Dating My Guide | KookJin

20. Hidden

Oddly, Jin was feeling light and comfy as soon as he woke up the following morning. It was as if there was a glowing, soothing feeling inside of him that he had not ever felt before.

But after a few while of daydreaming on that soft bed under a fluffy duvet, he quickly rose when he realized where he was the previous night - and that it wasn't in this nice bedroom where he was last conscious.

"Shit-- there's no way that this is a dungeon! Am I still in Esper Jeon's house?!" Jin murmured to himself.

He looked around and hurried to the bathroom to fix himself. He found new sets of toothbrush and toiletries by the sink, a clean white shirt, sweatpants, towel and long bathrobe. He used them all, assuming that these were provided for him. His clothes were nowhere to be found, so he just put the bathrobe over the white shirt that he wore after he took a quick shower.

When he stepped out of the bedroom, he muttered to himself, "Ah yes, this is still the CEO's mansion. I am so screwed-- why did I sleep here.."

He then continued to go downstairs and tried to find anyone - but the huge house seemed to be empty at the moment.

However, Jin heard some loud bickering from outside. So he walked out of the back, leading to the wide garden.

"Ughhh-- my arms already hurt so much!!! Damn it! This is all your fault, Jungkookie!! Damn you and your big mouth!!"

"Shut up, hyung! You said you're going to help me! Just don't talk, okay-- if you just keep your mouth shut, you'll be able to save more energy--"

"From now on, I won't fucking care about you anymore!! Aggghhh!!! I was helping you but your horny dick did not listen to me when I said that dad was coming home already!! You should've taken this punishment alone--"

Jin's eyes widened when he saw that Hoseok and Jungkook were in the middle of the garden - under the sun, lifting together a huge boulder, bigger than a size of a typical van, over their heads.

Hoseok did not stop talking at all - he continued to whine and shout at Jungkook, when the head butler approached them and said, "Please raise and straighten your arms, Espers. Twenty more minutes and you'll complete the ten-hour punishment."

"Aghhh, I am already dying here!! Please, butler Lee-- just- you can just bury me under this rock!! I can't hold for another m-minute a-anymore." Hobi said in his weak voice.

"Then just let go!! Get out of here! I'll finish the punishment by myself!!" Jungkook yelled at him.

Jin quickly ran to them and asked worriedly, "E-esper Jeon, Esper Hoseok.. what is going on here?!"

"Seokjin-ah!! H-hello, good m-morning! Are you feeling better?! W-wait.. please wait a bit more, we're almost done h-here." Jungkook said with a smile despite the obvious difficulty he's having while lifting the boulder and those sweats dripping from his forehead.

"Huh- I--"

It was head butler Lee who spoke, "They are being punished by the CEO so they need to complete ten hours straight of lifting this boulder together."

"W-what?!! Ten hours?!!! They've been here for almost ten hours now?!!" Jin exclaimed. He covered his mouth with his palms as he gasped, then he turned to Jungkook, "Esper Jeon, was this because of what we did in the d-dungeon?! I-- I'm so sorry!!"

Jungkook explained while slightly groaning as he forced out his energy to lift the heavy object above their heads, "N-no. It's not that-- it's because of how we sneaked into the Guide Center. Dad did not like how we did things behind his back. And he doesn't like dishonest ways. So yeah-- but don't w-worry, it's fine.."