to wine and dine you every time I want to have you speak like this?" you couldn't help but jokingly add.

This time, he shook his head in amusement. "Can't say I would be against it, to be honest..." his sheepish confession got a light giggle out of your mouth, drawing his eyes to you. "I've been talking more lately, though... to you, at least".

"I know!" you agreed cheerfully, wiping a fake happy tear. "But today was way more than usual and I enjoyed it a lot".

Jeongguk smiled at your statement — the fact of you enjoying his company making him happier than he could bring himself to understand. You were right after all, he had been more chatty than usual that day.

After getting a way better grade than you had been expecting to on the project that had brought you together to begin with, the two of you had followed through with your plans, deciding to go for dinner and drinks somewhere near campus, so you could both get to spend some quality time together and celebrate your achievement. And yes, the fact that he had been talking a little bit more than usual was partially because of the alcohol, but also because he had found himself feeling comfortable enough around you to just talk. About anything and everything.

Or well, about anything and everything but your loves lives, for some reason, which he couldn't help but be thankful about, for, 1) his love life was absolutely non-existent; and, 2) the biggest romantic event in his life had been the whole weekly-flowers-in-your-table thing, and he felt like he would die if the topic was ever brought up — even more, if you ever found out he used to have quite strong feelings for you back in high school.

Putting that aside, never in his life would've he thought he would be spending time alone with you and not feel like he would faint any time.

He liked to think it was because you had made it very clear you wanted to be no other than his friend, and that, believe it or not, did take a huge weight off his shoulders; for it meant he didn't have to try and act a certain way to impress you, to make you fall for him. He could be himself. And the fact that you actually enjoyed his company as it was, could only make him feel more at ease around you.

Still too caught up on his thoughts, he couldn't help but be a little startled when you stopped in your tracks right as you were crossing a small bridge to get to the other side of the street.

"What happened?" he wondered, fixing his puzzled eyes on you as yours remained focused ahead of you.

"Look how pretty~" you cooed, pointing to one particular tree that was beautifully displaying a bunch of pink flowers — the lightning on the street only making the whole scenery more attractive to your eyes.

"Ah, I wish I had brought my camera" he lamented, just like you, intently admiring the image in front of you.

That earned a light chuckle from you. "Phones have cameras too, you know?" you teased him.

He pouted. "It's not the same..."

Although his words had been pretty clear, he found himself not following them — pulling his phone out of his pocket right after, as the two of you got closer to the tree.