Apart from My Job (JK FANFIC)

Ch 7: I'll Protect You

We both stand in silence for a moment as we look into each other's deep eyes. Jungkook lowers his eyes to see my lips. He slowly comes closer to me. We both slowly start closing our eyes. Our hearts start beating fast. We slowly pull our lips closer. I could feel his cold breath on my skin. Our lips come even closer. 

We were about to kiss when we were disturbed by a barking dog. We instantly draw back. With our red faces, we just look at the ground, pretending nothing happened. We both go "hmm" together and stare at each other's blank faces. When no one mutters anything, we turn our faces and look here and there. Our minds copy each other when we instantly sit on the bench's extreme ends leaving one person space between us. 

For a moment, we sit in silence. No one utters a word. I finally cut the silence "There's a store nearby. I could get some soju and peril leaves." However, Jungkook was lost in his own world. When he realized that I was saying something, he gives a blank look at me and mutters "Huh?" I repeat my words "Soju? Peril-" Jungkook responds to a yes.

I awkwardly stood up and walked away to the store. Jungkook awkwardly pronounces "C-come back safely-y!" He had totally forgotten that he should get up and at least come with me like a man, but I don't correct him as I also wanted some alone time.

While I get the soju and peril leaves from the store, Jungkook anxiously waits for me, tapping his feet and looking here and there, trying to control his pattern of heartbeats. I slowly walk back to the seat. Jungkook gazes at me, feeling his deep emotions for me but gets shy and looks down. I sit on my extreme end and place the plastic bag between both of us. 

Jungkook instantly looks in the bag, takes out the soju and peril leaves, and thinks, "So this is what I agreed to. Not bad!" He just takes out the stuff and stares at it when I usher "Let's start." Awkwardly he opens the bottles and we start eating the peril leaves and drinking some soju. 

After a few glasses, we both get tipsy yet don't stop. A few more glasses later, we finally get drunk. Our already red faces get even redder.

I believe that everyone has a drinking habit. My habit was forgetting my every drunk memory. Conversely, Jungkook's habit was to ask out questions and then answer them himself!               

In a drunk manner, he starts blabbering "Why are you taking care of me. Aren't you just a makeup artist? No makeup artist or employee behaves to me as you do."

Not a single word utters from my mouth. I just drink and listen to him, with my shaking heart.

"Why do you make me red? I can't think of what I should say when I'm with you. I'm even sweating in air-conditioned rooms when I'm with you or you say something."

He pauses for a moment and then continues gazing at me "Why my heart races so fast when I see you?" My heart skips a beat.  

He slowly crawls closer to me "Why do I want to hold your hands? Why do I want to hold you so badly? Why do I want to kiss you?" He draws his face closer to mine and his lips closer to my ear and says "I think it's because I have fallen for you." He draws his lips back and then smooches a kiss on my lips. He instantly falls onto my lap and then falls asleep. I was too stunned and too drunk to understand what was happening. I just go with the flow. As Jungkook's head lies on my lap, and his smooth hair brush against my skin, I also fall into sleep.

The sun rises for a new morning. The bright sunlight wakes me up. I feel a headache as soon as I wake up. I also feel my growling stomach. I look around "Did I sleep here on the bench?" But I wasn't able to see Jungkook nearby. Maybe, he went home. I see down, to look at my growling stomach but instead, I see Jungkook who was still asleep in the cradle of my lap. That put me in shock for a second, but I don't dare to move. If I'd move, Jungkook may wake up. I didn't want to wake him up.