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twenty one

~kwon irene~

"so, um. i think we might need to talk about something." i said, trying to avoid eye contact with jimin.

his face furrowed with confusion. "about what?"

"us."

he smiled. "what do you want us to be?"

i felt my cheeks growing hot by the second. "uh-um, i guess i, um, love you...like a lot."

"i know. i love you too." he said, pulling me in for a hug.

"so, what does that make us if we love each other?" i asked.

"you're cute." he said, smiling at me.

i bit my lip nervously. what do i do in this situation? i feel like i'm in middle school or something.

"jimin, do you want to be my boyfriend?" i asked.

he stopped smiling at stared at me, for a very long time at that.

he scooted closer to me. "irene, i was supposed to be the one to ask you. but i guess since you're asking, i'll answer...yes."

i smiled and, out of excitement, i hugged him.

"but, there's still so much you need to tell me. like, how did you know where i worked and stuff like that." he said, pulling me on his lap.

i sat there and thought for a second. "okay, i'll start from when my mom first died."

he nodded his head for me to continue.

"alright. she died about five weeks ago. at that time i kept getting nightmares with you in them. i figured i might as well try to see if you're doing okay, since it's been a while. the surname park is very common in the part of busan, so i knew it would be very difficult. but, i ended up running into your mom at the convenience store near here and she told me to stop her cafe and that's when i saw you and realized, 'holy shit, it's him'. i was happy, but i also didn't want to go straight to you and tell you who i am, afraid you might not remember. and that's what happened up till this day." i let out a long breath i had been holding in.

jimin's mouth was agape as he took in the words i has told him.

"wow." was all he said.

"so, my mom knew all along?" he asked.

i nodded, smiling a bit. "yeah, i told her not to tell you."

"can we go to sleep now? i'm really tired and i feel like holding you." he stated.

i gasped. "park jimin. you can't just randomly say that kind of stuff to me. but yes, we can go to sleep."

he smiled and grabbed my hand, pulling me to the bedroom.

we got under the covers and cuddled next to each other, until the both of us were asleep.

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