Splash of Love | j.hs au

Chapter 25

"Okay, everything's done for today then!" You stretched upwards and tried to relieve your body. It was a bit sore from today with all the work you've been doing. You picked up the empty box and stuffed all the trash from the floor into it. After a few months, you've grown accustomed to the land and greatly improved on how you live on land. Your vocabulary increased, other actions such as the internet and other types of things like that! After throwing away the box, you returned into the store and started to make sure everything was turned off.

You reconnected with your friends as well. Mainly Jimin, Jisoo and Jinhwan. You talked to Hoseok about Ae Ri for the fear of her exposing your existence but he reassuredly told you that he made sure that she didn't have any pictures. She had also withdrawn from the group and no one seemed to mind. Like Jinhwan told you, Ae RI was a great friend when they were younger but changed over the course of the years. It was the final straw for them.

So it looks like the secret was kept safe.

Closing the door to the flower shop, you locked it and turned to jump in surprise to see Jimin standing there. "What are you doing here?"

Jimin smiled. "No particular reason."

It felt a bit off to you. "I don't like that."

"Please follow me then and you'll see." Jimin was now speaking around the subject and you didn't like it. But it was Jimin so you trusted him. He started to lead you somewhere and you were somewhat confused as he stopped in the park.

"I'm confused, why are we at the park?"

Jimin then turned to you and said two words, "Stay here." Then he just ran off and you were more confused.

While you were trying to think up what or why Jimin said to stay here (nothing was popping into your brain), a familiar bark was heard. In horror, you turned to the source and Sunny was running towards you at full speed. Why?! Sunny was doing good with you! In no time at all, your original instincts kicked in and you jumped onto the bottom of the round fountain. "Sunny! I thought we were doing okay!" Hoseok was training Sunny to not be aggressive with you and there was progress but... you guess not.

Sunny stopped in front of you and sat down. The dog tilted their head in confusion and you did the same. So, it looks like Sunny doesn't want to bite you. That's a good thing! You hopped off the fountain and patted Sunny's head. There, tied to her collar, you noticed a weird little bag. Thinking it was some trash that Sunny had gotten on her collar, you took off the bag and to your surprise, felt something in there. Curiosity swells in you as you decide to open it. Upon doing so, you found a shell. A shell? You looked at it and wondered why there was a shell wrapped around Sunny's collar.

Then Sunny let out a happy bark. "Now that I think about it, maybe having Sunny do this wasn't a good idea." Hoseok awkwardly chuckled, looking like he regrets everything.

"Hoseok!" You happily called out and you looked over to Sunny. "Why are you using Sunny for, uh, whatever you're doing?"

Hoseok smiled and came over to you. "Well, at the moment I wasn't sure what you wanted to be proposed with so I settled for an old-fashioned way of proposing."

Your eyes went back to the shell in your hand. Wait. He was proposing to you with a shell?! Like if you two were mermaids?! "You're proposing to me?" Your heart swelled up at his affections.

"Yes." He smiled. "We can go and pick out a ring later-"

You cut him off and happily hugged him. "Why are you so sweet?!" You're just about to cry and right now, you thought back to when your drama moment was going to happen. "So, I can kiss you now right?" You were a bit unsure of the things that followed.

"Of course, you can anytime." Hoseok said and so you did. Your lips met his and being this was unfamiliar territory, you let Hoseok take the lead. Your senses were heightened and you could feel Hoseok's warm lips and his hands around you. Is this what kissing was like?! No wonder those dramas always have like fifty shots of the two characters! You could practically feel your heart beating like crazy.

"Okay, you guys. Go get a room." Jimin sighed.

The two of you pulled back to see Jimin looking disappointed with Jinhwan and Jisoo smiling at you. Well Jisoo was taking a lot of pictures, you assume with the way her phone was out. "Look how cute this is!" She gushed and continued on taking pictures.

You let out a bit of an awkward laugh while Hoseok looked like he was dying on the other hand. As Hoseok asked for Jisoo to send him the pictures, you thought back to everything. Thanks to your curiosity, you managed to find some good friends, a um, enemy, and a wonderful boyfriend. The first few months were a struggle between land and sea but you think you've handled it well and you think that you wished you had done it sooner.

"Oh yeah." Hoseok began. "Ms Wang says that once we get married, we're getting the flower shop."

It took a moment. "WHAT?!" Everyone was now shook. Oh no, maybe not this soon!

"Don't worry." Hoseok pecked your cheek. "We'll get married when you want to."

"Okay, that sounds great." You two shared one more smile. At least Hoseok is here to guide you through life and possibly through the park since Sunny took off running, barking at something. It kind of reminded you the first time you came onto land. 

Everyone went after the dog in fear she might run into the road. Sunny continued to bark as she aimed straight for a somewhat familiar figure. The poor person stood in fear until Jinhwan who managed to be faster than anyone grabbed onto the dog. "We're sorry!" Jinhwan apologized but he tilted his head at the figure. "Hae? Is that you?"

You finally caught up, (your legs are not good at running, you decided), when he asked. You peered over to see it was Hae!

"Jinhwan?" Hae asked with wide eyes. 

Jinhwan smiled. "I knew it was you! I see you kept the necklace I gave you."

You glanced at her neck and saw it was the same necklace you stole. Your curiosity got the better of you and wanted to ask but the look Hae gave you said no. "I didn't know Hae knew Jinhwan..." Hoseok whispered to you.

"I didn't either..." You whispered back. 

"By the way..." Hoseok continued. "We have to tell your family, right?"

"Don't worry!" You beamed at him. "I'll make sure they won't do anything crazy." Hoseok chuckled and gave you a peck on the cheek. You're really glad you decided to explore land.