When The World Stops

Are we happy ?

"I have to agree, you outdid yourself Tae ho ssi." She joked, a smile stretched on both their faces as he pocketed the store key before turning towards a very obvious happy girl. "I always do." He winked. The both of them were a little loose from their glass of wine but no where near being drunk. "Okay I have to ask now, when you said Namjoon...did you mean Kim Namjoon from BTS?" He asked, an incredulous look on his face. "For the hundredth time, yes." She laughed, hooking her arm through his. He gasped "wow, that's incredible." He breathed out lips apart. "He's not worth the hype." She joked, snorting lovingly at the thought of her friend.

"Clearly, you don't have good taste." He joked, matching her footsteps with his. "Precisely why I'm seeing you, a tacky cafe owner." She quoted namjoon. His dimpled smile flashing through her mind making her smile wider.

"Is that what he called me?!" He asked choking on his laugh.

"Yup. feel insulted peasant."

"Hell no, he acknowledged me." He snorted slightly nudging her shoulder with his, she stumbled a little making him tug her body snug next to his. Their eyes met 'You okay?' he mouthed to which she gave him a death glare. "come on..." He snickered, his features morphing into a cute expression making her snort. "Aigyo isn't for you Tae ho."

"Ouch A-Rin, that hurt." He winced, looking away in pain.

"Yeah well truth usually hurts Tae ho ssi." She chuckled.

"How did you meet him?" He asked, hand sliding down her forearm intertwining with her smaller fingers. A-Rin smiled slightly, thinking back to Achasan mountain. "It was honestly a coincidence.." she chuckled, looking down at her booted feet thinking about how far they've come since then. "We met on Achasan mountain, I decided I'd try using nature to heal me and I guess...in a way it did, it gave me a good friend, someone I could rely on to have my back you know?" She admitted, feeling grateful for him trying her best to ignore the unsettling feeling she got thinking about his inactivity.

Tae ho's smile reduced to a small genuine one, understanding what she meant. "Que a Disney song." He announced. She chocked on her laughter oblivious to the man's shining eyes taking her in adoring her little snorts and crinckles.

"A-Rin, I meant it when I said you're stunning." He muttered, stopping in his steps. He took both her hands in his, stopping under a street light as if a spotlight was made just for them. There was always something romantic about the night and Tae ho guessed he felt it now in the way her eyes flicked between his eyes to his lips. "It's hard to put you in words and I know if I try I'll probably fail so.." He pulled his hand away from hers confusion laced in her eyes which now stared back at him curious. He cupped her delicate face between his palms, marvelling at how soft and beautiful her skin felt against his calloused ones. The attraction between them pulled them closer, inch by inch till his lips captured her's half way in a soft kiss. Nothing urgent, nothing fast or impatient they'd have time for that. Now, he simply wanted to show her all the innocent feelings she was bringing out in him. He tasted like wine, the bittersweet flavour pulling her closer as his arms went around her waist. He pulled away, watching how her lips drew closer in an attempt to feel him on her again, eyes fluttering open. She chuckled, breaking the deafening silence between them, her arms moved around his shoulders. He bit his bottom lip breaking into his half smile as they laughed lightly.

"Will you let me take you out again?" He mumbled pushing a strand of her hair behind her face, knuckles brushing her plush cheeks. She nodded once, then twice before she connected their lips in another soft kiss loving how soft his lips were.

"I should take you home, now" He pulled away hesitatingly. After all it was ten in the night and he had no intention of keeping her late. "I can go on my own" She stepped back, her hands ran down his toned arms fingers hooking with his. He shook his head instantly "No, I don't care if it's right down the road, I'm dropping you back." He raised his eyebrows making a statement.