Perfect Timing

Chapter 16: Stay Gold

Y/ns POV:

I gulped. Wow. He looked cool on that bike. The man rested his foot on the concrete and lifted his helmet up above his head. He shook his hair out, while smiling and waving to me. Blinking stunned for a second, I forced my feet to move in his direction.

Waving back, "Do you ride that everywhere? Or just when you're trying to look cool? Heh, because if it's the second option was your goal, you definetely nailed it." I joked.

His bad boy exterior turned quickly shy as he looked away. "Heh, gotta travel in style ya know?"

Together we walked towards the jet black bike that the sun was glistening off of. He reached into a box connected in the back, "Here, try this on." And handed me a matching black helmet.

I received it nervously, "I've never been on a motorcycle before." My hands started sweating at the thought. "I don't have to do anything right?" I bit my lip, "It's not scary is it?" I said strapping the helmet on nice and tight.

Jungkook laughed, "Of course not. Leave everything to me, and just hold on. I'll protect you, I promise. Besides," he faced the sky proudly "you're talking to a guy who has only hit ONE fire hydrant."

I laughed, "Oh, well if it's just one" We both awkwardly struggled to make room for the other on the bike. I gulped sitting so close to him, "Okay, I'm trusting you!" I remarked, hesitantly placing my hands around his lower chest.

His eyes moved to my hands, "Alright, we're off!" He started the engine and we headed down the one way street. Riding a motor cycle was different than I had imagined. I felt my initial fears starting to float away the longer we were on there. I still clutched on tightly, as the now familiar scent of Jungkook invaded my senses. How does someone smell that good? Not fair. I nodded my head at the thought.

Coming to a left turn, I felt the bike slightly tilt sideways, I had a feeling I was holding on a little tigher than I should. Jungkook felt my grasp, "Don't worry, it's not too far" he reassured. I lightly sighed out of embarrassment.

We came to a stop outside an ice cream shoppe that had a sign labeled KURIMU at the top. (A/N This is a real ice cream/boba place in Chicago. If you any of my readers ever get the chance, I HIGHLY recommend it) It looked cute from the outside with cartoon paintings throughout the wall.

Jungkook smiled at me as he took off his helmet. "We made it!"

We were stopped, and I wasn't budging to let go. Quickly realizing, I shot my arms back by my sides. "Oh! Heh sorry!" I squeaked, "Looks like you're right." I smiled staring at the quaint building before me. I nervously figited to unbuckle my helmet and follow inside.

He held the door for me and I politely thanked him. The cold breeze of ice cream shoppe hit me instantly, Noticing the flavors, I immediately fell in love. Before thinking too much, I got one of the workers attention and asked to try the red bean ice cream.

"Sure!" Smiled the guy behind the counter reaching to hand me a taste tester spoon. Jungkook followed next wanting to try it himself.

We smiled to each other, "This is pretty good! I guess, I should probably look at the menu a bit more though." I admitted while scanning the menu. My eyes lit up when it came to the soft serve.

I turned to Jungkook grinning, "nevermind, that looks absolutely perfect. I've decided."

"Oh really? That was fast, okay I think, I spot what I want too" He ordered a charcoal ice cream in a cone with a shiny silver coating around it. Meanwhile, my heart was set on the White Rabbit soft serve with an elegant gold coating.

"Ahhh, I'm so excited, it looks so cute!" I squealed.

Jungkook reached for his wallet, and paid for the ice cream, I was about to object, but he smiled cutting me off with a "don't worry it's my treat" and handed the worker his card.

"Awee, thanks Jungkook! Don't worry, I can do nice things too in the future I promise!"

He laughed, "haha, I'll hold you to that"

A worker in the back finished making our ice cream and handed it to us, "You guys are cute" The female worker commented to us.

I brushed my hair with my hand, "Oh uh, thank you" I stuttered awkwardly.

We took our seats and Jungkook and I both took a bite of our own. We glanced back and forth between the other and their ice cream. "They both look really good," I had to admit.

Jungkook agreed, "Yea, Definetely! You wanna try mine?" He held his ice cream in front of my mouth. I grinned excitedly hoping he would offer, but not wanting to be rude. "Heh maybe," I remarked sarcastically. I felt like I was drooling a bit too. Geez Y/n. "Right! You can totally try mine too" I leaned in when Jungkook slyly jerked the ice cream cone, so it got just barely on my nose too. I licked the ice cream off my lips. And wiped my nose with the back of my hand. He started laughing at me, "Hey! You're lucky that tasted pretty good." I said while trying not to laugh myself.

He took his finger and wiped a silver flake off from my cheek. He struggled to keep a serious face, "What?" He tried to look innocent, "It slipped" he said smirking clearly sarcastic, "I still get to try yours right?"

I playfully nodded, "Ahh so cruel" and watched as he went for my ice cream. Only for me to in turn poke his lips with the soft serve before he could get a solid hold. "Ahh, darn it, mine slipped too!" I giggled seeing him with soft serve accenting his face.

He licked the excess gold bits from his lips, "Watch out Y/n! I'll get you when your least expecting it" He joked, wiggling his cone in a circle pretending to prepare for an attack.

I was laughing too staring at his eyes. The light was reflecting off of them, I hadn't noticed how pretty they were until just now. He settled down and noticed me watching. He didn't say anything, but held my gaze. My heart was in my throat. Neither of us said anything. It felt like time was standing still. I moved my hand that was holding my dessert out of the way and began to lean slowly closer. He mirrored my movements, using his free hand to lightly lift my chin up. He smiled, As I just barely parted my lips expecting more, we were both startled by a group of kids that entered the shop.

They shouted while swinging the door open causing us both to shudder away from one another. Jungkook and I both went back to our ice creams with a silence.

We stayed quite for a minute, my heart was still pounding. He broke the silence though by quickly bringing a children's game up, "Hmm, I spy with my little eye something..." He glanced around the room before blantly looking at my shoes, "something purple." I smiled and played along.

Se ended up chatting until the sun started to set. We had been there a while, Not wanting to loiter, we both agreed it was a good time to head out.

He grabbed the guest helmet out of the trunk, "here you are,"

Less nervous about the bike now I sat the same as we did on our way here. Instinctively wrapping my hands back around Jungkooks waste, and we were ready to go.

We weren't too far from campus, but since I was feeling much more comfortable we decided to take a short drive. We took a detour that led to an area with a bit more cars. Most cars kept a safe distance from us but one black car with tinted windows seemed to hover uncomfortably close.

Jungkook kept eyeing his mirrors trying to keep a safe distance, but the car kept coming closer. Suddenly, the car behind us picked up speed and rammed in the back of us. Jungkook tried to swerve the motor cycle to pull over, but the car kept moving.

Realizing we were trapped, the car rammed us from the side causing both of us to fall flying from the bike. I felt instant scratches from the street, and scanned desperately for Jungkook. I spotted him lying motionless across the street. I was unable to move to him. my body screamed no. My eyes were about to shut, and I could feel myself losing consciousness. I noticed a tall wide figure escape the black car behind us heading in Jungkooks direction. Panicked, I closed my eyes wishing to go back to the ice cream Parlor.

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