˖ ۫ ㅤ⏤ㅤ𝟰 𝗮.𝗺. ιᥒ 𝘁𝗵ᥱ ᥒι𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝅄

9. ᴋɪꜱꜱᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏꜰꜰᴇᴇ

"I want to kiss that frosting on your nose."

"Soo, what if we get caught?" Hana whispered and for a moment Jisoo listed out all probabilities of them getting caught. She calculated a bit and decided it was not much. "We won't," she simply stated as Hana blinked before saying, "Do not use your probability shit here, it is real life."

Jisoo decided to ignore her as she was sure her plan would work, there was no way her parents won't trust them. "Dad," Jisoo called as her dad came out of the shoe shop with the box in his hands and asked her what it was. "Let's go up and meet mom."

"Yeah, okay," her dad simply stated as the four of them went up to meet their mothers and Jin's family. They again started walking and Jisoo nudged Hana to initiate their plan. Hana rolled her eyes before giving her mother the sweetest smile she could muster and said, "Mom, can we three go to the upper parts of the mall, please?"

Now, this Jeju mall was not like regular malls, it was set on a hill, an open kind of mall. Her mother first protested but then after the three continuously nagged the parents sighed and gave in.

"Yay," they cheered as the three started walking faster past their parents, and the parents went inside a sweater shop which Jisoo's mom suddenly pointed at. Once, out of earshot, Hana smacked Jisoo on her head and said, "Explain." "Explain what?" Jisoo asked as she giggled lightly.

"Explain, this," Hana said, wiggling her fingers over Jisoo and Jin. "Oh we got together last night," Jin stated simply as Hana deadpanned a 'what?' "Yeah, now if you will excuse us, we have a date to go to," Jisoo said, before dragging Jin to the café he had texted to her about earlier.

Hana stared before shaking her head and going to a gift shop just beside the café. She needed to keep a watch so that these two lovebirds don't get caught.

The café was pretty empty as they both entered it and Jin smiled softly upon seeing Jisoo's excited face. "Let's sit," Jisoo smiled as they both pulled a pair of opposite-facing chairs and sat down at the small table.

Jin picked up the menu card scanning through the menu quickly trying to go for the cheapest option. Jisoo quietly scanned his face before saying, "We are paying for our halves."

"That will put a toll on my gentleman image," Jin faked a big emotion of shock as Jisoo rolled her eyes saying, "I don't think the image was even built for me so cut it out."

Jin cracked a grin at her words as she looked at him confused and he shook his head. "Nothing, you are just so cute," Jin laughed, his laugh filling the café.

Jin suddenly held her hand and caressed the fingers as Jisoo looked up surprised by the sudden interaction. Jin spoke up and Jisoo's ears perked up hearing the next words that came out of his mouth. "You know, I liked you for the longest time, as a friend, which slowly turned into something more last year, I mean, I liked you a bit more than my other friends if that makes sense." Jisoo giggled punching him lightly. He continued saying, "Yeah, and I can tell you, I was stuck up on my ex, trying to believe you don't like me back, and somehow using her if today I had asked her out again. I am glad, I didn't, it would have been wrong."

"I like a self-aware boy," Jisoo spoke solemnly, as Jin scoffed and her face broke in a fit of giggles.

"Sure Kim, whatever," he replied with a huff as Jisoo laughed, fingers skimming over their intertwined hands. Suddenly the café door burst open, as a huffing Hana entered and ran to their table pushing a chair and sitting down at their table.

"They are coming," he whispered frantically as Jin and Jisoo quickly each held a menu, pretending to order.

They weren't caught that day.

Later that night, those three were back in the hotel room and Hana did them a favour and went to the balcony. Jisoo and Jin chatted about various things lying down beside one another in the bed. It felt weirdly intimate for a teenager, but they weren't doing anything illegal, so they let go of that thought.

Jisoo's giggled a lot at whatever lame joke Jin was saying but it came to a slow halt as she felt his breath fanning her face and she fluttered her eye open to look at him. Jin's eyes travelled fast from her eyes to her lips and back to her eyes again and a silent nod was all the consent he needed.

He slowly placed his lips on hers, tilting his head, while his hand grabbed her cheek. Jisoo kissed him back as she felt butterflies all over her stomach when their noses touched. He pulled back a little later and placed a small kiss on her nose making her giggle lightly.

They knew this wasn't forever, they knew Hana will get inside the room any moment and soon their parents will call them. But that did not stop them from hugging each other. They kissed some more, with soft pecks here and there before the night would end.

Jin made Jisoo cuddle into his lap, teaching her a game he loves to play on the mobile as Jisoo snuggled back in his comforting embrace. She kissed him a few times on the cheeks and eyes, whenever he would get angry and punch his phone, which Jisoo found really cute.

Teenage love doesn't exist in real life, or so they say. It happens only in Disney movies. Jisoo wanted to turn that around. Maybe it was her teen mind speaking, but she really did want to spend her life with Jin. At sixteen, it was a weird decision. But Jisoo decided to leave it for the future, to see wherever it would take them. For now, they just needed to enjoy the present.

When it was time for their trip to end, Jin and Jisoo huddled into a silent corner of the Jeju airport before kissing again and giggling. "I like you so much," Bohyun whispered. "I like you too," Jisoo smiled before kissing again and later running towards their parents.

So much for promising never to bring up the topic. Surprises were waiting for their friends.

So, I am done? This was the last chapter. The book has ended.