Hoseok was sitting and facing the big screen displayed on his watch.
His smooth pale skin was unblemished and his crystallized eyes remind me of warm summer days. With his extremely good looks and wearing all white, he looked like an angel.
My gaze traveled down his body, but I avert it quickly before I end up thinking anything stupid.
"Hello," I waved at him making him halt at his work.
"Bella.. what's up..." He replied half minding as he still his eyes on the screen fixed and giving out a yawn.
From his reaction I know he was hungry and lucky for me I happened to get myself a lunch box of Gamja-tang or pork back-bone stew. Is a Korean spicy soup made from the spine or neck bones of a pig. It often contains potatoes, cellophane noodles, dried radish greens, perilla leaves, green onions, hot pepper, and ground sesame seeds. Even though I hate spicy food but the taste of this particular dish makes me crave it more and more and Becky always bought it home but I decided to get two small boxes to take home. I stood there contemplating if I should serve him the dish I bought along, but the taught of it makes me cringe and I feel like it overstepping my boundaries.
"Hungry"... I said clenching my teeth and waiting for his reaction but he ignored it like nothing happened.
"I have a lunch box with me here; I managed to grab something at the eatery, mind sharing it with me"...I said gently lifting the small bag that contain the lunch box.
"You are here to work Bella not to serve food," he said, his eyebrows slowly pulling together into an expression I can't interpret.
"Hoseok I'm hungry; and today I didn't eat much, just bought this for me and Becky... I wanted to go home but remember I have to be here... it's fine if you don't want to eat with me" I shrugged nonchalantly putting the lunch box at a small table in the corner of the room.
HOSEOK
I was busy checking out the production crew's work, both their sounds, voices, and bridges weren't corresponding and it cost a whole lot of work to get it done. I was very tired, having exhausted myself last night supervising the dancing group with their new choreography, it was too much work and I was pulling myself together to see that everything was in place. And today I was checking out my memory to see how well I can remember some songs on the company's lost storage drive. Up till now, I still can't believe I have lost such drive, it was just like a year ago when I can't remember the exact place I kept it, and that loss, had cost me more than I can think of, but thank goodness I was able to stand firm and prevail.
I was already tired and my eyes weary from lack of sleep and I was also hungry. My thoughts were rounding up my work earlier today and going home to get a well-prepared home meal with my family before Bella came. " Give somebody an inch, and they'll take a mile" ...my subconscious mind jibed in and I grin at my thoughts.
Her statement makes me speechless and seeing the way she gently sits still unlike the previous Bella, but I'm not buying such from her.
"Are you always good at changing your mood just to buy pity from me"?I asked her as she sniggered.
"No Hoseok" just that today was kind of stressful for me; it okay if you don't want to," she said but I cut her off before she could finish her statement.
"Mind telling me what happened today at the training"
Ever gently, she tilted her face up looking straight at me, my face furrowed from the contact.
" Fine!!! If it's okay by you" she murmur nodding her head like she was thinking of changing her mind.
"Do you get into a fight with anyway today ?"
"Fight?" She was confused. " Oh, you think I am some kind of fighter" She throws a glare at me, shutting her eyes and inhaling deeply.
"Listen Hoseok, I might not stand someone's attitude doesn't mean I should throw a fist first, don't just judge a book by its cover. She blurted out taking a few steps towards me.
I stop whatever I was doing, standing up and walking in her direction. I leaned in as if I was going to tell her a secret. "a leopard cannot change its spots" I said.
AUTHOR POV
Bella took a step back. She doesn't know if he was teasing or taunting her but her emotions weren't buying any of it.
