House of Cards [english version]

#2

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"I know it's late," he starts calmly, slowing down "but tomorrow is Saturday and we both have a day off. So I was thinking..."

„I'm in" you hummed before Namjoon could ask and smiled slightly. It was his birthday, you perfectly know, what he is going to ask, so how could you say no to him?

Every year it was like this. It is true that you have spent the last three hours with your friends in your favorite bar, where you have been going for many years and you feel very comfortable there. The owners like you and didn't mind when you came one day with Minji and Tae to ask if Namjoon's birthday could be celebrated in their bar. All four of you even got company-funded dinners for Joon's birthday.

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He put down another beer bottle and laughing, looked at you with a slight smile. You were sitting on the floor next to him, between the table and the couch you were leaning against. You looked at your friend with half-closed eyes and he raised his hand and scooped a strand of hair behind your ear.

"You're handsome." you muttered to which he laughed lightly.

"Okay. I think you drank too much. "

"I'm not drunk." you perked up and opened your eyes wider. "I know perfectly well what I am talking about. I don't think I've ever told you that and I should have." you admitted looking at him for a moment. "Yes. You are definitely handsome." you nodded your head appreciatively, confident in your words. He looked at you for a long moment, then set aside the empty bottle and cleared his throat.

"And you are beautiful."

"No, Namjoon, stop. Don't need to say that only because I said this to you first."

"But I'm serious, you are beautiful." he leaned in and once again scooped the unruly strand of your hair behind your ear. You felt a slight shiver and laughed nervously.

"Thank you? I think so." you quit with a sweet smile and laughed. "If Taehyung could see us now..." you started giggling and when you looked at Namjoon you met his questioning gaze. "Lately he has started to questioning our friendship again."

"What? What did he come up with this time?"

"He said he didn't believe that there's nothing between us. We sat together in a restaurant and had dinner and he found it weird." you were talking slightly amused.

"But what's weird? Our friendship?"

"Yes, and the fact that we don't sleep together, although we sleep in the same bed. I almost choked on water then." you admitted as if nothing had happened and Namjoon raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't think a friend looked at you that way. You looked at him. "What?" you asked. You decided to spare him Tae's imagination about you and Namjoon on the table, which he shared with you.