Knowing Ms. Know-it-all (TXT Taehyun X Female OC X Enhypen Jay)

Ch. 16: If I Could Tell Her

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SALTNPAPER - You Make Me (Two Cops OST)

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Well, the day eventually went by, and as it was getting darker, in the Lee household's guest room, Jay was feeling rather... irritable.

Pacing back and forth, it was clear that he was troubled by something. Whatever it is, however, it seems only he knows since he's the only one acting this nervous in the house.

"What is it this time?"

Jay quickly shouts and jumps at the sudden appearance of a foreign voice, and after his brief moment of fear, he turns to the source to see Heejin, looking at him with her brows furrowed. "O-oh... It's nothing," he quickly replies as he folds his arms and tilts his head. "Why?"

Heejin only raises her brow at his reaction. A second later, she folds her arms and tilts her head as well before a small smirk forms on her lips. "Is that a new habit for me to pick up? You look nervous."

Jay frowns to that for a second, but soon he shakes his head and just turns away from Heejin. "Like I said, it's really nothing..." He kneels down, looking for something under the bed, before he eventually pulls his backpack out from under it, rummaging through it eventually. "Well, I mean, I guess it is something, but... Ugh. You're really starting to know a lot more about me, huh?"

Heejin smiles playfully in return. "I mean, I have to admit, it is fun knowing more about all the trouble you've actually gotten yourself into."

Jay only rolls his eyes to that, before he soon produces a small object from his bag. "Catch!" he suddenly shouts as he tosses it to Heejin.

She almost misses it due to the abruptness, but thanks to her sharp instincts, she gets to catch it in time. And upon opening her hand, she sees a black guitar pick reflecting light back at her. "This is..."

"Hey," the boy then tries to catch her attention, speaking with a playful tone and smiling at her as Heejin turns to him, "Mind accompanying me somewhere tonight?"

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"Huh. I guess this explains why you're always sleeping in class."

Heejin almost sneers as she looks around the half-filled night bar, scanning the place after she soon found herself here while accompanying Jay. There are people performing calm music on stage, and upon seeing that, she eventually gets what the guitar pick meant. "So this is where you work to keep yourself sustained?"

Jay shrugs as soon as she turns to him. "Well, I mean, this is where at least half of my money comes from... The other half comes from the occasional modelling."

"Oh, shut up," Heejin tells him with an eye roll, clearly unconvinced that he's telling the truth.

"Hey, I'm serious, though?" Jay tries to defend himself, though still unable to hold back a smile as he looks at the girl. "I mean, what's the point of having this handsome face if I don't use it?"

"Oh, please... That's probably the reason why you were eventually discovered, anyway. I mean, modelling while you're in hiding? Isn't that just plain stupid?" Heejin raises her brows, and to that Jay turns away from her, his hands in his pockets as he looks around the bar.