You Got Power Over Me

chapter 8

Song Rec: Eyes Off You By PRETTYMUCH

+ Scars By Keenan Te

Oh In-Joo POV-

"They are beautiful. Clouds only make the clear sky look even more beautiful than they already are. These scars are an evidence of a strong woman that exists within you, who didn't hesitate once before jumping into the acid shower to save Jin Hwa-Young shi" 

I could not get myself to utter a single word. I saw my reflection in his dark brown eyes. It was like seeing my reflection in a cup of dark coffee. Every once in a while when I saw my reflection in coffee, I felt a surge of emotions run through me. I never understood what it was. It was a feeling much familiar to me. I was so much familiar with those eyes, but it took me too long to understand them. His eyes spoke of nothing but the pure emotion of love. And it was the feeling of love I felt every time I looked into a coffee mug.

"In-Joo shi?"

I snapped back to his voice. "Hmm?"

"What happened?"

"I Love You, Choi Do-Il shi. I don't think I have told you that, so now I wanted to."

He stood shook. His expressions changed, but not his eyes. The same love blinked before me and the same love smiled. And then the same love moved closer to my eyes. Finally, they were shut and I could just feel his lips. The collision of lips was much more softer than before. Instead of the desperation, I felt devotion. But at the same time, instead of peace, I felt...tension. I think I knew what it was and so did he. 

His hands caressed my cheeks and then slowly moved upwards, burying into my all tangled hair. I slid my hands over his chest to his heart and felt the loud whispers of his heart. His mouth tasted of the sweetened red bean paste from the bungeoppang we just had. It was like eating a freshly baked croissant, warm, soft and sweet. We pulled apart gasping for breath. We smiled with our foreheads attached to one another.

We stood quiet like that for a few minutes, breathing heavily while our body temperatures settled back to normal. We had managed to pull our lips apart bu it was harder to let go of each other's embrace. I felt a shiver run down my spline as his hand slowly hand ran gently through my hair. I knew he had opened his eyes as I could feel them scan my face. The butterflies I got without even seeing him were just an evidence of the power he held over me.

I opened my eyes too, and saw his eyes still stuck on my face. It was turning darker. Although, we would've preferred to be left like that for the eternity, we both knew we had to head home. We heavy-heartedly forced ourselves to pull apart. We gave each other one last approving gaze before we headed towards the car.

We walked to the car with wide grins still hanging on our faces and our hands tied together. I stared at him throughout the car ride, thinking about how much in love I was with the man. I could tell that he knew, but he remained indifferent throughout. There while stuttered at the very sight of him. I was in very much need for that talent that I unfortunately did not have.

"If you don't stop staring at me now, we could either meet with an accident or I stop the car right now and..."

That caught me off guard and so it took me a moment to realize what he meant. My face was completely flushed and I instantly turned away. How could he say that so easily. I swear I could have punched a hole through the wall out of embarrassment.

"YAAAAA!" I yelled and a small smirk appeared on his face.

"I love that color on your face." and this statement of his did nothing but turned me into a darker shade of red. I hit him on the shoulder and he winced pulling on a dramatic expression.

"You wanna break my shoulder, Oh In-Joo shi?"

"If you don't stop, I think we WOULD meet an accident soon cause of your broken arm"

"Can't afford that now can we? I am not going to lose you when I just got you"

"You really know how to make me embarrassed don't you? Now lets just get home first."

"As you wish" He said in a sing-songy way

***

We reached home unaware of the guests waiting for us. We were surprised by the sudden appearance of In-Kyung and Jong-Ho. Although we had kept in touch all along, we had not been all together since the crazy incident. I was just so happy to see both In-Kyung and In-Hye, smiling and laughing as we did before everything went down, just like on In-Hye's birthday.

In-Kyung seemed much happier now, with her studies and Jong-Ho being with her. Throughout the past year, Jong-Ho had earned my complete trust and approval. He was totally smitten by In-Kyung and that's how I knew that he'd take care of her when I am not there.

Oh how beautiful it was, to see all of us have dinner together after such a long time

*A/N*

I have been really busy with school and assignments so I am not getting much time to update frequently....and I am afraid that my writing might have gotten a bit sloppy, especially in the latter half of this chapter. I also have my exams coming up in a few weeks, so I cannot promise regular updates. Anyways, I'll write whenever I get time, and also try to improve and work on my writing. Hope you all enjoy reading this fanfic!!!

-blackrose