The two walked along the dark streets of Seoul, hand in hand.

By then, Sena's cheeks were already aching from excessive smiling, she couldn't contain the joy that she felt.

Jimin inhaled the cool air and continued showing the way, "I thought about this a lot and it was so hard to decide where to go..." he nervously cleared his throat.
"Just tell me where we're going!" she pleaded, tugging on the hand holding her's. Jimin shook his head 'no' with a smug look on his face.

The couple continued walking, all the way to the end of Nonhyeon, and into Sinsadong. It was a long walk, but neither of them minded it, especially not Sena- she just still couldn't grasp the concept of actually being with Park Jimin in real life, plus she wore flats so walking wasn't an issue. The best way to explain Sena and Jimin's relationship is through those 'filler' scenes in romantic comedies, where they skip the dialogue and a montage begins to play with a beautiful acoustic song in the back ground.

Because at the end of the day, conversations get lost in our past, but the emotions accompanying the conversation live on; and that's how most walks and talks were like for them. This didn't mean that they forgot key information they revealed to one another, it just meant that they spent a lot of time speaking of this and that- just enjoying one another's company.

So please try to understand what I, the narrator am about to tell you;

cue montage of laughter, dark streets, hand holding, and gazing, with a cliché acoustic song in the background. Because that night especially, their interactions were that of a sappy love story buried deep somewhere; perhaps in the depths of the internet.

Eventually, they came to a halt near Hannam bridge, Jimin turned to the eager girl and held her by the shoulders, "Okay, so this is it." He turned her to face the river, squeezing one eye shut and scrunching his face; worried that she wouldn't be happy.

What Sena had turned to see was a beautiful panorama of bright city lights reflected on the almost pitch black water; the flow of water making the reflection of those little bright lights dance on its surface.
Afloat on the water awaited a dainty cruise ship, decorated with flowers, ribbons, and little lights that just looked like blurs to Sena.

She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out.
Jimin nudged her, "So? Is this okay?" He asked.
She let out a semi-cough-semi-laugh before finally spitting out a jumble of words, "Is this- are you- are we having dinner on a cruise- on the river? On a river cruise?", Relieved to see the excited expression on his girlfriend's face, he sighed and proudly nodded.

Sena squealed. She began hopping up and down up and down up and down- while tightly holding onto Jimin.
"IS THIS FOR REAL OH MY GOD-" she grinned and hugged him tight, forcing the poor boy to sway along with her.
Jimin burst out in laughter as he hugged her back, 'I should surprise her more often' he thought to himself as he held her tight, feeling the warmth of her body against his.

Jimin often thought of a number of things when he held her tight;
Things like 'I like holding her', 'She's warm'
'She makes me feel comfortable', 'She's soft', 'I want to hold her forever', 'I love her' and 'omgomg I'm touching her' among many other things.

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They sat parallel to each other, on a cute round table at the edge of the deck; near the back, away from everyone else.
On the table was a small vase with on single flower in it, a pink tulip, and a white candle- already lit and flickering about in the light breeze.

Orders had already been placed, the 'What should I eat?' Discussion was done and dusted.

"Okay I need a pass for tonight." Jimin broke the comfortable silence between them.
"For?..." Sena furrowed her brows.
"You need to give me a sappy pass- a cheesy pass-" he paused and ruffled his hair, making a light 'agh' sound out of embarrassment.
"Jimin you're sappy always, proceed as usual." She teased as she sipped on her free water.

"Alright..." he paused for a moment and looked up as he mouthed a few words to himself, "Okay, alright, okay."
He took a deep breath, "Less than a handful of times everyone encounters something that they just have an unexplainable affinity for- wait no let me start again."
Sena was already smiling like a goof, still overwhelmed by the stuttering boy sat across her.

Man. Stuttering man. That night he was dressed like a man. Gentleman, not gentleboy.

"Sometimes you'll-damn this is so cringey- I mean what I'm trying to say is; when I look into your eyes, I know yours are the eyes I want to spend the rest of my life getting lost in, and, when I hold you in my arms, I know that you're what I want to hold on to for as long as I live." He nervously grit his teeth, eyes wandering all over the place.

