How You Love To Hate me

CHAPTER 25

"The answers 62, what do you need to correct this time?" Namjoon sighs. Funny how he just assumes I got it wrong. But he's right to assume. "I got close," I say vaguely. "What do you mean?" Namjoon asks and I can see he's excited that I'm not off by a 100 or something. "I got close," I say again. "Then let me see-" He reaches over the small table to get my paper but I pull back defensively. "Are you lying?" He asks as we continue to fight for the paper. "Why would I?" I say. "Well, there's no need to hide then." He grabs for the paper again, but I quickly scrunch it and shove it in my mouth. "What the hell-" Namjoon says as he gives me a bewildered look. "I will never tell you-" I choke on the paper and spit it out on the table, a few people around us give me a weird look. "I got 361," I say quietly. He bangs his head on the table. "How-?" I shrug my shoulders. "Can we just stop Namjoon?" I yawn. "But what did you do to get that?" He says ignoring me. "At least it's got 6 in there, 62 and 361, I must be right somewhere right?" I shout. "Jin was right, you are stupid." He says tiredly. I'm about to shout back, but my phone ringing stops me. I quickly take it out of my coat pocket to see Jin ringing me, confused I answer. "I'M ON LOUDSPEAKER SO DO NOT CUSS BECAUSE THE STAFF ARE SICK OF US AND WILL LITERALLY KICK US OUT," Jin says immediately."When the fuck did u call me stupid- You know loads of people call me stupid every day I've already learned how to handle it- its not like its a big deal anyways..." I say as I trail off trying to convince myself. I'm quiet for the next few minutes, thinking about the number of times I've been called dumb, as Jin repeatedly tries to call my name. "Are you okay Lisa, are you facing a mid-life crisis or something?" Jin says again and I hear someone laugh, sounds like Ji Sung. "Wait, where are you guys? Are you lot going somewhere without me?" I scream over the phone. "You don't need to scream everything you know, there are people here looking at us weirdly." Namjoon says quietly. "Oh my god Lisa are you with a boy?!" I hear Boram scream and Jin over the phone saying "Just shut up Boram." Before they break into an argument. There are a silence and me and Namjoon stare at the phone. But there's a sudden scream over the phone, that makes Namjoon jump and drop his water over the papers we were working for almost four hours. "ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS Lisa? WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU AT THE KARAOKE ROOM FOR ALMOST-" I quickly end the call knowing they were right when they called me stupid. I look up at Namjoon, who's staring at me with a concerned face. "Is that Mi Sun?" He asks. I nod. "I thought she was the quiet type, you know?" He looks thoroughly shaken. "Well...I'm going so... bye?" I say as I grab my phone and clumsily run out of the door. Lucky for me, the karaoke place is near since we were in a cafe which was in town, where the karaoke place is. It would be a five-minute walk from the cafe, but since I practically run there, I get there within two minutes.

I even risked getting run over by a bus by running across the road on a green light. (a/n: For real kids don't do this.)I think this just explains, how scared of Mi Sun I am.When I get there, I see all of them standing outside and when they see me, I give them a weak smile, avoiding eye contact with Mi Sun. "If you are wondering, the reason I'm late is that-" I feel someone tap my shoulder behind me and I turn around to see Namjoon. What? "You left your coat, keys, wallet, and your math textbook, worksheets, and pencil case in the café oh and your gloves." He says panting. "Typical." I hear Mi Sun say. "And why are you so fast at running? I swear I turned the corner and you were already two streets down." He says. "And hey did you nearly get run over by a car?" Namjoon says, and I hear both Ji Sung cover up a laugh. "She's done that too many times." Ji Sung laughs. "You two have done that too many times." Jimin corrects. He says as he leans down, hands on his knees, catching his breath. I grab everything off him, muttering a quick thanks as I do so. He starts walking away, saying something about sending me the rest of the answers. "So you were with Namjoon?" Mi Sun asks. I nod. "Don't make it sound weird, we were just studying," I say. I know she wants to say more and rant at me, but she doesn't. "Let's go," Jimin says and they all starts walking towards the entrance of the karaoke place. There was a lot of people outside and it looked pretty crowded. "We were originally supposed to have 8-9, but since you came late, we shifted it to 9-10, you're lucky we already booked it from before." Jin says, but I still haven't moved from where I'm standing. "Is Jungkook not here?" I say. Jimin instantly turns on the spot, smiling. "Why are you asking, I thought you didn't like him?" He says. "No no, it's because he told me he was coming." I say. "Well clearly not." Jimin says, but he's still smiling. "Did you want him to come?" Ji Sung says. "No." I say, maybe a bit too fast, and quickly my cheeks heat up. "Well, he's not here anyways so lets go." Jimin says and they continue walking.I go to the toilet first since I had been sitting in that café for way too long, so after putting all my belongings in the small karaoke room we're all supposed to fit in, I find my way to the toilet. That's when I see him. Jungkook. I'm going to fricking murder Jimin. But he's with a girl. Typical. "So you're a Busan boy, I like it." The girl says in a supposed-to-be seducing way. But Jungkook's expression stays the same. I want to laugh, but I know if I did, then they would know I was here. He looks at her bored, like he couldn't care less, and for some reason, I find myself smiling. "I'm from here, Seoul." She says. "Nice." Jungkook says, and even from a simple word, her and the other few girls start giggling. But then, the girl starts to fidget with his clothes, playing with his buttons, and I find myself getting annoyed. Why do I care? I want to say something, but nothing comes out. I notice as she continues to go closer to Jungkook, close enough to able to kiss him. I just stand there, wishing I could do anything to stop it from happening, but I can't. Jungkook's his own person, he can do whatever he wants. I think to myself and repeatedly say it over in my head, before deciding to walk away.And I do. I turn and take a step forward, just as their lips brush, repeating the small sentence in my head. He's his own person, he can do whatever the fuck he feels like- But I'm so confused by the sudden feeling of anger it doesn't stay long. So this time I force it, so I can stop thinking about emotions. He can do whatever the fuck he likes, why do I even care, I have a boyfriend, yes, you do Lisa, so just leave him alone- "Lisa when did you come? I was waiting for you." Jungkook suddenly says as he pulls away from the girl, leaving her glaring at me. He knew I was here the whole time. The asshole. I'm too angry to say anything, so instead, I grab his hand and pull him away angrily. "Why are you so angry babes?" He asks and I answer with the most rational explanation in my head. "Why do you Jungkook, feel the need to play with every girl you see? Just date a girl you actually like." I say. "But what if she doesn't like me back?" He says. "Then though luck." We enter the karaoke room, both of us still arguing about him and that girl. Ji Sung greets us, singing BBI BBI by IU. "." He says as he does the dance. The funniest thing is his face is so serious and everyone starts laughing. "It's mine, please keep the la la la line." He immediately turns to us, and before I can even process what's happening, he sings, "Hello stu p-i-d." Whilst doing the dance. This is my second time being called stupid. "You let him sing IU without me?" Jungkook starts, but Jimin interrupts, "So you found him?" I stick my tongue out at him. "You should've seen her, we told her that you weren't coming, and she literally was so sad, I kinda felt bad we were lying to her." Yoojung says.