Hello, I was supposed to update BOFAS but I got really excited and started writing this instead. I'm glad and very thankful for the reviews. They encourage me a lot. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
"Gu Jun Pyo…"
"Guem Jan Di…"
Both Jun Pyo and Jan Di stood there shocked to see each other – eyes locked. Jan Di dropped the bags from her hands. There stood her ex who was married to Jae Kyung now. Her eyes caught his wedding ring which was shinning in his ring finger of his left hand. Her heart throbbed painfully. She looked down and blinked her eyes in search for words to say something. Nothing was coming to her blank mind as her word stock had deserted her at the moment. Finally she thought to greet him normally.
"Hello Gu Jun Pyo, how are you?" Jan Di tried to smile at him. She retrieved the fallen bags from the ground and entered the room as she was standing at the door and was rooted there because of the shock of seeing him there. She cursed herself inside as her voice was not as strong as she wanted it to sound but she just prayed that Jun Pyo wouldn't notice.
When Jun Pyo saw the love of his life at Ji Hoo's living room door, his heart stopped beating for a moment. There was so much emotions swirling around his heart and he controlled himself from going to her and crushing her in his arms. He almost could feel the prick of tears of joy in the back of his eyes upon seeing her but he didn't let it fall. He felt like he was seeing her after a long time.
When he heard her voice after these days and could see her his broken heart felt at ease and he realized the most painful thing of his miserable life. He wouldn't be able to love anyone else ever except this girl standing in front of him whom he would never get as he had already lost her forever. He closed his eyes to say a silent prayer to thank God for giving him this chance to at least see her and talk to her.
"I'm fine. How have you been?" Jun Pyo tried to sound normal. He forced himself to talk without just staring at her.
"I've… I've been fine too." Jan Di felt very awkward as they both were trying to talk to each other formally but failing miserably. Jan Di deliberately turned around and put the bags in her hands on the table.
Jun Pyo watched her and he finally thought to talk to her like he used to do as he was unable be talk to her formally. She wasn't a stranger in his life after all, right?
"I missed you." Jun Pyo said without realizing that it slipped out of his mouth but he knew that what he said was truth.
Jan Di was purposely facing her back to him when she was keeping the bags on the table but when she heard Jun Pyo's confession she froze. 'Why are you saying this to me now, Gu Jun Pyo? Why are you doing this to me?'
When Jan Di didn't face him or even didn't move a muscle he again tried tentatively as he wasn't sure of her reaction now, "Jan Di…"
But Jan Di didn't let him say anything more. She turned towards him and said in a cheerful tone, "You know, today I met Jae Kyung unni. She suddenly appeared at the door of out porridge shop. She dragged me and Ga Eul to go shopping with her. We had a great time." Jan Di tried to sound cheerful and forced a laugh. She prayed in her mind 'Please don't say anything like before Gu Jun Pyo.'
Jun Pyo opened his mouth to say something but before Jun Pyo could say anything she again said, "When have you come, Jun Pyo? Ji Hoo sunbae is still not home. He will be here at any moment though."
"Yeah, I know. I called him before coming."
Jan Di nodded and searched for something to say more. She looked around the room. Jun Pyo was a little surprised at her sudden change of behavior but he guessed he knew why but didn't mention it.
Suddenly Jan Di said, "Would you like to have some tea?" Even before getting his answer she started to walk towards the kitchen.
Jun Pyo said, "Sure." Even though she didn't hear him as she had gone to the kitchen already. Jun Pyo sat down on the sofa and wrung his hands.
Jan Di came back with the tray of tea cups and kettle. She knelt on the floor in front of the table opposite to Jun Pyo as she didn't want to sit beside him on the sofa. She began making tea silently giving her full attention to the tea.
Jun Pyo was searching for words to say as he looked around absently noting that there were no photos, even not a single photo of Seo Hyun in Ji Hoo's living room where there used to be a large photo of her there on the wall. He looked back at Jan Di who was stirring the tea as if her life depended on it. He wanted to hear her voice more. Suddenly something came to his mind as he looked at the digital clock on the wall. It was quarter to 9.
