He's My Juliet (Golden Child Jibeom X Reader) [COMPLETED]

Ch. 2: Unlikely Encounter

Suddenly, I hear a male voice coming from above and my eyes widen and my smile almost instantly disappears as I turn around and look up to see...

K-Kim Jibeom?!

He's standing at the edge of a balcony on the second floor, his folded arms resting on the banister as he looks down at me, and I notice his eyes widen as well as our eyes meet. "You're-"

*gasp* Does he know who I am? Oh, shoot! Is he gonna get me arrested? Am I already caught? Oh, please, someone help!

"You're that girl who bumped into me at the party!" he says in barely a whisper and my eyes widen.

W-what? He doesn't know who I am?

"I mean, you are that girl, aren't you?" he asks me, his brows furrowing as he looks at me with a curious look.

"Uhmm..."

"Yes, it's definitely you," he says again as his brows go back to normal and a gentle smile forms on his face.

So he really doesn't know me. Phew! I thought I was toast for a moment.

"So, uhm... What are you doing here?" he asks and I look back at him to see his head tilted sideways as he looks at me, that curious look back on his face.

"H-huh?" I look at him, a confused look forming on my face.

"The party had ended almost 20 minutes ago already. What are you still doing here?"

My eyes widen again. "'T-twenty minutes'?! I've been wandering your garden for that long?!"

Jibeom's eyes widen at my words, then he suddenly starts laughing softly.

I would usually be annoyed, in fact, I should have been annoyed at that time,  but for some reason, I just couldn't. Instead, my eyes only widen even more as my heartbeat accelerates once again while I'm looking at him softly laughing.

What the- What is this feeling?

"So you actually got lost there, too," Jibeom says once he stops laughing, though a smile is still on his face as he looks at me. My heartbeat accelerates even more when he looks at me with that smile, and I can almost hear it pounding already. Suddenly, I realize what he just said.

"Wait, 'too'?"

He laughs again and I swear my heart is about to explode now.

How can someone look so angelic while laughing?

"I got lost in the gardens several times before, too," he says with a smile.

"O-oh..." is all I can say as I lower my head.

"Yup. That's why I choose not to go in their again."

"Weird," I suddenly find myself saying as I look back at him, "and I thought you'd know because you live here."

"Nope," he says before laughing softly again. "It really is weird, isn't it?"

A smile forms on my face as I breathe a laugh while looking up at him.

"By the way, I never really got your name," he suddenly says and my eyes widen.

"M-my name?"

Jibeom nods and I start to regret ever meeting him again.

What if he knows me just by name? I'll surely get into trouble. I- Wha- What do I do?

"M-my name is..."

But I don't think I can lie to him, though. He looks so innocent, it would be a crime to try and deceive him.

"Uhm, my name is..."