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I can’t wait to ser what’s in store for your new JK series, 1st chapter is really good! Keep it up! 💙

Thank you so much! I was actually in the middle of posting the next part when you sent this! 😊

Only Six Months is at #1 in Fanfiction on Wattpad right now! I’m so unbelievably excited and overwhelmed with emotions right now. 😭

Enjoyed reading your stories especially Knives. Can't wait to find out who she'll end up with. Though I prefer her with Taehyung, once I read about her memories with Jungkook makes me torn between them. But reminded by how he cheated with her sister, I'd like Taehyung to end up with her instead. I'm curious of what the storyline going to be. Take all the time you needed, once you have the idea and time to write, I'll very much appreciate if you would update it. Have a great day!

Wow, I know that this one is old because I haven’t updated this story in a long time. I swear I’m not trying to avoid responding to you guys, just somehow this one slipped past me!

But I’m glad you really like it. Me, as the author, is also torn between the two. Obviously Taehyung is the healthier choice, as long as she doesn’t give in to Jungkook and his practical begging her to get back with him! I still haven’t even decided who she’s gonna choose! 😅

Thanks for the ask, and again, I’m sorry I never replied to this one. I feel terrible about it 😔

i have to tell you that i just finished reading “didnt ask for this” and all i can say is W O W!!!! i am emotionally distraught that i finished it, BUT IT WAS SO GOOD!!! the characters, the plot, the way you took time to build everything up, im seriously addicted to this story! im definitely going to read more of your stuff, but PLEASE keep writing!!

So I just saw this after how long and omg this is so sweet!! It’s been so long since I opened my inbox and I feel so bad for not responding ‘till now!! 😩

Thank you so much for all your kind words, they really mean a lot ❤️ I’ve been working on some oneshots along with my insane Chooce Your Path Story, and I hope that you’ve stuck around to read my stories despite how long it’s been since I got this! 😅

And trust me, I won’t stop writing as long as I have a love for it, and considering I’m working on a book, I don’t see that happening any time soon!

how often do you update Choose Your Own Story?

I try to keep updates flowing every few weeks to every month, but I sometimes fall behind on it. It’s a lot of work to not just write, but also format onto Tumblr and make sure I link all the right posts together 😅 I also like to post two parts at a time so that it’s less confusing on what I’ve posted and what I haven’t! Even then I still sometimes confuse myself 😂

Oh! And I can't wait for your Choose Your Route fic to finally become a reality! It sounds astounding!

To finally start posting that will be like a relief to me! I’ve been working on that beast for like almost 2 and a half to 3 years now. I was worried it’d never see the light of day! Now if I could just finish it, I think I’ll have to throw a never ending party for myself 😂 I wouldn’t be surprised if by the time it’s finished, it’d have 200k words total reading all paths 😱

I just read all of your Hoseok fics, and Historia up until what you currently have posted–and wow. They're all so astounding! I would love to read a part 2 to High School Hierarchy, and I honestly cannot wait to see how Historia pans out. I am so fully invested, you have no idea. Your writing is amazing, so fun and bright. You have a talent!

Thank you so much omg! It’s so nice to know that you read my Hoseok fics cause it feels like no one else has! 😭❤️ I was so in love with High School Hierarcy when I wrote it that I wouldn’t mind attempting a second part to it, but I don’t wanna make empty promises about me writing it because I might not get around to it with all my other writing projects.

As for Historia, I was so excited when I finally posted that, but it has so many less notes than all my other writings so I was worried that people didn’t like it 😅 it means a lot to know that you liked it so much! I’ll have to dust off that document and get some more written in that series, and maybe more people will feel the same way you do 😊 Thank you so much, again!

What chapter did jungkook throw money at Ari?

Chapter 6? It was near the end of the chapter!

Damn you’re back finally!!!! I didn’t mind the cheesy ending at all, I think it’s super sweet like I can imagine Ari wearing the ring everyday so it reminds her of Kook ☺️ I just wish to see a smut scene / scenes where they just cuddle together at night or doing anything intimate After all it’s the last few days before JK leaves Ari 😛 Anyway thank you for writing such amazing fanfic I hope you’ll continue to write more stories! 💜💜💜

It’s about time I came back, right? 😝 I’m sorry there weren’t more romance in the last chapter, but all the romantic scenes I had written between them I had to scrap because I was having so much trouble with them for some reason. 😔 if I post some kind of oneshot or something, I’ll make sure that there’s actual well written romance! 😂

And I can’t bring myself to write full on graphic smut because it’s just super awkward for me to write! (And some other reasons too, but that’s a big reason) I can write the build up just fine, but you wouldn’t want to read my attempt at a smut, trust me!! 😂 Graphic smut is just out of my writing comfort zone. Idk how all theses other writers can do it and do it well! 😳

i loved the ending so much, you’re a great writer & please write drabbles of Rae meeting jeongguks family (if you can of course) i love your jeongguk fics so much

Thank you! 😊 I’m definitely at least going to attempt writing some oneshots or drabbles of them because I’m not really to let the story go completely! But I’m only gonna post them if I think they’re really good. If I find them lacking, I’ll just leave the series as it is!

Didn’t Ask For This Finale (Roommate!JK x OC)

A/N: Okay please don’t hate me for how long this took!!! It’s super long to make up for the wait!! I had so many issues writing this final part honestly. It’s still not 100% the ending that I want it to be, but after lots to re-writing, I think it’s pretty good. Thank you all for sticking out the story until the end! I hope you stay around for everything I have planned for the future! Now, on with the show~

Warning: This is very loosely edited. There will be typos and mistakes!

Summary: “I didn’t know you hated me so much,” he spoke as he grabbed my wrist and once again turned me around to face him, “and quite honestly, I don’t think I’ve done anything horrible enough for you to hate me to the degree that you do.” “You say that like the hate isn’t mutual,” I remarked as he shook his head. There was a bitter smile on his face as he took a deep breath, “I think you are quite honestly one of the worst human beings I’ve had to come in contact with.”

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The days were flying by faster than I could keep up with as I tried to get used to the fact that Jungkook was actually about to leave. His bags were all packed and his car was filled will most of his things while his essentials laid in his room for him to use until tomorrow. This was our last night together since he leaves tomorrow afternoon for school.

Taehyung was also leaving tomorrow, but it felt like he had already left. He spent the past couple nights at Hana’s apartment, but Jungkook and I didn’t mind. It was nice getting to spend some time alone with him at home. I never wanted these days to end…

I had just finished getting ready in the bathroom when I walked out to the living room. I was about to open my mouth to say some cheesy line to Jungkook about his cologne, something about his spraying it on my pillow before he leaves tomorrow, but my mouth shut before I spoke. My eyes locked onto Yoongi’s as I felt relief fill me. I’m glad I saw him before I opened my mouth. I almost forgot he was here.

Jungkook agreed to let Yoongi move some of his stuff into the apartment since Taehyung had already moved out of his room. Taehyung’s old room was now turning into Yoongi’s room, and he was already talking to me about turning Jungkook’s room into a game room.

“Sorry,” Yoongi spoke when he saw my surprised expression, “I know I said I was leaving but I packed my laptop charger in a different box than I thought. I think it’s in my room somewhere.”

I just nodded and motioned for him to walk back to what was now becoming his room. On his way through the hallway, he passed by Jungkook who emerged from his room. His eyes locked onto mine before he walked my way.

“I’m going to run one of my bags to my car since I’m not going to need it before I leave,” he informed as I looked down at the bag on his shoulder. It was the bag that he had walked in my apartment door with when we had our first encounter of the summer. The sight of the item made me slightly smile before I looked up at him again.

“Okay. Hurry back, Kook,” he gave me a light kiss before he passed me and walked out the front door. I walked back to Yoongi’s room as I felt the air changing. This time tomorrow, Jungkook will be gone and it’ll just be Yoongi and I. It was weird to think about, but it was something I needed to get used to.

I leaned against the door frame and caught Yoongi’s attention as he looked up from the box his hands were buried in. “Having trouble finding it?”

Yoongi nodded and his face twisted with annoyance as he took out a few items, “I know it’s in this box. All my music equipment is in here, and it’s like every power cord that I own is in this box… AHA!”

Yoongi began pulling out one of the cords from the box with a relieved look on his face as I smiled, “I’ve never seen you look so happy.”

Yoongi sent me a dirty look before he stood up, moving toward me, “Well I’m gonna get out of here. You want me to move in tomorrow night, right? Or do you want a night to yourself first?”

“No, please,” I shook my head, “I need you here tomorrow night. I don’t think I can handle staying a night alone here after he leaves. It’s gonna suck.”

“I know,” Yoongi frowned and took a step closer to me. I could tell that he was feeling pity for me, but he didn’t voice it. “You can always call and video chat Kook. Plus, hasn’t he already promised to come back here after the first week or so of school?”

I shook my head, my eyes fixating on the window behind Yoongi. “No. He promised to come back for my birthday, and he’s trying to convince me to come visit him on his birthday weekend and stay with his sister.”

Yoongi moved into my line of sight and crossed his arms across his chest, “that’s not too far off from now. Less than a month, right?”

“Right,” I nodded, but he could tell that there was still something off about me. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. We were talking about something happy, so why am I so glum? “But I… I’ve never met his family because I’ve never had a reason to. My family already likes him and has known him for years because of Taehyung. I even forgot that Jungkook has a sister until we were talking about her a few days ago!”

“Ari,” Yoongi spoke in a calm, soft voice. His tone was calming me down for the most part, but I was still nervous. I was nervous that Jungkook would grow tired of our distance, I was worried that I wouldn’t get to see him very often, and I was very very worried that his family wouldn’t like me.

“Ari,” Yoongi called to put my attention back on him, “You two have been inseparable for this past summer. He’s not going to grow tired of you, he’s going to miss you like crazy. You know this already, Kim.” He knocked me in the shoulder and I let the smallest smile slip through my face, “I don’t like you second guessing yourself.”

Our conversation stopped short as we heard the door to the apartment open and close. Jungkook was back.

It wasn’t long before he was walking down the hallway and poking his head into Yoongi’s room. I didn’t fail to notice the nervous look on his face when he initially saw me, and my smile almost dropped immediately. It’d been a while since he had looked at me that way, and I didn’t like it at all.

“Hey babe,” I tried to act calm when in fact, I was not calm.

“I’m about to head out. Don’t worry, man,” Yoongi held up the cord that he had been looking for in the first place as Jungkook’s eyes shifted to Yoongi. He swallowed and nodded before looking back to me.

Was that about Yoongi? That look? Surely not… he’s been telling me this past week that he’s relieved that Yoongi will be here! He wanted me to have someone here with me since he was leaving.

“Kook, is everything okay?” I asked as Yoongi took that as his cue to dip out faster than his legs could carry him. I tried to not laugh at his eagerness to leave, but the smallest smile slipped through. I heard the apartment door close and lock before Jungkook opened his mouth.

“Everything’s totally fine,” he said, but his tone was all but genuine. That tone in his voice reminded me of our early days when either of us were about to start an argument. I thought that we would finish out these last few hours together in peace, but sadly, I was wrong.

“I just would prefer if you and Yoongi had some rules. Rules like, you can’t be in each other’s rooms.”

I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms across my chest, “So you actually don’t trust me or Yoongi. Jungkook, this is ridiculous. There is nothing between Yoongi and I. We kissed once, and it was just for Yoongi to prove a point.”

“Wait,” Jungkook’s eyes widened in sync with mine as I realized that I had never told him that, “You and Yoongi have kissed? When the-”

“It was just for him to prove that I don’t actually like him! Right after he kissed me, he basically told me that I was falling for you. He’s been right so far, so why doubt him when he said that me and him are not meant to be?” I swallowed as my eyebrows furrowed in anger and sadness, “I love you so much it’s not even funny, Kook.”

He swallowed and looked down after my words. I could see guilt swimming in his eyes, but he was still fairly angry. I could tell by how tense his muscles were.

“I just don’t know that I can completely trust Yoongi. You would have never fallen in love with me if Taehyung hadn’t forced us to be around each other all the time. You two are willingly hanging around each other all the time. If I fell for you because of the living situation, then what’s to stop him?”

I took a step closer to Jungkook as I stared deeply into his eyes. “You did not just fall in love with me because we live together. You fell in love because we were forced to get to know each other. Yoongi and I already know each other fairly well. Sure, we don’t know some things about each other, but learning new things about someone doesn’t make you fall for them.”

“Learning new things about you made me fall for you,” Jungkook was quick to rebut as I sighed in slight agitation.

“No, getting to know the real me made you fall for me. It wasn’t just the little things about me that you fell for.”

Jungkook kept his mouth closed as we both stared into each other's eyes. Jungkook seemed to be looking for something to say, but ultimately he stayed quiet.

“Jungkook, I love you. Even if Yoongi were to magically develop romantic feelings for me, I wouldn’t return the feelings,” I placed a hand on his arm softly as he seemed to relax from my touch. His shoulders that had been tense were now falling as he stepped closer to me. Our bodies were practically touching each other as I continued to look up at him.

“What if you fall to him for comfort since you won’t get to see me often?” Jungkook asked with closed eyes as his arms wrapped around my torso. I placed my head in the crook of his neck and took a deep breath, closing my eyes as I smelled his heavenly scent.

“Well of course he’s going to comfort me with I’m sad, Kook. You don’t want me to be eternally sad, do you?” I moved my hands around him as he placed a kiss on top of my head.

“Just don’t forget to talk to me about everything that happens when I’m gone. You’ll call often, right?” Jungkook’s voice was completely calm at this point as I felt my whole being relax. “And if things get really bad or something really upsetting happens, make sure to tell me so that I can arrange to come see you.”

I smiled into his neck as I nodded and moved my head so that I could look into his eyes. I found myself memorizing every etch of color in his eyes, every move of his mouth, and every freckle or scar on his face.

“And don’t let anyone use my room. Well, Chaeyoung or any of your girl friends are fine, but under no circumstances will there be another man other than Yoongi staying the night here. Ever. Not even a friend of Yoongi’s.”

I smiled and nodded, leaning up to place a soft kiss to Jungkook’s lips. His mouth chased mine as I moved to pull away to say something. A few giggles left my throat before Jungkook moved away so that I could say something.

