Nayeon went to bed that night with a weird feeling in her stomach. She couldn't sleep. She was too excited after surviving the dinner with The Kims and Lees.
She realised she had started to get a weird feeling in her stomach whenever she was around Dohyun. She didn't know what that feeling was. She found herself blushing around him too. Nayeon clutched a pillow tightly and started laughing to herself. "What am I even thinking about?" She asked herself. "Dohyun is someone I'm working for again. I'll never be more than his subordinate..."
Nayeon sighed and decided to give Eunseo a call. She was her best friend after all.
Eunseo picked and Nayeon heard her yawn from her side.
"Nayeon, don't you know how late it is!?" She asked in a tired voice.
"I'm sorry, Eunseo. But I need to ask you something." Nayeon said.
Eunseo sighed.
"Sure. What is it, Nayeon?"
"Whenever you're around someone and they make you blush and you get this werd feeling in your stomach, what does it mean"
"Huh? Is the person a guy?"
"Yes.."
"Oh, my! That weird feeling must be butterflies, Nayeon!"
"Butterflies?"
"The only sensation you get when you're in love!"
"Sorry, Eunseo. I gotta go. Goodnight!"
Nayeon felt her heart get heavy and memories of her and Dohyun flashed through her mind. Some made her smile, laugh, upset. Was she in love with Dohyun? Was that why she got butterflies in her stomach whenever they were together? Nayeon convinced herself that it wasn't the case and slept.
The next morning, Nayeon walked downstairs to the smell of smoke coming from the kitchen. She coughed as she went in and found Dohyun cooking.
"Dohyun, what are you doing?" She said along with a cough.
"I was... *cough* ...Trying to make us breakfast."
Nayeon led them both out of the kitchen and sighed.
"Dohyun, you have to be careful whenever you're in the kitchen. You could've burned this whole place down!"
Dohyun chuckled.
"Right. You sound like my mom."
"Why were you cooking anyway?"
"I wanted to make us a meal instead of going out for once. Thought it would be refreshing."
Nayeon smiled.
"Okay. Let's cook together."
Nayeon and Dohyun started cooking together making steamed rice with soup and kimchi. Dohyun was impressed by how well Nayeon could cook.
"Who taught you how to cook?" He asked in awe.
"My cousin, Haerin taught me." She replied.
"You're good."
"Thanks."
Dohyun was assisting Nayeon while she did the main cooking parts and she got water on her face while washing the rice. Dohyun immediately took a napkin and gently wiped the water off her face with it. Nayeon felt a weird feeling in her stomach at that exact moment. "What is this feeling?" She asked herself. "Are these those butterflies Eunseo was talking about?" Nayeon grabbed the napkin from Dohyun and wiped her face by herself. She was hiding her red cheeks behind the napkin.
"Oh, sorry about that, Nayeon." Dohyun apologised.
"No, no! It's fine." Nayeon retorted.
The next phase of the cooking was putting the rice on the cooker and then preparing the soup. Dohyun was learning from Nayeon as she cooked. They had an amazing bonding time while cooking that Nayeon found awkward, but simultaneously she enjoyed it.
After they finished cooking breakfast, they sat at the dining to eat. They both took a bite together and were amazed by how good it was.
"This tastes awesome, Nayeon!" Dohyun exclaimed.
"I know!" Nayeon said.
They finished everything so fast that they were wondering where all the food went. Dohyun then asked Nayeon where she wanted to go today.
"Let's go see a movie." She said.
"Alright. What kind of movie?" He asked.
"A horror sounds good."
"Oh, really? Sure."
After cleaning up the dishes, they went to a cinema and got popcorn and drinks for the movie. They got their tickets and went to see their movie.
Halfway into the movie, Nayeon realised she had made a mistake and kept on screaming and covering her face on Dohyun every time something scary happened. They both ended up leaving the cinema early and went to get some ice cream. Nayeon was cautious not to get ice cream on the sides of her mouth so that Dohyun wouldn't clean it for her. But she ended up with ice cream stains on her clothes and Dohyun cleaned them up for her. "How embarrassing..." Nayeon thought to herself. People were looking at them in a judgemental way.
"Why do you eat like a small child?" Dohyun asked her.
"No I don't!" She felt offended.
"The ice cream stains on your clothes say so."
Nayeon got annoyed.
"Are you teasing me!?"
"I'm scolding you."
"Hmph. Well, you're not my parent."
"But I'm your fiancé."
"What-"
Nayeon was cut short when Dohyun and her turned to see Leah and her friends holding a cup of ice cream. Leah looked so pissed that she threw down her ice cream on the floor with rage and stormed out. Her friends followed behind her.
"That was weird. We are attracting too much attention, so let's get out of here." Nayeon said.
They left and went back to Dohyun's residence. Nayeon realised that all those feelings that she was getting in her stomach truly was because of Dohyun. Those butterflies were not just random.