A Christmas Wish - NAMJOON FF

Chapter 5- Skating on Thin Ice

chapter 5-
I looked at both of them with my forced smile as I watched their pale faces brighten almost immediately at the news, they both embraced me with open arms and I stood there in a state of shock, affection was new to me but I had to try, I needed them to believe it. I reciprocated the hug with as much love as I could and then released as they held my arms to get a good look at me, "Oh she's beautiful Namjoon, you did great snapping someone like her off the market!" his mother says with a wide smile that shone like the sparkles in the snow, at least I knew were Namjoon got it from.

My cheeks burned at her compliment and I managed to say "Thank you ma'am. Namjoon has told me a lot about you. You're even more beautiful in person!" She giggles in response and then looked at Namjoon, "Sweetheart your fathers down by the lake, he's cutting logs for the fire. You go help him and y/n can come help us with the decorations." Namjoon nods and says "Yeah one second, I just want to introduce her to Jae first." He grabs my hand and leads me up the wooden steps into the cosy cabin. It's even more beautiful inside, it had a rustic feel with aztec carpets and a giant black wood burner in the large living space, it was open planned so it looked spacious yet still kept that old cabin charm. Plus it was already entirely decked out with only the best holiday decor and the stockings were laid out on the fireplace, not gonna lie, I kinda got sad.

I never had a stocking with my name on it before. I think he noticed because after he shook the snow off his boots he came up behind me and said "Hey, you okay?" I nod my head and pull myself together "Yeah I'm fine! You wanted to introduce me to someone?" I look up at him from behind me and he smiles "Yeah, just upstairs to the left." He points up the steps decorated with a beautiful green garland entangled all through the banister, I make my way up and I feel his eyes on me as I rise up each step. I stop at the top and turn around "enjoy the view?" I say teasingly "10 outta 10" he smirks and leads me into a room to the left. Once we enter I see a teenage boy playing a video game console, yelling at the screen. Joon taps his shoulder and he removes his headphones immediately "Mon!" He says in shock as he grabs his brother and pulls him into a hug, I furrow my brow as I ask Namjoon "Mon?" He shakes his head not wanting I tell me the reason why he had the nickname, "I missed you so much! It's so boring here without you I swear."

Namjoon laughs and says " I'm sure it isn't so bad. Listen buddy, I want to introduce you to someone. Wonjae, this is y/n, my fiancée. Y/n, this is Wonjae, my baby brother." He sees me and his eyes widen and I check my clothes to make sure I'm not showing anything I shouldn't be. I extend my hand out and say "Nice to meet you Wonjae, I've heard a lot about you." His entire facial expression changes to one of a flirty nature as he shakes my hand "Please, call me Jae. Let me assure you, I ain't no baby." I have to laugh at his attempt to be sexy, he's a little kid for God's sake. "Don't be giving your brother a run for his money, I may have to marry you instead." I say sarcastically and Joon smiles as he bites his lip. "Well, I gotta go help out dad and y/n has to help with the decor outside so continue your game kiddo." He plays with his brothers hair and I chuckle at his tender gesture.

We both go outside and he heads down to the lake as I make my way over to his mother and grams. "Hey honey bee, can you pass me up the hammer from behind you?" I turn around and pick up the hammer and hand it up to her. She nails in the light cable and a proud expression falls on her face. Then Grams comes and links her arm with mine, taking me to the nearby rocking bench for a talk. "So y/n, tell me how you and Joon met! I'm surprised he's never talked about you before." I smile at her before saying "Well we kinda wanted to keep our relationship on the down low just to make sure that we actually liked each other enough to go the distance you know? We met on a train just before midnight. It was at Christmas..last year. I didn't like him at first but then he asked me on a date and the rest is pretty much history! It's pretty amazing to see how far we've come in such a short time!" Grams laughed at my response and smiled, I look at her with a questioning glance and she replied "it's just, when you said that a glow just came across your face, I'm proud my grandson has someone like you to take care of him. How did he propose?" I swallow the lump forming in my throat as I try to think of an answer to her question without it sounding like an outright lie, I lightly cough and sit up straight "we were travelling, for his work. He took me to Paris for the weekend, then he told me to dress fancy for date night, I put on my favourite black dress and he took me to the Eiffel Tower, we had dinner at the top, the table for two was candlelit and overlooked the city, I could see all the bright lights glistening in the moonlight, it could've been it's own constellation. Then as I was admiring the view, I turned around and, he was on one knee holding a blue velvet box with... no ring inside. I was confused but he told me he wanted to wait until he had enough money to get me the one I'd always dreamed of but that he couldn't wait to make me his. I said yes and, now we're here I guess."

