Just A Few Numbers Away

Chapter 48

Roots and Roadmaps

Days turned to weeks, and weeks turned to months.

Yoongi and Aen's relationship grew stronger as time went by.

They never had any big fights-just those small, petty arguments which they laughed off in the end.

One afternoon, they were at the Genius Lab.

Aen started teasing Yoongi, and he teased her back in return.

"Yoon, I've always wondered... how did Kookie outgrow you?"

"Don't know. Why? You like taller men?"

Yoongi frowned, and Aen suppressed a giggle as she continued to poke fun at him.

"Maybe?"

Yoongi suddenly stopped whatever he was working on and faced Aen.

"It was kinda hot, you know? You being the tall one back then."

"I don't look hot now?"

"Hmm..." Aen pretended to think.

Although it didn't really matter to her, she continued to tease him as a payback for the teasing he had done to her the other day.

"Right now... you're just good-looking."

Yoongi raised one of his eyebrows.

"Well, that's a given. I am handsome."

Aen chuckled at that.

"Yes. You're very handsome indeed. Probably another reason as to why I love you."

Yoongi frowned again, but this time, he stood up and walked toward Aen.

"So if I didn't look good now, you probably wouldn't love me then?"

Aen shrugged.

"Okay."

With a stoic face, he went back to his computer, sat down, and started working again.

A few seconds passed, and Aen stood up and poke him.

She suddenly felt bad, thinking she had overdone it.

"Are you mad?"

"No."

"Yoon... you know I was just kidding, right?" Aen asked worriedly.

Yoongi suppressed a chuckle.

"Don't know."

"Yoon... Yoonie... Yoongi..."

She tugged at his shirt repeatedly until, with a sigh, Yoongi faced her.

"We're you teasing me because I wasn't paying attention to you?"

Aen widened her eyes and blushed.

"What? No! I... it was just..."

Yoongi smirked.

"You're rambling, Aen-ah. Well... you have my full attention now. Tell me what's going on inside that head of yours."

Aen punched him lightly in the chest.

"Meanie! You were the one who teased me first the other day. This was supposed to be a payback."

Yoongi held her wrist and pulled her toward him until their faces were only a few inches apart.