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"You two take your time," Huang Yenling winked at Tzuyu and gave her a thumbs up with a triumphant grin much to Tzuyu's annoyance.
The door slid closed and Tzuyu hesitantly turned to Jungkook. He was back to reading the menu.
"Well, aren't you going to say anything?" she asked. Her patience was running thin.
"I'm starving!" Jungkook exclaimed. Tzuyu was taken back. She realized that she too was starving but that wasn't the point. It felt like she was being ignored completely.
"You idiot!" Tzuyu shot up and punched Jungkook causing him to fly to the floor.
"Gaah!" Jungkook shouted. He looked at Tzuyu with wide eyes. He wasn't expecting her to hit him at all.
"You insensitive guy! If this isn't the slightest important to you, I'm leaving!" Tzuyu began gathering her things and started heading for the new door.
"Wait." Jungkook said as reached out and grabbed hold of her arm. Tzuyu stopped and turned around. However, Jungkook was standing a tad too close for comfort. She unknowingly blushed. Just as she was about to pull her hand away, Jungkook said:
"I'm sorry... can we start over?"
Tzuyu looked at him carefully. He was taller than her by a few inches, she noted. She decided to comply and went back to her seat. Jungkook did the same.
"My name is Jeon Jungkook. I am 23 years old; my favourite food is pork and-"Nami burst out laughing with mirth. 'Pork?' she thought, "That's so random!"
Tzuyu was amazed at the sound of her laughing. He blushed at how nice she looked at that very moment.
"You're cute."
"W-What?"
"I said that you're cute. I like it when you smile! You should smile more, Tzuyu," Jungkook smiled at her widely.
"Thank you..." Tzuyu was embarrassingly pleased and she was finding it rather hard to maintain eye contact.
"...Listen, I've never really been in love before. I'm not even sure about what it feels like. But... even though I have no idea about those sort of things, I'll definitely learn to love you," Jungkook said with conviction.
Tzuyu blinked. Jungkook became serious all of a sudden.
"Because I don't know why, but this mystery feeling right here..." he grabbed his chest where his heart is and looked her squarely in the eye.
"I've never felt this way before but I want to see you happy; I want to be a reason to make you happy."
Tzuyu looked at him with widened eyes, almost credulously. Jungkook's unexpected confession was the nicest thing she had ever heard from a guy. Him wanting her to always be happy made Tzuyu's heart soar.
She even felt butterflies welling up in her stomach. This was a big decision for both of their lives and she had a strong feeling that Jungkook was worth giving a try at being her husband.
Her long silence caused Jungkook to shuffle in his seat. 'Was I too blunt?' he thought. He had always been one to say what was on his mind without thinking first.
"Alright," Tzuyu said. Jungkook stared back at her. "I'll marry you. Please take care of me."
"You will? Yahoo!"
Tzuyu saw Jungkook's huge grin and wondered how someone could be so happy. "Where did that serious demeanor go?' she wondered.
"I've never been in love before myself," Tzuyu began, "It's something that I take very seriously. I trust you, Jungkook to take care of me so you better not go against your word." Tzuyu was stern which made Jungkook gulp. He was smart enough to know that that was an order.
He looked down and suddenly reached for her small hands and held them tightly between his slightly larger ones.
Tzuyu silently gasped.
"I promise."
Tzuyu, completely surprised by Jungkook's small yet sweet gesture, looked at him with new light and smiled genuinely at him.
The door abruptly opened and in walked their parents. Tzuyu almost forgot about them.
"Well, well, well," Huang Yenling chanted, "Should we come back later?"
Tzuyu turned to look at her mom quickly and looked back in front of her to realize that Jungkook still had a firm hold of her hands. She quickly pulled them away and her cheeks were stained a bright red. Needless to say she was extremely embarrassed.
"Dad, you guys took forever. I'm starving!"
"Mind your manners, boy." Mr Jeon had a smirk on his face. He including Huang Yenling and Mr Chou made it back in time to spy on the cute display the two heirs had earlier. Who knew his son had it in him?
The two families proceeded to order dinner. They were pleased to find out that there will be a marriage and gave a toast to congratulate the engagement. Tzuyu was surprised at the amount of food Jungkook ate. He was a glutton.
On the other hand, Tzuyu liked the way he was kind to her parents when he spoke with them. He was sweet, sometimes a complete moron... but still sweet.
Jungkook would occasionally give her short glances which she would sometimes catch and he will grin at her to her delight.
Tzuyu couldn't believe that she agreed to getting married just like that. Despite that, she knew deep inside that she was making a right decision.
Dinner concluded and Jungkook. Mr Jeon and his son bowed and turned to leave.
"Wait Jungkook."
At the sound of Tzuyu's voice, Jungkook turned back to meet her gaze. Both parents looked on as Tzuyu approached Jungkook, tip toed and gave him a kiss on his cheek. She leaned back and gave him her best smile.
"Bye."
Red spread across Jungkook's cheeks like the plague. Tzuyu was quite bold, and she also smelled nice, he thought. All he was thinking right there and then was that he definitely wanted to see her again.
After reaching home, Tzuyu went straight to her room, latched the door and landed face down onto her bed.
"Oh my God. I can't believe I did that..." she said out loud. All she remembered was moving on an impulse. Huang Yenling wouldn't stop teasing her about it. She reached over and hugged her pillow.
"What now?"
Tzuyu could hear her parents downstairs laughing. 'Probably making fun of me,' she thought in annoyance. She changed and to take her mind off of a certain 'someone,' she decided to go finish drafting her latest map.
Reaching for the doorknob of her treasured room, she stopped when she heard her cell phone ring. She dug for it out of her bag and realized that in was an non-ID number.
"Hello?"
"Tzuyu?" she heard the voice say and her eyes widened.
"Tzuyu, you there?"
"She went over to the foot of her bed, sat down and drew her knees close to her chest.
"J-Jungkook??"
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