“Poor Taehyung won’t have anywhere to go next summer,” I pouted as Jungkook’s eyes narrowed.

“You know that the rule excludes family,” Jungkook tried to contain his very slight annoyance as I pursed my lips. “Plus, Taehyung can’t stay in my room if I’m in it.”

“You two could share,” I rolled my eyes, “but does this rule include cousins? What if you have a really hot male cousin that needs a place to stay in town? Just let him know which apartment is mine and I’ll ready your room for his stay.”

Jungkook’s eyes narrowed and his hands reached down and gripped my thighs. I squealed a little as Jungkook hoisted me up against him, wrapping my legs around his torso. His eyes stared deep into mine as he began walking toward my room. “Hot cousins are excluded from the rule.”

“So that means you have a hot cousin,” I nodded and pretended to take interest as Jungkook’s eyes narrowed. I felt excitement build up in me as I ran my fingers through his hair, “How do you think he’d like his breakfast? Do you know what kind of sheets he prefers? Do you think he’d like me walking around in my skimpy pajamas? Because you sure didn’t with how rude you were to me about it.”

“Please don’t kill each other today,” Taehyung called as he was on his way out the door. I rolled my eyes and waved his way.

“No promises,” I smiled as he disappeared behind the door. I turned around after Taehyung left and was met with a wet-haired Jungkook. He was wearing his usual lounge outfit, a white t-shirt and sweatpants, and he was still trying to dry his hair with one of my towels when I spotted him.

His eyes met mine, only to break away a few seconds later. I noticed his eyes shamelessly run up and down my body as I felt my face heat up. Why was he checking me out?

“You should probably wear more clothes. You’ve gotta remember, you live with two guys.” He nonchalantly spoke as my jaw dropped.

“What, are you trying to say that you’re tempted to make a move on me?” I raised an eyebrow, “Because I thought you found me revolting.”

“I do,” he scoffed and threw the wet towel he was using at me, “Which is why you need more clothes on. I don’t want to see that much of you.”

I felt my face turn red, and I couldn’t tell if it was out of anger or embarrassment.

“Be careful, Jeon, insult me one more time and I’ll strip down to my underwear and walk around like that all day.” I threw the towel back at him as his eyes widened. I noticed him stiffen as I felt my confusion written all over my face. His face started to flush as he tightened his grip on the towel I had thrown his way only seconds ago.

He turned in one fluid motion as he grumbled and stormed off into his room. “Please don’t bother me,” He spoke before slightly slamming the door behind him.

“Shut up, Ari,” he growled as he threw me on top of my bed. He crawled above me and his eyes scanned up and down my body. “I’ll have you know, I wanted to jump you that day. That wouldn’t have been appropriate at all considering the fact that I had no idea how I felt about you at that time.”

“So what your saying is,” I smiled and placed a hand on Jungkook’s cheek. His patience was running thin with me, but I was loving messing with him. It wasn’t often that I got to him this much, “You really liked me walking around like that, but you were afraid that your friend would expose your not-so-innocent thoughts about me.”

“Exactly,” he ran his hand through the hair at the base of my neck and propped my head up closer to his, “and I wasn’t about to let go of my pride and admit my attraction to you at the time. I had a douchebag image to keep up, you know.”

I let my eyes flick to the lip that he was biting down on as I also found myself biting my lip. A smile once more began to appear on my face as I tried to hold it back. “You kept that image up well until you would make me cry.”

He growled and closed his eyes in slight pain, “Don’t mention that. God, I hate that. I don’t even like thinking about you crying, and to know that I’ve made you cry on multiple accounts…”

“But you’ve made countless girls cry, Kook. Why did my crying get to you so much?”

The teasing conversation was slowly turning serious as I found myself genuinely curious. He couldn’t be weak to crying in general because I used to hear girls cry over him all the time for the dumbest reasons. Some girls cried because they were dumped by him, some cried because they knew they’d never have a chance with him, and some cried every time he’d sleep with someone that wasn’t them.

“You mean something to me,” his eyes softened as his dominant stance above me turned into him laying next to me in my bed, “I cared about how you reacted to me. You were so cute when you were mad, and I would overstep all the time to upset you. I had a hard time drawing the line of going too far.”

I nodded in agreeance because he definitely wasn’t wrong there. He was still really bad at seeing the lines he didn’t need to cross. I couldn’t help but go really soft seeing Jungkook so vulnerable over me at the mention of me crying. He seemed genuinely sad as he cuddled up next to me.

“Please don’t forget about me while I’m gone.”

I looked over at him and had to resist the urge to laugh. Forget about him? Was he crazy? “Jungkook, I’m the one who should be saying that to you. After all, you said-”

He cut me off by leaning over me and placing a rough kiss to my mouth. I tried to continue with my words, but he chased after my mouth, adamant to keep me from saying what I was trying to. I gave in to his persistence as I allowed him to kiss me. After all, it won’t be long before I won’t be able to kiss him for weeks on end. These next few months are going to suck…

“Can you please go a day without reminding me of how big an ass I am?” Jungkook asked against my lips as I shrugged and leaned up to kiss him again.

“Stop being such an ass and then I won’t have anything to remind you of.”

…

I sat on the edge of what was once Jungkook’s bed as I looked around the empty room. I had been so adamant about turning his room into something else once he moved out, but now that he was actually leaving… I didn’t want to change anything. Maybe if the room is still laid out the same way, then it’ll be like he never left.

I forced myself to get up off the bed and move out of the room, but it was so hard… He wasn’t even gone yet and I was getting really emotional.

“Babe?” Jungkook poked his head into the room and spotted me as I took a deep breath, “We need to leave now if we’re going to get there in time.”

I puffed out my lips in slight disappointment before I moved toward him. We had made plans with everyone to go bowling tonight before everyone left for college, but I was really starting to regret the plans. I wanted more than anything to just stay here with Jungkook for his last hours here.

“You know, Tae’s gonna be super disappointed if we don’t come,” Jungkook reasoned as he saw the hesitation in my eyes. I wanted to punch him for bringing Taehyung up, but he wasn’t wrong. Taehyung would drive over here and chew me out if I didn’t come. He would take my absence personally.

I still wasn’t completely ready to let go of the summer…

“Come on, Ari,” he walked into the room and grabbed one of my arms, pulling me toward the door. My heart ached the further I was pulled from the room. The summer was going to officially be over tomorrow afternoon… I start school in a few days, and Yoongi is going to be living with me… It was going to be hard adjusting to the changes happening all at once.

“I’m coming,” I mumbled as I allowed Jungkook to pull me out of the room. We walked toward the front door as he stopped to let me put my shoes on. I took my time with them as Jungkook crossed his arms and cleared his throat.

“You know, the sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave,” Jungkook tempted me as I found it working. In a way, it was true… I finally actually put on my shoes and grabbed Jungkook’s hand as he pulled me out the door. Tomorrow is going to be a lot harder than I anticipated.

…

Jungkook and I hadn’t been at the bowling alley for very long before I found myself downing a beer that may or may not have belonged to me… But in my defence, Yoongi had gotten up to bowl and left it sitting in front of me to taunt me.

I’d never truly had alcohol before, so my face twisted in pure disgust as I drank half of what had been in the mug. I stifled some coughs to keep Jungkook from looking my way to see what I had just done.

I don’t know for sure what compelled me to drink that beer, and with the aftertaste sitting in my mouth, I was regretting giving in to my snap decision.

The night had been fine so far; we were all laughing and smiling. Everyone was having a good time, especially Chaeyoung since she and Jimin were already intoxicated before they got here. They would laugh at anything, even if it wasn’t the least bit funny.

Jungkook nor Yoongi noticed me downing the beer when I had done it, but it didn’t take long for Yoongi to notice. I thought he was going to yell at me for stealing his drink, but he instead looked very concerned.

“Ari, you’ve never had a drop of beer in your life,” he spoke to me at a low volume as Jungkook stood up to take his turn. I just simply nodded, confirming his statement as if he wasn’t sure of his words before now.

“You’re right. That tasted terrible,” I scrunched up my nose as Yoongi just became increasingly worried. He looked over to Jungkook nervously before looking at the scoreboard.

“You’re so lucky that you already suck at bowling. Maybe Jungkook won’t notice that you just chugged my beer.” He swallowed and licked his lips, “And don’t touch another drink, please. We don’t know how your alcohol tolerance is.”

Well it wasn’t very long until we got the answer to that question. Immediately following Yoongi’s words of warning, I almost stumbled straight into Jungkook. I didn’t even remember standing up from my seat, but the next thing I knew, Jungkook was holding me to him with a surprised look on his face. I could hear Yoongi wince as Jungkook stood me up straight.

“Are you alright, Ari?” Jungkook asked as he leaned closer to me. I felt his head move way to close to mine, and I started to get worried that he was going to butt heads with me. I leaned backward to save my head from the collision when I felt another pair of arms keep me from falling. I didn’t have to look to know that it was Yoongi.

I scanned the room fairly quickly, and when my eyes rested on Taehyung’s, I felt my stomach drop. Why’d he look so scary? Did Taehyung normally look like that when he was upset?

“I’m perfectly fine,” I lied and tried to grab for my bowling ball. It was a lot heavier than I remembered, and I struggled carrying it. I readied my stance to bowl, but when it came time to let go of the ball, I felt my hand holding on to the ball for dear life. I furrowed my eyebrows and started over, but this time, I swung the ball with too much enthusiasm. It flew up into the air and crashed down very loudly onto the alley as I grimaced. I somehow ended up hitting four pins.

I was about to walk back over to my seat when Yoongi shook his head and pointed back to the wrack of balls. Right, I have to go again.

Of course I didn’t hit any pins the second time, but I bowled more accurately the second time.

Not long after I got back from my turn did Taehyung not so subtly wave me over to him. When I didn’t move over to him as fast as he wanted me to, he stood up and dragged me away from our group. It felt like everyone’s eyes were following us the whole time until we moved out of their sights.I didn’t even have to look to know that Jungkook had been watching us from his seat with a look of confusion.

“Ari, what did you drink?” he snapped as I flinched. I don’t remember the last time I’d seen Taehyung shaking so much… the last time he got this way was probably when he found out about Jungkook and I.

“Just half of Yoongi’s beer,” I answered honestly. I hadn’t intended to give him an honest answer, but it almost felt like someone had hit me with truth serum in that moment.

“Why?” Taehyung moved closer to me, scrunching his nose when he for sure smelled the beer on me, “Why did you suddenly decide to drink tonight? You’ve never been interested in alcohol before.”

I felt my expression turn puzzled just like Taehyung’s. The more I thought about it, the more I had no idea what the honest answer was? It was probably a whole bunch of things, but my thoughts were so cloudy that I couldn’t name a single reason.

“It was right in front of me, I guess,” I tried to pass of that answer, but Taehyung just sighed in annoyance and leaned against the wall to our right.

“Then why would you drink half of it instead of trying it in moderation?”

He had a good point, but I had no rebuttal for him. I couldn’t think straight enough to give him a coherent answer to that question.

“Uh,” I spoke dumbly as I heard footsteps behind me, “Go big or go home, I guess?”

Taehyung’s annoyance multiplied, but he took a deep breath to keep himself calm. His eyes closed for a few seconds before I jumped at the feeling of a hand on my shoulder. I spun around and lost my balance because of how fast I spun, and my eyes met Yoongi’s. Thank God it wasn’t Jungkook. He’s gonna be piiiiissed…

“I think this is just over Jungkook leaving,” he offered that information to Taehyung for consideration as Taehyung just looked at me with a great intensity. He didn’t look convinced at first, but his demeanor changed when his eyes caught something behind Yoongi and I. I could only guess what he saw…

I turned to see Jungkook moving over to the three of us. His eyes were focused on the contact between Yoongi and I, and his jealousy was anything but subtle. It took Yoongi less than ten seconds to realize that Jungkook’s eyes looked ready to kill, and he took a big step away from me.

“What’s going on here? Is something wrong?”

I glanced back at Taehyung because if anyone was to say anything, it was going to be him. The silence that followed was deafening as I pleaded with my eyes for Taehyung to stay quiet. Sure, Jungkook was going to find out that I’m, in the least, tipsy, but I’d like to last as long as I can without him finding out.

Taehyung looked reluctant to open his mouth to explain what was going on, and I felt relief wash over me when he shook his head, “Nothing’s wrong. I just wanted to talk to Ari alone is all. I don’t get to have one on ones with her since you’re practically attached to her hip.”

Jungkook’s face twisted in a grimace as he started to back away, “Oh. Sorry, man. C’mon Yoongi.”

Yoongi swallowed and looked after us as he and Jungkook walked away. How would Jungkook take the news that I drank? Surely he wouldn’t care… he drinks fairly often. What’s wrong with me doing it?

“Ari,” Taehyung spoke to get my attention back on him, “Is this about Jungkook?”

I felt my eyes fixate on the bizarre patterns in the carpet we were standing on as we stood in silence. I just wanted to forget about how Jungkook’s leaving. I don’t want to constantly be reminding myself that he’s leaving tomorrow. I’m going to see him again, sure, but it just won’t be the same… 

“God, I just want to forget everything right now, Tae,” I found myself pouring the truth out to him as he watched me carefully, “I wish he didn’t have to leave. I don’t like this kind of change…”

I swallowed some tears down as Taehyung’s eyebrows furrowed. He stepped closer to me and wrapped his arms around my waist to hold me to him. I can’t remember the last time Taehyung and I had hugged like this, but it felt really nice. I relaxed into his hold as Taehyung chuckled softly.

“Don’t get too comfortable. Jungkook’s still watching us from a distance.”

“You’re my brother,” I laughed into his shirt.

“He still looks incredibly jealous, Sis,” he pulled away from me as I felt myself finally sobering up. I could feel the beer still affecting my system, but I’ll be fine. I don’t need alcohol to make this night fun. I just need to brighten up my train of thought… “Now stop moping around and have a good time with him tonight. I can tell it’s killing him to spend any time without you right now.”

I smiled and glanced back in Jungkook’s direction. He was definitely looking Taehyung and I’s way with an intensity that sent chills down my spine, but I found myself giggling at the sight. “I guess I should go back to his side before he blows a fuse.”

