That Night It Rained | Yuta

19 | The Green-eyed Monster

The noise of the world, the gasps from the people watching, drowned out when Yuta's lips touched Jina's. A hand on her waist and the other holding her neck, he held her so tight as if he never wanted to let go. Jina held onto the collar of his suit and brushed her hand on his neck, pulling him closer. She could feel the warmth of his hand on her and she melted under his touch just as she melted into the kiss letting him consume her whole.

'Jina,' he breathed out when they separated their lips but not wanting to let go of each other.

'Yuta,' she whispered back.

They smiled looking at each other and for a second both of them had completely forgotten that the kiss was just a show for Jina's ex.

Yuta held Jina's hand, 'I think it's time to leave.' Jina nodded and Yuta took Jina's hand in his to walk out of the hall. They passed by Jina's ex whose mouth was agape.

'Is that Yuta Nakamoto?' they heard as they ran through the hall outside.

Yuta and Jina hopped into Yuta's car and they drove into the night. It had started raining while they were going back to the house. They were comfortable in the silence with the sound of only raining tapping on the car and on the empty streets of the night.

'Want to get some coffee before getting home?', Yuta asked and Jina nodded.

He stopped the car outside a convenience store, which was the only thing opened at this hour and got down. He burst into a run both while going in and while coming back with the two coffees.

Jina was laughing looking at him running like a maniac and asked when he got back into the car, 'Why were you running like that?'

'I really don't like getting wet in the rain,' Yuta replied, handing over the coffee to Jina and wiping off the water from his hair and suit. Yuta ran a hand through his wet hair, setting them off his face with the exception of a few strands.

'I thought you liked the rain,' she said. 'You fought with me the first day in the house for the room to look at the rain.'

'Ah, that.' Yuta was sort of embarrassed. 'I like looking at it but I hate getting wet in it,' Yuta replied.

~*~

Mark was sitting in the living room working on something when Yuta and Jina returned. Before Jina could explain why she was coming back so late with Yuta, Mark asked as though he already knew, 'How was your night?'

'Perfect,' Yuta replied and winked at Mark. Mark smiled back at Yuta and Jina and returned to his work.

'So, Mark...', Jina whispered to Yuta while they were going back to their rooms in the hallway, trying to find out why Mark already knew about Yuta showing up at her reunion.

'I told him,' Yuta replied and wished her a goodnight before entering his room and Jina did the same.

~*~

Yuta woke up earlier than usual, rather he could not sleep at all. He was thinking of the time he spent with Jina last night and of Jina. 'Han Jina', he whispered her name into the silence of the morning and got out of bed. He saw the members and Jina sitting in front of the TV when he reached the living room, watching a show.

The show that Doyoung, Jungwoo and Jina had started watching together, had pulled the interest of other members as well as the three of them would not stop talking about it and after catching up with the previous episodes, every one of them started watching it together.

The smile dropped from Yuta's face when the ending credits were rolling and he saw them all burst out into a discussion at once. He saw Jina talking so passionately about the show and the characters and different theories and laughing together with the members. They were all comfortable around her and she around them. Haechan and Jina were pulling each other's hair when they were fighting over a controversial theory. Jaehyun was just casually hugging her from the back while talking and Mark. Taeyong made her sit between them and didn't let her speak when he was trying to say his point over her.

It bothered Yuta seeing her like this with everyone. He was feeling left out, yes but above that he was under the impressions, especially after last night, that it was only him that she can be this close to. His mood changed completely and when Winwin called Yuta to join everyone but he went inside his room waving a dismissing hand in their direction.

He came back after a while to see them all eating breakfast which Johnny and Doyoung had made. He sat down across Jina. Jina smiled at him but he didn't want to look at her.

'He still might be sleepy,' she thought as an explanation for his cold attitude now and earlier in the morning.

'So, do you think they'll kill him off next week?', Jungwoo asked everyone at the table, talking about the show.

'I really don't want him to die,' Jina joined in, in an instant.

'Same, but it's not looking good for him,' Jungwoo said to her.

'It'll be cool seeing him die though,' Taeyong said and Jina hit Taeyong playfully on the arm for saying this. Taeyong reciprocated with fake twisting her arm.

Yuta had been seeing all this and seeing Jina play like this with Taeyong was starting to annoy him even more, 'Can you stop talking about the stupid show for one second,' he shouted at Jina.

Everyone stopped eating. Taeyong let go of Jina's arm and Jina looked at Yuta, questioning.

'Hyung...' Winwin placed his hand on Yuta's shoulder.

'Since morning, I have been hearing this. And you,' he pointed at Jina, 'you need to get something else to talk about,' he said and got up from the table and left.

It had been a long time since the members saw Yuta and Jina fight. They assumed that even if they were not friends, they had somehow learned to live in the same house and not fight. Mark looked at Taeyong and Jina and seeing how close they were sitting, sighed as though in realization of why Yuta is behaving like this.

'Jina, just let it go, I'll talk to him,' Taeyong said, getting up from the table.

'No,' Jina replied and got up instead, 'I'll talk to him,' and she left the living room.

'What is wrong with you?', she said barging into Yuta's room.

'Get out,' he replied curtly, not even looking in her direction.

'What has happened all of a sudden? You were fine till last night.'

'Yeah, that was last night and this is today. I don't want to talk right now so please get out,' Yuta said still not looking up from his phone.

'No, I am not leaving till you tell me what is wrong,' Jina said and sat herself on the chair next to his bed.

'Do I have to tell you everything? Why can't you mind your own business?', Yuta yelled at her in annoyance.

'Since you shouted at me in particular at the table, you have to tell me.' Jina paused and replayed the events of last night in her head and stopped at one moment from the night.

Hesitantly, she asked, 'Is it... about the kiss?'

Yuta stopped what he was doing and got up from his bed, 'I don't want to talk about anything from last night,' he said and was ushering Jina out of his room physically, 'Don't come into my room again,' he added and shut the door in her face.

Jina was confused. 'Maybe he didn't like that we kissed,' she thought. 'Or something else that happened.' She wanted answers but decided to let it be for now and joined the guys back for breakfast.