Dangerous Desire

part. 30

BELLA

My alarm blasting through my phone speakers jolts me awake, making me pathetically raise my arm to press the stop button on my phone. I stretch with a groan, my limbs extending in all directions and a yawn escapes my mouth. However, I freeze when I finally notice the arm draped over my waist, my heart hiccups when the events of last night enters my mind.

Moving slowly, I turn in my bed so I face the sleeping boy next to me. A smile spreads across my lips when I notice he's still fast asleep, the alarm not affecting him at all. I become jealous at the fact that he still looks so beautiful even when he's asleep, his mouth slightly ajar and his hair all messed up and covering his pretty eyes slightly.

Without realising, I raise my hand to gently move the hair from covering his eyes to reveal the serene expression on his perfect face.

My mind then gets consumed by thoughts of last night, what happened between us. It was a very intimate moment and I can only guess that it was a big step for Hyunjin. My stomach drops at the thought of him regretting it. Was it too much? Did I take it too far?

I push the thought to the back of my mind. I don't want to jump to conclusions even if the thought scares me shitless. I bring my hand back up again to his face and place my hand on his cheek, my thumb stroking the soft skin. I watch as he deeply inhales through his nose in response, still asleep.

I stay in awe of his beauty for a little more before it's time to finally get out of bed to get ready for school as it's a Monday and the start of a new term. I sit up and stretch my limbs, somehow not feeling as tried as I usually would be. Luna grabs my attention when she also gets up from sleeping at the end of the bed, stretching her long body out in front of me.

I'm about to lift my duvet and get out of bed when Hyunjin's arm around my waist tenses and his hand squeezes my hip. I freeze and look back down at the sleeping boy next to me to see he's in fact not sleeping but looking up at me with a little smile on his face, his sleepy eyes looking up at me.

"You were awake that whole time?" I rhetorically ask with a slight high pitch to my voice and Hyunjin's little smirk on his soft lips answers my question. My stomach flips at the thought of him knowing that I was staring at him this whole time.

"Didn't want to interrupt your staring," he says, the annoying smirk on his face turning into a smile. His deep morning voice makes goose bumps erupt on my skin.

"I wasn't staring," I mumble looking away to hide my embarrassment.

Hyunjin doesn't reply straight away but then I feel the bed dip beside me, and he wraps both his arms around my waist, leaning his chin on my shoulder. "Mhm, sure," he smugly whispers in my ear and places a kiss on my shoulder.

His bold actions cause butterflies to dance in my stomach and I go shy which is unfamiliar for me. Even though he's acting like he doesn't regret what happened last night, the thought is still in the back of my mind and it makes me uneasy.

Hyunjin notices and squeezes my hips like he did earlier, craning his neck to see my face. "What's wrong?"

I stay silent, pulling my lips to the side and looking down at my hands. I don't know why this is eating me alive, I guess I just don't want him to say what I don't want him to say.

"Bella?" His voice is full of worry now and I feel him tuck my hair behind my ear so he can see me better.

Plucking up the courage, I take a deep breath before finally asking, "did you... regret what happened last night?"