“I should probably return to Hana, too,” Taehyung wrapped his arm around my shoulders as we walked back towards our bowling lanes, “Which by the way, Hana and I decided to… break it off after tonight.”

I spun to face him as his arm dropped from my shoulders, “I’m sorry, what? Taehyung, you were literally living with her for the past week. What are you even talking about?”

He looked down with a pained smile on his face as I noticed Jungkook turn away from the two of us. He seemed a little upset, but he found himself going back to out lanes to take his turn bowling.

“We both think that we’re moving too fast. We decided that it’d be better to just break up. If we can’t forget each other over this school year, then maybe we’ll get back together over next summer.”

Taehyung sounded as if it was something he genuinely wanted, but something in his eyes made me worry. I knew he didn’t seem like he’d be able to handle something long distance, but his expression as he explained their situation to me just seemed… off. He made it seem as if it was something he really wanted, but I wasn’t sure.

I hadn’t gotten to know Hana too well, but I knew that this was all Taehyung’s idea. She was more than willing to try and make it work with him when I spoke briefly with her in my living room the night she and Taehyung slept together. She genuinely seemed like she was on the road to fall hard for him if she hadn’t already.

“She agreed to this?” I asked as Taehyung swallowed. He reluctantly nodded as I tried to keep from sighing in disappointment. “Are you really not willing to give it a shot? The long distance, I mean. Kook and I are going to be doing it. You two could drive down together to see Hana and I.”

Taehyung shook his head as I was speaking my words as I looked over to where Hana was sitting. She was normally quiet around us since she didn’t know us too well, but she seemed even more quiet than normal tonight. Of course the people that I had to compare her to were Chaeyoung, Jimin, and Hoseok who were all very loud and fairly drunk.

“She and I want to be able to date someone if we find someone of interest over these next few months,” Taehyung explained as my eyes narrowed.

“Tell me, Tae. What girlfriends have you had in the past year?” I asked, knowing very well the answer to that question. His face shifted at my words as I finally felt like I was getting through to him.

“And what about Hana? Are you fine with some other guy having her? Looks like Hoseok’s getting fairly close to her…”

Taehyung’s eyes snapped over to our group as his eyes locked on to Hana’s. Hoseok was laughing and leaning on her, though she didn’t look too comfortable with his bold action. I looked back over to Taehyung, noticing his jaw slack. His fists clenched for a couple seconds before he relaxed them and looked back over to me.

“I’m sorry, Ari. I know you think that everyone can have a happy relationship like you seem to have, but I just can’t do it. I can’t get attached to her and then turn around and leave her. If she’s still single when I come back next summer, then maybe I’ll give our relationship another try. I just… I can’t.”

I felt frustration set in me, but I could tell that Taehyung was not going to budge. He’d been living with this woman, yet he still wants to break up tomorrow. He’s lying to himself to say that this breakup is mutual. Hana told me herself that she liked him even back in high school. She couldn’t believe that they were actually a couple after how big of a crush she had on him back then.

The look in her eyes as she watched him talk to me told me all that I needed to know.

“She really seems to love you, Tae. I’m just trying to stop you from making a mistake,” I tried one last time to talk him out of it, but he shook his head stubbornly. He wasn’t going to give in. I sighed at that revelation and looked over to Jungkook, remembering that I should be spending some time with him tonight. I could tell he was pouting over there while Yoongi was trying to talk to him.

“I’m going to go back over to Jungkook. Plus, it’s been our turns to bowl for a decent while. I’m sure that they’re getting irritated with how long we’re taking. C’mon, Tae.”

…

Learning of Taehyung’s situation opened my eyes to how grateful I felt toward Jungkook. He’d tried to break us up for a little while there, but I was thankful that I talked him out of it. I couldn’t imagine us breaking up indefinitely. If that were the case, I would be so drunk right now that I wouldn’t even be able to walk.

After my sudden spur of the moment beer stealing, I didn’t drink for the rest of the night. I felt queasy since my system wasn’t used to the alcohol, but I slowly got over it after getting up to drink some of the water that they had in a water fountain.

Yoongi had tried his hardest to keep my slight intoxication from Jungkook which I was incredibly grateful for. He’d been such a great friend to me over these past few months, and it was crazy how close we’d grown. He went from being the coworker who I had trouble training to my roommate in the span of a year. Even at the beginning of the summer we were just friends who only saw each other at work.

I sent Yoongi a smile as he looked over at me. He didn’t smile back immediately, but one broke through after he looked away from me, getting up to take his turn to bowl.

The night continued on smoothly, but things started to shift when all the guys decided to head to the game room and play some of their arcade machines. Hana, Chaeyoung, and I stayed back in our lanes. I kinda wanted to join them in the arcade room, but I wanted to talk to Hana more. Her mood seemed fine for the most part, but I could tell something was off every time she looked over at Taehyung.

“Hana,” I called as she looked over to me. We really hadn’t talked much, but I wanted to try and get to know her. I thought that she was a great fit for my brother, so for him to push her away like this was so… infuriating. “I’m sorry about my dumb brother.”

Her eyebrows raised for a couple seconds, trying to feign confusion. I continued to look at her with an unchanging expression as she gave in, letting her raw emotions show. I knew enough about her to know that she hates holding her real emotions back, yet she does it all the time. Taehyung had told me as such, yet he proceeds to do this to her.

“Why are you letting him do this? Why don’t you fight him on it?” I tried to push for her to talk to him about it. If I hadn’t been honest with Jungkook, we’d have ended things on such a terrible note. I’d be wallowing in my apartment right now as Jungkook was off at college doing who knows what without me.

“You know better than I do that Taehyung is stubborn,” she started to open up to me as I glanced over at Chaeyoung. She had sobered up a good amount, and our conversation was flying over her head. She didn’t butt in, though. She let us talk to each other without interruptions.

Well of course I know he’s stubborn. He threatened me with leaving my apartment every time I told him how much I wanted to kick Jungkook out. He was not backing down about Jungkook staying with us. He also was very adamant about not wanting anything to happen between the two of us, and it took him a good month after finding out to finally be comfortable around Jungkook and I. Once he made up his mind, it was very hard to change it.

“But it’s not impossible to change his mind, you know,” I pointed out as she looked away from me, “I don’t know how much Taehyung talks to you about things like this, but it took him forever to get used to Jungkook and I being together. It took him a lot of time, but he eventually changed how he felt about us. He’s been pretty supportive of us since then.”

Hana still didn’t look my way as I sighed and moved to sit on her and Chaeyoung’s side of the lanes. I sat in the seat next to Hana as she dared herself to look up at me.

“I think you should try and fight him on this. If he becomes unreasonable and gets mad at you for any reason, I’ll be here to set him straight. He really likes you, Hana. He wouldn’t be pushing you away like this if he didn’t feel this way.”

“I don’t know, RaeAri,” she shook her head, her eyebrows furrowed, “I would rather wait for him than fight him on this. I can’t force him to listen to me if all I have to contact him is a text message that he could easily ignore. If I need to wait for him, I can wait. I’ve waited the whole summer for him to do something as simple as ask me out, so this should be no different.”

Her words made my heart break as I looked in the direction of the arcade. I hated this. I hated everything about this situation, and it drove me mad to not be able to do anything about it. If I couldn’t get through to either of them, I shouldn’t push this further. The last thing I want is for the both of them to have any ill will toward me.

“I really want you and Taehyug to stay together,” I said bluntly, looking back to Hana, “So if you’ll just wait a little longer for my idiot brother, he’s definitely worth the wait.”

Hana’s face heated up as she continued to look at me. A soft smile appeared on her face as she nodded, “I know he’s worth the wait.”

::

Things at the bowling alley ended soon after the guys grew tired of the arcade. We were all making our way out of the building as ran off from Jungkook to speak to Hoseok. I hadn’t said hardly anything to him all night since my mind had been in another world for most of the night.

“I guess it’s gonna be a while till I see you again,” I frowned as Hoseok reached up and rubbed the back of his neck. Hoseok failed to mention to me until an hour ago that he was transferring to a different college. He didn’t even tell me, he announced it to everyone after having one too many drinks. Jungkook was nothing short of excited at the news, but I found myself getting really sad over it.

I didn’t like Hoseok romantically, but he was a really great friend. We hadn’t seen each other in person since I had revealed the truth to him about Jungkook and I, but we texted often. It made me sad that I wouldn’t be able to see him after Jungkook left. I was hoping that we would finally be able to hang out together again since I wouldn’t have a jealous boyfriend hanging over my every move.

“Yeah,” Hoseok nodded, a sheepish smile on his face. It felt slightly awkward with the two of us talking to each other. “Sorry I didn’t tell you. I meant to, but…”

I waved him off before I glanced at Jungkook. Yoongi was talking to him to keep him distracted as I smiled. Yoongi is literally the best. I turned back to Hoseok and suddenly wrapped my arms around him, catching him off guard. He stiffened slightly as I felt him look around to spot Jungkook. I felt him relax into my hold when he spotted that Jungkook wasn’t looking our way.

“Don’t forget to text me, okay?” I spoke as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders. “I like talking to you.”

Hoseok nodded against my head, “I won’t forget about you. And if you think I have forgotten you, it doesn’t hurt for you to text first every once in a while.”

I laughed as we pulled away from our hug. I looked Yoongi and Jungkook’s way again as I noticed that Yoongi was having issues keeping Jungkook from looking at Hoseok and I. “I’ll consider it. Maybe,” I joked as I started backing away from him. I sighed of relief having gotten to talk to him without Jungkook watching me like a hawk. That’s something that I’m not going to miss, that’s for sure.

I walked over to Taehyung and Hana who were mid-hug as I felt something was off. Hana was holding back tears and Taehyung’s body was tense as they hugged. He was staying the night at her place tonight, so why did it seem like they were saying bye?

I stopped walking to them, but Taehyung was quick to spot me. He pulled away from their hug to turn to me with a sad look on his face.

“I’m leaving tonight.”

I felt my eyes widen as I looked over at Hana for a couple seconds. Her eyes were fixated on the ground and she seemed to be trying so hard to look stoic.

“No you’re not,” I shook my head, moving closer to them, “You’re not leaving till tomorrow afternoon. You can’t leave early.”

Taehyung sighed and tried to send me a smile, “I’m sorry, Ari. I wanted to tell you that I’m leaving early, but I didn’t know how to tell you.”

“Does Jungkook know?” I asked as I glanced back his way. Jungkook was still talking to Yoongi, and I felt nervous looking at them. At first I thought that Yoongi was just trying to distract Jungkook, but they’re talking even now? What do the two of them have to talk about?

“No,” Taehyung shook his head as I turned back to him, “I knew he’d tell you if I told him.”

“This doesn’t make any sense,” I narrowed my eyes at him, “You could have left a week ago, but you didn’t. You stayed because you wanted to spend time with Hana. Why do you need to leave a day early all the sudden? Didn’t you two plan something?”

Judging from how Hana shifted, I was right. Taehyung didn’t budge, though. He was good at playing ignorant, “Since we decided to break up, I don’t want to impose on her and her roommate anymore. Plus, my room is now Yoongi’s room at your place.”

“If this is about places to stay, you can sleep on my couch for all I care. Heck, Jungkook’s not gonna be in his bed tonight, so you could take his.”

I noticed Hana become uncomfortable at my words as I started to read into her movements. She didn’t want me to take him in, duh. She wants him to come back to his place for the night.

“Just spend this last night together, Tae. After all, don’t you want to get back together once summer comes again? I don’t want you leaving to spend your night in a lonely dorm room. Please, Tae.” I grabbed his arm as I looked away from me, “Hana’s not going to say it, so I will. She wants you to stay, okay? She’ll let you do what you want, but that’s not what she wants. Stop being so selfish, Kim Taehyung. With that attitude, you’ll never have a long term girlfriend. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to spend these last hours with my boyfriend who was considerate enough to stay with me for this last night. Call me when you get to the dorm room so that I know you’re safe.”

I spun around and marched away from the two of them, but I was not about to butt into Yoongi and Jungkook’s conversation. Neither one of them were paying attention to what was going on around them because of how invested they were with whatever they were talking about.

I moved over to Chaeyoung and Jimin who were trying to get an Uber to come pick them up. Neither one of them were sober enough to drive, plus, I think they used an Uber to get here in the first place.

“Hey,” I spoke as I sat next to them on the bench they had nearly taken over, “How’s it going over here? I didn’t really get to talk to you guys much tonight.”

“Yeah,” Chaeyoung nodded, “I did hear everything you and Hana were talking about, though. It’s messed up that he’s breaking up with her like that. Didn’t he stay this last week to be with her?”

“Yes! It’s so confusing,” I slightly whined, “My brother is such a dumbass, honestly.”

“That is very true. I’m just glad that Jimin and I don’t have to worry about that,” she sighed, leaning on Jimin’s shoulder. He smiled and locked his phone, putting it down to lean into her.

“You know, Jimin,” I started talking as Chaeyoung’s head shot up. She did not like the tone of voice that I was using, “When you first started working at the theater, Chaeyoung tried to get me to hit on you.”

Chaeyoung winced as Jimin raised his eyebrows in surprise. A smile appeared on his face as he looked between Chaeyoung and I, “For real? Why?”

“She said that she thought we’d hit it off,” I shrugged as she groaned.

“You were sad and lonely and he was cute and single! How was I to know that you actually liked Jungkook and that I would fall for Jimin? It’s just cruel how much you tease me about this,” she pouted into Jimin’s shirt as he just laughed and looked at me.

“I can’t believe I didn’t know this,” he shook his head, “Chae, just imagine that she did try to hit it off with me.”

“Stop,” she tightened the grip that she had on the collar of his shirt, “I was stupid, I know. But I was going to sacrifice a cute boy for her because she was lonely!”

Jimin kissed the top of her head to try and soothe her, his hand running up and down her back, “You know, even if she had an interest in me, I wouldn’t have even considered it. At that time, I thought she and Jungkook were ex’s, and I was convinced that they weren’t over each other. I wasn’t about to be torn apart by Jungkook, because he is scary when he’s jealous.”

I felt my face heat up at the mention of Jungkook lying about us being ex’s. I didn’t know it at the time, but it made a whole lot more sense than the truth did, especially because of all the sexual tension.

