The year someone turns 18 they have the opportunity to be injected with a serum that will produce a soulmate mark somewhere on their body. This serum is costly and the procedure to get the injection is not covered by insurance.
A rare illness cropp...
Once I am properly dressed and cleaned up a bit Jin finally pops back in my room. He has his laptop with him so I imagine he has ideas in mind about how to spend the time, but I decide to let him introduce them to me rather than ask him directly. I want him to feel confident enough to take the steering wheel in the decision making for the plans for today. "I wasn't sure what you wanted to do, but I brought my laptop in case you wanted to watch a movie or listen to music."
I shrug. "What do you want to do?"
His gaze immediately falls on my lips, but instead of sitting down beside me and following his obvious desire to kiss me he clears his throat. I want to tell him that there is no reason to be shy or to be worried if he kisses me so early on today it could lead a direction he is not ready to go. But, I truly want him to feel in control, and I fear if I say either of these things that I would be unintentionally driving the date a certain direction without intending to.
"Sorry, I promised to spend a few hours here, but I honestly am a bit nervous being here when there is no one else in the house."
"Like I said, Jin. I won't pressure you into anything you aren't ready for yet. Also, I love and appreciate how you want our first time together to be special. I think it is sweet and romantic just like you."
He takes a deep breath. I'm glad that my words immediately put him more at ease, but I have said something similar before so I am a bit curious why they might have more impact in this moment then before. In the next instant I sort of think I answer my own question. It's different saying it downstairs near the kitchen than saying it here in my bedroom. For him it gives the words more conviction and certainty.
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We end up watching The Great Muppet Caper simply because Jin mentions how he is curious about the rest of the Muppet movies. When he made the decision I didn't have the heart to tell him that I didn't like it as much as the original movie. It wasn't until after it was over that I admitted it.
"What? We didn't have to watch it if you didn't like it. You should have said something, Princess."
I shrug my shoulders. "You suggested it, and I wanted to do something you wanted to do today. Besides, it's not like I hate the movie. I just never was able to get a grasp on it like most of the others. I mean they don't even know Miss Piggy in the beginning. It made me exceptionally confused watching it when I was little."
He nods. "I get that. But, please weigh in on the decision making." He glances at the time. "On the good side it was only an hour and a half long. Are there any other movies you want to watch?"
I end up picking one of my favorite movies of all time, which I know he will appreciate because it truly has a little bit of everything for everybody. After it's over he gives me a shocked expression. "How? How did they fit nearly every genre in one movie like that?"
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