SMITTEN || J.JK

8| Bombshell

My eyes squint over his figure to notice the black t-shirt he's wearing, a chain donned around his neck and the black ripped pants clinging to his legs. It's a casual outfit but his confidence makes him appear alluring in the crowd, one of the reasons I don't drift my eyes until Junghee taps my arm."Hey.",I return her tight clasp around my shoulders, her pompous chuckle making me burst into a smile. She's really the energetic ball that everyone needs in their life."Oh my god, look at you. You're......",she scrutinises me once again to choose pleasing words,"A bombshell.",She makes me nibble on my lips in hesitation, the smile never leaving my lips at her appreciation.

"Bless that dress and whoever picked it.",Jungkook takes his credit unabashedly as his eyes wander at every inch of my body, assessing me carefully, his arms crossed over his chest and his body leaning on the ceramic wall.For some reason, whenever his attention is constricted on me, my body reacts in some strange away which is exactly what's happening now.Hot tendrils shoot sparks down my spine and my knees feel weak. Perhaps it's the way his gaze scurries gradually towards my pupils or the way he faintly smiles that makes my heart pound but I have no control over it.

"Of course it's your choice but I've never seen you going for this type of dress. You should wear more of these.",she nudges me enthusiastically, boasting my confidence as usual and I acknowledge this purchase as one of the best decisions I have made in my life.
"Maybe now I will.",I shoot her a wink that makes her laugh cheerfully before we scurry past her brother to immerse in the crowd to enjoy the party.

I remember to hold my phone close incase I receive any message. This has been sickening to avert my mind off him because of how close our friendship was but I'm beginning to feel like I've lost it."Are you checking for his message again?",She flicks her eyes behind at me, annoyance imprinted all over her face."No.",I feign confidence but she raises her eyebrows as if my mind is transparent to her. Maybe it is, but I would like the opposite to happen.

"Quit it already. You know he's an asshole for saying all that shit he did.",She broaches the conversation that I happened to listen to outside the boys' restroom and my mind reverts back to all the words he addressed to me."Slow down, jungkook still doesn't know that I know about it yet.",I silence her and she throws an apologetic glance around to steer clear of her brother. It's embarrassing enough that he has to fight with the boy who he thought was my crush because of all the pathetic things he addressed to me. It's as if the ground was swept away from under my life when the betrayal in his words became evident. I really thought of him as a good friend all this time but I was right about half of the boys being obsessed with watching girls as sex toys.

"And when are you going to talk about it? You know it'll come up somehow.",She sips on her beverage, as we are not allowed alcohol except jungkook who is merely a year older than me."I don't know. What am I gonna say?Thank you for defending me when I was degraded by a guy who you thought of as a potential boyfriend for me?I just.....I don't know how to address this.",I give up already when it's not even important to talk about this matter. It's scary, how vulnerable he manages to make me feel and brings out the raw emotions in my heart for my heart and mind to feel bare.She answers me with silence so I choose to look at the crowd out of boredom, my mind filled with a number of things which appear helpless in this state.

"You know what? Let's fuck this and go to my room to watch some movie. I don't even know half of the people we have here.",She jolts up unprecedently and states her plan which seems perfect to me. I'd rather get hauled by her than seek unwanted stares for remaining in a corner."Start whatever you like and I'll be there with snacks.",She quips, her eyes gleaming with excitement."Let's do that.",I agree without any resistance and motion to evade the guests to take the stairs and reach her room.

The door opens with a click so I step inside, the little plushies on her cupboard coming into my sight as the lights are already turned on but the aura feels strange in her room. A different scent flares in my nostrils so I peek in her walk-in closet to trace any signs of another person in her room when footsteps tap in my direction. "Oh my god!",I gasp at his naked torso, my eyes widening at the sight in front of me.My hands come at my mouth to suppress my squeal, my eyes attempting to avert him in all possible ways.