tutor ; park jimin

chapter XIV

Jimin parks the car at a parking lot, we both hop out of the car and I can immediately feel the chilly air hitting my face.

I walk over to him and he interlocks his fingers with mine, and just with that my whole body heats up. I look up at him, with probably a red nose and cheeks from the cold, and smile with lips only, my eyes slightly closing.

He smiles back and pecks my lips as we walk, "You look beautiful." he says softly.

I chuckle and look away, feeling my ears burning.

"And I can see your hickey."

"What?" his eyes widen.

I laugh at him as he grabs his phone and takes a look at the purple mark on his neck.

"Agh... Why didn't I wear a turtleneck?"

"Oh, I wouldn't resist that." I shake my head.

At that, he laughs and shakes off any worries, "It's okay. It fits me."

I shake my head and look down.

"That's the boat we're taking, more like a ferry boat." he giggles as he points at the boat still waiting for people to come in.

"Wow. It's big." I say.

"Well... It's a ferry boat." he laughs.

I laugh and hit his arm with my free hand.

We both walk a little more and walk inside the ferry. I feel my palms getting sweaty and legs weak from fear.

"Are you scared?" he asks, his eyes wide in concern.

"Kinda..." I say, gripping on the metal fence as hard as I could.

"Aw, my princess..." he chuckles, grabbing my face with his warm hands, "It's safe, okay?" he says, "I wouldn't put you in anything dangerous, you know that." he adds, kissing the tip of my nose afterwards.

"Okay..." I sigh.

"Do you want to sit down?"

"Mhm. Please."

He takes my hand and leads me to the seats. We both sit rather close to the edge, him on the spot closer to the fence, his hand on my thigh.

And as the ferry starts moving I definitely feel calmer knowing Jimin is there, he definitely calms me down.

"So... I have had something to ask you for a while now..." he starts all of a sudden, his eyes looking down at his fingers that playing with the loose strings of my ripped jeans.

"What is it? Why didn't you ask me before?"

"I was waiting for the official 'I love you'." he shrugs his shoulders cutely.

"Okay." I chuckle at his cuteness, "What is it?"

"Hm... W-where are you going to spend christmas at?"

"Oh. My parents usually come home for the holidays. Why? You don't have a place to spend it at?"

"No. No! It's not that. You see, my parents haven't come home for the holidays in three years, so I've been spending it with Tae's family. A-and I was gonna ask you if you wanted to spend it with us." he says shyly.

"I would love to... But you know, I haven't seen my parents in a while..."

"No. It's totally fine. I get it."

"Really? I don't want you to think that I don't-"

"No, don't worry!"

"But I mean... New years?" I smile at him, bumping my shoulder against his.