Dirty Little Secret

Chaerin/Jiyong

CHAERIN'S POV

"I love you." Jiyong whispered sweetly in my ear.

We were not in a hotel, where our past meetings had taken place. We were at his apartment, in bed.

I smiled up at him. "I love you, too."

Jiyong smiled back and we slipped into a peaceful silence left to our own thoughts.

How could I have waited this long? How could I have been so stupid? Why had I been so scared?

I sighed, frowning a bit and this caught Jiyong's attention.

"Is something the matter?" He asked.

I shook my head. "No, I was just thinking about why didn't I confess to you sooner."

Jiyong chuckled. "I ask myself that as well. Why didn't you?"

"Hey!" I playfully thumped him in the nose. "I... I just wasn't sure about all of this."

Jiyong nodded. "I understand. You weren't thinking with your heart before all of this. You were thinking about what everyone else would say. You were too busy thinking with this up here." He tapped her on the forehead. "I'm glad that you decided to follow your heart."

Chaerin hummed in agreement. "I am too."

Jiyong smiled at me and pulled me closer, burying his face into my hair. He inhaled deeply, breathing me in.

"I use to dream of this." He said.

I tried to pull back to look at him, but he wouldn't let me, instead, keeping his hold on me and his face hidden in my hair. He continued to speak, telling me what he felt at that moment.

"I would dream about how it would be to hold you close in my arms. Both of us in love."

I smiled. I had had the exact same dream. I had often asked myself back when I was still fighting my feelings, how would it be for Jiyong and I to be together and in love? I was happy that I now knew the answer to that.

"I am happy." Jiyong said and this time he pulled away a bit to look down at me. "Truly I am."

I nodded. "I know. I am happy as well."

I pulled him down for a kiss, whispering how much I loved him along the way.

Jiyong and I fell asleep that night and for the first time in many nights, I had a smile on my face.