𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 ‣ jjk

六十六 ; winter warmth

day 21
9.12 am
lee haru

winter warmth

and by home
he means
the house of the beautiful
mr and mrs jeon

you know what that means
oh holy shit
im meeting his family?!

jeongguk gets me to stop the car
a fair distance away from
his neighbourhood
and upon his insistence
we take a walk with our backpacks over our shoulders masks up and covering
the bottom half of our faces
and dressed in black
like thieves coming home from
a successful bounty hunt

his pace quickens as we enter
the road to his neighbourhood
and i kick at the snow on my path
"the weather is exceptionally good today"

"it's good everyday in busan" jeongguk pipes
he crouches down for a moment
and i think that maybe
it's his shoelaces that are undone
when he stands and fires a
(may I add) huge snowball at me
making me question how on earth he managed
to form that with the size of his hands

the snow melts upon contact on my face
i purse my lips and shut my eyes
trying to bear with jeongguk's
sudden childish behaviour
"jeon jeongguk i swear to--"

and he's already running off
giggling like the happy child he is
"pinky has no jams!"
he shouts from a fair distance ahead
and my eyes shoot wide open

without a second thought
i form a snowball in my fists and race to him
faster than my legs have ever been before
and hit him square and hard
on the back of his head

he turns around, caught off guard
and his expression darknening
to see a smirk playing on my lips
"two can play at this game"
he grins and pulls me into a sudden headlock

he reaches down
with my head still stuck in my arma
and gathers snow in his hands
before bringing them down on the top of my head
i give him a scowl and he releases me
running further away

and that's how we apparently end up
chasing each other with snowballs in our hands
giggling and whining like children
when feeling the cold snow hitting against our skin

it's a wonder how we managed to keep everyone
inside their houses
if i was in there i'd probably come out
and scream for us to shut up

"i hit you five times!"

"yah! that was unfair!"

gathering up my last ounce strength for the morning
i take some snow into my hands
and make a dash at him
maybe a little too fast
because the next thing we know
i slipped on ice and can't stop in time
before colliding into him
we're both knocked out on the floor
with me landing on his chest
and our faces being so
awfully close that we can feel the cold air
that comes out as our breaths
on each other's skin

the winter air is freezing
our bodies are shivering
wet hair dangling over our heads
but somehow i feel warm just like this

my fingers rake his cheeks
touching them gently
and feeling his soft skin under mine
his eyelashes flutter close
my fingers move lower to his lips

even if he does look all pale and sick like this
he's more beautiful than even
the perfect white snow

jeongguk's smile turns into a laugh
his teeth shining
and his eyes crinkling so beautifully
"has thou now admit to loosing?"

i smack him on the chest
light enough to not hurt
"i shot you six times
i counted!"

"two of those were fake
it missed me by an inch"

"i saw it
it hit you right square on your butt"

he's laughing even harder now
"yah
don't go insulting my butt
you literally just abused it"

"if you put your words like that
i might actually bury you alive in the snow"

"and i might drag you down with me"
he grins mischievously and i shoot him a glare
before heaving myself off his body
and dusting my coat

"let a girl win for once
geez"

he sits back up
shaking his head and ruffling his hair
causing snow to fly around in different directions
some hitting me in the face, again

but before i can fire back with an
unintelligible comment
he's already on his feet
acquiring the sudden energy and adrenaline
jesus, why is he never tired

"wrong" he says and helps me up

i shove him back by the shoulder
forcing a frown on my face
he laughs and reaches up to
tuck a messy fringe behind my ear

"if i win"
he tells me
you win too"

[so we're getting closer to the climax and the final ending of this story. these parts are very crucial and important to me so i'll try to write them as carefully as i can. thank you so much for the readers who have made it this far! i love you]