Perfect Puzzle || J.JK. ✅

18. Double Date

You and Taehyung arrive in the park first and, instead of just showing your tickets and getting in, you're forced to wait for the bastard and his hot date.

An amusement park of all places.

Not that you hate amusement parks, it's pretty much the opposite. It's just that everything feels so wrong. Especially how Taehyung is making a lot of effort to keep the conversation alive while you wait. It's not hard to talk to him, though, because he's an interesting person, but seeing his efforts hurts.

What hurts more is the sight of Jungkook and Aecha arriving with locked arms.

You hope Taehyung didn't notice you holding your breath.

Aecha looks hot as always, but you don't even look at her, eyes glued on Jungkook instead. Just like Taehyung, it seems that he didn't put much thought on his clothes, only their styles are completely different. Jungkook wears an oversized grey t-shirt, black pants and sneakers. It might seem simple, but he can manage to look good in anything. Aecha surely didn't mind his choice of clothes.

You lock gazes for one second and proceed to avoid it.

The four of you greet. It's hard to act natural, but you try to. You don't want the two others to notice the weird tension between you and the black-haired bastard. Aecha looks happy, too.

...

Shit.

Soon, you get into the amusement park. As expected, it's crowded with kids, families and couples. The weather feels nice this afternoon.

"It's been a long time since I don't come to an amusement park," you confess.

"Really? Then this was a good choice. I was worried if it'd be too cheesy," he also confesses sheepishly.

"It's not!" you reassure him. Aecha agrees with you. Jungkook keeps silent. "I just have some traumatizing memories about amusement parks."

Taehyung quirks one eyebrow. "What?"

You sigh.

You and Jungkook end up saying in unison, "5th grade."

You look at each other and avoid your gazes again.

"What? What happened on 5th grade?" Aecha asks excitedly.

"Our school came to an amusement park that year," Jungkook explains.

"Why was it traumatizing?" Taehyung still seems confused.

"Because... well..." you hesitate to say.

"Because she was so short back then that they didn't let her go on the rollercoasters. And she cried the whole trip," Jungkook suddenly says.

You glare at him.

He has a playful smirk on his lips.

"Oh, so what about you?" You can't help but smile, too.

"What happened to him?" Aecha asks.

"He laughed at me because I couldn't ride, but he puked his lunch after he went on the coaster and spent half of the trip in the infirmary," you reveal.

"You're still bitter that you stayed with me in the infirmary?" He inquires.

"Of course I am! Also, you puked on my shoes!"

"I already apologized. Besides, I paid you banana milk for two entire weeks. Isn't it enough?"

"It isn't!"