-Beauty and the beast

I slept in a sweet yet modern and small guest room of Jiho, and I slept like a rock, literally. He told me he needed to halfway jump onto the bed to wake me up.

But when I noticed it I was almost on the edge of suffocating.

Well, we had fun.

We were having breakfast and my chin rested on my knees.

"And...for how long will your family be away?" he asked as he drank some, obviously and just like me, latte.

I swallowed down my bread. "Sunday evening. Well, Heesok...I guess my dad will come Sunday night. He's such a busy man now...ehm whatever. What have you planned for the rest of the weekend?"

"Uhm, breathing?"

I snapped my finger at him, shaking it. "Good choice! I should do that, too!"

"And anything else? Maybe we could meet up again, you know, breathing together is more fun!"

I nodded and took a sip from my latte. "How about...we do a movie night? We watch some movies and...But only if you want to..."

Jiho beamed brightly. "That's a wonderful idea! I haven't done that in a really long time!"

"Then it's settled! At my or at your house?" I asked but before he was even able to speak I winked. "My house, my house! You gotta see my big TV screen in the living room by yourself! It's amazing!"

A big grin grew on his face and he nodded slowly. "Yeah, so...today?"

I clasped my hands as a great idea crossed my mind. "How about we bake cupcakes in the afternoon and we eat them later on! Maybe with the movies or just before that!"

"You sound...overly excited..." he remarked quietly and I almost fell off my chair. "I am, Jiho!"

Jiho shrugged with a smile. "Okay! Okay...it sounds really awesome, but before we start with thi-"

"Yes?!" my eyes widened in joy and he cutely laughed at me. "How about finishing breakfast first?"

I cleared my throat and went on with eating. "Yeah that ehm, sounds...like an idea to me."

He nodded and we finished it quickly, going to my house right away.

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"Yeunja...I really don't know how to do them..." he said as I turned off the TV and I flicked my wrist aimlessly. "Come on...if I can manage them then a translator-pro like you will manage that, too."

"Har-har. Do I look like I can bake?" Jiho gave me an emotionless look and I laughed shortly. "Come on...I just tell you what to do."

Narrator;

You pulled Jiho closer and smiled up at him. "I have everything in my mind. So, I guess I just tell you what we need and we do it...arasseo?"

He nodded and you gestured over to the refrigerator, telling him what the two of you'd need for the main dough. 

Jiho carefully laid the things down and walked back to you. "Will we be doing...icings?"

You nodded eagerly. "Of course! But we'll need that later on. So...put all the following things into one big bowl and stir it and a- Why are you staring at me?!" you blinked as you noticed Jiho having his eyes on you permanently. He shrugged with a cute smile. "I don't know...I haven't seen a girl baking in a long time."

"In a long time? When was the last time?" you faced Jiho with a confused face and he averted his gaze. "I guess, the last time I saw my mom baking."

You blushed and put a strand of your hair behind your ear. "O-okay...s-so..."

"I'll just do it." he smiled a dulcet laughter while you shook your head with a warm heart.

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"Yay! Look at them! They look perfect!" you clapped your hands and Jiho scurried from the table over to your side, smiling as well. "Yes! But with icing they'll look even more awesome!"

You nodded and Jiho's phone rang in the living room.

"Be right back." he grinned and jumped away, unlocking his phone to read the message he received. It was from one of his best friends.

'Hyung? You free? We'd have a free spot here.' -Jihoon

Jiho chuckled and went back to the door of your kitchen as he leaned against the door frame.

'I'm busy and also, I'm at another friend's house. Let's do it some other day, kay?' -Jiho

'Yah! Jiho, man! What happened to you?! O:' -Jihoon

Jiho chuckled, shaking his head.

'Hey, let's not talk like that, Jihoon ah! I'll call you or one of our hyungs tomorrow, got it? See you some time :D' -Jiho

Jiho didn't receive another answer of his younger friend and tugged his phone into his pocket as he turned to the kitchen again. You stood there, looking to your left and right, trying to find something.

He bit his lip in bliss looking at you. Never have I met a prettier girl...

Small steps took Jiho over to you and you sighed all of a sudden. "Jiho, I can't seem to find th-"

He cut your sentence with a tight back hug. You stopped breathing and stuttered unconsciously. "J-Jiho?...Jiho, d-d-"

"Let's just stay like that for a bit." his grasp got tighter and he laid his lips softly down at the right end of your jaw line.

Jiho jerked his head to his left and bit his lower lip in anger. What the heck am I actually thinking of?!

He looked to the cooker. In front of it, there was you. You looked to the left and to the right. You tried to find something and Jiho rubbed his forehead. "Oh man."

You spun your head at his voice. "Who was it?"

"Huh?" Jiho looked up, seeing you smile. His glance fell to his feet. "Oh, just a friend...he asked some things."

You nodded and turned to the unfinished cupcakes on the baking tray. "I need butter for the icing...but I can't seem to find it. Have you seen it?"

Jiho looked around the kitchen and found it on the dining table. "Yeah, here." he got it and handed it over to you, "And...what now?"

"Watch me." you winked and Jiho closed his eyes for a second. If you only knew how often I look at you, Yeunja.

