I stared at Auburn with wide eyes, trying to process what she had just said to me.

Had I heard her correctly or was I losing my shit right now?!

"Kiss you?" I ask, extremely taken back. Auburn seemed to become flustered.

"Y-yeah, you have to do what I say for a whole day, remember?" She says it like she's unsure of her words.

I let out a small sigh because as much as I wanted to kiss her, and I really fucking wanted to, I knew I couldn't.

It hadn't even been a full 24 hours since she broke up with Mark. Kissing me was the last thing she should be doing right now. No matter how tempting that sounded.

"I don't think that's a good idea." I say, hating that those words were coming out of my mouth right now.

Auburn sighs, "Yeah, I know." She backs away from me, putting space between us. She then buries her face in her hands.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked you to do something like that. I should have figured you'd be weirded out by that, we're just friends after all. I don't expect you to want to kiss me." She says, her voice full of something I didn't fully understand. Hurt...?

I take a step closer to Auburn, moving her hands away from her face. She looks up at me, taken back by my actions.

I don't hold anything back after that. "You have no fucking idea how badly I want to kiss you, Auburn. Believe me, I do, but you just broke up with Mark and you're in a very vulnerable place right now. I don't want to be just a rebound."

Auburn stares at me for a moment before she nods slowly. "You're right, I'm sorry. I don't want you to be just a rebound either. I know I might just be acting out because of the break up, but I know what I'm feeling isn't just temporary. I'm not exactly sure what I'm feeling but what I do know is that I like you, Jungkook. Whether that's as a friend or more, I'm not sure yet. What I am sure of though is that I like being around you. You make me feel good about myself and not like shit. I can just be me. I know this is sudden and I'm sorry, but since you said you wanted to kiss me too, I can only assume it means you feel something, even just a little. So that being said, I want to explore this if you do. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually." Auburn says, her green eyes starting back into mine.

I was in shock. I physically could not get words to come out of my mouth. My mind was racing.

Auburn liked me too...holy fuck. This was not what I was expecting but man was I on top of the world right now.

"Unless I'm just reading this all wrong and you don't feel anything for me. In that case I've just embarrassed myself and I-" but I stopped Auburn, pulling her to my chest.

Auburn fell silent as she melted into my arms, hugging me back.

"You're not reading this wrong at all. I like you, Auburn, I have for quite some time now. I definitely want to see where this goes, whether that's just a friendship or more then that. Although I really hope it's more then that." I say and Auburn pulls back so that she can look at me.

"Really? You mean that?" She sounded hopeful. I smiled. "Of course. I absolutely mean it."

"Good because I would have been really sad if you didn't. Thank you for understanding and I hope once some time has passed, we can figure this out. For now, we'll just take it day by day." She says and I nod, agreeing.

We spend the next hour or so just talking about random stuff, getting to know each other better. I was learning things about Auburn I had never known before and it was making me like her even more.

By time we parted ways for the night, I couldn't stop smiling. Although we hadn't kissed, I still felt like I was on a high.

Just knowing that Auburn might possibly want this too, made me happier then I had been in a long ass time.

Of course there was still that part of me that didn't want to get too excited. For all I know, she could wake up tomorrow morning and completely regret all of this.

Who knows what could happen. We'd just have to take it day by day like she said and see where it goes.

I just hoped in the end when all was said and done and her breakup wasn't still so fresh, that she'd return the feelings I had for her.

I had waited for a moment like this for so long and to think it was finally happening had me jumping with joy.

When I got to my room, I changed then laid down, pulling out my phone. Right away, I see an Instagram message from Auburn.

Here's my number. Text me there instead (:

I took the number and type it into my phone, saving it under her name. I was way too excited just from getting her number. I couldn't stop smiling.

Wasting no time, I texted her.

J- Hi, it's Jungkook

A- I know, silly. Who else would it be? I don't give my number out to just anyone. Only special people.

Holy fuck.

J- Well I'm glad I'm special then. You should get some sleep, I'll see you tomorrow, okay?

A- Okay, goodnight (:

J- Goodnight

I set my phone down, the same smile plastered to my face.

After years and years of dreaming of this moment, it was finally happening. Even though it wasn't quite like I pictured it to be, it was still forming nonetheless.

I was just hoping things actually worked out...

With that thought in mind, I fell asleep.

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