REVER

You and Jin stand a few steps before the bed seeing all the red petals scatter into a heart shape on the bed.  Then a towel folded into swans forming a heart.  Pretty much the implication is clear.  

"I...um-" Jin finally spoke yet with hesitancy.  "We don't need to do it tonight," 

You look up at him and you see him give you that sweetest smile.  "Thank you. I'm sorry.  I'm a bit tired from the whole party," you awkwardly chuckled.

"Of course," Jin said with confidence as he walked closer to you.  As your body is pressed against his, he caresses your cheeks as he seems to memorize every feature.  A soft genuine smile draws on his face which you also did as well as a response. 

"It's fine by me, sweetheart," he said in a much lower tone. "Besides, I think it’ll be more romantic to do it in Italy,” he smirks at you, leaving you blushing at the thought of it. 

You lower your head with a shy smile. "Don't joke like that, Jin.  Just thinking about it is making me...nervous," 

It wouldn't be nerve-breaking if it was just kissing.  You two kissed a lot.  You two have made out to the extent of leaving you two almost breathless and weak on the knees; however, you two never did it all the way.  It would always stop when things are going downwards.  There would always be a chaperone that eventually led the two of you to have a mutual understanding that nothing would go downwards.  Now...now that you two have no more chaperones and are practically free to do anything, you couldn't shake the feeling of nervousness. Though, sorry to break it to you, you are really tired from the party. Tired. That's what you believe you are currently feeling right now.  If anything, you want to do it right and perfect.  You just don't know how it'll eventually go.  So...you tell yourself, you're tired. 

"Sweetheart," he removes you from your thoughts when he caresses your cheek once more.  You look at him and without much notice he brushes his lips against yours.  You respond immediately at the touch, but it did not last long.  He pulls away and his eyes lock to yours.

 "Do not worry about it.  It'll just happen.  You don't feel like doing it tonight, then we just rest," he flashes another genuine smile that always melts your heart.  

You grin and chuckle. "Can't believe I actually married someone remarkable as you," 

"Of course, I'm remarkable.  I'm Mr Worldwide Handsome," he laughs. "But...I think I'm the lucky one marrying someone as beautiful and extraordinary as you," 

You chuckle and pull away from him.  You turn away from him heading to the bathroom. You start unraveling the pins on your hair and the jewelry on her. 

"Do you mind bringing me the bag? It's in the closet," You said as you stood in front of the bathroom's mirror.

"Okay," Jin said.  The door to the closet slides open and close.  You hear a few rummaging sounds outside the bathroom.  It does not take long before Jin appears at the open bathroom door. 

"You said it's in the closet?"  He asked. 

"Yeah? Why?" 

"The closet only has my bag," he replied with confusion. 

"Your bag? I remembered putting it there," you head out of the bathroom and in the closet.  As Jin mentioned, the closet is empty.  There's only a duffel bag on one of the cabinets.

"What the- where's my bag?" You walk over to the desk and grab your phone then quickly dial your maid of honor's number - aka your best friend. 

"Dina, do you perhaps know where my bag is?" You asked through the phone.

"Your bag? Oh yeah, Lily and I took it," she answered from the other line. 

"What? Why?  I need my clothes, Dina," you glance at Jin who is standing in front of you. 

"Don't worry about the clothes.  Just have fun with your husband.  I left a new set of clothes for the night in the bathroom.  So, now go...I'll hang up now.  Can't have your husband waiting, byee!" Then the call ends.  

Jin looks at you with high eyebrows waiting for any sort of answer.  You on the other hand are beginning to think that whatever your best friend did is not good.  Why would she bother getting my bag of clothes and leave clothes in the bathroom?

You glance up at Jin and give an assuring smile. "Um...she said she placed it in the bathroom.  So...I'll just- I'll go change," 

Jin nods.  You walk to the bathroom and close the door this time.  You turn to the big space of the bathroom.  A circular bathroom is in the middle of the bathroom with much more space for the glass cubicle shower and another for the toilet.  You come closer to the sink counter glancing at every corner of it and eventually pull the drawer under the sink.  Then there it is.

