ALWAYS

XLIV

"You ate most of the ice creams all by yourself..?"

He asked her as he stared at the single gallon of ice cream on the table... as soon as the two finished her 'cold kimchi pancake'... they headed to watch a movie in their entertainment room... with her just complying with his words... even though she already asked him to rest, he stubbornly forced her to watch a movie with him...

"No... Mr. Lee and the other maids joined me... you were just so busy, I don't want to bother you..."

He was about to tell her that he was not... that she was the one who's avoiding her during those times, but he just dropped the topic... careful not to ruin the peaceful mood... he just got the ice cream and started to share it with her as the movie started...

"Come here..."

Not waiting for her to comply with his words... he had already pulled her beside him on the sofa bed they were lying at... throwing his arm around her shoulders to let her lean on him...

Rosé's eyes were fixed on the screen but her mind was far from the chic flick they were watching... even stopped from eating her bowl of ice cream... for all she could think of was him... the amazing change in him... wishing for the day not to end... wishing for him to just tell those words to her over and over again...

His hand would gradually rub her shoulder despite that he was focused on what he's watching... and Rosé looked up to steal a glance on him... chuckled to herself realizing that they were watching some romance movie... never that she thought he likes to watch those kinds of movies...

"What's funny huh...?"

He asked her... not breaking his gaze away from the screen... it took her a while to respond at him...

"Jungkook..."

"Hmmm...?"

This time, he looked down at her... placed the bowl of his ice cream on the table beside him before he reached down to the side of her lips and wiped off the stains... as usual she's still as clumsy as ever...

"Thank you..." she whispered... he raised a brow at first, watched her face, with her round eyes sparkling as she looked at him ... after a while, his lips slowly turned into a smile... he doesn't know what she meant by it... but hearing it from her was enough to make him smile... what more if he would hear the words he's dreaming to hear from her...

With that, he leaned down and placed a peck on the top of her head before getting his bowl back and continued watching the movie... Rosé did the same... snuggled closer to him as she brought her gaze back to the screen and continued to watch the movie with him...

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He carefully took the empty bowl of her ice cream away from her arm... she had been hugging it for the whole time that she was sleeping... and watching her like that just put a smile on his face... she fell asleep in the middle of the movie and Jungkook just felt it when something heavy landed on his shoulder only to see that it was her head...