Chapter 16

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When Sun-Hee arrived back at the apartment the boys were all ears.

"How did it go?"

"Was he nice?"

"Did you fight?"

"It was fine, we sat at the table and he ate some food. We didn't talk much and we didn't fight. It was just fine." But inside Sun-Hee was glowing. It was better than fine. She had seen him without a shirt. She had gotten to watch his beautiful face eat the food she had made. He smiled at her. She wanted to replay it over and over in her head.

Sun-Hee realized she hadn't eaten so she fixed herself a little plate and ate while the boys had cake. They raved over the dinner and the cake. The boys insisted on helping her clean up, so that went quickly. Having a dishwasher made it go even quicker.

They all went and sat down in her living room. There were enough seats for all, but Tae sat on the floor in front of her and cuddled her leg.

Namjoon looked at Sun-Hee and said, "Yoongi has something to ask you."

She looked at Yoongi expectantly.

"We thought you might want to see us perform. We are going to sing two songs at a festival this Saturday and we would love it if you would come see us." Yoongi smiled.

"Really?! Yes! A thousand times 'yes'! Oh, I'm so excited!" She clapped her hands in front of her chest.

"We have to go early to get ready, but we will have a car pick you up with someone who will bring your ticket and help you find your seat. There will be lots of groups performing, it can make for a long day. So stay as long as you like and enjoy the show. We will try to have you brought to us if we can after we perform." Namjoon explained.

"That sounds great! I can't wait until Saturday! Thank you so much for inviting me!" They all smiled because she was excited, just like they predicted. 

Sun-Hee stood up, "Listen, you all look tired from your long day at work. And I need to go get ready for a hot date I have tonight, so I will see you tomorrow, okay?"

Namjoon smiled at this, "I need to go get ready too. I'm all sweaty."

The boys left after hugs and Sun-Hee decided to take another shower after cooking all day. She put her hair in a shower cap so it wouldn't get wet. After getting out and drying off, she put moisturizer on her skin and got out the dress she was going to wear. Joonie had said to wear something casual so she picked an all white halter sundress and flat leather sandals. The dress was modest because it came all the way up and tied around her neck but her shoulders and entire back were bare. The skirt had two large bands of lace sewn in so it revealed her knees and the lower parts of her legs.

Sun-Hee decided to put her hair up in a high ponytail and also put on a little makeup. Other than lip gloss she didn't think she had worn make up in front of the boys yet. She looked at herself in the full length mirror and was happy with what she saw. Her look was simple, but pretty. Lastly she put a simple gold bracelet on and grabbed a clutch that matched her sandals fairly well.

Namjoon was right on time to pick her up. When she opened the door he took a step back and brought his hand up to his mouth. When he took it away he had a little smile, "You look beautiful." He said in English and held his hand out to her.

Sun-Hee took his hand, "You look pretty beautiful yourself mister." He did, he was wearing designer jeans with a teal silk dress shirt with black dress shoes and a black belt. 

Namjoon took out his phone, "The boys asked for a selca, do you mind?"

Sun-Hee smiled, "No, of course not."

They took several selfies making different faces, some glamorous, others just plain silly. Namjoon sent several of them to the boys. 

His phone buzzed and buzzed as they walked out to the car. "What now boys?" He looked at his phone. "They are requesting I take a picture of you." He begrudgingly admitted.

"Oh, ha ha, sure!" She posed in front of the black car which made the white on her dress pop. She even did one looking over her shoulder so they could see the back of the dress.

"You are a good sport. Hopefully that keeps them happy so we can enjoy our night." Namjoon took her hand and helped her into the backseat of the car. 

But the boys were way more interested in what was happening on the date than what they had to do. Namjoon finally turned his phone entirely off after he got a video call from Jimin, which Namjoon declined to answer. 

Sun-Hee and Namjoon thoroughly enjoyed strolling through the art gallery hand in hand. It was an exhibit of portraits by several different artists. Sun-Hee really liked the large colorful oil paintings that were done by a local artist. Namjoon was extremely knowledgeable about art. They talked for over an hour as they walked though the gallery. His dimples sat on his cheeks the whole night.

The gallery owner, came and found them and asked if they had enjoyed themselves. She escorted them to the door when they were done. She had known Namjoon for several years but he had never brought a woman to her gallery before. She thought they seemed well suited. He was a nice young man and he deserved someone who shared his passion for art.

