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..into you..

It's a week since the charity festival ended. And a week since Park Jimin and Lee Jihwan started dating.

Even though my heart ached from seeing the two acting quite touchy and cutesy, I had bigger problems to deal with.

The main problem right now: Kwon Minjae.

"Were there any feelings attached?" Taehyung asked, as he munched on his sandwhich. I had decided to tell him everything about the night of the fest, and what I and Minjae did. He wasn't the most proud - I tell you. But then again, he too was drunk and out like a light.

Since that night, I have been feeling quite conflicted about the situation. Did I like it? Did I not? Did I think of it as something more? Did she think if it as something more?

These conflicted thoughts lead me to Taehyung. So with desperation in my pleads and agony in my voice, I explained everything I could, in hopes that the older could help me.

"No." I replied within a second.

"Are you sure?" The older dragged his sentence, sensing that there was something hidden behind my denial.

I sighed, accepting that I had to tell him the truth if I wanted his help. "...maybe?"

And the roar of squeals that left the older's mouth in the next second, would've surely deafened a few people in the canteen.

My eyes caught Jimin and Jihwan looking at me. Before them sat Minjae, her back facing me, as she  chattered away.

I realised how close the three had gotten in the past week. Maybe all their misunderstandings were finally cleared.

I saw Jimin looking at me with an amusing laugh, while Jihwan just smiled. She had come to apologise to me the day after the festival - explaining how she wanted to come meet me on the same night but couldn't find me anywhere - to which I just chuckled.

"Sush, hyung!"

"You dumb idiot! Go and tell her this!" He finally whisper shouted, leaning in closer towards me on the table. "What are you waiting for?"

"You don't understand." I quickly brought my gaze back to the male before me when I realised Minjae had turned around to look at me. "I already established that what we'd had that night was purely out of frustration of the both of us. We wanted to forget things and, well, she practically pulled me towards her-"

"Wait. She pulled you?" Taehyung asked.

"Yeah. She asked me to kiss her. And before you start going on about how that means that she likes me, no. It doesn't mean that she likes me. Well how could she, even? She practically had her heart broken."

Taehyung sighed, finally leaning back and resumed to eat his lunch.

"Look, I can do whatever I can to make you confident about your love, but I can't force it. If you're being so denial over the fact that she won't even give a fucking chance, then there's no point in you venting out to me." He spoke, in a matter-of-fact tone.

And although I hate to admit it, he is right. If I really thought of that night a bit more, then maybe she did too.

So building up the little confidence that I had, I got up. Thanking Taehyung for his great advice, I made my way towards the spot where Minjae sat and requested her to talk to me outside the campus after class.

Those three hours were the worst and longest three hours of my whole entire life. But when she came, I suddenly calmed down.

"Hey, what did you want to talk about?" She asked, sitting next to me on the bench.

"Minjae, I'll get straight to the point." I turned to look at her, gulping. "What happened that day...even though I said there were no feelings attached...I did feel something. I wanted to tell you that I know it's wrong of me to say this right after the two of our hearts have practically been broken, but I kind of feel something more about the two of us."

I saw how her eyes widened, and I knew that I fucked up real bad.

"Don't get me wrong. This is nothing near to pity-love. This is just me opening up to you, and telling you what I really feel."

And after a pause, she finally spoke.

"Jungkook, I don't know if this is right. Honestly speaking, I can't keep my mind from forgetting about that night. And yes. I did feel something too, but I really don't know if it's just us in the heat of the moment or what?"

She turned her head to look at the setting evening sun. A warm golden hue on her face, I noticed her twinkling eyes.

"I want to try this out but at the same time I don't. So I'm sorry jungkook, but I can't do this right now." My heart ached once more, but I knew this would've happened either way. I slowly let my gaze fall to my lap. "But, I'd be happy if you'd let me take my time."

That made my eyes shot back up at her. She smiled once she noticed the sudden movement and finally turned to look at me.

"Let's take our time, yeah? Slow and steady wins the race." She smiled.

And under the setting sun, we promised to give each other the time we needed to think this through...

And a year later, I asked her out under this same setting sun.

-x-

Stargazing has OFFICIALLY ended!!!!

Omg yaas! Ya girl finally finished a book!

Be patient for the epilogue chapter that would be coming up soon...