Let Me (JayB FF)

-EPILOGUE-

He gave his salute to his senior and picked up his bag. He was being released today. He started walking off the base. His manager was in front of the base, picking him up.

"Do you want to go home first?" his manager asked as he started the car and drove away.

"No. Please drop me off somewhere first," he said after a slight pause. It's been two years. He saw her when he was on leave during his duty but he didn't dare to drop by. He just saw her from afar. He was being a fool again. Too many 'what ifs' filled his mind. What if she met someone else while he was gone? What if she had a change of heart? What if.. He stopped those thoughts before they broke him. He had asked Youngjae to keep an eye on her but he wasn't a bookworm, so he felt weird dropping by the cafe while he didn't enjoy reading books. Plus Youngjae was busy as well, especially before his own enlistment. He was supposed to join in after Jaebeom was being released.

Jaebeom was walking toward her apartment, he had asked his manager to drop him off near the cafe so he could walk to her place to clear his mind, but every step felt heavier than the last one. Without realizing, he was in front of her door already. He knocked the door and waited. Then the door opened and there she was. And the sight of her knocked the breath out of him.

"Um.. Hi..," he wasn't sure what to say, so he just stood there, smiling nervously, shoving both hid hands into his pocket and he shuffled on his balls of feet.

"Hi, look who's here.. welcome back," she said, smiling back at him and it surprised him judging by how big her smile was but he still had some reservation. He had to be sure.

"Can I come in?" he asked hesitantly, eyeing the empty doorway behind her.

She opened her door wider, brows creased together, "You know you're welcomed here," she said as she shouldered the door with her body.

"Would it be okay?" he asked again, as if wanted to check that she really didn't have someone else. That he was still welcomed in her life, not just in her house. 

"Who would mind? Jihoon would be excited to see you," she frowned, confused after hearing his question.

"No one else?" he pestered and she finally understood his questions and shook her head. Her answer got him smiling from ear to ear, grinned like a fool and grabbed her, pulled her closer until her head hit his chest and the door was shut closed behind them. She was startled by his abrupt action but when she looked up, ready to question his action, he already stole a quick kiss.

"Hey.. ," she reprimanded him, but half-heartedly, "Stop it. Jihoon might see us. Are you coming in or what?" she pushed him slightly but he grabbed her hand instead and they walked together inside. 

*author's note*

TMI: this was actually my first project before Jackson's, that's why this one is much shorter. But I'm planning to write each story for the hyung line before writing for the maknae line. There will be some connecting dots between them, but you don't have to read from the beginning to get the picture.