Summer Night's Dream
Episode 15 - First Date

Sunday morning.

Nara sat in front of the mirror looking at her makeup tools. A dilemma again left him speechless and drifting in his mind for 10 minutes. He had been waded by what to wear, and now he was re-wildered whether to wear makeup or not. Although already affixing the initial makeup, such as toner, moisturizer, sunscreen accompanied by bb cream, and thin powder, but he was upset to have to add other makeup or not, especially makeup on the eyes. People usually say his face looks different when using makeup, and again honestly he does not really like when using it. But if he comes out with only such minimal makeup is it not too simple and less attractive? Ah, too bad she does not know how to create natural makeup like she usually sees on social media. He sighed in disappointment while looking back at his reflection in the mirror. Soon after, he finally decided to form a little eyebrow with eyebrow pencil and flexing eyelashes and then swept thin mascara.

Just now he was going to take a good look at himself in front of the mirror after putting up the masakara, his phone vibrating. He takes a quick glance and sees Ji-Ho's name on the screen as an incoming call. In a hurry, Nara answered the call.

"Nara? I'm in front of the house you're talking about right now" Ji-Ho's voice sounded across the phone.

"Okay, I'll be out in a minute" replied Nara quickly then disconnected the phone.

"Ji-Ho has arrived, there is no time to put any other makeup on," Nara muttered as she hurriedly applied a pink lipstick on her lips. "Like this might be enough," he nodded at her reflection and turned the body in front of the mirror to look at her whole body appearance once more. Then he walked out of the room.

Meanwhile, Ji-Ho waits outside, leaning her back against the car door. A smile rose on her face as she saw Nara coming out from behind the fence. The girl looks beautiful with her simple style, white short-sleeved shirt and black long skirt covered in see-through fabric. His wavy black hair was tied one back, making his ties swing to the left right as he walked.

Nara smiles at Ji-Ho. However unlike Ji-Ho who smiles brightly at her, Nara smiles awkwardly. An idol artist was standing just a few feet away from her, ready to go with her, after all this time she could only see the man from her phone, laptop, or television. The morning sunlight shines on Ji-Ho's body making her look even more unreasonable in Nara's eyes. He feels like he's seeing a mirage, and Ji-Ho will disappear when the sunlight is gone.

"Hello," said Nara when she reached Ji-Ho, still unable to hide her awkward smile. Not to mention in his heart he was stunned to see Ji-Ho's appearance. Ji-Ho looks more relaxed with a light gray thin sweater and black jeans. His hair was covered in a black baseball cap and his face was also seen without makeup, especially on the eyes that usually never escape makeup. But he still looks handsome.

Ji-Ho replies to Nara's greeting with just a smile and then pulls out her hands which she hides behind her back. A bouquet of white daisy flowers in his hand appeared, filling the distance between himself and Nara.

Nara's eyes widened in surprise, "What is this?"

"Pulse...A flower? To you," Ji-Ho shyly thrusts the flower again towards Nara for the girl to pick it up.

Slowly, Nara takes the flower from Ji-Ho's hand and draws it directly to her nose to smell the scent. But he was silent, unable to say anything because he was too nervous. Her eyes are glued to the center of the yellow-green flower, not daring to look at Ji-Ho's eyes in front of her, while her hands play the petals. This is the first time he has received flowers from a man, and again he still cannot believe his first time is from Ji-Ho, his idol. What should he do now? What's he supposed to say? How should he react? Nervousness again sets his brain in a dead end, just like the first time he met Ji-Ho.

Ji-Ho herself is also speechless, preoccupied with her own thoughts. He was also nervous, and what he feared was happening, the awkwardness between them. Silence like this actually tormented him, but he did not know what to do, so he just coughed still awkwardly. He hopes Park Kyung suddenly opens the car glass and breaks the silence between them. They have spoken before. Though they have spoken before, even though they have often talked through text messages, but why now it feels more nervous?

Nara raises her face and can instantly see Ji-Ho's uneasiness. The man in front of him coughed with his hands raised stroking his legs. His gaze was fixed on his feet that were scratching the road asphalt slowly. Unable to see that, Nara finally opened her mouth to say something and broke the silence between them. "How about we..."

"Neol joh-ahae," Nara's sentence is cut off by Korean words that suddenly slide off Ji-Ho's lips. Within a second their eyes both widened in shock.

Ji-Ho just cursed herself while biting her lower lip with anxiety. He did not expect those words to come out of his mouth, loud and clear enough. Though he had only thought about those words in his heart, but why did it even come out? Now he could only hope that Nara did not understand what the words were saying just now.

But it's stupid that Ji-Ho expects that. Hope is not fulfilled. He did not know Nara has loved k-pop and k-drama since 5 years ago when she knew 7Seasons. He did not know that Nara really likes romantic Korean dramas that often display these words. He did not know that Nara could even remember, understand and speak a few words in Korean. One of them is what Ji-Ho said earlier. Of course Nara understands what Ji-Ho is saying!

