So Sweet And So Bitter

XII.

> Wonwoo <

"I've given you the lines, try practicing them and for the kiss, I'll leave it to you" The director instructs me and Mingyu, we look at him confused, not really understanding what he's trying to say.

"Just go with the flow, I want it to look natural, that's why I never tell my actors how to do their kissing scenes" He shrugs seemingly proud of himself.

I look at my partner, a million questions playing inside my mind, since I'm not good at improvising and I'm scared of messing things up.

"If anything feels wrong or you don't want me to do something or the opposite, don't hesitate to stop me and tell me" Mingyu tells me, his voice soft and somewhat tender, and I'm suddenly feeling too self-conscious of everything that's surrounding me: the director, the crew, the cameras, but also the others who are probably crawling somewhere in the back and specially Mingyu, who is just standing in front of me reading the script, his eyes concentrated and his lips in a pout.

"Should we start with the dialogue?" Mr. Park asks us and we both nod and get on set. It should be the easy part but the anticipation of what comes next makes my insides turn upside down. Luckily I manage to calm myself and get into character so we take only a couple of takes.

"This was great. Could you maybe add even more emotion to it, with a tear, and try doing the kiss right after, in one take" The director tells us and I feel my heart skip a beat just as I was returning to normality. The make-up artist comes to retouch the color of my lips since I keep on licking them and I see Mingyu drowning a bottle of water in front of me, reminding me to take a mint.

As we're getting ready to start Mingyu smiles at me with a look that I wouldn't think would be directed at me if we weren't standing in this position.

"Is it okay if I touch your hair or neck when I kiss you?" I'm too tense to respond so I just nod with my head, not really enthusiastic to discuss the details of our intimate scene but still thankful to him for asking in advance.

"Are you okay if I do it too?"

"Of course" He continues to smile reassuringly and I can't help but feel grateful towards him, for whatever reason.

"Action!"

- - -

"If we're not enemies, do you think we can be friends?"

"Why? Do you want us to be friends?"

"...No" As we say our last lines I realize he has stepped closer to me and I feel my heart pounding in my chest as our noses begin to touch and our faces are only millimeters apart, I decide to finally connect my lips to his in hopes of ending this as soon as possible.

I feel his soft skin as I seize his hot breath, giving him a simple kiss with closed mouths, Mingyu seemingly hesitant at first begins to acknowledge our collision as he touches my arm. I suddenly feel out of breath and overwhelmed so I break away.

He looks at me questioningly, probably wondering what's the issue, but I just keep looking at him feeling embarrassed for no reason at all, his expression seems to ask for permission to go on and I nod with my eyes. I watch the uncertainty in his body, despite that his lips slightly part before he pulls me in for another kiss, this time he seems to feel more confident and he puts a hand behind my head to keep me still as he moves against my lips and I answer by matching his pace, forgetting about our surroundings.