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"Hello, y/n, love," he softly greeted, his eyes sparkling. "Did you miss me?"

Heart hammering, I had to gulp several times to find my voice. "Are you real?" I hesitantly croaked out, relishing in his mellow touch. At this, he couldn't help but giggle.

That laugh. It has been so long since I had the fortune to hear it.

"Of course, I'm real, bae," he chuckled as he lightly pinched my cheek. "I know you haven't seen my handsome face in so long, so you'd obviously think that this type of beauty is unreal,"

That was definitely something that he would say!

He sighed as his face smoothly transform from cheerfulness to one of deep worry. His hands moved down from my face to wrap around my waist as he pulled me close to him. My face hit the woolly linen of his shirt and I nuzzled my face onto the crook of his neck.

"Oh, y/n, I'm so glad that you're awake," he murmured as he soothingly ran his fingers through the strands of my hair. "You were crying and whimpering in your sleep so much that I was completely helpless with worry,"

However, I wasn't listening to a word he was saying. I was too busy relishing on how amazing it felt to once more wrap my arms around his neck, to rest my cheek against his broad chest and to breath in his cinnamon-sweet scent. "You're back. You're actually back!" I cried in joy almost on the verge of sobbing happy tears.

I sniffled as I felt his embrace around me tighten. "Yes, my love." He softly said as he kissed the side of my head. "I'm here to stay with you forevermore,"

While still remaining in his arms, I briefly pulled back to meet his gaze with a confused one. "But how?" I asked him bewildered. "You weren't supposed to be back for another 2 weeks,"

"I know," he admitted as he tenderly took my hands in his own warm ones. "But I took on extra work than which was required of me to take on for a day and I ended up finishing all my tasks within a span of 3 weeks," he explained which left me further in the dark.

"But why?" I asked.

He gave an endearing smile. "Isn't it obvious?" he teased before chuckling. "I wanted to come back to you as fast as I could. I wanted to surprise you today,"

"When did you get here?" I further questioned him.

He bit his plump lip as he thought over it, "Around half an hour ago, perhaps?" he replied with a smile before adding. "As soon as I entered the house, I first came into your room," he grinned before pointing towards the shut doorway.

It was hard to see in the dark but I could make out the figure of what appeared to be a suitcase standing by the door.

"Oh," I said while nodding in the direction of my bedroom door..

"Well, I answered your questions," he gently turned my face to him instead of his suitcase by the door. "Now you have to answer mine," he said as his eyes glistened in the dark. "Why were you crying so hard in your sleep?" he directly asked me causing me to look down and chew on my lip.

"I-I had a nightmare," I mumbled as vaguely as I could. I felt long, elegant fingers slip themselves under my chin to lift my face to meet the familiar crescent gaze. "About?" Jin prompted as he tilted his head at me to listen intently.

I guiltily looked away.

How could I tell the truth?

How could I admit to being such an emotional mess over the past few weeks when I was supposed to be strong for him?

I let my head drop again to the depths. "Nothing," I mumbled back to him, my heart sinking as I lied to him. Slowly looking up, I saw Jin gape in shock as he glared down at me. it wasn't a hard glare but still it was a glare.

"I can't believe it," he huffed in anger. "I replied to all your questions yet you don't reply to mine," I felt my heart clench and writhe as his words attacked me.

"I'm angry with you. I'm leaving," he pouted before moving to rise from the bed.

"NO!" I shrieked loudly as I immediately moved to clung onto his sleeve, making him stop dead in his tracks to stare down at me in surprise.

"Please don't leave me," I begged him, never letting go of him for at least a second.

"Not again," I whimpered as my voice cracked and tears finally spurted out. Seeing me cry, Jin's face immediately softened. "Oh no, angel. I'm not leaving," he assured me in a velvet voice as he resumed his position on the bed.

He sat down before propping me up against him once more but this time he made sure to have my head cradled to his chest.

He kissed the top of my head as I buried my head into his chest trying so hard to get the burning sensation in my chest to leave while he caressed my hair.

"Shh, love. I'm sorry," Jin's gentle voice soothed me as he softly rubbed my back while I hiccupped in-between sobs. "I was only kidding. I would never leave you. I just wanted to get you to tell me the truth about what happened to you,"

I heard him give a deep sigh as his hands dropped from my back to circle themselves securely around my waist. "I'm just really worried, you know?" he confessed in a pained voice.

Though my face was stained with tears as ever, I felt my sobs gradually die down because I suddenly started to relish in the warmth of the feeling of having someone care about me so much as much Jin did.

"Baby, you wouldn't want to break my heart, would you?" he softly asked me as he rested his chin on top of my head. I shook my head against his chest in response.

