Luna ends up staying the night at my place and we're huddled under the sheets of my bed. She's fast asleep with her head resting on my chest. I listen to her soft breathing as I attempt to fall asleep, but I can't. I'm scared. Scared for Luna. I don't want what happened this afternoon to happen again. I don't want her to get hurt. I don't want to lose her. She's learning to overcome the depression and I don't want it to come back to haunt her. What would I do if she tried hurting herself again? I can't let that happen.
"I love you..." I whisper and gently plant a kiss on top of my girlfriend's head.
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Morning comes and I'm on the phone with Jimin as Luna is still asleep in my room.
"Hey, Jimin," I say. "I need you to do me a favour."
"Ok..." he says hesitantly. "What is it?"
"I need you to talk to Aurora. To be by her side and support her," I explain. "She's not really in good shape right now, with her complications with her parents... and her feelings for me."
I hear him sigh and imagine him scratching the back of his head as he says, "Well... I'll see what I can do."
"I thought you wanted a girlfriend?" I say to get him to be more enthusiastic about what I'm asking him to do. "This is the perfect chance. Talk to her and maybe you'll develop feelings for each other."
"I admit that she's a pretty girl and I'll love to date her. But... she doesn't seem interested in me," Jimin says and sighs once again. "She's only interested in you."
"So? Things change. You never know," I say to convince him. "Like I never imagined that I would be dating Luna. I didn't think that I was capable of dating someone either than Haneul."
"Alright... I'll find the time to go over and talk to her," Jimin replies reluctantly.
"You sound so forced, do you not want to do this?" I ask in confusion, as I thought Jimin would be thrilled by the idea of getting to talk to Aurora.
"No, I do want to do this. It's just... I met this girl at the bar with Jungkook last night... her name was Carmina, and we seemed to get along well, I think that we might be able to get into a long-lasting relationship..."
"Oh..." I say slightly dejectedly. "That's... that's great. Forget about what I asked you to do. It's okay. I'll think of something else."
But what else can I do to help Aurora? I don't know anyone else who would be willing to talk to her and befriend her. I sigh as I try to come up with other ideas.
I'm about to end the call, when Jimin stops me, "No, wait, Taehyung. I'll talk to Aurora. I actually want to be friends with her."
"Are you sure? You don't have to..." I say.
"I'm sure," Jimin replies with certainty.
"Thank you, Jimin," I reply.
"Anything for my bro," he says and I chuckle. "So... how's Luna doing?"
I don't know how to answer his question, because I honestly don't know how she's doing. I don't know what's going on in her head. I don't know what she's thinking about. But I can tell that she's trying her best to forget about what happened. I know that she's still upset with Aurora, yet she isn't mad at her anymore. She believes that Aurora has a good reason for acting in the way that she did. Even if Aurora was having family problems, it's still unacceptable to be harsh to Luna just because she has feelings for me. They were supposed to be good friends.
"She was in an emotional state last night, but she's holding up," I say. "But, she doesn't want to tell her mum or sister about it. She doesn't want to worry them."
"That's understandable," Jimin says. "Well, I hope she isn't too upset. You should take her out to take her mind off what happened."
"I was thinking about taking her to an amusement park. Do you think that's a good idea?" I ask.
"Yeah, I think that'll be fun," Jimin says enthusiastically.
"Great," I say and see Luna walking out of my room. "I'll talk to you later."
Despite sleeping for twelve hours, she looks tired as she yawns and trudges towards the table where I'm sitting at. Her clothes are slightly creased and her hair dishevelled; yet, she still looks beautiful to me. I smile at her as she plops herself on the chair beside me.
"Good morning, sleepyhead," I say to her with a chuckle.
"Morning..." she mutters sleepily and rests her head on the table.
"Are you feeling okay?" I ask with concern as I run my fingers through her soft hair.
"I'm fine," she replies quietly. "Just a little tired."
"Well, are you up for going on our second date today?" I ask with anticipation that she agrees to go out with me.
She perks up, "Second date? Today?"
"Mhm," I say. "It's fine if you don't want to, but I just think that it'll be a good idea if you go out and had some fun. I don't want you to be moping around."
"I'm not moping," she denies. "But, I don't have any clean clothes to wear..."
She sits up and gestures to the wrinkled jumper that she borrowed from me and her dress that's stained with sauce.
I chuckle, "You can just borrow something from my closet."
"Alright..." she says as a small smile appears on her face. "I do agree with you that going out would be a good idea. But to where?"
"What better place to have fun at than an amusement park?" I say as I lead Luna back to my room to change.
She smiles, "I would love to."
I open my closet door and motion for Luna to pick an outfit, "Take your pick. I'll wait for you outside."
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Minutes later, Luna comes out wearing one of my white T-shirts that looks way to large for her petite body and a black leather belt secured around her waist.
She walks towards me and I'm taken aback by her beauty. I put my hands on her waist and peck her forehead.
"You look so beautiful in my clothes, you should wear them more often," I murmur with a smirk. "I don't mind."
She chuckles softly and blushes, "This T-shirt is so comfy, so maybe I will."
I'm surprised when she goes on her tippy toes and wraps her arms around my neck and presses her soft lips against mine.
I close my eyes and wrap my arms around her waist tightly and pull her body closer towards mine. She whimpers softly when I bite down onto her lip gently and I smile from her reaction. It felt so good to be this close to her. To feel her body against mine. To feel her warmth. I long for her. We have so much love for each other, I don't want to pull away and break the kiss. I can feel her beating heart against my chest and I know she can feel mine beating too.
Her body seemingly melts into my mine as our lips are interlock. She moans in delight when I lift her onto the table. Her legs are on either side of my body and her hands on either side of my face. Her fingers gently gripping onto my hair and my hands brushing along her arms. Every touch ignites something and I feel the need to touch every part of her. I want to unbuckle the belt that's around her waist and remove our clothing that's preventing our bodies to touch. I want her. I'm addicted to her touch; by her luscious, marshmallow-like lips
"Should we take this to the bedroom," I suggest as things become more and more passionate and fiery.
She presses her hand against my chest to put some space between us. She's breathing heavily and her lips have become slightly plump from our intense kiss.
"I... umm..." she says nervously as she avoids looking at my face. "I'm sorry... I... I'm not ready for that..."
"It-It's okay," I say and move away from her. "We should get going to the amusement park anyways."
She nods and I help her down from the table. Her cheeks are flushed and she looks down at the ground as we walk out of my apartment.
I'm not upset that she's not ready, because I'm honestly not sure if I'm ready either. Yet, I felt the need and desire to be close to her; to feel her. I'm totally smitten by her.