"Jan Di, what are you doing in Ji Hoo's home? He is not here and shouldn't you be home right now?" He couldn't help but asked. He felt uneasy when he recalled what Ji Hoo said him at his wedding night.
"I'll make her fall in love with me."
Jan Di stopped stirring the cup of tea as she felt uneasy, even a little guilty though she didn't know why at his sudden question. Slowly she looked up and found Jun Pyo staring at her for her answer. Then she thought that there was nothing for her to feel guilty. She wasn't betraying him as he was already married to someone else.
Her thoughts were broken when Jun Pyo again said, "Guem Jan Di…"
Jan Di directly looked at his eyes and said, "I'm staying here right now." She began stirring the second cup. She didn't bother to explain him the reason of her staying here as she felt it wasn't necessary for him to know.
"Why?" Jun Pyo asked as he was feeling irritated by that. He tried to sound nonchalant but couldn't hide the bitterness in his voice.
After finishing stirring both cups she said, "You don't need to know the reason." Her reply was rather sharper than she intended.
Jun Pyo felt insulted by her reply, the way she said it. So without thinking twice he said, "Yeah, I don't need to know why you are staying at his place now. It's not been even a month and you have already started living with him – another man. Have you ever really loved me?" Jun Pyo fumed, not caring what it would do this to her.
Jan Di was taking her steaming cup of tea to her lips but she stopped when she heard what Jun Pyo said. She was stricken by his accusation and the cup slipped down her hands on the table splashing the tea on the process which they both ignored. She looked at him with shocked and hurtful eyes. She could feel tears rapidly feeling her eyes.
Jan Di felt like her heart just shattered into pieces. She tried hard to control her tears but they still came out streaming down her cheeks. She was immobilized and couldn't say anything as she felt like someone had just stabbed her right into her heart.
'Is this really the man with whom I fell in love? Even I lost the most precious thing in my life-swimming, the dream I had from my childhood, only for him. I even went to Macau - just to see that he was OK, just to hear his voice as he didn't even bother to contact me for so long. I tolerated so much of his mother's wrath and fought just to be with him and he is asking me if I have ever loved him?'
Jan Di wanted to say something but his cruel words had stricken her so hard that even if she tried she could talk back to him as her vocal cord seemed stopped working at that moment.
Jun Pyo was not aware of what he was saying or how it would affect her or maybe he just didn't care. He was about to say more but before that they heard Ji Hoo's voice.
After getting Jan Di message Ji Hoo didn't waste his time. He quickly left the Su-am Art Center but he couldn't reach home early because there was traffic in the road which was unusual at that time and he was getting impatient as the time passed.
When he reached home he ran inside, he didn't know how he got there. But when he reached the living room he heard the last part what Jun Pyo just said to her and without even looking at her face he knew what was happening inside her heart. He could almost hear her heart breaking into uncountable pieces.
His knuckle got white as he clenched his fists. His eyes got red with fury. How dare he say something like that to the woman he loved so much, whom Jun Pyo had already hurt so much and seemed like that wasn't enough for him as he had come and again hurt her.
But Yoon Ji Hoo had vowed to never let her get hurt again and he would do about everything in his power to ensure that. Before Jun Pyo opened his mouth again and said something cruel, he called Jun Pyo's name to get his attention.
Both Jun Pyo and Jan Di turned their heads and found Ji Hoo standing at the living room door slightly out of breath as he had ran there. Ji Hoo looked at them both and then fixed his eyes on Jan Di who quickly wiped her tears upon seeing him standing there. Ji Hoo entered the room still looking at her. Jan Di bit her lower lip and tried so hard but still tears of pain streamed down her cheeks – unstoppable.
