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59. You can't hold your tongue

7 PM | Yejin

The chauffeur ran around the car to open the door for us.

Jungkook held my hand and I tried to sit as gracefully as I could on the beige leather seat.

It was a wide black SUV. So wide, Taehyung and Micha were already seated on the opposite side of the car, facing us.

"Wow! You both look great!" I complimented with a forced smile.

Micha answered with a small smile, looking as forced as mine.

Taehyung didn't even respond, looking down at his phone.

Great.

Act cool. It's fine, I kept telling myself. There will be a dozen of other couples at the dinner. You won't have to talk to her.

"You're really pretty too," Micha said in a shy tone. "The dress fits you perfectly."

"Ah! Yes, thank you for that again."

Formalities. That seemed like the most we could do right now.

Jungkook sat next to me after exchanging a few dad jokes with the chauffeur.

I looked for his hand right away, wanting to feel the comfort of his presence next to me.

"Looking dope," Jungkook chuckled, waving his tattooed hand in their direction as the other one was already bringing my hand on his lap, interlacing my fingers with his.

Taehyung finally looked up from his phone, snorting at his friend's remark.

"Not so bad yourself, maknae..." he smiled, looking up and down Jungkook's strong figure. "Balmain?"

"As you taught me," Jungkook nodded with another chuckle, pulling on his tie's knot.

After this exchange of courtesies, a deafening silence settled as we were driving to Namjoon's birthday party. The wide SUV suddenly felt very small to me.

I knew Jungkook was completely comfortable with silence, even more in a group of people he was familiar with.

But I wasn't. Not tonight.

I mustered my courage up, trying to break the ice.

We are all adults after all, right?

"It's gonna be your first time meeting Nari?" I asked Micha, referencing Namjoon's wife.

Micha pinched her lips together, slowly nodding, without a word.

I sniffed, getting slightly pissed at the realization she wasn't going to make an effort to get a casual conversation going.

"You'll see, she's awesome."

"She's super cool," Jungkook approved with a nod, playing with the rings around my fingers.

"She was just as determinant as Namjoon in the success of BTS," Taehyung added, passing his arm around Micha's shoulders, his eyes going back to his phone.