Without You

Chapter 20

Jungkook gently applies the cream to my burns, scars, scabs, and I squint my eyes and bite my bottom lips for the slight pain. He finishes it and hands me the cream.

"Here. Keep it. Put it on again when it dries up." he says. I nod and he gets up from the couch and walks into the kitchen. I scoot more back on the couch and lay my head back. I start smiling to myself, knowing that Jungkook has feelings for me. I even almost laughed at the thought of it, but I held it in.

I look over to the kitchen and see Jungkook walking out with two jello cups and two spoons. I sit up straight as he sits next to me. He hands me the jello and I give him a smile, taking it with the spoon. I start eating it.

Jungkook places his jello cup down onto the table and he gets up. I watch him as we walks over to the other side of the couch. He starts going through my backpack. I swallow and I hold everything inside, so I don't go up to him and push him away. I know he's looking for my lighter. I know I should stop burning myself. I'll let him throw it away.

When he finds it, he stands up straight and walks outside the house. I try to look at what he's doing but he closes the door. A minute later he comes back in and points at me.

"No more." he says. I nod and continue eating my jello. He shakes his head and goes back to sitting next to me. He grabs his jello cup and starts eating it as well. We both eat in silence for a while. I don't know if it's because I'm awkward or he's awkward. But it's definitely awkward right now.

I finish my jello cup and was about to stand up to throw it away, but Jungkook takes it and goes to throw it away himself. I watch him go, and then come back. I raise an eyebrow at him and he just smiles and sits back down next to me. I roll my eyes. He pulls me closer to him and puts his arms around my waist. He then grabs his jello cup and continues eating. I freeze and don't know what to do.

"Jungkook?" I say. He doesn't answer me. I roll my eyes and sit myself up. He pulls me back to him and makes me face him, his arms around my waist again, and his face closer to mine. He has his spoon in his mouth. He removes it and places it in his jello cup, and then places the cup on the table. He focuses his attention back at me.

He leans closer to me and I don't move. He stops and his lips are hovering over mine, I was going to lean up but I instead turn my head away. I chuckle and then look back at him.

"You're not going to be that jerk." I tell him. He groans and I scoot away from him. To tease him, I scoot all the way to the other side of the couch. He glares at me and I just smile innocently.

"You're forever going to be my art partner." he says. "I'm not allowing you to get another one."

I chuckle and roll my eyes.

"Alright, alright. Sure." I say.

***

I bring our art project to school. Although it's not due until tomorrow, we're already done so why not turn it in earlier right? We've been holding the project for a few months after being done. If we turned it in earlier, would Mr. Song have given us extra credit like before? If so, then I'm mad at myself.

"JiYoon!" someone shouts. I was walking on the way to my art class, holding the project. I turn around and I see TaeHyung walking over to me. I roll my eyes and continue walking.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" he shouts, catching up to me. He steps right in front of me and pants a little.

"What?" I say.

"First of all, sorry. Second of all, Jungkook likes you?" he asks me. I raise an eyebrow confused to why he's asking this.

"What?" I say.