He reached to her and cupped her cheeks. His thumbs wiped the tears from her eyes, ignoring the glare that Jun Pyo was directing at him. Upon seeing her firefighter Jan Di felt weak kneed with relief and felt like her heart would burst at any moment, she looked up at him through her tear drenched eyes and said in a broken whisper, "Sunbae… I… I… I'm going inside!" And she turned around and rushed to her room as she couldn't bear standing there anymore. They heard the sound of her door closing.
Yoon Ji Hoo looked after her. He wanted to go after her because he wanted to console her and hold her in his arms as Jun Pyo had done the great job of tearing open the wounds of her heart again which he was trying to bandage with his love. His blood was boiling in his veins and he held himself with too much effort without beating the hell out of Jun Pyo and throwing him out of his house.
Ji Hoo tried to calm himself and control his anger by taking deep breaths and releasing air through his nose. He wanted Jun Pyo to leave quickly so that he could go and check on Jan Di. He knew very well what was happening behind that closed door courtesy to his best friend's 'smart - no - stupid mouth'. So he turned towards Jun Pyo and asked coldly, "What are you doing here, Jun Pyo?"
"I - I came to see you." Jun Pyo replied and looked away as he was still very angry at her and his best friend. He was heaving and trying to control his anger as well. He wanted to know the reason of Jan Di's staying here but he had the feeling that Ji Hoo wouldn't say him either at the very moment as he had made her cry and suddenly he felt guilty for doing so to her as it just registered in his mind that he had again hurt her with his careless words. Their long time friendship had taught him at least this. His guilt feeling increased when he recalled what he had just said to her. He winced inwardly when he realized that his words were very harsh because he knew very well that Jan Di had truly loved him and there was no doubt about it and now when he had just wanted to talk to her, he hurt her again. Why did he always hurt the woman whom he loved the most in this world?
Ji Hoo put his left hand into his pocket and said, "You got to see me. Now leave. I'm sure you know where the door is." He gestured his right hand towards the front door.
The hostility in Ji Hoo's voice left Jun Pyo no room to say anything but he was Jun Pyo after all. So ignoring what Ji Hoo said he asked the question which was the cause of all these, "Why is Jan Di staying here?"
"Why do you care?" Ji Hoo looked at the other direction not really wanting him to know.
"Because I still love her damnit!" Jun Pyo shouted. His anger came back. Wasn't it obvious? Why was Ji Hoo asking the obvious?
"Yeah, I just saw how you treat the woman you love." Ji Hoo shot back. He wouldn't back off this time.
Enraged Jun Pyo strode towards Ji Hoo and threw a punch at him. As Ji Hoo more or less expected, he dodged it and from the force of his own punch Jun Pyo lost his balance and fell on the ground.
If the situation was normal, Ji Hoo might have laughed at the look of Jun Pyo's face but it was not. So he proffered his hand out reluctantly but Jun Pyo slapped it away and stood up himself. Ji Hoo sighed resignedly and put his hand back in his pocket. He was really in no mood of fighting with Jun Pyo. So he said calmly, "I'll talk to you tomorrow, Jun Pyo. Please leave now." He didn't wait for Jun Pyo's respond and started to walk towards the room in which Jan Di was residing right now.
"What did I do wrong? I just loved her with everything I have and wanted to protect her from my witch mother. She threatened me that she would hurt her, so I had no other choice but to marry monkey. What could I do, Ji Hoo-yah?"
Ji Hoo stopped upon hearing the hopelessness and pain in his friend's voice and for a moment he felt a pang in his chest for his best friend. He turned around and found Jun Pyo standing few feet away from him with bloodshot eyes.
Ji Hoo walked back towards him and stopped in front of him. "I know Jun Pyo-ah but I can't stand it when she is this much hurt. She has suffered enough. I know you love her but if you want her to be free from this pain, you need to let her go. Moreover you are already married now. So, it's impossible for you to be with her now. If you come to her, it will just elevate her pain and she might never be able to recover. I hope you won't want that."
