HOLD MY HAND TIGHT || JIKOOK ✅

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JUNGKOOK POV

I snap upright and scramble away from Jimin as reality hits me like a brick.

My attention flicks to the door way where I see an unfamiliar man standing beside Jackie.

The man has a gleeful smirk on his face while Jackie has buried her face in her hands.

There's nothing I can do, or say, to fix this.

I don't know how long they were standing there but even just the last few seconds were incriminating enough.

Guilt, shame, rage, and frustration all roll through me in an instant.

I don't know what to feel.

I don't know which emotion to latch on to.

Jimin is staring at me and I can sense the confusion wafting off him.

He's wanted me since the beginning and unlike me, he's been aware of exactly what it is he needs.

Meanwhile, I've just been bumping around in the dark like an idiot, trying to explain everything I've felt toward him as nothing more than friendship.

But there's so much more to it than that.

I can't deny it any longer.

But that doesn't change the fact that I'm not interested in omegas and it certainly doesn't help my current situation.

I quickly rise from the sofa and straighten my rumpled clothing.

"Jeon Jungkook, pleasure to meet you." I say as I approach the reporter with the brightest smile I can manage.

"Leon Vegan." The reporter reaches for my hand as he introduces himself.

"I must say Mr Mayor, your assistant gave me the impression I was on the way over here so you could refute the rumors I've heard."

"Yes, well..." I wet my lips with my tongue as I attempt to figure out an appropriate answer.

"I believe you deserve to know the entire story before you write your article."

"What you've just walked in on is a somewhat new development."

Leon looks like he doesn't believe me for an instant but he doesn't say so. "Alright then, why don't we get started?"

He strides into the room and makes himself at home on the sofa across from Jimin.

"Do you mind if I record?" He looks at each of us as he pulls his phone out of his pocket.

"Not at all." I return to my seat on the sofa beside Jimin but this time, I maintain a comfortable distance between us.

"I would appreciate an accurate record of everything I'm about to share with you."

Jackie takes up position on the third sofa and pulls out her own phone.

"And since you'll be recording us, I'm sure you don't mind if we make a recording of our own." I smile professionally.

Jackie and I have been doing this for a long time.

It's standard practice now for her to record every single interview I give, just in case my words wind up twisted or taken out of context.

"Of course, Mr. Mayor, I wouldn't expect anything else." Leon nods as if expecting the request.

It seems my reputation in this matter precedes me.

"Now...why don't we start with something everyone has been curious about?"

"Who is this mysterious young omega and how did you two come to meet?" Leon jumps straight to the heart of the matter.