elastic heart『 jikook 』

十八

| 15;44 |
sunday

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jungkook's pov

❝ are you okay? ❞

i open my eyes and immediately regret it as soon as i make contact with his bewitching hazel ones. i turn away to take some paper towel and wipe my face with it.

i'll just try to ignore him.

❝ i saw you ran off from your friends and by reflex, i just had to come after you. ❞

he chuckles.

❝ it's funny 'cause it's like my feet had a life of their own, you know? okay, i sound stupid. i just really ᅳ ❞

alright, fuck this.

❝ you really what? you forgot to tell me you're the assistant of my ex? ❞

he's taken aback at first but then he responds.

❝ i got the job only days ago and besides, i never told you where i go to school so i just thought it would be weird for me to tell you where i work. or the fact that i got fired two weeks ago and the fact that one of my childhood friends ᅳ jung hoseok ᅳ referred me to N0iR after he heard i lost my job. ❞

❝ really? that's your excuse? ❞

❝ why are you even so mad? i didn't know who your ex was. you never told me. i quite remember our conversation going with you telling me i know nothing about the music industry and how fucked up your world could be because i'm just a normal person and that i would never understand. ❞

❝ oh, is that what this is about? you're trying to prove something? ❞

❝ dear gods, no! not everything is about you, jeon jungkook! can't a man just want a job that pays better than his old one? this whole argument is stupid. ❞

❝ then how come you didn't know about yoongi's collab with me when you're his assistant? shouldn't you know about things like that? ❞

❝ it was my first day at work yesterday. i never even met N0iR before that. hoseok told me N0iR's doing a collab with someone, yes. but he didn't say who. and i didn't ask because i didn't wanna come off as nosy. i'm sorry, jungkook. but i don't want to get fired and nor am i planning to resign on my own. ❞

❝ i'm not asking you to do that. what the shit? ❞

❝ then what do you want from me? ❞

his voice cracks and i can see the embarrassment when his cheeks turn red and he tries to look away from me.

❝ okay, i get it. i accidentally played with your feelings and you're wary of me because of that. totally understandable. but please, hear me out when i say i'm not doing this to hurt you even more. i would never try to hurt you intentionally. ❞

❝ i wish i could believe that. ❞

i say before leaving him.