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Chapter 22 - Serendipity

Clatter of plates and utensils were heard as the running water cleaned the used dishes. "Jin, why are you manually washing them?" My head was full of confusion as I asked my brother who was wearing a pink apron and a pair of rubber gloves and was scrubbing the plates under the running water. "why? What's wrong?" He asked, oblivious to the fact that there's a dishwasher right behind him. "No, nothing's wrong keep going, you.... nice" I smiled at him and let him do it the hard way. We just finished discovering all the things we didn't know, and by 'we' I meant me. I also didn't know Jungkook also broke one of my cups. Yeah, he received some punishment.

"Oh my goodness you guys," my attention averted to Jungkook scrolling down on his mobile phone.

"What?"

"Why?"

"What'd you see?"

All three of us asked in unison as Jungkook's expression showed complete interest in whatever he was looking at. "The article about Chimmy Agency is blowing up" he said in disbelief. I scoffed, it was all because of that woman. "Jimin's probably terrible right now" I hastily washed my face and brushed my teeth and hurried to his hotel room.

Right before I closed the door, "hey use some protection!" Jin exclaimed, which made me groan. The staff passing by looked at me awkwardly and I just smiled, damn that old hag shouting about protection.

I shrugged it off and knocked on Jimin's door, I fiddled with my hands as it was my first time entering Jimin's room not drunk, I sighed at the thought as it made me feel insecure to what I looked like that day. I bit my lower lip and shut my eyes as I heard the knob being twisted. "Heejin?"

You don't even not want to know what I saw.

Jimin was half naked, oh goodness I was about to melt. A towel wrapped around his waist and droplets of water trickled down his face and his dark locks, damn. His plump lips, juicy as usual, and his abs. My heart started thumping faster than usual as I heard Jimin chuckled, in a hot way.

"You wanna continue the staring inside?" I nodded quickly, "I mean- no, but inside-" I was confused as heck as well, didn't even know what I was talking about. "I know, come in" he let me in and I looked around the room. His room was pretty much exactly the same as mine, of course. The same huge window reminded me of that night he gave the bracelet wrapped around my wrist. "You want something to drink?" He asked as he went inside the bathroom to change. Though, for real I didn't want him to change at all. I mean come on, it's not everyday I get to see a half naked man.

"Sure, coffee would be fine" I comfortably sat on the couch and touched the bracelet and looked at it lovingly. That night was so damn romantic. "I'm glad you loved it" I shifted my gaze towards him, he placed the coffee on the table and sat beside me. "Say, how many cups of coffee have you had this morning?" I let out a chuckle, "who's counting?" I joked, as I sipped on the delicious bitter coffee. I noticed his gaze and finally turned to him.

At this point both our bodies were utterly close to each other, I could almost feel his uneven breath. I bit my lip, and the atmosphere started to get hot and I suddenly felt breathless. I gulped and looked at him in the eye. His eyes were so intimidating that I almost felt like his prey. He cleared his throat as he turned to the other side and fixed his position. "So uh, what actually brought you here?" I hesitated, I knew he would feel down if I told him, but I also didn't want him to hear it from another person.

I hesitantly let out the words, "the article, it's getting worse" he held my hand and gave me a reassuring smile. "It's okay, don't worry about it" I noticed how his eyes saddened after I said those words to him. I pulled him into a hug, it was the only thing I could do. And I hated the fact that I got nothing to help him.

Once his arms wrapped around my waist I sensed the familiar warmth that he gave me when I first pulled him into an embrace. "Heejin" he whispered, he didn't want to say more words. "Please be my home" at that, I suddenly felt like it was the most beautiful moment in my life.

A few days ago I was pissed at the guy embracing me, but now, I never want this hug to end.

I knew at that moment, it wasn't all just a coincidence. All of these things, unplanned and unexpected.

He was my serendipity.

"I'll be your home"