"It's time to go to sleep"

His mom walked into the room, and it caught both me and Jeongin off guard. We had been texting a lot the past 30 minutes. I think our messages tell a little story. I had a feeling this was going very well.

He was almost caught using his phone when his mom walked into the room, but managed to hide it behind the Bible just in time.

Earlier, he was out of the room to clean some stuff. Other than that, reading the Bible seemed to be his only hobby. It was odd, but I wasn't here to judge him.

"Oh okay, I'll go get ready for bed" He replied to his mother.

He hid his phone under a pillow before walking out of his room. I assumed all his family members were going to bed before him. There had been multiple sounds coming from the bathroom the past couple minutes. I was so ready to get out of here.

While waiting for Jeongin to get back, I started reading over our recent messages.

Jeongin♥️♥️

Sent 21:16

Seungmin

☺️

🥰

Sent 21:17

Jeongin♥️♥️

Sent 21:17

Seungmin

😊😎

Sent 21:17

Jeongin♥️♥️

Sent 21:17

Seungmin

☺️🥰

☺️🥰😍😙😉

Sent 21:18

Jeongin♥️♥️

Sent 21:18

I smiled looking down at our dialogue. He called me cool! I couldn't believe it. What if he had feelings for me? Maybe I'd be able to confess mine for him today after all..

My excitement almost exploded out my eyeballs as I waited for him to come back. I tried coming up with a way to confess my feelings later, but it couldn't sound too scripted. It'd have to come naturally.

My breath stopped when I heard the door to his room open.

"Im back" Jeongin whispered

I heard him close the door behind him. I fixed my hair quickly, and pat down my clothes. This was my time.

"You can come out now" he whispered

I opened the closet slowly and stuck my head out. He nodded, gesturing me that it was ok to get out.

I smiled at him, and lifted my foot. To my surprise I had zero feelings in my legs. They were trembling, and when I tried to step out of the closet, they completely collapsed.

"Oh no" Jeongin said, keeping the quiet tone

He managed to grab me by my arms mid-fall, so that I didn't land too harshly. I may not have had a lot of feelings in my legs, but I definitely felt LOTS of feelings swarming in my heart.

I was surprised at both my legs not functioning, and the fact that he pretty much caught me. It wasn't a harsh fall, so it didn't make a lot of sound. The floor was carpeted.

"You good?" He asked

My heart fluttered

"Yeah" I replied, looking down at my shaky legs

He let go of my arms carefully

"You're legs must be really tired" he said

"Mhm" I nodded

I started moving them to try and loosen them up a bit. It slowly worked.

"You can stay here a bit until your legs feel better" he said, "I don't want you falling and loosing balance on your way home"

"Thank you" I smiled

I looked up at him, and we made eye contact for a good while. He looked so nice like this. In his pyjamas, hair all messy. My heart was racing.

"Oh, uhm I'm sorry" he ended the eye contact, "you don't have to sit on the floor"

He walked over to his bed, and pat the blanket down making it look better. He then sat down on the same spot he was in earlier. I managed to stand up, and step my way over to him. My legs were still numb and shaky, but it felt nice to sit on a more comfortable surface.

"Thanks" I mumbled

I just knew my face was more red than ever. We had about twenty centimeters of space between us, and that was twenty centimeters too much.

I turned my head away from him to pretend I was staring at something else. That was the perfect timing to close the space between our legs.

I lifted myself just slightly by putting my hands on the bed, and then scooched closer to him. Not until our clothed thighs were touching, I looked in his direction.

"So, have you been in contact with Changbin or Beomhan lately?" I asked

His mouth was half open, and he looked nervous. Hopefully I wasn't scaring him.

"Oh, uhm" he mumbled

He scratched behind his ear

"You need to be quiet" he changed his tone from quiet talking, to whispering.

"Oh, right" I whispered back in a similar tone

"What were you asking me again?" He asked

"I wondered if you had been in contact with Changbin or Beomhan lately? Like, after camp" I repeated

He made a loud swallow-sound

"Yeah, I guess" he replied, "I've asked them how they're doing and all that"

"Cool" I said

I caught myself staring at him for a bit long. He barely looked me in the eyes, and if he did, the eye contact wouldn't last longer than a second.

"Have you been in contact with them?" He asked me

"No, only with you" I responded

He nodded quickly, still not maintaining eye contact.

"We have a lot in common" I said

"I guess" he responded

"I like you a lot" I added

I could not believe I just said that. It wasn't a complete confession, but it was still a huge step. I mean, you don't always tell ur friends that kind of stuff.

He turned his head to face me, and I saw his eyes widen. I decided to give him a smile.

"Thanks" he smiled back

I looked down, and started wiggling my feet, in hopes that he would start a foot-fight with me. Sadly, he didn't seem to be interested.

His whole house was quiet, and the only sound I could hear was his breathing. I liked it this way. It was much more intimate. When we were at camp there always had to be some kind of sounds surrounding us.

I looked over at him and tilted my head, simply observing his face. He had a sharp jawline, and a soft rounded nose. My favorite feature of his were his eyes. They were perfect. He was so handsome.

All of a sudden his posture straightened. His sharp eyes became bigger.

"Fuck" he said quietly, completely catching me off guard

"W-what?" I said

Why on earth would he curse? Did I do something wrong?

"Your shoes" he added, looking slightly terrified

I glanced down at my feet. I wasn't wearing any shoes. Only a pair of dark gray socks.

"What do you mean?" I asked him

He stood up from bed, and finally turned his head towards me.

"Where did you place your shoes when you came here?" He questioned me

Oh my... It all went up for me. There was a chance one of his family members had seen them. That'd be a hard situation for Jeongin, considering how he's not allowed to have friends over.

I covered my mouth with my hand in shock.

"I don't know" I stuttered, "I think I just kicked them somewhere"

I prayed he wouldn't be mad at me. We had such a nice moment just now. What if I ruined it all based on where I kicked my shoes earlier?

"W-we can go check" I suggested as if it wasn't obvious enough

Surprisingly he didn't look that mad at me.

"Yeah, sure" he responded, "just stay quiet"