Jin-Ae clapped her hands in excitement and went to the kitchen looking for plates.
"Oh, what are you doing here? I speculated you went to start a movie" Jin-Ae inquired, furrowing her eyebrows as she entered the lavender-scented kitchen and opened the cabinets to find the plates.
"Ahh, Nothing! I'm... I'm thirsty." He hastily mumbled while scratching his neck and peeking everywhere but her.
Jin-Ae got absorbed into the moment as she was trying not to make any noise and wake muffin up.
He rashly came out of the kitchen and sighed loudly.
"I almost got caught" he grumbled to himself as he took some popcorns in his hand and settled down on the couch.
"Here, water!
Why did you run out like that? I'm not gonna eat you." Min-Jae opened his eyes wide, to which Jin-Ae grinned at his silliness.
Jin-Ae was glaring at him, taking up all the remaining time to memorize his every little detail so she doesn't forget how he looks like.
She knew she'll never have the vitality to confess and she'll have to be patient, as she doesn't know when she'll back.
Min-Jae was about to drink water when the strong, cold twirl of waft made the curtains in hall roll aside.
The moon was done fiddling hide and seek, it couldn't resist seeing Min-Jae.
Min-Jae's hair got messed up. It was so dramatic that Jin-Ae flickered at him for a moment, not being able to register how he possessed such duality.
A soft blush began to garnish her cheeks when she started fantasizing whilst Min-Jae frowned slightly, running a hand through his messed up hair.
What a view! Min-Jae with a shiny, alluring forehead. She mentally sobbed with a dramatic scowl on her face as she perched herself down beside him.
He was looking mischievously hot.
Her eyes couldn't stop goggling the curves on his loose button-down shirt and the way his shirt only hugged his forearm telling her that he spent his share of time in the gym.
The tension increased.
Min-Jae felt her eyes on him, he dwindled his eyes to her as he finally caught her this time.
"Heyy!" He grinned evilly as he wiggled his eyebrows naughtily
Jin-Ae immediately came out of her fantasy.
"Am I looking that hot or is there anything bothering you huh?" he solicited.
"Noo"
"What am I doing? Why am I embarrassing myself like that? Ugh, love is stupid." he thought.
"Um- Ah, nothing, what do you want to watch?" She slightly cackled, whereas his brown eyes flickered over her body as his brows arched up in confusion.
Suddenly, he came near, a lot more than needed.
His vigorous, veiny arms held her shoulders and then, swivelled her in his direction. He couldn't stop but gape in her heartwarming eyes.
Her breath hitched from his sudden act as she tried to swallow down the lump formed in her throat to act as normal as possible.
It was silent and awkward yet it somehow soothed her mind, more to be exact both of them embraced each other's warmth.
Jin-Ae was so into the moment. She was numb and the most alive she has ever been at the same time. She felt the moon peeping at her and back talking to the stars about her felicity as relaxation began spiking in her blood.
Unexpectedly, Min-Jae tightened his hold on her hand as he broke the silence, Jin-Ae winced. "I have something to tell you before you go."
The sexual tension between the two of them intensified as he kept maintaining the eye contact, staring deep into her eyes, Jin-Ae smiled and scantily backed away.
"Oh, what is it?" She asked getting up to bring some popcorn making the moment less salacious.
He immediately grasped her wrist and stopped her. Jin-Ae stood there frozen in the same place startling, not knowing what to do.
He stood up and whispered in her ear, "let's go somewhere, I have something planned for you."
"What do you mean?", Jin-Ae queried, looking at his expression which was hard for her to read. She wished she could read his thoughts.
"Are you going to just stare at me the entire time?" He called out, smirking naughtily.
"You are the one who's acting cheesy ruining my movie marathon", Jin-Ae pouted before turning away from him to hide the burning sensation on her cheeks.
Well, you never leave a chance to embarrass yourself, do you? She scolded herself mentally.
He followed her as she whined realizing how dumb she must have looked in front of him.
She felt her face burn, even more, a strange shyness overtaking her at the intimidating aura that changed in a blink of an eye.
He rolled his eyes before he took out his car keys and said, "No more talking, come downstairs I'm waiting."
And like that, Min-Jae vanished.
