JUNGKOOK'S THOUGHTS

"Yes, I did" Jungkook gave me his bunny smile. He had freaking booked an entire floor. "I had to, there's always a risk of being detected and I really CAN'T handle any rumors and scandals right now," He spoke with his gaze somewhere in mid-air.

"I agree" I mean obviously I wouldn't want that too.

The waitress guided us to our table, lovely provincial, spacious, and positively clean. I clasped my hands together as I walked around to sit at a chair around it.

"Wait." I removed my hand from the top of the chair, which I was about to drag. He walked across the table and stood behind me, and dragged the chair for me. I smiled, a smile which explicitly conveyed how ecstatic I felt at the moment at his gestures, and everything he's doing tonight.

"Wow, this is truly amazing. Thanks a lot" I couldn't thank him enough.

"It's nothing. Trust me." I scoffed, not in a rude but a unbelievable way, at how modest he was.

We ordered our meal and talked about ourselves to each other.

I didn't tell him much, thankfully he didn't ask something deeper than 'what's your favorite color' or 'What's your ideal type'

It was a lovely evening and just when I thought the fairy tale was coming to an end, which I didn't want to.

"Come with me," Jungkook told me as we exited the Restaurant. I followed him with slow steps, but fast enough to ensure I was right behind him.

We arrived at a beach. It was getting lovelier by the minute, it couldn't get any better than this. This felt so romantic, the actual reason for which I was here seemed to vanish away, and with each day passing, I just wished for this to last forever. Why can I not for once enjoy my life?

We walked on the cold sand with no one around.

His hand brushed mine. "Hey you're hands are so cold. Here hold mine " he offered me his hand and I gladly took it. He soon intertwined his fingers with mine and I blushed looking down at my feet. Why's he doing all this, and why am I enjoying it? I shouldn't, I don't deserve it.

"I could get used to this," Jungkook grinned cockily and I chuckled in response.

After walking further, it came to my mind that I should probably ask this, "Is Taehyung dating someone?"

I spoke out of the blue. Those messages earlier bothered me quite a lot.

"No. As far as I know, he's not. Why do you ask?" Jungkook looked at me with his doe-like eyes.

"umm...I saw some messages pop up on his phone so I read them and I'm regretful about that." he would most certainly be mad that I checked his best friend's phone. And anyways privacy should be respected.

"What did you see there that made you think he's dating?"

He completely avoided the fact that I checked TAEHYUNG's phone, wow. Okay.

"The messages said I miss you bae and the world seems so empty without you so-"

I was cut by Jungkook's loud laughter. He was laughing so hard that the people going by started giving us stares.

"umm...did I say something funny?"

Literally, I mean how could he even laugh at that. I poked his shoulder, to indicate by eyeing the people that were watching us.

"B-Bogum" He managed to say that name between his laughter.

Park Bogum? What about him? He's a really famous actor, Park Bogum and I really adore him but I was perplexed at this point and was something wrong with Jungkook, he's laughing way too much right now. I'm worried-

"Taehyung had to meet up with him today.

Those messages were from Bogum, and you thought-" he really couldn't stop laughing.

Ohhhhh. Those messages were from his best friend, Jungkook. Now I get it.

So I joined in too, accompanying him in his laughter.

Both of us laughed at the misunderstood situation and at how Jungkook treats Tae.

It was cute though.

I loved being with Jungkook tonight. I never imagined I would get this close to him.

"Wait wait wait..."

"What?" Jungkook took a deep breath in as he must be deprived of it, given the amount of cotinuous laughter he just had.

"Is taehyung....."

"Is he what?" he turned completely towards me and tilted his head.

"Ga..." I couldn't say it, but I mean it's possible.

"No way-" He resumed his moments before ended laughed and I shook my head knowing it by his response being laughter that Tae's isn't gay. I chuckled at my idiotic thoughts.

We stargazed for a few minutes, I've always loved astronomy, it's eternally gorgeous.

"It's so beautiful, right?" I gazed at the endless night sky filled with sparkling infinite stars that lit it up.

"It is" I turned my head to realize that he was looking at me. He placed his hand on my right cheek, then slowly pushed a strand of hair off my face and I simply watched him do it.

"Hikari," he sighed before letting his hand fall off my face. "I know we didn't talk much today, and being honest, I couldn't ask you much because," he paused and looked me in the eye, "you're hurt, I don't think you had a particularly enjoyable past and unless you're comfortable enough to talk about it yourself, I won't ask." he smiled and I blinked in surprise on how accurate his words were, how could he even know?

I didn't realize as he pulled me into a hug, his body was warmed as compared to mine, I gave myself into the warmth of his body and he kissed my forehead

I smiled, I giggled, I felt happy, I don't remember feeling this way for a long time.

"Thank you Jungkook" That's all I could manage to say, I felt too euphoric to muster a sentence longer than that.

Little did I know what was to come.

(Jungkook's POV)

So Taehyung's going to meet Bogum, it absolutely slipped my mind, he told me about it earlier, a few days back I suppose. I hope she's ready by now, I adjust my tie, brush off my coat before I walk into her room. "Hika-" I lower my voice and don't finish calling out her name. She's so immersed in viewing the scenery outside. How cute. I smile to myself and silently make my way towards her, I stand right behind her and place my hand on the glass glancing outside and then back at her tiny figure. I feel her shiver as she turns towards me. I want to embrace her, keep her safe, keep her within my sight forever.

"Let's go, shall we?" I smile the brightest. For once, I feel like I'm not faking my personality, she makes me feel different. Or maybe there's something about her that's different than the rest. I notice her small causalities, it's so adorable, how she bites her lower lip when she gets nervous. She's so simple-headed and easy to intimidate, I want to do so much to her, yet I'm holding back, for once I am. I want her to choose herself, why is it that I'm being this thoughtful? In the many centuries of my life, if I desired something or someone, I had it, just the way i wanted.

I sigh to myself while I momentarily glance at her, sitting beside me, all curled up sleeping like a baby. Why am I being this soft? This isn't like me at all, but I don't think, I'm the only one experiencing this change, these feelings towards her.

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I watch her eyes light up as we walk on the beach. I take her hand in mine, so cold, yet so soft. When I embrace her, I can feel her heart racing against mine.

Hikari means "Light" in Japanese, she is proving to live up to her name. She might as well light up our lives, not that we aren't happy, content, we have everything but there's always this void that none of us talk about. A void in our lives, that never seems to fill.

There are so many things I want to ask her, so many things I wish to tell her about myself, and who we really are....

But I shouldn't be too naive. Humans are nothing but the worst afterall.