Nevermind

Chapter 34: The Walking Paradox

Jimin laughed softly when he straightened himself and saw you just staring with flushed cheeks. Your lips, parted in shock at his brash words, were full and tempting. He had to will himself to look away and over your shoulder.

"Oh, there's the Christmas section!" he announced, making you turn around, desperate to move on from this moment that left you looking like an utter fool.

"Let's check it out!" you exclaimed way too awkwardly and he pressed his lips together. He couldn't explain why he wanted to laugh, it was not at you or with you, it was just so very charming to him. You were charming, so unique and flawlessly flawed.

You took his hand and excitedly pulled him with you as he nearly tripped on his feet at your little trot. Letting go of him, you picked one snowglobe after another, turning them upside down and looking at the white specks and glitter fall and pile up at the bottom.

Jimin just watched as you sighed contently, smiling widely as you looked at all the seasonal items and didn't miss a chance to touch each and every single one of the knick-knacks.

"Look, it's Winter Chimmy!" your head poked out from behind one of the displays as you held up the little pup dressed in a fluff lined cape with a tiny red bow-tie.

He walked up to you smiling widely as you gushed over how cute the plush was and commented on it briefly just to listen to you talk some more, "cute!"

"Ugh, I can't decide which one to get" you frowned looking at it and the rest of the plushies sitting on the table in front of you.

"Snowman RJ looks adorable too" he commented knowing you were probably looking at it.

"No, but there's also a Santa Chimmy!" you said pointing at the one hidden behind a Christmas tree Tata's giant head. He had missed it and smiled brightly at the realization.

"If you won't let me get both, I'll get you one and you get the other. How's that?" he suggested having seen how you carefully made your choices not long ago. You were thoughtful, even if he could afford it all no problem, it was the gesture that he was grateful for.

You squealed delighted at the sight of something and Jimin looked up as he put both plushies in the basket and caught up with you.

"They are finally selling the baubles! I know they were in Hong Kong a few years ago, but I never found them here before" you were beaming as you picked one of each character to take with you.

Jimin was happy to follow you around as you went through the different sections of the store, you sat on a couple garden chairs for a bit when you got tired. He rested his elbow on the plastic table, chin resting on his hand as he listened to you gab about anything and everything.

Even shaded by the patio umbrella, your eyes glinted with joy and he felt like maybe he hadn't ruined the date by bringing up your preference for his hyung. The moment he let the words out of his mouth, he mentally cursed for not keeping his doubts to himself.

When one of the employees found you, they kindly asked you to not sit on the garden furniture and you continued exploring. Jimin made mental notes of the things that caught your attention, you looked at the latest releases of books, the new music albums and the most random home decor ornaments.

Your internal fight over a small world globe was a sight to see, the serious expression on your face while you intently looked at it was priceless.

"I want to buy this, tell me not to" you demanded and he smiled amused. Without intending to, you had suddenly put him through a test. He had obliged and let you pick up whatever you wanted, but you knew he wasn't a pushover. He was far from it.