Only If We Could || Y.JW FF

thirteen - punishment

Everything was everywhere. The boys' dorm was a complete disaster.

Everyone was sound asleep. It had only been a few days since the boy's - once planned peaceful, turned chaotic - weekend had passed. Kyungmi was placed on close watch by Taeri who sent the boys regular updates throughout the day.

The company found out about Taeri and Kyungmi and were currently punishing the boy while they upped the security at the boys' dorm. The members were split into three rooms. Room one - Heeseung & Jake, room two - Jay & Sunghoon, room three - Sunno, Jungwon, & Niki.

Surprisingly, Sunghoon was the first one awake. He sat himself down on the couch, drifting in and out of sleep. The motivation he mustered up to get out of bed was now completely gone, causing him to shut himself back down. After two minutes of fighting the sleep, Sunghoon lost. His head jerked back, hitting the soft sofa cushion.
The sound of a phone ringing blared in the air. Sunghoon jumped awake from his spot on the couch, startled by the sudden sound.

Jake groaned while moving his hand around, attempting to look for his phone. Finally finding it, he quickly slid the answer button before lazily placing the phone next to his ear. "Hello?" He asked, his voice groggy and raspy.

"Jake~" Kyungmi said in a sing-song voice.

Jake half-heartedly smiled upon hearing Kyungmi's voice. "Goodmorning, Kyungmi-ah."

"Kyungmi-ah?" Kyungmi teased.

Jake pushed himself into a sitting position, yawning. "Yeah. Last time you asked me why I call you Kyungmi-ssi, so I thought that I would try out -ah for a bit. Is that okay?"

Kyungmi laughed lightly, "yep, that's perfectly fine by me."

Jake smiled. There was a small pause before Jake inhaled deeply. "So what's up? Why'd you call me at-" Jake paused to pull his phone away, checking the time, "7:28 in the morning?"

Kyungmi made an 'ah' sound. She swung her legs back and forth in the air. "I have an important question for you," she quickly said. Jake hummed, encouraging for Kyungmi to continue. "What are you guys doing today?"

"I'm not sure what we're doing today. But we are on punishment, remember?" Jake crackled.

"Right," Kyungmi dragged out. "I keep forgetting that."

Jake jumped when his door swung open. Sunghoon stared at him with tired eyes. "Jake, what the hell are you doing on the phone this early in the morning?"

"Kyungmi-ah called me," Jake said, waving his phone in front of Sunghoon so he could read the contact name on the call.

Sunghoon furrowed his brows, eyeing Jake. "Why did Kyungmi-ah call you this early in the morning?"

Jake shrugged, "She wanted to know if we were doing anything today."

Sunghoon nodded his head in understanding. "Does she remember that we are practically on lock down now?"

Jake chuckled when Kyungmi sucked her teeth through the phone. "No, Sunghoon-ssi. Of course, I remember things like this. That is why I called Jake-ssi at 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday," Kyungmi answered sarcastically.

Sunghoon eyed Jake waiting for him to tell him what Kyungmi said. Jake shook his head, waving Sunghoon off. Heeseung groaned as he tossed and turned around in bed. "Why is everyone being so loud?" He grabbed his blanket, tossing it over his head.

Jake and Sunghoon shared a look. Glancing between each other and Heeseung, they chuckled at their hyeong. Kyungmi was still on the phone. It's been a while since Kyungmi was able to see the boys and she was starting to miss them terribly, but at the same time she felt as if this was her punishment for getting involved with the boys.

Taeri noticed the distant look on Kyungmi's face. Taeri was worried about Kyungmi. She hasn't been herself since she came back home from the hospital. Taeri hasn't told the boys about Kyungmi completely isolating herself from the world because she didn't want them to worry when she knew they already had too much on their plates as it was.

"Jake-ssi."

Jake instantly hummed in response to Kyungmi. "Hm?"

"I miss you," Kyungmi whispered. Taeri's eyes widened at the sudden confession. Jake froze.

She missed him?

Just him?

Jake's cheeks flush red, his body tingling with warmth. "I miss you too, Kyungmi-ah."

Sunghoon eyed Jake's reaction.

Knowing that it wasn't just Kyungmi who was struggling with the idea of not seeing each other, it eased Kyungmi's mind, making her smile softly.

"How's everybody?" She asked.

Jake sucked his teeth, "the company is driving us crazy. We've been working nonstop since that day," he openly admitted.

Kyungmi frowned. "Sorry about that."

"What are you sorry for? It wasn't your fault. We willingly went to the hospital for you, this isn't your fault. We knew the consequences," Jake stated.

Kyungmi blinked blankly. "Thank you."

Jake tilted his head. Sunghoon watched the way Jake reacted with Kyungmi. It seemed like all the boys had a weak point for Kyungmi, but Jake and Jungwon were the worst.

Although they might have not noticed it themselves, it seemed that they had both bad Kyungmi as their top priority. It was concerning.
"Jake-ah," Sunghoon called out to him.

Jake didn't seem to hear him as he went to answer Kyungmi," for what?"

"For not blaming me," Kyungmi quickly responded. Jake's face softened.

She thought that they blamed her?

"Yah. Kyungmi-ah. Why would we blame you for that?" Jake pressed. Truly concerned that Kyungmi would even think that they would blame her for something she had no control over. "You were the one trying to force us to leave so that we didn't get in trouble, why would we blame you when it's us who decided to stay?"

Sunghoon sighed before moving so that he was now standing directly in front of Jake. Jake finally peaked up, looking directly at Sunghoon.
"We need to talk," Sunghoon stated.

"Kyungmi-ah. I've got to go. I'll try to call you back later, okay?" Jake asked.

Kyungmi hummed. "Okay, not a problem. I'll talk to you later, Jake-ssi."

Jake quickly said goodbye before hanging up the phone. "What happened, Sunghoon-ah?"

Sunghoon stared blankly at Jake. "What's up with you and Kyungmi?"

Jake looked taken back by the sudden question. "Why would there be something going on between him and Kyungmi nuna?"

They both turned their attention to the door. Jungwon stood there with wide eyes, looking down at Jake. "Shit."