cold coffee / ijb

+ eighteen

chapter eighteen
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"you agreed to this?" jaebum groaned in annoyance.

"please just get ready, it's almost five," aera begged.

"what about you, miss sweatpants?" he scoffed.

"you two," miss im called sternly. "stop bickering and get ready. both of you."

jaebum turned on his heel, walking into his and aera's room and shutting the door behind him. aera placed a hand to her forehead and sighed deeply.

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incoming text from song dahye
» get your butt down here

outgoing text from baek aera
» yeah, yeah

outgoing text from baek aera
» jaebum

outgoing text from baek aera
» are you ready

incoming text from im jaebum
» already in the car

aera's lips parted, guilty that dahye and jinyoung were waiting on her. she trudged down the café steps and made her way to the vehicle.

"you look hot!" dahye shouted from the passenger seat of a pitch black sedan.

aera stuck out her tongue at dahye, climbing in to the backseat with ease. jaebum sat quietly, looking at his phone. he tore his gaze away from the device to look at aera blankly. his monotone expression morphed quickly into one of surprise and then anger. he tugged her wrist, the unexpected force bringing her terribly close to him.

"i believe i still owe you a punishment. looks like it'll be a little bit more harsh now," he whispered dangerously, then going back about his business as if nothing had happened.

soon enough, the four were being seated in a red cushioned booth at the back of a nice italian restaurant.

dahye and aera got along easily and the two of them began to chat about anything and everything.

"babe," jinyoung smiled, alerting dahye that the waiter was there to take their orders.

dahye kissed his cheek sweetly before looking up at the waiter with kind eyes and ordering her food. in no time, the food was ready and the four of them ate, small talk interrupting the silence here and there.

aera was sipping her water when she felt jaebum's calloused fingertips grasp her knee firmly. she held her composure, sipping her drink begrudgingly. beside her, jaebum was scrolling through his phone casually, looking up every few seconds to add his input to the group's conversation. the boy made no move to suggest he would release aera's leg from his grip anytime soon.

in an attempt to be inconspicuous, aera nudged jaebum's shin with her foot with the intention of drawing attention to her discomfort.

the soft kick had the opposite affect on the broad-shouldered man to her right. his hand twitched upwards towards her navel before gliding back down to its original position with an unmatched amount of grace. his movements quickly became repetitive, the pad of his thumb pressing against her sensitive skin.

aera's toes curled at the sensation. although she'd been shoving countless forkfuls of pasta into her mouth to avoid creating a scene, her teeth were too occupied chewing on the inside of her cheek to begin the process of digesting her food.

the jittery girl glanced at jaebum without turning her head, using the entire scale of her peripheral vision. jaebum's own eyes were fixed on his food; however, his expression showed no interest in what was occupying the plate, but rather that his vision had become clouded as he gathered all of his focus towards one point of interest. she watched painstakingly as his tongue glided across his lips-- in what seemed like slow motion-- to distribute some form of moisture to the sensitive skin.

jinyoung and dahye remained fully unaware of the situation unfolding directly across from them, busying them with the large servings of warm food strewn across the table.

the sound of jazz music buzzed at a medium volume throughout the bustling restaurant, making the lack of cooperative conversation seem perfectly acceptable to the four of them.

aera placed her hand firmly over jaebum to halt his movements. this resulted in jaebum sneakily lacing their fingers together as he mustered the courage to inch his way further up her leg. at the sensation of both of their hands, painting a sensual piece of artwork in the form of unified caresses across the canvas of her skin, aera's brain turned to mush-- her nerves vibrating with anticipation simultaneously.

it was a dangerous game that the two of them were playing and baek aera knew it. with masked reluctance, she tugged her hand from his grip.

even without the aid of aera's own hand, jaebum's seductive fingers continued sliding up her thigh. she swatted them away with her free hand. still sipping her drink, jaebum's hand maneuvered under her dress, finding itself dangerously close to her... yeah, that. all the while, jaebum munched on a breadstick. aera choked a bit when she felt the soft curve of jaebum's fingernails tracing an abundance of shapes along her inner thigh. 

"you okay?" jinyoung laughed.

afraid that if she opened her mouth an involuntary noise would present itself, she only nodded, picking up her fork to finish off the rest of her spaghetti.

aera took her bottom lip between her teeth when she felt a warmth in the pit of her stomach as jaebum picked at the material of her sheer tights stubbornly.

completely oblivious, jinyoung and dahye were across the table, talking about something with wide smiles across their faces. jaebum took this opportunity to pass a discrete message on to aera.

"these tights are in the way," jaebum whispered against the skin on her throat. "i guess i have to wait until we're alone to be inside of you."

aera shuddered at his words, willing herself to be silent while jaebum massaged one last torturous circle with his index finger through her clothes.