Eyes Don't Lie

chapter 17

It's been 2 days since he went to Japan and tried to reach her through texts and calls but she kept ignoring all his efforts and it was hurting him. all he wanted for her was to at least tell him that she's doing fine nothing else but always got silence as a response. He might spend more than a week considering the problem and if she keep avoiding him he would have no other option but to fly back and demand an explanation for giving him a cold shoulder. Wafiyah went to office regularly there was an emptiness that she couldn't help but feel as if some part of her is missing and sitting in her and jia's shared cabin from where she could see his room was unbearable so she would either ask Jihyun to let her stay in her office or she would work with Yuna. Mingyu on the other hand was euphoric now that he gets to see her frequently and jungkook was no longer around her. He would appear from anywhere smiling wide and pester her until she would beg him to let her work. She even noticed the change in his behavior, he never had mouth filter but now he would say things and act possessive always ready to get his hands dirty whenever a man breathes within her vicinity. Just in the morning when they were waiting on crosswalk to get green a guy was starting at her checking out from head to toe. She didn't pay him mind but mingyu caught him and stood in between them so he can no longer see her "do you want to keep your eye sight?" The man frowns "what do you mean?" "Your eyes , do you want them to work fine" she tries to call him whispering his name out but he didn't budge "of course what type of question is that" the man says bewildered "then move them away from her another glance and I'll take them out of sockets" the man scurried away thinking he is some maniac "what did you say to him?" Wafiyah asks but he shrugs in response, the light turns green and they walk letting the matter go. Things like that continued to happen and it scared her whenever she asked him about his intentions he would tangle up words making it hard for her to comprehend. She was adamantly avoiding any unnecessary exchange of words and became more reserved so even if he was having any other thoughts he'd know she is not approving them or giving him signals to continue his tactics. Jungkook kept sending her messages it was almost 4 days he hadn't heard from her nor did she saw his texts thats what he thinks but she kept reading them through notifications without opening his chat. He was getting more and more restless and antsy "Mr jeon everyone is waiting for you its time" he wets his lips breathing in to calm himself. He had a team meeting with all departmental heads and chief executive about the current situation of company and what reasons made it so worse. He lashed out at them for neglecting the problem in initial stage and threw an earful of insults at them. He gave them a deadline and if they couldn't manage to get hold of severe fluctuations they can consider themselves fired. Wafiyah was doing her research when she heard a commotion  just then jihyun entered clicking her heels "what's going on?" She asks jihyun who fixes herself "am I looking presentable?" She asks instead wafiyah nods her head "Mr jeon is coming he'll be here anytime soon " "what?! But it's not even a week" "not jungkook his father Mr jeon is coming" she raised her eyebrows as she realized jihyun ran out again. After a few minutes a staff came and informed her that Miss jihyun asked for her, when she went out and found Yuna and mingyu already there "Mr jeon wants to meet us" Yuna says which increased her heart beat. She stood beside her shrinking herself behind Yuna so he wouldn't notice her "Hello Sir, I'm Kim mingyu from yeonsei University major business economics" mingyu introduces himself professionally while shaking Mr jeon's hand. He nods and then Yuna introduced herself "good day  Mr Jeon, I'm Kang Yuna nice to meet you" shaking his hand. Wafiyah was panicking she can't do handshake with him before she could think of an idea Mr jeon extended his hand "G-good morning Sir, I'm W-wafiyah Ahmad" she put her hand over her heart keeping her head lowered He nods understandingly "step forward " he commands which only increases her perturbation but comply nonetheless "keep your head up" she raises her head looking at his face for the first time and it reminds her of jungkook "always be confident and assertive in your stance no matter who's in front of you. Carry your identity like an achievement it's who you are and never let anyone tell you otherwise" jungkook is just like his father she thinks he too tried to teach her and adviced her to be unapologetical and confident. She nods at him "good now introduce yourself again and it's afternoon not morning " she smiles in embarrassment and introduced herself again with poise. Mr jeon smiles "I hope you all are learning well if you've any grievance or problem feel free to share" they nod in unison thanking him before he leaves toward the office. "He's better than his son didn't expect that" mingyu says but wafiyah frowns at his statement "you shouldn't say that mingyu" he walks closer to her "I hate it when you take his side" "I'm not taking sides" she was about to leave but he continues "wafiyah stay away from him please " she looks at him bewildered his eyes were conveying more than his words spoke his expressions didn't sit well with her. It made her gulp nervously what if he get to know that jungkook has feelings for her and maybe she too feel the same way.
