"𝗜 𝗚𝗢𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 a blanket, is that okay?" Jiung asked softly as he handed you a fluffy blue blanket.
You nodded slowly, your head spinning as you slowly started sobering up. "Thank you." You managed out, your voice still shaky and coarse from your tears. You hugged your knees against your chest after bundling up inside the blanket he had kindly offered, a smile spreading across his face as he observed you slowly calming down once again.
"Is there anything else I can get you?" He crouched down to your level yet remained space between the two of you, not wanting to accidentally scare you again.
You shook your head. "No, you've already done so much- thank you. I'm the one who should be doing things for you, seriously I don't know how I can every repay you for this-"
"Don't even start, Y/N." He cut you off. "It's already my fault I scared you so bad and caused all this." He reassured you with a smile. "You don't need to thank me."
But you really did. He was being a complete sweetheart to you. In fact, he had even gotten his friend to clear out everyone from his house while he stayed with you in your panicked state in order to not overwhelm you any further.
"I'm gonna go grab you a glass of water, okay? I'll be right back, I promise." He softly said, raising his pinky up to you with a bright smile. "Look, I even pinky promise."
You couldn't help but smile as well at his adorable behavior before locking your pinky with his and nodding. He sent you one last grin before standing up and walking away, the smile slowly fading from your face as you came to miss his presence even in the short span of time. Something about him just made you feel so safe- which definitely confused you considering how terrified of him you were a few hours earlier.
"I'm back," He smiled as he held two glasses of water. "I didn't know if you wanted ice or not so I panicked and brought both- I hope that's okay, I can go get you a different glass if-"
"Jiung, it's fine. Thank you." You laughed for the first time in hours at his sudden nervousness, a wave of relief washing through him as he heard you.
"Even your laugh is pretty.." He murmured quietly in hopes you wouldn't hear him.
Yet you did.
Your cheeks flushed bright red as you silently accepted one of the glasses he offered you, him sitting down across from you on the floor while sipping the other. Sure you were well aware of his feelings for you now, but you couldn't help but feel incredibly shocked at his words. "Can... can I ask you a question?" You broke the silence.
He hummed in response as he looked at you in concern. "Is everything okay?"
You nodded. "Yeah I'm just... why me?" You finally blurted out before realizing how vague your words were. "I mean, why me of all people? Why do you like me? Aren't there so many other people to choose from?"
It was now his turn to blush as he took in your words, a small shy smile forming across his lips. "I don't know honestly... it just sort of happened. One day I just noticed how much I looked at you, how much I had noticed every detail about you. It sounds creepy I know but.. ever since the first time I saw you, I was left breathless." The tips of his ears were incredibly red as he went on. "It's not just your looks, your talent, your mind- you just intrigue me so much."
You were speechless.
"God that sounded really creepy, sorry. I'm not very good with this sort of stuff."
"No I've just," You were still struggling to search for the right words. "No ones ever said something so sweet to me before."
His eyes widened. "No one?"
"Seriously," You laughed. "But I'm glad you're the first."
He beamed at your words. "Can we maybe... start over or something? Where I'm not so creepy with trying to get my feelings across."
You frowned slightly at his words. "But I don't want to forget all of this.."
"No wait! That's not what I meant!" He put up his hands in protest. "I'm sorry I'm so bad at this-"
You couldn't help but laugh once again, for being the most popular and loved boy in school he had the absolute worst flirting skills. "How about we hangout sometime? Grab coffee or something?"
"Yes!" He smiled brightly. "I would really like that."
You couldn't help but smile too at his excitement. "I would really like that too."
