A Still Day or A Hurricane | Jungkook

Part 25

"So you said no?" Yoongi's blank face doesn't give much away, and while you always liked that about him, it's times like this when you wish he was more expressive than you're used to.

"Yeah, duh. It felt weird to go to lunch with him when he just broke up with his girlfriend and—" you stop at the sight of your friend's cocked eyebrow at you, as if he knows something you don't.

And knowing Yoongi, he probably does.

"What?"

"What!" You whisper-yell, trying not to wake the sleeping 2-year old on your lap.

Heejin moves only a little bit, her slightly parted mouth telling you she's still very much asleep. She's usually a morning person like you but she spent the whole of yesterday afternoon swimming in the inflatable pool with Subin in Namjoon's backyard and used up all her energy for the next two days.

You're currently at Blue Side on an early Monday morning, your meetup place with Jimin, Jin, and Ga-eun, another associate, before you head to the court for a trial. As usual, all of them are late.

"Nothing, go on," Yoongi blinks at you, although you don't miss the hint of amusement on his face.

He's here to wave you off as your hype man during high profile cases like the one you're all handling, and his presence is always appreciated. Even if sometimes he frustrates you because it's Yoongi and he can.

"I was just saying it didn't seem like it was in good taste if I said yes or like, what if I'm just his rebound or something?" You wonder out loud, earning you an actual expression from Yoongi - a look of disbelief.

"Should I have said yes?" You ask.

"That's not me to say, but you? His rebound? You forget this is the same guy who left Seoul because you broke his heart."

"That is not true," you argue. "He left because of work."

"Yup, you're totally the one that he and Hobi were out drinking with the night before they left," Yoongi rolls his eyes.

"Then what, Yae-won was his rebound? That's not nice. And then they break up, then he comes back here to get over her?" You bite back.

"You underestimate his feelings for you, ___," Yoongi frowns. "And him. You know, I don't like a lot of people. And he did seem a little too eager and childishly in love with you at the beginning but, you learn a lot about a person when they're hurt. And he did nothing that I expected him to."

Yoongi recalls all those weeks when you ghosted the young man, and how Yoongi came to the cafe everyday to get your breakfast. Jungkook always seemed dazed and lost in his thoughts until a customer came, and then he'd try his best to be his best, even in front of your friends.

Jungkook never badgered Yoongi or your best friends when they'd drop by, only briefly asking if you're doing okay. He always seemed apologetic for making you feel uncomfortable, and that he couldn't be around to help you get through your last trimester. And when your friends called to ask him to go to you at the hospital, he went, no questions asked, and didn't expect anything from you after he left.

Yoongi has known you for years, including the men who tried to be with you and the only man who was in that period, and none of them is even remotely close to how Jungkook is. At least with you. And as your friend, Yoongi will always go for the man who'd treat you like you deserve the world because you do. He just wants you to be able to see that, too.

It's at this time when the bell rings and in comes the man who's been swirling in your mind the past two days, the way he looked so casual and gorgeous at the supermarket making your heart beat faster whenever you think about it. Clad in loose pants and an oversized sweatshirt, he looks around the cafe and his eyes meet yours, flitting from Heejin to you, and the smile that's half cheeky and half soft graces his face.