Only You

Chapter 22

Taehyung's POV

"I'll–be fine–." Jieun wheezed, one hand clutched tightly on my shoulder. 

"No, you won't!" Suzy cried desperately, tugging at her own bag and spilling everything out in an effort to find Jieun's inhaler. 

Some girl wearing short sleeves and super short shorts bent down in the mess of the contents of Suzy's bag, picked something out, and held it up triumphantly.

"Her inhaler was right in there." she said, handing it to me while flashing a flirtatious smile.

I caught her wrist, relief coursing through every cell in my body. "Kamsahamnida. It's a good thing that you found it." I said, smiling as I gave the inhaler to Jieun. 

"I'm Krystal." she said, offering a shy smile and bowing to me. I inclined my head, still smiling at her. 

She blushed and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, and a very familiar looking bracelet on her wrist caught my attention. 

"Omo, where did you get that bracelet from?" I asked politely, finding that the more I studied it, the more it looked like the one I had given to Jieun. 

"O-Oh. Um...Jieun....gave it to me." she stuttered, blushing harder. "She said that she didn't need it and so she gave it to me-"

"Did-NOT!" Jieun coughed while trying to recover and attempting to sit up, nearly clocking me on the chin.

"Oh but you did." Krystal said, taking advantage of the fact that Jieun was still coughing like she had a hairball worthy for a sabertooth.

I was completely shocked, but felt like I needed to hear more in order to understand properly. 

"You...didn't give it to her.....right?" I asked, doubt starting to settle in. 

"No, I didn't give it to her!" Jieun rasped, one hand massaging her throat. "Give me back my bracelet, Krystal." she said, glaring hard at the girl.

"B-But, you can't just take back your gifts." Krystal said, tears welling up in her eyes.

"For the last time, I didn't give it to you." Jieun growled, pushing herself to her feet and coming face to face with Krystal. 

Sniffling, Krystal unclasped the bracelet and thrust it at Jieun then said, "I even found your inhaler, and this is how you treat me?"

"For your information," Suzy cut in before she could continue. "IU has never allowed anyone to carry her medication except herself, and she has never lost it before either. It's quite strange that you managed to find it of all people"

Krystal stuttered to a halt, at a loss of words.

Just then, the Jungkook that had been in shock the entire time, unfroze and harshly seized Jieun by the arm, yanking her away without any warning.

"Yah! What are you doing?" I shouted after him, getting up and trying to follow but found myself blocked by a tearful Krystal. I tried to move around her, but she only reached out her arms and hugged my arm to her chest.

The only thing I could do was watch helplessly as Jungkook dragged Jieun away.

IU's POV

"Let–go of me!" I shouted and wretched my hand out of his grasp, causing him to turn around and finally face me. We were in an empty corridor far from the others, and the broken LED light above us flickered with an unstable light. 

"Why are you so close to Taehyung?" he growled, stepping closer to me.

"What do you mean?" I said nervously while taking a step back.

"You're my girlfriend, not his." he said while moving gradually closer.

I rolled my eyes and let out a sound of disgust. "Did you seriously take my words seriously back there? I was barely conscious and freezing cold!" Not to mention the fact that I was unable to think straight, being so close to you at that time. I silently added while backing up further. My back hit the wall behind me and I let out a faint squeak of surprise.

"So?"

I gaped up at him in disbelief while a sense of denial grew in me. "I don't even like you! You're the one person that I can't stand! You are always so mean and Taehyung is so much-"

He leaned down and sealed his lips over mine, very effectively cutting off my rant.

I made a sound of protest and pushed my hands against his chest reflexively, but he only stepped closer so that I was pressed up against him with the wall at my back.

This caused me to weakly beat my fists against him, but my efforts slowly dwindled down until my fingers grasped the collar of his shirt, pulling him closer without my consent. My eyes closed slowly as I sank into him, my heart pounding out an eccentric rhythm.

His arms snaked around my waist and pulled me towards him, deepening the kiss. In response, one of my hands slid to the nape of his neck where I felt my fingertips brush against his soft, brown hair. 

He broke away first, but left his forehead pressed against mine. 

"Don't ever look at any other guy besides me." he whispered as my eyes gradually opened to meet his. 

I didn't speak, seeing as the hammering of my heart spelled out everything. 

He pulled me towards him and buried his face in the crook of my neck, holding me tightly. 

Tears seeped out of my eyes at the difference of how coldly he had treated before, to the loving Jungkook I was seeing now, and also at this emotion I had only experienced once before on a cold night in the woods.

"Only you." I murmured softly.

A/N: What do you think? I think it's a bit cheesy, but that's what's so great about it. 😆 Don't forget to vote and comment your thoughts! Love you all!! Saranghaeyo!!!😘