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       You deserved to know my secret, Jimin

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You deserved to know my secret, Jimin.

But tell me, we both were keeping secrets from each other, weren't we?

Secrets that we kept pushing down, despite it forcing us to come clean with each other. Matters that needed to be addressed right when we realized we were facing them. Truths that we decided to hide behind forced smiles and strained silences.

We kept denying and refusing the truth. We avoided it and steered clear from it. We dismissed it and came up with a million different reasons to repudiate the inevitability of our destiny.

But when we finally came to terms with it, when we had finally accepted our fate, it was already too late.

"Jimin, hey—"

Ayla's words got cut off when Jimin attacked her with a massive embrace, wrapping both arms around her small frame and giving it a tight squeeze before leaning back. However, his hands still held her waist securely.

"Well, I wonder what's got you so excited today," Ayla wondered out loud, giggling at his eagerness at oh-so early in the morning.

"We've been a couple for one week now," Jimin replied with an innocent smile, his eyes disappearing into two adorable crescents on his face. "Happy one-week-versary."

This time, Ayla laughed wholeheartedly at his unexpected answer. "That's what's got you so excited? I thought it may have been the fact that today is your birthday."

Jimin scrunched his brows together in confusion. "How do you know that?"

Ayla merely winked at his question. "I have my ways. Anyway, happy birthday!"

"Thank you," he answered, giving her waist a gentle squeeze. "Do you have a gift for me?"

"Yes. . . me."

Jimin bursted out in laughter at her straightforward response. "Best gift ever," he muttered, softly shaking his head as a warm smile blossomed on his lips.

Without any forewarning, Ayla rested a hand gently on Jimin's shoulder and raised herself on her tiptoes to place a lingering kiss on his cheek.

"And this," she whispered near his ear, after she had leaned away slightly. "Because I just saw Hyerin pass by while glancing in our direction."

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