𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡 🔞 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝟮

81. To be the strong one

(double update today! make sure you've read the previous chapter before! 🥳️)

"H-Hey," he shyly said.

Jungkook's eyes fluttered on me.

His face looked somehow distressed. As if he had been caught red-handed.

"I just arrived," he said right away. "I was just about to enter," he spoke quickly again.

But the dripping ice cream in his hands was saying otherwise.

The only food I like here is the ice cream, I remembered Yoongi said as I looked down at it.

Jungkook had been waiting for so long, most of the cream had melted over his tattooed hand.

I frowned, pinching my lips together.

"Were you..."

I wanted to ask, even though I knew the answer already.

I sniffed, my hoarse voice betraying me.

"Did you hear everything?" I could not help but ask, my stare going from him to the door.

My eyes fluttered back on him, and I realized he had a new haircut.

A whole side of his hair had been cut short, giving him a really cool side cut.

He was even more handsome than usual.

"Y-Yes..." he answered with a pout, looking down at the melted ice cream in his hand.

I blinked, looking down at the ground between us.

I had been so afraid to reveal my fears to Jungkook.

And now that he got a glimpse of it, I realized...

I realized I wanted him to know about it.

But it was too late now.

"Yejin, I'm sorry for last time-"

"No, I'm sorry," I interrupted him right away. "The way I treated you-"

"No! I shouldn't have spoken to you like that-"

"That night, I-"

"The morning after-"

We both mumbled words over each other before stopping.

Our stares met and we shared an awkward chuckle.

We should have been talking about so many things... We didn't even know where to start.

Our bickering during Thanksgiving dinner. Our fight the morning after we had sex. Our big argument after I had the bike accident. The whole summer we spent together.