Whatever It Takes

15 | an invitation to the gang

"Can I ask you a question?" Jungkook asked. "It doesn't have to do with Sunghyun."

"It's never a good sign when people ask permission to ask a question but sure. Who am I to tell the leader of the Trinity not to ask me any questions."

Jungkook rolled his eyes. "Let's not bring that up. I'm genuinely curious. What do you get out of doing this?"

"Ghost hunting or making videos?"

"I know what you get out of making YouTube videos. Hell, even I've noticed your channel is growing. What do you get out of making horror-content videos? I know your dad got you into this but is that it? This seems pretty scary for someone to do alone."

"I'm not always alone. My friend Mark usually comes with me but lately, he's been too busy with work at Retropolis now that he to promoted to manager for the morning shifts, and then there's Yuju."

"What about her?"

"Mark likes her so he'll spend every moment he can with her. Not that I blame him. I wish I had someone I could be infatuated with the way he is with her."

"You've never been infatuated with anyone? Never had a crush? I find that hard to believe."

Roseanne laughed. "Believe it or not, it's true. I was too busy trying to survive. I never had time to think about who the cutest guy in school was."

"So, Mark spends his free time with the girl of his dreams--a girl we've established as a liar."

"Secret holder," Roseanne corrected.

"Lies of omission are still lies."

"I refuse to believe she purposely lied to us. I won't pass judgment until I've heard her side. It's the intention that's important. Was she purposely lying because she was hiding something bad or maybe she just didn't think it was important? I need to hear that first."

"Fine. If you say so. You still haven't answered my question. What do you get out of telling scary stories and creeping around old houses acting like Scooby-Doo?"

"I thought I told you. I do these videos to forget things. With everything that's been going on...I needed to make this video."

"You mean Tzuyu's murder?"

Roseanne frowned. "Should you really be bringing her up in this video?"

"Why not?"

"I wouldn't put it past people to take this video the wrong way. You know I have a ton of people who hate me."

"Your audience is growing. All of those people don't hate you," Jungkook reminded her. "Are you upset about your friend, Yuju? Why don't you just confront her about it tomorrow?"

"And say what? Hey, I know you're Tzuyu's cousin. Why haven't you mentioned anything? What else are you hiding? Did you secretly kill your cousin?"

"Whoa...I didn't see that last question coming."

Roseanne rolled her eyes. "If I'm being honest, everyone in Tzuyu's life is suspected as far as I'm concerned."

Jungkook pointed at himself. "Including me?"

"Yes, including you and Jaehyun and Eunwoo."

"I didn't murder Tzuyu!" Jungkook insisted. "How could you even think that?"

"As I said, I barely know you. Besides, I have too much to worry about than Tzuyu's murder."

"Like what? You got a stalker or something?" Jungkook laughed. When Roseanne didn't join in, he tilted his head to the side. "That was supposed to be a joke. Don't tell me you really have a stalker. Do you really have a stalker?"