Blood Tie

Chapter 21

Rox's POV

"Was that your first kiss?"

I gulped at his question, not wanting to admit that I had so little experience with guys especially with him holding me they way he was. His eye brows furrowed at my lack of answer and I looked away from his face while his grip tightened on my thighs. I took in the beauty of the cherry blossom tree around me, flowers blooming and swaying in the breeze. Little pieces of the sun and sky filtered through the many blossoms and the wind felt as if it was caressing my face softly.

My back pressed against the tree more firmly as Jungkook let go of my thighs and held me up against the tree with his hips only, pressing his body more against mine, leaving very little space. I refused to allow myself to look at him as he was so close to my face and stared hard at the bits of sun and sky I could see. He growled quietly as used his hand to grab my chin and turn my face towards him while his other hand pressed against the tree next to my head. I met his dark eyes, becoming nervous as he had only said one thing this whole time and spent the rest of the time staring at me. I needed to break whatever intensity had built up between us, I couldn't handle this type of situation.

"Haha Jungkook, stop being weird, its already been an odd enough morning." I fake laughed and attempted to move his hand off of my chin by moving my head a little while trying to unwrap myself from his waist. He merely pressed his body flush against mine, effectively and completely trapping me and continued to hold my chin, other hand moving to grip at my waist. Well it was worth a try I thought to myself as I mentally sighed at the fact that I seem to keep finding myself in these situations ever since I met him.

"You haven't answered my question." His voice sounded rough and strained, probably from emerging though I hadn't noticed it earlier. His eyes seemed to be searching my face for an answer to something I didn't know about. Do I really want to admit to him that it was my first kiss but unfortunately it didn't come from the person I wanted it to?

Jungkook's POV

She wasn't answering me and I needed her to for some unknown reason, I needed her to confirm that she had at least kissed someone before him, even if I didn't like the idea of it. The idea of him being her first kiss was not something I could tolerate. She just kept pulling her gaze away from me, even after I held her chin to keep her looking at me, she merely downcast her eyes. I tried to focus on how to get her to talk but was getting quite distracted by the fact the her soft body was pressed flush against mine. Yes I know this was my own doing but I needed her to answer and couldn't allow her to run away. Her pale beauty was framed by the beautiful cherry blossoms, hair standing out in stark contrast to her skin. Her eyes weren't looking at me but from the glimpses I got, seemed to be more vibrant in color than usual and her full lips were in a soft red pout. She looked stunning with the cherry blossoms around, like she belonged among them. Her hair bothered me though, all that beautiful darkness pulled into a bun rather than flowing around her. My hand left her chin and pulled the ponytail out of her hair, letting her hair cascade down around her. This managed to get her eyes to shoot up to mine in startled shock. I took this moment to look into her eyes and repeat my question, trying to push the need for an answer into my voice and to communicate with my eyes how much I needed this.

"Was that your first kiss?" A slight surge of what felt like a current of energy came with my question, confusing me slightly. Her eyes seemed to glaze over a little bit after I asked her the question and she stared through me with an unfocused gaze.

"Yes that was technically my first kiss, I've never been romantically linked with anyone but it wasn't the type of first kiss I wanted." Her voice sounded monotone and robotic when she spoke, her eyes quickly lost their glazed look and came back to focus only to grow impossibly large at what she just heard herself say. Her hands flew up to cover her mouth as she stared in horror at me. I tried to process what she just said, Changkyun was indeed her first kiss and it wasn't the one she wanted. A slightly nauseous feeling settled in the pit of my stomach at the thought of her first kiss being taken by him after what he had done.

"What kind of kiss were you wanting for your first?" She would not look at me again and seemed to be blushing rather hard.

"I don't know why I told you that, you weren't supposed to hear that."

I scrunched up my face in confusion at her statement, wondering why she didn't want me knowing that.

"Why wasn't I supposed to hear that?"

"Because it's embarrassing and childish to have that little experience at this point in my life. Especially when the smallest amount of experience I got, wasn't how I wanted it to be."

I sighed softly at the distressed tone in her voice, "What did you want it to be like?"

"Special. I wanted it to be special and memorable, something I would want to remember and with someone I would be happy remembering." She sounded so sad at the end of her words, making me ache in my chest at the disappointment in her tone.

I became angry at the thought of her losing something like that to him, she should have had her first kiss from someone she trusts, who would never hurt her. My eyes roamed her face, tracing her features as they looked lost and searching, searching for a way to forget. Her hair billowed around her like a cloak of night and her small hands clenched at her sides. Her gaze seemed lost in the sky, small bits of sunlight dancing across her face. Her soft breath fanned against my face as she finally turned to look at me, full lips slightly parted. My hand tightened on her waist and I mentally shook myself as I made up my mind. I would fix this I told myself as my other hand cupped the side of her jaw, I would fix this for her. I was being a good friend, this is what friends do, they help, I tried to convince myself of this as I leaned down and connected my lips to hers.

Happy Jungkook Day everyone! Our Lil Bun Bun is getting older! <3