Be Mine

// t w e l v e //

:: chapter twelve ::

It was almost one when they decided to go back to their cabin. Exhausted yet very happy. After resting for a while, Dara grabbed her towel and pajamas and proceeded to the bathroom with Jiyong eyeing on her every move until she closed the bathroom door. He blinked once, he blinked twice and let an audible sigh. He then removed his pink beanie and raked his hair as he grabbed the digital camera in his pocket. He turned the thing on and started browsing the pictures. There were so many pictures, he could no longer track of the numbers but then inside him he could still feel the need for more. He was still craving for her pictures, to capture her moves, her smile and her laugh. To capture just every bit of her. He heaved another sigh as he stood up and placed the camera inside his bag and right on cue Dara came out of the bathroom.

She was drying her hair with her light pink towel as she was standing there in her pink rabbit printed pajamas. She smiled at him, he stared at her. Then there was silence, nothing more, nothing less. They just stared at each other drown in the eyes of one another. Jiyong stood up and grabbed his towel as he quickly walked his way to the bathroom and almost slammed the door behind him. Dara chuckled a bit as she sat on the edge of her bed, blankly staring at his empty and messy bed. She smiled as she stood up and grabbed the yellow stuff toy that he gave. She then sat down on the floor as she started talking to the stuff toy and playing with its arm. She frowned recalling it doesn’t even have any name. She stopped, thinking for a name.

She let out a frustrated growl upon almost wrecking her head for a name yet can’t think of any. She heaved a sigh as she let her shoulder dropped in defeat. She just then started humming a song while playing with its arm again. She was trying not to fall asleep when she knew she was seconds away from it. She wanted to stay up until he came out of the bathroom. She wanted to ask him to sleep beside her, but guess she could no longer hold on to that when she just fell asleep with her head leaning on the edge of her bed.

Jiyong came out of the bathroom drying his hair with a white towel, half naked and was only wearing his gray sweat pants. His eyes landed on the petite girl that was sleeping on the floor with her head leaning on the edge of her bed. He heaved a sigh as he threw the towel and grabbed his white t-shirt and slid it to his body. He then paced to her and gently wrapped his arm on her and lifted her carefully, avoiding stirring her from her sleep. Gently, he placed her on the top of her bed and covered her with the blanket. He then turned around and went to his bed as he sat down on its edge, arms leaning on his thighs and chin resting on his hands.

He was staring at her as she slept peacefully on her bed, then all of a sudden he felt he was too far from her, he felt like he was unreachable, like she was just too distant. He then stood up and walked to her, not breathing until he reached her bed and sat down without peeling his eyes of her. He stared at her as she slept. He was looking at her like she was some kind of impossibility, like she was an unfolding miracle, glorious than that of an angel and beautiful like no other when all she was doing was sleeping. He softly removed the strands of her hair covering her face. A small smile tugged in his lips as he stood up and grabbed his digital camera. He started taking picture of her, endlessly. He was trying to capture her every breath, every move. Satisfied with the shots he placed his camera back to his bag and sat down beside her once more.

He was just staring at her, counting her breath and wandering what she was dreaming. Asking if he was in those dreams. Dara snuggled closer to him as if she was totally aware that he was sitting next to her, that he was just millimetres away from her. ‘Jiyong,’ she whispered which widen his eyes in surprise. A wide smile stretched in his lips. He then leaned down and gave a small kiss on her lips. He started caressing her hair, wondering if he could just stay in that moment for the rest of his life. He slowly lied down beside her, wrapping his arms around her. He pulled her closer to him as he kissed her hair and without knowing it he just fell into slumber with her on his arms.