Only You✔️

Chapter 2: Time To Move On

"Jimin! " Li calls out to Jimin as she nears the coffee shop. She can see him sitting outside waiting for her.
He looks up from his book of notes and waves over to her.
His perfect smile sending butterflies through her stomach, and the way the light shone over his eyes with a few strands of his bangs falling into his eyes. He looked like someone straight out of a drama.
She walked over to where he was sitting and bowed politely before sitting.
He chuckles as she sits down and moves the hair out of his eyes.
"How long have you known me now and you still insist on being so formal with me? "
Li blushes as she pulls her notes from her bag. "Sorry, Jimin. You know how I am about the formalities. "
He pushes an iced coffee towards her and raises an eyebrow. "I ordered you an iced Americano. Hope that's okay. " he says.
"Mmm." She says as she takes a happy sip.
"I have a solution for your formality problem. "
"Let's hear it. " she says taking another sip of her coffee.
"Let's go on a date." He says matter of factly.
Li suddenly starts to cough as she nearly chokes on her coffee.
Jimin's expression turns to worry now as he moves closer to her and pats her gently but forcefully.
"Are you alright? " he lightly laughs. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that. " he continues laughing.
She playfully shoves him off her and shakes her head.
"Hey! Do you wanna die! Why do you say such things. " she says jokingly as she grabs a napkin to wipe her face.
"I'm sorry. I just figured after all these years, you would maybe want to go out with me is all. " Jimin smiles and shrugs as he sits back in his chair.
"Lets concentrate on work for right now. It's my first day with helping direct, I don't wanna screw it up. "
Li says as she tries to concentrate on her notes.
"You'll do fine Li... " he says patting her hand. "You forget who the head director is. "
"Precisely Jimin. You think it would look good finally coming out of internship to be dating the head director? "
"Oh so you do wanna date me? "
"Jimin be serious here. "
"I am being serious, Li. Come on now, everyone including myself knows how hard you worked to get into this company. You had higher skills than anyone here and still chose to do all the years of internship to avoid looking like you took a free pass. Which is admirable honestly. So what if you want to date me. We've been friends for a long while now. It's not like you're sleeping with me to get this far."
She stares at him speechless. He was right she has known him for a long time, but this is the first time she's seen him let his guard down and be a little vulnerable.
"Just one dinner. And if you still want to be friends after instead of dating, then I won't say anymore about it. "
"I'll think about it. " she says quietly, not looking at him. But she can tell he's smiling.
"Okay I can work with that. " he says happily.
"Now can we please get back to work? "
"Yes of course. " he says leaning over the table to read what she had written down.

*Later that evening after work*
Everyone crowded around Li to congratulate her on her first day as assistant director.
"You're so cool! " they all say excitedly. "The way you handled everything along side Jimin was amazing! You're the best assistant director we've had at this company! "
She tried her best not to seem flustered by all the attention. As she looked up she looked over to her desk to see Jimin leaning against it.
His arms folded across his chest. His smile beaming across his face.
"Although, did you hear? " one of the younger interns says matter of factly.
Everyone turns to look at him with curiosity.
"That killer Taehyung that murdered those two kids a long time ago, he's coming up for parole in a few months.
Our company should defiently cover that court hearing.
Suddenly Li felt nauseous as everyone looked over to her with concern.
" You fucking moron, do you not pay attention to names. Choi Li was one of his victims." One of your co workers says giving the intern a sharp jab.
"H-how is he getting parole? He got life... " she stutters grabbing her forehead.
"Teen killers are now getting the chance to reduce their sentences and possibly get parole. Government believes they can be rehabilitated. " the intern that delivered the news says.
"Oh my god... " Li gasps. "He can't get out. " she feels a panic attack come on as his eyes flash into her mind.
"I liked it... I liked killing them. And before I die, I'll kill her too..."
"Min.. " she says in a whisper. "I need to get to Min. " she tries to move forward but her feet seem to be stuck to the ground as the room grows dizzy.
"Fuck off will you guys. Have some respect in shit like this. " you hear Jimin say as he runs over to her and helps her keep her balance. "Are you alright Li? "
She felt the tears fall down her face as she tried to calm the panic.
"Jimin take me home. Take me home now. "
"Okay no problem. Come on let's go. " he says as he leads her out the door.