You sit in the car, not even bothering to dry yourself up.
Turning the engine on, you start driving back on the road you though you wouldn't be able to return to.
[๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ]
๐ฐ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฉ*๐ต
You had forgotten about calling the guys back, so it had been like 2 hours or more since "you went missing" in their eyes. Quickly holding up the phone, you see Jungkook's name flash on the screen.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.
" ๐๐ค ๐/๐... ๐๐'๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฎ... ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ก๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ญ๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ข... ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง "
You blink a few times, your eyes going from your screen to the road, not even being able to concentrate.
You know that heavy feeling in your chest when you're feeling way too many emotions..?
That was you right now. Part of you was relieved, it was Jungkook.
Part of you still couldn't believe, it was Jungkook.
You were confused, happy, sad... Glad.
The ring on the phone, again, brings you back and you instantly answer the call, putting it on speaker.
"H-Hi..."
You manage to say out. It was definitely going to be a bit awkward for you to talk to Jungkook now. A relieved sigh comes from the other side of the call.
"Y/N... You scared the hell out of me... Are you okay???"
"Uhhhh... Yes- Yeah- I'm fine... And how are you today...?"
There was a silence. 'CrAp' You thought, internally face palming.
๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ - ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด..
You hear a sound as if the phone had been snatched.
"YAHH! Y/N! Where are you??"
Jin rapidly asks, not even giving you time to think.
"I- I was at... Lisaโ"
"No you weren't, we asked her, she said she hasn't 'talked to you in a while' and 'was planning on
calling you'..."
...
๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ... ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ... ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ...
"Caught in a liee~"
You hear Namjoon sing out from a distance on the call and you chuckle dryly.
"so, Y/N...?"
"I... I was just completing some unfinished business..."
"what?"
"I- hmmm... Oppa let's talk about this when I come back home..."
"okay... Where are you, right now?"
"Oh... Hmmm... I was just driving back... I'm coming..."
๐๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต..
"Okay then... YAAHHHH! NO! LET HER DRIVE CAREFULLY! YOU CAN TALK WHEN SHE COMES BACK! okay bye bye Y/N, come home safe!"
"Yeah... Bye"
You reply, giggling.
The call ended. He probably yelled that to Jungkook. What a mom..
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด..
You grin at the thought.
Now that you think about it. It kind of made sense.
The way he's always been so protective over you.
You wondered how long this had been going on. Because if it had been long, it must have been bitter for him, the fact that you liked Taehyung.
Not only that, he even claimed to ship the two of you and supported you to get with him.
๐ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ... ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฆ...
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ... ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต...
Just that thought of him being in pain for you made you feel guilty but like him even more.
The truth was, you could actually see yourself falling for him, that is, if Taehyung hadn't come in your life.
The way Jungkook looked at you, the way he cared, the way he smiled...
It made your heart flutter.
But then, TaeTae came.
You envied his free personality, the way he was so weird, funny and careless.
And seeing that, he taught you how to do the same.
You got to know each other better. You got to know your feelings better. And soon you both realised that you were head over heals, madly in love.
And that's when Jungkook's behavior changed with you.
He was still kind and guarding, but his eyes didn't show the same love they showed before, because then, he started to hide his affection for you.
The protection he gave turned more into the big brother type. So you started treating him like a big brother, like a best friend, nothing more than that.
But now, it turned out, his love for you never actually changed. You did.
โ
You stretch, getting out of the car after the long drive. Grabbing your phone from the seat, you shut the door, walking towards the entrance of the apartment building.
Your hair and clothes were still a bit wet, despite the fact you opened all the car windows to allow the wind to dry you up.
The receptionist gives you a weird look but you just give a nervous smile in return.
How were you suppose to explain this to the guys?
๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ... ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ...? ๐๐๐๐ . ๐๐. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ... ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ...? ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐! ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ... ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐บ, ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ต! ๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ... ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ... ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ... ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ.. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ... ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ข, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ข...
You nod to yourself pressing the buttons, doing the password. Opening the apartment door, you slowly walk in, taking your shoes off, wanting to sneak into your room and pretend you've been there for a while.
"YAHHHHH!"
Hobi screams, holding a hand up to his chest, startled and startling you.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Jin quickly asks, running at the scene.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
"Yaaahhhh... Y/N... Why would you scare me like that..."
Hobi mumbles, pouting. You nervously laugh.
"sorry oppa... Didn't mean to..."
"Y/N?? Y/N IS HERE???"
You hear Jungkook yell from the living room before loud running steps are heard until he reaches the small hallway, pulling you into a hug. A small smile forms on your lips as you hug him back.
Jin stands there with his hand crossed, tapping his feet for, probably wanting answers. Jungkook pulls away, confusion written all over his face.
"Why are you all wet?? You're going to catch a cold!"
"I- I'll be fine..."
"But why are your clothes all wet?"
This time Jin inquires and you rub the back of your head.
Before you could answer, Jungkooks eyes grow wide and you think you know what he's going to ask.
"Wait! Y/N! DID YOU GO TO THATโ"
"NO! NO, MY SWEET LITTLE BUTTERSCOTCH CHOCOLATE CHIP JUNGKOOKIE OPPA! I DID NOT! I just went out of the city for a while to meet an old friend and unexpectedly it was raining there..."
You 'clear out', eyeing Jungkook. And honestly he looked shook.
You didn't know if it was at the lie, the fact you went out of the city or... The sudden nickname attack.
"ANYWAYS! How's chimmy oppa doing??"
You ask, trying to change the topic.
"He's doing a lot better, but still is with the doctor, inside."
Jin explains and you nod walking past the guys, going to Jimin's room where he was under the doctors supervision.
They were already having a conversation when you rested on the door frame, not wanting to go back in front of Jimin straight away because you knew he felt guilty.
"oh... Y/N, you're back"
Namjoon says, causing the doctor's, Yoongi's and Jimin's head to turn to you. Jimin and Yoongi look away, both ashamed as you sadly smile before speaking.
"How... How are you doing, Jimin-ssi?"
He lightly nods his head in response.
You wanted to go over.
Caress his head.
Reassure him that none of the things that happened weren't done by him.
But, it looked like he still wasn't ready. And you respected his feelings.
So instead you walk away, to your room.