Fanmade|TK

thirteen

TAEHYUNG

"I also have feelings for you."

Pinch me. This can't be real. This has to be a dream.

My mind went blank as I looked into Jungkook's beautiful dark eyes, waiting for him to disappear like an illusion or hallucination, because that could be the only explanation to what I just heard him say.

But it wasn't any of that. It was real, clear as glass, he was real and even realer than he ever has been before. "R-really?"

Jeon Jungkook likes me back?

"Yes," he chuckled softly, giving me the most beautiful smile.

Jeon Jungkook likes me back.

I almost screamed, almost squealed and jumped in excitement like a little teenager would when their crush talks to them, but I stayed calm, could only smile back at him, my eyes forming to crescents. His touch around my waist was still burning hot, his eyes melting me.

"I never thought this day would come.." I whispered, realizing that one of my biggest dreams, one that I was so sure of never coming true, did come true.

Jungkook's wide smile eased to a more fond one. "How long have you wished for this day to come?" He tucked my hair behind my ear as he asked me that question, making me feel butterflies inside. Their was a little guilt in his eyes and I wondered, if he had guessed that I liked him for so long already.

I didn't want to tell him that it's been almost two years. "Long enough," I responded. There's something so embarrassing about admitting year long feelings, when you did anything to get rid of them and never succeeded. Basically, you failed.

I never thought I would be this happy about failing.

Jungkook rested his hand on my cheek after he was done stroking my hair. "Thank you for waiting for me."

I melted against his touch. "Thank you, too. You... You think this could work? Us?"

He brushed his thumb around my cheek bone, his eyes firmly holding mine. An expression so secure settled on his face, it made me want to give my everything to him and let him guide me. "It's a risky gamble, but I'm certain we will work this out."

I smiled at him. "I'm glad you do."

He smiled back.

"If we were birds, what kind of bird would you think I'd be?"

"I'd say eagle."

"Do eagles count as birds?"

"They are birds of prey, so yeah."

"But they are so much bigger than usual birds."

"Then, what do you think they are? Mammoths?" I giggled by my own response, while Jungkook still was concentrating on the question. We were laying in bed, both on our phones and some self-diagnosing quiz had popped up on his insta feed. This was the third question he asked me, I already had to tell him what kind of element and food I think he would be. Definitely fire and definitely hot cheetos.

That's says it all.

He switched to google. "Mammoths are huge."

I turned his phone display towards me, intentionally touching his hand, but pretending it was an accident. A photo of a mammoth filled the screen. "Yeah, they used to be really huge."

"What do you mean they used to be huge."

My eyes widened in disbelief. "Their race is extinct. They don't exist anymore."

"You mean... they're dead?" He looked at a picture of a cute little baby mammoth, all heartbroken. A pout marked his lips as he turned to look at me. "Him too?"

One look at his eyes and I realized he was just joking. Sometimes, I could hit him for his jokes.

"Yes, even the cute ones are gone, Jungkook," I played along, my voice underlined with a little laugh.

"You know what else is cute?" He didn't even let me answer before he switched to his front camera, pointing it towards me, making me appear on the screen.

An instant blush marked my cheeks, as I gave his shoulder a light hit and turned away from him "That's so sappy!"

He laughed as he put his phone away, "You're really cute though."

My blush only deepened. It's the beginning of a new chapter between us and I still can't comprehend it. His sudden sappy compliments and flirt attempts are something I will probably never get used to.

Best believe, I am also never going to get used to the glint in his eyes when he looks at me. So fond and full of adoration.

"You're staring, Kook," I told him.

His lips formed an attractive smirk and I could've swooned on the spot. "I'm admiring, there's a difference."

Okay, I swooned.

A soft chuckle left him, leaning back against the headboard. "I always admired you, for everything you've taught me and everything you are," he began confessing, "all of the sudden, I guess it was more. The moment I really caught feelings for you, I felt like things between us were already changing because of me and I feared those changes, because I was content with where we were. I feared that I was destroying something that was already perfect the way it was."

His eyes met mine. "If I knew that giving in to my feelings would make me the happiest person alive that I am right now, I would have done it sooner. Then all of this fighting wouldn't have happened."

I have been in love with him for two years now. And I didn't know I could fall for him yet again.

I hugged him and he wrapped his arms around my waist in an instant, holding me close. "You couldn't know how I felt. Everything happens when it's the right time for it to happen."

He hummed. "It was one hell of a scary phase."

I laughed softly. "You mean the 'being scared of destroying the friendship' phase?"

He nodded, laughed a little, before it died down. I looked up to him, seeing him with a light crease in his brows. "I can't imagine how you felt this whole time..."

A sad smile lined my lips. "All I know is, it was worth it by the end. It was hard, but worth it."

His eyes held mine in a long eye contact and I could literally feel the way my insides melted. He never looked at me this way, but oh man, I loved it. "Totally," he whispered, his voice sending a shiver down my spine, enlightening a fire.

"Do you think we should tell the others. Maybe Jimin and Jin?" Since they basically almost know everything, except our reconciliation, the two of them wouldn't be shocked. So why not tell them?

However, my mind changed when I looked at Jungkook's sneaky grin. "How about we keep this a secret from them and pretend that we're still fighting?"

It's childish.

But thrilling.

And who are Jeon Jungkook and I, if we would skip on childish and thrilling things?

I grinned back at him. "Let's do this."