The only way for Nabi to see Mark for the past week was on the screen of the TV or her phone. He's been so busy with schedules that the two had no time to spend together. It almost seemed like she went back to admiring and supporting him from afar, which was still nice and fun, but since he was already more than just an artist she liked, she missed him incredibly and texting wasn't the same as being in his presence.
As she scrolled through twitter since there was almost zero customers at the flower shop that day, Nabi's phone suddenly buzzed and she almost jumped at the incoming facetime call from her boyfriend. She sat straight up, fixed her hair and cleared her throat. Not seeing him for a week made her feel a bit nervous about a simple video call that they've done thousands of times ever since they met - adorable.
"Hi!" she yelled excitedly, maybe even too loudly.
"Hey! How's it going, babe? Are you at work?"
The pet names kept on giving her butterflies no matter how often she heard Mark call her sweetly. "Yeah, but it's so slow today, I might close it early." she frowned.
"Yo, really? Why's that?"
She shrugged. "I don't know, I guess people don't have anything to celebrate with flowers today. Where are you?"
"Oh, I'm on my way to an interview and then I have another fancall event." Mark rubbed his eyes and smiled softly, glancing out the window of a moving car every now and then.
Nabi put on an honest yet slightly sad smile that the boy caught on immediately. "Babe, you ok?"
She put on an even bigger smile "I just miss you, that's all." and shrugged, trying to not make a big deal out of it.
Mark sighed, visibly sharing her feelings. "I miss you too. I hope we can spend some time together soon. My busy schedules are slowly loosening up."
Nabi nodded, feeling bittersweet because she was extremely happy his dreams were coming true and he was receiving more and more love and attention, but she missed having him only for herself. Selfish, that's true, but everyone can be a little selfish sometimes.
Mark noticed Nabi's sad eyes even through the screen of his phone and couldn't help but feel bad about how he had no time to see her in person. They've been almost inseparable for so many months ever since they first met that not being in her presence for this long felt strange to him too. Unfortunately, he knew what he was getting himself into by debuting and making his dreams come true and he wasn't going to take it for granted. Neither his relationship with Nabi - a girl he had the strongest feelings for, feelings that never occurred to him before. He was going to plan something special for the two and make her smile that beautiful smile of hers.
Mark's attention turned to someone in the front seat, probably his manager, and sighed."Anyways, babe, I have to get going."
Nabi smiled and nodded. "Good luck with your schedules today, baby."
The boy's lips curled up at the pet name and he couldn't help but smile, honestly that time. "I'll talk to you later."
The two shared few more smiles and hung up. Nabi let out a deep breath and leaned back on the chair. She took a quick look around the shop and there was still no customers in sight. Spontaneously, she stood up to go and lock the door, deciding to close the shop early that day. She then reached for her phone and dialed Bona's number. "Please tell me you're free for drinks tonight." she said as soon as her best friend picked up.
"Ok, I know I know about you two now but do you really have to be so inseparable now?" Nabi teased the couple while Jeno's arm was wrapped around Bona.
The blonde haired girl giggled meanwhile Jeno bickered with his sister, as per usual. "Anyways, be careful. Don't get too drunk, and I'm saying this to you mostly." he pointed at his twin. "Don't get my girl into trouble."
Nabi scoffed "please, if anything then she's the one always getting us in trouble. You have a bad girl right here." and Bona pushed her immediately, having her cheeks covered with blush.
"I know that." Jeno smirked, making Bona turn even redder and push him in result as well while Nabi gagged.
"Just go already." she said with her face red as tomato at that point.
The boy chuckled and pulled Bona in for a quick kiss before leaving the two by themselves. The blonde haired girl couldn't even look Nabi in the eyes, because they never talked about hers and Jeno's sex life, yet there he was, giving hints about how it was going. The brunette couldn't help but laugh at her best friend's embarrassed reaction and wrapped her arm around hers. "Come on, I'm starving and I really need a drink."
As per usual, their hangouts never ended on one drink. The two girls' faces were blushed from the alcohol as their eyes had gotten a bit smaller from the mix of soju and beer. "One more bottle please, sir!" Nabi raised her hand up for the worker who - not so happily - eventually brought it to them. They were already drunk enough to be loud, but thankfully it was the weekend so a lot of drunk people were already being loud at the place which made others not pay all their attention to the two girls.
