Sitting in the Car all buckled up, I was feeling rather nervous. Where should I take her? We can’t have a normal date because I can’t have fans glaring at us while we try to roam about the city.

"Maybe a long drive towards the coast", I thought to myself. I put the car on gear and we set towards the coast. I switched on the radio, obviously to an English channel for why would she want to spend her energy by translating all the Korean in her head.

Thankfully it was a pleasant weather. Not too hot and not a trace of black clouds in the sky.

I was really curious as to where he would take me. Obviously not around the city for I don’t want Saesang fans to root out my hair while I try to spend time with him. Well, I thought to myself that let him do all the planning today, it’s my day off. I just relaxed on my seat and JinKi the radio and thankfully an English channel.

The view was great. The good thing about Seoul was that even in the main city, the streets are wide enough and there are trees lining the sides of these streets. From the canopy of these trees, tall glass buildings would emerge. It was a modern Wonderland. An hour into the drive, the scene changed drastically. The tall buildings gave way to small houses and vast green fields. It was like those scenery painting with lush green fields and clear blue skies and these small huts at the edge of the fields. I rolled down the window to let the fresh air hit my face. Seeing me enjoying the ride, Jinki cranked up the radio. It now seemed a wild and pleasant ride. I hadn’t been so free since I passed out of college. It seemed that I had acted as a mature adult for too long!

Suddenly on one side of the road I could see the sea. It was beautiful. I mean from afar I enjoyed the sea but up-close I dreaded it for the water reminded me of Kabir, an accident that I would definitely want to forget.

My dread turned into reality. After 15 min, JinKi stopped the car next to the beach. Oh Boy!!

How am I to say that this is a disaster!?

“Hey JinKi, ummm…. So why we stopped?”

He gave me a big smile and replied “I wanted to take you to the places which I really like, and the sea is one place”. He looked so pleased with himself as if he triumphed with the idea of taking me to his favorite places as a means to know him better, that I could not tell him that I dreaded the sea.

So I got out of the car. Pasted a smile over my face in an attempt to hide the fear that my fear will take a hold of me and spoil things for the both of us.

Well I must admit that the weather was perfect. It was mild hot and the breeze was refreshing which made the intensity of the sun’s rays less piercing.

JinKi came towards me, took my hand and dragged me towards the beach. As we lay our foot on the sand I removed my footwear and so did he. “Boy! It feels so good to feel the grain on my feet. Even though I’m not tired I feel real relaxed.”

Well actually I was loving the fact that JinKi had held my hand. It was exciting and satisfying at the same time.

So, he dragged me towards the waters and seeing that my gait became heavy. The slight holding of hands became actual hauling. I think Jinki could feel my hesitation but he continued. It felt like he knew about my fear but now wanted me to confront it.

Aansha was now really pulling me. I knew she resisted pools, sea and anything to do with deep water. But how long in her life will she fear it. So, I was literally dragging her. When we were in the water I could feel Aansha’s tight grip on my hand and on my arm.

“I’m not gonna let you fall Aansha and I’m too good a swimmer for you to fear for me.”

I didn’t know that this dialog could make an impact but she looked at me with those trust filled eyes laced with a bit of love (at least I think they did), that it melted my heart. The breeze got a bit strong and that made her hair disturb her eyes. She was about to pull them behind her ears, when suddenly I did that for her. She was directly looking into my eyes, and for all I know I was having this deep urge to kiss her.

The light was perfect, the breeze was perfect and she was perfect for me.

I kissed her.

The kiss seemed to go on for ages, but I was not complaining. The best part of the kiss was that even though I started it, we both were kissing back. Her hand was around my waist and my hands were holding her face to bring her closer to me. Her baby soft skin and the feeling of those supple lips, the date couldn’t have started any better.

We broke the kiss when the high wave drenched us.

She was a bit shy, but I went up to her, kissed her on the forehead, put my arms round her shoulder and we sat in the car to go on to our next destination.