Arms slightly touching and eyes fixed on the dark sky above, Jungkook and Eunsook laid side by side under the stars in a park by the river. The city was lulled tonight and the place was empty except them. Just the two of them accompanied by the tiny diamonds glistening for them.

The conversations between them kept being cut short for the night and replaced by loud thoughts.

"It's really pretty tonight..."

"Yeah," Jungkook agreed. He kept wanting to turn his head to her but they were so close that she would notice when he would make the slightest of movements.

Eunsook was, for once, not paying any mind to the stars. Her mind was occupied by the man lying beside her. Too close for her sanity and too far for her yearning. Every time she wanted to stop her heart from beating for him, he always found her. Always sought her. And honestly, she always wanted to be sought out by him.

Even now, he was lying there with her because she liked stars. What other reason was there?

Even if he did not give his heart back when she served hers on a silver platter for him, she decided that it was okay. It was him. The man who made her life beautiful. An existence she could not live without.

Eunsook turned her head to him and in the dark, it couldn't be seen well, but his arm flinched and he gulped hard. She squinted her eyes to see his features better. She wanted to see him all the time.

The stars could wait. She loved him more than the stars. Her feelings could not be suppressed or killed.

Jungkook wondered if she had something to say to him. He also wondered if he should look at her or not. The mood was good and the time was now, but he was still anxious to know her side. Many times had he wanted to convey his feelings, but fear and doubt would creep in. He had never felt so deeply about someone like this before and it felt like walking in the dark even though he enjoyed being in the dark. One wrong step and you would fall down into the abyss.

Eunsook was the brightest star in his life. Brighter than the moon. In her lovely lights, he was always dreaming. His dreams at night. His daydreams at day. Whenever he did not see her, it was dark and empty. What was once his solace became nightmare.

The last thing he wanted was to lose her and lose all the light in him, but his heart kept yearning to shine for her. Just once. It was hard not to love her. And he was willing to burn for her to at least shower her with his light for once.

Closing his eyes and breathing in, he finally resolved his mind and turned his head her way, seeking her eyes that were already on him. They must had adjusted well to behold her face and read her calm expression. It felt as if every time he looked at her, he was falling deeper. Her pretty eyes staring into his made his heart quicken its pace.

"What's on your mind?" Eunsook whispered under the quiet of the night.

Jungkook did not need to think. He did not hesitate.

"You."

She blinked and swallowed the heart that was about to jump out. Was it the darkness or were his eyes unusually deep and intense as he said that?

"What about me?"

He stared at her for a moment longer before saying, "Just you. You're always on my mind."

She had to remind herself to breathe properly. She could not understand why he was saying that. "And... why i-is that?"

From the corner of her eyes, she saw something move in the sky, and she immediately whipped her head to it to glimpse the traces of a shooting star.

"I love you."

Eunsook froze. The echoes of his words kept replaying in her head, but she could not understand what he just said so proudly. It was like she was hearing but not listening. The words did not make sense.

Jungkook gulped, seeing her reaction, but he was not backing down. Not now. He bit his lips before starting to ramble. "If you don't feel the same, which you probably don't... I understand. I just couldn't help my feelings, I'm sorry." It was overwhelming. His ears started ringing.

"Jungkook."

He lifted his head up that kept lowering and lowering. Eunsook was looking straight at him and brought a hand up to cup his face. Tears welled up to her throat and a wave of emotions washed over her. Their faces a few inches apart.

"I love you, too... If what I feel isn't love, then I don't know what is," she whispered and her heartbeat grew louder. "I was so afraid that you wouldn't feel the same... I really-"

Jungkook inched forward and pressed his lips against hers. It was careful but full of emotion. He was relieved. So so relieved. But over anything, he was bursting with ecstasy. His hand came up to hold her face and she snapped out of her daze before responding, kissing him deeper. With their hearts beating in their ears and against each other's chests, the two lovers gave each other their breaths, moving their lips together softly and carefully, expressing their cherished love for each other and holding each other close. It was like a dream, and truthfully, in the dark, it really felt like they were asleep and dreaming. And all they could hope for was for the morning to never come.

