Just A Few Numbers Away

Chapter 21

Terms and Conditions

It was silent for the first few minutes.

No one wanted to speak up first.

But Yoongi couldn't take it anymore, so he decided to break the silence.

"Hey, can we talk?" Yoongi looked at her, and she stared back at him.

"About what?"

She tilted her head to the side.

Confusion was written on her face.

"About us?"

She looked away.

"What about us?"

'Why is she trying to escape this conversation? It has barely even started yet.'

Yoongi sighed.

"Aen."

Then she sighed as well and looked back at him.

"Yoongi."

Yoongi was taken aback.

He didn't expect she would say his name without a formal title attached.

"That's the first."

"What?"

"You called me by my name."

"Ehhhh?"

Aen blushed upon realizing what he meant.

"You can keep calling me that."

And she blushed more.

"I- o-of course, I'll call you that. Did you expect me to call you oppa?"

"What?"

Now it was Yoongi's turn to blush.

"Don't even dream about it."

And he blushed even more.

"Wha- I- I did not."

Silence.

"Wait, why won't you call me oppa? Don't get me wrong, I don't want you to call me that but aren't I older than you?"

Yoongi looked at her confused.

"You are. And to answer your question... it's cringey."

"WHAT?! You think I'm cringey?"

"WHAT?! No. That's not what I meant. Ughh."

Aen slapped her face lightly in annoyance.

"Then what?"

"The word "oppa" itself is what's cringey."

Then Yoongi looks at her and tilts his head to the side, confusion written on his face.

He found the concept fascinating; most people fought for the right to call him something intimate, yet here she was, building a wall out of honorifics.

"Why?"

Aen found her heart skipping a beat whenever he did that—the way his hair fell slightly over his eyes when he tilted his head was dangerous.

She thought he looked cute, so she looked away.