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for a person who prided themselves on being good at being able to perceive human emotions, eunbi had totally failed at this challenge. it was so normal for her to write off the sweet things that jimin did for her and with her as their normal best friend stuff that somehow she’d managed to convince herself that he didn’t feel the same way about her that she’d been feeling about him, but everything that happened lately had put it all in perspective for her. the fact that just thinking about him doing his military service made her feel drained because the thought of not seeing him every other day seemed suddenly heartbreaking. it was also the fact that the moment that anyone mentioned him, she felt like her heart was going to swell so much that her chest would explode and she’d be sitting there with her feelings on display so much so that she did her best to minimize her reactions so she wouldn’t feel like she was losing her mind. even with all of that, it took her a moment to realize the emotions that had been slowly making a home in her brain. she liked him, no, it was more than that. she looked at jimin and she knew that he was the person that she wanted to have in her life forever.
it takes a moment for her to calm down from her laughing fit, but she’s pulled out of the last of it by the reality of the situation. even though only a moment ago she’d been giggling so hard that she couldn’t even answer his question, she definitely processed it and that was followed by her processing the fact that he was now repeating himself only inches from her face as they stood in their swimsuits in a jacuzzi asking if she felt the same way. easily flustered had never been a word she’d use to describe herself but when his voice took on that tone that she so rarely got to hear from him, it was hard to keep up whatever cool demeanor she usually had. his voice, a voice that she regularly dreamed of, sounded like honey and she wanted to drown in it. she didn’t care if she never heard another sound again, this was enough.
the smile from before slowly crept back onto her face and she nodded. ❝ yes, oppa, i really, really want to kiss you, too. ❞ the words slipped out of her mouth in a whisper and felt like such relief that she almost thought she’d tear up. it was like the weight of hiding this fact from the person she told everything was finally gone as her hands cupped his cheeks and her forehead leaned against his and she added on quietly a question that she already knew the answer to. ❝ can i? ❞
a part of jimin is still waiting for the catch— for eunbi to admit that this was all a big prank and of course that she’d never see jimin as anything more than a friend. he’s waiting for eunbi to push him away with yet another laugh, calling him ridiculous or commenting about how his flirtatious nature is becoming a little too much. after all they’ve been friends since they were young and maybe it’s a little too late for eunbi to see him as anything else than that. however the biggest part of him, because he has known eunbi for so long, can catch the signs that she’s in fact a little affected by not only their physical closeness but also by the tone of voice that jimin never really had much of courage to use with her, at least, not when he means it this much.
but then as easily as confident fills his chest due to the viviz member being so receptive of his advances, it easily crumbles and rebuilds itself into a wave of flustering butterflies on his stomach when it’s eunbi who moves closer to him, pressing their foreheads together while there are soft and warm hands cupping his cheeks. jimin lets out a shaky breath, being his turn to also be so affected by not only the voice that she uses on him but her words, the affirmation that she not only liked him back but that she wanted to kiss him as badly as he wanted to kiss her.
it’s funny how jimin is the one who is known for his flirtatious tendencies, being called a heartthrob more than once by army and having his own members admitting that more often than not he’s a little too shameless in his words, but it’s also jimin who feels his cheeks be painted with light pink and how his breath is so easily stolen away by a simple sentence from eunbi. the confident man that caged the other in the jacuzzi — another thing that jimin is a little too aware of but tries not to be — and was asking for a kiss is completely gone by now, getting replaced by a fool in love who can barely handle when eunbi is the one advancing on him instead.
jimin doesn’t answer her question, not with words at least, after all they both know what is going to be at this point. he holds back the urge to ask if she’s sure— if eunbi knows exactly what she’s asking for because he doesn’t want to pressure her into anything she doesn’t want to, giving her a last way out, because he knows that this is more of his insecurity speaking combined with his urge to always put eunbi first, to always want her to feel safe and comfortable around him; however in this specific case jimin has given her countless cues to leave, to push him away, and she didn’t and it isn’t when he has her asking if she can kiss him in the sweetest tone he has ever heard that he’s letting his insecurity get the best of him. that’s why he closes the distance between them, pressing his lips against her in a gentle lingering kiss.
eunbi’s lips are soft and warm, tasting like everything that jimin could ever wish for. he doesn’t see fireworks behind his eyelids nor feels like his world is put upside down for a moment. instead he feels like some piece inside of him is finally put back in its place even if he never really realized that it was missing, like he finally found this one thing that he has been craving for even if he never took notice of it. kissing eunbi feels like coming home after a long day, comforting and familiar in its own way. kissing eunbi feels like he’s finally in the place that he belongs, from the way they’re fitting so perfectly together— one of his arms going to wrap around her waist and pulling her closer to him to the way that jimin doesn’t want to pull away, refuses to do so because now that he got a taste of her, he doesn’t want to let her go.
