Chapter 16

Han Jisung

"I'm going out!"

I shouted as I grabbed my coat out of the rack close to the front door.

It's been the end of our comeback season and we're just resting for a bit

I just got really bored that I want to just walk. It doesn't matter where I go. I just want to walk and stroll around.

I was really just walking around without paying attention where I am. I got shocked when I figured out what my feet led me to.

Han river.

It's ironic tho. My name is Han and my feet brought me here. A thought crosses my mind and I actually thought it would be a great idea since I'm already here.

Stargazing!

I don't have a blanket or anything at all with me but I just can sit at the grass. I mean, it wouldn't be that bad, right?

I sat down at the grass after finding which spot looks nice. I was about to lay down when a voice called my name.

"Jisung?"

I got all confused. I looked behind me.

"Minho hyung?!" I was really shocked.

"Woah! No way..." He appears to be as shocked as I am.

"Why are you here?" I asked him. He walked up towards me and sat down beside me.

"Nothing. I just want to relax." He said while looking at my eyes. I swiftly looked at the sky above us. Intimidated, I am.

"I didn't even notice that you left." I chuckled.

"You wouldn't really notice. You're almost practicing your rap for almost 4 hours straight."

"I guess..."

"You shouldn't be overdoing yourself. You'll get sick again. That's not good." I can feel my heartbeat fastening. Stop with those lines, Minho!

The atmosphere becomes quiet after that conversation. I was surprised because it wasn't awkward. It's, in fact, comfortable to be in silence with him on my side.

I turned to him when I noticed him massaging his back and shoulders in silence.

"Are you alright?" I asked him with furrowed eyebrows. He looked at me with a hesitant smile.

"Yeah. I'm alright." I shook my head when he looked away. He's lying.

I slowly stood up from my seat. He looked up to me in wonder. I go into my knees at his back and starts massaging him softly.

"I know you're not. You slept beside me while sitting earlier, of course, you're not." I said. The guilt slowly coating my voice. He didn't say anything.

Suddenly, he grabbed my hand that's massaging his shoulder bring me into his front.

"I'll never regret caring for you. Even tho the result will be like this." I cannot believe what I'm hearing. It's been a while since I heard someone said those words to me.

"You know what..." He paused. He looked at me in the eyes. I could already feel myself drowning. "You just looks so handsome under the moonlight."

I could hear my heartbeat loud and clear. I could feel butterflies on my stomach after hearing him say that. I couldn't speak at all.

"M-Minho h-hyung, I..." I couldn't really speak. He shushed me by putting his index finger in my pair of lips.

"Don't worry. You don't need to talk." He said with a smile. My eyes stayed wide before I looked down at my shirt, playing with the loose thread that I found.

"The first second that I saw you, I couldn't get over how beautiful you were. That day, you broke down in front of us. I was really worried. I couldn't understand myself." He said while looking at me intently.

"I could feel the sense that I should protect you. And that day... That day, I fell for you..." I froze. He gently lifted my chin up making me look at him.

"I think... I think I love you, Jisung..." We looked at each other's eyes. His face moves closer to my face.

Our lips met with each other. After a few seconds, he suddenly ripped apart from the kiss.

"No,  we shouldn--" He didn't get to finish his sentence when I pulled his neck, bringing his face close to mine. My brows furrowed while kissing him passionately.

The kiss lasted for a minute or two before we pulled away. Our foreheads close, devouring each other in silence.

"I think... I t-think I love you too." I said with closed eyes. He pulled my body close to him, hugging me tightly.

"I wanted to be the first to say 'I love you' without stuttering but that failed," I giggled. He just hugs me tighter.

"Your lips are really warm." I hide my face in the crook of his neck out of embarrassment.

"Stop it." I couldn't really take it when it's a conversation about kisses.

"But really, it's so warm and soft."

"Stop." I was about to pull away from the hug when he didn't allow me.

"Don't pull away... Not yet..."

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I was playing with Minho's hand intertwined with mine.

"I like the way your hand fits with mine." I bluntly said while looking at our entwined hands.

We're walking back to the house. It's almost midnight and it's getting cold so we decided to head back since I just got out of my fever a while ago.

"Me too." I looked at him. He's looking at me with a smile.

"We're back!" I shouted after we entered the front door. I slipped my coat off my back and Minho got it and put it in the rack.

"You go out with each other?" Woojin asked after he saw us.

"Nope. Just met him in Han river and we decided to head back with each other." I said with a wide smile.

"Oh, okay. I got some leftover chicken here if you two want to eat." Woojin stated. I just nodded. A knock comes from the door.

"I'll get it," Minho said when I'm about to open it. Our manager entered inside.

"Annyeonghaseyo." We both greeted him while bowing.

"Annyeonghaseyo." He greeted back. We gestured him to enter inside. We all go to the living room.

"Is the others awake?" He asked while looking around. I looked at the clock.

"They're still up." I stood up and went to my shared room with the maknaes. I barged inside. And yup. They're still up.

"Our manager is outside. He probably wants to talk to us about something."

"What about?"

"I don't know. So you should head out."