It's crazy how you had all these feelings for Riki but not once actually told him. Well, it had been quite complicated the past weeks and you weren't sure whether he'd actually feel the same or if he just saw you as a very very good friend.

Together with Riki you sat on the originally planned seats Jay booked for the two of you but since Riki joined, Jay decided to take the other seat a little away from you guys.

You were quite nervous, you quickly held onto Riki's hand. He just smiled and actually crossed your fingers, making you look at him. "It's going to be fine, I promise. I'm here. Just focus on me."

You got lost in his eyes, your heart was beating like crazy. The nervousness, the fear, the skin and eye contact - it was a lot at once, you felt such an adrenaline rush, you squeezed his hand pretty tightly but he didn't mind, he was staring into your eyes as well.

Thanks to him you had such a good time on the plane, you'd either both sleep, play word games, watch something or talk about random stuff, yet still no conversation about the feelings you had for him. But not once did you think about telling him during the flight, you preferred the distractions you gave one anther.

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After you arrived in Seattle, a man with a sign saying "Mr. Jeongseong Park" was standing in the entrance area of the airport.

Riki noticed him first: "Damn, is that your own chauffeur??"

You quickly looked at the man too, then at Jay and Riki.

Jay just slightly chuckled: "Yeah, kinda." He had to smile and quickly went up to the man and hugged him. The man was a little flustered but gladly returned the hug.

Riki and you looked at each other, smiling and walking to the two of them too.

"So good to see you, Mr. Park."

Jay just shook his head: "You know, you can call me Jay or Jongseong.", he smiled at the older man as he just softly smiled too.

"So, you brought friends with you? Wonderful."

"Yes! These are y/n and Riki.", he pointed at you and you guys waved and smiled too. "Nice to meet you, you two. I'm Mr. Elijah Coleman. You can call me Elijah."

"Nice to me you too.", Riki and you literally said synchronised.

"Well then, let's go on.", Elijah said, took the trolley with all your luggage and pushed it towards the entrance. Jay helped him and put all the stuff into the trunk of the expensive car.

Then he and Elijah sat in the front, as Riki and you already sat in the backseats. Throughout the drive through the city, they had a lot to catch up with, so Jay was constantly talking and it made you smile how excited he was, he must had been so homesick and miss all this.

You glanced at Riki and caught him also glancing at you but you quickly looked away and smiled to yourself.
"Wait, was he also staring at me??", you thought to yourself and looked out of the window, taking in the scenery of Seattle.

"Your parents are on a business trip in London by the way, you knew that, right?"

"Oh yeah, mom told me. She knew I was coming back but sadly they'll be staying there longer than I'll be staying here. But it's fine, at least I'm not alone.", Jay slightly smiled and looked out of the windows too. He surely must be missing his parents, you pouted a little as you listened to him talk.

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