ι ℓσνє уσυ, мσηѕтєя | LK Adaptation

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Later that night...

Lisa was lying on the bed when Jungkook walked in. He sat at the edge of the bed for a while before he slowly laid beside her without removing his mask.

The entire room was silent but that moment, a strange familiar feeling was brewing inside lisa’s heart as she looked at the man beside her.

Sleeping in this bed for almost a month without him was sad and uncomfortable for her. But now that Jungkook was right beside her, she just wanted to hug him and squeeze him hard in her arms.

"J-Jungkook?"

The moment lisa called his name, Jungkook immediately turned his head towards her. However, he was surprised because the girl was hiding her face behind a small white teddy bear.

"You’re the one who gave me this that night, right?" she asked and Jungkook’s gaze fell into the face of the teddy bear. He remembered what happened that night so he knew that the teddy wasn’t basically from him.

Lisa then hugged the bear in her bosom as she continued talking. "This little guy actually became your substitute since then."

The girl was smiling as she he squeezed the bear even tighter.

However, for some reason, Jungkook wasn’t pleased and he even glared at the bear in her arms before he suddenly reached out his hand.

"Give it to me."

"Eh?" Lisa’s brows knitted curiously, but she still gave the bear to him. Jungkook then took the bear from her and he put it on the table right away. Lisa just blinked and was even more puzzled.

"You don’t need it anymore," he said.

"..." Liaa was speechless as question marks began dancing inside her brain.

"Because I’m here now."

As soon as she heard what he just said, she coughed quite a few times and her hand reflexively covered her mouth. She was shocked to the core as she turned brightly red. Gosh! W-when did this man became this good in spewing these kind of cheesy lines? Are you trying to beat me on my own game?

Lisa’s heart was fluttering like crazy. But, she knew that he might not even aware that his words were damn deadly romantic.

And thinking about it made her felt a bit jealous on how easily he could make her heart flutter. At the same time, she realized that Jungkook seemed to be changing for good as time goes by. As she looked at him, she couldn’t help but felt a warm fuzzy feeling. She couldn’t believe that the terrifying monster she met nearly two months ago was just now a soft and adorable masked creature that eventually ended up being the apple of her eyes.

"Jungkook. Can I hug you?" she then asked. And Jungkook couldn’t even responded yet when she wrapped her arm around him as she hugged him tight as though he was her long lost huge teddy bear that she finally found at last.

That moment, an inexplicable feeling of comfort and peacefulness enveloped lisa’s entire being that she immediately fell asleep without even saying goodnight.

Jungkook, on the other hand, who instantly froze the moment she hugged him remained motionless. He could feel the warmth of her body. He could hear the silent sound of her breathing. He could feel the beating of her heart.

Her embrace was like a fire enveloping him, wildly burning every wall of glaciers that built up around him for many years.

Until moment passed by and Jungkook finally moved. He reached out his hand and removed his mask. Then, he stared at the girl in his embrace hugging him as though she never wanted to let him go.

He stared at her for quite a while before he slowly turned his body towards her and then he embraced her back.

By the time lisa opened her eyes, the sun was already streaming through the window. She was quite surprised since she’s always been waking up earlier than the sun ever since Jungkook left.

However, what shocked her more was the heavy warm arm wrapped around her waist. Her senses instantly fully awakened and she was stunned.

She’s always been the one ended up hugging him every time she wakes up. And he’s always been the motionless log that never change his sleeping position the whole night. Yet at that moment, the whole thing seemed to be reversed.

For the first time, Jungkook was now the one embracing her and he was even facing towards her. And for the first time ever, she actually woke up earlier than him.

That moment, lisa couldn’t help but froze. She could feel his slow breath, she could feel his warmth and the movement of his chest as he slowly breathes. Everything was just surreal for her that she thought she was dreaming. And the kind of emotion she’s feeling was enough to almost knocked her senseless.

Thankfully, she still managed to remain calm. She could tell that Jungkook must have been so tired for him to still be sleeping at this point of time. And thinking about it caused lisa to never made a single move.

Jungkook was lying on his back while lisa was at his side with her head resting on top of his chest. Thus, a single move from her might wake him up instantly. She doesn’t want to wake him up so she remained in her position. She didn’t even raise her head. She doesn’t have any idea what kind of work he’s been doing that’s why she wanted him to just rest like this.

At the same time, she was indescribably happy. Happy that Jungkook seemed to finally loosen up his impenetrable guard. She was happy to finally see him sleeping soundly. So happy that even his slow and manly breathing turned into cute music in her ears.

Him sleeping soundly like that just seemed as though he wasn’t the cold frozen man who never smile anymore.

Until time passed and the man finally awakened. And as expected, he immediately froze the moment he realized he’s still hugging her. He remained motionless until the girl talked softly.

"Are you awake?" she asked and he finally snapped. Lisa was about to rise when he suddenly held her head and he gently buried her face back into his chest.

Lisa gasped on what he did but she soon realized what he was trying to do. Thus, she immediately cooperated, obediently. That moment, lisa could hear the beating of his heart loud and clear, but, when she felt him removing his mask and then putting the other back, lisa suddenly felt a strange feeling as though her heart was just stung by something.

That moment, for the first time, lisa felt the afflictive frustration of being not allowed to see his face.