Jun Pyo was about to say something but Ji Hoo interrupted him saying, "I know you think that it's impossible for you as I have thought the same thing when that woman left me but I've gotten over her. So I want you to at least think about it… at least for her." Ji Hoo gave his shoulder a light squeeze and turned to go find Jan Di.
Jun Pyo was left alone there. He looked after his friend and watched his retreating back. When Ji Hoo was out of his sight, he turned and walked out of Ji Hoo's house.
Jan Di had changed into her PJs. She was thinking back what Jun Pyo told her and felt the same tearing pain again in her chest. Her eyes overflowed again and at that time she heard a knock at her door.
"Jan Di-yah! Are you sleeping?" Came Ji Hoo's soft voice.
She quickly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and went to open her door. After opening it she found her firefighter standing there with a tray of foods in his hands.
He took in the sight in front of him. She was wearing her salmon colored PJs. Her eyes were red rimmed and it pained him that she had been crying alone. But her red nose and red rimmed eyes still made her enchantingly adorable to him nonetheless. He yearned to hug her right there and then to take away all her pain but the tray in his hands was obstructing him from doing so.
Upon seeing the food in his hands she felt guilty. She was the one was who was supposed to cook tonight but after her 'encounter' with Jun Pyo she had rushed to her room and locked herself in there and had forgotten about cooking.
As if hearing her thoughts Ji Hoo said, "It's OK Jan Di-yah. You can cook tomorrow if you want but now can I come in?" He asked as they were standing at her door.
"Oh, uh… Sure." She flushed and stammered feeling embarrassed at her stupidity. Ji Hoo just smiled affectionately at her and brought the food inside and sat on Jan Di's bed.
Jan Di came and sat opposite to him in front of the food. Among all of the foods she saw a stake of pancakes and looked up at Ji Hoo. "Sunbae, pancakes…"
"Hmm… My pancakes are the best, you know? Now eat." He had already cut the pancakes into pieces and covered them with serum. He took a small piece with a fork and forced it into her mouth. Jan Di was shocked more surprised at that but then giggled finally - a genuine one for the first time that night. She took another fork from the tray and picked another piece of pancake and held it up to Ji Hoo's mouth urging him to open up.
Ji Hoo was mildly surprised but he took the piece and chewed on it. They fed each other and for a moment Jan Di forgot about everything that happened a while ago. After the supper they took the soiled plates to the kitchen and Jan Di insisted that she cleaned them as he had cooked.
Ji Hoo let her do what she wanted and watched her cleaning the plates silently. After wiping them she placed them in the cabinet. Watching her moving in his kitchen warmed his heart. He mused what it would be like if they were…
Ji Hoo's thoughts were broken when he felt Jan Di's touch on his arm. He looked at her as she asked, "What were you thinking, sunbae?"
"Nothing, just thinking things…"
They both exited the kitchen. Jan Di was about to go to her room but Ji Hoo called her, "Jan Di-yah."
She turned towards him and Ji Hoo said, "I have composed a new song... Would you like to hear it?"
Jan Di's eyes lit up. She loved Ji Hoo's compositions and his songs as well. So she agreed and they went to his study where his piano was and Ji Hoo sat on the seat. He pulled her arm and made her sit beside him.
Jan Di sat there beside him and Ji Hoo's fingers started to flying on the keys of his black piano and a haunted melody filled the room. It was the song on which he had been working on when he was avoiding her. Then Ji Hoo started singing with the melody and Jan Di listened to the lyric. She felt touched as the lyric was wonderful but she was sure of one thing – this lyric strongly told her that it was about her and Ji Hoo's situation and she felt her heart speeding up at his confession in it and his love for her.
For a moment she forgot everything around her and was absorbed in the beautiful song. She felt his feelings in it and she forgot about the sad moment with Jun Pyo a while ago. She was still in daze even when Ji Hoo had stopped singing and turned towards her to know what she thought of the song and how it was as he was quite uncertain and hesitant to sing it to her at that time but thought to do so to at least distract her from the earlier heart aching situation.
