Falling For It ??

He stared at the two penguins for a quite a while. I didn't want to interrupt his thought process but at the same time I was starting to get anxious. 

"You don't have to pretend that it's a big deal. I know it seems silly but I just thought-"

Before I could finish my sentence, he took me by surprise and grabbed my neck with his left hand. He turned me, pushing me up against the wall of the tank. I was internally thanking the universe that there was no one else in the room at that point, otherwise someone might get the wrong idea. 

The look in his eyes was intense, the stirring of emotion starting to break through. His breath became a little heavier, and though his hand was around my throat, he was gentle and didn't grip at all. He was gentle in fact, just firm in keeping me pinned to the cold wall separating the penguins from us. 

"You adopted two penguins, for me?" 

I nodded. "I thought you would like it. I thought your mom would have liked it." 

At the mention of his mom, I saw a tear fall from his eye, making my heart clench. Before I could say anything further, his lips were brushing against mine. He wasn't quite kissing me, just running his lips across mine, his eyes closed and his eye brows pushed together. "She would have loved it." He whispered. "She would have loved you." He then pushed his lips against mine, softly holding them together. 

He pulled back, but only to reposition his lips against mine, kissing me more urgently. It was a kiss filled with words that remained unspoken. There was an emotion fueling his lips that I had never felt before from him. His hand moved from my throat, down my arm, landing on my waist. He stepped closer, his body pushing even more against me. The contrast of the cold wall and his hot body kept me feeling more awake and alive than I ever felt.

His tongue wasn't teasing and eager, but soft and delicate. He didn't push it into my mouth, desperate to feel the passion between us; the passion was clear, and his tongue kept the kiss sweet. His other hand held onto my face, not letting me move an inch. Not that I would want to. His thumb was moving back and forth across my cheek, and my heart beat in a new, happier rhythm. 

I had hold of his belt loops, and held on as he took me to a new height. When he pulled back, a final kiss was placed on the corner of my mouth and he rested his forehead against mine.

"Are you okay?" I asked. 

"Yes." He replied, a smile on his face. "I couldn't be any happier." He kept his forehead on mine, his eyes shut tight. I could tell he was thinking hard about something. I pulled my hand up and cupped his cheek making him look up at me. 

"What are you thinking?" 

"I need to tell you something." He whispered. "But I'm scared to say it out loud." 

"You can tell me anything, Yoongi. You know that." 

"I do." He replied. "But I need you to promise me something." 

"Okay?" 

"Promise me that nothing changes. Even if what I say is unexpected, or not reciprocated, that you are with me, and that you will stay with me." 

"Of course." I laughed. "Nothing can keep me away from you." 

With his eyes locked on mine, he lifted his head. He moved his hand from my cheek more towards my chin, and his thumb skimmed across my bottom lip. "I love you." He smiled. 

I felt my heart swell. A hot wave coursing through each and every vein I had in my body. My breath became short and heavy, but I could not look away from the man in front of me. It was scary. It was a very scary thought. But I didn't want to run. I wanted to stay here, in his arms.