They looked at each other for a brief moment after the kiss. Eyes full of love and intensity that was not there before. A crawling desire that was evident in their gazes no matter how dark it was. Seen, heard, and felt by the other.

"Eunsook." His voice grew hoarser.

She shivered, eyeing and waiting for his movements. Her fingers gently traced his lower lip. "Yeah?"

Her touch was not helping. He groaned under his breath. "You really make me go crazy over you."

Jungkook captured her lips again but in a searing kiss this time. He lifted himself up and hovered on top of her with one hand to support his weight and the other against her face. She had a trouble keeping up with his intensity at first and grabbed his shirt to swallow the noises that came up, but soon enough her mind melted away and her feelings came up to envelop him. The way his soft lips felt and moved was quick to throw her sanity away.

In between the pants and kisses, his arm wrapped around her waist and slowly brought her up to sit on top of him. She straddled his waist and gripped his shoulders to meld their lips more fervently in a heated embrace. His touches and her heart burned her, the same way Jungkook was burning up like he was having a fever. In a blissful daze, he was offering himself and holding onto her like a desperate man, starved for her touch, swallowing her breaths.

"I love you so much..." He whispered in between the kisses.

Eunsook held his face and nuzzled their noses before placing her forehead against his with a soft sigh as he held her close by her waist. "Me, too... It's so overwhelming..."

As he hugged her, listening to her heartbeat that was calming down, he kept wondering. "...Am I dreaming?"

She broke into a laugh, earning a chuckle from him. "Should I punch you?"

"You should be asking to pinch, not punch!"

Eunsook gently nudged his jaw with her fist with a huge smile. "You're not dreaming, you sappy dummy."

He hugged her tightly with a wide grin. "Thank goodness."

It truly felt like a dream. The world never seemed so beautiful and every step felt lighter as if floating in the sky.

Eunsook couldn't stop smiling even when she was with other people. Taehyung had to ask.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" He couldn't help but laugh. "Won the lottery? If you did, please don't forget your one true friend."

"No, idiot." She giggled and hid her face with her hands. "I... I have a boyfriend now!"

Taehyung's smile dropped and he had to ask again. It couldn't be. "W-What did you say?"

"I got a boyfriend!" She squealed and kicked her legs.

He froze with wide eyes and sat there for a while to process it. "Are you kidding? Who? Who is it?"

Eunsook threw him a glare. "Hey! Why would I be lying like this? It's Jungkook! He confessed and asked me out!"

Taehyung forced a laugh. "Ah... really! Congrats!"

He couldn't focus anymore. He didn't expect this day to come. As Eunsook went on and on about it, he spaced out more and stared at her, wondering if he acted earlier, would things be different. If he was not always busy, if he spent more time with her, would this day be different? Why was it Jungkook and why not him? He was there with Eunsook for longer and he thought he knew her better.

He wanted to be Jungkook. He wanted to change himself so that Eunsook would talk about him in this way. Lively. Tenderly. Fondly. Full of love.

He did not notice how time went by and Eunsook was bidding goodbye to go to that guy now. How fast.

Once, long time ago, he realized that he was the one with whom she spent the most time.

How things had changed.

Eunsook ran as fast as she could, unable to wait to see Jungkook. Her cheeks hurt from smiling so much but she could not feel the pain. Only jitters and excitement as she ran.

But then, there was a feeling of deja vu.

At the face of a car.

Maybe from a past life or maybe from a dream.

But it didn't matter when it hit her. Her mind went blank and searing pain took over her nerves as she laid on the ground with her breath knocked out. Commotion happened around her but her ears were ringing. The sky was spinning and fading away above her.

Was it sunny that day, too?

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Oop what a chapter, amirite? 😅
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