Alone | Jake Sim x OC

The Invitation

The sunlight filtered through the blinds, the rays gently guiding Isabella's eyes open. She frowned, slightly annoyed that something had woken her up before she wanted to. Deciding the sunlight was not going to be her friend today, she turned over and buried herself back into the warm, breathing cocoon she woke up in.

Warm.

Breathing.

She started, her eyes darting up to meet gorgeous brown ones. He smiled softly down at her, lips quirking up in the tiniest smirk. Her heart jolted.

"I was wondering when you were going to wake up." He reached his right hand up and twirled a strand of her hair around his fingers. She blinked. Jake's voice was a good octave below his normal tone after he woke up, and her insides couldn't seem to match the drowsy, after-sleep state she was currently in.

"Ohmygosh, I'm so sorry-" His eyes widened as he realised the situation and the two furiously apologised to each other over and over to the point where it was almost comical. 'Sorry' had been repeated so many time it had lost it's meaning. 

"I was going to wake you but you looked to peaceful asleep." Jake frantically clasped her hand in his, trying to reassure her that he wasn't going to keep staring at her forever. They both paused, ignoring the fact that despite their numerous apologies neither one had moved from the other's embrace. Isabella spoke up again after a pause. 

"I'm not going to apologise again for not moving because I'm not sorry, and you're warm." Bella let her head flop onto his shoulder, and felt him tuck her under his chin.

"Good, because I don't plan to move either. This is nice." They sat in silence for a few precious moments before a throat cleared awkwardly across the room.

"Um, you know we're all awake right?" Isabella didn't bat an eyelid, responding amusingly in sync with Jake.

"Cool, go make me breakfast." They could hear Jay grumbling something about soulmates and Sunghoon reluctantly scrambled up to plod to the kitchen.

Ten minutes later, the food was done and the table was once again a feeding frenzy that Isabella wasn't game enough to put her hand into. A not-so-strange sense of Deja vu overtook her, as food dropped on her plate.

"Eat." Jungwon smiled at her, before turning back to the table for seconds. How they ate that fast, she would never know.

A buzz sounded from across the table, and the people who weren't busy stuffing their faces turned to Heesung. That is, Isabella. Just Isabella. She tilted her head curiously in his direction and watched his eyebrows furrow as he read the message, fingers a blur as he typed something back. A second later, he looked up and cleared his throat.

"TXT wants to kidnap Bel-Izzy for the day." He caught himself after receiving a death glare from Jake. Niki frowned.

"But can't we not go out because of the saesang thingo? We couldn't go to the cafe and have a bestie day out but TXT can take her to the Bighit building?" He pouted, mumbling 'favouritism much' under his breath. Heesung nodded, confirming. He held out his phone for the table to see.

Special Sunbaenim 💙

Heesungie:

*Photo of Bella and Jake asleep together*
They had another moment :)

Special Sunbaenim💙:

Awwww they look so adorable
He will be pleased to see this (:<

Heesungie:

Ikr, couple goals✨

Special Sunbaenim💙

Hey can we steal Isabella for the day? Beomgyu misses
his karaoke partner

Heesungie:

I'll ask, I think if the head people are okay with it
then sure 

Special Sunbaenim💙:

Hitman Bang said yes, you guys good with that?

Around the table were defeated sighs of agreement. Niki didn't seem to approve, but Isabella smiled at the karaoke partner part; she missed screaming her lungs out too. Heesung nodded and typed back a quick 'yes'. Jake was strangely quiet.

"What do you mean another moment-? Who's 'he'?" The Aussie frowned slightly at the older boy, who just waved a hand dismissively in return.

"Oh nothing, anyways Izzy? You might want to go pack whatever you want for the day, they should be here in about five minutes." She nodded, quickly finishing breakfast and running upstairs to her room. Thankfully, when her luggage had arrived so had her backpack, so she just grabbed a jacket, water and whatever else she needed to bring before running back down the stairs, phone in hand.

"I'm ready to goooooo." Isabella grinned at the boys, and right on time a knock sounded from the door. Heesung got up, walking to the door and greeting Yeonjun.

"Hey it's been a few days." Yeonjun smiled at them, and Huening Kai peeked out from behind his shoulder. Sounds of an argument could be heard in the distance, and Taehyun seemed to be trying to stop it.

"Sorry about them, Beomgyu said something um, interesting to Soobin and now he fears for his life." Kai smiled, spotting Isabella behind Heesung. "Isabellaaaa! Come join us on the dark sideee!" Dashing lightly to their side of the doorframe, she ignored the grumbling from Niki and blew Enhypen a kiss. 

"bYe Lo$eRs." She smiled before turning and letting Kai grab her hand and lead her to the van they'd arrived in. Yeonjun seemed to be shielding her from the street though, which was probably to prevent the media and saesangs realising that TXT was spending the day with Jin's little sister. She knew they didn't need a scandal.

Isabella arrived at the van, faced with Beomgyu on the ground, Soobin ready to punch him and Taehyun looking mildly exasperated in the background. She grinned at them before stepping  over them into the van. 

Once they were all finally in, (Bella in between Beomgyu and Soobin who were death glaring each other, Taehyun and Yeonjun somewhere in front of them) Soobin shut off the soft music that was playing as their driver pulled out of the parking space. Before it quietened, Bella could hear something that sounded like her brother's voice. One of his songs, BTS. She could sense a serious aura coming from the leader of TXT and everybody's volume dropped like the music.

"It's pretty obvious that your brother wants to hook you up with a dongsaeng. Probably Jake, correct?" Bella nodded, resigning herself to the fact that this conversation would happen sooner or later.

"We want you to know that if you're ever uncomfortable with this just let us know and we'll stop. Please consider us as your brothers as well." The leader grinned before quickly adding "And the rest of Enhypen will soon be your brother-in-laws." She smiled softly at them.

"Thank you. Honesty..." She trailed off. There was no way she was admitting to the swarm of tiny butterflies that invaded her insides every time she saw Jake, or how his scent always made her feel more at home wherever they were than Sydney ever did. She could never admit to them that no matter how much she wanted to like him, there was always this nagging hook on her consciousness that wouldn't let her get attached again. She never had good experiences with that. "...Never mind. Thank you again." Her smile seemed to brighten up the car once again, in time to complete the short drive between studios. Beomgyu's eyes lit up.

"You know what time it is?" Bella's expression mirrored his overexcited-puppy face.

Soobin sighed in resignation, and wished his eardrums a peaceful death.