ENTICE || JJk•PJm•KTh

Chapter 28 || Till Seven

"jiah!" near yoongi's restuarant she finds a smiling jungkook, approaching her with a plastic bag in his hand. jiah rubs her eyes, smiling a little for him, although she doesn't really stop to greet him. jungkook jogs up to her, holding out his hand for a fist bump, which only annoys her, making her roll her eyes at him, walking straight ahead.

"hey," jungkook frowns, "what happened? not happy to see me?"

"what are you even doing here?" jiah hisses, "i've told you to stop following me all the time."

"sorry to break your bubble, missy. but i came here to get these pizza rolls for namjoon hyung, because he really likes this restaurant." jungkook says. "i'm not following you all the time, it's just destiny." he grins.

"fuck your destiny and leave me alone." she pushes past him, only to be stopped when he holds her hand.

"what's wrong? you weren't like this a week ago."

"well, surprise! people change."

"woah, okay? tell me what's gotten you so hot and mad?"

"fuck off, jeon. i'm serious." she warns him. jungkook gives her a challenging look, lifting up her hand to let her see the grip secured on her wrist. jiah mutters a curse under her breath, twisting his arm in one swift motion, although what jungkook does next is new to jiah, for he never really uses strength against her. today he has strategically got her cornered, leaning closer with a smug smile.

"oops, couldn't win today?" he teases. jiah's still glaring at him despite him being much taller and buff in front of her. "okay fine, just kidding. why are you so mad?"

"leave me." she tries to push him off, which makes jungkook frown, as he acknowledges that being playful and joking about the situation is not helping.

so he holds her hand, caressing her knuckles gently with his thumb, "you can tell me, jiah. i don't know if i can be a help or not, but at least you'll feel better." he suggests, "and as you know, i'm a great listener."

jiah shuts her eyes in frustration, taking a deep breath and then again, taehyung's words keep ringing in her ear. opening her eyes, she checks the time. it's only been half an hour since taehyung took jihun, and jiah's already so restless, unable to process anything else. tear return in her eyes, staring at the watch that's too slow today. "what's the time, jungkook?" she hushes, "is it- is it seven in your watch...?"

jungkook stares at her with a comfused gaze, following her eyes to the watch and pulls her in a hug, confirming that something's really bothering her. "no," he hushes out, as she's rubbing her eyes, "are you okay?"

"yeah," she nods subtly, sniffling lightly and looks up, pulling herself out of his warm embrace slowly, "i'm okay, it's just that..." she looks back, then at her watch again, "why's it not seven yet? is it broken?"

"jiah," jungkook speaks softly, cupping her face, "it's alright. there's some before seven. tell me what happened."

"jihun's not with me..." a tear slips down from her eye, "he'll come around- around seven. he's with taehyung right now, and i can't even- i'm sorry..." she shakes her head, taking a deep breath to calm herself down a little and avoid having a melt down in front of jungkook.

"he's with taehyung...? why?"

"because-" jiah stops, gulping slowly as she stares at jungkook, suddenly realising that he doesn't know who jihun's father is. she lowers her head, massaging her aching temples and sighs softly, "he's jihun's father..." she nods once.

"kim taehyung- he's your son's father?" jungkook repeats, "but he's... sorry if i'm being too nosy in your buisness. i don't get it. are you guys a thing?"