before you love me | jjk

chapter twenty-six

━━━༻ ˚✩‧₊ may 2020₊‧✩˚༺━━━

"Narae-yah hurry up!" Yoongi banged on her door in frustration.

"Coming!" She yelled back, not moving from her position in front of her vanity.

Narae carefully clamped her lashes with her curler before swiping lipgloss over her lips and standing up to check her outfit. She was wearing a brown halter neck sheath dress that had a floral print from the bust downwards and an asymmetrical hem. Her makeup was done in neutral tones, brown eyeshadow with a light gold shimmer and a nude lip to match.

A few weeks ago she had gotten long straight Fulani braids with the ends curled, so she had just left the style as is, the black braids reaching the middle of her back. She noticed that the front was getting a little messy and so made a note to herself to take them out soon.

Satisfied with her look, she grabbed her brown Telfar bag from her closet, the gift bag that lay on her bed and slipped on her heels before opening the door to where Yoongi was waiting for her.

"Took you long enough." He scanned her outfit quickly, "At least you look somewhat decent."

Narae pinched his cheek. "Sorry sugarplum, and thanks for waiting."

Today was Jinhyeong's birthday dinner and Yoongi had kindly offered to take her as it was on the way to his own destination. They were supposed to have left ten minutes earlier but Narae had a mini-crisis where her edges weren't co-operating.

A toothbrush, a jar of Gorilla Snot and an expletive filled rant later, she had overcome her crisis, and finally the duo were walking through the dining room where Jin and Hobi sat eating dinner.

"Ooh that looks so good!" Narae exclaimed as she leaned over Jin's shoulder. "Let me try some."

"You're literally on your way out to eat." Jin grumbled but still fed her a large spoonful from his plate.

Narae gratefully took what he was offering, careful not to get her lipgloss on his spoon. "Thanks Jinnie, you're the best!" She said as she blew him a kiss, worldwide handsome style.

"Are you on your way out now?" Hobi asked from his position next to Jin.

"Yeah, I'll see you guys later!" Narae made her way around the table towards the door.

Just then, Jungkook walked in from the kitchen where he had been getting himself a glass of water.

"So you were just going to leave without saying bye?" He tilted his head adorably with a smile on his face as he placed his glass down on the table.

Narae rolled her eyes affectionately, but still walked into his outstretched arms to give him a hug, "You act like I'm not coming back."

"I mean, who knows when we'll see you next? Could be tonight or six days from now." Jungkook was fishing for information. If Narae was to stay over at Jinhyeong's, he wouldn't see her the next morning, and the way their schedules currently were, it was likely that they wouldn't run into each other for the next two or three days after that. If not, he had the chance to either see her that night, or the next morning as they got breakfast.

"Don't be silly. I'll be back before you know it." Narae laughed, leaning back to look up at him as she did so.

That wasn't the answer Jungook was hoping for but he couldn't push it or else his motivations would be too obvious. Before he could respond though, Yoongi called out impatiently to Narae, "Come on, let's go."