Fated to be with you | Park Jay | Enhypen [𝙾𝙽𝙶𝙾𝙸𝙽𝙶]

𝟐𝟕.

Rose's POV:

It was raining.
As soon as I stepped out of my apartment building, the cool droplets immediately soothed the heat of my flushed face. The walkway in front of the building was already quiet, only without a few people hurrying by with umbrellas. The rhythmic drops of the rain against the cold and hard street was oddly calming.

I needed to clear my head, to escape from the tangled mess that had crazed me over since Jay's confession. The rain was a perfect partner.

I walked slowly, letting the rain soaking me wet untill I couldn't see anything.
I rounded in a corner of the footpath and headed towards the park that was the nearest from my penthouse.
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I couldn't even enter the park properly before I saw him - sitting on a bench with his head between his hands, leaning forward, an umbrella lying alone beside him.

I scoffed and looked up at the black sky.

Seriously, universe?
That cliche' again?
Jay again?
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Jay must've heard my scoff, because his head shot up to my direction.

He just stared at me with widened and........tired eyes.

"Hey." He gave a sad smile.

All the self-control I've mustered in myself this whole day blew away the moment his eyes met mine.

For a moment, I was frozen in place, all over again, unsure of what to do. I was still dying with my own fears and his uncertainties, and the last thing I wanted was to confront Jay again-at least not yet.

I hesitated, then turned on my heel, my back to him and decided to head to wherever my legs take me.
I know, I know that sounds so immature, but others aren't the one walking in my shoes.
Today was just too much.
I just started walking into the park, my head low. Too ashamed.
But the rain was falling harder now, and the path was slippery. Before I could make it very far inside the park, I heard Jay's voice calling out to me.

"Rose! Wait!-"

The sound of his voice cut through the rain, and I turned to see him making his way toward me, his concern overflowing his expression. Panic shot through me, and I felt an overwhelming urge to not go face to face with him. My heart was pounding, and the idea of facing him just made me walk faster.

I ignored the logical part of my mind that told me walking away from him would only delay the inevitable, and just walked. My footsteps splashed in the puddles. I could hear Jay calling after me, but I didn't stop.

Not for me - but for Jay.
This will be too dangerous for him. The idea of........love. His career would be destroyed because of me.

Do the universe now see why I hate this emotion so much? LOVE? It's just so sufficating yet fullfiling that you'll want to run away from it despite how much you FEEL it.

A firm hand stopped me from walking. Suddenly the water drops stopped above me.

When I turned around, I found Jay holding an umbrella above my head and getting himself soaked in the rain instead.

"Oh are you serious-" I pulled him under his umbrella so we were standing under only one little umbrella. So close to each other.

We wouldn't have taken the risk, but knowing that this park is usually empty at night, we stood there.

I could see the fogs that's making from Jay's heavy breaths, the water droplets hanging from his sharp facial features.

"Come on. Why did you walk away? It made me feel like a creep." Jay said resignedly, half joking.