"Eh?" Nara could feel her blood flowing quickly, making her heart pump rise rapidly. "What did he hear earlier? Ji-Ho likes it?" he asked himself in his heart. His eyes are still wide and now his eyeballs are moving in confusion, unable to look at Ji-Ho.

"Nara's.. " Ji-Ho who still thinks Nara does not understand her words because he sees the girl's confused expression trying to divert the conversation. But he stopped when he heard Nara's whisper.

"Why?" Nara whispered full of tone of doubt.

"What?"

"Why do you like me? I mean, we only meet once, and the rest is just in the message. And you don't even know me very well yet" Nara's head moved left and right, revealing the facts. His gaze showed disbelief. It's not that he doesn't like what he hears, but he doesn't believe people like Ji-Ho can like him. Not a person like Ji-Ho can make her hesitate, let alone Ji-Ho. He could not just accept that reality. He should be grateful.

Again Ji-Ho stroked his nape. The nervousness had really possessed him since earlier. Especially now that he realized Nara understood and had heard the overflow of his feelings. "I don't know, do I need a reason? I just feel like it..." Ji-Ho sniffs her shoulders, making Nara sigh. But Ji-Ho tells the truth. He doesn't know what he likes about Nara. It was just that, Nara had been grabbing his attention from the very beginning they met and that feeling just popped up. Not to mention that after finally they exchanged messages often, he always felt a sense of comfort in his heart

"But I'm not like the other girls..." Nara looks into Ji-Ho's eyes, trying to read the man's mind.

"Good then," Ji-Ho comments with a smile, making Nara's face flushed red.

"To me you're beautiful" Ji-Ho hurriedly cuts before Nara finishes her words.

But it was a pity that Nara's expression turned even flat. "That's cheesy," Wicked indeed if he said that to Ji-Ho, let alone with a serious flat face, whereas Ji-Ho only means well, it is he who speaks first of physical appearance. But Nara does not like it very much if someone says the reason they like it is because she is beautiful, sweet, cute, or whatever it is that concerns appearance. According to him, feelings arising on the basis of appearance have a great chance will not last long. That's why he hates her so much.

"Note! I won't say that anymore" Ji-Ho makes a hand gesture, locking her lips with a finger.

Nara is confused again, as a result of the same struggle still fills her brain, why Ji-Ho chose her. "Why do you like me, honestly?"

"I said it, I don't know. I just like you, just like that," Nara can see the earnestness in Ji-Ho's eyes, but still her heart still can't take it for granted.

"There's a lot of things you don't know about me. I was screwed up, my life was messed up," Nara was silent for a moment, shouting out the words she was going to say, and finally saying something else. "I was very fierce and easily annoyed even just for trivial matters. I have a strange taste for everything, even my candied taste is strange. I have bad eating habits. I can't be in the crowd, can't go to clubs or anything like that. I'm boring.and very ordinary,"

Ji-Ho just nods her head, catching everything Nara says. "Then I shall see all these things from this day forward. I want to get to know you better" everything Nara mentioned doesn't bother her at all.

"But..." Nara still can't stop.

"What else?" ji-ho patiently waits for Nara to say something else.

"...you are an idol artist."

Ji-Ho groans and then rolls her eyeballs. "Did it make my heart different from other humans?"

Those words made Nara's face turn red again. And somehow seeing Nara embarrassed makes Ji-Ho embarrassed too. Ji-Ho gulps, as if by doing so her embarrassment and nervousness also go into swallowing.

"Without my job as an artist, as an idol star, I'm just an ordinary human being like you. I can also feel that fondness," Ji-Ho tries to ignore the commotion that is happening in her chest.

Okay, Ji-Ho won! This time Nara could say nothing more.

Because again they are trapped in an awkward atmosphere, Ji-Ho finally makes use of Park Kyung. "By the way, sorry I didn't tell you before, there's someone coming with us. Park Kyung is waiting for us inside," he tilted his head pointing at the car behind him.

"Ah, really?" suddenly Nara feels guilty for lingering with Ji-Ho outside. "Then let's go now,"

Ji-Ho nods and opens the car door for Nara. After Nara enters and Ji-Ho closes the car door again, she puts her hand on her chest with a breath of breath. He held his breath during their conversation. To see Nara's eyes alone had made her claustrophobic, then had to express her feelings of course made her not breathe properly.

I don't know how people can do it so easily. Bombing and saying sweet things to the girl they like. Uh, but he wasn't trying to fight. It seriously. Ah, never mind, she was obviously very nervous. More nervous than when he was going on stage.

Ji-Ho tries to calm herself down before getting into the car. Nara was already talking to Park Kyung when she entered. "What are you talking about?" ji-ho asks while holding the steering wheel.

"Nothing much's. Just a casual introduction," Park Kyung replied from the back seat. Nara nodded her head, confirming.

"Okay, then let's go,"

"Sokcho we are coming!!!" yelled Park Kyung and Ji-Ho excitedly.

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