Chapter 6: Less Naive

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As Taehyung sits in his office, the door to his office suddenly swings open. When he sees the fuming woman at his door, Taehyung quietly sighs and sets his papers down.

"What is this?!" The woman shouts and tosses her phone onto the desk.

"News about our divorce and your behavior the other day, Hyunchae." Taehyung calmly responds after glancing at her phone.

"Who the fuck dressed you?" Hyunchae pauses when she sees how Taehyung is dressed.

"A designer." Taehyung hums and crosses his arms. "If that's all that you are here about, then do you mind leaving? My students are lining up for office hours."

"Why can't I get a hold of you?" Hyunchae asks as she refuses to leave.

"I changed my number." Taehyung sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Please, leave."

"This isn't over," Hyunchae hisses, then spins around to leave. When she sees the curious students crowding the door to see the drama, she stares at them in horror. Several cameras are pointed at her. "Get those out of my face." She snarls as she pushes her way through the crowd.

"Professor Kim, are you okay?" Taehyung's assistant student asks as she enters his office.

"I'm fine." He smiles and looks up at his assistant.

"You always say that you're fine." His assistant sighs and sits down. "You're too nice. I would yank her by the hair and drag her out of this building in front of everyone." She clenches her fists and pretends to yank Hyunchae's hair.

"I can't have my PhD candidate student going to jail in the middle of preparing her dissertation because of my failed marriage." Taehyung chuckles and shakes his head.

As Taehyung's assistant continues to talk about how she would beat up Hyunchae, Jungkook walks into the office. Taehyung instantly smiles when he sees Jungkook and motions for him to sit next to his ranting assistant.

"Jeon Jungkook, this is my assistant, Hwang Eunae." Taehyung introduces his students to each other.

"Am I meeting your favorite undergrad student?" Eunae smiles as she reaches her hand out to Jungkook.

"Yes, well, he's more than my student, but yes." Taehyung's answer shocks Jungkook.

"Do you like him better than you like me?" Eunae playfully scowls at Taehyung.

"You could say that." Taehyung chuckles and smiles at Jungkook, who instantly hiccups in surprise.

"Wow. I never thought I'd have competition, and I got beat without even knowing it." Eunae smiles and pats Jungkook's back. "What's your major?"

"Design," Jungkook responds and wonders if Eunae is upset or not.

"Why are you taking physics then?" Eunae asks in surprise. "I thought that the art students didn't have to take the hardcore maths and sciences?"

"Uh ... because ..." Fuck. I can't say that I took this class because I have had a crush on Prof. Jungkook desperately tries to think of an excuse.

"Doesn't physics count as two science credits for art majors?" Taehyung asks in confusion.

"Yeah. I need three science credits, so this knocks out two of them." Jungkook nervously laughs.

"You're crazy as hell." Eunae laughs and smacks Jungkook's back.

"Clearly." I joined a hard class that I will be lucky to pass at all because I have a crush on the professor. Jungkook chuckles and shakes his head.

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