"Can we stop for a while?" Jihyo asks, looking over at Mina. "I wanna catch the sunset."
Mina hums, then pulls over at the side of the road. Together, they get out and walk towards the guard rail. Jihyo crosses over it and holds out her hand for Mina, ever graceful as she settles down beside Jihyo.
They watch in quiet wonder as the sky comes alive with orange and amber hues. Jihyo marvels at the sight, and then marvels at the fact that she's here, how extraordinary it is that she's sharing this moment with Mina - the one who has her heart and the one she wants to share the rest of her sunsets with.
A memory pulls at Jihyo's consciousness, draws a confession out of the hollow in her chest she'd kept it in.
She turns to look at Mina and her breath catches without her permission; Mina is otherworldly, with the last embers of sunshine sinking into her copper hair. She glows, radiant and heart-breaking and Jihyo never wants to look anywhere else again.
"Sunset," Jihyo blurts out, and then winces, because she had wanted to give up this last secret in some sort of special way. Mina smiles softly at her and it's the encouragement Jihyo needs to continue, to lay her heart and soul bare at Mina's feet. "I wrote Sunset for you."
Mina's eyes flicker for a second as she absorbs Jihyo's words, what Jihyo really means. Then her eyes light up, luminous and shimmering with emotion. She doesn't say anything, just wraps her hand around Jihyo's nape and tugs so that their lips meet.
"I love you," Jihyo gasps in between kisses. They haven't said it yet, those three words that they both know they feel for one another. It's been two months of discovering and relearning each other's souls - two months of navigating through the uncharted waters of a relationship together. They haven't said it yet but Jihyo can no longer keep it in, the confession aching to break free from where it's trapped beneath her ribs.
Mina stills, then kisses Jihyo so hard, it's like she's trying to steal all the air from Jihyo's lungs. They're both breathless when Mina pulls away, just enough to catch Jihyo's eyes.
"I love you too. I always have."
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