(RM's POV)

“Huh?” was the only thing that I could say as I stared at Jin dumbly.

“We. Should. Start. Dating.”

“But...”

“What 'but'? Isn't that what you were trying to say?” he replied, pointing towards the dustbin.

“Yes...but this is so sudden...”

Jin furrowed his brows as he looked at me intently for a minute before advancing towards me abruptly.

I automatically backed away but unfortunately, the bed was right behind me, so I had to involuntarily sit down. Jin  bought his face closer to mine and said, “I punched HanGyeol.”

That was not what I was expecting...I thought, completely disappointed, as I opened my mouth to reply but the look on his face made me halt. For a brief second, I considered just diving right inside his mind but didn't have to when he started talking, “Don't even think about reading my mind right now.”

With that said, he closed the gap between us again and this time he didn't disappoint me. Our lips stayed connected for a minute without any movements, as if too afraid.

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(Jin's POV)

What am I doing?!

I was startled by my own actions and pulled away immediately. I could feel my ears heating up, so I avoided his eyes.

“You really don't know how kissing works, right? First that day and now...” Namjoon sighed.

“Yah! Shut up! Why wouldn't I know?”

Namjoon gave me a small, mischievous smile in reply and said, “Let's go down... I'm feeling hungry all of a sudden.”

So we went down and as soon as we entered the kitchen, a delicious smell greeted our nostrils.

“What are you making, Mom?”

“Oh! Why did you two come down? I was just about to bring this to you.”

I was relieved to see Mrs Kim's usual cheery face again, “You look okay now...” I unintentionally commented.

“Yeah...well. You are a great comforter, sweetie.”

“Yes, Mom... about that...” Namjoon began but I took it upon myself to finish the sentence, “We are dating.”

She gave us a knowing smile before replying, “Weren't you already?”

And just like that, we were laughing our hearts out, the events of the past 24 hours or so, completely wiped out of our minds.

Namjoon and I decided to just eat in the kitchen and we chatted happily, Mrs Kim also joined us sometimes. Overall, we had a great time but soon, it was time for me to go home.

Namjoon insisted on walking with me for a while. “Why weren't you surprised when I said I punched HanGyeol?” I asked after a while.

“Oh... I already saw...”

“Ah... that time. Then why didn't you do anything to him?”

“Well...I was looking around inside his mind, gosh this sounds so wrong but yeah well...I was looking and found out that his parents immensely pressurise him to score good marks... I guess he just...” he trailed off.

“Oh...must be hard for him...”

“Yeah...well. I actually kind of threatened him too...”

I stopped in my tracks and grabbed his wrist, “What did you do?”

“I told him to tell everyone that he was lying because of jealousy and if he doesn't... I will reveal this really embarrassing moment of his.”

“Embarrassing moment? Really? You think that will stop him?” I gave him a 'are you kidding me?' look.

“Oh believe me it's really bad...dude went pale when I talked of it.” he chuckled and continued walking.

“What... you are making me curious now...” I followed behind him, sulking.

“A promise is a promise, Jin.”

“Yeaahhh....riiight!”

We were so caught up in our little bantering that we completely failed to realise we had reached our destination, “You wanna come in?”

“Maybe no...a lot happened you know and so fast too. I'll come to see her some other time...”

I nodded my head understandingly and noticed, totally amused, how Namjoon hesitated a little before leaving. Chuckling at his behaviour, I opened the front door with a smile on my face. A familiar voice instantly greeted me, “You guys should have kissed!”

“Shut up you brat!” even though I shouted, I couldn't keep the laughter, that followed it, away.

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A/N-  just a few more chapters to go... 😬