Lips To Lips ||《Jaerosé》

Chapter Three

Jaehyun's POV

Two hours. That's all it took. It only took two hours for me to mess this up. Honestly, I'm not sure how it happened. All of a sudden, after hanging out and talking (and a little bit of flirting and admiring) I ask, completely out of the blue, "can I kiss you?"

Of course, it wasn't intentional (I think), but she's been staring at me blankly for about a minute and now my throats dry and ugh. I stared into her eyes, swimming in their depths, trying to find some sort of answer, "um, why?" (wasn't the answer I was expecting, but ok), I blanked and opened my mouth to say something, but closed it immediately seeing that there wasn't a purpose to it. Against my own will, my mouth kept opening and closing, trying to force my brain to come up with words to tell the girl in front of me, "I, um, like... you..." It wasn't a complete lie, but it was still partially lying. Would she actually believe me if I said it was my ability?

"Me?" she asked, as if I didn't just tell her that I liked her.

"No, I like the wall behind you- yes, you!" she giggled at my remark.

"Ok, I get it," she turned silent suddenly, avoiding eye contact. I was about to say something to break it when, "Is it your ability?" She asked, sitting up straight. My face at the moment probably screamed, 'How'd you know?' because she kept talking after clearing her throat, "well, you said you, um, liked me so the only reason you'd kiss me is to figure out if I'm your soulmate." That's what she got? Not, 'I wanna kiss you cause I like you' but, 'I wanna figure out if you're the one so let's kiss'.

I scratched the back of my neck, "well, I guess. You're one of the few people I've asked, though. There's some nasty side effects to my ability if I kiss someone who isn't family or my soulmate."

"Why do you think it's me?" by this point, she was playing with the ends of her hair, her red cheeks completely visible.

"I don't know, I keep wanting to see you and when I first saw you, I thought my heart was gonna burst out of my chest it was beating so hard." Rosé only nodded, suddenly moving closer to place her hands on my shoulders.

"I believe you." she smiled a confident smile, "we could try it." Man, if my heart was about to burst after seeing her once, imagine what I was feeling now. I gulped down my nerves, awkwardly fixing myself.

"oh, um, ok," I answered, moving closer, placing a palm on her cheek. I leaned in just enough for our noses to touch; where I could feel her breathe on my lips, "are you sure?" I swam in her eyes, trying to focus at the task at hand. She nodded and I closed the small space that separated us, expecting the bitter taste to invade my senses. If I seemed like I wasn't, I was scared too; not of the kiss, but of the side effects, but now- wow. So this is how it felt? Her lips tasted sweet, a complete contrast to the all the other girls I've kissed in the past. It didn't give me a headache and, if anything, I didn't even want to stop. Wanting more, my tongue trailed along her bottom lip, eliciting a small gasp from her. I deepened the kiss, tasting and exploring her mouth as much as I can. By this point, her hands grasped my hair while one of mine stayed fixed behind her neck, the other on her waist. She pulled away first, gasping for air. How long have we been kissing? I followed after her lips, wanting to continue, but she gently pushed me away with a hand on my chest, "well?" I raised an eyebrow. Was she asking if she was my soulmate?

"Is that even a question? It's you! You're the one!" I shook her gently, genuinely excited, "the kiss wasn't bitter and I don't have a migraine at all right now! Wow, I can't believe it, I'm-" I'm pretty sure I looked like an idiot with the huge grin on my face, hands almost desperately gripping hers.

"So, I'm really your soulmate?" she asked, a bit quieter.

I frowned a bit, "did you not want to be?"

She shook her hands frantically in front if her, "No, no, it's not that. I guess I'm just really not prepared is all... and I'm still a bit skeptical."

I raised an eyebrow, "didn't you say you believed me?"

"Well, yeah. Girls also go through a few side effects if they've found 'the one' as a sort of defense mechanism in case someone is lying to us."

"Ok, so what are they?"

"My sister told me that girls tend to have a higher heart rate or become easily attached."

I looked at her, unamused. This was the girl I'd spend the rest of my life with? Maybe she was just family... long distance or something. But then again, that kiss was WAY different than the kisses I've given my parents and siblings, "Is your heart rate up?"

Chaeyoung placed a hand on her chest, "Frankly, yes."

"You're just wasting your time on this, I-"

"It could just be that I'm really unhealthy," I groaned in frustration.

"Chaeyoung, are you sure you're just skeptical because it seems to me that you really don't want me to be your soulmate." wasn't I enough?

She let out a deep breathe and her facial expression softened, "I'm sorry... I just like being careful because I've been tricked once." my temper decreased immedietly... slightly rising again because someone hurt my future wife and that's not cool.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know," it really wasn't that hard to believe considering how beautiful Chaeyoung actually is, "did you want me to give you some time to wrap your head around this?" thank you mom, for raising me to become this gentleman.

She smiled, "I'd like that." heh, her smile is pretty.

"Here's my number in case you feel 'suddenly attached' to me," I handed her a piece of paper while she chuckled, "I expect a call or text, by the way because cross my heart and hope to die, you are my soulmate."

"Is that so?" she teased

I smiled at her, "indeed it is" Man, I could study her face for hours, "I'm falling for you already."