He looked up to find that Sena had practically disintegrated in her seat- hunched forward, and hands covering her face from- embarrassment? Excitement? Overwhelmingness? She simply couldn't suppress this violent burst of happiness inside her.

"Are you okay?" He asked, leaning over to tug on her arm, she immediately lifted her head; with an insane grin on her face.
"UH, YES." he smiled in relief when she said that.

Don't get too excited, this wasn't anything official, it was just a big confession- and an indication that both parties wanted be together long-term.

Their meals eventually arrived and as the the evening advanced, their happiness increased exponentially.

They tucked into their beautifully presented dinner, "I think, I know I love you a lot because here I am, stuffing meat into my face, not scared you'll leave me because I'm a pig" Sena joked as she munched on the succulent beef.
"Hey, you took the words right out of my mouth!" Jimin fired back as he shoved another spoonful into his mouth.

He swallowed his mouthful and spoke once more, "Okay, so just a heads up, I know you're like totally in love with me and we're inseparable, but I'm really, really busy for the rest of the month. Early mornings and late nights. So at the most we could message when I get time to eat... or before bed? Agh I'm sorry." He apologised with a pained look in his deep brown eyes.
"Don't be sorry. Just make sure to take care of yourself since I won't be there to do it- just try not to work yourself to death, please." She half-joked.
"I'll be fine. But that wasn't my point, I was going to say that I have a free evening in 12 days, and I would like to go out again."
"I mean sure if you insist I guess I can fit you into my schedule." She said in some sort of bizarre fake accent.

See, he had something else planned, the cruise dinner that night was great, of course it was. The cold air, the lights, the quiet, the distance from all those people and all of those buildings. But he was waiting on something.

Savouring another spoonful of glorious cheesecake, Sena reminisced on their first-sorta-kinda date and smiled.
"What are you thinking about?" Jimin asked as he watched the 'enchanting' girl smile to herself.
"Nothing. I was just thinking about when we ate ice cream last time, and how nervous I was- I mean I'm still kind of nervous, I mean excited-" she blurted.
"Cute." Jimin smirked.
Sena rolled her eyes.

"Just one last time I'm going to be sappy tonight." Jimin announced.
"What? Again? Bro I'm still recovering!" the defeated girl protested.

"Just hear me out, I'm cashing in on all the cheesiness today, we don't be able to spend time together and be cheesy for a while."
Sena caved in, "Fine. Sure. Show me what you got, loverboy."

Jimin chuckled,"When I see you smile, I feel fuzzy, when I touch your skin, it feels like all the nerves in my body are set alight, and when I hear your odd laughter I'm enchanted-"
He cleared his throat, and half-sang half-spoke "That's how I knowwwww I love you, that's how I knooooOooOooow it's trueee~" by the end of his cute parody, Sena was choking on her cheesecake from excessive laughter.

As cheesy and cliché as it was, once their laughter faded, they looked each other in the eyes; it was an "I love you" in the absence of words.

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The picturesque date with the statuesque boy was coming to an end, and walking back home, again- hand in hand, the two were completely intoxicated with love and affection for one another.

'Please, please dear God, don't let anything go wrong.'

Was a thought that accompanied that incredibly perfect, too perfect, evening.

That enchanting evening on that beautiful cruise ship with that beautiful man.

Upon arriving at Sena's apartment door, their conversation came to a halt.

"Thank you. I had a great time." She said, in a hesitant voice, internally debating what she was about to do.

'Fuck it.' She said to herself before pulling Jimin in closer by his black blazer, and softly kissing him.

She had wanted to do that all evening.

He reciprocated her kiss and pulled her in closer, placing one hand on the small of her back and the other softly on the side of her face.

She eventually pulled away- Jimin still leaning in, "You know I love you, right?" She whispered before smiling and entering her apartment.

"Goodnight, angel." She said before quickly closing the door and quietly disintegrating on the wooden floor.

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