“Plus,” Jimin continued, speaking softer. He meant for these words to just be for Chaeyoung, but I heard them, anyway, “I had an interest in you. Of course… I’m not sure that I would have acted on it if you hadn’t approached me first.”

I took that as my cue to leave them alone as I smiled and waved to Jimin. He waved back at me as he continued to hold Chaeyoung to him. I turned to Jungkook and Yoongi who seemed to be wrapping up whatever conversation they had been having before. I walked toward them as Yoongi extended his hand for Jungkook to shake. The two of them shook hands as I felt a smile rest on my face. It was nice to see Jungkook totally calm around Yoongi after his random spout of jealousy a couple hours ago.

“Are you ready to go?” I asked as Jungkook turned to look at me. His brown eyes locked onto mine as I felt myself savoring the look he was giving me. I needed to memorize everything about him, after all.

“Yeah,” Jungkook nodded as I glanced over at Yoongi.

“I’ll see you tomorrow at 5:00?” I asked as Yoongi nodded to confirm. He was moving the rest of his stuff into the apartment, and if I understand correctly. Chaeyoung and Jimin are supposed to help us tomorrow.

Jungkook and I headed off as I looked back at Taehyung one last time. He was talking with Hana, and I bit my lip when I saw the frown on her face. Seriously? Was he seriously leaving her? After everything I said? I couldn’t help but sigh in annoyance as Jungkook looked down at me.

“Is everything alright?”

I looked up at him and swallowed. I didn’t want to talk to him about their situation to be brutally honest. I wanted these moments to be drama free until at least 5:00 tomorrow.

“Yeah. Let’s head home.”

::

In the blink of an eye, I was already thrown into the final day of Jungkook being home. I felt a constant dread in my stomach the whole morning leading into the afternoon. Jungkook and I spent the morning together playing Wii Sports and going out to each lunch. He tried to cheer me up since I was not doing a good job of hiding my dread, but I wasn’t cooperating. I wanted to feel better, but my heart just wouldn’t let me.

The hours flew by as I nervously looked down at my phone in what felt like minute intervals. I’d look away from my phone screen and by the time I looked back down at it, thirty minutes would have gone by.

It was nearing 4:30 when Jungkook walked into the kitchen to grab the last of his drinks from the fridge. He was nearly done packing everything away into his car that he could, and I stood nervously in the kitchen. I watched him slip the drinks into a lunch bag before he exited the room, heading to what has now become a husk of what used to be an inhabited room. I didn’t follow him as I stayed in the kitchen, denying myself the fact that Jungkook was seriously about to leave me behind in this apartment.

He’s actually leaving, and I wasn’t sure that I was fully prepared. It wasn’t as if I thought he might stay behind, but I had never fully grasped the fact that Jungkook was actually going to leave this apartment one day.

“You know,” Jungkook chuckled from the other room as I walked out into the hallway, “If you were still the same girl from the beginning of the summer, this day would have been a celebration to you. You would have thrown me a goodbye party because of how excited you were at me finally leaving.”

I let a smile break through my sadness as Jungkook walked out of the room. He’d gotten all that he needed from that room, and it hurt to know that he was finally done packing. He was fully ready to leave, but it seemed wrong for him to be leaving without me following him. Not that I would follow him even if I could afford it…

Well, I might have chased after him, but I’ll never truly know since I’ll never get into his school, anyway.

“I’d almost rather hate you right now,” I spoke with a waver in my voice. Jungkook’s eyes softened hearing my voice as he walked up to me. He had a bag hanging off his shoulder that he placed on the floor, kneeling down to search through it. I watched him curiously as he finally found what he was looking for.

“So, I know that this isn’t what you asked for,” Jungkook started as I felt my expression become completely puzzled. I don’t remember asking him for anything at all…

He stood up with a small black box that my eyes traced like a hawk eyeing it’s prey. I never asked for anything from him. Why’d he buy me, what I could only assume is, jewelry?

He held the box out for me to take as I looked up at him in confusion, “Kook, I never asked for anything from you. What are you talking about?”

Jungkook looked down and pulled something out of his back pocket to hand to me. It was a small card with the same emblem on it as the box. I reluctantly took the card as I eyed him curiously. What was he up to?

“Just read it and then open the box,” he smiled as I started to open the card. I jumped when Jungkook reached out to close the card yet again, adding even more to my confusion. “But save it for when I’m gone. It’ll be weird to read the card if I’m standing right here since I wrote it as if I’d already left.”

I let a small laugh out of my nose as I moved away from Jungkook, walking to place the box on the dining table. Jungkook followed after me as I turned around to face him. “Is this a goodbye present of some kind?”

“I guess you could say that,” Jungkook shrugged and nodded. He took a few steps closer to me before his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling my torso to his. “I thought about giving it to you sooner, but I doubted myself too much at that point. That was around the time that I spewed lies out to you about… you know.”

I nodded and ran my hands up his chest, cupping his face with my hands, “Well, I can already tell that I’ll love it. Thank you in advance, Jungkook. You didn’t have to get me anything…”

Jungkook just hummed in response before leaning his head downward, placing his lips to mine. I leaned into him as much as I could during that kiss, because I wasn’t sure what kiss was going to be our last. Jungkook was leaving any minute now, and I was trying so hard to not think about it.

His nose brushed against mine as he changed angles in the kiss. His tongue also pressed against my lip asking for entrance, and I was quick to give it to him. I delved all my passion into this kiss as my hands slid into his hair, lightly tugging at the roots. His teeth nipped at my lip which sent a shiver down my spine. I stood up on my tiptoes to press into him further, and that action lead Jungkook to picking me up. I laughed into the kiss before wrapping my arms around his neck for support.

“I never want to have to leave you again after this,” Jungkook mumbled into my lips, his eyes staying closed, “I can’t believe that we’ve only been together since the beginning of the summer… it feels like I’ve spent the past ten years of my life with you.”

“Well,” I smiled and opened my eyes to meet his, “We have known each other for that long. It’s funny how life can bring you this close to someone that’s been in the background the whole time.”

“Life was just waiting for the right time to put us together,” Jungkook smiled before slowly pulling away from me. His eyes glanced at the clock behind me as I felt my happiness fading away. It was time for him to go…

“Are you gonna walk me to my car?” Jungkook softly asked as I nodded. Of course I was.

The walk was incredibly silent, but I was sure to hold on to Jungkook’s hand for dear life. He couldn’t leave if I never let go of him…

By the time that we got down to the parking lot, it was past time for Jungkook to go. He had a decently long drive ahead of him, and I hated to prolong the time it would be until he got to his dorm.

Jungkook turned to face me as I tried my best to send him the biggest smile that I could manage. His soft smile that he sent in response melted my heart. Why was he that cute? How could someone so perfect looking exist?

“I guess this is goodbye for now,” Jungkook sighed, pulling me into a sudden hug, “You are coming for my birthday in a few weeks, right? My sister already agreed to letting you stay with her, so you won’t need to worry about a place to stay.”

I was not about to bring up how nervous I am to meet his family right before he leaves… I’ll have this conversation with him another time…

“Of course,” I nodded, despite not having made the arrangements with work about going. I still had plenty of time to work it out, though.

“Good,” he smiled and nodded as I looked down at the ground, “Then we just need to get through three more weeks before we see each other again. Simple enough, right?”

He said it as if it was going to be simple, but I knew it would be anything but. I was still going to miss him like crazy. It was like a huge chunk of my heart was deciding to live four hours away.

“Right,” I nodded and swallowed. “I really love you, Jungkook. Don’t change too much while your gone.”

Jungkook gave me a soft smile, planting one last kiss on my lips before he let go of me, “I love you, too, Ari. Don’t forget to tell me everything that happens while I’m gone! Make it seem like I never left, okay?”

I let a soft, bittersweet smile appear on my face as Jungkook took another step away from me. The further he got the more my heart hurt, but I was going to be okay. It would take time, but eventually, I’ll get through it.

“Okay, Kook,” I nodded, grabbing the door knob to the stairs entrance. He turned away and quit looking at me as I felt my smile drop immediately. “I just wish I didn’t have to make it seem like you never left.I just wish you actually never left.

…

I had almost forgotten about the box that Jungkook had left me in suspense about as I walked up the stairs. It wasn’t long before tears were welling up into my eyes, and I hadn’t even opened the card yet.

Kim RaeAri,

What can I say, truly? You, Ari, have turned me into one of those sappy guys in those cheesy dramas on TV. When sitting down to write this, I had no idea where to begin, but I was really over thinking it. As you know, I love you. I know that you’re wondering what I bought and why I bought it, but I assure you there’s a story behind it. You should know this story.

As you know, I still feel horrible about all the awful things I said to you when I first moved in. The worst I’ve ever felt was when I flung that money in your face. That was no way to handle any situation, yet you still loved me despite me doing something as horrible as that.

I know that you remember what that money was over. You spent money getting me furniture for my room, and that was me paying you back for it. Well, it would have I hadn’t been such a douchebag. As you might have guessed at this point, the ring I got you is my payment back to you. I know that it’s not cash, but I thought you’d like this more. Think of it as a promise ring if you want. The ring wasn’t the full cost of what I owe you, but I have more to give you in the future. Just give me a little longer to pay you back in full.

I love you, Ari. I trust Yoongi to keep you safe since I can’t be there. I already can’t wait to see you again.

Love, Jungkook

::

A/N: I know, it’s a cheesy ending... but I don’t care, I liked it! I wanna know what you guy’s thoughts are on this series! It’s been a fun and wild ride, and I can’t believe it’s actually over... Well, unless I write some drabbles or something because I like the idea of writing Ari meeting Jungkook’s family... but I’m not promising anything!

Thanks again for reading! Your time spent reading this means the world to me~

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Hey I was just curious about how the finale of the jungkook series is coming along?

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My blog has been a freaking ghost town!! I’m hoping to get a promotion at work to assistant manager, so I’ve been so caught up with work lately! Not to mention that I had to rework the entirety of the finale because I was hating everything that I was writing. I finally have it in a good place, I just need to get through this stressful work drama! Hopefully I’ll get it up soon... 😅 I promise that I am working on it, it’s just slowly coming along!

Hiii I lovee your jungkook series 💕. do you have any idea when the final chapter might be up?

Thank you!!! I’m so sorry I’ve been MIA 😰 I had a whole bunch of family fly in from out of state so I’ve been with them until today. I also binged Stranger Things Season 3 and finally finished it today! I should finally have the time to sit down and finish the final chapter soon since life is slowing down, but I don’t want to give a time frame since I’m not very good at meeting my goals 😅

Thank you for sticking around through all the waiting!! ❤️

I was about to punch kook’s beautiful nose when I read “I’m afraid that I won’t stay faithful to you” LOL Thanks for another great chapter 👏🏼 this reminds me of breaking things off with my first bf because I don’t believe long distance will work for both of us 🤭

I give you permission to punch as long as you don’t break his nose! 😂

Long distance is definitely not for everyone! I don’t think I could do it for very long 😅

Hi from Anon - I visit your blog from time to time to see if you’ve updated anything 💜

Awww that’s so sweet! I was actually in the middle of posting the next part to Didn’t Ask For This 17 when I got this message! 😊

Didn’t Ask For This Pt 17 (Roommate!JK x OC)

A/N: AHHH!! Sorry this took so long to finally post!! I’ve been playing BTS World busy lately being social with friends and then I had to work, so it took longer than I wanted! But the wait is finally over, and I’m so excited to post this! The next part should be the finale, and I’m going to try and get it out before the 4th of July! Please help me stick to that goal lol

Summary: “I didn’t know you hated me so much,” he spoke as he grabbed my wrist and once again turned me around to face him, “and quite honestly, I don’t think I’ve done anything horrible enough for you to hate me to the degree that you do.” “You say that like the hate isn’t mutual,” I remarked as he shook his head. There was a bitter smile on his face as he took a deep breath, “I think you are quite honestly one of the worst human beings I’ve had to come in contact with.”

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Jungkook’s eyes refused to meet mine after finishing the story of what had happened. I wanted to be upset over it all because that tramp kissed my boyfriend, but I was more worried than anything. She’s transferring to his college, and who knows how often he might run into her? I had no idea the likelihood of that happening, but it was more likely than Jungkook and I running into each other during the school months, that’s for sure.

“I’m…”  I started as Jungkook slightly flinched, “I’m not mad, Jungkook. I’m glad you told me what happened.” Jungkook seemed to release a lot of tension after I said that, and I softly smiled seeing him relax a little.

“I just want to know what makes you think it’s a good idea to try pushing me away?”

Jungkook’s eyes shifted to look into mine as I noticed him slightly tense again. Unease started stirring in the pit of my stomach as I watched him and his expressions very carefully. Why was that question so unnerving for him?

“I-I…” he stuttered as I blinked to try and keep myself calm. Everything’s going to be okay, and I can’t forget that. We’re going to work this out. I know we are...

“I’m afraid that I won’t stay faithful to you.”

His words were simple and short when coming out of his mouth, but the impact that they had on my heart was tremendous. We’d been so connected to each other the past few weeks of the summer, and nothing was separating the two of us. We’d argue and bicker, but at the end of the day, we’d be smiling and cuddling with one another. It's been so long since I had been legitimately scared for us. The last time I felt this horrible was when we had told Taehyung the truth between us.

We’d had our fair share of issues, but infidelity had never even come up between us.

“You think…” I nearly choked on an upcoming sob that I was able to suppress in my throat. My tears were begging to fall from my eyes as I looked down, “Y-You think that you’ll cheat on me?”

I could sense Jungkook’s panic at just how pathetic I felt after what he said. I couldn’t believe that this was even an issue he was worried about. I never imagined that he would have doubts about his self control.

“What, is Jennie that irresistible that you can only push her away for so long?” my sadness was shifting to bitterness as Jungkook’s wide eyes stared into my dark and depressed ones. “If you’re that horny, what’s stopping you from coming here to see me over some of your weekends? You have no reason to even look at another girl with lust when I’m not going anywhere.”

“That’s the problem!” Jungkook choked out, his eyes pure fear, “You’re not going anywhere. You’re staying right here and probably never going to leave.”

“I’m not leaving here until college is over, sure,” I nodded, but it was a strained nod, “But what’s stopping me from leaving here once that happens?”

