Heimat

CHAPTER 5

Seokjin knew he was hanging by a thread, if they stayed like this for long, he would snap. And if that happened, he would end up kissing Namjoon, which could not happen. It would ruin their friendship.

So, he slowly found his footing and stood, removing his arms from around Namjoon's neck. He awkwardly coughed, face flaming, heart thumping and eyes everywhere but at Namjoon. He was obviously failing miserably at his attempt to hide how affected he was. Namjoon dark eyes which were looking at him intently did not help at all.

"Let's get going yeah?", Namjoon asked, a smirk playing on his lips as he tilted his head towards the forest. Seokjin did not have the guts to look at him so he nodded timidly and followed him. After a few minutes Namjoon stopped and turned towards him, "I want you to close your eyes".

"Huh?"

"Close your eyes. It's a surprise", Namjoon said, he eyes already lighting up with excitement. Seokjin did as he was told and Namjoon, holding him by the shoulders, began to guide him slowly towards a small opening in the dense woods.

"There! Now you can open your eyes", Namjoon whispered in his ears. Slowly opening them he looked around to be left stupefied due to the beauty of his surroundings. The evening sunlight seeped through the dense canopies gleaming on the blooming flowers. The leaves of the trees danced along to the tune of the wind, creating their signature relaxing, rustling sound.

Namjoon felt a sense of pride, having found a place about which only he, and now Seokjin knew about. He happened to come across it while exploring the woods a few years ago. Somehow even at that moment, all he could think about was how much Seokjin would love this place, since he loved spending time in nature. That day, he made up his mind that Seokjin would be the first one to whom he would show this place.

He gazed at Seokjin who was busy inspecting the blooming flowers, probably trying to remember their names. Namjoon couldn't get over how ethereal he was. Elegance and grace seemed to come naturally to him. He couldn't understand that how it was possible for someone to be this beautiful.

The alpha longed to smell his scent, having caught a whiff, two or three times when the concealer was wearing off, mark him as his own so that no one would dare to touch him. He had to keep himself in check around Seokjin to make sure he did not cross his boundary and offend him. But he couldn't stop his mind which ran wild at night.

His recent poems had been about love, which came as a surprise since he rarely wrote about that emotion. He claimed to not understand it which to be honest, he still did not. But what he felt around Seokjin made him question, "What is love?"

Seokjin then turned towards him, his smile making his face crease and eyes twinkle.

"Like it?". "I love it Joon-ah". Namjoon walked up to him, pulling him into a hug, which he reciprocated immediately, burying himself in his comforting scent.

All this time after Seokjin's return Namjoon had kept his distance from him, only embracing him and giving him a kiss on the forehead once in a while. Even when he had begun developing feelings for Seokjin, he had kept himself in check to make sure he did not cross the line even slightly. 

But now seeing Seokjin being bright and giggly he found his control waning. Gently, he lifted Seokjin's chin with his finger so that he was looking at him and pressed soft kiss on his cheek, noticing how his cheeks colored immediately, as he smile and looked away shyly. "Maybe he feels it too. Maybe I'm not the only one".

The rest of their day passed like dream.

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While returning home, Namjoon resolved to speak to Hoseok and Taehyung about this. Being close friends since childhood, they understood him well, and since both of them had experienced what it was like to have feelings for someone, they would be able to help him sort out the mess that he had gotten himself into. 

There no doubt that he liked Seokjin, not just as a friend, but someone more than that. But he could not figure out if Seokjin felt the same way, he gave so many mixed signals that Namjoon got confused.

A moment he would be clingy and the next moment he would keep a two meter distance between them.

One time when they were running around the woods, Seokjin had tripped and Namjoon being right behind, lost his balance and fell on top of him. He had thankfully managed to prevent Seokjin from being crushed by using his hands as support. But that had them to the position where Seokjin was lying on his back and Namjoon on top of him, on his knees and palms resting on either side of his face. 

His heart had immediately picked up pace, realizing how close his face was to Seokjin's. His eyes had travelled downwards towards to rest Seokjin's lips. They looked so beautiful, soft, plush and the prettiest shade of pink he had ever seen. He thoughts were running wild with different scenarios whizzing around in his mind.

Seokjin had his hands on his shoulders, as he gazed up at him. Namjoon had noticed him staring at his lips too. If anything, he would have kissed him as well. But suddenly as though a switch had been flipped inside him, Seokjin had pushed him slightly, asking him to move. The rest of the day had been awkward for both of them.

"What is he trying to say?", Namjoon wondered.

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"Your Highness", the personal servant acknowledged the prince at his entered his chamber. He seemed to be deep in thought. "Listen to me. I want you to do something for me", he said, turning towards his personal servant. "Anything for you, your highness".

"I want you find out more about the beautiful omega that we met today. I want to know his name, where he lives and everything else about him. Where he likes to go, at what time he visits his favorite places, his hobbies and he likes and dislikes. 

Find out everything you can about him and report it to me as soon as you can", he commanded. "Sure you highness, I will begin my research on him", the servant replied, bowing as the prince nodded in approval, preparing to serve him his afternoon tea.

What they did not know what that one of the prince's Hwarang was standing by the door and had overheard the entire conversation between them.

And that Hwarang happened to be someone named Kim Taehyung.

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