The Reason we Broke Up

06.

“Oppa, did something happen to you today?”
Jungkook ’s stylist, EunSoo, glanced at him as she cautiously asked.

“Oppa?”
The window of time for his response had passed, and Jungkook  still had not answered her question. She called out to him one more time.

Suddenly, Jungkook ’s lowered eyes regained its focus. He slowly raised his eyes and looked at EunSoo.

“Ah, sorry. What did you say?”
Jungkook  asked in a dazed voice.

“Did something happen? Your expression doesn’t look good today. Your complexion looks a bit dark. Did you not get any sleep last night? Your skin doesn’t look very good either…”
EunSoo brushed her hands through his hair as she looked at his reflection in the mirror.
Jungkook ’s expression had been grave from the moment he entered the studio. And his complexion didn’t get any better from then on.

“I’m okay.”
But his answer wasn’t very concise. It was as if he didn’t want EunSoo to ask him any further. EunSoo glanced at his reflection in the mirror one more time before she turned her eyes to his manager.

The manager stared at Jungkook ’s back before letting out a deep sigh. Ever since he had gone to pick Jungkook  up at his place, he looked a bit dazed.

He asked him if something was wrong, but Jungkook ’s lips remained closed. And he’d been in this state ever since.

Would he be able to shoot his scenes properly like this?

The manager looked at him worriedly.

“We’ll start shooting soon.”
At the assistant producer’s notice, Jungkook  exited the waiting area. The set was illuminated by lights that seemed to be brighter than the sun. When Jungkook  walked into the middle of the set, he stopped.

As he straightened his sleeves, the director, Taehyung, slowly walked over to him. Taehyung was the director of Jungkook ’s debut film. They hit it off

immediately, and had worked together on multiple projects.

Although there was a large age gap between them, it didn’t hinder their relationship, and they had both grown very close.
“Jeon Jungkook .”
Taehyung called out.

“Why do you keep getting into useless scandals? It’s making my life a lot harder. Because of you, I have to shoot with all the doors tightly closed. I don’t believe in getting publicity for the drama through stunts like these.”
Because of Jungkook  and Eunha’s scandal, reporters were swarming around the studio. In order to keep them from interrupting the shoot, Taehyung gave strict orders to the staff to keep watch over all the exits of the set and keep all the doors shut.

“I’m sorry.”
When Jungkook  obediently apologized, Taehyung stopped talking.

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you apologizing all of a sudden? It’s not like you. The Jeon Jungkook  I know would say, ‘How is it my fault?’”

“......”
Jungkook  lowered his eyes at Taehyung’s joke. It was his way of saying he didn’t want to speak anymore. Taehyung frowned. He’d watched Jungkook  for a long time now, but this was the first time he’d seen him like this. Just when he was about to ask further questions, Eunha approached them.
Taehyung gave Eunha a happy greeting and said he’d leave to finish the preparations for the shoot.

“Oppa, getting here was difficult, wasn’t it? Reporters have been surrounding my place since last night, can you believe it? Was your place okay?”

“Yeah.”
Jungkook  fixed his perfectly fine sleeves one last time as he answered. In all honesty, he didn’t remember. He remembered getting out of the car, and the next thing he knew, he was sitting on a sofa in the waiting area.