“But you have three years of school left at least,” Jungkook shook his head. His eyes were telling me that this was killing him inside, but I wasn’t feeling any warmth coming from his body. I also couldn’t feel anything but contempt for him as his confession continued to play through my head. We were sitting so close to one another, but I felt like I was so far away from him. “I’ve been looking in the job market for after I graduate in May, and all the good jobs are hundreds of miles from here.”

“What’s wrong with the jobs in this area?” I asked, the panic in my voice very evident as I ran a shaky hand through my hair, “Jungkook, I know for a fact that they have plenty of jobs in this area for your degree.”

“Their pay grade is super low,” Jungkook stated as my mouth froze right before I spoke the words that I was about to say. The pay grade is low, huh?

“I see,” I nodded, getting up from his bed as I took a deep breath, giving in to my sobs that I had done such a good job of repressing until this moment. I had stood up to move out of his room, but with my back facing him and my body no more than a foot from his bed, I froze where I stood, “I’m the world’s biggest idiot for falling in love with you if s-something like a pay grade is keeping you from me.”

“Shit, Ari, I’m sorry,” he sounded shaken, but I felt no sympathy for him. “I’m so fucking sorry, I didn’t mean for it to sound like that, I swear.”

“So you’re sorry for the pay comment but not about you being so eager that you’ll sleep with any girl that gives you even the slightest interest,” I spat, nearly running out of breath. I felt pitiful standing in the middle of his room, and I had to resist the urge to run and hide in my room for the rest of the day.

Jungkook started moving to get up from his bed as I suddenly felt very desperate to stay away from Jungkook. The more I thought about what he’d said, the worse I felt.

“Ari, I didn’t mean that, I just-”

I spun around and angrily wiped my tears away, “If that’s true, you wouldn’t have even thought of saying them.”

“A-Ari,” he reached out to stop me from leaving, but I was quicker than him. I backed away and turned to stumble into my room, locking the door behind me. It wasn’t long before I heard Jungkook press himself up against the door.

“I-I didn’t mean it, Ari. I really didn’t. I could never even think about cheating on you.”

“Then why the hell would you say it?!”

I didn’t mean to yell because quite honestly, I didn’t like raising my voice. I especially hated raising my voice at Jungkook. I just couldn’t handle just how he would even think to say that to me.

“I’m sorry, Ari, I’m just scared…”

His voice was soft and barely made its way through my door, but I ripped myself away from that side of my room. I gave him a chance to explain himself, and all he did was spew things out to hurt me. I had no obligation to give him another chance. I just needed to have some time to myself.

As much as I hated it, Jungkook and I were losing this day, too. I could only hope that we could work this through tomorrow… I could only hope that I’ll be willing to forgive him tomorrow.

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Jungkook and I have the same cleaning shift today, and we're stuck working alone. When we initially got the schedule, I was thrilled to no end about working with Jungkook. It wasn’t often that we got to work together alone. We normally were either split jobs with him on concessions and me on cleaning, or we’d have a third and/or fourth person with us while cleaning theaters.

I reluctantly agreed to ride with Jungkook, and the only reason I agreed was because of Taehyung.

“You two are only going to be working together for so much longer,” Taehyung frowned and pulled me out of my room. I could only assume that Jungkook had told him about our fight the day before. I stayed in my room all day yesterday to avoid the two of them, but today I wasn’t so lucky.

Maybe it won’t be so bad to have these two toxic boys out of my apartment.

“You seemed awfully fine with keeping up Jungkook’s charade the other night,” I commented as we stepped into the living room. Jungkook looked up at the two of us from his phone screen, sitting on the couch with his legs pulled up on the couch under him.

“You two have to work this out,” Taehyung patted me on the back before shoving me in Jungkook’s direction. Both of our faces shifted to discomfort, but Taehyung wasn’t giving up.

“At least agree to ride to work together. You two need to talk this out.”

So here I was, sitting in the passenger’s seat of Jungkook’s car. It wasn’t an unusual setting for the two of us since we always drove to work together ever since we became an official couple. However, riding to work today was deafeningly silent, neither one of us wanting to say anything to the other person. I was still hurt from Jungkook’s infidelity comment, and he was still convinced that we’re better off breaking up before he goes off to college.

I couldn’t help but be pissed at him the more I thought about it. He promised me when we got together that we would work something out at the end of the summer, yet here we are.

“You know,” I tried to hold my tongue, but when it came to Jungkook, it was really hard for me to, “If I had known that you were going to chicken out of this relationship at the end of the summer, I would have tried to make it work with Hoseok.”

I noticed Jungkook’s grip on his steering wheel tighten at my remark. I knew that what I said would get to him, and quite honestly, I didn’t mind hurting his feelings right now. He’s made me so angry that I almost found pleasure in angering him. It was a feeling reminiscent of the beginning of the summer.

“Maybe you would have been better off.”

My breathing stopped short after that comment came out of his mouth. I had intended to make him jealous, but instead I just felt worse. I felt my eyes narrowing at the road in front of us as we stopped at a red light.

I turned my head to face away from his before uttering out my next words, “You’re probably right.”

…

Yoongi was very quick to pick up the discomfort between Jungkook and I. We had simply walked through the door to the lobby, and one look at the two of us had him narrowing his eyes at me.

“What was all that ish about making up with Jungkook, your days being numbered, and whatnot?” He started grilling me for information when I walked up to his station at the podium. It wasn’t often that Yoongi was stuck with tearing tickets at the theaters’ entrance, but tonight happened to be one of those nights.

“Well, I said all that before he told me that he can’t promise he won’t cheat on me when he goes off to college.”

Yoongi grimaced and looked at Jungkook who was quickly approaching us. It was as if he knew that we had been talking about him.

“Yikes. Kid’s a pretty big idiot for that one.”

“Ya’ think?”

We stopped talking as Jungkook finally came within earshot. He looked tense since he knew he was outnumbered standing here with Yoongi by my side.

“Anyway,” I sighed loudly and turned to Yoongi. His eyes widened as he noted the tone in my voice. He predicted what was about to come out of my mouth before I had the chance to say it judging from his grimace. “I look forward to rooming with you, Min. I’ll let you know when Jeon and Tae officially move out.”

I didn’t even glance at Jungkook after casually mentioning that Yoongi was planning on moving in with me. He didn’t dare say anything as he silently followed behind me.

…

The air was mostly tense as we cleaned the theaters together. I could tell that Jungkook was debating saying something to me at certain points of the night, but he would eventually decide against it.

It wasn’t until we had finished up our fifth theater that Jungkook conjured up the courage to ask what he had been dying to ask for the past thirty minutes.

“So,” he started, causing me to look back at him. I had just finished dumping my dustpan’s trash into the garbage as Jungkook moved to do the same. “Yoongi’s moving in after we leave?”

“Yep.” I nodded, answering short and sweet. I didn’t want to volunteer any information to him. I wanted him to ask if he really wanted to know bad enough.

“Oh.”

The conversation died there as the two of us continued walking with one another. I started to feel my heart aching at the silence, and I was nothing short of confused.

I dared myself to glance Jungkook’s way, my eyes locking into his to my surprise. I had been so indifferent around him up until now. I allowed my anger to get the best of me, but now…

The thought of Jungkook leaving in four days was something that I had failed to remember until the moment our eyes locked. It was something that my voice had been telling me in the back of my mind, but this moment was when I decided to start hearing it again.

This wasn’t the beginning of the summer. We didn’t have all kinds of time to argue and slowly forgive each other. If we don’t make up before these next days are up, things will never be the same between us. Jungkook will just be written out of my life as my first boyfriend and first love.

There was a huge part of me that was hoping that he would be my first and last.

As I looked into Jungkook’s eyes, I felt my jaw tighten. Those were the eyes of the man that I love and the man that I desperately want to be with in the coming years. I want us to grow and become better people for each other. I never want to imagine my life without him.

I was dying for him to feel the same way about me.

“Kook,” I spoke before thinking about what I was going to say. I had his full attention as we slowly walked into our next theater, stopping once we got inside. I could sense a shift between us as the mood became a lot less tense. 

“I’m sorry.”

My mouth hung open as if I was going to say something, but Jungkook’s words had caught me off guard. I thought that he was still angry with me over my passive comments, but obviously I was wrong. He moved closer to me, but he didn’t reach out to touch me.

“I can’t stand you being upset with me like this. I thought pushing you away was the best thing I could do for you, but I’m so incredibly wrong,” his eyebrows furrowed as he took a deep breath through his nose. “I-I want you to have the best, Ari. I want you to have the best phone, the best car, the best house. I want to be able to provide for you all of those things. I.. I know that I could never cheat on you, I’m just scared. I’m scared of how it’s going to be once Taehyung and I leave. I’m just an ass and… and I was assuming that you might rather have someone else than wait for me.”

It took me several seconds of processing as my brain tried to catch up with his words. I wasn’t surprised that his comment about cheating was half-hearted, but I couldn’t believe that he thought that I cared that much about money. If I was that greedy, I would not be working the job that I am.

“Jungkook, I don’t care about having the best of anything if I don’t have you,” I took a step closer to him as he stayed rooted in place. “I don’t care about money, especially if that’s your reasoning for pushing me away. If you can stand working a job here with a lower pay while you wait for me to get out of college, we could move somewhere together where the job opportunities are better..”

Jungkook didn’t say anything as his eyes stared deep into mine. It looked like he was searching for something in them, his expression softening as I spoke my next words.

“And you’re such an ass for breaking my heart over that cheating comment. Don’t say it if you don’t mean it, douchebag,” I kept my emotions in check with a few deep breaths as Jungkook swallowed, reluctantly reaching out to me. His hand brushed against my forearm on it’s way to rest on my hip. I looked down at the contact before looking up at Jungkook, my heartbeat increasing tremendously.

“I’m a fucking idiot to think that I could live without you.”

His words were like a spell as I felt all tension and remorse being lifted from the two of us. The air felt comfortable and enlightening as Jungkook’s hand slid to press against my back, pulling my body flush against his. My hands were quick to rest on his shoulders at the base of his neck as we silently stared at each other.

Just the simple action of looking into his soft eyes brought be back to the day he walked into my apartment with his duffle bag and his cocky attitude. He spent more time teasing me than he did talking to Taehyung, and that thought made me smile. Jungkook’s head tilted in slight confusion to my sudden smile as I looked down to try and hide it from him.

“You know,” I spoke against his shirt as I felt Jungkook bury his nose in my hair, “I would have never imagined that you would turn out to be a pretty decent guy. Thinking back to the beginning of the summer always amuses me. Mr. “I’m never wrong” actually apologized to Soomin despite everything she did to you. That’s a vast improvement of who you used to be.”

“I can’t believe you still talk to that tramp,” Jungkook mumbled as I silently agreed with him. Jungkook still hasn’t forgiven Soomin for telling Taehyung about us, and to be honest, I haven’t forgiven her either. She’s just such a mess of a person that I can’t help but at least try to keep her from falling off the deep end.

“Focus on the conversation at hand,” I scolded, poking my finger into his collarbone. I moved my head from his chest to look up at him as I felt my insides melting. He was looking at me with the softest, widest eyes he could possibly have as I leaned up to press a soft kiss to his lips.

I had intended for the kiss to be a short and sweet one, but once our lips made contact, something in Jungkook snapped. His soft hold suddenly became a desperate hug around my waist as I allowed him to hold me firmly to him. His pillowy lips applied more pressure to our kiss as I brushed my fingers along the bare skin of his neck.

It had only been a few days since we had last kissed, but it was the longest we had been without kissing the other since becoming a couple.

“I want you to come to Uni with me,” Jungkook pulled away slightly to look me in the eyes. He wasn’t kidding despite how ridiculous his request was.

“Wouldn’t that be nice,” I let out a soft laugh, but it was slightly pained, “You said so yourself, I’m too dumb for your university.”

Jungkook didn’t crack even a small smile as I felt mine slowly fading away.

“What if you took a leap year?” he swallowed and gripped at the fabric on the back of my shirt, “You could come and live with Taehyung and I.”

“You two are living in the dorms, Kook,” I swallowed as I started thinking about the possibilities. It couldn’t happen, it won’t happen, and I didn’t need to get my hopes up.

“We’d get an apartment near campus. You could even apply to work at the movie theater in town. It would be like nothing changed.”

A nice as it sounded to not have to leave Jungkook, I just… wasn’t excited about the idea. I would be dropping school for a year to live in a place that I’m unfamiliar with. I’d have no friends to rely on when Jungkook and I got in an argument. I wouldn’t have anyone to spend time with or joke around with when Jungkook and Taehyung were busy.

I’d just sit at home and wait for them to get back from school. Not to mention that working at another movie theater would not feel the same as it does here. I have friends here, best friends who I love and enjoy working with.

Speaking of friends, I’d already agreed to living with Yoongi once Jungkook and Taehyung leave. I’d feel horrible if I turned him down after agreeing to live together.

“Kook…” his hopeful expression immediately fell when he heard the tone of my voice. He already knew what was coming, and he was sorely disappointed in my decision. “I can’t just pick up and leave. I’ve signed up for my classes this year and I’ve already made roommate arrangements. I have a lease on my apartment that doesn’t run out until December. Nothing aligns for that to seem like a good idea.

His disappointment made me feel horrible as I cupped his face in my hands. “I love you, Kook. We’ll be okay if we have to spend a few months apart. You can call me when you miss me, and nothing’s stopping you from coming to visit me over some of your weekends.”

He pressed his forehead against mine and tried to hide his disappointment. He wasn’t doing a very good job of it. “I’m going to miss the hell out of you, babe.”

I don’t know why, but the way that Jungkook said those words knocked the breath out of me. His voice was so soft and pure, every syllable being etched into my mind. I played the words over and over again in my head like a broken record, a soft smile leaking into my features.

“I’m going to really miss you, too, Kook.”

…

Yoongi didn’t seem surprised anymore when it came to Jungkook and I, so when we walked up to him with smiles on our faces, he didn’t seem phased.

“We’re done with our first round of theaters,” I informed, “So please stop asking me what theaters are clean over the ‘talkie. It’s getting kinda old.”

Yoongi grabbed the walkie talkie and held it up to his mouth, pressing the button to speak, “Sorry, you said that 7 is clean, right?”