You started preparing four different icings and Jiho watched you, just like told.

"And what's with this white one?" he asked as he noticed a not colored icing and you chuckled. "I'll do this with strawberries...The other ones are with food coloring but I always do the red ones with strawberries...I mix them and yeah~ the red color is coming along just like that. Additionally, it does taste very good!" You beamed and as always, he melted at your sweet smile.

"Jiho...come here! You got to help me with the icing!" you gleefully spoke and Jiho pursed his lips. "How?"

You took his hand and gave him a small, special spoon for forming the icing. "Follow my hand motions, okay?"

The two of you finished all cupcakes and soon it was night; time for your movies night.

"Is there something good on TV?" Jiho asked and you looked at the TV guide, handing it over to him. "Look through it, I'll get the cupcakes."

Jiho did so and quickly found a good movie to watch. How he got to know you he knew what you liked.

You walked in and laid the tray on the small table. "Oh, you found something?"

"Hmm..." he nodded and you sat down on another couch. He glanced at you uneasily. "Don't want to come over?"

You shook your head and gave Jiho a blanket, also getting one for yourself.

Jiho shrugged and added. "The movie is about to start. I luckily just found it."

You smiled satisfied over the comforting evening and quickly switched off the light as the movie started.

It showed a green meadow and a couple sitting on a tree.  They chatted happily as the girl suddenly got a message.

'Hey baby, wait a second.' she fished out her phone and laid it down on her ear. 'Umma?'

You could hear an older woman whimper. 'Hey dear! I-I went grocery shopping and I dropped the milk and jelly...Could you come home and help me? Pretty please...it's so dirty here. And my back...' It felt as when the mother said the word "back" the girl reacted immediately.

'Babe, I got to go! My mom needs help!' she spoke hastily and got up, as well as her boyfriend who seemed to be shocked, too. 'If anything happened, call me, okay? Or should I come along?'

'No...no need to. I'll be calling you.' he caressed his cheek and kissed his lips. 'Bye!'

'Bye!'

It showed some scenes how she walked home, waiting at one bus stop and arriving at home. It got a bit darker and she entered her house with her key.

'Mom? Mom! Where are you?' the light in the kitchen was on and she heard crying. The girl shook her head. 'She always makes a small problem a big thing.' she mumbled and entered the kitchen.

She didn't see her mother at all and wondered, scratching her head. "Mom? Are we playing now hide and seek? Who's the older one?" she chuckled and the light flickered, until it shut down ultimately. It was dark yet you could see the girl rolling her eyes angrily.

A hand grabbed hers. She lightly jerked but held her chest. 'Umma! You scared me!'

There was no answer.

'Yah...'

'...'

'Umma-'

'I'll keep your dark, pretty curls forever...just like you." a man appeared behind her and the screen turned black while a loud scream was heard.

"Jiho, what the heck is the title of this movie?!" you looked at Jiho who already gazed at you and he chuckled. "Oh this?...The TV guide says 'Smiles 2'..."

You stared at the screen where a school bell rang and at once you jumped out of your couch, practically landing on Jiho. "Make space, make space, make space, ing make space for me, Woo Jiho! Oh gosh, I'll kill you!"

Jiho just chuckled and you curled up next to him. "I am sooo going to kill you..."

"Aw~ you're too sweet...with what?"

"I don't know, but I will...You know I can't watch such movies!"

"You haven't told me."

"I had, I swear!" you stamped with your feet under the blanket and Jiho next to you just laughed silently.

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The last scene came along and you sighed in relief. The murderer was killed by a police officer some scenes ago and it just showed the life of a girl which was becoming some kind of the main lead in the movie. She managed to escape him throughout the movie, luckily.

She went into her room and phoned with a friend.

You could see the girl standing in front of the mirror talking about a school project with the friend on the other line.

She smiled blissfully as suddenly a hand crept up her shoulder and a man with very pale skin appeared behind her, but only in her mirror reflection. He smiled and caressed her neck with two fingers. "I'll keep your dark, pretty curls forever...just like you."

The girl screamed and the screen pretended to shut down.

You jerked lightly yet you knew the movie was over as suddenly commercial started.

There was silence.

"...I hate you." you muttered and looked at Jiho who just grinned. "I liked the movie, you not?"

"No!" you yelped and he held his ears, smiling at you, inching closer. "You did not? I really did."

He saw you gulping hard and Jiho's nose touched yours lightly. He closed his eyes and leaned in to seal your lips carelessly.

Stop these thoughts, Jiho! Jiho shook himself out of his thoughts and looked down at you who was still horrified because of the movie.

"Hey, how about watching a funny movie now?" Jiho asked and you narrowed your eyes at him. "You'll choose a horror movie again, I can sense that!"

He shook his head, lifting up one hand. "I swear. I won't."

Jiho picked up the TV guide and showed you one movie. "This here? Look at it yourself."

You did and nodded scared. He chuckled at your expression and changed to the wanted channel after you told him where to find it.

Soon after it started you drifted away and fell asleep soundlessly.

  AUTHOR NOTE;   so.....actually.......the title.....I had no idea what to put, okay?

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