Fate's Little Bell

Chapter 16

We were curled up in bed together, talking quietly, when we heard my phone start buzzing with an incoming call.

"Oh! Right," I grumbled, raising my head from his chest. "Prudence."

I crawled out of bed and found my phone by my bag. "Hi," I said, answering it. "I'm alive and I haven't been impregnated yet."

"Girl! Answer my texts next time!" she exploded on the other side of the line. "I've been trying to reach you for half a freaking hour!"

"Sorry. We were comfortable."

"Fine, whatever, just don't forget to text me next time. I'm serious, I will make Namjoon come check on you."

I rolled my eyes. "You really don't have to. I promise we're not gonna do anything stupid." I turned to Jeongguk. "Are you planning on impregnating me?"

His cheeks got slightly pinker. "No...?"

"See, Prudence, we're fine. There will be no knocking me up anytime soon." I walked back over to the bed, hopping onto it. "I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Fine," she said.

"Okay, I'm gonna hang up. Bye!"

"Bye."

I hung up the phone and saw fifty new notifications from her. I quickly checked them, and seeing that there were no other emergencies besides the potential impregnating Prudence had been worried about, I turned it off and set it on the nightstand. Turning back to Jeongguk, I curled up against the side of his body, resuming my previous position.

"Sorry about that," I murmured, my lips brushing against his sweatshirt as I spoke.

"It's fine," he said quietly, turning towards me. "It's nice that your friend... worries about you like that."

I sighed. "Yeah. She's the best. Of course, she's being a little annoying right now, but it's okay."

"Why... is she so worried about you getting... pregnant? We're not even...." He trailed off.

"Well, it's less me getting pregnant that worries her, and more the potential that we might... do the deed... that could lead to that."

I felt him nod in understanding.

"But would you... even do that?" he asked.

I shook my head. "I don't want to be with someone... in that way... until I'm married."

He was quiet for a moment before finally asking, "Why? Is that... because you're Christian?"

I nodded. "Yes and no. Part of it is because I think it's a sin, but the other part is because... well, I just want to save that... part of me for the man I'll spend the rest of my life with. And also, I only want to be with one person like that so waiting until I'm married is the safest and surest way to make that happen." I took a breath. "If... you don't want to date me anymore, I understand."

He laughed and ran a hand through my hair. "That's not... why I like you. It would've... been nice, but... I'll wait."

I frowned. "You realize... I'm not going to marry you, right?"

He was quiet for a moment. "Yeah, I guess... why not?"

"Because it's completely unrealistic to think that I'll marry you when you're the first guy I've ever dated and I've literally only known you for a week." I hugged him tighter. "It's nothing personal, it just doesn't make sense."