You pull out a piece of thin clothing which then as you look at it through your reflection realize that it's lingerie.  A too provocative one at that.  You look at the red and black silk that doesn't cover much of your body.  It's breast part is only made up of lace that doesn't really cover anything.  Then the length of lingerie doesn't really tell you that it is only for sleeping.  

A knock on the door takes you out of your panicked thoughts. "Ye-yeah?" You answered. 

"Did you find it?" 

"Um...um yeah?" The stutter on your voice becomes noticeable. 

"Are you alright?  Do you mind if I come in?" Jin asked which only startled you more. 

"Um- wait! Just a second," you immediately put it back in the drawer then close it.  You walk to the door and slide it open with an uncomfortable smile.  

"You're still in your wedding dress? Is there something wrong?" He heads inside the bathroom.  

"You got a text from Dina," he hands you the phone and passes by you.  

You look through your phone only to get another goodluck message from her and...tips on how to make night...pleasurable.  You sigh at this turn of events.  Though, it may have been half your fault that this is exactly happening. 

"Did you check the drawer?" Jin asked.  

"Um, yeah," you said looking over your phone.  

"Oh here it-" Jin stops from speaking.  At that point, you only realize what has unfold.  Your eyes widened and immediately swift a turn to Jin who is now holding up the lingerie.  You snatch the lingerie away from him and immediately put it back in the drawer. 

"I-uh" You stutter.  "That's...that's not what it is," you look up at Jin's startled and quite flushed face.

"Um...o-okay," he managed to say. 

"Dina was fooling around and left me with only this clothing.  I wasn't exactly planning to-" 

“Say no more,” Jin cuts off and walks out of the bathroom.  It does not take long before he comes back with his bag.  He frantically ruffles through it as if trying to find something,

Then he stops, then looks at you. “Okay.  That didn’t quite turn out what I expected,”

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s empty.  My bag is empty,” he replied. 

You sigh instead of beginning to be surprised about it.  You massage your temple as you lean back to the counter sink. “I shouldn’t really have said that,” you sighed. 

You glance up at Jin.  You look away once more with a shy smile. “Four days ago, I was sort of..panicking…about the…consummate the marriage part,” 

Jin doesn’t talk, but he looks at you with a flushed face. “So…I sort of asked…tips.  But the night before the wedding I was just panicking more and so...I ended up saying that I'm tired now," 

"Sweetheart, don't ever think that it is a must that we do it tonight.  Many co-"

"No," you suddenly cut off.  You raise your eyes at him trying to fix what seems out of place anymore. 

"No?" 

"I mean…" you take a step forward and caress his arms. "...I've always been thinking about being more...intimate with you on our wedding night.  It's just that...I've never actually done it before.  I hope it could just be the books that I seem to know what I'm doing...but the truth is I'm not.  I don't want to just be the receiving end of this whole thing," 

You look away for a moment and glance back at him. "You should know.  I mean even when we were just kissing, that’s always on my mind.  I always want to try to do something to make you feel better...cause I feel like I'm receiving more more than I'm giving something," 

Jin's gaze softens and a small smile slips on his plump lips.  

"You never should be worried about that.  You give me more than enough.  Everyday that I see you I'm happy.  Even just by smiling or giving me a peck on the cheek, my heart is full than it will ever be," he leans forward and gives a soft kiss on your forehead. 

"You always have your way with words," you chuckle as you lean forward to his kiss. 

"It's the truth," he pulls back and gazes at you with those eyes you never truly get tired of looking at. 

"Now that we are married, we have all the time in the world to discover each other's pleasure and get to know more of how to fill each other's heart in so many different ways.  We can always take it step by step.  Baby steps, hm?" He tilts his head to the side waiting for an answer from you. 

