Alone

Together: Part 2

Good.

Y/N tilted her head up towards me with the same smirk I wore earlier.
"Pull yourself together a little, Kookie.", she mocked and snuggled into my embrace.
Her gesture made my heart flutter and temporarily distracted me.
"Are you planning to write yourself?", Namjoon continued.
"I was thinking about it, but currently I'm more more so fascinated about publishing. I'd like to be someone that brings an author's work to the public."
"So making an author's dream come true. How sweet.", I hummed, to which she leaned her head against me in acknowledgment.
"That's awesome! Now I know who to call one day.", he cheered, snapping me out of my lovey-dovey moment.
My eyes darted over to him, a cold death glare wincing them.
"You have her number?", I darkly questioned.
There was a pinch in my heart along with the bitterness. It took us a year to exchange numbers, so him possibly having hers somehow hurt. His grin turned to an awkward and somewhat helpless smile as he glanced back and forth between us, getting more and more intimidated.
"That... That was a joke. I- No, I don't."
I put my chin on Y/N's head and poked the inside of my mouth with my tongue.
"Hm."
My girlfriend found my behavior quite entertaining and now got back at me for all my previous teases today.
"Might change in fall. Maybe you'll want a study buddy again.", she winked at him.
"Yeah, maybe...", he replied until his eyes fell back on me. "...or maybe not."
I nodded once in confirmation and approval of his changed reply and noticed someone walking up to the counter with a large bag.
"Large three cheese with jalapeños and penne Napoli?", the guy asked and looked at all of us. Namjoon quickly took out his wallet and put some money on the counter top.
"Thanks. You can keep the change.", he forced a smile as he took the bag and then turned to us one last time.
"See you in a few months then."
"Yes, take care.", Y/N chirped.
Finally...
Afterwards, she turned around in my arms and put her chin on my chest to look up at me.
"Your order will be ready in a few minutes.", the guy let us know before disappearing in the back again. I focused back on her and cocked a brow at her grin.
"Love you.", she said.
I squinted my eyes and pursed my lips while snorting once. Then I briefly tilted my head and clicked my tongue.
"Love you too."
She stopped grinning and sincerely smiled, gesture I returned before I gave her a sweet peck. She sneakily stole another just before Sarah returned to the counter and caught our attention again. Y/N let out a sigh and faced her, but stayed in my hug.
"So art and literature...", Sarah picked up the previous topic.
"Yes.", my girlfriend confirmed nonchalantly.
"What about you?", I asked back to be polite.
No more teasing on my part. How I felt while Namjoon was around was not what I wanted to further provoke in Y/N. It was a wordless agreement we made with the kisses and I wouldn't let Sarah's behavior interfere with it.
"I want to take a break and travel for a few months. Perhaps an 'Eat. Pray. Love.' kind of thing and then I'm thinking about looking into journalism.", she giggled while eyeing me inappropriately.
"For a newspaper or magazine?", I wondered.
"Magazine."
Y/N released a single soundless chuckle, turned her head to my chest and mumbled under her breath only for me to hear.
"Gossip. Who would've thought..."
I repeated the single chuckle.
"Shh.", I disciplined her and tried to make my smile look less amused and rather sincere.
"Sounds great. We haven't thought about traveling. Maybe we should go somewhere before the semester starts?"
Y/N was surprised by the way I shifted the conversation, but happily went along.
"Like?", she asked back with fascination in her eyes.
I tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and shrugged.
"I don't know. Where have you always wanted to go to?"
She thought for a moment, cutely pursed her lips and then answered: "Greece."
"Like Athens or more so the isles?", I wondered.
"Both are intriguing to me.
"One week in Athens and two weeks on an island?", I suggested, my nose getting closer and closer to hers until they eventually met.
"Sounds great.", Y/N hummed and cutely rubbed them together, making me forget that we weren't alone.
"Let's look up offers tomorrow."
She nodded softly, cleared her throat and snuggled her head under mine when she couldn't take her fluster anymore. I soothingly ran my hand down her back to comfort her. Sarah's smile had become a bitter one, her eyes now properly acknowledging Y/N.
"You two are...cute together.", she reluctantly admitted.
"Thanks.", I responded genuinely, squished my cheek against my girlfriend's head and affectionately caressed her lower back to check if she heard it. She subtly buried her head further in my chest.
Sarah tapped her acrylics on the counter and focused back on me.
"Seems like it could be serious.", she mentioned, but somewhat made it sound like a question.