Cold Night
PAIRING :: Eden x Jimin
WORD COUNT :: 1.2k
SUMMARY :: Eden and Jimin go out for the night.
Eden blew on the hot ramen for a split second before ultimately taking a big bite and burning her tongue. She whined, setting the cup down and fanning her tongue.
“Hot?” The male snickered, blowing on his food as well, enough for it to be a good temperature to eat.
“Please, it should be warm enough given how cold it is outside.” She shrugged, wiping her mouth with a napkin and sticking her hands back into her coat pockets.
“Yeah, I apologize, it’s not ideal but we can’t really go anywhere without people seeing us”
“I should apologize too. I’ve always been a physical person, I hate texting and talking on the phone unless completely necessary” She shook her head, watching Jimin eat his ramen so effortlessly, “It doesn’t feel real unless you’re physically right in from of me”
He raised his eyebrows, curving his mouth, and nodding his head. “Interesting.”
Eden sighed, “My mind wanders to weird places when I’m alone. It’s something I need to work on.”
All he could do was simply nod his head, assuming that he was bored of her chatter. “Sorry, It’s hard to explain, even harder to understand myself.”
“No, I’m also trying to analyze it,” He waved his hand, gently brushing his fingers against her hand for a split second.
“It truly exists only as long as it is observed,” She couldn't process what she was saying fast enough, “That probably didn’t make sense at all, it just comes out.”
“Not initially, but it does get the mind pacing. It could be a potential debate topic.”
“Well,” She grinned softly, “at least you’re trying to understand. Chaeyoung looks at me like I’m crazy.” Shaking her head, she takes a bite of her food that had cooled down when they were talking.
“Not crazy either, you just have a lot of thoughts that need to get written down.”
“Now you’re just telling me what I wanna hear,” Eden rolled her eyes, kicking him under the table.
Jimin scoffed, quickly finishing the last bite of his meal and setting it down.
“I should’ve been an author.”
“Or a shrink,”
“No, Jimin. I can’t even work through my own problems.”
He shook his head, tapping her bowl of ramen. “Finish yours, I wanna show you something”
She raised her eyebrows, slurping the rest of her food in no time.
“Where are you taking me?” The woman followed closely behind him, trying her best to keep up with how fast he was walking.
“Jimin?”
“It’s just a place!” He acknowledged her, putting the hood of his coat on his head.
“Well obviously, where though?”
“You will see when we get there.”
Eden felt uncertain. For one, it was already too late for either of them to be out. But she felt a different type of adrenaline while following him to the secret place. It had been years since she wandered in a park after curfew.
“Okay,” He stopped in his tracks, grabbing her shoulders and guiding her to sit down on a bench.
She studied her surroundings, the streetlight the only thing lighting up their way aside from the city glowing in the backdrop. The harsh yet somehow calming sound of the river made all that walking worth it.
“The river?” She scoffed, furrowing her eyebrows while looking up at him.
He nodded, taking a seat next to her and stuffing his hands in the pocket of his coat. She watched his gaze as he admired the scenery.
“So this is your calm space?” She grinned, hoping he wouldn’t face her so she could continue studying his features.
“One of them,” His warm breath condensed in the air as he exhaled sharply. “I was hoping those meditation apps of yours could at least be substituted for the real thing.”
“Were you on my phone?” She shuffled through her coat to one of the inside pockets.
“You were vague about it on the phone,” He chuckled while watching her panic, “Might as well try to share something of mine with you.”
“How thoughtful,” She whispered under her breath, smiling as her bones stiffened due to the cold air.
A quick gust of wind blew in their direction, causing a shiver down her spine. The cold steel of the bench did not help at all as she was freezing her butt off.
“I’m sorry for taking you out on the coldest night this week,” He took her coat hood off her shoulders and placed it atop her head. “Come closer.” He motioned his hand, scooting over a tad and making room for her.
Clenching her jaw, she obeyed, trying to be as close to him as possible. He wrapped her up, hoping the confined space would warm her up.
“Hot cider or chocolate would make this moment perfect.” Her teeth chattered, only realizing what she was thinking in her mind came out of her mouth. She could feel the second-hand embarrassment creeping up on her.
“I said that out loud didn’t I?” She rested her cheek on his shoulder, the fleece chilling her even more.
“Yes, but it’s okay” He snickered to himself.
Bringing her hands out of her pockets, she cuffed them together, trying to warm herself up.
“Here,” Jimin repeated her same actions, rubbing his hands together and placing them on her cheeks for a second. He continued patting her fluffy cheeks, giggling to himself as she kept her focus on him.
Grabbing her hands that were placed in her lap, he held them in his, sharing his own warmth by puffing his breath. The heat rose to her cheeks, the chill fading away realizing how intense this was.
She found herself analyzing everything in detail. His pores, the scar on his eyelid. At the most inappropriate time, her sister popped into her head.
“Can’t you do it?” Eden cried, standing on her bed as there was a bug trotting on the wall.
“No, Eden, you have to learn to do these things by yourself” She yelled back, the two didn’t bother to tell either of their parents. They would just laugh it off like they were making it all up.
“It is a mind over matter scenario, you just have to count, and then do it.”
“Then count me down!”
She chuckled to herself before leaning into Jimin and placing her lips on his. His lips curled into a smile, his hand sneaking its way behind her neck and rubbing her cheek with the pad of his thumb. As both of their lungs gave out, they parted, their warm breath in each other’s face.
“Are you still cold?” Jimin whispers, patting her bottom lip with his thumb.
“Internally? No. Physically? Yes” Her hand entangled with his, going in for another kiss.
She was way too distracted with how attractive his lips were, like a magnet. They were so plump and restricted herself the best she could.
“I need to get you home before you get frostbite.” He chuckled, giving her a peck on the forehead.
Eden nodded, her mind began racing again like before, wondering if he enjoyed it or not.
“Hot chocolate and cider?” She pursed her lips, holding herself and he got up from the bench and stretched.
“Of course”
