A soft beating against my cheek was what I woke up to. I let my eyes openly slightly before curling closer to Daehyun’s chest. I felt his steady heartbeat against my cheek and smiled. Slowly, I pulled away and propped myself up on my elbows, resting the side of my head on my hand. 

I just stared at him. I missed the feeling of being able to admire someone that I cared about. Then a question hit me: “Why have I never considered Daehyun before?” Maybe it was because I was so madly in love with Yongguk. 

“Morning.” Daehyun croaked, voice still thick with sleep. 

“Hey.” I smiled, curling back into his chest. 

I just lay there, enjoying the warm morning air and his soft complementary heartbeat. Then out of nowhere I felt  a light peck on the top of my head and I found myself biting back a smile. Slowly, I brought an arm around Daehyun’s waist and hugged him. 

“Do you have work today?” I mumbled against his chest. 

“No.” he said. 

I laughed, feeling his breath tickling my head while he spoke. 

“Do you have class-“ he started. “No, you don’t. I totally forgot.”

I laughed but stop when I felt him peck a kiss on my head. The feeling was weird. The sensation was so different that I didn’t know how to comprehend. What was I meant to feel? It would have been better off if someone told me, because I didn’t know how I was meant to feel. 

“What are you planning to do today?” Daehyun said, looking down a t me. 

I was about to open my mouth to answer when Daehyun’s phone rang, startling me slightly. I sighed and reluctantly pulled away from his warmth, letting him reach for his phone. 

“I have to go.” he sighed as he got off the phone. “My office wanted to have a meeting about some weaponry issues.”

“Right.” I said. “Well you should get going. I don’t want you to be late. Race you to the bathroom.”

Immediately, I threw the covers off of me and onto Daehyun, adding some extra weight so he would have a hard time getting out. I quickly ran towards the direction of the bathroom and soon heard Daehyun’s low laughter follow me. Entering the bathroom, I turned around and waited for Daehyun to come in. 

“You lost!” I teased. “You are such a slow poke. You’re the loser. You lost!” 

I childishly danced around in one spot, poking fingers into his chest and sticking my tongue out at him. My special dance consisted of me waving my arms around and swaying my hips like a child. Daehyun suddenly hugged me around the waist and brought me close. Very close. 

“You know, I would usually be pissed off if someone teased me like that.” he said lowly. “But you did it cutely, so I’ll let it slide.” 

“You’re still the loser.” I said quickly. 

“And you’re a cheater.” he shot right back.  

I gave him an amused smile before turning around to get ready for the day, while Daehyun did the same. Occasionally, our eyes would meet in the mirror and we’d laugh slightly. It was the happiest I’ve been for as long as I could remember. Daehyun was the healer of my wounds and I was thankful. 

While Daehyun was gone, I was bored out of my mind. Since I didn’t have to study anymore, I felt a drastic change in my daily routines and I didn’t have anything to do. After having lunch on my own, I started looking for travel agents. I remember saying to Yongguk that I would go to America with him once I graduated. 

I had never been anywhere on vacation. My whole life, actually, had been dedicated to studying for my parents. But it had always been my dream to work overseas and I was hoping the States vacation could open some doors for me. 

“Hey there.” I heard from behind me.

I let my head whip to the direction of the sound as I was scared, half to death. 

“Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.” Daehyun said, approaching me. 

“No, it’s okay.” I shook my head. “I-“

“Let’s go on date.” Daehyun smiled, holding my hand and pulling me from my study table. 

“Uh… O-okay.” I said, my heart still beating a little quickly from the scare. “Let me just get changed.”

Just as I was about to walk away from him, Daehyun’s grip on my hand tightened and he pulled me back. 

“You don’t have to. You look fine like this.” he smiled.

I frowned and looked down at my outfit. I was wearing printed t-shirt and a pair of denim shorts. The t-shirt was slightly baggy since it was one of Yongguk’s smaller shirts. Then I looked at Daehyun, seeing that he was still in his working attire with his dress shirt and cashmere jacket. Daehyun seemed to have seen me compare us because he pinched my cheeks. 

“You look fine.” he laughed. 

When he said date, I did not expect him to drive me downtown and take me into an amusement park. The day was extremely fun with lots of rides and definitely A LOT of food, knowing Daehyun. 

“One more bite, come on.” Daehyun whined, trying to shove more chips into my mouth. 

“Daehyun, I think I’m about to explode.” I laughed, pushing the chip away from me. “You eat it. You like food.”

