Fate || Jinkook

6.

"hey, sorry. But I can't be a part of ur team. Taehyung asked and I couldn't say no."

Jungkook is looking at his phone screen, reading Jin's message, probably for the hundredth time.
It's not like that he asked Jin to go on a date with him. Yet why does it feel like he just got turned down? Here he was hoping to be Jin's boyfriend but Jin don't even want to be in the same project group.

I guess, Hoseok was right. He thought.

For the next few days, Jungkook tried his best to avoid Jin in the campus. It was a big campus so it was not impossible.

Jin was worried, somehow he realised that he hurt Jungkook. He wanted to apologise but couldn't gather enough courage.

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Jin's POV

Isn't that Jungkook walking in front of me?
"Hey Jungkook"
I finally gathered my courage. Today I will apologise for my unprofessional behaviour.
He turned around and looked at me, I could see the hurt in his eyes. Oh God! he hates me.

"Hey" he replied, not the cheerful reply I used to get before.

"Where are you going?" I asked, desperately trying to start a conversation.

"Just some work." He definitely looks disinterested.

"I am really sorry Jungkook. I didn't think about you. Taehyung came to me and you know how I get flustered when he is around? It all just happened in the heat of the moment and I really forgot that I already agreed to be in your team. I am really sorry. Please don't be mad. Please?" *Phew*

"Hmm."

"Come on, please? Please say something?"

May be he was pondering about what to say because there was a long pause.

"I am not mad. I..ummm...I just thought we were .. you know.. we were..friends."

"Ofcourse we are friends. Why would I be hanging out with then?" I was shocked. Why did he think that we are not friends?

"But you agreed to me first but when Taehyung asked, you just ran away to him. You told me yourself that Taehyung doesn't like you. He never cared about you. Even after knowing that why do you always have to run to him?"

Jungkook's words took me by surprise. In a strange way, it felt like a confession. He is angry because I chose Taehyung over him. He is jealous, hurt. Does that mean Jungkook likes me?
I am quiet, I don't even know how to reply. Seeing him like that is crushing my heart too. Weird, why do I feel so sad?

I had to say something or do something otherwise this friendship may turn bitter.

"I am sorry. I didn't know you felt that way. Can I make it up to you with a dinner tomorrow?" I thought dinner was a good option.

Jungkook must have felt the sincerity in my request because even though he was hurt, he agreed to my request, to my great relief.

I was very distracted by it all that I didn't even notice the pole ahead of me, I would have bumped in it if Jungkook had not pulled me in. My life is no K-drama but at these point Jungkook and I, we almost renacted those typical romantic scenes of movies and dramas, he was holding me in his arms looking at my eyes. But he pulled away from me, pretty quickly as if some kind of realisation hit him. Okay fine, it was not that romantic because it didn't even last for 5 seconds.
But why do I feel bad about this? Did I want it to be romantic?

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Jungkook's POV

I am going out for dinner with Jin tonight. I am nervous. Yesterday he seemed really sad while apologising to me. I was supposed to be angry but I couldn't help but feel bad for him looking like that. So I didn't hesitate for a second to accept his dinner date, well if you may call it a date. I have tried my best to look good. I don't know if he will like my attire or not.