Chapter 26: electric hearts

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„I'm gonna sleep on the couch, or somewhere else.", he smiled at me. "If you need something, you can just call me.".

"Actually...can you sleep here as well?", I tilted my head, which made him stop in his tracks.

„Uhm...I mean, I can. Sure.", he agreed and finally stepped into his bedroom, closing the door completely. "I just thought you might feel uncomfortable.".

I laughed and slit a little further on the mattress. "As long as you don't snore. Because otherwise you are welcome to sleep on the couch.".

Heeseung switched off the light, using his phone camera to illuminate the room a little to guide himself one time around the bed. As he sad down as well, he nodded towards the nightstand on my side. The remote control over there is for the LED light on the ceiling," he explained. "You can turn it on if you want.".

I did as he said and choose a soft natural color for the light stripe, which immediately made the room seem more cozy.

„I'm so tired." yawned Heeseung. „And I hardly did anything today.". His back rested against the headboard as he checked the time on his phone. „It's almost 12 am.".

I grabbed the blanket, which by now was only dangling loosely over my left shoulder, and snuggled my head into the soft pillow, earning a short glance from the side.

„I can turn off the lights, if you want to sleep.". But I lightly shook my head. „It's cozy like this.".

A smile flits across his face, as he brushed a strand of hair behind my ear, which has fallen over my forehead. Even though I was already half asleep, I still felt the burning tingle his fingertips left on my skin. So without any second though, I shifted over to his side of the bed, and placed my head on his upper arm, very close to his face.

His arm sneaked around my waist, as he adjusted us both in a more comfortable position. I hummed quietly, my head now resting on his chest. The scent of his perfume appeared in my nose with every breath I took as I closed my eyes one again.

„Have you set up an alarm?", he asked, glaring down at me.

I nodded „Three to be exact. There's no way I'm gonna miss my plane tomorrow.".

"You say so? I've once missed my train because I overslept two hours, even though I turned on five alarms the day before."

"Don't scare me!" I scolded him. "We won't oversleep, okay?".

"At least I try.". I added with a chuckle. "You are so cozy, I hope I will be able to get up.".

„By the way. I was thinking about this the whole time.". Heeseung reached for my hand on his belly and started playing with my fingers. „Even though you're gone, don't you think we should like...try it?".

I frowned slightly. „Try what?".

„Why don't we try to actually date? Like, long distance, you know?".

I blinked a few times to realize what he was talking about. „You won't listen to me, right?". I glared up at him with a smirk.

„I mean, don't you think it would be kinda fun to keep it secret?".

With a sight, I propped myself up a little. „It won't solve any problems. It will only make them worse.". I explained. „What when I come back? You want to continue keeping it secret? I don't think it'll work.".

„So you don't want to?". He tried to shorten my answer.

I plucked uncertainly at the bedspread. „You know exactly that I want.". A smile appeared on my face. „But what if...".

„...no more what if's.", Heeseung interrupted me. „It's still such a long time until you will come back. Stop worrying before you're even gone.".

I remained silent and placed my head back on his chest. His hand slowly started brushing through my hair, which left warm goosebumps on my skin. „You know, if you are really okay with this, then I'm as well. I just don't want you to waste your time in someone who is gone, while you could be enjoying your life and dating other persons.".

„Why would it waste my time? Waiting for the person I actually like isn't any wasted time.".

Heeseung couldn't hide his cocky smile, as he noticed me deeply blushing. „Wow, your ears are almost burning.", he laughed.

Bashfully, I turned my face away from him. „You know I can't do anything about this.". I whined and tried to cool down my heated cheeks with the back of my hands.

„Gosh, you're so cute.". He laughed, squishing my upper body like a teddy bear, what almost took my breath away, and I landed sideways, right next to him, facing his stunning side-profile, before he rolled over to look at me as well.

„So you actually want to be my real boyfriend?", I repeated his question once again, since it sounded still hella surreal, propping myself up into a seating position.

