Direct And Linear Relationships

Chapter 36: Not Goodbye

Here's the update to celebrate the Birthday of our girlfriend Kim Dahyun❤️🎉. Enjoy reading.

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The shadows of the trees danced upon the cedar fence as I awaited Jungkook. They dapple the wood, leaves flickering like candlelight, creating a new picture from moment to moment. The perfume of summer’s almost sunset blooms, and I could feel the cool of evening wash over me. The lamp in his bedroom glowed like fire, outlining his figure. Jungkook bounced from end of his room to the other until the light shut off and a few minutes later the front door opened. The blue and black stripped muscle tank caught my eye highlighting his defined arms, that were looking less like a boy and more of a man.

“Sorry,” he greeted, teeth glistening behind his charismatic smile. “Shower took longer than I thought.”

“Mmhm. I know exactly what that means.” I turned around in time to keep with him.

“Okay, so I was watching Never Back Down today.” He admitted, nudging his shoulder against mine. “You know what that movie does to me.” I felt his fingers softly grip the inside of my bicep. “Changing subject…Glad we get some us time, before we really get some us time.”

I nodded in agreement and angled my head slightly to kiss his gelled hair. Taking the lead, I guided us out of the neighborhood striking up small talk on our walk to Town Center. “Honestly though, is there really a point to look for a job before we leave?”

“It was your idea.” I replied, shaking my head while untangling myself from him as the streets became more crowded.

“You should’ve told me it was a dumb idea. I still have to pack, do laundry, charge all my electronics, pack snacks…” he continued, using his fingers to count out the list of items. “And that doesn’t even include all the things my mom wants me to do.”

“I don’t understand why you wait ‘til the last minute to do things.” I said, unsympathetic to his ‘large’ list of tasks that needed to be finished.  Shoppers swarmed the boutiques with slogans stenciled to the glass fronts in fashionable off-white. They strutted from up-market cars to flash their credit cards in exchange for designer goods costing many times more the price anywhere else. The street that narrowed down to one lane each direction brought bright lights from each store front illuminated the joy a summer evening can bring.

“I can’t pack early, because the clothes I want to bring are the ones that I will mostly likely wear, leading up to the trip.” He defended, brushing his shoulder against mine once he could get close enough.

“Oh, right. How could I forget? Never mind that the trip is tomorrow,” We chuckled at my sarcastic tone before we stopped in front of the coffee shop where I bumped into Jun. “Is this where you want start?”

“I figured we would just stop in every store and see what we could find.” He shrugged walking to the door, but I didn’t move. Instead, looked a few blocks down and saw a young woman passing out flyers, by a sign that said ‘now hiring’ with purple and black balloons tied to it.

“I think I’m going to check this place out.”

Jungkook raised an eyebrow, sweeping curious eyes over my body language. I’m not saying I’m allergic to the place but I don’t need to spend most of my days here. “Okay. If you finish first meet me and if I finish first I’ll meet you.”

“Sounds like the best plan you’ve ever had.” I joked, earning a light push to my chest. Breaking off, I head towards the woman who was smiling as people walked past her. She attempted to hand out the papers she was cradling but the pedestrians brushed her off like an annoying fly. The sun had dipped behind the city, yet her skin glowed. There seemed to be a shyness to her, hesitation in her body movements, an adult but with an exuberance of a teen. She turned her back to me, slipping her fingers in her back pocket, and pulling out her phone. The muscle definition in her legs poked through the leggings she wore and the tight Underarmour sleeveless shirt framed the edges of her shoulder blade perfectly.