Not So Shy! | | JJK [ON HOLD]

04

«Kristen»

No, I was not angry, just upset. Coming along for grocery shopping is the least I asked from Jungkook and he still refused. I don't know what goes on in his mind. I slammed the door getting out of my car. Of course, I was frustrated and at this moment I hated everything. 

However, I still needed to buy the grocery. I walked inside dragging the trolley with me. For half an hour, I went around grabbing almost everything. In the next half an hour I sorted out the things that I actually needed. The trolley that was overflowing a few minutes ago was now half empty. 

I hardly knew what half of those packets had in them. Grocery is the last thing I did in my life. Now I stood in the snacks area. According to me, I had bought everything I needed to make a delicious dinner even though I had no idea what I had grabbed. 

I looked at the drinks. There was a variety of them. "I never thought I will see you here." I flinch as the strawberry juice can slips from my hands and falls to the ground. 

That voice.

It has been over four years since I last heard it so I am left shocked with my back pressed against the chips aisle. 

Caleb Kaster bends picking up the can and keeping it back in its place. I look around restlessly. The area of the Walmart where we stand is isolated. I regret coming here. I should have just got the billing done. 

He steps closer to me giving me his dimple smile. Sweet, subtle, and almost manipulative. Almost.

"Hey." I say not knowing what to do. "How are you?" Caleb asks eyeing me from head to toe, his eyes stop particularly at my hands. I realize he is looking at my wedding ring. "Good, you?" The awkwardness is sucking me up. 

He gives me a somber look like he is hurt. 

"I haven't been good at all since you left." Damn it! Not this again, please. I am not interested in this conversation. I want to tell Caleb to fuck off but I also am afraid that I will hit a sensitive nerve. In the back of my mind all those awful days are replaying.

"I need to go by the way. See you later." Never, I hope. I step aside wanting to walk past him but he corners me. My heart rate instantly goes up. My senses going on alert. 

"You are running away. Again." I hate his tone. Caleb is starting to get angry. He is getting impatient. 

I dated him back in college thinking he was this sweet, sad boy completely unaware of his reality. Caleb was obsessed with me and I just liked him fairly. I thought our relationship was casual but Caleb had been thinking the opposite all along. I had made clear to him the limits of our relationship but he had willingly ignored all of it. I never loved him. It was a big word. However, Caleb was freaking crazy after me. His obsession started creeping me out. 

And that's when his true colors showed. Four years ago I had broken off all our connections and I thought this world was big enough to not let the two of us cross each other's paths ever again. 

But this world is small. 

I chuckle wryly rubbing my sweaty palms on the side of my jeans. "It's not like that. I really need to go. My husband is waiting for me." I say, intentionally looking over his shoulder. "C'mon, we are reuniting after so long. Give me your number before you go so we can meet again." No way in hell. He had taken another step closer to me. I hated his closeness. My feet were itching to run away. 

"I forgot my phone in the car." I give him an excuse. He laughs wiping the sweat off my forehead. I fist my hands hating the fact that he dared to touch me. I clench my teeth. 

"You look like you have seen a ghost." I love ghosts. It looks like I have seen a Caleb Kaster.

I open my mouth to speak but a voice interrupts. 

"Kris!" I look over Caleb's shoulders and is that what I see? My knight in shining armor?

I can't believe he is here. But he is.

I rush over to Jungkook clinging onto his arm. "Oh darling, why did you come inside? I was just coming. Did I make you wait for long?" Jungkook smiles sweetly at me shaking his head. "I was just worried because you were taking so long." I grinned looking back at Caleb.

"Meet him Jungkook, My college friend, Caleb Kaster. And Caleb-" I looked back at Jungkook. I was silently thanking him. "-this is my dear husband, Jeon Jungkook." I stayed by Jungkook's side as he reached out for a handshake. Caleb gave me a look before bitterly smiling at Jungkook and taking his hand in a bone-crushing handshake. I stiffened a gasp. Jungkook stood coolly tilting his head and looking at Caleb with a mocking look on his face. 

"Nice meeting you Caleb. I wish we could spend some time together but we are in a hurry." Jungkook grabbed the trolley and kept a hand on my waist securely. I jumped slightly from his touch. 

"Meet you someday soon." Jungkook fixed him with a murderous look but covered it quickly with his cute bunny smile. 

Oh! My! God!

"Bye Caleb." I told him waving a hand as Jungkook walked by my side. His hand was not on my waist anymore but his touch lingered over my skin. He got all our stuff packed and stuffed in the trunk of my car. He asked me for the keys and we drove back home together. I have been waiting for him to ask something. Say anything. Even a hello would do but he remained silent. So, like always I took the initiative. 

"Thank you for playing along back at the mart." I say. Honestly, I was caught off guard by Caleb's sudden appearance and had lost all my brain cells. If it was any other time, I was capable of handling him alone.

"Who was he?" Jungkook asks with his eyes fixed on the road. "My ex-boyfriend." He heaves out a sigh finally glancing at me. 

"Thank God. I thought he was some blood-thirsty enemy of yours. You know your face had gone pale." I rub a hand down my face. "He is worse than that." I mutter. 

"What?" I shake my head dismissing the topic. I don't even want to remember the last few minutes. "I thought you said you were not coming." I remind him. He shrugs his shoulders trying to play it off cool. "I remembered later that there is something I wanted to buy." 

I raise a brow crossing my arms over my chest and tilting my body towards him. 

"Really? I didn't see you putting anything else in the trolley though." Jungkook licked his lips sighing defeatedly. 

A wide grin plastered on my face. "You came for me, didn't you?" I ask keeping my palm on his thigh. I am bad at keeping my excitement hidden. I just have to express all my emotions. 

"Tell me. Am I right?" I shake his thigh. He finally chuckles looking up at me. 

"Will it make you feel better if I say that?" I nodded my head. "So much better." He looked into my eyes for the first time, I guess. And for the first time in my whole life, I was swarmed with butterflies. Could eye contact be that strong? 

"I did. I came for you. Because you asked me to and because I wanted to."