The Fault In Romance

02

jungkook's pov:

being one of the most popular people in school was not as exciting as you would think. your life has to be an open book otherwise people become noisy and rumours fly left right and centre. I am quite a private person, I keep a lot to myself. I am friends with all my team members but spend more time with my closest friends. 

yoongi, namjoon, hoseok, ryan. 

my four bestfriends. 

I use to love being popular, but now I hate it. you get a lot of fake people trying to become your friend, wanting to be invited to your home and be close to your parents. both my parents are quite rich, my mum is a school counsellor at this school but she also does mental health talks around the country. 

my dad owns a clothing brand business that is quite successful. when people know your rich that is when people really start to put their best acts on. I have had girls fall in love with me not because of who I am but because of my status and how rich my family is. 

I am also in a band. I am the lead singer, my bestfriend yoongi is the guitarist and ryan plays the drums. that also raised my popularity, I am just glad that the popularity I got from being in a band has not killed my passion for singing.

all the guys in the basketball team are in relationships, a lot of them are in toxic relationships. they have all been pushing me to date someone, to give someone my jersey to wear. those things are special to me. 

giving someone your jersey to wear is huge when it comes to culture of basketball. my closet friends are in healthy relationships. ryan, namjoon and yoongi are all dating someone. hoseok is currently in a online relationship but he seems quite happy, I just hope the girl is real. 

seeing my bestfriends in healthy and happy relationships always make me happy. also at the same time sad. I go to yoongi's house quiet a lot, and whenever I go both him and namjoon are with their partners, cuddling on the couch under a blanket as they watch movies. 

I sit on the bean bag and stuff my face with popcorn. feeling single as ever. 

I downloaded a dating app called 'mine' a few weeks back. got into pretty boring conversations. none of the bio's really spoke to me or peeked my interest. after a very boring day at school I drove home, letting out many yawns as I sat in traffic. just wanting to go have a bath and lay in bed for a nap. 

as soon as I pulled into the neighbourhood and I edged closer towards the house, I grabbed the gate remote and pressed it, driving in once it opened and making sure to press it again to shut it behind me as I parked by the front of the house. 

one of my favourite things dad did with the house is the large fences and gate that is hard to enter if you try to break into the house. I dont let friends come over to my house very often as I know if I did people would pressure me into bringing them over. 

yes that house is huge and yes it does look like we live with kylie jenner, but my parents worked their ass off to get where they are today. 

"is that you kook?" I heard my mum call in as I kick my shoes off and head towards the kitchen to greet her. 

"it smells nice in here mum, what are you cooking?" I ask, pecking her on the cheek before putting my dishes that were in my bag from lunch into the dish washer. 

"just some cookies" she smiled, stirring the chocolate chips into the batter. 

"mum I think we have enough of those" I could not help but to laugh as I point to the many fancy dishes of cookies on display in the kitchen. 

"there is nothing like a warm fresh batch" she says, as she starts to roll it all out onto a tray. 

"how was school?" she asked, continuing to do her thing. 

"good, just need a shower. basketball practice had be sweating" I said, refiling my water bottle.

"go freshen up kook, I have to pop out in 30 minutes so keep an eye on the cookies for me okay" she asked, I nodded and headed upstairs to have a shower quickly. after I finished I put on some sweats and a large white shirt before heading back downstairs before my mum left. 

I sat on the couch and started to scroll through my phone. texting yoongi, ryan and namjoon to see if they wanted to come over but all of them were busy with their partners. I could tell by their replies that they all felt bad but I told them not to worry and to enjoy their dates. 

I was jealous, envious of what they have. I wont lie. 

my finger hovers over the 'mine' app and I let out a sigh when I press the icon. soon spending half an hour scrolling through bios. swiping left on all of them until my finger stops at one. 

bubbleV (18)

by looks and hobbies you would say "what a nerd" but by personality and my movie taste you would say "I wish I met you sooner". that is okay, everyone makes mistakes. I like texting more then I like talking face to face #hellaconfident. I read books more then I eat, I may look boring but I promise you once you talk to me you will wish you started way sooner. 

I could not help but to let out a chuckle at the bio, it was a lot different from other ones. I could not help but to compare the differences. this person has a sense of humour. it was the first bio in the whole 30 minutes that did not say "want a quick fuck". 

I immediately swiped right and turned off my phone. going to check the cookies as I think of what to say if the person on the other end of that profile decides to swipe him back. 

do I flirt?

do I use a pick up line?

do I joke around first?

let the person know I am 18 and not some 45 year old hiding behind a screen?

I raced towards my phone when I heard it ding. I unlocked my phone to see the person I swiped right on swiped me back. I definitely felt happy and my thumbs started to type away at a message before I even started to think about how to make a good first impression.

MINE MESSAGES:

goo: did you know fishes can cough underwater?
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