"But you two are really meant to be." Bona slammed her glass on the table, unintentionally, surprising herself.
Nabi smiled cheekily, swaying herself from left to right like a teenage girl who was just told her and her crush are perfect for each other. "You think so?"
"Girl, there's evidence for that everywhere!"
Nabi laughed at the use of words by Bona who ended up chuckling as well. The girl sighed and said "let me see how his fancall event went."
Bona tried to grab the phone out of the girl's hands but to no avail. "Don't look at it, you'll only get jealous."
The girl scoffed "what? No, I can't be jealous of that." and giggled. It was only a matter of seconds when her face dropped upon seeing all the smiles Mark was giving to other girls. She slapped herself mentally for being ridiculous. How am I jealous over this? What is wrong with me?
"See, I told you." Bona grabbed the phone out of the other's hands and locked it. "I'm keeping it for the rest of the night."
"But what if he calls?" Nabi whined and pouted, suddenly missing him even more.
"I'll give it to you when he does, I'm not a monster."
Nabi sighed. "Fine. After all, I can't be jealous of them. He's my boyfriend after all, not theirs right? Mark Lee is my boyfriend." she said a little too loud, making the three girls sitting by a table next to them turn their way. One of them leaned over to Nabi "yeah sis, he's my boyfriend too." and burst out laughing.
Bona saw the anger and maybe even pain build in Nabi's eyes. The fact that people really wouldn't believe her words just because Mark was a famous person must've hurt the girl more than she thought it would. Not being able to openly talk about the person you love was something not many people could do and Nabi wasn't one of them. She wasn't the person who liked hiding her significant other from the world, but it seemed like she had to, and until that very moment, she hadn't realized that.
When the fact that her relationship with Mark was only really known to her and their close group of friends, how they didn't even have a single picture together yet and even if they did she wouldn't be able to post it on social media to share her happiness with the world and how she couldn't freely hold his hand on walks or kiss him openly in front of people, hit her and her face dropped. She really had to hide it all.
"I think we should get going. I'm so drunk already anyways." Bona squeezed Nabi's hand reassuringly as they put on their jackets. The blonde haired girl had called for Jeno to pick them up and after not too long he had showed up.
He shook his head at the two drunk girls, but was ready for that view even before he got there - he just knew them both too well. After giving Bona a kiss, Nabi pouted, having her eyes fill with tears out of jealousy how she couldn't have that with Mark. If he had showed up to pick them up instead of Jeno, and if he had kissed Nabi like that, there would be hell and war coming from his fans if anyone saw that.
Suddenly, Jeno wrapped his arm around his sister. "Come on, I have a surprise for you."
"What surprise?" Nabi said while pouting, completely out of it, not even curious about what it was.
Bona's brows furrowed as well as she looked at Jeno who wouldn't even give her a hint. Once they reached a certain part of a park nearby the restaurant the two girls spend their night at, a silhouette was facing its back to them. Nabi had focused her attention fully on the figure, while Bona had already figured out what was going on. Jeno pushed his sister forward a little, making the person finally turn around upon hearing noises behind him.
Mark's face lit up as he smiled at Nabi who was honestly taken aback by seeing him. "Hey!" He stared walking over to his girlfriend when her eyes suddenly filled with tears. They sparkled even in the darkness and Mark had already figured out what was coming. He wrapped his arms around Nabi who's cheeks were met with single tears that dropped. She wasn't crying, she didn't want to cry, but the feelings took over and few tears had to drop. She squeezed onto him tight and inhaled his cologne, a smell she loved and knew and missed a lot. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
Mark pulled away from the hug to place his hands on her cheeks. "I just wanted to see you." he smiled while looking her in the eyes that didn't seem like would let out more tears. They suddenly looked happier, even though still drunk. He chuckled and added "oh baby, did you have to drink so much?"
Nabi nodded, pouting cutely which made Mark melt a little. He pulled her in for another hug while sharing a look with Jeno who stood hand in hand with Bona who was also about to cry from the cuteness overload.
i hope you liked that one <3
i thought this story was slowly coming to an end within few more chapters butttt.. i think there's still a long way to go lmao well maybe not LONG long but longer than i had originally planned :)
i hope you don't mind tho bc i'm loving this book sm and don't want to let it go just yet 😭
ALSO NEW USERNAME!!!!!
i thought it was abt time for a change :,)