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karina | can't you tell?

"wait up!" karina hopped out of her seat before making her way towards you. the class ended earlier than expected today and finally the long awaited summer break has finally came.

though everyone is on a break this summer, it's a different case for your parents as they have some works to do somewhere far away from their usual workplace making them have no choice but to stay away from you for about a week or so.

you're absolutely fine with that, because that means you can blast music and strum the guitar loudly without hearing your mom calling your name telling you to tone down.

on the other hand, karina decided to stay over at your house tonight. you remember the day she suggested that she'd stay over for the weekend, everyone went silent when karina said she wanted to stay over at your house. ningning, minjeong and giselle exchanged glances with each other. i mean, what kind of friends do that?

of course, you and karina going everywhere together was normal, her resting her head on your shoulder was normal, her purposely drinking from the same straw as you was normal, her asking you to feed her was also normal. but is staying over at your house with just the two of you alone in the house normal?

the both of you finally arrived in front of your house. you opened the door and stepped into your house, opening the curtains allowing some sunlight in.

"woah, your house's interior is so? cool.." karina said as she wandered around the house. you laughed as you follow her around, her eyes busy looking at all the cute flower decorations your mom had placed on the counter top.

"come on, let's go upstairs and put your bags down" you tapped her shoulder, she turned around and nodded eagerly as she follows you quietly from behind.

"oh by the way you can sleep in my room" you said as you open the door to your room. you didn't have a guest room so you will be sleeping in your parents' room tonight.

"hm? what about you?" she asked with expectations in her eyes, you shook your head

"i'll be sleeping in my parent's room" you said as she nodded.

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karina eyes wandered to your face, your hands wrapped around the body of the popcorn bowl. both of you are huddled up on the couch watching the new series of stranger things. the AC was turned on, curtains closed and a very dim sunlight accompanying the both of you.

in all honest, karina hasn't made any mind to the movie and instead, she had been more focused at the fact that the both of you were sitting so close to each other and that she can smell the cologne you're wearing. her eyes wandered from the tv, to the popcorn bowl, your arms and then your face. her eyes were tracing patterns on your jawline.

you seemed to notice her actions as you shifted your attention from the tv, now looking at her.

"why are you staring at me?" you asked confused.

"am I making you feel nervous" she asked raising a brow, as her face gets closer to yours.

"not at all" you chuckled softly at her bold assumptions. you look very calm in karina's point of view but the truth is your heart is doing backflips at how close her face is to to yours.

"can't you tell that im flirting with you?" she asked, her voice deep and soothing, leaning in close to your face.

"you sure do have an interesting way of flirting" you pointed out making karina roll her eyes. you laughed and went back to focusing on the movie, wishing karina would do the same because if she doesn't she might be able to hear how loud your heart was beating.

but as expected, she continued to stare at your face whereas you rolled your eyes and looked at her again. the moment you lock your eyes with hers, it felt as if you're paralyzed. you couldn't move nor say anything as you're so captivated by her beauty.

karina leaned in closer to your face, her eyes shifting down to your lips. her breath tickled your cheeks. the gap between the both of you slowly closing, the sound from the tv was no longer heard as you can only focus on karina.

your lips was only inches away from hers when suddenly karina seemed to snapped back to her senses when you realized how she bit her lips and pulled away abruptly. she let out a deep breath before looking down at her fingers as she fidgeted around.

you noticed, and you weren't sure if you should initiate the first move, but you've been bottling in this feeling since the first time you laid your eyes on her. so you decided to not waste the opportunity.

"jimin-ah" your placed your hand on top of hers so that she would stop playing with her fingers and focus on what you're about to say.

"sorry i got carried away" karina said, pulling her hands away from you. thinking that she probably had ruined the friendship.

"no, jimin" you said as you place a finger under her chin. you gently push her chin up so that she'd look at you straight in the eyes.

"you don't know how long i've been waiting for this" you smiled softly as you look at her expression changing.

"i've never met anyone quite like you, jimin" you smiled, you moved your hands to cup her face gently.

"i know i've been acting like i wasn't and was never shaken by your flirts but trust me, just by you looking at me, my heart beats so fast. can't you tell that?" you chuckled softly.

"jimin-ah, i like you. i like seeing you happy and everytime you call my name out, it makes me so happy that i want to protect you. so please, be mine and let me take care of you" you confessed, eyes locked with hers.

you finally leaned in, closing the gap between the both of you as you plant a sweet peck on her lips. karina was taken back, but finally relaxes when you stroked her cheek with your thumb. you pulled away and was greeted by a smiling karina, her ears were as red as a tomato.

"i'm all yours. not going anywhere" she whispered as she grabbed you by your collar pulling you in for another sweet kiss.

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wooo an update! hope you enjoyed this one ! 💗
oh btw, do you guys have any genre you like? i could try writing more of what you guys prefer hehe <33