She hurriedly went into her room with a whiny face to change into a decent yet beautiful dress.
She put on some light makeup and impatiently ran downstairs not wanting to make him wait.
Jin-Ae's eyes were searching for him when he waved at her. He was waiting in the car, with his glasses on.
Was he acting sexy or he actually is?
Jin-Ae slowly walked to the car to open the door, when he jumped out of his side and came towards her.
Jin-Ae face-palmed herself in mistrust as she couldn't stop acclaiming his every move. She felt like the main character.
"Wait, let me open it for you." Jin-Ae just let out a dry laugh hiding all the butterflies in her stomach.
The whole ride was silent and unrealistic as aesthetic songs played in the car.
Jin-Ae's heart was thumping like a caged critter against her chest, her hands were sweating as she was growing nervous but her legs were vibing to the soothing hymn played behind.
The majestic black-starry night sky with a few flecks of pink and blue reminded her of the moonbow. It was one of the best night she had ever encountered.
She then, pulled down the window.
Cold, faded air hit her face, making her chuckle as she couldn't breathe for a second.
A blanket of peacefulness covered above that slowly eased her fascination.
The wimpiness dubbed her body to rest and let the heart whirl by the rhythm.
The rhythm of the ballad that the stars were vocalizing for her. A more of a passionate love song, the stars giggled and glistened more as they were happy for Jin-Ae.
When they both were about to get there, he unconsciously slowed down the car and kept looking at her.
As of Jin-Ae, acted like she can't sense it. She looked elsewhere, except his velvet dark eyes which were piercing on to her.
Five minutes felt like a century. She felt awkward but deep inside, she wanted that moment to just stop, pause and never change.
They both reached.
Jin-Ae's jaw dropped as she couldn't comprehend, what she was witnessing.
As he worked in a well-off hotel, the biggest one of Korea, he owned a mansion.
She never came here, she was nervous but more of wowed at the same time.She looked away nervously and attempted to unlatch her seatbelt.
Min-Jae ran recklessly and opened Jin-Ae's side of the door.
She instantly came out with her eyes wide open, scanning every little detail as she waited for him.
He parked his car to the designated place.
In the meantime, she kept looking here and there squinting her Bambi eyes repeatedly in disbelief. It was so pleasant and vibrant.
Jin-Ae was exploring the art, a masterpiece moving here and there when all of a sudden he held her hand, tighter than ever. As if, he was going to lose her any moment.
Before she could process anything.
Min-Jae asked "Are you feeling comfortable?" as concern seeped through his eyes.
"Yeah, I'm good!" Jin-Ae nodded her head profusely trying to hide the red tint appearing on her face.
Why is he so sweet???
They both went inside. His eyes followed hers which was glinting more than the stars in the night sky, trickling with curiosity and excitement.
The aroma of rose and sunflower mixed with the chocolate hit her which gave her soft yet prudent vibes.
It was so well furnished.
Everything was so beautiful and impressive like him. Before she could extrapolate anything. He stopped.
"Okay Jin-Ae, now I'm going to blindfold you. Is that okay?"
"Um-Y-Yeah but why?" She inquired, instantly face-palming herself mentally for not asking it first. "Well, you agreed on it soo, no more questions now, okay Ivy Gamble?" Jin-Ae was astounded hearing this name from him.
"He went through my books, but he never came into my room, he knows Magic for Liars?"
All these questions bombarded in her mind.
She felt sceptical about this very moment as everything was going so fast and she wasn't able to comprehend it but her heart was counselling her that it's okay, she needed to believe the love of her life, and that nothing's wrong.
They started to walk up the marble stairs as each step felt smooth and non-foliated.
He assisted her to walk up the stairs very carefully while her heart was racing like crazy.
She couldn't think straight. What is it? A surprise? Is he coming with me to New York? Is it possibly Woojin? Did he found out?
Her anxiety was driving her insane when all of a sudden she fumbled on something.
Uncertainty scrambled down her body as she tried to balance herself.
As for Min-Jae, she could feel his eyes scrutinizing her. His hold got tighter as his voice echoed with concern.
"Aish, I told them to remove this, I'm so sorry Jin-Ae. Are you okay?"
