Strawberries & Cigarettes: (Liskook)

Chapter 19 (Nineteen)

I staggered back as I pushed him away.

"Jungkook!" I breathed, stepping back while our eyes locked with each other with so much anger,longing and pain.

"I'm sorry" He muttered however he didn't look a bit sorry of what he just did,his gaze never left mine as we stood there, breathing heavily and I forced myself to look away from him.

The taste of his lips were still lingering on mine like a sweet aftertaste of a fresh mint. Even though my mind was telling me not to think about this stuffs,My heart was stuck at the feeling of our first kiss.

"My first kiss" I thought and unintentionally,I end up touching my lips but his next question caught me off guard from my trance of thoughts.

"Your first kiss?" He asked,his eyebrows furrowing genuinely and I stared at him in shock by the realisation that I blurted out my thoughts aloud.

Finding no other good excuse,I looked around in hurry "It's getting late and I think xukun is waiting for me.I should get going"

"So you're going to walk away without any proper conversation just like you did before?" He asked and my head turned at him.

"There... there's nothing left to say"

"There is so many things to say and to explain,Lisa" He said, frustrated by the way I was acting "Enough running from each other! It's time for us to sit and talk"

I opened my mouth to object as always but he beat me to that.

"Let's meet on thursday. I'll call you up" He told me and before I could even grabbed the words he said,he was already gone.

And just like a true gentleman,xukun dropped me at the apartment. He didn't ask any questions throughout the ride and avoided my gaze, keeping his eyes straight ahead the road before him. He pretended like the confession he made there at the parking lot has never happened and it's not like I was even complaining about that because I don't even know what to say to him if he asked me about it.

Soon the car stopped infront of my apartment and climbed off from the car, quietly.

"Thank you for dropping me home" I turned at him as I said and for the first time,his gaze rested on me.

"Are you alright?" He asked,ignoring my thanks and I nodded at him, confused.

"Yeah,I am" I replied but he spoke further.

"It's getting late so you better get your dinner" He said and I nodded again, awkwardly.

"Okay. You too" I said while he gave me a small smile. But as I thought our conversation finally ended,the main and hard question came from his mouth.

"So,You and jungkook both know each other?" He asked and I felt my heartbeat stopped for a quick second.

My eyes hastily landed on his and I gulped ever so slightly.

"Um...yeah" I replied,licking my dry lips "We were neighbors before"

"Ah,okay"

"Ne"

"Is that it?" He asked further and I agreed once more.

"Yes" I said, confirming even though it was a lie "That's it"

But as I thought I've successfully lied to him and made him believe, his next question took me off guard.

"And what about my earlier confession?Have you decided?" He asked so casually that I stared at him in shock.

"How could he ask this kind of question so casually like he has been doing this since his birth" I thought while my gaze avoided him.

"I..I actually..." I blurted out,not knowing what to reply to THAT question. I was sweating as I stood there even in the cold night.