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Chapter 27 - Chapter 26: Only Then

Jeon Jungkook's POV

Jieun is standing by the vending machine when she gets a text from Rowoon.

Rowoon: Hey, about the movie thing, are you free this Friday?

Jieun: Yeah I guess.

As she bends down to get her drink, her phone vibrates to signal a call; Rowoon.

"Hey! How are you?" Rowoon gently speaks.

"I'm great, just about to head in to practice."

"So you mentioned you're free then but I just didn't want you to think it's a date. I promised to not pressure you at all. I just don't want you getting the wrong idea. How about you invite someone so you wouldn't be uncomfortable?" Rowoon rambles as though he's being chased.

She laughs out loud rather hysterically.

"Jieun! Are you ok?" Rowoon asks bewildered by her sudden laughter.

"I- I am good. " She laughs more. "But sure! I'll see who I can invite. And just for the record, I wouldn't feel uncomfortable around you." She assures him.

"great, I will meet you then! "

Gulping down half of her drink, she heads to the practice room when she is stopped mid track by the pair standing on the doorway.

"You forgot this the other day when you came over." Heejin chuckled as she hands Jungkook the beanie he left behind at their house.

Seeming to recall, Jungkook thanks her dearly, saying he's been looking for it.

He was first to notice a figure looming behind Heejin, Lee Jieun. Remembering their yesterday endeavors and how mad he still is, Jungkook finds him self involuntary asking.

"Are you free this weekend? I want to thankyou for this because its my favorite beanie." Jieun clearly heard what he said. Quickly burying the jolt of pain she felt when Heejin accepted his offer, she bows to them and walks in to the practice Room.

—-

"Hey I'm outside." I call Heejin as I stand by their gate.

A few minutes later, Heejin walks out with Rowoon right behind her. He looks dressed up to go out too.

"Hello." I politely greet him.

"How you doin' ?" He smiles as he shoves his hands into his jeans.

"Good you?"

"Ok I don't mean to make this all awkward but where will you be hanging out?" He laughs casually.

"I thought of watching a movie and then go eat something. If that's cool with Heejin." Heejin happily goes with the plan.

"Really? We too are going to watch a movie!" Rowoon exclaims.

Heejin reading the confusion on my face, says, "He's meeting Jieun!" Heejin who seems a tad excited and happy for her brother smiles brightly.

"Yeah. If you're heading there too, let's just go together?"

—-

Jungkook spots her first. It's like he didn't have to search for her, instead but be pulled towards her . There she is standing by the huge screen showcasing the movies playing tonight.

Holding his eager self to not just walk right up to her, he fists his hand and breathes deeply.

"Oh there she is! Lee Jieun!" Heejin waves as she runs up to her.

Her expression said it all. Startled by their presence here and how they walked in together with Rowoon. Answering her questioned face, Rowoon explains why they're here.

As for Rowoon, he felt a tinge of regret when he saw her alone. If maybe he hadn't invited them, maybe he could have spent some alone time with her.

Rowoon who has slight hope for a different night, is crushed but makes sure he doesn't show it.

But Jungkook was torn, whether he wanted to be there and see their interaction or not witness at all. They hadn't even spoken anywords to each other since the day before. Just a slight nod whenever they met.

—-

Rowoon still rooting for a chance for him and Jieun together, finds seats for them both only. Thinking Jungkook too would like the idea because he asked his sister out and wouldn't want him interfering.

Jungkook chose the seats behind them.

——-

I'm trying my best to not ruin the night for Heejin but I can't even seem to focus but onto the pair sitting right in front of me .

It's been 35 minutes into the movie but I still don't know what the movie is about.

Rowoon opted for one medium sized popcorn order and separate drinks with the popcorn in between them.

—-

Jungkook thinks whatever that often cringe scene that happened in movies of the couple touching hands when they go for the popcorn at the same time, could never happen to them.

But he thought wrong.

They both reached for the popcorn with their eyes glued to the screen and they touched hands. Now he is drawn to the movie playing right before his eyes in real time.

Jiuen flinched slightly as both of them turned to each other and laughed it off. Jieun reaches for her drink and slurps looking flustered. He could tell.

Rowoon was a different case. He still had his eyes on Jieun. The little light from the screen casted on his face and it unveiled the endearment he held for her. How he wishes she knew how deep he feels.

—-

"Can I get you anything from the snack bar?" I ask Heejin abruptly. She too got startled by my sudden question but it's just that I need to get some air.

"A refill would be fine." She chuckles as she shakes her empty bottle.

Quietly exiting with fists clenched hard and chest breathing heavily, I rush to the restroom. Splashing the cold running water in hopes to cool me off.

After drying my face off, I head back to the auditorium.

