CHAPTER 30

[Dara’s POV]



Omo…!!





Oh God… what did he just say…?





“Hmmmph…”






I gasped as he tightened his hug on my waist… I feel like I’m going to suffocate by what he’s doing… but I can’t help but to feel happy and giddy at the same time…. Kyaaaaaaa..!! What’s happening to him…?!!






Is this one of his tactics again…?!






Coz if it is… gosh… I’m falling for it…!! No Dara no…!! Gather yourself…!!







“Ji-… Jiyong….”






I called to him only to feel his hot breath on the side of my neck… wooosh… I could feel my insides trembling by now… I could feel hot again… my knees were like about to collapse any time… no… this isn’t the right time to faint…







“Please… stay with me…”







Waaaaaahh…!!!! Here he goes again…!







What’s with these words…?!! What’s with the serious tone…?!! Oh God… Kwon Jiyong are you really planning to make me insane…?!!







And then suddenly I felt his hold loosened on my waist… I couldn’t do anything… my hands were still even covered with bubbles…







He held me on my shoulder and then turned me around to face him…







And waaah..! Facing him is worse than having my back on him…!







I could feel my heart beating so loud and wild… can’t he hear it…? Coz I could definitely hear it myself…! Gosh…! This is so embarrassing…! Why am I feeling this way….? And why is he acting like this all of a sudden…?!







His eyes… those eyes that I saw during my stay at his house… the pleading look on his face that is like pounding the doors of my heart…!






Is he sick or something…?






Is this still the cause of that freaking gross stew…?






“Jiyong what’s wrong…?”







I managed to ask him after like centuries of having a gazing competition between us.






But he just looked at me… as if reading and observing every contour of my face… stop looking at me like that…!







“Do you like him huh baby…?”








He pouted once again…!! Kyaaaa Kwon Jiyong stop with this cute expressions…!!







“Ji-… Jiyong… I don’t know what you’re talking about….”






“I can be a pretty boy too…”








His voice trailed off as he looked down… omo…! I want to laugh…! He’s too cute to handle…!







“I’ll stop from flirting around… I’ll learn how to cook… I’ll behave… I’ll do anything just to make you stay away from Jae-…”







I unconsciously wiped my hands on my apron and then reached for his face to snap him back from his senses… I would like to slap him, but that would be too much.







He twitched from my hold… and I think I just did a wrong move…







He lifted his hand on my shoulder and then held my hand that’s on his face…







“You’re really making me insane…”






He suddenly said as he lowered his gaze while holding onto my hand…







Wait up…! I think I’m missing something in here… that’s supposed to be my line…!







“Please only look at me…”







He continued, still holding my hand and still looking on the floor… I just let him… too dumbfounded to react on his odd actions…







“No wonder he’s head over heels on you….”







Huh…? Who is he talking about…? Is he still talking to me or that floor…??







“Jiyong… what’s wrong…? You’re acting weird…”







My shameless mouth suddenly intruded his moment… he finally looked up and then flashed me a freaking SWEET SMILE…!!!!! Kyaaaaaaaa…!! I think the world just completely went nuts…!!! What’s with the first sweet sincere smile…?!!







I feel like pulling my hair and run outside of this house and scream at the top of my lungs… ‘EUREKA’…!!! Aigoo what am I thinking about…







And then he let out a slight chuckle… I was a little taken aback when he suddenly reached for my face… cupping it with his hands with my hand still lock with the other one.







“Fine… you win…”







He whispered… I raised a brow… win…? From what…? Did we start a game earlier…? Probably he decided to make a game when I was still knocked out…? Huh…? That doesn’t make any sense…







My eyes suddenly widen when I felt something wet and soft landed on my lips… I just realized that it was his lips…







His eyes were both closed… his hands were holding onto my face… and my chest felt like there were millions of drums inside of it… this feels so surreal… I can’t understand what’s happening but I could definitely feel the happiness its bringing me…






Slowly my eyes shut close… bringing me to a deep reverie that I think I don’t want to wake up to… this is different… I feel like floating and dancing in the air… it even feels like it’s my first time to be kissed by someone….






The kiss was just short but I think it was the sweetest… I felt his lips parted with mine… and just then I decided to open my eyes… there he welcomed me with his sweet smile once again…






I felt my cheeks blushed…! Gaaaah..! This is so embarrassing…! I turned to the side not to meet his gaze… he brushed his hand on my face again before I heard him speak.






“I will never let him have you…”







He said before placing another peck on my lips and walk out from the kitchen…






“Eh…?”






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[Jiyong’s POV]






F*cking L word…!







Since when did it start…?







Sh!t…! I felt like a freaking pussy acting that way earlier…! But at least I manage to recover on the last part… ottoke…?! How can I face her later…?!!







Youngbae’s f*cking words really hit me hard…! And that bastard isn’t helping too…






Oh sh!t… sh!t… sh!t…!






