Temptation [ Min Yoongi | ENG ]

F O R T Y F O U R

When I arrived at work on Monday, Jaap was standing by waiting for me. He tried to disguise it, but he was worried.

"Hi Roos, how are you?"

"Hi Jaap, I'm better now. Are you okay?"

"I am... what happened that day?"

"I had some questions going on and I couldn't process them very well." I explained without giving details.

"Okay... I don't know if I did it right by calling Maud."

"You were perfect, Jaap." I said and he smiled.

"I didn't text you because I didn't really know how to handle it." He justified himself.

"It's okay, Jaap. I had so much going on that I didn't realize you didn't contact me. Really."

The morning, which is usually quieter, passed faster than I feared and Jaap was pacing around me at lunch. I asked him to sit next to me and eat with me. His way was annoying me.

"What are you going to do after work today?" He brought up a subject.

"I'm going home." I replied without taking my eyes off my salad.

"No PH today?"

"No."

"Will you be with Yoongi?" He asked innocently, but it still hurt me to hear his words.

"No. We broke up." I said, wanting to get it over with, and his mouth opened in an expression of surprise.

"Is that what happened that day?"

"Yes... I mean, no. It happened after what happened here."

"Got it..." he said quietly and chose not to say anything else.

Jaap got in the habit of asking me to go out with him after hours and I spent two months denying all invitations. I told him I was going home, but it was a lie. On days when I didn't have therapy, I went to the cafe in front of PH.

I was watching to see if Yoongi would show up. Some days he would arrive early, in others it him took a little longer. And then, on a Friday, it was almost nine o'clock at night when I decided he wasn't going to show up.

I crossed the street and without looking around me, I entered the bar.

I navigated between groups of people who did not always hear my requests to let me pass.

I arrived at our traditional table to have my friends' surprised looks cast on me. Timo got up on time to give me space in the corner. Maud pushed a glass and pitcher of beer towards me and smiled.

We drank and talked for a while. Lotte asked me to dance and I accepted. We met Tulip and Evi already in the hall and we danced bumping into other people's bodies.

It was just after one in the morning and I was slightly drunk when I went out to smoke.

I saw him approaching the bar while I balanced myself on the curb. That familiar scene made me forget for a moment that things were different now.

I avoided meeting him for days, but at that moment I didn't want to run from there. He saw me too and came towards me.