It was around 2:30 everyone was deep in their dreams when Wafiyah's phone buzzed waking her up. It was an unknown number but she picked up nonetheless "Hello?" She asks "is this wafiyah?" The person on other side said her name in quite a bizarre way she knew it was difficult for some people to say it properly but that wasn't the problem his question was "yes" she says with a worried tone "we caught a thief and found a cell phone so we reached out to you as it was most dialed number can you ask the owner to recieve it from the police station?" She sighs in relief it must be jungkook's she thinks and thank the officer telling him that they will receive it in the morning before hanging up. The call made her wide awake throwing her sleep out of window so she got up and performed ablution it's better to pray than wasting time in tossing and turning in the bed. Selena was a heavy sleeper and she was glad about it, spreading her prayer mat she started tahajjud prayer, stopping in the prostration not saying anything just putting her head on the ground wanting to be as close to her God as possible. After performing some units she did her dhikr glorifying Allah calling him by his best names his attributes, reciting the prophetic supplications and then raised her hands to ask from the one who always provides to those who obey him and to those who disobey, the one who understands and love like no one else. He has always protected her even in the situations she got herself in trouble due to her bad and imprudent decisions and never once left her to deal alone. As soon she closed her eyes warm tears cascaded down on her cheeks, she was so grateful for his mercy and incessant blessings which she didn't deserve. In between  all her emotions another wish came to her heart making more tears to pour out of her eyes. A wish to see him with her in heaven, to introduce him to her parents in paradise get their blessings, to meet all the prohets together and when Allah will show himself to the residents of paradise he will be there beside her looking at the beauty and mighty creator with bare eyes. She sighs longingly putting her trust and tawakkul on her prayers and her creator. There was still some time left for Fajr prayer so she recited some chapters from Quran and contemplates on the verses by reading the translations. Soon the prayer time commenced and she offered her Fajr prayer as it was weekend she slept keeping in mind to call Jia first thing in morning.
Selena was singing again in shower waking her up, she checked the time and it was almost 11. Wafiyah stretched and got up taking her clothes out of closet which consists of knee length shirt and trousers. Selena appeared out of restroom in only towel wrapped around her, she immediately looked away closing her eyes "Sela for heaven sake at least put your clothes on before coming out" Selena puts her clothes on "I didn't knew you're up" she says brushing her hair "even if I'm dead you should still wear clothes before coming out of shower" she bows "I apologize please forgive me" wafiyah nods and went to take her turn. She came out with hair open water dripping from the ends Selena passed her a clean towel which she wrapped around her head " I'll bring us some breakfast" Selena informs before putting shoes on and leave. Wafiyah takes the opportunity to call Jia it rang thrice then she picked up "Eonni?" She says "oh wafiyah how are you dear" "I'm good and you?" "I'm fine but it's so hectic here" "oh that's bad but take some time out and tour around" Jia chuckles "you know I can't do that " "Yes you can" wafiyah say firmly "Mr jeon will hand me resignation letter next day" "He can't trust me " "he might hear you " Jia says "last night I recieved a call from Japan, Mr jeon phone was stolen and they caught the thief so kindly recieve it from the near by police station I'll even forward their number" "oh yes he lost his phone yesterday but why did they call you" she bites on her lips "maybe they innie Minnie minee moed the contacts and my name happend to be the lucky one" she lies but Jia just laughed at her "OK we will go their and recieve it from them" "OK take care eonni" "wafiyah wait" Jia chimes "yes?" "Keep talking to me I'm bored" she stuttered "if you're free why aren't you exploring your favorite city" wafiyah asks "uhm because it's too early Tokyo looks pretty with lights " "Ah okay" "how's everyone there?" Jia inquires "everyone is doing great and I mostly work with Miss jihyun and Yuna now that you're not here" "do you miss me?" "Oh of course I can't spend an hour in our office it reminds me of you" she