𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 | 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Chapter 14

--Lisa--

He handed me a small piece of gauze and I pressed it on the wound. He tore off a piece of tape and handed it to me. I patted it on and he finally spoke: "It's crooked." I said, "It's okay, give me another one." I stretched out my hand to him.

It was very strange. It was only our second meeting, he was the kind of man who would never come into my life, and I was just questioning him for kicking me. But now we were sitting here quietly, doing these things, and it wasn't awkward at all. We were like two friends who already knew each other.

But he didn't give me the tape again. He suddenly stood up and squatted in front of me. I looked up at him. He focused his eyes and carefully and gently stuck the tape on my leg.

I didn't move.

There was no expression on his face, only his rough fingertips gently rubbed my skin. It was a little itchy and a little hot.

I also have a face as calm as a god or Buddha.

It was as if the leg he taped was not mine, and the leg I tapped was not mine either. We all knew it.

After it was done, I just felt his fingers gently adjust the edge of the gauze, then he stood up and said, "Is it done?"

I hugged my legs with my hands and looked down at the dirt: "Well... okay."

He said, "Then I'll go back to playing football."

I said, "Well, thank you."

But I didn't see him move, still standing beside me. I raised my head, and then I saw his eyes again. I suddenly realized that behind the cool and rough skin, this man's eyes were so dark that they seemed to hide another world.

"Oh, hat..." I took off my hat and handed it to him. He took it, put it on his head, and turned back to the court.

——

I have an appointment with Jihyo for dinner tonight. On the way from the library to the restaurant, I kept thinking of Jungkook. I remembered the way he looked when I first saw him in the auto repair shop last night; I remembered his fingers stroking the front of the car; I also remembered his low laugh when he saw me being hit on the head by a rebounding ball today; and the way he squatted in front of me and pressed the edge of the tape against my skin.

Suddenly, I noticed that my breathing was a little short. What did he mean? Was he trying to tease me? Otherwise...why was he so gentle and considerate to a female customer in the store?

I looked up at the white clouds floating in the blue sky and the buildings receding. I have to admit that this is the second time I have felt this way about a man.

That feeling, like the wind blowing through the leaves, making them tremble and throb. I had never experienced it with anyone before. Only for the first time, on the boat.

Is it because they look alike?

No, not at all.

That's exactly why I shamelessly asked him to wash my car last night. I always have some evil emotions. The man on the boat was arrogant and despised my books. I thought of a man who looked so much like him, like his 2.0 version. It would be so cool to wash my car every time. And this would also increase Jungkook's business income. I think he would agree to it.

But after just two brief encounters, I could sense that Jungkook was completely different from that man. Jungkook seemed like a man from the dust. The man on the boat was annoying, but bright and concrete. And although I had only met Jungkook a few times, I could sense that he had an indescribable obscurity and emptiness.

——

As soon as I walked into the restaurant, I saw Jihyo and Xiaohao staring at each other. I didn't know why they were arguing again. I rushed over at the right time, sat opposite them, and said, "Xiaohao, did you make your mother angry again?"

Xiao Hao trembled all over and shouted, "Mom! Can you give me some French fries instead of the fried onion rings you wanted to eat!"

This is a parent-child themed restaurant, and several parents nearby looked over.

Zhuang Yu didn't blush, she slapped Xiao Hao on the face and yelled, "Shut up! Call me auntie, auntie! If you keep calling me mom, I'll beat you up!"

Xiaohao laughed like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. I laughed too, and we high-fived. Jihyo looked up at the sky in silence: "Fuck, can you two stop being so childish!"