One Rule! • JK x Reader•

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Eventually his calming arms around you, his presence and his quiet whispers of "it's okay, it's okay..." did their job.

You came to your senses eventually; realising that someone could walk into your office at any point and find you wrapped up in Jungkook's hug, in his arms, in his safety and then what would happen?!

You tried to pull away a little from him but he squeezed back and turned his head slightly to whisper to you; "no, you're not going anywhere until I know you're okay" his warm minty breath hitting your neck, sending shivers up and down your spine.

You sigh, "Jungkook let me out of your hold and I'll talk to you"

You can speak now that you're no longer too upset with yourself.

"Promise?"

"Yeah"

He lets go jus enough and you move back slowly in the chair as he leans back on his legs so that he's just facing you, gazing at you with soft eyes.

"Okay, so what's wrong?" He tries again.

It'd be all too easy to blurt out all the things you were thinking but you can't, he can't know all them things.

"I... just..." you take a breath trying to decide the best way to approach this.

And to lie!

Which way to lie!

LIE!

LIAR!

"... I... I didn't sleep well last night, well... this morning but... I just don't feel great, I must've got a bug or something, I kept thinking I have all this paperwork but I've gotta look after you guys and then there's your performance coming and it all has to be perfect and..." you stop when you see him just simply watching you, his eyes full of concern.

"... I'm sorry Jungkook" you blink and look away from him.

"Okay... now I don't believe that all 100% but I'm willing to let some of it slide, but I know you're hiding something from me and..." he stops and picks at his thumb nail then looks back at you, his eyes full of upset, "... you, before, I thought... I thought you hated me again and I didn't want... look, I'm sorry, it's me that should be sorry not you, I was mean to you making the dance practice late, I guess the guys are right, I really am a brat" the way he stands up makes your heart skip a beat, you thought he was leaving.

"Don't leave..." you say quickly and tripping over your own words, standing from your chair.

You nearly reach out and grab at him; grab his wrist.

Nearly.

But not quite.

Scrunching your hand into a tight fist instead.

"I.. I'm not" he answers quietly glancing back at you.

"Don't be sorry" you whisper, as he comes back to in front of you.

"You're not angry? You don't hate me?"

You sigh, how could you hate him!

You don't think that would even be possible!

"If I hated you I definitely wouldn't have let you hug me, I'd have probably hit you" you give a slight giggle but Jungkook's face remains straight.

"We keep going round in circles don't we, thinking we hate each other, I thought we were friends?" He quiz's his voice soft as ever and you want to cry again.

"No, I mean yes, yes we're friends... look, Jungkook this is.. I dunno, I find this very... stressful? I just, I never thought I'd actually be friends with the band and I keep thinking of press and how the media.." you can't finish what you're saying because he's back close to you again.

Close! Close to you!

"Shhh! Stop! Stop! We've been through this and the media, they're out there..." he waves at the world outside your office window, "... they are not, not in here, or at your home or at my home, it's okay, and we're not... we haven't..."

He can't say it, he doesn't know what to say.

You can't say it either.

Because then it all feels too close, too real.

"Jungkook I know it's okay... thanks for, thank you, I honestly will be alright, I think it's time you headed home? You need all the rest you can get when a performance is coming up, you know that" you smile and he steps closer again.

"Do you think I'm leaving you alone that easy? After you've just been falling apart in my arms? Y/N... you don't know me at all" he sighs but there's a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"I'm fine" you say hitting his arm playfully hoping he'll turn and leave but he doesn't, he wanders back away from you and then throws himself down in the chair near the window, "I'll wait for you to finish your work, I'm not going anywhere so... actually I am, I'll go get us some coffee, or... shall we both go and then bring them back to your office? Come on..." he holds his hand out to you as he strides back to your desk, "... let's go for a breather"

You look at his hand all your thoughts screaming at you to say no, don't do it and then you just immediately grab it, he gives your hand a small squeeze in return, full of affection and drags you to the door then before he pulls it open he lets your hand drop.

The elevator ride is just as awkward as you could ever begin to imagine; standing alone with him in the small mirrored space after just been wrapped in his arms is a different experience to before; you feel closer to him somehow even when you definitely shouldn't!

After a few floors the elevator remains empty and travelling downwards, clearly not enough people left in the building to want to travel to ground floor at the same time as you two; he shuffles closer to you in the space allowing his fingers to brush your hand, in silence. You don't move, you don't say anything, you just allow it to happen, when his fingers brush your hand again you glance up and find yourself lost in the sparkles in his dark brown eyes, a soft smile forming on his lips as he stares at you. Your heart can't take him, why does life give you things that you can't have?

It must be a sick joke!

It's only the ping of the elevator arriving at the ground floor for the cafeteria that breaks the moment between you both and your eye contact, but it leaves you feeling stirred.

The coffee machine is buzzing in the quiet cafeteria, most people have already gone home, there's not many people in the company building stay after 7pm only the few linked to artists and the artists themselves or some of the office staff who are Personal Assistants to the 'big wigs' and need paperwork writing up.

"Would you like a lid for your drink miss?" Jungkook's voice dragging you out of your own head.

"Yes please" you smile at him and he giggles a little pushing lids onto the two coffee cups.

"Here you go..."

You take the coffee off him with a thank you; "you wanna take it back upstairs? Or drink it here?" he asks, you take a quick glance around the cafeteria and even though no one is directly looking at you, you can feel the way people will have their eyes on you, want to know what Jungkook is doing with you still after the others have gone home, "take it back upstairs" you answer and he nods and starts to walk away with you close behind him.