I Saw Her First || TaeRoseKook

✧︎「︎Trust Issues」︎✧︎

(This is a pretty short chapter, so don't get too cozy!!)

Jimin's pov

His hand reaches out to shake mine, but I don't feel like accepting it. I turn my body away from him, and back to my cousin, who is happily filling her pink vase with water.

"Does he go to SNU as well?" I ask the smiling blonde girl, who is now putting the roses I gave her into the vase. I know I could just ask the boy, but I like being petty.

"No, actually, I attend KU." He responds before she can. I shoot him another glare, wanting him to shut himself up. My angry face hides the slight shock in my eyes.

There is no way my sweet Chaeyoung will be hanging around with a KU twerp. Not after the torment they've bought upon others.

He'll ruin this sweet and innocent personality of hers. Chae is very naive and will trust anyone she meets.

"I didn't ask you. So if I were you, I'd shut my mouth." I threaten the guy in a low voice so my cousin can't hear, but she ends up hearing it anyways.

I feel a hand on the back of my head, followed by a sting. I wince a little and then lift my hands to nurse the pain. My sweet innocent cousin slapped me, and not in a playful way.

"Ow! Chae, what the fuck?!" I yell a little, but I try not to scream at her too much so she doesn't end up crying, because she's sensitive like that.

"Oppa, be nice! He's barely said or done anything to you and you're already snapping at the poor boy!"

I turn to look at the boy who is obviously fighting a smile, it makes me want to puke on him. Usually, guys would show their fear around me, but this one completely ignored my threat and listened to her defending words.

"No don't worry. I'm sure he's just looking out for you, Roseanne." He mumbles without making eye contact with us, and to my surprise, he was defending me from a sweet girl like Roseanne.

Usually, boys— simps, would do anything to get on her good side. Whether it's complimenting her or siding with her, I know it's all only to use her. And as her senior, I vow to keep her away from jerks, especially ones that attend KU. But, this guy is a bit different, and I can't pinpoint exactly what he's doing to make me think so differently of him.

I still don't like him.

"Tsk. Sorry." I dryly respond, "What are you doing here, anyways? Shouldn't you be off with your friends harassing people?"

I gasp a little at how rudely that came out, and turn my head to my cousin, who looks like she's about to kill me on the spot. Chae might look like an innocent child who knows nothing about the harsh world, but she's most definitely capable of committing a murder.

She's had her fair share of the toxicity of humanity, but decides to ignore it all. Even though she experienced her first heartbreak just last year, she acts like it was just a faint memory and continues to smile as if nothing happened.

"He was being kind and helping me bring up my boxes, mind you!" Her sugary voice said in a stern tone, "We were just talking."

"You live around here, boy?" I say to the guy in the white t-shirt with furrowed brows on my face. I straighten my back to look taller than him and assert my dominance, but it's no use.