ᏗᏒᏒᏗᏁᎶᏋᎴ ᎷᏗᏒᏒᎥᏗᎶᏋ (Jihoon x Reader x Daniel) Wanna One

Chapter 38 ♔

Once I got to his lips, I looked up into his eyes and saw him staring back at me with an unreadable expression.

I watched as a small droplet of water fell from his hair and streamed down his face. The fine droplet streaming down his face, combined with his wonderlust expression made him look...ahem...kinda sexy. Not to mention how pretty his pink lips looked when they were wet.

My eyes widened and I started shaking my head profusely, mentally scolding myself for thinking such unholy thoughts. 

I quickly wiped Jihoon's lips with the towel as well as the remaining droplets on his hair and forehead. 

Once I was finished, I sighed in relief and tossed the towel back on the table before turning away from him, trying to calm my racing heart.

From the corner of my eye, I could see Jihoon tilting his head in confusion, "Noona? Is everything okay?" he asked softly.

I nervously chuckle, "Yeah! Everything is just dandy! No issues here! Hahaha~"

He giggled, "Well if you say so~ thanks for cleaning me up, by the way, appreciate it."

I smiled, "No problem~"

Jihoon's eyes then averted to the table he and Naomi were previously sitting on, "Oh, the table's kind of a mess and there's plenty of leftover food here. Just a sec, noona. I'm gonna clean this up," he said and proceeded to collect the dirty plates and other cutlery from the table.

"Let me help you," I offered and began helping him clean the table.

Together, we cleared the table and placed the dirty dishes and bowls in the sink, while throwing away the leftover food. We then washed the dishes at the sink, Jihoon scrubbing them with soap while I was in charge of rinsing. 

Occasionally, our hands would touch as Jihoon would pass me a dish, causing me to freak out and blush profusely and almost drop the dish. I would apologize to Jihoon everytime but he always waved it off, forgiving me with ease.

Once we were finished the work, Jihoon actually offered me a commission salary as a compensation for my hard work, but I refused. Since we were closed friends, I felt awkward asking him to pay me when I was just helping out. Besides, I never do chores at Daniel's house because the maids handle everything. So it actually felt refreshing to be useful for once.

After Jihoon and I finished up everything, we awkwardly stood next to the bar longue. I glanced at my watch.

"It's getting pretty late. I think I should head home now," I looked up at Jihoon and smiled, "I had a great time today. Thanks for having me. I'll be going now, tah tah!~" I chirped and was about to walk away, until Jihoon grabbed my wrist.

I looked back at him in confusion, "Jihoon? What's up?"

He stared at me intensely, "Wait. Before you go...I need to talk to you about something...it's important..." he whispered with a hint of pink on his cheeks.

I blinked at him in confusion but nodded, turning around to face him, "Ok. What is it, Jihoon?"

He let go of my wrist and glanced at his feet as he nervously fiddled with his fingers, "Uhm so...about what happened earlier...about...uhm...you know..."

I smiled at him cluelessly, "About what Jihoon? Be more specific."

He sighed in both frustration and embarrassment, "Jeez...do I really have to spell it out for you, Y/N? Ok uhm...about the k-k-kiss that we shared earlier..." he muttered, his face getting even more red than before.

My face immediately started heating up at the mention of the k-word, "O-Oh! R-Right!! The k-k-kiss...right...that happened. Hahaha..."

"Y-Yeah...about that, I'm sorry. You're probably mad at me. I kissed you so suddenly without any warning. Like, I know we were fake dating, but I never expected something like that to happen. Who would've guessed that one of my blind dates would ask us to kiss? In any normal situation, I would never have done it but back then, I was so caught up in the heat of the moment, I-I just...couldn't help myself. I'm so sorry, noona. I truly am," he said apologetically, his face etched with guilt.