Hae-ju
Her face darkened due to the lack of laughter but her eyes were glistening, the shy actions she gave when she'd quickly looked away in order to avoid the awkwardness.
" Dalnimah." I whispered as she looked down at the world beneath her.
" the weather has been kind to the trees" she mumbled taking a sip of wine. " The weather will change soon though, imagine all the leaves disappearing once fall and winter arrive."
The moonlight beamed onto her lips, causing a mellowed setting of curiosity. Once she turned around I walked towards her, taking her glass that she twirled over the balcony out from her fingertips. She awkwardly looked at me, then gave an innocent response in a form of a chuckle.
Her eyes had adjusted to me it seemed, the face so close onto her, she propped herself up with the hand that she let walk along the balcony railing guiding her as she walked backwards. She must've noticed that I had gone quiet and was staring at her.
It made her self-conscious, I could read it off her chuckles, but she was unable to look away once our eyes had met. She only slowly moved back, as I matched her steps toward. The wind softly blew a petal from the blossom tree located in the park towards us.
Once she was still and could no longer plan an escape by cause of the corner she placed herself in I let out my hand towards her waist bringing her closer, with my free hand I adjusted her head, staring into her eyes, before they finally closed once our lips met. Slowly we tasted one another, slowly became quickly in a pace that matched the word in every form. I cornered her back to where she stood previously with one hand on the wall behind her, she held onto my shirt collar, returning what I gave her.
Suddenly she pushed me away as if my body was acidic. " thi– this isn't right. " she started. I stared after her as she began to run away. " what doesn't make it right?" I asked her after capturing her arm and returning her eyes towards me.
" Are you uncomfortable admitting your feeling for me? Is that it?" I asked her.
She bit her bottom lip and looked about. " I can't waste time and play this movie when I just know it'll only contain— I can't jump into a romance with you when I just got out of one. Please understand my position. It's important I keep things as they are for now." She finished and looked away again.
" Do you feel guilty because you had feeling for me, while dating him? Is that what it is?" I asked her. She blinked her eyes serval times before getting ready to disappear.
" Dalnimah... I can see you're planning a way out rather quickly ..." I called out to her. She turned around and started at me intensely , much more than the last glance she gave.
" can we pretend for today that there's no awkwardness or troubles outside?" I asked as I took a step forward.
She paused for a bit and then nodded.
" Dalnimshi today can we just savor this moment?" I asked again.
She looked down but then she nodded.
"Dalnim– can we play out the fantasies that we feel obligated to stay away from?" I asked her picking her up and placing her on top of the bed. I took her left hand and wrapped it around my waist and I pressed my chest against hers leading into our kiss.
She broke it once " this is happening—." she gave me a kiss and held on, then let go to finish her sentence. "— too fast."
" tap me 3 times in a row when you want to stop, and I'll stop, till then I'm going to keep kissing you." I said adjusting her hand at the base of my back.
We continued lock I lips, I took in her tongue as she let me. Our friction got stronger, as breathing became manually attended. I took off my top clothing, watching her as she scanned my body. I leaned in and kissed her a bit deeper as her hands roamed me. After a few more kisses I leaned on to her then whisper into her ear. " Let's stop here don't want to blame the wine."
She didn't reject the idea, she just sat on her bed and looked at me. I pulled her down, as we both fell on to our sides, on the bed. I stared at her while she examined me.
" I must be crazy." she mumbled while her eyes opened and closed, slowly. " I pulled her closer by the waist. " you haven't been sleeping well have you?" I asked while she caved into my chest like a pup. " anyway, I must be too. I don't know what came over m-." While I was speaking I heard alittle snoring.
" well that was a quick turn of events." I thought to myself smiling as I pulled her closer to my chest. Occasionally she'd whimper like a cat, her brows twitched and her lips did he same. It went on like that for a few minutes till she stopped I'd assume because after a while I did too.
I woke up the next morning alone in the bed. In came Dalnim ready for work tugging at my pants. " Go change you don't want people asking why you came to work in the same clothes again."
I turned over in the bed and posed as I laid on my side one hand at my waist as the other I used for support for my head. " I should go like this instead" I teased. She wrinkled her nose then walked away.
" you should get an award for playing hard to get." I lectured walking out of the room placing my shirt on.
" I thought I fell in love too quickly." She said.
" Well, not quick enough with me." I responded.
She ignored me and started on into the kitchen. I wrapped my hands around her waist and kissed her neck, it seemed she was now more alert than her was last night, when the front door began making sounds of entrance I let go of her then walked to sit in the couch.
Her mother walked in, and from behind her came another man, he was tall, his shoulders broad, he had a handsome face even with the small swelling displayed on the left side of his face. He wore lose clothing, making me assume he lost some weight.
" Oppa!" She yelled as she raced over to hug him. I stood up fairly quickly and bowed, before her mother.
She smiled and patted my back, rather surprised at her actions and received her attention happily. " Oppa!" She yelled one more time as she began to tear up, " I ask you to be careful and you give me a scare instead!" She seemed to slightly yell.
" ah! Dalnimah, it's okay, don't hurt your brother's ears too." Her mother chuckled as she pat her daughter in the back.
" I heard you still came to visit me though." I'm glad you even tried. " he said as he pinched his sister's cheeks.
She seemed to want to attack him Suddenly.
She brother finally looked over towards me, looking eyes with me. " You ar—."
" I'm Dalnim's boyfriend." I managed to say. The main character of conversation flared towards me as she widened eyes as if I gave the wrong answer.
" um... I mean." I was getting ready to take back my words but he already caught on. " you caught me on a lazy day, Dalnim is a picky girl so if she allowed you to love her, you must be an okay guy." He pat me on the back as she was about to walk away he held back onto my shoulder and met my eyes. " but if she cries tears and you're ever the reason...that's when I enter." He spoke with a smile, while he pressed harder on my shoulder.
Dalnim walked over and took his hand off my shoulder while his mother stared pleased. " Oppa, do you want me to live single for the rest of my life? Stop trying to scare him." She chuckled.
" If he is a real man that won't bother him don't worry." He smiled, meeting my eyes directly.
" Invite him to dinner tonight we have to return back home in the morning your dad wants us to go out and eat. I know we were already suppose to have one, but I got distracted" her mom said as she went to the kitchen and started setting ingredients around to use to prepare food. We all sat around the table and spoke while we ate breakfast.
I watched the dynamic interaction with just the three was the same when her sister was present. It was obvious they were all a close unit, something I envied. I laughed along and listened along with stories they shared, at times Dalnim would laugh and hide her face onto my chest. It truly was a great feeling to have.
After breakfast and all was attended to we prepared to leave. The wind howled lightly as the sun restrained itself from shining. The clouds began to emerge it was not yet certain if there was a storm in the midst of not.
" Let's —." The moment the rain started its performance, dalnim like I never seen her before quivered then attached her hands around my arm...—.