Jan Di looked at him and found him holding his breath to hear how was the song and what she thought of it which almost made her smile. She turned towards him and said, "It's beautiful, sunbae. How do you do that?" she tilted her head to the side which Ji Hoo found very cute.
"What?" He asked even though he knew what she meant.
"Compose so beautiful songs." Jan Di replied as if it was obvious and she didn't understand why he was asking it to her.
Ji Hoo merely smiled with his lips but his eyes did. He put his right hand on his heart and gave a short bow. Jan Di smiled at that.
Jan Di stood up and was about to go to her room but she felt Ji Hoo's hand on her shoulder. She turned and found him staring at her with an unfathomable look. She couldn't keep her eyes on him for long and looked down.
"… Are you... OK?" Ji Hoo asked finally.
"Y – Yeah, w - why won't I?" Jan Di cursed herself for stammering as everything came back to her what she forgot a while ago or at least tried to and she wished Ji Hoo wouldn't have asked her but she knew that he was worried about her. So she wanted to fake it that she was alright though she doubted that she could fool Ji Hoo by that.
"Jan Di-yah, look at me." Ji Hoo's low voice was gentle yet compelling.
Jan Di hesitated but still looked up at the chocolate brown eyes which seemed to see right through her façade or whatever front she put on.
Ji Hoo's hand came up and he cupped her cheek and her lips started trembling. "I'm really OK, sunbae-" She couldn't even say anything more steadily as her eyes began to fill with tears and she quickly buried her face in his chest.
Ji Hoo held the shaking girl in his arms and held her there in the warmth of his chest. As she started to lean into him more but to her surprise he broke the hug and took her hand.
Jan Di looked up at him quizzically as she was not done yet and her tears were not stopping either but she thought Ji Hoo might be tired of consoling her which brought even more tears in her eyes blurring her vision.
When she leaned into him more he thought that the middle of the door was not a right place as his back hit the door frame as well as the sharp edge of the opened door hit his shoulder which was pressed against the outer surface of his right shoulder. As the position was not comfortable and he wanted to hold her properly and give her his full attention he pulled her in his arms length.
He could see Jan Di's confused and somewhat hurt look, maybe she thought that he didn't want to hug her. So Ji Hoo quickly led her to his room which was the closest from his study door where they were standing and sat on his bed dragging the still crying girl with him and again enclosed her in his arms. 'Much better now.'
Jan Di was crying silently but when she again felt his arms around her, she felt relieved that he still wanted to hug her but that didn't stay long as her relief was quickly overtaken by her pain and over flowed her eyes.
Ji Hoo's heart wrenched painfully when he heard her heart breaking sob. His arms tightened around her automatically. She sank deeper into him and tightened her arms around him to the point he gasped for air as it became difficult to breathing but he didn't say anything, just held her there.
After a while her sob lessened and he gently pulled her out of his arms to see her face. She looked up at him like a little child and wiped the tears from her face. They stared at each other for a long time. And he started to lean towards her. Jan Di's eyes went a little wide but she stayed still, didn't move an inch.
When Ji Hoo's bangs touched hers and their lips were mere inches away, Ji Hoo paused to see if there was any resistance from Jan Di. Finding none and seeing her closed eyes he again leaned forward and touched her soft pink lips with his warm ones. He moved his lips over hers and found her responding in return.
His heart filled with sheer joy and he was thankful that she had stopped crying. He had actually wanted it to be a comforting kiss. So he deliberately kept it chaste, not entering her mouth and exploring it though he was dying to do so.
When Jan Di felt Ji Hoo's soft lips touching hers her eyes closed as if she was waiting for it. When she felt his lips moving over hers she realized that she needed this consoling kiss of Ji Hoo's and so she responded in turn.