You nod as an answer.  "I like that.  Baby steps," you grin.  

Jin hugs you one more time before he grabs the bag which he seems to have dropped on the floor.  "Wait for me here.  I think they have some shirts at the shop downstairs.  I can buy some," he said about to turn to the door, but you grab his arm. 

He turns to you who seems to be avoiding his gaze due to your flushed cheeks. "Do you- do you want me to run us a bath?" 

"Run a-" he sees the bathtub and immediately catches on quickly. "Oh," he glances back at you and he catches your gaze. 

He grins. "Of course, I would love that," 

You offer him a big smile and let him go to get the bath ready.  

"I'll make sure to make it bubbly," you chuckle. 

"Well, I don't mind a less bubbly bath with you," he said with a low voice and chuckle.  You're back is in front of him but you could feel the heated stare. 

"Stop staring at me and go buy us some shirts to wear for the night," you awkwardly laugh yet you could definitely feel the heat rising up your cheeks. 

Jin laughs out loud and immediately leaves the room.  

You turn on the faucet letting the water fill up the tub. Then you grab the bubble bath soap practically staring at it. However, your mind is somewhere else. 

"Come on, just take another can," Kei ,one of your friends, said while she plays with her empty beer bottle. 

"You already had six bottles," you pointed at Kei, and then you pointed to your other friend Fina who was beside you. "And you already had 5" 

"And obviously you two are tipsy already.  One of us has to step up and put someone in their respective rooms," you said. 

"I'm-not yet m drunk," Fina giggles. 

"I believe you are, sweetheart," A familiar man's voice appears.  All of them turn to see her friends’ significant others ,Jungkook and Jimin.  Ever since Kei and Fina got into a relationship with them, they've eventually been a part of the group.  Well, one more is added to the group.  Kim Taehyung.  Quite a handsome man, as you said in your first impression of him.  The two other men do have the looks as well, but Taehyung always has that different kind of attractiveness.  The elegant yet casual attractiveness.  

From behind Jungkook and Jimin, Taehyung stands as well with a small smile.  Since he's a close friend to Jungkook and Jimin, Taehyung eventually became a part of the group.  

"Come on, sweetheart.  Let's get you to bed," Jimin walks over to Fina and helps her get up.  

Jungkook on the other hand ends up carrying Keir bridal style.  

"Straight to bed, okay," You warned, leaving you with simple nods and replies.  

Now, it's just you and Taehyung who is standing by the doorway.  You glance up at him for a while and give a polite smile before you begin cleaning up the table.  It did not take long before Taehyung walked over to the dining table and grabbed the beer bottles. 

"It's alright. I'm good," you said.  

"It's no trouble," Taehyung spoke.  He grabs the ones you were carrying and brings it to the kitchen.  You grab the glasses and bowl of empty snacks then follow Taehyung to the kitchen.  

He puts down the glass bottles beside the sink as you do as well with the glasses and bowl.  Before turning on the sink you turn to Taehyung with a smile. 

"Do you have any music on your phone? I don't really like washing the dishes without music," you chuckle 

Taehyung nods and pulls out his phone from his pocket. "What do you want me to play?" 

"I'm not sure... how about a music you relate to or feel like listening to as of this moment?" You said.  

Taehyung looks at his phone for a moment and nods.  He makes a few clicks before a very melodic music comes to play.  Soft piano plays before a jazz like music fills the atmosphere.  

"Is this Love by Aalia.  I like that song," you said as you begin to wash just a few glasses and bowls on the sink.  He insists on doing it, but you did it anyway.  You let him settle his back on an island table just right behind you. 

"I've actually been listening to it alot lately," he replied.  "It's very much relatable," 

You chuckle. "Oh, I see.  You got yourself a girl in mind, huh," you teased as you put a clean glass on a tray beside the sink.  

Taehyung doesn't answer, but then sighs the word "Yeah," 

"It's surprising that I haven't heard any teasing from the two.  Do they know about this or I just happen to be the first one to do so?" 

