The Definition Of Forever (Inked Hearts 1)

Ninety-nine

AN:

Hello everyone!!!
Today I had my first classes after break... fun! 🥴

How did your first day back go?

I ended up being really busy, but I wanted to get this chapter out for you guys!!

This chapter is dedicated to @SisterYoongi501

Enjoy! ☺️

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Jungkook first person POV:

"I still can't get over the fact that you thought that Ivory soap was made from real ivory." I chuckle as we pull into the parking lot of her apartment.

After we woke up, we went down to have breakfast with my Hyungs and Kate. The meal much more fun than the first time we all have breakfast together and this time my hand kept sneaking over to rest on the seat of her chair, brushing over her fingers. But then Diana said that she had to go back to her place for a bit and I offered to drive her.

I know that I could have just let her go alone, and she may very well have wanted a little space from this whole situation, me included. And still, I couldn't let her leave me just yet.

"Hey! I told you that in confidence!!" my soulmate grumbles playfully and crosses her arms over her chest. "And it's not like you're Einstein Mr. 'I thought you snapped with your pointer finger!'"

I chuckle again and lean my head in my hand that's braced against the window of the car.

I like it when she teases me like this...
I wish she did have to go.

Turning my head in my hand to look at her, I smile and stare at my soulmate. Crisscrossed in the passenger seat, her arms folded in a perfect cross, and her face a look of amused exasperation, sits my soulmate.

Sucking in her cheek and biting down softly, she shakes her head and huffs a laugh before twisting her head to look at me.

As her eyes meet mine, I still and hold her gaze. In the past when we would look at each other there was always a time limit of what was appropriate and socially acceptable as friends. But now no such thing exists and I am free to stare at her for as long as I wish. The only problem being...

Diana breathes in and turns her head back down to look at her lap.

Time. It will take time to unlearn and redo habits that still hold us. I know it will, and I know it will get better, but...

No. I refuse to believe that there is something the matter with us. Nothing changes overnight. It takes hard work and effort, even for a soulmate bond. Everything will be all right. It just takes time.

"Thank you for driving me," She says and bites her lip.

"You're welcome," I say quietly. I can tell that the way the conversation is headed it's likely to end soon with a goodbye, understandable but somehow intolerable.

I just can't help the anxiety within me that she's going to leave and not come back, that if I don't hold on to her she's going to disappear. Even now she's too far from me, and I hate the space between us that keeps my hands and arms from wrapping around her.

"Umm... Cookie's going to have to leave soon, but you could come in for a bit and see her if you'd... if you'd like." She says glancing up at me and immediately I feel a rush of relief.

"Yeah, thanks." I smile and she nods before unbuckling and hopping out of the car. Trying to contain my grin, I do the same and lock the car before following her to the elevator.