My Guide // ON HOLD

Chapter 7

Somin's POV

It was about 5pm when the shooting ended. Everyone said their goodbyes as Hyunbin and Yejin said their thank-you's to us. I blushed profusely when Hyunbin shooked my hand. What can I say? The man is attractive and polite. Yejin is also so charming and her smile is stunning.

She had adorable reactions and it was the kind gestures that got me liking her even more, when she handed out towels to Kwangsoo sunbae and Haha sunbae, who were wet from the water punishment.

I smiled, reminiscing the early moments. I had an amazing day and I already felt close to most Running Man members. I changed to my clean clothes, eager to rest at home before going out again for dinner with my parents.

I was slightly surprised that Jongkook sunbae helped me when I was confused about the game. I mean, he was my guide but it was not like he was happy helping me either.

Sechan and Haha sunbae,on the other hand, looked like best friends playing around. I secretly envied Sechan.

I thought of thanking Jongkook sunbae about my anxiety attack earlier but he walked off from the set pretty quickly. I only shrugged and decided to text him later instead.

I quickly put on my lipgloss as my manager was waiting for me in the car. I head out of my waiting room, only to bump into a hard chest.

"Oh gosh, I'm sorry," I took a step back and bowed in apology as I met eyes with the person. My smile faltered slightly when I saw it was Jongkook sunbae.

"Sunbae, I didn't notice it was you. Sorry again," I apologised once again as he gave me a blank stare. He cleared his throat.

"It's fine," He replied. There was a silence for a few seconds until I remembered to thank him.

"I want to thank you for earlier. I was nervous and got into my head," I looked into his eyes before continuing. "What you did was very helpful. I wouldn't know what would happen if it got too far."

I sincerely thanked him as I smiled. He raised an eyebrow before nodding. "It's all good but.." He trailed off and hesitated. "You do know that you have to stay professional infront of the cameras, right?" He asked in a somewhat mocking and straightforward manner. My smile faltered.

Narrator's POV

Heat started to crawl up Somin's neck. She was somehow agitated by his comment. Before she could calm herself, the harsh words came out of her mouth.

"Well, of course I know well. It's not like it's my first time infront of the cameras. You're not the only celebrity there," She spat out.

Jongkook seemed to be flustered and he should've guessed that there was one thing they had in common. Pride.

He scoffed. "Look, I was just saying that we have to stay professional. I get it that it's your first time and all but this is not kindergarten where someone should be comforting you everytime you get a boo-boo," Jongkook emphasised as he, also, allowed his mouth to let loose.

Somin gave him a puzzled face. "You shouldn't have helped me then. No one asked you to help me. How was I going to know that an anxiety attack was coming up? That's like forcing someone to know the exam questions before the exam even starts," She carried on.

He was about to argue until Somin took a deep breath, releasing a blow of air, which paused the heating moment. He closed his mouth and looked elsewhere, calming his nerves down for a second.

"You're my sunbae and I'm going to respect you no matter what," Somin explained,looking back at him.

"I just wanted to thank you for earlier since you were kind but you're clearly too professional, right? So let me just inform you that I won't be needing your help if I ever get a boo-boo again," She sarcastically added.

Jongkook thinned his lips and looked away in defeated. He heard her sigh.

"And here I thought we were getting along. Fun," She whispered to herself but loud enough for Jongkook to hear.

Jongkook looked at her and his heart squeezed slightly, wanting to apologise until her phone rang.

A man's voice was heard. "Somin, are you done?" Somin's manager asked. "Yeah, I'm walking out of the building now, Mr Kim," She answered and hung up.

Her eyes landed on Jongkook as she wet her lips before speaking. "I'll see you then, sunbae," She soullessly said her goodbye and bowed.

"Wait, Somin." She didn't even took her 5th step before he called out.

She stopped walking and sighed to herself before turning around, looking at him.

"I'm sorry, alright?" Jongkook apologised. Somin saw the way his jaw twitched with regret. It was quiet for a second before Somin replied.

"Alright," She stopped before continuing. "Have a good night, sunbae," She added and gave him a seemingly forced smile. He bowed and uttered, "You too."

She turned her heels and headed towards the car, feeling her heartbeat slow down.

Jongkook's POV

Holy crap. Why the hell am I so stupid? I cursed to myself as I stared at Somin's figure getting smaller.

Why didn't I just reply 'You're welcome'? I bit my lower lip in frustration as I closed my eyes shut.

I groaned mentally as I walked towards my car and I caught a glimpse of Haha leaning onto his car with his eyes glued to his phone and his fingers typing away.

"Donghoon-ya!" I called out his name. He looked up and put his phone in his pocket. "Oh, hyung," He replied.

"You're going somewhere after this?" I asked. "Yeah, I'm buying some groceries since Goeun just told me to," Haha answered, mentioning his wife.

I nodded. "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you," He suddenly said. I cocked a questioning eyebrow. "How are you and Somin still so stiff with each other?"

I sighed, hearing the same thing from him like what Jihyo had said. "Both of us are cool with each other. It's just awkward, that's all," I mumbled.

"Yeah, totally. Sechan and I are joking around constantly off set and on set. How in the world are you both not talking on set and off set?" Haha seemed bewildered.

"Now, don't be showing off your friendship. Somin and I are probably going to hit it off eventually so don't worry. Not only that, it's only been a week since I've met her," I explained.

"Somin is also a woman so I'm not sure if I should proceed my way with her. I don't want to make her uncomfortable," I continued,slightly unsure to approach the topic.

"You're a guide for a reason," He replied. I shrugged. "I'm just going to let fate decide by itself," I casually responded.

"Also, since when are you so timid around women? You're fine with Jihyo. I don't think the gender matters at all. I talked to Somin a few times today and she is actually witty. She has so much potential," Haha offered the information.

"What? She talked to you?" My heart slightly burned. I feel like I'm the only person she doesn't want to talk to.

Haha shrugged. "She talked to everyone, hyung. She's a fun and a nice person. So, you have to be nice too if you want her to talk to you."

"Right. Whatever, I'll just wait till next week," I scratched my head as I sighed. "Alright, I'll get going now. See you when I see you, Donghoon."

He nodded and gave me a thumbs up with a funny face, being annoying as usual. I punched him on his arm playfully before walking off.

What a day.

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Author's Note:

Uploaded 2 chapters today since I want to slightly quicken the pace of the story :)