"Oh? I didn't know you always see me this bad" her eyes blurry and her voice cranky.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing I ever do is satisfactory enough for you. I was a teacher living my life to full before meeting you and your brother. Your advice and suggestions are what I'm following with all my heart. Never did I know you only count me as a street fighter who always throw fist without reasoning, you call me clumsy and I swallow that, you don't even care if I'm hurt or not. All you just want me to be a good little and well-behaved girl even if my neck is pressed, No! I should swallow it and act normal. And there I was thinking maybe I got a good friend at least for the advice, little do I know I will be tagged as a sassy and crazy fighter".
By this time, her eyes were blurry with anger and the tear streaming freely down her face, and Hoseok's eyebrows were pulled in a mixture of regret and concern.
"Bella....
"Just go away"... she yelled at him, turning to leave but Hoseok grabbed her hand, pulling her closer to himself into a back-hug. His arms came to rest around her protectively. They stayed locked for what seemed like an eternity with Bella's eyes almost leaving her sockets due to shock at his sudden action.
"I'm sorry" he murmur an apology. Ever so gently, he lifted her face so that she was looking at him, her face already blushing red.
He smiles affectionately at her, his eyes growing in what seemed like a vortex, and she felt trapped in his smiles. Like a volcano, she could hear her heart erupting. She didn't see that coming.
"Is this what it feels to fall in love?
" Since when did you become this closer to him? Her mind questioned her and she shut her eyes tightly, trying to suppress her shocked
"I'm sorry I push you too hard, I just want to get to know you better...but I never know I was very hard on you, sorry if my words hurt you all those while".
She felt cold shivers run down her spine as he apologizes with such a soft voice, watching his dimples appear and disappear as he speaks, the look in his eyes only serves to intensify the blush on her face.
She can barely hear her thoughts as she struggled within herself to pull herself together.
"Are you okay now?" he asked holding her at arm's length.
Swallowing the lump that formed in her throat, she was about to say something when her stomach rumbled and she trapped her lips with her teeth, her face blushing more and more in red.
"Hungry... Then eat" he said flashing her the brightest smile and she gulped down his question with a nod.
"After eating, you are going to sing a song let me see how far you have improved"
She halt with the lunch box she was setting, and instead of responding, she pin him with a pointed look.
"Let me sing now before eating"
" You are hungry, and trying to sing while hungry will keep you in haste, therefore making you uncomfortable and you will have some flaws; so I advise you to eat first"
She began to fidget with the box, suddenly feeling incredibly shy.
"If I eat now I might lose my voice"
"Bella," he cut her off, "everyone has their unique voice, food shouldn't determine how your voice sounds".
"Why is he trying to be nicer all of a sudden" she mutters avoiding his gaze.
She feel a warm presence by her side and when she saw him by her side, she gulped down immediately, nervousness taking all over her.
"Where did you buy this food?
Hurato sikdang located at Jongno-gu Seoul." She stuttered with a heathen smile.
"That's good, enjoy your meal let me check my work," he said turning around to leave but Bella held onto his cloth making him halt at his moves.
"Hoseok can you join me please?
Hoseok turn his eyes towards her, shook his head, going back to his seat.
"Are you scared I might poison it? She pouted at him and Hoseok chuckled.
This Bella and her crazy thoughts. He ignored her and focused on his work, but Bella run over and blocked the screen. Even though she is small and wasn't able to cover the whole screen, still Hoseok found her action cute and funny at the same time.
" Please" she cupped her hands together pleading with her eyes, and Hoseok had no other option than to give in to her request.
Without saying much the two sat down in opposite directions as they begin to savor the gravy meal, chatting like they have known themselves for years.
"Seems like you like Sprite a lot" Bella uttered immediately he opened a can of Sprite handing her one also.
He nodded, smiling softly at her.
(A/N: wow!!!!can't believe we are already in chapter 40 of this work, please I want to imply this; if you are the type that feels awkward when reading a romantic scene of the Boys, please don't read past this chapter cause things are about to go crazy afjskhsidndnxnxnx y'all don't know how much courage it took me to start this work and have been maintaining my cool, finding one way or the other to initiate romance and luckily it seems we are already getting there.
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