She beamed up at me "Oh my how romantic! Joons always been good with the ladies but wow you must be an exception! So dear, when's the wedding?" I begin to sweat profusely as I can't come up with a justifiable answer "Well...I-..um, you see-" "Y/N!" I look up and see Namjoon approaching the house with his father, holding huge logs he had cut for the fire, I stood up and walked over to the top of the steps to greet him "Make sure you don't fall now baby cakes" he teased as I gave him an intense glare, "why did you call me?" I ask, "We're going ice skating in an hour so go get ready." I'm a little shocked, he never mentioned we'd be going on outings together, just the two of us. But I just nod my head and go up to our shared room to get ready, I put on some casual comfy clothes and and a warm coat, then I begin to do my makeup in the standing mirror, I realise that I'd left my tweezers in the en suite so I go to fetch them and the door opens to reveal Namjoon shirtless with a white towel wrapped around his waist, he was more toned than I thought he would be and his abs looked amazing when they were wet, I looked down at the ground and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, "I- uh, the tweezers.." he smirks at me "what's the matter? cat got your tongue?" I glare up at him and shove past him to grab my tweezers and go back out to finish my simple makeup, "you almost ready? Leaving in 5." He asks, I nod as I top my lip with a light gloss and make my way downstairs to wait for him.

Surprisingly he came down quickly, his hairs still a little damp but it still managed to look effortlessly amazing. I didn't want to give him the pleasure of a compliment so I just went out to the car and he followed behind me. Once we got there we had to pay an entrance fee so we went up to the cashier together, "Ticket for two please" Joon says while he searched in his wallet for some loose change to get rid of "20,000 won please" Namjoon looks up and recognises the girl, "Daisy?" I look at him as he looks at her, "Namjoon! How have you been?! It's been a long time." She days with a sweet voice, it already irritated me. "Too long." Joon said "We should have coffee sometime." I cough and look up at him then I link my arm with his and say "Hi, I'm y/n. Nice to meet you, I'm Namjoons fiancée. We're actually on a date right now. So if you could just grab us our change that would be great." I plaster a fake smile on my face and she smiles back, handing Joon the change and skating boots. Before she could say anything else I dragged him away and sat down to put my boots on. As I was adjusting the laces Joon said "Jealous much?" Not looking into my eyes. I scoff at him and say "Nothing to be jealous of, you're not mine remember?" "I don't know, seemed kind of protective to me. Kind of a turn on." I look at him in disbelief and say "Are you coming to skate or are you just gonna sit here and taunt me all night?" He takes my hand and leads me into the rink.

I'm not gonna lie, I'd never been skating in my life, I had no idea what I was doing. I tried to stay near the edges and he noticed I was struggling so he came over and spun me around by my waist, I gasped at his sudden action and looked into those beautiful chocolate eyes that I couldn't help but get lost in. "I'm gonna help you, okay? Don't be scared. I'm right here. Just hold my hand." He smiles and I nod my head to let him know I trusted him whole heartedly. I had actually begun to get the hang of it, I got confident. Too confident. I thought I could do it by myself so I let go of his hand, then I lost my balance but he managed to catch me before I hit the ice, "You have an awful habit of falling when you're not supposed to." He laughs as he holds me tightly, our faces were so close to one another I could almost feel his warm breath on my cheek, then I reply quietly, so that only he could hear me "and you have the habit of always catching me."

He stopped for a moment and looked into my eyes as his face grew closer to mine, my heart started beating remarkably fast. I hadn't experienced this feeling before, I closed my eyes as I prepared for what was next, then I heard a familiar voice in front of me, "y/n?" I look at the ground and see someone standing in front of us, my eyes travel up to meet his gaze, I whispered in shock "Taehyung..."