"I guess, they know.  They just know how to shut up in this case," 

You finally close the sink and finish off with the dishes before turning to Taehyung.  His lower back is leaned back on the island table while both his hands are on either side of him.  

"Have you asked her out?" You asked with an innocent smile and probably giggled at the embarrassed look on his face.   

"I've been trying to...I guess," 

"Trying to?  What are you even doing to ask her out?" You cross your arms as you look at his eyes which seem to be avoiding yours. 

"Okay...I haven't exactly asked her out," Taehyung said, lowering his head more. 

"You should ask her out," you said with a cheeky smile.  

Taehyung on the other glances up at you with a reddened cheeks; however, he doesn't remove his soft gaze from you.  He then sighs and straightens his posture, overshadowing you. 

"Alright, I'll do it," Taehyung said as his eyes shifted to determination.  

"There you go.  Goodluck with it.  Just remember, just say it straight.  Don't beat around the bush," 

"Okay.  Will you go out with me?" 

You smile at that determined look mixing up with supposed romantic words. "You look like you're demanding.  Make it softer like you're a prince offering a princess to a dance...afterall you're very prince looking," 

Taehyung's eyes widened, but then he took a deep breath as if collecting the needed courage for the supposed will-you-go-out-with-me scenario.  He seems to shift closer to you and his eyes soften along with all his facial features. 

"Will you go out with me?" He said with longing eyes.  Your eyes lock with each other as if a certain hypnotism got you to just look at his eyes.  Just by looking at his eyes it seems like you are already looking at the kind and caring soul that lingers inside him.  It would be a lie to say that you didn't have a crush on him once before.  Too bad he'll ask someone out, you thought.  

You blink and get your senses back before you pull back.  "Yes, you can do that, but not too close.  Your handsomeness is too overwhelming up too close," you laughed to break off whatever atmosphere you just emitted.  However, Taehyung doesn't laugh.  Instead, he just looks at you with longing eyes as if waiting for something. 

"What?" You spoke. 

"Will you go out with me?" He said once more with a similar low soft voice.  

You frown.  "Yes.  That's how you should say to her.  It would be hard to say no to," 

He blinks for a moment and shakes his head.  He looks away for a moment and turns back to you.  He chuckles yet it was low and short. "I think we're not exactly understanding each other," he replied. 

He takes a step forward much closer and almost closes the gap between the two of you.  He puts his hands on the counter behind you caging you between his arms.  Your lower back hits the counter leaving you only a mere inches away from his face.  His eyes are sharp yet soft as well as it traps your gaze to him.  Slowly, he leans forward and gives you a soft kiss on the forehead then moves down to kiss your cheeks.  As his lips touch your skin, you stiffen and your heart pounded hard against your chest.  At that, it seems you have woken yourself to the realization. 

You don’t even get to speak before he pulls back yet his arms caging you and said "I like you so much, y/n. Will you please go out with me?"   

"I...uh...you were actually asking me out?" You stutter. 

"Pretty much yes and been trying to do so for the last month," he chuckles yet low and husky. 

You didn't talk at all, but your face already tells it all.  It has been such a long debate for you to stop crushing on him because you might just be doing it because of so many reasons.  Then here you are being asked out by him.  Such a classic as you thought.  At that idea, you laughed.  Taehyung is confuse at the sudden expression.  He's about to pull away when you stop him by cupping his cheeks. 

"You have no idea the roller coaster ride I've been through because of you," you said.

You lean forward and give him a quick peck on the lips. 

"Of course, I would go out with you," you smile at him.  Eventually you do not notice, his arms move and eventually wrap around your waist pulling you close to his body.  You look up at him with a smile and a lift of an eyebrow. 

"Thank you for saying yes; however, after that quick peck, I think I wouldn't be able to sleep if we didn't make it up for a real kiss," he cheekily smiles then softens. "Is it okay if I kiss you, y/n?"