ice cream love

part III

Iseul had dropped you of at the bus stop, her having her house spitting distance (actually, don't do that. Its kinda vulgar, yk?) away from college. You were sitting in the small shade of the bus stand, with your laptop open in front of you. Some people had came and gone in the course of the 45 - ish minutes you spent there (and I can explain why 45 minutes. I really can, just listen to me. So, assuming your listening/reading this, you had wanted to spend some alone time, not surrounded by people who you knew (which was practically everyone, tbh). The second bus that went past would have taken you back home, but 10 minutes barely did anything. So you opted to stay back) and you had conversed with a few of them since you can't not resist talking despite wanting 'alone time'.

When you waved goodbye to the little girl and her mother, the ones you had been talking to, a car came up in front of the bus stand. You payed no heed to it, even when you heard the windows get rolled down. You finally looked up when you heard a familiar voice call out in their soft, stumbling and unsure, accented English, "I just wanna run away with you girl, do you? I really wanna talk to you" (to those who got the reference, ily <3). An  automatic frown gracing your pretty face (despite being touched by his kindness an hour or so ago, at the ice cream parlour), you looked up to only see the man of the hour, Im Jaebeom. 

"What do you want? Wasn't it enough making me irritated back at college, huh?"

"No it wasn't, but still. Anyways, Mum wants to see you again, for some reason which i can't understand. *mutter mutter*"

 You looked at him like he was crazy (which he was ofc) basking in the few moments of peace before the storm. Also, you weren't sure whether to believe him or not. Like, how can you be sure that he wasn't going to sell you to the black market or something. I mean, considering what he was going to say was an invitation. Which it sounded like at leas-

"I'm supposed to.... invite you to my house. You're supposed to come home tomorrow at 2. Mum said that. Also, Mum asked Aunt and Uncle and they said yes. Quite unwillingly because you hate me but whatever I guess."

Quite unwilling to believe whatever nonsense he had spewed, you took a moment to scrutinize his face to see hat he really was thinking. It looked like he was actually serious and quite confused. His chin was kinda hanging out, meaning he was building up a mood. You couldn't read his eyes because they were covered with humongous sunglasses (at 6 in the evening. Hello, mental asylum? Fashion police? Someone?), which was quite a loss since his eyes did most of the talking. Finally, you came to a decision and  said in a polite voice - 

"Ummmm, I'd love to Jae! (calling him by his old nickname always softened him a bit, during arguments, fights, etc. Really. You've tried that quite a few times, when he started to grab someone by the collar when he was getting angry at them, and he always, in the end, looked like he was doing that by someone else's order. He always threw a few grateful glances at your direction afterwards too, making you feel that, at least, the old friendship isn't really dead. Then it gets back to normal after a night of sleep, him getting irritated at the sight of you) But you know, there's kinda a problem I have a class at 2 tomorro - "

"Don't even lie, I know you have no class from 12 to 5 tomorrow. We have like the exact same schedule, Kang. Don't  even lie"

"Ummmm I don't know what you're talking about.... Ummmmm"

"I hate it as much as you but its decided. You have to come otherwise our parents are going to make us live together until we become best of friends. And I'm not even kidding. Really. Soooo..... 😗😗"

"Urghhhhh fine! Now you can leave since you've invited me."

"Umm, actually, I can't mum told me to drop you off. So, in you hop babygirl." And his usual demeanor around you was back

"No." There. That was it. Just 'no'.

"Its really not up to you. Mum, as I also said before, has called Aunt and Uncle, and they agreed that you are an utter idiot for staying out so late, and gave me the duty to drop you off. So here I am."

"Uhmmm fine. Okay. But I have one condition."

"No. Kang no, please no, not the AU -"

"The AUX cord. Yep. No can do, bud. I want it. Unless you want me, a poor, innocent, good looking girl to be alone on such a scary even - "

"Fine! God, you're going to be the end of me"

"Yayyyy!! Lessgo 😜✌😙"

💕💕❤💕💕

Jaebeom, during the car ride was exceptionally (red and) quite, very much unlike his usual self. You were staring at him long and hard, with your lips forming a pout, meaning you were concentrated on something, having long abandoned your attempts to hijack the AUX cord. 

Jaebeom couldn't help noticing how luscious your lips were, how kissable - *ahem ahem*

A sharp poke at Jaebeom's side made him stop think about you. (way to go, Kang. You broke all his (not so) adolescent dreams. That wasn't nice of you, was it? Like I'm sure you would've wanted to- -)He looked at you, clearly annoyed. 

"What? Why did you do that? Your nails are sharp you know? Geez, I think you tore my side, you clawed baby cat..."

"I had to, Jae. Your too in your thoughts, my man. My house is really near here, dontcha remember? You looked like you were thinking of...."

"Don't say it Kang - "

"Lucy! Hahahahahahah omg!!", naming the standard white girl-next-door that came to Seoul for a vacation, back when you were in High School. She was quite a new sight for the boys in your high school, and they immediately started to like her. Even Jaebeom. Oh, the good old days....

(I will provide the story of Lucy in Seoul later. Ok??)

"God, I.... didn't even like her that much * mutter mutter* I only liked you *mutter mutter*"

"I'm..... sorry? I didn't catch you. Like, did you say something?"

"Ummmmm no.... I didn't?"

"Ummmm whatever. Anyways.... Oh! We're here!"

Jaebeom gave a sharp glance at his right, seeing the house in which he had spent a lot of his childhood days in. He felt a pang, not quite understanding whether it was seeing you go so quickly or reminiscing old memories.

You got out of the car and went to Jaebeom's side. You mimed him rolling the windows down and he complied.

"What?"

"Ummmmm --" you broke off your words because you, by then, you had taken off his sunglasses andhad quickly planted a small, chaste kiss on Jaebeom's eye moles, the ones you had always admired, the ones everyone thought was unique, the ones Jaebeom himself flaunted (the ones Double B never failed to draw in his memey drawings of Im Leader lol)

You bothered only giving the tiniest half glance at JayB's shocked and confused face and, running to your doors, yelled out "Thank you Jae!!"

Jaebeom looked at your slim figure fly into the doors of your comfortable house and just gave a small smile, his gentle hands touching his twin moles.

"Kang, you don't know how much.... Whatever. You're still the same. :)"