I sent him a sarcastic smile and was reaching for the walkie talkie I had hooked to my waistband. I felt it being snatched from my hip as I raised my eyebrows, eyes trailing up to an amused Jungkook.

“I think she said that 7 isn’t clean. Don’t send anyone back until she gives the all clear.”

I swiped the walkie talkie from Jungkook as I glared at him, “Stop that before I send the both of you in there to vacuum the floors.”

At the mention of the dreaded vacuuming job, the both of them were quick to shut up. I looked in between the two of them for a few silent seconds before winking, a devious smile on my face.

“Now if you’ll excuse me,” I spoke into the walkie talkie as I turned around and started walking away, “I’m going on my break. Later losers.”

I heard Jungkook’s jogging footsteps behind me as I glanced over at his form appearing next to me, “Not without me, you’re not!”

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“I’m really disappointed in Jungkook.”

I snapped my neck in the direction of the general manager, Seokjin. He had been mumbling to himself for a few seconds as I stood in the back room, waiting for Jungkook to get back from the bathroom.

“Why?”

Seokjin raised his eyebrows and looked at me, pursing his lips for a few seconds. It was like he was trying to figure out what to say to me, “Well courteous employees give a two weeks notice when they’re leaving their job.”

My eyes nearly popped out of my head as I realized that Jungkook still hadn’t told me when he was leaving. I had been so caught up in trying to make up with him that I forgot that I didn’t actually know when he and Taehyung are moving out.

“Well when’s his last day?” I asked as Seokjin’s confusion continued to increase. I could only assume that he thought I should already know this information. He knew we were close. Of course, he didn’t know that we’re dating. I was afraid to disclose that information in fear that he would quit scheduling us together.

“He asked for it to be this Saturday.”

This Saturday… I could feel my stomach dropping as I finally got the confirmation that I needed. Jungkook’s leaving in four days, and he’s been holding out on letting me know that. He’s obviously not very good at making smart decisions.

“Oh,” I nodded, turning around and trying to hide my very upset and depressed expression from him, “Thanks for letting me know. Jungkook refused to tell me when he’s leaving.”

I didn’t give Seokjin a chance to respond to my remark, rushing out from the back room. I wanted to talk to Yoongi. He could help me cheer up. It’s okay. It’s fine that he’s leaving in four days. That’s plenty of time for us to spend together before he leaves…

As I walked up to Yoongi who was closing down the podium for the night, I could feel the evident frown on my face.

“Oh great,” Yoongi sighed and turned to me with an almost fed up expression. It only took him a couple seconds for his annoyance to soften into pity.

I moved closer to him before daringly wrapping my arms around Yoongi’s form. His body tensed against mine as I got a good whiff of his shampoo that I remembered smelling the time he had suddenly kissed me.

“You okay, Ari?”

I shook my head into his clothes as his arms slowly and almost reluctantly wrapped around me.

“Jungkook’s leaving me in four days and I’m not ready to let him go…”

I heard a sigh from Yoongi’s mouth as he tried to softly push me away from him. I looked up at him with my depressed eyes as he froze and swallowed. The look in my eyes cracked him as he bit his lip and pulled my body back into his.

“You’ll see him again, Ari. You two will be okay.”

I nodded in agreement because Jungkook and I were going to be fine. Jungkook’s going to shove Jennie away from him with all his might, and I’m going to patiently wait for Jungkook to finish up college so that he can move back here with me.

I just needed to think about our future together and stop thinking about all the depressing sides of the story. This is only temporary.

“Ari,” Yoongi spoke as I just hummed in response, “I think Jungkook is more suited to comfort you over this. Plus, he’s kinda sending me a murderous glare.”

I felt a smile break out on my face despite the situation I was in. Pulling away from Yoongi, it wasn’t long before I spotted Jungkook across the lobby watching the two of us.

I walked away without saying goodbye to Yoongi, but he didn’t seem too care. With Jungkook and I walking toward the other, it was only a few seconds before we stood face to face. I wanted to bring up his sudden leave, but it wasn’t exactly the most appropriate place to talk about it.

Instead of saying anything to him, I grabbed his hand and started pulling him toward the back room.

“Is everything okay?” he asked, moving to grab my hand with his, intertwining our fingers together. I just nodded tightly, squeezing his hand. I needed to memorize this feeling before I’m not able to feel it anymore.

“I’ve never been better.”

…

The car ride was mostly silent, but it wasn’t an awkward silent like the ride from before work. Our fingers were interlocked, resting on the console of the car. The music was low and calming as I stared at Jungkook shamelessly. He glanced at me every once in a while, but he didn’t look enough to endanger us and cause a crash.

I had been fighting with myself internally over the new information that Seokjin had told me. I wanted to grill him for information, but I was a little scared to disturb the peace. We’d just made up, and I had little to no desire to spark any conflicting conversations.

But if I don’t say something, it’ll be all I’m thinking about until he leaves.

“So…” I swallowed my nerves and decided to go for it, “...When are you and Tae leaving for sure? Have you decided?”

Jungkook didn’t seem to be uncomfortable with the question which was very relieving on my part. I watched him as his eyes stayed forward even as we slowed down at a red light. He opened his mouth to answer me, but closed it before any words came out.

I let him take his time, respecting the fact that this seemed hard for him to say. It wasn’t an easy subject to swallow.

“We haven’t decided when we’re leaving,” he confessed as I felt slight confusion set in. It didn’t seem like he was lying to me, but knowing that he set a sudden leave date for work had me skeptical. I wanted to directly ask him about it, but I decided to play dumb again.

“What about work? What have you told them about leaving?” I felt Jungkook’s hand tighten in mine at my question. I want him to tell me the truth, and if he lies to me, I might lose my mind.

“Seokjin thinks I’m leaving for the dorms on Sunday, so my last day at the theater is this Saturday. I requested that we work together that night, but he hasn’t sent the schedule out yet to reassure that we’ll work together,” Jungkook confessed as I just nodded, pretending as if all the information that he was giving me was new.

“But you’re not leaving for the dorms on Sunday, are you?”

The car was silent again as I took a deep breath awaiting Jungkook’s response. My nerves were shot and my body was growing more and more tired the longer the silence lasted. I watched his face carefully, but he was very good about keeping a blank expression. I couldn’t read him this way, and it was slightly annoying.

“...I don’t know…”

I felt my heart drop at his confession as I felt a frown form on my face. He didn’t know? We’re four days out from Sunday and he didn’t know yet?

“What’s Taehyung doing? Cause aren’t he and Hana in our same situation? He hasn’t liked talking to me about her as of late.” Jungkook glanced at me as his hand squeezed mine. We were almost home, and I wanted to finish this conversation before going inside.

“He’s not sure what he’s doing. He’s the one kinda pushing for leaving on Sunday. If… If I had it my way, I won’t leave until next Saturday.”

We were pulling into the parking lot as he said that, and I could feel my heart swell. He wants to stay till next Saturday? I bit my lip and felt a small smile appearing on my face.

“I can tell you right now that I would love for you to be here another week with or without Tae. You know what it’ll mean if it’s just you and me…”

Jungkook put the car in park and took a deep breath before looking at me. His face was tinted red a little as I smiled and leaned forward, placing a soft kiss on his cheek.

“I think I’m gonna stay till next Saturday…” he almost whispered the words as he watched my lips hungirly. “I don’t want to leave you just yet.”

“And I don’t want you to leave just yet,” I responded before Jungkook leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine. Our hands that had been holding each other moved apart to caress each other’s skin. I brushed my thumb against his arm as I felt his touch melt all my worries away.

“You know,” I smiled and leaned my forehead against his, “I’m looking forward to next summer already.”

Jungkook smiled and brushed his nose against mine, “Agreed.”

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Taehyung was in the kitchen when Jungkook and I got home. I was about to rush in and throw a bunch of questions his way about when he was going to leave, but I froze when I saw Hana in the kitchen with him. My mouth that I had opened was now shut closed to avoid saying something weird in front of her.

Taehyung and Hana were very close, but I don’t think Taehyung ever actually asked her to be his girlfriend. She was over every once in a while, so her presence wasn’t a complete shock.

I just felt my voice being lost deep in my brain as I couldn’t help but notice that Hana wasn’t just over, she was wearing pajamas. And they weren’t hers, they were Taehyung’s.

I felt my face heat up as our eyes locked, and her face mirrored mine. Taehyung didn’t seem phased. He made it seem like it was every day that I came home to find him and Hana hanging out in the kitchen after doing who knows what in the apartment.

“Tae,” my voice came out high and squeaky as he just glanced my way for a second or two. It wasn’t long before his eyes were back on the tea he was making. “A minute in my room please?”

He raised an eyebrow while still looking at his tea, “Why your room? Do you have something you need to hide from Jungkook?”

I wanted to facepalm at his comment as I noticed Hana’s face was flaming. Was he dumb, or am I just looking too far into this? Maybe she has a different reason for being here in Taehyung’s pajamas.

“Just come here,” I slightly snapped as Taehyung found my reaction amusing.

“Okay,” he laughed before looking to Hana to make sure she was okay. She just nodded, her face still flaming with embarrassment. It wasn’t long before Taehyung and I stepped into my room, and when I turned to shut the door, I noticed Jungkook sending me a pout. He knows I’m going to tell him about this conversation later, so I don’t understand why he had to look at me like that…

“Do you want to explain something to me?”

Taehyung’s eyebrows raised at my question before he opened his mouth to speak, “What do I need to explain?”

I groaned in annoyance as a smile broke out on Taehyung’s face. He knew what he was doing… “Tae. This isn’t funny.”

“Okay, okay,” he giggled, calming himself down long enough to speak, “I invited Hana over for some dinner since you and Kook were at work. I told her that Kook and I were planning to leave on Sunday. She seemed really disappointed over it, but she continued on smiling, saying she was happy for me. Something just… clicked. One thing lead to another, and we…”

“That’s all you have to say,” I stopped him as Taehyung smiled and bit his lip, “I don’t want to hear any details. I just wanna know if this was a one time thing or if you’re actually going to be official.”

Taehyung smiled and sat on the edge of my bed, “We haven’t talked about it, actually. She told me that she thinks she’s in love with me, and I… I think I feel the same about her.”

“She told you she loves you?” my eyes widened as I rushed over to stand in front of Taehyung, “And you didn’t say it back?!”

“Whoa, Ari,” Taehyung grabbed onto the sides of my arms, “I didn’t want to say it until I was for sure. After all, we’d have to do the whole long distance thing starting out. At least you and Kook spent most of the summer together.”

I took a deep breath and nodded, calming myself down. Taehyung made a good point with that. I never saw him as the long distance type since he loves skinship, but I could see him seriously consider it while sitting right in front of me.

“Why’d you wait so long? You could have asked her out at the beginning of the summer and she would have said yes…” I trailed off as I saw a blush forming on Taehyung’s face. He’d dated before, most of the girls being around for at least a few months at a time before they ultimately broke up. It wasn’t like he’d never dated before now like it was for me.

I felt my face heat up as I thought back to Jungkook and I’s early days. He had been such a douchebag to me, yet I fell so hard for him in the end. If I hadn’t accepted him at the beginning of the summer, I wouldn’t be as happy as I am now. Sure, we still fight like we did the past few days, but we were able to move past it so that we can spend the last of our days together savoring everything we have together.

“I don’t know,” Taehyung sighed in response, “I guess it’s because I feel different about her. I didn’t want to screw up what we had, but in hindsight, I’m mad at myself for not just taking a chance.”

I sat down next to Taehyung and wrapped my arm around his shoulders, “It’s not too late, Tae. Long distance relationships may suck, but if she’s really important to you, there’s no reason that you shouldn’t give it a shot.”

As if on cue, the door to my room slowly opened for Taehyung and I to see Jungkook stepping inside. I felt a small smile appear on my face at his sudden appearance. I figured he wouldn’t be able to stay away for more than a few minutes. He’s too nosy.

“Hey,” he said almost awkwardly as I just laughed and gestured for him to come in.

“Don’t you think that long distance relationships are worth a shot, Kook?” I asked him as he raised his eyebrows. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jungkook knew more about Taehyung and Hana’s relationship than I did, but in this moment, he seemed almost clueless to the root of the question.

“If this is a trick question,” he mumbled while looking at me with panicked eyes. I just stood up and shook my head, standing in front of him.

“Taehyung’s doubtful about having a long distance relationship with Hana,” I informed as Jungkook glanced over at Taehyung, “I want just trying to tell him that it’s not that bad in the grand scheme of things.”

Jungkook took a deep breath and looked back over to me. I continued to smile up at him before he grabbed my hand and pulled me against him. I felt my eyes widened and my face heated up at his sudden action, especially since Taehyung was in the room and watching us.

“If it means that I will one day get to spend every day seeing you again, it’s more than worth it.”

My heart jumped at his words as I smiled softly into his shirt. He smelled like his cologne that I love so much, and I’m going to miss smelling it… I might have to buy some just to spray every once in a while so that I could pretend that he’s still here…

“Thanks guys,” Taehyung spoke with no sarcasm underlying his words. I looked over Jungkook’s shoulder at my brother who was now fleeing the room. “If you two could stay here while I talk to Hana, I would really appreciate it.”

I gave him a thumbs up as Taehyung opened the door and walked out, closing it behind him almost violently. I jumped slightly at the noise as Jungkook let a soft laugh out his nose.

“I’m going to miss you,” Jungkook spoke as he pulled away from me so that he could look at me. “Don’t be surprised if I’m driving down here every chance that I get.”

I moved one of my hands to run through his hair as he leaned into my touch immediately, “That wouldn’t be fair for you. How about we alternate who drives to the other’s place?”

“But I live in the dorms on campus,” Jungkook was quick to inform as I bit my lip in disappointment. It was silent for a few seconds before Jungkook spoke up, uncertainty in his voice.

“M-my older sister lives near the campus, though. I’m sure she’d let you stay with her.”

My face heated up at Jungkook’s offer. Jungkook knew my family because of how often he was over at my house back in high school, but I didn’t know any of his. Of course, neither of our families knew about us being a couple... And I barely remembered that Jungkook has an older sister. Well, if my memory serves me correctly, she’s a half sister.

“I-I’ll think about it,” I looked down nervously as Jungkook shook his head and grabbed my chin with his soft hand. I was forced to look back at him as he just smiled.

