Just A Few Numbers Away

Chapter 38

Realities and Recipes

When Aen woke up, she looked around, confused for a moment until she realized she was still in Yoongi's apartment.

She realized she would be staying here for a few days and knew she really needed to get used to it.

She sat up and suddenly heard a sizzling sound coming from the mini-kitchen.

"Yoongi?"

Yoongi heard her and stopped what he was doing to look at her.

"Oh. Was I... too noisy? Did I wake you up?"

Aen shook her head.

"No. The smell of food woke me up."

Yoongi chuckled.

"I see."

She groggily walked over to him and sat comfortably on the counter.

"What's on the menu chef?"

"Hangover soup for you and... uhh, bacon and eggs for me.

"No fair." she pouted, and Yoongi chuckled again.

"No headache?"

"None."

"Still, you should drink this... just in case."

He handed Aen a hangover drink.

"Fine. But I want to eat some bacon."

"You can have it after you finish the soup."

"Okay."

'Shit.'

She really isn't used to someone taking good care of her like this.

It was always the other way around.

Then, she suddenly felt anxious.

'Should she get used to this?'

"What's wrong?"

Yoongi asked when he noticed her frowning.

"I..."

She looked him in the eyes.

"I'm scared."

Aen chuckled bitterly.

"Aen-ah?"

Yoongi suddenly felt worried.

"It's... it's scary, Yoon. Everything that's happening with us... especially right now. I feel like... this is just a fleeting dream."

"What?"

"And then.... one day, everything would suddenly end... and I... I don't think my heart could take that."

Tears slowly fell from her eyes.

"Aen-ah..."

"So tell me... this isn't a dream, right?"

Yoongi pulled her into a hug.

"It's not."

She clutched onto him as if her life depended on it.

Underneath her cheek, she could hear the steady, rhythmic thrum of his heart-a real, physical sound that no dream could replicate.

The '0' on her wrist pulsed in sync with him, warm and undeniable.