Before she could respond, he carried her in his arms and started paddling.
She was beyond dazed by his sudden action. To be more precise, he swept her off her feet.
She wanted to question him but her voice was stuck as butterflies in her stomach were going cuckoo.
Her hands automatically relaxed around his warm neck as his strong hands clasped her against the heart that was crying out for her with the same mad passion.
She could feel his eyes on her as he glanced down longingly on her face and with that her cheeks turned red. Min-Jae's features tighten into a chuckle as he went on walking towards a room.
Jin-Ae instantly crossed her fingers wishing he wouldn't see her so red flushed like this.
She closed her eyes tightly so the darkness wouldn't eat her with a dozen of questions dancing in her mind.
He put her down.
She could feel something different in the air...
Paparazzi, a populace of curious people began invading their privacy. They started capturing their outlook with every big and small digital eye, clicking and twinkling continuous lights on them which eventually resulted in Min-ah and Jae Joon getting scared and startled, they both inattentively hid behind Jin-Ae.Jin-Ae was stunned for a while as she didn't foresee being greeted goodbye like that. She stood straight bolstering her posture with wide-opened eyes as she held her kids tightly with her strong yet weary hands challenging their vicious idea of restraining her privacy. Her heart was thumping loudly, she could feel it lunging so dangerously as it jeopardized the chance of it plummeting out of her chest."Are they going to steal my kids away from me?"The only question that bounced around in her head kept on weakening her confidence whilst it slowly pulled her into this big anxious hole full of suspicions and darkness. "Please save me, please!
The sky shivered to wriggle the remaining blues into grey. The depressing yet happy tears drizzled on the earth dappling the sky with heavy clouds and shimmering silver lining.Whilst, everyone was appreciating nonentity, which is everything, Jin-Ae was standing as her heart sprinted for the figure to reveal herself.Unfortunately, something started irritating her eyes, to avoid the disturbing sensation, she carefully rubbed them but then, the appalling and the most horrendous moment transpired which caused Jin-Ae to snap her eyes wide open.Min-ah began cackling as the woman in hanbok looked pretty and so different from what she looked in front of the cameras. While on the other hand, the gullible Jae Joon was sitting there quietly, with his glossy dark eyes exemplifying the desire to go home as soon as possible.Jin-Ae recognized the woman immediately. Her breath hitched when all the voices in her head started resulting in unwelc
A tall, beautiful girl opened the door with a bright, cheerful gleam on her face, who appeared to be wearing a professional yet comfortable uniform.She greeted Jin-Ae with a big, delicate, and boxy smile. But, that smile wore off in no time when her eyes landed on Jin-Ae's drenched clothes.Jin-Ae shivered as her eyes flickered here and there trying to glare inside the room with that, she passed a small smile to the girl whilst her eyes proceeded to wiggle for her kid's sight."Please, come in ma'am!" The housekeeper mumbled softly, so soft that Jin-Ae's tears that were welled up on the edges, started to stroll down her face."Where are my kids? Who are you? Min-ah. Jae Joon.." Jin-Ae scantily sobbed when she couldn't find her kids."Please, calm down. They're so indulged in the TV right now, maybe they didn't hear you, because a while ago, big giant tears were meandering down their pink cheeks like you, wide written on their faces that they are m
Min-Jae's eyes flickered between the road and the beautiful woman driving beside him, the love of his life. Suddenly the fear of her getting hurt crawled in but then in a blink of an eye, he gradually became scared for his own life."Hey! Slow down. We'll get hurt." Min-Jae muttered and narrowed down his eyebrows in fear, without giving it a second thought.Jin-Ae forthwith gave him a death glare as a retort and then, promptly flailed her gaze to the road, trying her nicest not to tear down the concentration."My kids are lost and all you care about is getting hurt." Jin-Ae let out her frustration in a deep infuriating tone.Jin-Ae's mind was stirring up chaos and troubles, poking her in the ways that made her numb and more impassive, whatnot.Nothing in this small, scorched earth can neither harvest joy nor rehabilitate a soul that motherliness permits. Her kids not only compelled her, became a part of her, encouraged her to grow and heal in