I lost…! In my own freaking game I lost…! Why…?! My oh so brilliant mind can’t process when I’m with her…! My deadly guts would succumb, turning me into a sissy whenever I see her face… and the bundle of muscles inside my ribs won’t stop from pounding its way out whenever she’s just a freaking inches away…!! This is too much…! I never asked for this and yet I can’t make myself leave her and most especially stay away from her…







Oh god…. This day’s too long to handle… I think by the end of this night I’ll die from a heart attack… what will happen to my fangirls…? What will happen to her if I’ll die…?! Oh no…! That Jaejoong and her geek fanboy will rejoice once I die…! I will never let that happen…! Ghaaa..!! What am I thinking about…?!







F*ck…! I’m in love with her…







That stupid Sandara Park totally hit me hard… and she doesn’t even know it…







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[Dara’s POV]







It started to rain outside…and somehow I couldn’t hear my chest beating so loud any more…







After half an hour… I finally decided to go back to the living room… this is too difficult to handle… with his weird actions I don’t know what to do…







He would suddenly ask me to stay…. Ask me to be with him… telling me a lot of confusing words… kiss me…. Then suddenly walk away…? What’s with that…?!







It’s not that I am asking for more… it’s just…. Ahmmm… ghaaaad…!






There I saw him silently sitting on the sofa… as if he’s thinking of something deep for he didn’t even notice me…






“Uhmm… Jiyong….”







I broke the silence… he quickly looked at my way… and did he just blush..?







I shook the thoughts away as I cleared my throat







“Are… are you really staying…?”






I looked away while playing with my fingers… after a while he finally spoke






“You really don’t want me to stay don’t you…?”






“Eh…?”






I quickly looked back at him as he slowly stood up.






“Fine… I’ll just go home…”






His voice sounded weak once again… kyaaaa…! He’s totally making me feel guilty…! I stayed rooted on the ground and watched him as he slowly went to his bags and carried it…






“Goodbye…”






His voice sounded weaker than before… and his movements were like even slower than before… is he doing it on purpose or it’s just all in my eyes…? Kyaaaaa…!







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And when he was about to go out… she just found herself grabbing one of his arms… stopping him to step out in the rainy night…






“It’s raining hard… the roads are slippery… and your bags might get wet once you go out… I guess you could stay here for a while…”







She spoke while looking down at her feet… the wind blew hard outside… sure the rain won’t stop any minute…






He can’t help but to curve a smile… the fact that she’s more concerned to his bags rather than him getting wet is enough to make him feel giddy…






So he slowly closed the door and turned back to her and dropped his bags on their wooden floor.







And just then, suddenly a loud thunder roared outside… the lights inside their house went off… causing her to jump a bit and unconsciously wrapping her arms around him and bury her face on his chest… he felt himself stiffened by her sudden move…







“Oh Lord…. Please make it stop…”







She trembled as another thunder roared outside…






He felt himself softened… worried about the trembling girl in front of him… he wrapped his arms around her… caressed her head and cooed her.







“Baby… don’t worry I’m here….”







She didn’t speak… she just held onto him….








The place is dark… he got his phone from his pocket to make some light… he continued caressing her back to make her calm.







“Where are your candles and flashlight…?”







He asked her as he pulled her from his hug… she pointed at one shelf and he was about to go there when she grabbed his hand.







“Jiyong don’t leave me here…”







She plead… his first time to hear those words from her… if not for the situation he would have surely jumped for joy but all he could do is to held on to her hand tight and bring her with him…








They sat back on the sofa… got his lighter and lighted the candles that they got…. throughout the whole time she didn’t let go of his hand… too scared to be left alone in the dark… which on the other side he’s enjoying… wishing that it would be always like that so he could hold her forever.







She scooted onto his side… and once there is enough light in the living room she finally let go of his hand… he slumped back on the sofa and when he noticed that she’s about to go on the other side… he pulled her to him and hugged her to his chest… making her rest onto his lap… she didn’t complain which surprised him a bit…








The could hear the rain got heavier outside… it’s probably 11 in the evening by now but they’re still wide awake… silence filled the living room… he just stayed hugging her… caressing her back whenever she would jump a bit once she hears the thunder.







“You smoke…?”







She finally broke the silence… he lifted his head from the headrest to look down on her…






“Hmmm…?”






“The lighter…”






She stated…







“Sometimes…”







He whispered… still playing with her hair… he really smokes whenever he’s in the boys’ place…







“It’s bad for the health you know…”







She said still not looking up at him... he just smiled and caressed the back of her head.







“I’ll quit then…”







He felt her nod a bit… and after that silence consumed them once again… he stayed awake… feeling his legs numb a bit because of her weight but he didn’t care… after a while he felt her breathing got even… he couldn’t feel her trembling anymore… he shifted a bit to his side just enough to see her face…







There she is… sleeping on his chest… tugging a fistful of his shirt… his heart fluttered… this girl could totally make his heart thump fast and slow at the same time… could make him feel anxious, happy, giddy and even sad at the same time just by her one simple act… and most especially could make him go crazy in love with her…







He carefully scooped her up to fix their position… he laid down on the couch and pulled her to his chest again… using his arms to shield her from the cold night, wrapping it to her small figure… using his chest to be her pillow…







He kissed the top of her head before he rest his head on the arm rest… not minding his uncomfortable position… being with her is enough to make him sleep in peace…







He looked down and caressed her face…







“I surrender to you Sandara Park…”