"You forgot the drink didn't you?" Heejin laughs quietly.

I am not sure what got me into a halt; Heejin's hand on my arm telling me it's fine or Jieun who turned her head and unplanned, our eyes met.

"Jungkook?" Heejin whispered signaling me to sit down. This had Jieun swiftly turn her head back to the screen.

—-

They walked to one of the nearby restaurants to get dinner. The walk only engaged Jieun, Heejin and Rowoon talking about the movie while Jungkook walked behind them, silently giving glances to the one occupying his mind every time she talks.

They sat in a booth that was in between two others filled with a group of friends. The girls entered first sitting opposite each other and their respective companions followed. Rowoon delighted at the fact that he's getting another close moment with Jieun.

—-

Jungkook couldn't swallow down the food with them right in front of him; Rowoon who is clearly way too caring and sweet towards Jieun who is oblivious to his advancements and letting him do as he please.

Seeing that he can't share much to whatever they're talking about and occasionally nodding and agreeing with what they say, his eyes that wondered around in thoughts focused the beer infront of him.

—-

It's been an hour of them talking and eating ,when Rowoon excuses himself to the restroom.

Jungkook is now on his fourth beer. He is drinking himself to numb his thoughts and haze his vision. But he could still see her.

Jieun all the while finds ways to pay him a glance, and every time her heart constricts at the sight of him drinking to despair.

She knows he won't stop if she tells him to because that's what will make him double his intake just to be cross with her.

The girls still have something to talk about when Jungkook abruptly staggers off his seat and falls on Rowoon's seat instead with a loud thud. His body rested in the seat eyes shut.

Jieun holds her breath, suddenly finding air unbreathable.

"He's really drunk now." Heejin laughs slightly and Jieun just nods.

Rowoon returns and just laughs at Jungkook and takes his seat instead. The lively conversation resumed around the table again with desert.

Spooning her ice cream, she sees Jungkook looking under his shirt from the corner of her eye.

"What are you doing?" She laughs.

"My abs. I am seeing if my abs are still there." He said drunkly, voice thick.

"You're not seriou-" Her laugh is cut short when he grabs my hand towards his muscular abdomen that he just exposed.

"Do you see it?" He asks as he guides her fingers across the warm skin of his abs.

Realizing how hot the room got and how her fingers are now unconsciously roaming across his abs, she starts scooping ice cream quickly to cool her off. The siblings just laugh at him, knowing he isn't thinking straight right now.

Heejin leaves the table to go get them water leaving the three alone.

"You're pretty drunk now. Jungkook, I think that's enough." Rowoon as the oldest talks to him concerned.

Jungkook just pays him a nod, his eyes barely open.

"Could you call his brothers?" Rowoon asks Jieun to which she quietly abides.

Both her hands were laying on now the empty table as she calls Taehyung. Her other free hand was fiddling with the table napkins when Jungkook reaches for it.

Alarmed, she flinches it away but he reaches for it again and brings it his lap. Looking between Rowoon and him, she just let's him this time.

Jungkook then gently intertwined their fingers together, his warmth radiating off onto Jieun's hands. Jieun gasped at the gesture.

Her heart smiled first, then it painted on her lips afterwards and lastly her eyes. Eyes that turned to Jungkook's face and literally shone. Her body could only demonstrate how she felt right now.

Though it was cut short due to Rowoon's interruption. Rowoon sensed Jungkook going a bit too much and then asked Jieun more firmly.

"How long did they say it'll take them to get here?"

—-

"I want to go see her! Take me please. I just want to talk to her for five minutes. Please." Jungkook looks between the guys as he begs them to take him to her house.

His eyes barely open slurring his words, knocking back extra beer he found at home.

When he got home, his drunken self started feeling more sober. Remembering the fight again resorting him to brushing it off with drinking more.

Now he just has this urge of seeing her. He wants to talk to her.

"You're drunk right now. Why did you even get this wasted?" Jimin scolds trying to take the beer from his hand.

"No why is he still even drinking? It's gonna get late. You'll just talk to her tomorrow when you're sober."

—-

"Hey can you come outside?" Jimin says on the phone, his eyes focused on Jungkook who they couldn't ignore his state.

Minutes later, the door opens to Jieun wearing an oversized jumper and pajamas.

Jungkook eyes that dazed to her figure , wanting to see her more closely. Tumbling as he walked forward. His eyes lagging trying to decipher her features.

"Hey again! Buddy over here swore to jump off the balcony if we didn't take you to him so here we are." Jimin explains as they walked forward holding him back by arm.

Jungkook who sinked into his feelings, admiring everything about her, smiling fondly at how cute he is. Brushing off the heavy weight of his arms to go closer to her.

Next minute he found himself face to face with her, hands over her cheek.