ι ℓσνє уσυ, мσηѕтєя | LK Adaptation

19

In the middle of a large road surrounded by countless colorful containers, a masked man was caressing the hair of a crying girl in his arms. He seemed as though he was desperately trying to make her feel better, but it looks like he doesn’t know what to do.

Jimin who was currently the master of reading Jungkook’s body language was the most animated deep within. He was sure Jungkook is currently being too anxious and it was cracking him up simply because this was the first time Jungkook ever acted like this. As though he was a father anxious to death on figuring out how to make his dearest baby stop from crying.

Well, he was doing good, considering the fact that this is his first time doing so. Embracing her and caressing her like that was the perfect move a man should do. However, to jimin who was watching Jungkook since they were young, it was surreal to see him showing such sympathy to anyone. He remembered that the last time Jungkook embraced anyone was back when they were ten.

Jimin was smiling as he looked at the two of them, however he knows it’s still too early to celebrate. He knows that after all, things weren’t that easy. And It never will.

Aftersome moment, lisa finally calmed down and started letting go of Jungkook. She wipes her tears and looked at him.

"You came to rescue me, right?" she asked but the man seemed frozen and without a word, he just nodded. Lisa somehow felt there’s something different with him at the moment. But thinking, he was just worried, she decided to show him she’s fine. She smiled brightly and talked to him again. "Well, I’m so nervous, I thought no one will come to help me. But then, you suddenly appeared. Thank you."

Her words were sweet and sincere.

However, the masked man was again silent and the next thing he did almost made lisa’s heart stopped. His long fingers suddenly wiped the remaining traces of tears in her face, gently as ever. And she didn’t know why but, the way he touched her face almost felt as though he was saying a really sincere and sad apology through it, as if he was the one who made her cry. The feeling, his gesture was just a bit extreme that it almost made lisa’s heart twisted as she looked at him. She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, she wasn’t sure if she’s just thinking too much however, she just couldn’t stop herself from feeling that he was blaming himself.

So she touched his hand which was on her face as she smiled brightly at him.

"I-I’m really fine, I think I’m just a bit too happy that you came, that’s why. Haha." Lisa’s words wasn’t a lie. The reason why she cried wasn’t because she was scared, it was because Jungkook really came and saved her. She couldn’t believe he really appeared and it caused her to tear up.

Thankfully, after a few seconds of silence, the man finally talked.

"No you’re not," he said. Making lisa speechless for some moments. "You’re not fine at all," he repeated as he squatted in front of her. He touched her foot then looked up.

"Lift." He ordered and lisa could only do as he says.

The moment she lifted her foot, lisa’s instinct made her unconsciously crossed her hands and hugged herself. It was because, Jungkook’s aura blazed with a seemingly intense anger the moment he saw how awful the bleedings in her feet.

Feeling the extremely suffocating and terrifying aura coming from him, lisa decided to try coaxing him.

"Ah, this is... it’s because I left my heels when those men chased me and I jumped and ran recklessly..." She bit her lip and couldn’t continue talking. It was because, the air surrounding Jungkook went even colder. She was supposed to coax him but it seems the effect was not good at all. And knowing it was senseless to lie to him, she couldn’t think about anything else.

After a while of silence, the masked man raised his head and his gaze fell straight into her hand. Still in his squatting position, he held her wrist. Then he lifted her fist which was also bleeding a little.

Noticing the bleeding in her knuckles, "Ah... this is because I punched those idiots," she continued as though she was a bit looking proud that she actually took down two of them through her signature magnificent and precise jaw kick.

However, Jungkook’s silence made her felt that his negative atmosphere has no sign of subsiding at all.

At that moment, her eyes were focused into his jet black hair while she’s whacking her brain to find something that she could say to him. And unexpectedly, gazing at his hair made her remember something and an underlined note appeared in her head.

’Step #11: Reflect his gestures’

According to her great romantic adviser, the purpose of mirroring your man’s gesture was to create a closer bond with him. And this trick was actually one among the few that was actually psychological. However, with the current situation, lisa’s purpose in using this step was to make him feel better. She always felt warmed whenever he pats her head so she wanted to do the same for him, she wanted him back to his usual calm demeanor. Thus, making this step a double edged, if incase, it did work.

At that same moment, lisa then instantly switched into her mission mode.

And the next second, she lifted her other hand and landed it on his head.

The moment her hand touched his hair, Jungkook instantly went motionless like stone, as if her hand was akin to king Midas’ golden touch or Medusa’s eyes.

Lisa on the other hand, was suddenly smiling so wide as though she was overjoyed that she finally able to pet his head. Truth was that, lisa really liked it every time Jungkook caresses her hair and she always wanted to touch his hair as well. She always loved the warm feeling and his warm hand.

However, at that moment, she doesn’t know why the feeling when she’s the one doing it to him seems different. She unexpectedly felt a fuzzy electrifying sensation as though he was a scary dark beast that has a really soft and cute silky black furs, she couldn’t help but love. The supposed to be romantic caressing scenario turned out to be a cute petting scene. And she couldn’t stop herself from petting him.

Meanwhile, Jungkook was currently frozen. His brain once again seemed to stopped, this time, for a while longer. He doesn’t know how to even react. And worse was that, the girl’s eyes suddenly twinkled bright as ever as though she finally found her dream fuzzy pet.

Jungkook was confused, and the girl didn’t stop from running her fingers into his hair, as though he already became a furry little dog in her eyes. Making his stunned face turned a bit darker because he couldn’t even get angry at her despite it all. And he wanted to stop her, but seeing her face looking as though she was currently flying even higher than cloud nine made him waited for a while. He wanted to watch her ecstatic face for a little longer.

And at that same moment, Jungkook was being mystified, for her hand just felt a little too warm, as though tiny little white hands suddenly appeared within the dark void inside him, touching every corner as though they’re trying to embrace the overwhelming solid darkness that no one has ever dared to even try reaching. As if they’re hands of an angel, leaving sparks of warm tiny lights within him.