Street Cred

Chapter 24

Just as 'The Little Mermaid' ended, Seungmin and ChangLix arrived and brought the groceries and Byeol's latte in and set everything on the counter. As if on cue, Byeol came out of her room and froze when she saw all of the people in her living room. Minki immediately got out of Jisung's embrace and ran to her best friend.

"Oh my gosh, I was so worried about you!" Minki squished Byeol into a hug as a few tears left the blonde girl's eyes.

Byeol lifted her arms and hugged her friend back for a while before the two girls pulled apart. Minki smiled at Byeol as she moved out of the way and Felix pulled Byeol into a tight hug that Jae joined in on. The two hugged her tightly then let go and went back to their seats. Seungmin brought Byeol the latte and then gave her a short hug. She smiled and took a sip of the drink before turning back to face everyone in the living room. Her eyes wandered around the room, and she stopped when she met Jeongin's eyes. She saw a little girl sleeping in his arms and smiled, realizing it must be his little sister. He handed the sleeping girl over to Minki and stood up, walking towards Byeol.

She set her drink down and when she looked back up, Jeongin's was right in front of her. As her eyes looked up and met his, she couldn't control the tears. They started to slowly escape her eyes and Jeongin stepped forward and pulled her into his chest for a hug. Her face laid on his chest and one of his hands caressed her head while the other wrapped around her body. Her arms found their way around his waist and she hugged him tight as she cried into his chest. The two stayed like that for a few minutes until Byeol's cries were no more and she was only sniffling every now and then. Jeongin pulled away slightly and used his thumb to wipe away her fallen tears before he placed a lingering kiss on her forehead.

"It's okay, you're home now." Byeol nodded her head at Jeongin's words before wiping a few more tears from her face. He held her face gently between his hands as he placed another kiss on her nose. "Come on, let's sit down." Jeongin pulled Byeol to the couch where he was previously sitting and sat down, wrapping his arm around Byeol's waist as she cuddled into his side. The little girl stirred awake in Minki's arms and smiled when she saw Jeongin.

"Innie!" She crawled to her brother's lap and he happily hugged her with his free arm.

"Hey princess! Listen, I want you to meet my friend, Byeol." Jeongin nodded his head to the girl that was cuddled into his other side and Hana smiled at Byeol as she waved.

"Hi Byeol! I'm Hana! You are super pretty!" Hana sat on Jeongin's lap so that she was right in front of Byeol.

"Hi Hana! Thank you, but you are really pretty too!" Byeol smiled as she spoke and then raised an eyebrow as she saw Hana looking between her and Jeongin.

"Are you my brother's girlfriend?" Even though Hana was young, she knew quite a bit about dating thanks to Minki and Jaee who often took her out for girls-days. So when she saw how close Byeol and Jeongin were, she couldn't help but ask.

Byeol his her face in Jeongin's side as both she and Jeongin went bright red at Hana's question, but Minki saved them.

"Hana! Wanna watch another movie?" Minki pulled the small girl away from Jeongin and started tickling her belly.

As she giggled, Hana tried to talk. "No, I'm hungry because we didn't eat lunch." Her giggles filled the room and caused everyone to smile, even Byeol who was still hiding her face.

"Well let's go get some food from the kitchen, they just went shopping!" Minki picked Hana up and carried her to the kitchen while everyone except Byeol and Jeongin followed her.

"Hey, can we talk?" Jeongin leaned down and whispered into Byeol's ear. She lifted her face and nodded while slightly smiling then pulled him up and into her room.

She quietly shut the door then turned around to face Jeongin, who was rather close to her. He grabbed her hand and led her to her bed where he sat down and pulled her beside him. He stared into her eyes for a moment before speaking.

"Byeol, I really, really like you. A-and after what happened today, I'm realizing that it may be more than that, but I don't know. What I do know, is that Hana's question caused me to stop and think." Jeongin looked down and played with Byeol's fingers for a few seconds before looking back up and into her eyes. "Byeol, be my girlfriend? I-I know that we don't really-"

"Yes."

"-know each other and you just went through a lot of personal stuff, but- wait. What did you say?" Jeongin looked up at Byeol who had a shy smile on her face.

"I said yes," Byeol's smile grew larger and she squealed when Jeongin pulled her onto his lap, her legs going on either side of him, and he hugged her. He then pulled away and gently tilted her face so he could kiss her.

As his lips met hers, Byeol slid her arms around his neck and his went around her waist. The sensation running through Byeol's body was not like before. This time, her body was tingling throughout every square inch and wherever Jeongin touched her body was like fire.

Their lips moved perfectly in sync and Byeol opened her mouth as Jeongin gently bit on her lower lip and slipped his tongue inside. As his tongue explored the insides of her mouth, Byeol tangled her hands in the boy's soft locks and pulled his head closer.

Eventually, they both pulled apart for air. The sounds of their short breaths filled the air until they were both breathing normally again. Byeol leaned her forehead down on Jeongin's and smiled at the boy while their eyes were closed.

"I'm so glad you said yes," Jeongin whispered the words and felt Byeol nodding her head a bit while he kept his eyes closed. "But we should probably get out there before Felix's imagination gets the best of him and everyone thinks we did something in here."

Byeol giggled at his words and rolled off of his lap, and onto her back on the bed. Jeongin wasted no time in leaning over her and planting a sweet kiss on her lips before pulling her up and off the bed. He laced their hands together and opened her bedroom door before heading out to share the news with everyone and have fun with their friends.