“It’s just a suggestion. I’ll tell her about you before asking if you could stay with her,” Jungkook leaned in and placed a soft kiss on my lips, “I’m sure she’ll be thrilled to meet you, especially when she sees how much you’ve changed me.”

I swallowed and nodded, leaning up to place another kiss to his lips. This time he leaned further into me, careful to not knock me over with too much force. His hand that was still wrapped around me now run up and down my back to sooth me.

I pulled away for only a couple seconds to look into Jungkook’s eyes. I was going to miss looking into these eyes every day…

“You better say good things about me,” I teased as Jungkook let a slight laugh out before our lips connected again. Without warning, Jungkook hooked his arms to the back of my thighs and picked me up, holding my body completely against his while holding me up in the air. Our kiss hardly broke contact as he just stood in place, his grip on me tightening to make sure that I didn’t slip out of his hold. I could feel his rapid heartbeat against my chest as his lips hovered over mine.

“Same goes for you.”

I slightly giggled, “My family knows you already.”

Jungkook didn’t crack a smile, “Then make sure you remind them of how great I am.”

My eyes rolled as I buried my hands in his hair, holding his mouth to hover over mine, “Then remind me of how great you are, babe.”

I felt Jungkook’s skin shiver against me as his something seemed to snap within him. His eyes slightly narrowed as I just smirked at him. He moved his face away from mine as he pressed his mouth to my ear, whispering into it.

“Gladly.”

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A/N: OKAY! This update is finally finished!!! I’m so happy to finally get this posted because I hated how long I kept you all waiting for this! Now you can go back to playing BTS World ;) (Also this games chapter difficulty curves really piss me off but guess who’s still playing anyway? Don’t even get me started on the Another Story missions from Chapter 2... -_-)

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i’ve gotten so attached to this story ur updates literally make my days so much better u r so so so talented and im so glad i found ur account and this story. i dont want it to end but im excited to see where it goes and more of your work. congrats on making such an amazing work. keep up the good work. :D

Thank you! 😭😭❤️ I hate that all stories have to come to an end eventually, but hopefully my next story will be just as interesting, if not better than this one! ☺️

Didn’t Ask For This Update!

So obviously I’m not meeting my goal of finishing Didn’t Ask For This by the 26th considering we’re less than an hour out from it (in my time zone at least!)

I’m slowly getting to the ending scene(s) of the story. It’s been tough to write considering two things:

1. I really don’t want the story to end

2. I’m stressing over making sure the ending is good and not disappointing

I was hoping to get part 17 out tonight, but I don’t want it to look rushed. Maybe I’ll finish the story by Thursday? No promises, though!!

Even if Jennie is gonna stick around, all Jk and Ari need is trust 🥺

That’s true!! There’s obviously come kind of conflict incoming with that reveal, and surely JK and Ari trust each other... 🤔

Why do you insist on finishing the story before the launch of BTS world?? 🥺 is it because you’ll have no time to write once the game is out 🤣🤣🤣

Well I am VERY good at procrastinating in case you don’t know, so I’m worried that I’ll be totally consumed by BTS World once it comes out! 😂 but at the current rate I’m going, I’m not sure I’m going to hit that goal 😅 I wanted to finish the next part today, and all I got done were 3,000 words, most of them scrapped 😅

AHH IM SO GLAD YOU'RE NOT ENDING THE STORY JUST YET🙌

ME TOO!! I’m so attached to this story 😭 it’s gonna really hurt when it’s over 😩

Didn’t Ask For This Part 16 (Roommate!JK x OC)

A/N: I’m sorry for the drastic time skip, but there really wasn’t anything interesting plot wise to write about up until this next part of the story. I keep getting more and more ideas for this, so don’t be surprised if the next one isn’t the final part. Also, this is the first part that I’m posting the same day that I’ve finished it. I really do want to finish this story before the release of BTS World! Let’s hope I make that goal!!

Summary: “I didn’t know you hated me so much,” he spoke as he grabbed my wrist and once again turned me around to face him, “and quite honestly, I don’t think I’ve done anything horrible enough for you to hate me to the degree that you do.” “You say that like the hate isn’t mutual,” I remarked as he shook his head. There was a bitter smile on his face as he took a deep breath, “I think you are quite honestly one of the worst human beings I’ve had to come in contact with.”

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The summer was flying by a little too quickly for my liking as I looked at the calendar on my phone nervously. Taehyung and Jungkook told me that their dorms were opening again two weeks before their classes officially start. Taehyung was making it sound like they were going to move out once the dorms opened up, but they never clarified anything with me.

That day is fast approaching, and I couldn’t help but feel dread constantly in my gut. We only have a week left until their expected leave, which meant I was going to be living alone again.

I was definitely not ready to wake up to that reality. I was getting so used to the three of us living together that I refused to accept the fact that they’re going to eventually leave.

Jungkook was very good at deflecting all talk about leaving for college. Every time I tried to bring it up, he’d just smile and give me a soft kiss before changing the subject. I couldn’t help but worry about how the two of us will handle being apart from each other. We’re used to seeing each other every single day both at home and at work.

“You know that I’m not going anywhere, right?”

I snapped out of my depressing thoughts as I looked up at Yoongi. We were supposed to be cleaning theaters right now, but we had a power outage due to severe thunderstorms a couple hours ago. Everyone has been passing out apologies over customer’s movies being cut off, giving them free passes for the next time they come in.

We’d closed the theater down to customers for the day, but Yoongi and I were unlucky enough to be two of the people stuck in the building to clean up the nonexistent messes left behind by unhappy customers.

“I know,” I nodded as I locked my phone to quit staring at the haunting dates, “I’m not trying to imply that I’ll be alone at work… it’s just, how do I go back to living alone? I’m used to Jungkook and I making grocery runs together. I’m used to having help when bringing all the bags up the three flights of stairs. I’ve had them around to fix the garbage disposal when it breaks for the four hundredth time. They’ve been around to keep me company and watch shows with me in our free time.”

I paused after my rambling, trying to keep my emotions in check, “I’ve become so dependent on the two of them that it’s going to be hard to adjust to being on my own again. I’m going to look around my apartment and remember all the good times that I had with them.”

“Look, Ari,” Yoongi grabbed my phone and put it face down on the bench in between us, “it just sounds like you need yourself a new roommate. Doesn’t that sound like it’ll fix a lot of your problems?”

My eyes slightly narrowed at nothing in particular before I glanced over at Yoongi curiously, “I guess I didn’t think that I could get another roommate. Even if I do that, it’s not going to be anywhere near the same as how things are now.”

Yoongi looked down and gave me a slight shrug, “You’re still going to miss them, sure, but you’ll have someone to keep you company at home.”

“Yeah,” I nodded, slowly growing fine with the idea, “but how do I go about finding a new roommate? I’d ask Chaeyoung, but I’m pretty sure she’s moving in with her sister once school starts back.”

Yoongi stayed quiet as I looked his way curiously. His eyes were fixated on the ground before he mumbled out his next words.

“I think I know someone who needs a place to stay.”

I grabbed my phone from the bench and scooted closer to him. He glanced over my way for a couple seconds before he sniffed and let a slight laugh out of his mouth, “Ah, never mind. Forget I said anything.”

I pursed my lips and slightly narrowed my eyes at him as he kept his eyes focused on the floor. “Yoongi.”

He didn’t respond, so I sighed and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, “Do you need a place to stay, Min?”

He slightly stiffened as my arm placed around his shoulder, but he didn’t shove me off like I thought he would. He didn’t confirm or deny as I just watched his face carefully. “My mom’s thinking of moving in with her new boyfriend. Quite frankly, I don’t want to live with the guy. He’s nice and all, but he’s…”

“Not your dad,” I finished. Anytime his mom’s boyfriend had come up before, that was what he said. He’s had a tough home life he’s gone through, but he hardly ever talks about it. He hates it when people pity him after finding out his dad was killed in a freak car accident.

“Well, I have a room that’ll be freeing up in the next… week, I guess. They won’t tell me when they’re officially leaving, the jerks.”

Yoongi let a small smile appear on his face as he glanced over at me. I saw the guy smile pretty often, but it was his bright, gummy smile that I’ve only seen a handful of times.

“You don’t think Jungkook will have a problem with you living with another guy?” He asked, the smile not leaving his face.

I scoffed and rolled my eyes, moving my arm from around him, “If you’re the guy, he’ll be fine. He trusts you to not make any moves on me.”

Yoongi just laughed and nodded, the mood between us brightening considerably. I felt better about the end of the summer, now. Sure, living with Yoongi won’t be the same as living with Jungkook and Taehyung, but I could learn to get used to it.

“I looked forward to living with you, then,” I nodded, holding my hand out for him to take. He glanced down at my hand before taking it, firmly shaking it.

“Same to you, Ari.”

::

Yoongi and I were finally free to go home when we met up with Chaeyoung. She had been asked to stay and deep clean behind the concession counters, and I could tell that she was exhausted. They liked to take strange days like this and work us to the bone with deep cleaning. Lucky for Yoongi and I, we got the lesser of the evils.

“I wanna die,” Chaeyoung whined, “I feel like my whole body is covered in grease, sweat, and popcorn. I’m so sick of seeing popcorn you guys. I might go insane.”

“I’m with you, there,”  I agreed, “I’ve never really liked popcorn, but this job has made me hate it.”

“I still like it,” Yoongi shrugged as Chaeyoung and I ignored him.

“Anyway, how are things with Jimin?” I asked, Chaeyoung’s mood slightly brightening. She and Jimin have been having a lot of little arguments here than there, but judging from her reaction, the two of them were on good terms again.

“Great, actually. We’ve finally figured out the root of all of our arguing, and now that we’re aware of it, we hardly argue. Jimin’s been really sweet recently, and we’ve actually been trying to schedule our classes together for this coming semester.”

I felt jealousy budding after she said her last words. It must be great going to the same college as a couple… I tried to not feel too bitter towards her, but I couldn’t help but feel that way every once in a while.

“Sounds awesome,” I nodded with a smile on my face. She could even sense my bitterness as she was quick to drop the topic.

“How’s it going with Jungkook and Tae?” she asked, kinda switching topics. I took a deep breath and felt Yoongi’s eyes on me as well.

“They won’t tell me when they’re leaving for sure,” I confessed, “And it’s really bothering me. They could leave as soon as a week from now and I wouldn’t know it. I mean, I wouldn’t be surprised if they just all the sudden came up to me tonight and told me that they’re leaving tomorrow.”

“They wouldn’t do that to you, Ari,” Chaeyoung shook her head, but I’m not convinced.

“Wouldn’t they? Jungkook has told me multiple times that he’s not good at goodbyes. I’ll kick his butt if he packs up all his stuff and leaves in the middle of the night without saying goodbye,” I ranted, trying to not get myself too worked up. I felt my heart drop in my chest when I started thinking about just how upset I’ll be if Jungkook leaves without saying goodbye to me. “I want them to make up their minds about this. It’s killing me.”

“I’ll beat it out of them,” Chaeyoung nodded my way with a serious look on her face, “I’m sure they’ve decided by now.”

I just nodded, but I couldn’t let go how paranoid I was making myself. Jungkook would not do that to me. We still have so much that we haven’t talked about. He hasn’t told me about if he’s ever going to drive down to spend the weekend with me. He also hasn’t reassured me that we’re going to stay in touch despite being four hours away from each other.

He’d never consider cutting me off, but I couldn’t help but feel paranoid about it. I knew it was an irrational fear, but I won’t let myself rule it out until I actually talk to him about it.

“I’m gonna head out,” I pointed to my car and started walking toward it, “I’ll keep you two updated once I figure out this mess.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Chaeyoung nodded and sent me a thumbs up, “Everything’s gonna be okay, got it?”

I tried to smile and nod, but it was very forced. They could both tell judging from their concerned looks.

“I hope so.”

…

When I first walked in the door, I felt my heart drop. The apartment was eerily silent which was causing me to get very paranoid. I locked the door behind me, holding my breath and I rushed to look into Jungkook’s room.

His bags were still here. Thank God…

I looked into Taehyung’s room and his bags were also still here. They’re not gone, they’re probably just hanging out somewhere. I can wait for them to get home and then hopefully they’ll tell me when they’re leaving…

…

It was about 1am when the sound of the front door opening woke me up. I had fallen asleep on the couch waiting for the two of them to get home. I didn’t expect them to be out that late.

I started to get paranoid that they were drunk, but as I opened my eyes and met with Jungkook’s, he just looked tipsy. Knowing him, he could be a little more drunk than he lead on. He was very good at seeming sober it he wasn’t too far gone.

“Hey,” he said softly as I sat up and moved my hair out of my face. He sat down next to me on the couch and I could faintly smell alcohol mixed in with his cologne.

“Hey, Kook. Where were you guys?” I covered my face as I let a soft yawn escape. Taehyung walked over to the two of us, plopping down on the couch to my other side.

“We just went out with some college friends. They drove down here to spend the day with us, so that’s why we didn’t get home till now,” Taehyung explained as I just nodded and glanced back in Jungkook’s direction. His eyes moved away from mine as he noticed me looking at him. He was obviously more intoxicated than Taehyung, and the look he was suddenly trying to hide from me was making me feel uneasy.

“Do I know these friends?” I asked as I looked back over at Taehyung. His previous relaxed attitude was slowly shifting to discomfort as I spun around to look at Jungkook. I caught the tail end of Jungkook motioning for Taehyung to keep quiet. My eyes narrowed at him before I spun around and gave Taehyung a pressed look.

“I doubt it,” Taehyung shook his head, ignoring the intensity in my eyes, “Yugyeom, Youngjae, and Baekhyun? I don’t think I’ve mentioned any of them to you.”

I could almost hear Jungkook sigh as I swallowed and bit the inside of my cheek. So first, he won’t tell me when they’re leaving for sure. Second, he’s hiding something from me about who he was with tonight. What’s next? At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if he packed his things and left for college in the middle of the night.

“So it was just the five of you?” I asked as Taehyung raised his eyebrows, “And nothing… bad happened tonight, right? Like, nothing you’d need to hide from me.” I paused and turned to face Jungkook. His face was burning red as my eyes tore into him. “Right, Jungkook?”

