Unexpectedly Regular | Kim Namjoon

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She looked around and found his tall figure walking towards her. Namjoon's built could be read as big and poised, but there was something on the way his shoulders were relaxed that made him look like just a shy guy going to meet the girl he liked after she got out of class at university.

-I was expecting a car and a driver – she announced as he got closer – but it looks like we'll have a common date, which is somehow a relief!

-How come that is a relief? Did you have problems with Siwon? – He started explaining himself immediately – I thought she would leave you at ease because she's a woman and...

-It was lovely to be driven by her! That was not a problem at all. I just think we can be more... intimate when it's just the two of us, you know?

Namjoon's grin widened in his face, making his dimples get deeper. Before he got shyer, Nara gripped his hand, showing just how much intimacy she was talking about... for now.

-Where will we go? – She asked a little excitedly. He smiled again. – I'm curious! Where will we have beer and art?

-This way, please – he pulled her hand to the right and they started walking – I wonder if I will admire any art at all when you look this good next to me.

It was Nara's turn to smile.

-You don't look bad either, Namjoon. Nomu yeppeo! – She looked at him up and down – And hey... our outfits match!

Namjoon noticed they had the same color patterns on their clothes: blue jeans, brown and even their hair accessories – a wool bennie and a headband – had a similar tone: bordeaux.

-So that makes us a typical Korean couple.

Nara put a smirk on her face. She gently pulled his hand making both of them stop their walk.

-Do Korean couples do this?

Nara stepped closer and got at the tip of her toes. Her face got closer to his and she left her hands rest on his chest. Her lips touched his and his hands embraced her. Although the kiss didn't last long, his arms stayed around her for quite a good time before they started their stroll again.

-Just so you know, there are people watching us. It's better to warn you than to make you embarrassed again, like that day in the car...

Nara felt sorry, but also confused.

-Am I being too indiscreet for the local patterns? I know I'm pretty straightforward – Nara decided to say this before she crossed the limits she didn't know well – So please, tell me when I should stop, especially when the beers start...

-Nara, I really don't care about what others think of us, as a couple. You could do whatever you wanted with me if I wasn't who I am, I swear! But it would bring us both so much trouble to be caught together and I'm sorry for that, but after that stalker on the restaurant, I thought it was a good idea to have a bodyguard around us.

Nara stopped walking and looked around, searching for any person that would look like a bodyguard. There was a man pretty far from them, indeed, now that she thought about it, she realized he had been following them.

-He is here just in case and you don't have to worry about him. I wanted you to feel comfortable, so we'll have no cars and he'll be watching us from a distance. Please, don't worry. And trust me, I just do it because I care about you.

-I trust you... and I'll be fine.

Nara knew he had to live like this and she could feel he wasn't being apologetic for nothing. She decided to act as cool as possible in that situation. She smiled and held his hand again. They kept walking and she declared jokingly, to let the tension she felt in his arm dissipate.