ꏳꀍꍏᖘ 033

An audible gasp can be heard from next to me,and I turn my head just in time to see how Arielle's eyes stretch in the cutest manner,her jaw slack and opened a little,staring up at the sky.

There's a glint to them,her eyes,as she watches the flakes floating down from above, coming to litter the ground beneath our feet in a beautiful coating of white.

"It's snowing."
Her voice is a sigh of adoration,and I find it adorable how she lets go of my hand, putting it out beneath the snowfall so that she'd catch some of the little flakes.

"That's what the weather forecasted for tonight,yeah."
A smile is set on my lips when I cross my arms, settling to instead just watch what she was going to do.

"I always thought snow was so majestical,you know,well before it touched the ground and became trampled and dirty under our feet."
She gazes at the snow now in her open palm, crushing it beneath her fingers before sprinkling it above the ground.

"So pure and innocent,whole and pretty,before it gets tainted by the dirtied ground,or a gust of wind that rips it apart.
Reminds me of those few seconds of pure elation,just to have reality punch you in the face."
She laughs,and I'm hinted that there is an underlying meaning to her words.

"What do you think of snow, Jungkook?"
She asks, changing the subject before I even make use of the chance of asking her about it.

"I'd have to think about that, actually."

"What would there be to think about?"
She tilts her head, questions dancing in her amberique eyes,so warm,so alluring.

I was in deep,and I wasn't bothered the slightest.

"Well, snow's occurrence had been consistent throughout my life,I've kind of gotten used to it you know?"

"Agreed,except even with it's presence since childhood,I still fail to not be enamored by it's beauty,it's like I'll forever be caged by it's superficial appearance,you know?"

And I watch as the little flakes gather in her hair,the warm amber tones of her eyes,the pretty dark brown of her unblemished skin,the trivial little moles set above each of her brows,the broad slope of her button nose,set down to the sensual pink of her lips.

Arielle, against the background of snow would always be caging me by it's superior beauty.
I think now with each snowfall,I'll be reminded of it.

"I've never experienced it,until now.
Snow was never something other than to play in with my siblings,or being an hassle when having to get somewhere,an storm locking me in when I have somewhere to go."

I walk closer to her until I'm only a breath of distance away.Taking her bare hands in mine, and feeling the effects of the weather against them.

"But now, standing here in the mist of it with you,feeling the dropping temperature to your cheek, having your cold hands in mine, your eyes warm and inviting under this street lamp.
This,right here,is what'll have my thoughts shackled every time I glimpse the smallest bit of snow.
You, specifically,will be caging me by simply existing,and I wouldn't want to have it any other way."

"You sound cheesy."
She sniffles,looking away from my gaze to settle her eyes on something over my shoulder and I'm sure I made her blush with the way she touches a cold hand to her cheeks.

Must be molten lava to the touch,I chuckled to myself.

"Or maybe I just succeeded in making you shy?
Is that what it is, darling?"
My voice is soft when the words are spoken,and her eyes are set on mine again.The furrow in her brow is awfully cute,and I'm elated at the thought that it's because of me.

"I don't get shy Jungkook, you're just-
Being overbearingly sweet and I don't know how to handle it!"
She whines.

"I think you're cuter when you're shy,or maybe you're at you're cutest when you're flustered.But then there's also the excited glint to your eyes when you're enthusiastic-"
A huff is pushed out of me when she punches my chest, pushing herself away from me.

"Don't tempt me to do more,I'm not playing boy."
Her arms are folded and there's a scowl sent my way.

"But tempting you is a little too irresistible,after all.
It's the peekest peek of entertainment for a mere man,that mere man being me, of course."

"No,you're just an irritating,dumb organism that picks enjoyment out of scrutinising my face expressions."

"Well if you put it that way,ouch."
I press a hand to the exact spot where she'd beaten just mere moments ago,settling a solemn expression on my face.

"Don't tell me you're self esteem is that fragile Jungkook,not that I'd be surprised if it was though."

"What was that?"

"Exactly what I said it was?"
Her stance goes from her hands to her waist to her arms crossing over her chest,the snow attached to her clothes becoming more and more with each second.

"I'm hurt, genuinely."
That you would think so little of me."
A pout accompanies my sigh,as I glance away from her pretty gaze and instead settle my eyes atop her head, knowing it drove her crazy when I would not hold eye contact for certain amounts of time.

"You're not actually -"
A sniffle interrupts her sentence,as I scoff to myself while scrutinising the snow littering the ground beneath me.

I was being petty and pathetic,and in my case, playing my cards just right.

The crunch of snow beneath her footsteps has my lips twitching about,but I stay with the solemn act of being hurt as I wait for her touch.

"Kookie?"
The nickname she only used when she genuinely thought she did something wrong,and I feel guilt prickling at the edges of my consciousness.

"Arielle?"
I ask softly, lifting my gaze to her.

"You should go for acting really.
You'd get very far with these type of sad little acts,y'know?
I bet girls like the cry baby type."

"I don't care about other girls,as long as I know that you like making me cry,I can live with you're self esteem destroying insults."
I smile a small smile,the roll or her eyes to the heavens before she returns it.

"So cheesy,you should really stop.
I might just be catching feels for returning the favour lover boy."

"I wouldn't mind it one bit,and we both know that.
Don't we?"

My lips are against hers,the breath of my words are against her skin,and she feels like the only reachable warmth in this snowing cold weather.
It wouldn't matter if there'd had been a bonfire right next to us,or a warm cafe right above.
They wouldnt be able to give me the warm feeling that her lips beneath mine,her hands on the lapels of my coat,of the cold touch of snow flakes in her hair that's held in my grip, would.

"That,we do."
Her giggle is short-lived with my lips seeking warmth by hers,the clash of our mouths that much sweeter under the brown halo that the street lamp of above provided.

The highlighted scene in the book that she left behind on the plane before all of this even started,being the inspiration of it all.

Thank you,Sunken City.

___

Okay,yes Jungkook, being the sweetheart he is in this book,read the literature left behind by Arielle on the plane that had escorted them to Singapore at the beginning of Her's to Command.
It also kinda inspired the date,since it was a written scene between the two main characters,yk?

~Ps.The real Sunken City takes place beneath the sea,and no,does not include whatever I wrote lmaoo.
I just used the book's title as a scapegoat.

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