I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I knew it was stupid to wake up at eight with an alarm when I wasn't working but I preferred it that way. I turned it off and went to splash my head with some water before going down the stairs, I tried to see if I could see Jungkook, but the wall blocked my vision.
When I got to my living room, I saw the couch was empty, the sheets were folded neatly on top of the pillows and there was a note at the top of the pile.
Thank you for letting me stay the night, hope you slept okay.
See you around.
-Jeon Jungkook
I put down the note and sighed, deep inside I knew I was a bit disappointed to know Jungkook had already left.
After breakfast I got a text from Bogum saying his train would be arriving in about thirty minutes, which meant he would be at the house in hour, more or less. Since I had driven him there, he would probably be taking a taxi home so I decided to go pick him up instead.
I was on the platform just as the train arrived, I waited for the first class doors to open and recognized a few actors that worked with Bogum. I waited until I saw a thin chest, perfect brown hair that were slicked to the side and a long, brown coat coming out of the car.
"Babe! I didn't know you were coming to pick me up" The smile on his face was enough to know I had made the right decision to come. "Eunwoo had offered to drop me off"
"Well, seeing how I'm also being dropped off, I thought I might as well bring him with" He smiled and greeted me with a hug before we moved to make way for the people coming off the train.
"Who's dropping you off?" I asked.
"Heejin said she'd be here" I saw him look around and joined him until my eyes fell on a girl wearing blue jeans with the end folded up, golden stilettos and a lose white shirt. Heejin had her hair in a high ponytail and looked expensive. "There she is!"
"Hi, you guys!" She hugged everyone, me included and started asking questions about the trip while we walked over to the other side of the platform.
We emerged from the stairs and saw Jungkook waiting by the sidewalk.
"Jungkook! How's that motorbike of yours?"
I saw Eunwoo and Bogum go greet the boy and small talk for a while before bringing him back to where we were.
"Heejin, do you always bring him with you?" Eunwoo asked.
"No, he wasn't with me for a few days recently"
"Heejin gave me some free days. And before I forget, may I say I really love your apartment, Bogum. Very chic, very you"
Any sense of control I had over the situation completely evaporated when I heard Jungkook speak.
"Um, thanks?" Bogum looked at him and back at me. "You came to our apartment?"
I tried to communicate with Jungkook the best I could, which resulted in me making big eyes in to make him understand Bogum knew nothing and that this wasn't the time to tell him he'd slept over.
"Yes, Heejin sent me yesterday to give something to Taehyung"
No! Why would you include her???
"You did?" Bogum looked at Heejin who smiled and nodded without missing a beat.
"I had been staying with him everyday but couldn't yesterday so I sent a little something along with Jungkook"
"Thank you for staying with Tae when I was away, I know how much he hates to be alone"
I wrapped my arms around my boyfriend's waist when he brought me closer to him. I looked at Jungkook who was already looking at us but couldn't decipher his expression, just like always.
After talking for a little while, Jungkook excused himself to go put away the bags in the car while the rest of us went for a drink at a café near the train station. I asked Bogum to order for me and went to go look for Jungkook.
"Why would you do that?"
He closed the trunk and looked at me up and down.
"What do you mean?"
"Why did you tell Bogum you were at our house?"
"Because you said it yourself, it's not appropriate to let me in without your boyfriend knowing"
"Well I hadn't told him yet!"
"Relax, Heejin covered for you"
His little smile and laid-back attitude made me want to slap him.
"She shouldn't have to! I can't believe you forced her to lie!"
"I thought Bogum knew-"
"I don't care, Jungkook. Stop talking to him, stop showing up at my house, just stop being in my life"
"I'm here until Heejin doesn't want me to, get used to it" He turned around and got in the car leaving me standing by myself.
I was fuming and wanted nothing more than to be with my boyfriend in our home by ourselves but I still had to go join the others at the café.
For four days alone, I waited anxiously for my boyfriend to come back and imagined spending a romantic evening with him or going out to do something we both liked but right after having drinks at the café near the train station, Eunwoo invited him over to his house to watch some football game. Bogum begged me to let him go since I never watched any sports with him and it wouldn't have bothered me if he would only acknowledge he never showed any interest in my hobbies either.
If there was one thing I could complain about in my relationship with Bogum, it was the lack of common interests or hobbies. I still loved to play overwatch, but computer games weren't something Bogum considered as something an adult should do, whereas sports was an area in which I did not excel, given my nerdy past.
After hearing him swear and promise he'd be back in time to take me out to dinner, I kissed my boyfriend goodbye and went on home. Entering the apartment by myself made me realize my life was absolutely unfulfilling, I was sad and alone after spending my days bored all on my own. I had but one friend, I never laughed anymore, I didn't draw or sing, I didn't even want to. It was like I had lost the will to live.
After the grim realization about my life, I decided to get my butt in a bubble bath to try and think of something else. If everything in my life was how it should be, why was I so miserable? I made a lot of effort and tried my best to have hobbies and do activities but with no one to do them with or talk about it with, it wasn't fun. What could I change in my life? What would make me happy?
When I couldn't think of something else, I got out of the tub and started getting ready for tonight, Bogum should be here any minute and once he was dressed, we would be going out.
I waited for two hours before deciding to get changed, it was obvious Bogum had forgotten by now. I felt kind of stupid taking off my freshly applied makeup and putting away my fancy outfit before slipping into sweats and ordering pizza instead. Not feeling like seeing my boyfriend tonight, I went to bed early, knowing tomorrow would start with a fight.
