Protection||Jay

chapter twenty-one

weeks went by where hana and jay continued their play of 'boyfriend and girlfriend' for the public.

hana continued working her shifts with eunbi and andrew, while jay continued his artist life. along the way, the two got much closer and began to get much more comfortable around each other.

hana was left to lock up the café once again, heading home in the dark. as she walked towards the busy streets, a figure walked up next to her and walked with her.

she turned her head and smiled, "why am i not surprised it's you?"

"i don't know and i'm offended," jay replied, "but—"

hana gasped, "no way!"

she let out an excited chuckle as frost fell softly on her face. being unbothered by the snow that sat on her eyelashes, hana put her hand up to catch some snow.

"no way it's snowing in korea," she mumbled, "look!"

she turned to jay and showed him the light snow that rested in her palms. he looked down at her with the softest, most genuine smile ever, not even glancing at the snow in her hands once.

jay brought his hands up to brush the snow off of her eyelashes, making hana close her eyes to the soft touch of his hands.

the snow was falling lightly, but quickly, filling up the streets with snow about ankle high.

jay was brought back to reality when he felt and impact on his chest.

"gotcha," hana chuckled.

she had thrown a snowball at his shoulder and was now laughing her soul out because of jay's shocked face.

"oh you're so going to pay," jay spoke, grabbing some snow and forming it into a ball as he ran after hana.

once hana ran out of breath, she stopped and began breathing heavily, turning around to see jay walking closer and closer to her.

"okay okay i'm sorry," she whispered, but jay continued to walk closer, making her continue to walk backwards.

as she continued to walk back, she tripped and let out a yelp, preparing herself for impact. however, instead of falling into the snow, jay caught her and pulled her back up, making their noses brush against each other.

"be careful there, babe. you might hurt yourself," jay teasingly spoke.

despite the fact that jay had just called her 'babe', hana was freaking out over the fact that
the two stared into each other's eyes, focusing on each other.

in a matter of seconds, they began moving their faces closer to one another, eventually attaching their lips.

it was the first time either of them did something like this and they were glad it wasn't with anyone else.

hana and jay backed away from each other after the kiss and remained close, jay's hand still on hana's back and hana hands on his chest to keep some distance.

"you know .. you are so oblivious," jay spoke softly with a slight chuckle.

"hm?"

"you really don't know?" jay questioned.

"know what?" hana asked.

he smiled and brought his hand up to dust the snow off her cheek, replying, "i like you."

hana tried her best to bite back a smile, but failed miserably and said, "i know."

she got closer to him and whispered in his ear, "i feel your heart beating crazily."

jay's ears became redder by the second and hana chuckled, "it's cute."

"and .." she began, "i like you too. i'd be insane if i didn't."

jay smiled at hana's words and tightened his grip around her waist a bit more, closing the gap between them.

"so then .. are you my girlfriend now?" he asked.

"i don't know. am i?" hana cluelessly asked, "haven't i been your girlfriend?"

"yes, but i mean for real," jay spoke, "that way i don't have to pretend anymore."

"so are you asking me to be your girlfriend?"

"real girlfriend, yes," jay nodded.

hana looked away and sighed, "well i think i'll have to get back to you in 3 to 5 business days. in the meantime, i should get going. my brother is probably waiting for me."

she released herself from jay's arms and began walking away. realizing that jay wasn't going with her, she turned around and smiled before running back to him and grabbing his hand.

"let's go," she spoke, "it's cold. you're going to get sick again."

"a-am i getting rejected?"

hana let out a laugh and stopped walking. she stood in front of him, got on her tippy toes, and kissed him once again. after the quick kiss, she looked into his eyes with a smile and said, "does that answer your question?"