ink bound (JJK, Book 1 of the Soulmate Series)

chapter twenty one

To say the day has been horrible is a complete understatement. Probably the worst Monday in the history of Mondays, and I've lived through a lot of those. I didn't know how much I got used to Jungkook's presence until he was gone. Coming home from classes have never been more depressing in my life because there's not a big goofy man waiting to cuddle me and eat lunch with me. Not to mention Alex blowing up my phone every single hour since his whatever the hell he was trying to pull Friday night. I don't even wanna imagine how bad that could've gone if I hadn't spoken to Jungkook that night. He would've been back in Korea, probably thinking that I wanted to be with Alex instead of him. I should talk to him, I should figure out what his problem was or is. I don't even know at this point. Maybe him texting me every hour for the past 3 days is an exaggeration but it sure as hell feels like it when my phone buzzes for the 18th time today. It's all the same.

: Taylor I'm sorry
: Please pick up
: Can I come over so we can talk?

or some variation of that. Truthfully, I don't even know what I'd say. So I just ignore it, mute him and throw my phone on my bed. Malia isn't home and I don't know if I'm thankful for the silence right now or sad because nothing but boring lectures and my phone buzzing from someone I don't really want to hear from has been what I've heard all day. Jungkook's been in meetings all morning which means Jimin's busy too. The last I spoke to either of them was before I left to my classes, nearly 6 hours ago.

I head to the kitchen after changing into some comfy shorts and ripping my bra off because 5 hours feels like way too long to have a bra on. I grab some Jin Ramen sent to me by you guessed it, Jin. Once the ramen is cooked and in a bowl with an egg as a garnish, I snap a picture and send it to Jin. Who insisted on a phone call I had with Jungkook some months ago when they were all hanging out that I should take his number and send him pictures of my food whenever I get the chance. I haven't been doing that lately, mainly eating fast food or grabbing something microwaveable while I'm heading out to class or work.

I scarf down my food a lot faster than I should've, when the sound of knocking on my door interrupts me washing the dishes. Malia has her keys, Jungkook is back in Korea and I literally know nobody else enough for them to show up at my front door. The only other person who would be knocking on my door is Alex. Everything in me is telling me to open that door and give him a piece of my mind. But I know it's too soon and I don't wanna say anything I don't mean. Even if he deserved it after the shit he pulled trying to tell my business to Jungkook. So I leave it alone, finish washing my dishes and head to my room.

"Please Taylor, let's just talk." is the last thing I hear before I'm slamming my bedroom door and blasting my music.

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When I wake up, it's 6pm. I don't even know when I fell asleep. I look at my phone to see my twitter absolutely blowing up. Curious, I open the app and start to scroll. Completely ignoring the 15 more messages from Alex and Malia asking me if I want anything at Taco Bell knowing she'll end up just grabbing me my usual. My timeline is blowing up on twitter, the first tweet I see sends me flying to instagram to see if it's true. And it is! The boys have each made their own official individual instagrams. I follow all of them immediately, but before I can scroll through their first posts my phone starts ringing with a FaceTime call from Jungkook.

His face beams brightly on my screen. "Hi beautiful!" He says with this beautiful boyish grin that has heat creeping up my neck already. God! He's said two words to me and my face already feels like it'll melt off.

"Hi!" I say excitedly unaware of the huge smile on my face until he's pointing it out.

"What's got you so excited, pretty?" He chuckles lightly in amusement.