BTS: Behind The Scenes

14

"Saffron, I'm going to kiss you now.", Jungkook tells me, biting his lip, and I gasp as his lips come crashing onto mine.

Jungkook kisses me like I'm his oxygen after being underwater for all his life. He holds me in such a tight grip to the point where I don't know if I'm breathless from the kiss, or just from his hold on me... or both. His tongue asks for permission to enter after a few seconds, and I part my lips, craving more. Our tongues intertwine like they were made to mold together, and fireworks go off in my head.

When he pulls away to breathe, I'm struggling to catch my breath.

"Jungkook...", I whisper, and he looks at me, an unreadable look in his eyes. I don't know what he sees in my expression, but he abruptly pulls away.

The whiplash from the sudden distance makes me wrap my arms around myself as I watch Jungkook slowly step further away from me. He keeps backing up, that unreadable expression still evident on his face, and eventually walks out of the room, despite my calls.

'What the hell just happened?'

I try to pull myself together, but I feel an overwhelming amount of abandonment, and that's when I realize.
I have no idea how to get back.

"Ha....", I sigh, and pull out my phone.

'Jimin....? Or Hoseok....?'
I ponder to myself.

"Jimin? Hey, it's me. Can you please come to the practice room..?", I ask.
"Saffron? Uh, okay. I'm on my way.", he hangs up.

I'm sitting on the floor just tracing the moles on my arm when the door opens. Although I know it's going to be Jimin, my heart still skips a beat, hoping. But that small glimmer of hope fades when I hear his voice.

"Saffron...? Are you okay..?", Jimin tentatively asks, coming next to me and sitting down, and I smile at him.

"I- I'm okay! Just didn't know how to get back to where the other rooms are..", I stutter, and mentally curse myself for doing so.

There was no way Jimin wasn't going to question me now.

"Saffron? Are you lying?", Jimin asks me, a serious expression on his normally very happy face.

I shake my head, trying to smile naturally.

Jimin stares at me for what seems like an eternity, scrutinizing every inch of my face, then smiles.

"Well come on then! I'll take you to the kitchen since Jin hyung is almost done with brunch.", he says, and pulls me up from my seat on the ground.

As I get on my feet, he puts an arm around me and leads me out of the room.

'I wonder if he knows how grateful I am for him... Just his presence itself is so soothing.', I think to myself, and like he read my mind, he squeezes my arm.

When we get to the kitchen, Taehyung, Hoseok, and Jin all rush over, yelling various things.

"Saffron!!!!!!!! Where have you been?!?!?"

"SAFFRONNNN~~!!"

"Wait Saff, weren't you with Jungkook?? Why are you with Jimin?"

I just smile and hug a bubbly Hoseok, in hopes of his happiness somehow rubbing off on me.

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For the rest of the day, there is no sight of Jungkook, and my heart aches every time I remember what happened.

I manage to get the boys to let me go home right after we have dinner, because Jin refused to let me go without eating.

Namjoon insists on coming along with Manager Jay to drive me home, even though Manager Jay refuses at first. They always have to be extra, extra careful. But no one can say no to Namjoon for long.