“Hey, I’m a cop.” he looked as me in disbelief. “Do you want me to get fat? So I can’t chase after those badasses? Is that how it is?”

I laughed loudly and felt my stomach hurt not only from too much food but also from too much laughter. But in the end, he finally convinced me to eat some more chips. He was way too manipulative. Everything about that day was a blast but I what he did for me at the end of the night was what I found most amazing. 

When the sun was about to set, we made our way to the ferris wheel and settled into a carriage. We slowly ascending up higher, while I kept my stare outside trying to take in everything of my surroundings. How the sunset made the horizon orange but strangely also a shade of purple. How as we got higher, the people beneath us got smaller, like ants. 

Finally the ride stopped at the top. My breath was taken away and I stood up in the carriage, walking right up the door and peering out into the horizon. The view up high over looked the sunset over a beach, which was utterly beautiful. The waves were peacefully moving while the beach rippled from the slightly wind. 

“It’s beautiful, right?” I heard Daehyun smile. 

“Yeah.” I breathed, turning around to face him. “I wouldn’t mind staying up here for an entire hour.”  

“Is that what you want?” he smiled, getting up from his seat and walking up to me. 

“That would be amazing.” I sighed. “But there are people underneath us that need to get up.” 

Daehyun cracked a small smile at me, but it kind of turned into a smirk. I looked at him suspiciously and didn’t know what he was thinking. “What? Is something wrong?” I raised my brow. 

“I may or may not have made this ride off limits just for your enjoyment.” Daehyun said nonchalantly. “You know, cause I’m a cop, I can do things like that. Not like I would but…”

“You shut the ride off just for me?” I gasped. 

“Yeah. But don’t tell my dad.” Daehyun winced. “He doesn’t like it when I use my job to get the things I want.” 

I stared at Daehyun in disbelief and let out a small laugh, while feeling tears building in my eyes. I was so overwhelmed and touched by the fact that Daehyun would do something like that just to make me happy. 

“You are,” I said, trying to figure out what to day to him. “You are completely ridiculous.”

I slid my arms around his waist and hugged him, resting my chin on his shoulder. I could smell his cologne, making me content. His cologne wasn’t strong but it was still enough for me to feel secure. He also circled his arms around my waist and stood there. We stood like that, limbs entangled for a while. 

“The sun’s gone.” I said softly, with my head still resting on Daehyun’s shoulder. 

“Hm.” he hummed, also feeling at peace from the atmosphere in the air. 

After our long hug, we just sat back down in our seats and watched the sunset. Through out the time, we had entwined  our fingers and I had managed to rest my head onto his shoulder. I had lost count of how long we had been up there. All I knew was that I enjoyed the entire experience. 

“Maybe we should go down now.” I said, sitting up right. 

“Okay.” Daehyun smiled at me. 

He reached into his pocket to take out his phone and calling someone. 

“Hello ahjusshi? Yes, can you please take us down now?” he said somewhat sheepishly. “Thank you.” 

When he hung up, I looked at him, judging him while shaking m head. 

“Don’t look at me like that.” he laughed, placing a hand over my eyes so he wouldn’t have to see me judge him. 

At was at about ten at night when we settled into bed. I lay against Daehyun’s chest and listened to his soft breathing. After we left the amusement park, we went back home and ate ramen. I bit back a smile when the day played back in my head. 

“Daehyun?” I whispered. 

“Yeah?” he whispered back. 

I draped an arm over his waist and sighed in content. 

“I had a lot of fun today. Thank you.” I said.

Daehyun didn’t respond for a while. I was beginning to think that he had fallen asleep until I felt him leave a soft peck on my head. With that, I felt that maybe I could move on with Daehyun. Never stepping over the line, after the night before when I told him that I wasn’t ready. Kissing my head instead of my lips. He was a considerate person. 

It was maybe one in the morning when my phone went off, waking me from my sleep. I furrowed my brows as my phone vibrate on the table next to Daehyun’s bed. I pulled away from Daehyun and threw the covers off of myself gently, in case it woke him up. 

I groggily walked to the table and picked up my phone, then walking out of the bedroom to pick up. I didn’t want to wake Daehyun up. When I had walked out of the room and closed the door, I picked up the call. 

“Hello?” I tried sounding as awake as I possibly could. 

Silence was all the I got. I held the phone against my ear and waited. Instinctively I took the phone away from my ear and checked the caller ID. It was a strange number, one that I had never associated with before. 

“Hello?” I said again. “Who is this?” 

After another short moment of silence the person on the other end finally said something. 

“Hey.”