He gave a light chuckle and gently tilted my head up to meet his tender gaze. "Then would you tell me about your heartache? Please?" he pleaded me with a pout followed by an adorable pair of puppy eyes.

I let out a deep sigh. I decided that I couldn't hide this from him any longer. No matter how terrible it would make me feel inside, I would just have to tell him.

Letting my head drop to bury itself in his chest once again, I finally mumbled out. "Ever since you left, I've been having nightmares of you leaving me," I promised myself to be honest as possible nevertheless I just couldn't meet his gaze because I was feeling so ashamed of myself.

"Oh," Jin murmured and briefly turned away, contemplating on something.

I went on while fighting the urge to cry as the horrible memories flooded me. "They were always the same or something similar. We would find ourselves in a life threatening situation but I would be the only one to make it out alive while you..." I couldn't bring myself to finish that sentence as the sobs wrecked me, the vision of Jin being pulled away into the deep pit haunting me..

Jin tried his best to sooth my pain while whispering words of endearment in my ear. Soon after, I was surprised to have him hugging me so tightly and fiercely that I almost had the urge to gasp for air.

"Oh, Y/N, I'm so sorry," he apologized over and over again. His voice sounded utterly broken and coated with anguish. He cradled my head close to him, never letting go. "I had no idea that you've been living in this terrible state for the past couple of weeks."

"And to think that I left you all alone to cope with it," he added, his voice sounded angry almost as much as it sounded sad. However, he seemed to be mad at himself.

It pained me to see him berating himself so hard like this. I never intended for him to think that this was all his fault. But no matter how hard I wanted to comfort him, I just couldn't find my voice to form words without breaking.

"I just...I just thought you must be doing alright," he sighed. "I mean I suspected that you must be missing me but... You always seemed so cheerful during our video calls that I thought you must be handling it just fine,"

I thought he might bring that up. I sighed sorrowfully and rested my cheek against the crook of his neck. "I was only pretending," I whispered melancholically as a single tear escaped and rolled down my cheek. However, Jin gently brushed it away with the pad of his thumb and waited for me to go on.

My heart clenched as I started to feel ridiculously pathetic but his patient silence urged me to spill my heart. "I would come off as happy and carefree in front of the camera but as soon as the call ends I would just find myself hugging your pillow, breathing in your faint scent, trying so hard not to miss you when it's all that I could do."

I started to sob a pool of tears yet again, slightly dampening his shirt but he didn't seem to care about nothing but whom he held in his arms. "The fact that I get to only see your face and hear your voice through a screen after countless hours of not having you by my side...its too much for me to bear," I whimpered between sobs.

I looked up briefly to see the most wounded expression yet cross Jin's beautiful facial features before he wrapped his arms lovingly around me, planting a light kiss on my forehead. A few moments passed with him not saying anything but peppering my forehead with gentle and loving kisses as he had me spooned in his embrace. He planted one last kiss for the moment before he rested his cheek on my hair. "Oh baby," he said, his voice heavy. "Why were you pretending? Why didn't you share your laments with me? You know that I would always listen."

"I wanted to be strong for you," I confessed as my heart sank in remorse. I felt so useless and stupid. I should have been supporting him and here I was being a huge cry-baby. Unbelievable.
As if he had read my thoughts, Jin firmly but gently lifted my chin to hold his gaze.

"Y/n," he started sturdily, his brown eyes boring into me. "It is never a crime for a girl to miss her boyfriend when he is away for long periods of time. It's normal and just shows how deep their love runs," he sweetly explained to me before continuing. "I don't expect you to always be strong for me even though you already are. All I want is for you to be honest with me. To share your deepest feelings with me,"

He reached out and gently cupped my swollen cheeks within his hands as he gave me a tender smile. "So will you promise me from here onwards to share all your joy and miseries with me?" he asked to which I slowly nodded with tight lips as I sniffled some more. "I promise," I croaked out.

Pleased with my answer, he chuckled before pulling me closer to him and trapping me in his embrace, lightly squeezing me. We stayed like that, content in each other's arms before he broke the silence. "You know, based on your logic," he started with a hint of a sad chuckle. "I'm weak too. Heaven only knows just how much I've missed you all this time. I craved you every moment. There were nights I'd hug my pillow and pretend that I was hugging you,"

I was so surprised to hear him say this that I had to blink furiously. But I couldn't deny that it also warmed my heart to hear him say that. "Really?" I quietly asked him with a hopeful expression in my eyes.

"Of course," he replied immediately. "That was also the main reason which drove me to finish my work quickly as possible and come back home to you," As I relished in the sweet happiness which his confessions brought me, he took a few moments to gently lay me down on the bed before he propped himself up on his elbows to hover over me. Reaching out, he lovingly cupped my cheek before softly brushing it with his thumb.