Their lips moved over each other's and they exchanged the sweet kiss. When the kiss ended he cupped her cheek and kissed her forehead. After that Jan Di buried her flushed face in Ji Hoo's chest. Ji Hoo was thankful that she didn't sprint to her room after it ended. He held her close to his chest, his heart beat was irregular.
Jan Di was not crying anymore. She was feeling much better now. While staying in his chest she could hear his heart beat very clearly as her ear was just above his heart. So she listened to it.
The wonder girl realized something at that moment which was shocking even to her. She loved Ji Hoo's hugs more than anyone else's even… even more than Jun Pyo's. Though she loved his hugs as well, she never felt this safe, this cherished in his arms. It felt so right as if she had the right to be held in his arms and Ji Hoo had the right to hold her like that.
His heart beat was also very soothing to her ear. It had become regular now from its earlier irregular beating. She listened to it and felt very sleepy against it as Ji Hoo was rocking her gently in his arms.
When Ji Hoo heard her cute snorting after few minutes he smiled and sighed with relief. He thought that things would get awkward after the kiss but it didn't and he was more than thankful for that. He pulled the sleeping girl from his chest and deposited her head very carefully on his pillow.
He ran his fingers through her ebony hair and smiled wryly. It was becoming a habit - her sleeping in his arms though he didn't mind a least bit, quite the opposite. Her sleeping face looked so cute and he had the maddening urge to touch it. So he ran the back of his fingers along her soft rosy cheek.
Jan Di moved a little in her sleep and Ji Hoo thought to move his hand away from her cheek as he didn't fancy waking her up. So he took his hand from her cheek and before he could take his hand away Jan Di's hand shot up and she took his hand under her cheek and held it there.
For a moment he thought if she was awake but after passing few minutes and when he was confirm that she was fast asleep, he tried again. But she had his hand securely held under her left cheek and her right hand was holding onto it.
Ji Hoo didn't try anymore and he looked upon the sleeping girl, admiring her features taking note of every little detail. Her shiny hair that was on her forehead and side of her cheek, her cute little face, her delicate eye brows, her nose – unconsciously noting the little mole at the left ridge of it, her shapely ear which could be seen through her hair though it was partially covered by it and finally his eyes landed on her rosy pink lips.
He knew that she always belittled herself about being ugly but he could never agree with her. Did she know how much he loved her shiny hair which she never gave much attention and always longed to run his fingers through them, did she know how much he longed to kiss those delicate brows whenever a frown itched itself between her forehead to smooth it away, did she know how cute her little nose was, did she know how much he longed to take the lobe of her ear into his mouth and suck on it whenever he recalled it adorned by little jewelry which she wore in rare occasions, did she knew how much he loved those rosy lips and always wanted to feel them against his, did she know how beautiful she was and how much he loved her and cherished her, did she know – he huffed, breathing hard. "I'm demented." He finally said to himself.
He lied down on the bed facing Jan Di as she was still holding onto his hand rather possessively and his mind was imagining things but quickly he stopped himself before it went too far. He forced his mind to go blank. He looked at the peacefully sleeping girl on his right side who was obviously unaware on his inner torment and sighed. This was gonna be a long night…
Jun Pyo was preparing for bed. He didn't even notice Jae Kyung who had exited the bathroom clad in her night gown and was making her way towards the bed as he was thinking about what Ji Hoo had told him. He knew if he thought rationally then what Ji Hoo said was the right thing to do – give up on Jan Di. But he couldn't even think of that. How could he forget the only woman he loved with his whole heart?
He knew he was hurting her but he couldn't help it and he again felt ashamed of his behavior – the way he had treated her a while ago. He himself felt so hurt when he thought it from the other perspective. The threads of his thoughts were cut when he heard Jae Kyung's voice.
"Jun!"
But he barely looked at her, still thinking.
"Can't you at least look at me for once?" There was a hurt note in her voice. But he was not in the mood to talk to her and tried to ignore her. As she didn't move from in front of him he sighed resignedly.
"What?" He looked at her and asked with indignation.