says dramatically making them both laugh "who else does it reminds you of?" It wipes her smile there's  silence no one says another word "you know who I met the other day" wafiyah says instead "I met Mr Jeon he came to office and he was very kind you know now I know why the company flourished during his tenure" "do you think jungkook isn't good ceo" "Allah Allah eonni how can you misunderstand me jungkook is his son they are so much alike" "ohh you noticed in such a short time" "I think you're not bored anymore I'm hanging up bye" "Wafiyah Wafiyah listen to me" "speak" wafiyah says uninterested. "What else did you notice about the Jeons" she chortles but the line went off as wafiyah hangs up on her after uttering an "Astagfirullah " jungkook smiles as he listens to their conversation finally he got to hear her voice he was getting desperate even if she didn't want to talk to him he can still listen to her " thank you miss Choi don't tell about this to anyone especially her she will be mad" Jia nods understandingly and then after having their breakfast they went to police station to retrieve his phone. He looks at all unread messages and missed calls sighing in despair. Selena and wafiyah went for shopping, more like she was dragged into this tiresome and uninteresting deed by Selena. She loved her with everything she had but this one habit of Selena made her rethink her life decision. They went to shop after shop buying anything and everything that stroked to her eyes "Sela I'm tired let's just go back" she pleads "you need some fresh air too wafiyah I can't let you rot in the dorm" she reasons and lead her to another shop "I'll cry if this isn't our last one" Selena gives her a dirty look " stop whining we have whole day to explore" she gasps in disbelief but Selena drags her along with the bags after spotting one of her favorite brand shop.
By the time they came back it was late evening, her feet were swollen and hands were numb. She  had to pray her zuhr and asr prayer in the changing room but thankfully she didn't miss them. She was sprawled on her bed, her hand and leg dangled from it whereas Selena still had the energy to check all of the shopping again. She didn't realize when she dosed off. it was her phone vibrations that stirred her up from her nap  "hello" she puts the phone over her face, voice heavy with sleep and eyes still closed as she says but then there's silence from other side and she went back to sleeping "wafiyah " jungkook whispers finally after so many tries she picked up his phone that too subconsciously. She hums thinking its Selena making his heart soar with fondness "Miss wafiyah" he rasps again "yes?" She still hasn't realized, the weariness of whole day was taking toll on her "are you tired?" He asks just as softly without causing disruption. She hums again "it's because of you" she says sleepily "you made me walk every single shop, I begged you to stop but you didn't listen. You never listen to me no one listen to me I hate you " she sniffs still in her subconscious state. Jungkook swore that this girl will be the cause of his death, how can a grown up woman be so endearing and adorable that it hurts the other person on receiving end. He just let her rant out sitting in the balcony living the moment to its best  "you don't hate me though " "Yes I do" he says angrily her voice tremble slightly "you don't think that I'll be enervated you don't take my feelings into consideration and always do what you want" he chuckles "I'm sorry if I ever made you feel like that" "I won't accept your apology" "Then what should I do for you to forgive me?" "Nothing wafiyah is sleep talking and not in her senses rightnow, she doesn't know what she's saying or to whom. I hope you didn't mind" Selena saw her talk with closed eyes on phone so she just took the phone and saw Jungkook's number. He clears his throat "I didn't mind" "Mr jeon don't get yourself into something that will cause you both nothing but pain and agony" she says and hang up looking at wafiyah sprawled body. It was another strange habit of wafiyah that whenever she was exhausted she would talk and get emotional in her sleep without realizing. It had happend once when they had just moved in their dorm and was Hella tired that's when Selena got to know about her habit. "silly girl" after an hour or so she woke her up to pray and eat. Wafiyah felt a little better and ate alot, she didn't remember about the phone call so Selena doesn't mention it to her. After getting the required energy She performed ablution and prayed her Isha prayer with that another day passed by in blur.