"I promise you that I'd never leave you like that again, y/n," he warmly reassured me. "Over the past weeks, I too realized just how difficult it is for me to stay away from you so I'll be taking you with me wherever I go from here onwards,"

Words couldn't express just how overjoyed it made me to hear him utter those words. How much of euphoria they brought me after a long night of painful crying. Now I just wanted to cry tears of weighted joy but Jin wasn't quite finished, because he leaned down to affectionately rest his forehead on top of mine.

His voice dipped down to a soothingly smooth and rich tone as he softly whispered, "I'll always want you by my side, y/n, because...my home is not in this house but rather I'm home only when I'm in your arms. My mind will never be at peace unless my home is with me which is why I want you every step of the way. No matter where I go, as long as you're there with me, y/n, I know that I'm home,"

As he sweetly finished his passionate declaration, my heart was suddenly consumed with the warmest feeling which felt even more pleasant than the first rays of sunshine after a cold winter storm. I wanted so badly to return his affectionate words, to say something endearing, to make him feel that I would be a lost soul wandering in an abandoned forest without him. But words failed to describe my intense emotions, therefore, I turned to my actions as I reached out to wrap my arms around his neck to lean forward and capture his lips with mine.

For a moment, his lips felt tense, probably because he was surprised but soon they relaxed and with a happy sigh I felt his marshmallow soft lips gently kissing me back. The dark room was tranquil and silent save for the echo of the rain shower and the soft sounds of us kissing each other.

As our lips touched and danced together, I tried to convey to Jin with our fervent exchange, all the sorrow that I have been feeling the last couple of weeks as I missed his presence and also my exalted joy at seeing him and touching him like this once more. It strangely appeared as if my kiss succeeded in influencing him because he started to speak,

"Are you doing alright now, my love?" he asked me, perfectly in between kisses. "Is your pain gone?"

"Mmm," I softly mumbled into his plump lips. "I've been feeling much better ever since you came back. I think I'll recover," I had to confess that even though my heart was soaring and tingling with the happiest emotions, I still felt the cold after-effect of my negativity.

I felt Jin briefly smirk against my lips. "Let me take away all your misery," he whispered and before I knew it, he had yet again clashed his serene lips onto mine, hungrily devouring them.

This time, instead of me, he chose to take the initiative. I couldn't help but gasp as the kiss started to slowly become deeper, more passionate and richer with each passing second. It was delightfully fulfilling to my heart which forever yearned for his love. He let out a soft moan as his lips moved to gently suck on my lower one and I let my hands trail upwards from his neck to tangle themselves in his fluffy hair. It was as if he was trying to deprive me of all my melancholy with one kiss.

This is indeed the happiest moment in my life. I thought as Jin continued to passionately make love to my mouth.

After what seemed like long lovely moments, Jin and I reluctantly pulled back to catch our breaths. He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead on mine, panting softly.

"Y/n, I promise," he whispered as he looked up at me in between pants. "You'll never be alone again. Every day when you wake up, I'll be lying beside you, you'll always get to hear the echo of my footsteps in the hallways, my laugh, my kisses on your lips and my hugs from behind."

His gentle gaze locked onto mine. "I'll never leave you," he reaffirmed in a firm voice before he added,

"Unless of course there is a spider in the room," his face scrunched up to one of disgust. "If there is a spider in the room, I'll be like 'oh hell no, bye girl, you're on your own!' and just jump out of the nearest window,"

"JIN!" I playfully glared at him as I smacked his chest. We both toppled over in merry laughter. It was so like him to lighten the mood with his everlasting humor. Our loud chortles gradually died down into soft chuckles.

I closed my eyes as he leaned down to kiss me one last time on the crown of my head before pulling back and smiling at me.

"Now, it's time for you to go to sleep," he said. "We have a long day tomorrow. You're going to help me unpack my luggage," I giggled rolling my eyes at his mischievous remarks but they helped to remind me that it's Jin's unique personality.

"I love you," I sweetly said.
"I love you too," he whispered affectionately.

Pecking him on the cheek, I snuggled down into my covers and closed my eyes, with a content smile on my lips. I heard the rustle of sheets from beside me and felt the bed creak as a weight moved to lie down beside me. An arm being draped around my waist followed soon after.

Then the singing of the softest, melodious and angelic voice glided through my ear.

"When I'm with you, I need no one else. I get heaven to myself,"

He's home.

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A/N: Ahh this was soo long! Hopefully you guys enjoyed it? Feel free to vote and comment! <3

P.S- Writing this when Jin is actually away on military training hits different! T_T

I miss you so so much Jin! Hope you're doing well and healthy at camp. Please come back soon! <333