Jae Kyung felt a little happy that finally he looked up at her but still felt the little stab of hurt as there was no love in there for her in those distance eyes – well there was but not for her. But she shook her head inwardly and said to herself not to lose hope.
She smiled and said him about her all days activity after sitting beside him on the bed – too close to Jun Pyo but he slide a little to his left to put some space between them which Jae Kyung noticed but didn't say anything. He halfheartedly listened to her but his ears perked up whenever she mentioned Jan Di's name.
Too tired to listen more Jun Pyo said her to go to bed as the both needed to be present in the next morning's meeting and lied on his side not even looking at her.
Jae Kyung watched her husband with longing and hurt in her eyes. After they went to USA she had tried to seduce his many times by wearing sexy lingerie, attempted to kiss and touch him but he never showed any interest and that hurt her hard. Even though they share the same bed Jun Pyo had always kept his distance from her never tried to touch her.
The pain in her heart increased every time when she saw him keeping his distance and not even talking to her. Honestly, couldn't she at least hope to be talked to in a friendly manner? OK, scratch that, couldn't he at least talk to her as a human?
She sighed knowing she needed to do many things to win his heart after all. She lied down on her side and turned towards Jun Pyo whose back was facing her. She reached her right hand towards him to touch his back but when it was just about to touch him she retreated back her hand.
She turned to the other side and tried to sleep, deliberately thinking about work to distract herself from thinking about her husband.
Next Morning
Jan Di woke up when she felt that she was sleeping on something which was rising and falling. She ignored it and tried to sleep as she felt warm where she was sleeping and so she snuggled close. But she then felt that someone's breath was fanning her bangs. She opened her eyes with an effort and could see a white T – shirted chest against her ear which was rising and falling evenly. She panicked first and looked up to see who it was and finally found her firefighter soundly sleeping there holding her. She relaxed immediately but tried to put some space between them.
But she found resistance as Ji Hoo's arm was draped around her waist which didn't let her move. So she lied on his chest again. She was now running her hand on his T-shirt front without her knowledge what it was doing to him and without even realizing that the action actually woke him up.
Jan Di was thinking about how they ended up in the same bed and to be specific in Ji Hoo's bed. She recalled crying in his arms and then the sweet kiss that they exchanged which made her cheeks red with color. After that he had hugged her again and that might be the time when she had fallen asleep. But why was sunbea here?
"You awake, Jan Di?" Jan Di was a little startled to hear his voice which sounded deeper as he had just woken up from sleep.
"Y – Yeah," She tentatively looked up and found him looking down at her with a tender smile. For a moment she forgot about everything she was thinking when she saw his gorgeous smile. His hair was a bit messy and he looked sexy that way. Jan Di blushed at his intense gaze which was fixed at her. She squirmed a little.
"Is anything on your mind, otter?" Ji Hoo asked her, enjoying the blush which crept up her face making her enchanting even more.
"Umm… That is… Sunbae, why are we in the same bed?" she cringed at her own question and her blush deepened due to embarrassment.
Ji Hoo pulled his arm from around her and let her lie on the pillow beside his. He lifted himself on his elbow and leaned his head against his palm. He regarded her and he knew that she was embarrassed. But he couldn't help tease her a little. "Why do you think?" he asked her with a serious face looking down at her.
Jan Di gulped. She had a flash back of the last time she did something on Jun Pyo's wedding day and started to panic again. 'Have I done something like that again?' But she couldn't recall a thing.
Ji Hoo was looking at her and upon seeing the panicky look of her face he thought that he shouldn't have said that. So to relax her he said, "You have nothing to worry. You just fell asleep in my arms and then I lied you down here but you were holding onto my hand tightly. So I had no other choice but to stay here. I might have fallen asleep after that."
With tacit agreement they didn't mention about the kiss which they exchanged last night, may be they both were a little shy about it.
He offered her a smile. Jan Di released her breath which she didn't realize that she was holding and smiled back at him the one he loved most.
-To be continued-