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The second the hotel door shut behind us, Jake received a phone call, and looked at me briefly before taking it.

His replies weren't detailed, nor could I really tell what the conversation was about, but it didn't last long, he hung up, threw his phone onto the bed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Heeseung?" I guessed with a sly smile as he turned around, stared me in the face, and his stressed face diminished into one of relaxation.

He approached me, staring down at me as I looked up at him. His hands made their way around my waist, as mine around his neck.

And it just seemed like tomorrow would be the exact same as it is right now.

"How'd you guess?"

But it wasn't.

It was obvious the two of us were disappointed, and frankly, more annoyed than anything, but regardless, we both tried to not show it. And I thought that it was pretty cute in a way.

"It was so obvious by your expression, come on now." I gave a light chuckle, fixing a strand of hair away from his face. He just stared into my eyes, with the purest, sweetest smile ever known to man.

And before I knew it, he landed a kiss on my lips. It lasted longer than a usual, short kiss, but not as long as an intimate one.

It still made me a little nervous, truth be told, but I suppose you could get used to it after a while.

Or not.

A short while passed, and the two of us had changed, essentially got ready to sleep and wake up for the parting tomorrow.

I sat on the bed, my back resting against the headboard as Jake leant on me, just staring into space while comfortably resting most of his body weight onto me.

"What made you like me? I feel like it was just a very random thing to happen between the two of us." I chuckled, the question suddenly popping up in thought.

Jake let out a quiet laugh to himself.

"Mm, see, I was planning on you for a while actually." He suddenly admit, and I just looked down at him, my lips parted into an O.

"Planning on me?" My grin reached the ends of earth, just looking down at him, so calmly saying that.

"Oh come on, I thought I was being so obvious sometimes. I've been best friends with your brother for how long now? Since we were fifteen?" He thought to himself for a while, "First time I saw you was when Heeseung and I were around sixteen. I recall you storming into the house and getting frustrated because the rain seemed to only pour when you stepped out of school."

I tried to think of that memory, and it was such a prevalent memory actually, I recall that one day after a long day of school, where it did not rain the whole day - nor did it look like it was going to, I stepped outside and all of a sudden the sky started to drop bulbous droplets of water on me.

It was especially frustrating after I made sure my hair looked good for the day because I was going out with my best friend at the time.

I just remember my own mother laughing at me as I threw my bag onto the sofa, mistakenly not realising I threw it at Jake himself.

"And I threw my bag at you." I laughed as he looked up at me, two smiles on our faces just remembering that time.

"Yes you did, kinda hurt, not gonna lie." Jake chuckled, "But honestly, I was around your place a lot. I saw you from time to time, we never exchanged a long enough conversation because you were always in some pissy mood after school." He gave an arrogant chuckle at the end of that.

"So how on earth did you like me if I was always in a mood?" I didn't manage to connect the dots.

"I think I actually began liking you when I got my first motorcycle at eighteen. It's funny actually, I was waiting for Heeseung outside of school, and noticed you arguing with him. I think your exaggerated gestures really sold it for me. You were quite passionate in your argument, and I just watched with a smile as you scolded him." Jake's cheeks were raised the whole time, he remembered so many memories that I completely forgot about, "And then it began raining again, and it became even more funnier seeing you get frustrated."

"Oh you just liked seeing me get mad." I rolled my eyes playfully, although at the time it wasn't such a sweet moment, I realise now as I'm older, that such an insignificant moment to me could be the reason why I become significant to someone else.

"Pretty much so." He shrugged, "Then we stopped seeing each other, and I thought that I'd never find you again, but here we are."

And my smile disappeared once more.

"Until in a few hours-"

"Shh, I hope you know that I'll come back to you no matter what." Jake gave a scoff, "I spent my whole life wondering why I was never satisfied in a relationship until I realised that you were my answer."