This is How We Break | Jungkook

Part 5

"I'm just saying, I learned proper client engagement from Tae and he always badgered me about looking the person you're talking to in the eyes. I was just applying what I learned," Jungkook raises his arms up in surrender.

"Yeah, but she's not your client and that seemed more," Jin states matter-of-factly as he pops a fry in his mouth.

It's the next week and Namjoon and Da-eun had invited you all for lunch to go over some wedding details.

"You were just imagining things," Jungkook laughs.

He may lie to his friends but he won't lie to himself - seeing you was something he wasn't expecting, as basing it on your social media account, you seemed to be really enjoying Melbourne. He'd only heard from his friends that you were invited to the engagement party but didn't hold out hope you'd actually come. It's also one thing to show up but another to actually be staying here for good.

You looked so beautiful that night, in your black and white polka-dotted dress and red heels. You had a glow about you and he just needed to know if the light in your smile was back and if the sparkle in your eyes had returned.

They have, and he wanted to savor them until the next time he could see them again.

The teasing continues until the familiar sounds of your friends' voices echo in the walls of the restaurant. There you are, too, that glow radiating off of you. While you laugh with a man with platinum-colored hair, who pulls the chair for you to sit on. Right in front of Jungkook.

"Hi," you smile, like you didn't just cause a tiny crack in his heart.

"This is Hoseok, by the way." You motion to the man next to you. "I met him in Melbourne and he's home to visit family."

You briefly meet Jungkook's gaze before he turns away. Maybe last week had just been out of excitement, you think.

Hoseok quickly engages with the group, especially with Da-eun whom he'd bonded with the few times she visited you. Things feel so natural, with Jin as the resident entertainer asking Hoseok questions to ease the tension, until he says, "so you and ___ are just friends?"

You and Hoseok look at each other before you giggle.

"Yes, I have a partner back home," Hoseok confirms.

Jungkook doesn't miss the smirk that your friend gives him, and he releases the breath he didn't know he was holding.

He'd only hoped for that light and that sparkle to return to your face and for that moment when he thought it was because of another man, that nook in his heart and his mind that cradled that thought of you holding out for him, shriveled a bit.

Jungkook may have handled himself well that first night he saw you unexpectedly, but with you back home for good, carrying with you the life and memories you created without him, it makes him wonder if he'll be able to make it through, seeing how you're both now bonded by the love that your friends are now sharing.

Lunch goes by smoothly, with conversations flowing, inside jokes being shared, and plans being made as you count down the months to the wedding, with the engaged pair insisting that they want to spend as much time with their friends as possible.

The discussion ends up being about Jungkook and Taehyung's company, how they started, and how they're slowly establishing a market.

"We're actually going to be featured in a magazine," Taehyung announces. "Well, Jungkook is. They're touting him as someone to watch out for because of his video creating brilliance. It's good marketing."

"I thought you're the charmer?" You tease.

"Yeah, with the oldies. They're whipped for me," Taehyung smirks. "But this guy," he points to Jungkook, "he's the real crowd pleaser. One look at him then the clients want to contract us right away. I mean, why wouldn't they? Look at him!"