Translation of Love

23

Affection

Taeyoung moves his body away from mine slightly. "Sorry," he mumbles, looking down at his hands. The other couple jokingly snickers at us before turning back and continuing their conversation.

I frantically look around the bus in embarrassment. Luckily, it is pretty vacant and the two people across from us are absorbed in their phones. I let out my breath. PDA makes me nervous.

He sheepishly looks back at my red face, like a puppy that got too excited and now feels guilty.

My eyes fixate on his lips. There are smudges of red lip tint on them. I chuckle a bit, taking my finger and trying to wipe off the colour. He watches my eyes as I rub his lips. My brow furrows when the stubborn tint barely comes off. Rather, it looks like I've spread the thin layer over his lips more.

Although, if I must say, it looks kinda hot.

"It won't go away." My words trail off when I look up to his eyes. We stare at each other for a bit, and I grow nervous thinking that he might kiss me yet again. But he lets out a deep sigh while turning to face the front of the bus. His body slumps down a bit, his eyes closing.

"This is going to be a hard day," he mumbles to himself.

I watch him in confusion. Hard day? Why? Because of me? What the hell did I do? I cross my arms over my chest and look out the window for the rest of the ride.

***

"We're getting off at this stop," Koko turns to tell us. I'm woken up from the daydream I was in. Taeyoung's eyes finally open.

He takes my hand and we walk off the bus together. Koko leads the way to the amusement park.

"Have you been there before?" I ask her.

"Nope."

"And you know where you're going?"

"Honey, you just need to pretend that you know." She turns to pat my head. Max laughs at her.

I sigh in defeat. Sure enough, she leads us to the right place. It's cute and not as small as I expected but there are people everywhere. We get our tickets and look at a park map while Max scans the tickets on some app.

"Oh hell yes," Koko exclaims pointing at their biggest roller coaster called Atlantis. I feel my stomach begin to churn. I lean into Taeyoung a bit. His arms come around me, hugging me from behind. He points at some other rides, talking to the other two. I just stand sheepishly, his body shadowing mine, nervous as I hear his excitement.

This asshole loves rides, doesn't he? I'm in trouble.

"Let's do this one first, ease ourselves into things." Koko points at a ride called the Gyro Drop. When we walk over to it I notice just how high it is and how fast the contraption drops down. My stomach begins to hurt and all of a sudden I feel the urge to pee. I take a step backwards and softly hit Taeyoung.

He hugs me from behind again, his head resting on my shoulder. "Do you not like heights?" He asks me.

"Uh..." It isn't really the height that scares me. I can stand on top of a mountain looking down quite easily. It's different if I am falling off of it.

"You'll be okay. It isn't that fast," he says as he squeezes my body reassuringly.

Not fast? Yeah right.