„I mean, I can be your unreal boyfriend as well...".

„Stop messing with me, idiot!", I slapped his arm.

„Okay, okay.". He seemed to calm down a bit from his laughing and cleared his throat to sound more serious. „I would love to be your actual, real boyfriend, little Park.", He tilted his head. „Soo...are we going to pull this off? Together?".

I delayed the moment of my answer a bit and couldn't hide a smile as my gaze focused on his eyes, then dropping to his lips a few seconds after. „Hmm?", I hummed quietly, as my eyes moved back to his again. They were locked a few seconds, as he surprisingly got my sign quicker than expected. Heeseung shifted in his place, his hand reaching around my neck, before leaning closer.

My mind was going blank by the thought of feeling his soft lips on mine once again. That earlier, in the pool, wasn't really a thing. Just a quick peck, I guess.

The butterflies in my stomach went crazy as he stopped a few millimeters in front of my face and loosened the grip around my neck. His thumb brushed along my jawline, when his gaze descended to my lips once again.

„What are you waiting for?", I whispered with a smirk, which finally made him lean in and close the gap between us two. You could still make out the sweet taste of the Soju on his lips, causing me to shift closer and deepen the kiss. My hand rested on his tight as we slowly detached after a short time, which made me realize what just happened. Our foreheads still pressed together, as I savored the taste, his lips left on mine. The tingly feeling in my blood grew as I noticed him sucking up some air, while my hands trailed up to his neck, playing with a strand of his hair. Heeseung couldn't hide his playful, wry smirk as he carefully tilted his head and placed his lips back on mine. I could feel the soft tickle of his breath beneath my nose when he slowly started moving his lips, getting rid of any coherent thought and making me melt against him.

Fucking shit. If someone had told me a few months ago that I would kiss my brother's best friend like this today, I would have laughed at him in all probability.

His soft hands, moving around my cheeks and neck, trying to make me as comfortable as possible, almost caused me to pass out on the spot.

As much as I wanted to delay it, our body's slowly disconnected from each other, due to the fact I had to gasp for air. My hands traced down to his shoulders, when I finally moved back, my heart beating like crazy.

„I guess that's a yes?", he laughed and leaned back against the headboard.

I mean, did my answer really mean what my head wanted too? My heart definitely wanted it. It was literally screaming for it. But in my head, the battle between angel and devil was still going on.

If Sunghoon would ever find out about this, gosh, I don't know. He would probably burn the house or something. Not because of the fact that we would be dating, but rather because we lied and kept it secret.

„Can you promise me one thing?", I propped myself up onto my elbows. „Don't let Sunghoon beat you up and end up in the hospital.", I laughed and Heeseung joined in. „I'm serious, I don't want to have to fly back in the middle of the semester to stand up to him myself.".

„I promise that will not happen. I will fight like a lion and a bear.". I could not suppress a giggle as I hugged his torso and made myself comfortable again. Suddenly, I felt a cozy blanket being pulled over us, which immediately made me feel even closer and more connected in some way. "Now try to sleep.".

Heeseung carries me tightly in his arms while his fingers drew small circles on my back, and I closed my eyes, finally drifting into a deep sleep.

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Hi everyone ♥️♥️♥️

first of all, I'm so sorry for the slow updates at the moment. I'm pretty busy with the organization of many group orders. I really hate-love comeback times haha.

And ofc TYSSM for 18,5k reads? Like how did this even happen?

What's your favorite track of the >DARK BLOOD< album? I'm really curious.

I personally love Bills and Fate. But ofc the best song has to be an intro again 😔

AND...Another CRAZY thing happened!!

I still can't believe it myself and I'm about to shit my pants, but...

IM TALKING TO JAKE ON SATURDAY 😭😭

I'm going to have a videocall with my favorite person ever. I'M CRYING! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE THIS, OMGGG ♥️♥️♥️