I tapped my fingers restlessly on the wheel of the car as I waited outside Bighit's back door. I glanced at the watch and as soon as I peeked out for the umpteenth time in the last 8 minutes, there he was. Park Jimin came jogging out with a black mask on his face and puma bag slung on his shoulder.
He hurried over to the car and swung the door open, slipping swiftly into the car by my side. He groaned along with the engine of the car as I revved it up.
"What?" I frowned and he looked sideways at me.
"I can't give you a hello kiss right outside of the building," he said and sat diagonally, facing me.
"You can give one to me in a while."
"But then it's not a hello kiss. It's a regular kiss. I'd like to give you both those kisses," he pouted and I smiled, shaking my head and the ridiculous conundrum.
"Then just give me two later."
"When I could give you three!" he yelled and threw his hands up in frustration and I laughed out loud at how cheesy he was being.
"So..." he continued, "where are we going?"
"You'll know in exactly seven minutes," I said and turned on the stereo, playing Big Bang.
He frowned calculatedly and smiled, "I don't think I need those seven minutes."
Soon enough, 17 minutes later, I pulled up at the familiar spot of the winding hill road where we'd had our first 'date.'
I turned to Jimin and smiled and he chuckled, leaning in.
He planted a quick kiss smack on my mouth and smiled back.
"Is this the part where you kill me and dismember my body?" he said and I laughed, recalling my words.
We hopped out of the car and held hands upfront, me shivering into Jimin's body. Hand in hand, we walked up almost to the end and Jimin tucked me into his side and kissed the top of my head.
"Something is missing, isn't it?" he muttered against my skin.
"No, it's not," I said and held up my free hand, which held a thin white cloth bag in it.
"There was no way I could bring ice cream without it melting," I admitted as I handed over the bag to him, "so I brought cupcakes instead."
Jimin chuckled, pulling out the little pink box that contained six different flavors of cupcakes in them.
"They're minis, so we can try every flavor," I said right before the man pulled out and shoved a vanilla cupcake into my already open mouth.
I swiped a little frosting off the top of one of the cupcakes and turned to face him.
"Remember when you wiped my mouth with your finger the last time and I questioned if there was even any cream on it?"
He nodded, amused, while rapidly chewing the cake in his mouth.
"There really was," he responded with a semi full mouth and I pouted.
"I think that's a lie, Park," I said and smudged some cream cheese frosting on the side of his mouth and his eyes widened as he grabbed my wrists to fake-fight.
I giggled and tip toed, my body now cushioned against his.
I leaned in and popped my mouth on the side of his mouth, backing away and licking the cream off my lips.
"Oh my god, you demon woman," he said and placed his hands on the side of my face and kissed me deeply.
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I was smiling to myself, fiddling with my rings when Jimin eased us in at a red light. I wore the seat belt loosely around my waist and sat diagonally, watching Jimin to my heart's content. This gave him easy access and increased convenience to keep his free hand on my thigh while the other handled the wheel. I watched him, unabashedly, exploiting the opportunity as it came.
"Jimin?" I asked.
"Hmm?" he nodded, bending and looking at the red light.
"I love you."
Jimin's eyes widened and he froze in his position for a good five seconds.
He then turned abruptly to face me, mouth hanging slightly open.
"I- you- you just- WHAT?," he stuttered and the red light turned green. I shrugged and motioned for him to drive with my chin.
"Fucking, damn it, Tara!" he slammed his hand on the wheel, as someone at the back honked, and turned to look at the street, "don't say it at a goddamn red light when I'm not even looking at you! Fuck!"
I pursed my lips and attempted to repress the giggles I felt erupting at his frustration as he pulled over and turned sharply to me. He then grabbed my face in his hands and looked me dead in the eyes.
"Say it again," he demanded and I smirked.
"No."
"Tara..."
"No."
He took in a sharp breath and looked down, hands still on my face, gearing up to yell.
He looked up and opened his mouth to say something and I interrupted him.
"I love you."
He clamped his mouth shut and his eyes softened.
Silence ensued, moments passed, as he just looked at me and said nothing. My eyes wandered awkwardly and I raised a brow at him.
Maybe I should've thought this through.
I sucked in a breath and began, "If this is some kind of sick-"
"I love you," he did the interrupting this time and my insides all jumped in synchronization at his words.
"I love you," he repeated, matter-of-factly, with a delicate shake of his head, as I sat there, face in his hands, eyes about to jump out of their sockets.
I felt the whole damn zoo dancing in my core.
"I just... I've known for so long but I was being stubborn. Had I known that it would feel this good to say it..." he trailed off, his hands skimming over my hair and stopping at the curves of my neck.
I bit my lip at the intensity in his eyes.
"We were both being stubborn," I shrugged, having regained my ability to talk, "I suppose we're both into delayed gratification."
Jimin smirked and leaned in, I tilted my head up in response to greet his lips.
He stopped short of my mouth, lips almost grazing against mine and whispered, "you don't know gratification yet, doll. Just wait till I get you home."
He planted a small, hard kiss smack on my mouth and pulled back abruptly, throwing me a wink and leaving me a bothered, breathy mess of unfulfilled desire.
He put one hand back on my thigh and the car smoothed out of the empty sidewalk we waited by as I shook my head to regain consciousness.
"Fucking tease," I whispered and looked ahead at the road as Jimin's loud laughter rumbled beside me.
"Language, doll," he said, coughing out the last of his evil laughs, "you reap what you sow."
I smiled to myself.
I think I definitely like what I'm reaping right now.
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Fanfiction{Part 2 to Running In Circles} Park Jimin fanfic x "I know you don't need it. But do you want it? Do you want even a small fraction of how much I want it? Because I..." he held my face firmly in his hands, eyes boring into mine as I felt his soft w...