Taehyung put a hand on my shoulder and just laughed it off, “Nothing happened, Ari. Jungkook’s just paranoid that you’re gonna be mad at him for drinking a little too much.”

I didn’t believe Taehyung for one second. Jungkook had gotten drunk before now, and I was certainly not angry with him in any way. He was lying to me again.

“Jungkook,” I called out to him as he stumbled over to me. I had been out with Chaeyoung for the night, only to come home to find a drunk Jungkook. He grabbed onto my shirt and buried his face into my hair with a sigh.

“Babe, you’re home,” he softly spoke into my ear, his breath tickling me as shivers ran through my body.

“And you’re drunk,” I commented as he just giggled.

“Sorry,” he didn’t sound very sorry, “Hoseok came over and brought some alcohol. I may have had some.”

“Some?” I laughed and pushed him away slightly so that I could look into his eyes. His eyes were clouded over as I just smiled and rolled my eyes. “Let’s get you to your room, okay?”

“No,” he shook his head, wrapping his arms around my waist to pull my hips to his. “I wanna stay in your room.”

“No,” I echoed, shaking my head, “Taehyung’s still not completely okay with seeing us all close to each other. He’ll have a heart attack.”

“Taehyung’s staying the night at Hoseok’s.”

I froze in his hold as I looked into his eyes, biting my lip as I realized what that meant. “You’re serious?”

“Dead serious,” he whispered as I felt a smirk appear on my face. Jungkook’s eyes widened with slight innocence as I reached up and grabbed the collar of his shirt.

“You should have lead with that, Kook,” I pulled his mouth down on mine, kissing him violently. His body was quick to respond as he moved his hands from my waist to hold the backs of my thighs. I laughed against his mouth as I jumped up, wrapping my legs around his waist.

“I’ve waited all summer for this,” Jungkook swallowed and looked deep into my eyes. I could still smell the alcohol on his breath, but I could tell he was sobering up from our kiss.

“Hopefully this will happen more often,” I mumbled as Jungkook started walking toward my bedroom.

“If you’ll act like this when it happens, I’ll lock Taehyung out of the apartment.”

I swallowed and tried to keep myself calm as I sat between the two of them. I wanted to just storm off to my room like I would have in the past. It was very tempting to do, but I didn’t have time for this. Jungkook and I only had so much time left, and if I were to give him the silent treatment, we would get less time together.

“Look,” I sighed and looked over at Jungkook with a slightly defeated expression, “I know something’s up. I really don’t want you two hiding things from me. If I’m gonna be mad at you over something, can you just tell me so that we can have it out and forgive each other?”

I was hoping that Jungkook would spill, but his expression didn’t soften even a little bit. Why was he being so stubborn?

“Taehyung,” I turned to him, but he was also closing himself off from me. “You guys, I know something’s up. You guys look guilty as hell,” I frowned, turning back to Jungkook.

“Nothing happened, Ari. We’re just tired.”

I felt the urge to get up and storm away, but once again, I talked myself out of it. I need to stick this out. I have to resolve this. I only have a week left with him.

“Jeon Jungkook,” I turned completely to him as I noticed him sharply inhale, “I dare you to say that to me again.”

Jungkook’s jaw clenched as I watched his internal struggle through his eyes. He looked like he was about to cave, and I felt relief starting to wash over me. We could talk this out and go back to normal for our last few days together.

“We just got a little drunk. Nothing happened.”

I closed my eyes and swallowed, trying to keep my anger on the low. It’s been so long since Jungkook and I have had a legitimate argument, and I wanted more than anything for this to be a problem that we quickly resolved.

I turned to Taehyung as a last effort to figure out what these two weren’t telling me. “Tae…”

He just shook his head, “Nothing happened.”

I felt like I was surrounded by a bunch of delusional parrots as I ran my fingers through my messy hair. I felt tears stinging my eyes as I realized that this night was going to end the way that I was begging it not to. I’m going to go to bed angry and this conflict is going to just stir between the two of us until he fesses up.

“You know, Kook,” I stood up and spun around to glare at him half-heartedly. “I will be less angry at you if you just fess up now. The longer you wait to tell me what’s going on, the more upset it’s going to make me. Quite frankly, I’m already mad and I don’t even know what happened.”

I gave him one last chance to explain himself as I stared deep into his eyes. His jaw clenched and I noticed the deep breath he took. His hands shook as he rubbed the knees of his jeans, his mouth opening ever so slightly.

“Ari,” Taehyung shook his head and let a slight laugh out of his mouth, “Nothing happened. We were just out with our friends before college starts again.”

“Right,” I laughed in disbelief. My eyes glared at Jungkook as I gave him a few more seconds to interject.

Once again, he said nothing.

“Goodnight, then,” I whispered, trying to not let my emotions get the best of me. It’d been so long since Jungkook made me cry…

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Taehyung had to be at work fairly early, so Jungkook and I were left alone for the morning. Normally we would take that time to be disgustingly cheesy with one another and at the very least make out with each other on the couch.

Today was very different. The air felt very tense and I hardly left my room to avoid having to talk to him.

I felt like we were back at our old habits before the two of us got together, and it sucked. I threw several pity parties in my room as I thought about how much fun we could be having right now. Our days were numbered, and Jungkook was choosing to push me further away.

“Yoongi,” I whined into my phone as I finally gave in to my tears. I couldn’t stop thinking about Jungkook and how worried he has me. It felt like he was trying to push me away, and that thought was terrifying. What would possess him to think that was a good idea?

“What’s wrong?” Yoongi’s voice sounded worried as I sniffed, trying to keep my emotions under my control. I slowly calmed down my soft sobs, trying to not be too loud as to attract Jungkook inside.

“Jungkook’s scaring me,” I grabbed my pillow and hugged it to my body. I rested my chin on the top of it as my tears started soaking into the object. “It feels like he’s trying to push me away. I love him so much, and I’m afraid that he’s going to try and break up with me when he leaves.”

“Well that makes no damn sense,” Yoongi sounded pissed as I nodded, sniffing as quietly as possible. “He’s disgustingly in love with you. Why would he even consider something so childish?”

“I don’t know!” I raised my voice a little too much as I cursed under my breath. Jungkook definitely heard that. There was no way that he didn’t…

This was normally when Jungkook would come in to talk to me. Every time he heard any loud noises from my room, he’d come in to check on me. It was really cute, honestly.

I felt my face twist with disgust as I glared at my phone in my hand. Soomin had texted me the grossest text I’d ever read about some guy who’s still in high school! She was being a pedophile over him! I had been on the phone with her several times over him, and she continued to ignore my warnings.

“Ugh, she’s such a tramp!” I screamed in frustration, not taking into account that it was nearly two in the morning. I felt my disgust increasing the more she texted me, and I made more frustrated noises.

“Ari?” I spun around to see Jungkook poking his head into my room. His eyes were laced with worry and exhaustion as I realized I had woken him up.

“Kook,” my eyes softened as he stepped into my room to walk over to me. I was on the edge of my bed, pillows thrown around the room from me trying to quietly get out all my frustration.

“What’s wrong, babe?” He asked, pulling my desk chair to the side of my bed to sit in front of me. I dangled my feet off the edge of the bed and leaned closer to him.

“Soomin won’t listen to me about her pedophilia. She’s going to get in serious trouble for this, and she’s blowing it all off. She’s convinced that it’s okay because he turns 18 in three months.”

Jungkook sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, “I forgot about her talking to that kid. She really thinks it’s okay?”

“Yes!” I cried as Jungkook grabbed my hand with his. I looked down at our hands and felt his touch calming me down, “She’s lost her mind… I don’t know why I’m still talking to her.”

“I don’t know, either,” Jungkook laughed nervously as he pulled me further to the edge, “Do you want to stay in my room tonight?”

I raised my eyebrows as I felt my mind moving on from the frustrating conversation I had just been having.

“Your bed’s small, though,” I mentioned. It was the reason that we never stayed in his room if we slept in the same bed together.

“I know,” he smirked and winked as I scoffed and ran my fingers through his soft, messy hair. I ruffled the hair a little as he closed his eyes, liking the feeling of my hand in his hair despite making it a mess.

“Just stay in here with me?” I offered, smiling at the sight of his relaxed smile. He didn’t say anything as he hopped out of the chair and jumped onto the bed, causing it to bounce me a little.

“You didn’t even need to ask, babe.”

The seconds ticked by as I felt my heart being squeezed in my chest. He’s not coming. He’s… not coming.

“Yoongi, I…” I took a deep breath, “I can’t take this. I’ve gotta have it out with Jungkook. He can’t do this to me. He’s being a selfish asshole. He’s reverting to how he was before we got together.”

“Why would he want to do that?” Yoongi asked, confusion laced in his voice.

“Because he’s an idiot. I think that he’s too afraid to say goodbye to me, so instead he’s shutting me out. It’s as if he feels like this will be less painful when in reality, it’s making it excruciatingly hard.”

I was quick to hang up the call after I made up my mind to try and fix this. If they’re leaving in six days, I want to have these six days with Jungkook. I want to have so much fun with him that he’ll forget that our days are numbered.

I didn’t even knock on his door as I swung the door open, scaring Jungkook as he looked up at me with wide eyes. He was just scrolling through his phone when I had stormed in. He definitely heard my frustrated words to Yoongi.

I was opening my mouth to snap at Jungkook over pushing me away, but I stopped short seeing him. I saw him just yesterday, but seeing him right now was just… different. He was the same guy I’d been spending my summer with, but everything felt so wrong.

I felt like he had already made the decision to push me away without thinking about how hard this was going to affect me.

“Jungkook, I want you to tell me what happened last night.”

I kept my words short and sweet as Jungkook just looked at me with wide eyes. I was afraid that he was going to snap back at me, but it looked like I knocked the breath out of him.

I took a few steps closer to him and felt my hands shaking at my sides. His eyes studied my face as his expression dropped to worried. He noticed that I’ve been crying.

“Please,” I whispered, standing at the foot of his bed. He swallowed while looking at me, and I watched the internal battle I could see taking place in his eyes. He looked like he was on the edge of convincing himself to keep me away from him, but I broke him as another tear fell from my eyes.

I walked to the side of his bed and lowered myself to sit on the edge of it. My back was against his knees and I felt my breathing stagger at the simple touch.

Jungkook looked down at my skin that was touching his as I just continued looking at him with pleading eyes. His breathing was irregular as his fists clenched in his lap. He looked like he was trying to build his wall back up, but I wasn’t about to let that happen.

“Jungkook,” I moved my body closer to the front of the bed, my side now pressing up against his torso. I faced him and reluctantly reached out to grab one of his tense hands. “I love you.”

I saw all his barriers break as his bottom lip started quivering. His eyes shied away from mine before he took a deep breath. This was obviously as hard on him as it was me.

“Stop pushing me away, Kook,” I managed to get out as fresh tears began to build up into my eyes. I squeezed his hand lightly before Jungkook moved to intertwine our fingers. A tear dropped from his eyes as he sat up to get closer to me.

“I love you, too,” he nodded, pulling me closer to him, “I love you so damn much, and please remember that as I tell you this.”

I felt my hand grip his slightly tighter than before as I just nodded, wiping my tears away from my eyes with my free hand.

“Last night when hanging out with the guys, we ran into Jennie,” he paused as I felt my muscles tense. Since Taehyung still worked with her, it wasn’t like she was completely out of our lives, but Jungkook hadn’t spoken to her since that night at the movie theater. I didn’t feel jealousy, but I did feel paranoia filling my emotions.

“She was mainly talking to Yugyeom because they had met a couple times before. She was kinda flirting with him a little until I stopped her and told her to back off. She didn’t like how harsh I was with her, so she made it her goal to stay around us for the rest of the night. She wouldn’t shut up about how things used to be with us, and I gave in and started getting carried away with my drinks. I was about to drink myself into a coma when she stopped me and…”

I saw another tear trail down his face as his bit his lip and looked away, “She leaned in to kiss me. I just barely pulled out of the way in time to keep her fish lips off of me, but she was being persistent…

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*Third Person POV*

“Jungkookie,” She whined as Jungkook continued to keep her away from him. She was just about as drunk as he was, and he was terrified that she was going to catch him off guard and assault his lips with her’s. He’d never forgive himself if he let her lips touch his…

“Kiss me, dammit,” she grumbled as Jungkook just spun around and shook his head. He tried to move away from her, but her hands were quick to grab his wrist and forcefully pull him back to her.

“I’m the better fit for you, Kookie,” she forced him to face her as his annoyance was growing in his chest. He had come out tonight to have fun with his friends, not to be assaulted by his ex-girlfriend… “You wanna know why I’m better?”

“You’re not better, Jennie. Go find some other guy to screw with,” Jungkook pulled his arm out of her hold only for her hands to grab his shoulders. His hands were quick to grab her wrists, but when she spoke her next words, he froze. Nothing could have prepared him for what she was going to say.

She caught him so off guard that the moment he froze in shock, she leaned up and pressed a sloppy kiss to his mouth. He was quick to shove her off and tell her to piss off, but even as he stormed away from her, the words played through his head over and over again.

Was he really going to have to deal with her like this regularly? He couldn’t handle this… He won’t be able to take it. He’ll lose his mind if what she said really was true…

“You’ll be seeing a lot of me. I’ve transferred to your college this coming semester, Kookie.”

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A/N: I don’t hate the real Jennie, I swear! She just happens to be the antagonist to this story!! (And she wasn’t originally going to be when I first wrote her in!) But sorry for any errors that I didn’t catch. I very loosely edited this. And I give everyone permission to beat Jungkook’s butt for his stupidity, but be gentle!

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Thank god for taehyung accepting Ari and Jungkook together so quickly, I’m really happy for all of them ☺️☺️☺️

Right?? Taehyung is reasonable after all! 😂😊

ive been following u ever since u started ur most recent jungkook au and i dont even bias him but I CANT STOP READING IT'S SO GOOD JKFLASKFLKJA and now im so excited for your choose your own route story, thank you for writing so much great stuff and sharing it with people

Omg thank you ❤️❤️❤️ I wish I was awake enough to say more than a generic thanks! 😅

I hope you continue loving my stories in the future! 😊 we’re in for a ride once I start posting the Choose Your Route Story!