Diabolus [악마] - °KTH°

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"How are you feeling, Noona? Better?" Jungkook asked as he took a seat beside me.

We were in the cafeteria. Hyejin was on her phone, Jungkook was munching on his chicken and omlette wrap, and I'd lost my appetite. Again.

I slowly rested my head on his shoulder and hummed in response. Since morning, that stupid Taehyung had been on my mind. I desperately wanted to talk to him, thank him. But I didn't know which class he studied in. Should I ask Bun? Would he even know? But then he'd want to know why. Then I'll have to tell him everything. Even Hyejin. They're my bestfriends though. Ugh.

"What's Kim Taehyung's class and divison?" I quickly said and crossed my fingers, hoping that they won't question much and tell me right away.

But that wasn't possible.

"Why?" Jungkook mumbled with food still in his mouth.

"Just tell me please." I whined.

"Why?"

"Please Bun, it's urgent. I'll tell you later, I promise."

"Later? Oops, then I don't know."

"Because he took me home as I fainted in the medicine store and I wanna thank him."
There. Great job Areum. I mentally patted myself on the back.

"What the-" Hyejin said as her head snapped up from the phone and Jungkook choked on the omlette.

Both of them were looking at me, obviously wanting to know how it happened. In detail.
. . .

"So yeah, this is how it happened, Happy?"

After telling them the incident whilst answering Jungkook's stupid and Hyejin's perverted questions, there was a big 10 seconds silence.

"Wow. Anyways, I know a friend of mine, Jimin, who's in his class. Come, I'll take you." He said as he got up and grabbed my arm.

I looked at Hyejin, who just shrugged, as we both knew, Jungkook's overprotective ass wouldn't let me go alone.
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Somehow I convinced Jungkook to let me handle this on my own. He refused at first but then finally agreed and directed me to Taehyung's classroom.

I nervously stood outside as Jungkook mouthed "All the best." and winked and walked away.

I peeked inside the classroom and luckily no teacher was present at the time. My eyes searched for Taehyung and I found him sitting on the very last bench of the second row. He'd put his head down on the table. Just as I was contemplating about the ways in which I could call him outside, his head popped up and he made eye contact.

But before I could even react,  he got up from his seat and started walking in my direction.

Here he was, standing right in front of me. His intense stare burned holes through my skin.

"What?" his deep voice startled me.

How did he even know I'd come here to talk to him? Was he a freaking mind reader or what? Well, that was creepy but hot at the same time.

He cleared his throat, snatching me away from my thoughts.

"O-oh, I'm here for yesterday. Honestly, I have no idea why I fainted at the pharmacy. And I got to know that you brought me home...?" I started.

"Um yes, sorry if it made you uncomfortable." He said while scratching his nape awkwardly.

"Wait, no. I actually came here to thank you for doing that. I really appreciate it. I mean we barely know each other and you were really cold and dumb the first time we met so, yeah. Thanks." I said. Wait, was that too straight-forward?

"You're welcome."

We stood there like that for a while, not knowing what to say. Why the heck were our encounters so awkward, dammit! But again Taehyung was the one who decided to speak first,

"So, that's it? If so, I'll have to go now, sir might come any minute."

But before he could go back inside, I said,

"Would you like to grab some Jajangmyeon with me after school?"

He looked at me with wide eyes but then they went back to normal when I said,

"Not as a date haha, consider it as a way of me thanking you. I'll pay."

"Sounds cool." he said apathetically.

I gave him my brightest smile. Of course he didn't smile back.

"Great. Meet me at xxx at 7?" I asked.

"Perfect." He replied and walked away.

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I got home with a headache. It wasn't even surprising at this point. It wasn't even that painful cuz I'd gotten used to it.

"I'm home." I muttered and went directly to the medicine cabinet.

I opened it but I couldn't find advil. And that's when yesterday's incident came back to my mind.

Did that shithead even buy it for me? F*ck, he didn't steal money from me, did he?

I rushed to my room and started searching for my wallet. I opened a few drawers but it was nowhere in sight. I ran downstairs to see my mom sititng on the couch, scrolling through her phone.

"Mom where did that shith- no, Taehyung put my wallet?" I asked.

She looked at me and replied, "Oh yes, he'd given it to me. I think I kept it in my closet. Go grab it."

I went to her room, opened her closet, and immediately found it laying in the corner of one compartment. I flipped it open to find 3 blister packs neatly kept in one of the pouches. I sighed in relief and took one out. I took out all the cash and realised that he'd paid the appropriate amount. I smiled to myself, closed the closet door, and went to the kitchen.

I leaned against the counter as I filled a glass of water. I popped one pill out and tossed it in my mouth. I drank the water as I thought about him.

Why did I faint after seeing him?

Why do I feel so attracted to him even if I barely know him?

What's going on? Why do I feel like I've definitely seen him before?

I don't know. Is this normal? Hormones, you know? He's hawt. But there are so many good looking boys in our school, I've never felt this way for no one. [;)]

Psh, maybe I'm just overthinking. It's normal, Areum. It ain't worrisome.

Whatever it is, I just hope that everything goes well when I meet him today.

Wait, I was supposed to meet him today! Crap crap crap, what's the time. 6:43 pm. Oh what would I do to become punctual.

I sprinted to my room and randomly took out some clothes from my closet. Well, it was a sap green sweater, red leggings and a purple skirt. I chuckled after imagining how I'd look in it. I actually like wearing mismatched clothing, but this was not the time.
I rummaged in the closet some more until I found a simple white top and black ripped jeans.

I put on light makeup, grabbed my wallet and my phone, and literally ran to xxx. I did tell my mom about it before going, I'm a good girl.
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I reached the destination after like 10 minutes. I fixed my hair as they got messed up due to the running.

I looked in front of me to see the neon green sign, that read xxx, glowing brightly. I brought my phone up and saw that it was 7:19 pm. Shit. I exhaled loudly and walked inside.
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Hola senoritas.
(I ain't spanish...is this the plural version of senorita tho?)

Hope you enjoyed reading the chapter. Next one will come soon. 'til then...

Aight bye.