The 7th Year | Kim SeokJin

Chapter 4

Rachel wasn't sure why she was nervous. It's not like she didn't know Jin, because she did to a certain point, but now that the knowing had begun in person - she was filled with a new type of excitement. This was new and exciting for her, and it was now her time to shine.

He had told her to wait, so she waited. Seven long, agonizingly long and painfully boring years. Now, he was in her new home, the same home he was paying for, and her brain swirled with excitement about the future possibilities. They weren't children anymore - she was 24. He was 25. She was happy he was finally deciding to see her. That meant things had settled down enough for him to know his schedule and find the time.

Was she going home now?
Is hideout time over?
She didn't want to leave her new friends but wanted to go home.
Does he even have a home there?

Was he going to be taller? Stronger? Funnier? Seeing Jin these past few years on a tiny computer screen is nothing like the physical version of him. He was skinny and scrawny back then, tall and handsome, and she had kept tabs on him while in California.

Had he spoke to her parents?

The thought of her parents worried her. What if he had told her parents and now Jin was giving her back and she was going home? She scoffed to her thoughts in her own car as she sat in traffic.

What would he say about the woman she had become since she left?

Rachel considered herself a Calicrean. She was very Americanized; had the typical blonde dumb best friend and lived her life of California Dreaming on the West Coast. She needed to revert herself back to her quiet mannered, family built ways.

She parked in the parking lot of the hotel, running over for the 50th time the instructions Jin gave her where to go.

The hotel was not big and fancy, was modern, and was slightly littered with women. In true Mission Impossible form she weaseled her way to the elevators in secret, sighing loudly as the doors closed.

She was met with her mirrored reflection in the doors of the elevator; and Rachel proceeded to nitpick herself.

She hoped Jin liked her outfit. Her nerves were at an all time high. She used her hand to smooth down her skirt a tad and did the last check of her as she arrived onto the desired floor.

"Floor 9." The elevator sang as the doors opened, causing a humorous reaction from Rachel.

"Oh." She giggled as she exited, the laughter causing her anxiety and nerves to calm a bit. She kept reminding herself she was a grown 24 year old woman. A married woman at that.

She knocked lightly on the door and seconds later after a slight rustling sound behind the door - the door opened.

"Hi." He smiled quickly, reaching out to pull her into the room quickly. After her slight stumble, she stood up straight and finally was able to get a good look at him. Both smiles emitting from each person were picture worthy, and when Rachel was first to go in for a hug, Jin stumbled backwards. He would always joke that it was because he attacked her but truthfully he couldn't speak, move, hear, all he could do was memorize the feel of her arms wrapping around him.

"Thank you." She spoke into his shirt, as he hugged back tightly unexpectedly. Jin gently pulled her back to question her thanks, but before he had the chance she answered his question. "For you know..." She paused shyly as she blushed, "Saving me."

"Oh I wasn't saving you from him." Jin laughed, pulling her in again. "I was saving you for me." He kissed the top of her head and broke away, walking to his home away from home hotel bed.

"Is that from a movie?" She gasped laughing, gently nudging him as he took steps away.

"No but speaking of movies." He smiled to himself in reference to the movie and his idea - this segway giving him the extra push he needed. "Please come sit." He petted the empty seat beside him on his turn-down made bed with a mischievous smile.

Her mind suddenly went south. This was bad. She wasn't ready for this, and as she walked slowly towards the bed, unsure how her legs were even moving, Jin grabbing two wine glasses with one hand and a full bottle with others.

"Do you like red wine? It was in the room." He asked, stuttering out the last part.

"Its fine." She answered simply, sitting down beside him with a little space.

She crossed her legs almost show like, and Jin smiled at her actions as he poured the wine like a professional still holding it in one hand.

"So I'm going to need you to drink this entire glass before I ask you my question." He stated leery, but thrust the wine glass towards her after he set the bottle down on the night stand.

She visibly gulped, but held eye contact. She was slightly intrigued on how he would ask for sex on their first night meeting to say the least. She hadn't expected this, at all, and for it to be apparently fixing to happen - she gulped before downing her glass. She made a sour face turning away from Jin's handsome one before turning back with a large hair flip and a smile.

This was the Rachel that Jin had missed.

This is what let Jin know he had made the right choice.

"Okay..." he began.