The boy next door

Chapter 54

An hour later I had called Eun and asked her to meet me in a nice park which wasn't too far from her and my house.

Jungkook drove me there and parked one street away from the park. He tried to encourage me and suggested that it might be only a misunderstanding but it couldn't help my nervousness.

Just the thought of Eun doing this intentionally made me feel nauseous.

He pulled me over to him and pressed a kiss to my forehead. He mumbled some more reassuring words but I didn't here them anymore. I was too anxious about the imminent conversation.

I got out of the car and shut the door. I threw one last look at my amazing boyfriend before I entered the park.

I found Eun waiting nearby sitting on a bench underneath an old acorn with a thick trunk.

She smiled when she saw me approaching and got up to welcome me with a hug.

"Hi, Y/N. Good to see you, I haven't talked to you in a while", she said happily but her face fell when I dodged her hug.

"Eun, I need to talk to you about something", I came straight to the point. I needed to know.

"Okay... what's wrong?", she asked confused, "did something happen?"

"Did you sleep with Jungkook?", I asked, the words leaving a bitter taste on my tongue. Now there was no turning back. I said it out loud.

"What?", she asked puzzled. I couldn't tell if she was sincere or just acting as if she had no clue what I was talking about.

"I asked you did you sleep with my boyfriend?", I repeated with utmost disgust lacing my voice, "you know what? Stop playing this game, I know you did sleep with him. Twice actually."

The look of bafflement on her face slowly turned into one of contempt and satisfaction.

"So you found out?", she asked, a sly smile playing on her lips, "I wonder who told you."

"So it's true?!", I asked, anger and disappointment threatening to take over my body.

"Of course!", she answered throwing up her arms, "and I'm proud of it."

"What?", I exclaimed feeling more hurt with every word she spat out, "why would you do this to me? You knew damn well how much he meant to me, I told you everything on my birthday. And then you go ahead and fvck him the next day when he's drunk?!"

"Ah stop being so naive. He wasn't even your boyfriend back then so why are you acting up?", she questioned me and laughed almost sounding maniacally.

"Eun, we literally grew up together. We are -were- best friends", I said holding back my tears as I remembered how close we were as children, "and on my birthday, the next morning, I told you he had confessed. We had a chance to be a couple and you still decided to sleep with him."

"Yea, so what?", she said shrugging and vindictiveness flashed in her eyes.

"I was jealous. You were gone and your whole life has changed. You had forgotten about me. You had a new best friend and two boyfriends. I flipped okay?!", she said raising her voice, "I had to take away the one thing you truly cared about."

"How could you do this?", I said quietly. I understood her pain and that she felt forgotten because we had less contact and didn't meet up anymore. But she want too far.

"You could've told me how you felt", I said barely even able to look her into the eyes, "I didn't know you felt that way. I would've made time for you."

She stared at me with empty eyes and shrugged again. She didn't apologise. Does she even feel sorry about it?

"I can't do this anymore", I said exhausted and shook my head, "I can't stand being around you. You hurt me deeply. Maybe you're happy now, you reached your goal. But I won't be there for you in the future. I'm done with you."

She stayed silent. I sighed and turned away.

At first I walked away slowly, maybe she would say another word, say that she's sorry. But she didn't.

So I left and ran straight into Jungkook's arms.

"Hey, baby. Are you okay?", he said pulling me tightly to his body and stroked my hair.

"I thought I'd look for you since you took so long", he explained and began placing multiple pecks on my head.

"She did it intentionally the second time", I managed to say through my sniffles, "Jungkook she did it on purpose. To hurt me."

"Shh, it's okay", he soothed me in a calm voice rubbing my back, "I know it hurts but pain is only temporary. It will go away. And I'm there for you. Through every single bit of it."

Two hours later I already felt better. I didn't know how but Jungkook found exactly the right words to comfort me and put me at ease.

It still hurt to lose such a good friend. With all the other events that happened in the last 24 hours it was almost too much sorrow to bear but with him by my side it was okay. Not good but okay.

He made sure I was really okay when I told him I'd take a nap and then have dinner with my family. After that I wanted to go to bed early and be alone for the rest of the evening to process what happened.

He was totally fine with it and asked me to text him if I needed anything.

I was so thankful for him that I almost started crying again as he kissed me goodbye.

He promised me a film, snacks and lots of cuddles after he'd pick me up in the city where I'd get coffee with Isabel to tell her everything about the drama that has been going on.

She was really eager to know so I agreed to meet her after classes. I thought it would be good to talk about it. It might have a therapeutic effect.

Sorry guys, this is update is
super late :(
I wanted to post earlier and make it a lot longer AND include the reading sample but since I'm travelling rn I couldn't.

I collapsed yesterday and had to go to the hospital to get an IV but now I'm better and managed to update. Hope you enjoy and can wait for the next chapter patiently ♡