Layover

25. Confrontation

- Early update because I loooove you -

"We are waiting," Jin is looking down on us, his arms crossed above his chest.

It's comically funny how two grown men are sitting on the couch with their heads down, like school children getting scolded by the principal. The last thing I expected when I opened the door was to see Jin and Namjoon. I should have looked through the peep hole to make sure it was Jimin.. Jimin! Jimin will arrive in a bit and everything will become even more complicated.

I feel how tense Jungkook is next to me. He is barely breathing properly and I know he is panicking inside. He wanted to tell them, he told me he did. This is not the way I wanted them to find out but there is no going back. I won't let him deal with this alone.

I take his hand in mine and he looks at me surprised. I take a deep breath and clear my throat.

"Jungkook and I..We are together.." I look Jin in the eyes and he stares at me coldly. It's intimidating. I've never seen this side of him, he was always nice and smiling around me. Suddenly the idea of him liking me doesn't seem so plausible.

I feel Jungkook squeezing my hand and out of respect I take my eyes off of Jin. This is not work, I'm not his superior and he is older than me.

A weird sense of stress settles inside me and it feels like I'm meeting my future in-laws and I need to make a good impression.

"First of all, we are outside of work so Director, I hope you are okay with me calling you Taehyung. Also, I hope you are okay with me talking to you as if we are some kind of friends.."

I look at Jin surprised and I nod "Of course."

"Great. Now, what the hell are you thinking?!" Jin raises his voice and I feel Jungkook next to me flinch.

"Hyung.." Jungkook mumbles.

"How many years do we know each other Jungkook? How many years do you know us?"

Jungkook squeezes my hand and I hear him swallow. "Since our uni days.." he mutters.

"Who was the first one we told when we got together?" Jin continues as he points at himself and then at Namjoon. I give him a shocked look, my eyes travelling from him to Namjoon and back.

"Yes Taehyung, you understood correctly. Namjoon and I, we are together since we met at uni."

I nod and I see Namjoon who is sitting on a chair behind Jin smiling affectionately at me. His action makes me feel a bit better and minimizes my stress for a few seconds.

"Me..It was me, hyung. I'm sorry.." Jungkook mumbles and his voice breaks.

I don't understand their dynamic but I don't like the way Jin makes Jungkook feel.

"Why is it such a big deal he didn't tell you? Do you really need to make him feel that bad?" I let out because all this starts being a bit too much.

"That man right there is like my little brother, so excuse me if I feel hurt that he didn't trust me enough to share with us something so important."

"It's not like that, hyung, I.."

"It's my fault! I didn't want him to say anything. There are reasons I can't really explain right now but I wanted.. We wanted to tell you.."

"Does it have to do with Park Hyungsik?" Namjoon speaks for the first time, making all three of us turn and look at him surprised.

I take a few seconds to think what I should do and the best option is to show my hand. No more lies. I nod a couple of times, "Yes."