Winter Hearts

Joonie Lays Down the Law

Ken went in to his apartment, leaving the door open. They had come back briefly to get cameras, wash up after breakfast and pack anything for the drive they had decided to take with Joon and Ravi. Leo and Hongbin had gone for a walk or something and could not be found. Plenty of time to find them later for dinner.

It was fortuitous that they had bumped into Siana, because like any girl he came across, Siana was a babe.

When she had looked back up at him with those almond eyes, he was sure she was aware of the effect she was having on him. Ken stopped. He meant to say, the effect he was having on her. Because that was what he did, have an effect on others, making them feel adored.

Ken smiled happily. He felt his purpose in life was to show people he met how truly loveable they were. All human beings were loveable and deserved love and he was there to manifest that purpose with every step he took, he told himself. It helped that Siana was adorable, and like any girl he came across, adored him right back at first sight.

What can I do? he thought to himself. My Eomma gave me my charms, and such a gift should not be wasted.

He laughed aloud.

"Ah, Jaehwannie you're full of it. But I still love you." He said to himself in the mirror as he grabbed his stuff and made sure he had the key.

She seemed a little skittish just now as she came out of her father's apartment. He knew he was laying it on thick insisting on following her up the stairs, but the three of them couldn't fit in the lift and he was going to the same floor as her anyway. She seemed tense and went up the stairs stiff as a robot. He had kept a modest distance for a while but then he felt he needed to loosen up the atmosphere with a little horseplay. That was when he tried racing up the stairs with her.

He was surprised how quickly she reacted to his attempt to move past her and how competitive she was, wanting to win at all costs. It reminded him of someone, or something.

She bounded up those stairs like a gazelle, and he couldn't help but notice her fine form and figure. She was athletic and graceful, and from what N and Hyuk had described earlier on the walk back to the house, was a charismatic dancer who wasn't afraid to express the more carnal side of her dancing.

He had a momentary lascivious thought as he watched her run up the stairs, but he quickly pushed it from his mind when she turned triumphantly at the top to wait for him to catch up. Her breathless smile was charming, and it made his own breath catch. 

What would it be like to have her in his arms?

He had a sudden thought that, despite the fact that it was he who was putting out all the signals, Siana was doing all the actual charming. Of him.

This feeling of it caught him unawares, which didn't happen often, but he supposed that their current circumstances were unusual. They didn't expect to spend long periods of time with people other than their work colleagues, let alone pretty part-Koreans living in the same house in a remote part of Greece, of all places. He was well aware that the circumstances probably enhanced the feelings of attraction he was having towards her.

He was sure she had no idea what effect she was having on him, as she seemed to be too surprised by their presence and a little on edge. He was more surprised at himself, because he usually didn't get too caught up in feminine wiles. He liked to keep things simple and cute and friendly when he interacted with fans, with only a tiny hint of sexual tension.

However in this case, he didn't have the barrier of distance. Proximity to Siana made his smile seductive, his eyes knowing. And, he thought, she was responding to him. It felt nice not to have to pull back as he normally would.