I adjusted my seat so that it was reclined backwards just a little, so that the seat wasn't straight up and uncomfortable to sit in. I still sat straight up since the movie hasn't started just yet; it was just streaming all of the commercials.
Shivering from the cold breeze in the theater, I take out my zip-up sweater from my bag and layer it on top of me so that it covered my chest and arms.
Jake notices and looks at me with a rather concerned and worried expression, yet he still looked at me with his soft, puppy-like eyes.
Making eye contact with him while his eyes were looking at me so warm and soft, I began feeling unexpected and uninvited butterflies in my stomach and my heart began fluttering.
"Are you okay, Shiyeon?" He leans a little forward and whispers to me. "You're cold, aren't you?"
"Yeah. It's just cold as shit in here." I reply.
Suddenly, he takes the sweater I layered on myself and folds it, putting it back into my bag. Watching him in confusion and silence, he then scoots closer to me and pulls out a mini-blanket from his bag that was decently sized. He unfolds the blanket and layers it on both him and I, covering the both of us.
This movie theater was a bit different. The seats were all connected, with no arm rest blocking in between, so it was kind of like a 2-seat bed. It felt like I was on a bed with him and it was making my heart beat so fast, for whatever reason.
It felt a little weird and new to me, being this close to Jake with a blanket over us. My heart kept beating so fast and I didn't know how to feel about all of this.
"You really brought a whole blanket, Jake?" I chuckle.
"Yeah! I know how cold it gets in movie theaters." He says proudly.
"Psssst! Jake! Shiyeon!" We hear one of the guys' whispers from the other end of the row.
Turning our heads to look, the three guys are all looking at Jake and I with the biggest childish smirks on their faces. Sunghoon raises his eyebrows at us with a smirk, throwing us a thumbs up. Jay points to Jake and I, then makes a kissy face at us.
I facepalm and look away, feeling dumbfounded and not to mention, super embarrassed at the guys being immature about the two of us sitting together.
Now I know why they were so happy that Jake and I lost Rock Paper Scissors.
Evil fucks.
"They're so childish. It's hilarious." Jake giggles softly.
"I know. It hurts my brain just looking at them. Especially Jay. That fucker," I huff.
"Boys will be boys. Between a group of guy best friends, they always make fun each other when it comes to girls. I'm sure you know that." He tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear, while looking at me with deep, full eyes.
"Yeah. Boys will be boys, you're right." I gulp, my heart beating incredibly rapidly.
"I do think they're overreacting, though. They look so dumb making faces at us." Jake grins.
Trying to completely ignore the fact that Jake looks amazingly attractive when he smiles at me, I look away from him and instead, I look at the big screen.
What are these butterflies doing in my stomach?
Get the hell away from me, butterflies.
"Here. I'll place the popcorn right here." Jake says.
He places the big bag of popcorn in the middle of us and on top of the blanket, making it accessible to both of us. Though the popcorn was in the middle, Jake and I were still relatively close with our bodies almost touching next to each other. I lean back against the seat and he does the same shortly after me.
"I'm excited. I hope this movie is good." Jake speaks up.
"Yeah, I usually really like action movies. My favorite genre is horror, though." I respond.
"Gosh, you have balls of steel. I hate scary stuff. It freaks me out. I get so scared easily." He shudders, looking at me.
"Jay told me about that time you were in his bathroom and got scared of his toilet. I thought it was pretty funny." I giggle softly.
"Oh my god! He told you about that? That's so embarrassing!" He covers his face, his cheeks turning red.
"He swore not to tell anyone... no....." he makes a pouting noise.
"It's okay. Don't be embarrassed." I pat his head gently, feeling his soft hair.
"No, Shiyeon. I feel like a loser whenever someone brings that up. I mean, who the hell gets scared of a toilet?" He whines.
"It's okay. If you ask me, I think guys who get scared easily are really cute. I think it's adorable, so don't be so embarrassed." I tell him.
He looks at me with widened eyes, his cheeks still flushed. He then breaks out into a small smile, his eyes turning shy and soft.
"Y-You think so?" He gushes.
"Yeah." I nod my head.
He looks away, flustered.
Here this goes again; a shy Jake.
It's like he has two sides to him; a confident, arrogant side and a shy side. He's never shy with anyone else; girls specifically. He's always so cocky and confident, and this shyness coming from him is so new. It all feels so unreal; seeing him so flustered like this.
"Gosh, my heart is beating super fast. I don't know why," Jake says, sipping and gulping down his drink.
Same, Jake. Same.
"Shiyeon! The movie's starting," Jake pats my thigh excitedly and points to the screen.
The lights shimmer down and now it's completely dark in the theater; the only light source is the big screen. I get fully comfortable and we all quiet down, eyes glued to the screen while we're both eating popcorn.
Throughout the whole movie, Jake would lean his head towards me and whisper things about the movie. Most people would find this annoying, but I thought that it was super cute that he was so excited and shared the most obvious things to me.
Every now and then, he would also pat my thigh or arm in excitement due to the events in the movie as well. The butterflies remained in my stomach the entire time.
I put my hand into the bag of popcorn to grab some, but unexpectedly at the same time, so did Jake. Our hands touching, we both jerk our hands out of the bag and look at each other with widened eyes.
Jake's widened eyes become soft and he smiles at me warmly, giggling softly. I smile a little back at him, my heart beating fast.
To make matters even worse for my rapid heart beating, Jake suddenly scoots in to me as close as possible, resting his head on mine. I gulp, my eyes secretly widening like golf balls. In exchange, I carefully move my head so that it was on his shoulder while his head remained resting on mine.
"Look!" Jake whispers to me like a little kid. "Look at how cool the buildings look! Isn't that so cool, Shiyeon?" He gasps quietly.
I chuckle gently in awe at how cute he was being.
"They really put a lot of effort into this movie. It all looks really cool." I whisper to him.
"Look at John Cena!!!" He whispers loudly, patting my thigh repeatedly in excitement.
"Wow, he seriously looks so buff." He giggles childishly.
"SHHHHHHH!!!" We hear many people shushing Jake.
"Sorry..." Jake quiets down, embarrassed.
I smile, patting his arm.
"It's alright, Jake. These people are just jerks." I assure him.
"Thanks, Shiyeon." He pinches my cheek.
Am I seriously doing this, right now?
With Jake?
This cannot be happening.
I was supposed to hate this kid.