chapter 17

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Jimin tried to make himself comfortable as he sat on the chair inside the cozy small restaurant while waiting for the lady to return from the kitchen. The omega played with his short fingers under the table to ease his anxiety with his eyes roaming on the decorated wall and the whole restaurant silently.

"It's pretty"
He mumbled to himself when he finished looking around from his seat.

"Thank you sweetheart, this is for you!"
The lady suddenly appeared from his front with a tray of food and a cold juice.

The savory smell coming from the bulgogi served on the table right now had filled his nostrils making his stomach growl again. His eyes automatically widen and he spotted the lady was looking at him with a small smile and assure him to eat. Even though Jimin wants to refuse, his empty stomach does not seem like it wants to collaborate with him.

"T-thank you very much"
He mumbled again before he sips on the juice to wet his dry throat.

The food was amazing and successfully satisfied his tastebuds. Jimin finally got to have something else stuffed inside his stomach instead of the cheap ramen he buys every two weeks at the convenience store to restock his groceries at home. He was a bit surprised because he thought the lady will offer him cold water but he had served Jimin a fresh juice instead.

"I love your cook, it's delicious!"
Jimin said sincerely to the lady.

The older woman could not help but smile. She could tell that Jimin was not lying when she noticed how her simple homemade dish was able to please the omega just after a few bites. It's been a while since he accompanies someone to eat.

"Is there is something on my face?"
Jimin asked, his voice was low since he does not want to make the older to think he is offensive.

"Oh, I'm sorry! You must be uncomfortable! It just, you remind me of my late son"
The woman chuckled after finished her sentence.

"You have a son? Where is him?"
The omega found himself interested to know.

"He's not here anymore, both my husband and my only omega son died in a car crash when he picked up my prince from his night class tuition"

By hearing the statement had caused Jimin to accidentally dropped his spoon into his bowl followed by his wide-opened eyes looking at the woman speak about her family's death with a faint smile plastered on her face. He assumed that this lady must have been suffering a lot to overcome her sadness and she even raised this restaurant all alone with some help from her staff.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask-"

"No that's fine, I already learned to accept fate a few years ago so no need to be sorry"
The woman cut him off just to assure the younger.

He tried to swallow the lump that insisted on staying in her throat. No words came out from the omega as he felt himself drowning in guilty for asking such a sensitive question to the lady. Jimin believed that he will not able to be as strong as this woman and he will probably tense when someone brings up his family as their topic of conversation.

"Oh, look like someone was eating with a full appetite here"

"Your dishes are amazing"
Jimin complimented with his usual soft tone, his beautiful greenish brown eyes refused to look at the woman who sat across him on the same table to avoid stutter.

A weak smile appeared on his lips when he remembers about the kind lady from yesterday. They talked a lot and Jimin found himself began to grew comfortable around the lady after the way she talked to Jimin like her own child. The omega did not mind about that since he also lack the attention from a mother and it was really great to talk to someone after passing through a rough day.

Jimin took a deep breath when the university building could be seen standing majestically not far from where he is standing now. He knew that when he set foot in the campus, he had to prepare himself to face the number of students who would bother his personal matters.

Throughout his move, Jimin was not at all interested for changing his gaze from the tiled floor to look up forward because he knew that the other students were already focused on him. The omega lowered his head even more when he heard some faint conversations from the students as they also mentioned his name several times without feeling afraid that the smaller might hear them as well.

"Hey, stop for a moment!"
A voice came followed by some rush footsteps coming towards his direction.

Jimin flinched on his spot, not knowing what to do whether he should have turned around to meet the owner of the voice who had just called for him or not. Yet the omega is scared maybe the call is not addressed to him but someone else and this will cause people to think that he is a weirdo. The sound of footsteps was getting closer to Jimin followed by several girls who were around the same age as him and some of them could be identified as his batch mate stopped right before Jimin, preventing the scared omega to walk away.

"Did you and Lee Taemin were couple?? Who confessed first?"
The same voice from earlier came from the girl standing right in front of him with the others were a bit behind, holding their respective phones up as if they were trying to record a video and maybe they actually were recording the whole incident right now by judging at how focused they are looking at their phone screen to make sure the video isn't blurry.

"What are you talking about?" Jimin asked with his voice just below whisper "I have a class to attend now, please excuse me"

He tried to walk passed them but the same girl ditched and stop in front of him like a moment ago. Seems like she won't move until she got the answer from Jimin himself. The stare he received from others had makes him uncomfortable and it's began to make his anxiety kicking.

"Come on, give us the answer! All of the other students want to know the same thing too! Spill it out already!"
The same girl demanded while reaching out to hold one of Jimin's slender arm.

"I-i need to g-go! I have a class!"
Jimin accidentally raised his voice and repeated the same excuse.

He was getting more anxious as he tried to yank his arm away but the girl tightened the hold with harsh pressure that will probably leave some finger prints on his pale skin. The poor omega hissed in pain but non of them care about it as they focused more on their recordings.

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