When they got in the car to head home, Namjoon turned his phone back on. It lit up with notifications. Sun-Hee fished her phone out of her purse and turned it on also. They both laughed at the ridiculous number of messages. "I guess they had nothing to do tonight." Sun-Hee smiled. "Let's video call them now."

Namjoon sent the video call request to Jimin who seemed the most insistent in the chat. He answered immediately, "It's about time! What did you guys do, turn your phones off?!?"

Joonie laughed, "Yes, Jimin, when you take a beautiful girl on a date, you turn off your phone and give your attention to her." Jimin made a face of disgust, so Namjoon added, "You'll understand when you grow up." They could hear laughter in the background at that comment and Jimin gave someone a glare behind the camera.

"Are you guys coming home now?" This time it was Tae.

"Yes, we are headed back now. What did you guys do tonight?" Sun-Hee joined the conversation.

"We sat around and looked at your pictures and talked about how pretty you looked." Tae shared.

"Goodness, I hope you are joking! Surely you had something better to do than that." Sun-Hee blushed.

"Well Jungkook has been in a terrible mood tonight so we couldn't play our Switch in the living room. We thought a couple times he was going to punch someone, so we went away from him. We just hung out in Jimin's room." Tae explained.

"That's odd, Jungkook seemed to be in a good mood all day. I wonder why his mood changed." Namjoon pondered out loud.

"I don't know, it started right after you sent us the pictures. Maybe we talked about them too much. He just got annoyed, then more and more mad. He's in his room now, so we are safe." Jimin shook his head as he spoke.

"Ok guys we are almost home. Have a nice night. Hope to see you tomorrow." Sun-Hee waved.

Namjoon said, "Bye!" and hung up quickly. Then turning to Sun-Hee, "Those boys are smitten."

"They have been so sweet to me. I couldn't have hoped to meet better friends when coming to Korea." Sun-Hee gave him a bright smile as she climbed out of the car into his arms. He put his hand on her back and walked her to her apartment where waiting for them in front of her door were Tae and Jimin. 

"We just had to see you in person. We couldn't believe how pretty you looked in your pictures." Jimin said. 

"Wow, thanks Jimin." Sun-Hee laughed at his terrible way of wording that.

Namjoon smacked Jimin in the chest with the back of his hand, "Jimin! What a thing to say! Sun-Hee always looks pretty! You've seen her now, so you two can go."

"Why, are you planning to kiss her and you need us to leave so you can do that?" Tae asked looking from Namjoon to Sun-Hee.

"Well, thanks Tae, I guess not anymore." Namjoon looked a little disappointed.

Sun-Hee wrapped her arms around Namjoon's neck and gave him a big hug and a kiss on his dimple and said, "I had a really nice night." Namjoon wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the nose. Sun-Hee turning to the boys, "You all go up and go to bed. Tomorrow you have to finish preparing for the show I get to see on Saturday!" They all said good night and the boys went up.

Sun-Hee was in her comfy pajamas and in bed when her phone buzzed. 

Jin: I'm picking up Korean Fried Chicken for dinner tomorrow night, want to join us?

SH: Yes! Thank you! Text me when you get home. I'll bring dessert.

Jin: You are going to spoil us. 😊

SH: Nothing wrong with that. Night. 😘

Jin: Is that a kissing emoji? Because I will cash that in.

Wow, those kissable lips are on offer. She had thought of nothing but kissing every time she looked at Jin's lips. Days ago the thought would have made her heart flutter. But something had changed. Even when the boys had joked about Joonie kissing her, it didn't excite her like it would have a few days earlier. She was starting to think of the boys as friends or brothers, but not as potential boyfriends any more.

Sun-Hee knew exactly what had caused the change. Her attraction to the other boys paled in comparison to what she felt towards Jungkook. She knew it was completely a chemical reaction because she had not spent enough time talking with and getting to know Jungkook for it to be anything else. But a part of herself already felt like she belonged to him, because the thought of kissing Jin made her feel like she would be cheating on Jungkook. Kind of a silly thought considering they had barely carried on a civil conversation.

SH: It is called a "blowing a kiss" emoji. You are always blowing kisses, so I thought I'd send one back.

Jin: 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

SH: Night Jin!



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