Where are they?What are these pillows like this doing-g here?Where are you? Min-ahHer rumpus pulsated in the room, as her voice cracked in the end when her fear crawled down her throat. Min-Jae froze as his mind went blank, trying to comprehend the situation.Meanwhile, panic scrambled in her blood with her heart thumping in her chest crazily. A dozen of questions ricocheted up and down in her mind whilst she skimmed the room searching her kids with wobbled steps.She unlocked the bathroom door wishing deep in her heart for them to be in there playing with water and splashing it on one another.But she witnessed the cold water from the tap dribbling down on the ridges of the bathtub.Tip-Tip, Tip-Tip.She walked unhurriedly and removed the curtains to make sure, but Min-ah and Jae Joon were nowhere to be found. The conciliatory sound everyone loves started to torment
Flashback of a boy playing in the backyard with all the autumn leaves scattered here and there as a cold whiff swung away a few of them with it.On a loud giggly call, the kid veered around, wearing a dark brown coat which was bold and pretty, made him look like a brown rose with its corollas freshly thrived, on his simple jade black turtleneck and black earmuffs as he jogged towards his heaven, his mom.His bouncy, dusk, silky hair strode in all direction, filtered the moment into a Hollywood one.When shy airy chuckles echoed in the air as the kid jumped on her mom, knowing she'll catch him in one go.The two grinned so big at each other, as their blood rushed to their cheeks giving off a rosy tint, the cute duo looked breathtakingly beautiful.Dark chocolate brown aroma mixed with a lot of coffee beans scent, the kid pointed at the cute little pumpkin, ready to be embellished into a pretty one.The mother snickered looking at
Min-ah held her breath as she scrutinized the situation, putting up with superfluous precautions to not get snagged by the house helper/driver.She knew that they wouldn't permit them to go into a huge crowd as they might get injured.The hysterical enthusiasm and the insight of victory made them feel euphoric as their hearts romped along with the wobbly shine, a faded tremulous or sporadic light in their eyes.A child's intellect, a flame to ignite. It always works without the deliberation of right and wrong. Without contemplating any consequences, Min-ah and Jae Joon fled from the cafe to extrapolate more and experience something new.Little did they know, they were about to unlock a crazy stanza of their existences that might also cause them to tremble, lose their conscience, and the benign lifestyle they were dwelling in.Min-ah and Jae Joon sneakily got out from the different door and luckily they made it out without any dilemmas,
"You look so much like him", Min-ah lunged up, waning her brows as she twirled to get Jae Joon's viewpoint."I'm not sure but what I know is these rice chips are only made for me", Jae Joon muttered with inscrutable terms, licking his fingers, expressing how yummy those were."Hey! Look at him. WOW! This picture is you." Min-ah screeched at Jae Joon to finally get his scrutiny as her honey-brown eyes spurred and ruddy chubby cheeks hoisted in fervour gazing at her twin for a response.Greyish brown eyes diminished glaring at the picture on the TV screen as his ears earned a red hue in amusement."Woahh! That's me.", Jae Joon murmured with an unsettled tone illustrating awe.Something in Woojin was so transcendental and tantalizing that they both got engulfed in the TV screen, wowing at the man who was percolating the cliché of "hot bad boy" with a jaw slenderer than his cheekbones, guided down to his curvaceous lips.Woojin's nose, fa
The creamy silk curtains laced with fancy linen frontiers splashed an orange flicker to the room, eclectic with fairy lights reeked a greenish shade on Min-Jae's face. Felt like a forenoon in ecstasy.Jin-Ae unhurriedly opened her eyes to the adorable chorus of melodic birdsong, drifting in with the cold-warm gust swerves.The view, Min-Jae peacefully slumbering beside her was one of the best things she had ever encountered over the last five years.Resting there for a modicum, she struggled to get out of his hold, as they both slept hugging each other, admiring the warmth and adoring it to the fullest, fulfilling the missed eternities.Jin-Ae finally got out of his clasp and next, headed to the window unfurling her hands to entice her body, smiling when flashbacks of last night replayed in her head, celebrating, she then scantily removed the soft curtains and greeted the sun nicely.The dappled sunlight drew mysterious shadows, meantime, Jin-A