My Lifeline - Jaywon Shortstories

Eye on You Pt 3

"It's just a shame though" he added. "Because it would have been a lot better if I hadn't imagined I was on a date with you the whole time."

What?

Jay blinked several times, trying to figure if he had really heard what he had heard.

"What?" he heard himself asking.

It was as if he was there physically, but his mind was elsewhere. Probably in a fairyland in which Jungwon had said he had spent his date imagining he was with Jay instead of that staff girl.

"Well, to be honest, I didn't even realize it was a date before Sunoo pointed it out" said Jungwon.
"What does that mean?" asked Jay, just extremely confused at this point.

"He and I ate breakfast together this morning and he asked me how the date went, which surprised me" explained Jungwon. "See, to me it was just two friends hanging out, enjoying ice cream together. But when I told Sunoo about it, he clapped his hands, giggled loudly and started screaming about my "first date"."
"I can totally picture him doing that" said Jay.

Jungwon's calm tone had soothed him a little. He wanted to believe that it was all a big misunderstanding. He wanted to believe that Sunoo had exaggerated.

To me it was just two friends hanging out

The sentence had resonated in him, bringing back the breath he seemed to have lost ever since he had entered the bedroom.

"Yes, so I don't know, should I call it a date?" asked Jungwon, more to himself.
"I don't know either" whispered Jay.

He saw his leader taking a deep breath. For an instant he felt his heart getting caught in this sight. Jungwon's shoulders slowly going up and down, his hair sliding on his forehead as he did so.

"I think she thought of it as a date, but I really would prefer not" said Jungwon, unaware of Jay's heart beating only faster and faster.

"To be honest, I had never thought about any of this before this morning. I had never felt the need of having a romantic relationship with someone" he continued. "But as Sunoo kept saying the word date, it got me thinking. Maybe I don't want to be single anymore. Maybe I do want to experience what it is like going out on dates, flirting and all of that. It also made me realize something else."

He paused, leaving Jay on the edge for what he would say next.

"I don't want the ice cream I had with her yesterday to be my first date. I just can't stand the fact that my first date would be with someone other than you."

Jay froze.

There. A ray of hope had spread inside him, faster than anything else he had ever experienced.

"Cause I don't really shine in that area, but I think it'd be better to go on a date with someone I have feelings for, right?" said Jungwon.

Jay was so stunned that he couldn't speak. It was too surreal to be happening. He had gone from Jungwon was on a date, to Jungwon was thinking about him to Jungwon didn't want to consider the ice cream he had with the staff as a date to Jungwon admitting he had feelings for him.

The same Jungwon that he himself had been head over heels for for the past three years.

"I.. uh.. I hope you feel the same?" asked Jungwon shyly, suddenly very aware that he had just confessed to Jay.
"You don't need to hope it" replied Jay.

Jungwon's words had just turned Jay's world upside down. Nothing else mattered. The only thing he needed was right there in front of him.

"Would it be okay to ask you out on a date, then?" added Jungwon, cute dimple showing.
"I'd be honored " replied Jay, still processing everything, but side smiling heavily anyway.

Jungwon smiled the purest smile on earth, melting Jay's heart instantly. None of the roller coaster of emotions Jay had just been through mattered anymore.

Jungwon was ready to date. And he wanted to date Jay. That was what mattered the most.