Chapter 7

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Namjoon's beaming smile fills your laptop's screen the moment you are logged in on the chat and his face shows up.

"You look mighty comfortable. Is it really winter there already?" he immediately teases you once he has his eyes on you. "Wait, is that my hoodie?" 

You watch him as he starts leaning forward to his own screen as if it could help him see you more clearly that way instead of just zooming in on the screen. Watching him do this makes you roll your eyes on him while laughing at his silly antics.

With your best friend being so busy on the road, constantly travelling on his business trips for the past few months, you have reserved back to the old tradition of spending hours at night talking to him through video calls. Things have been starting to turn the same way as it used to be; with hours of talking through your laptop screens; from the light talks filled with banters and harmless flirts to long conversations about personal matters that neither Namjoon nor you would ever share with anyone else.

The only difference you have now which hadn't been present in the past would be the secret that is hidden away from the camera and from his attentive eyes.

Leaning back against the headrest of what seems to be the hotel bed he is on, Namjoon's eyes rake down to take a good look at you, to which you follow by looking down on yourself to get a glimpse of what exactly he is currently seeing through his point of view. You must admit that you do look comfortable. Just as comfortable as you are feeling right now as you are wearing his oversized hoodie—the one which you had stolen from his wardrobe during one of the visits you made to his magnificent home—and your hair, which has grown longer, all tied up in a messy ponytail.

Ever since he went on his business trip, you have been making short visits to his home during the weekends, as he has entrusted you to watch over the place while he is away. And with your hormones acting up as of late, you have been missing him even more immensely that you had shamelessly 'borrowed' some of his old things just to allow you to breathe in his scent whenever you feel the need to.

But having him pointing out about your acquired wardrobe makes your skin flush, even if you aren't exactly feeling any remorse for being caught wearing his things. 

It's not like you had chosen to wear his clothes on purpose tonight so he could see you in it. Feeling snug in the comfort of his large hoodie has been helping you relax during the night. And it has become quite a habit of yours to sleep in it these days that you just slipped it on merely seconds before his call came in without much of a thought. 

Seeing his reaction, it seems to please him instead of irritates him to see you wearing it, judging from the way his eyes seem to light up right now. 

For some reason, it makes you feel happy. Because then you will have more reason to keep it to yourself. For now.

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