Dear Lawyer | Jikook ff

26 - Investigation (iii)

"JK? Are you busy? I noticed that you didn't reply to me all day. I just want to ask, was the program I gave you to interfere with the detection gate any help with the case?"

The other party spoke too fast for anyone to cover up. He was invigorated, and the words were pronounced with extraordinary clarity. It was impossible to mishear him even if anyone wanted to.

At this, while passing the glass to Jimin, Jungkook's hand slipped. The glass leisurely cruised to the ground.

With a crash, cold water splashed all over the floor.

Professor Park dropped his gaze, silently looking at the corpse of the cup, "..."

Lawyer Jeon also dropped his gaze, wordlessly looking at the corpse of the cup, "..."

Like teacher, like student; the two men were expressionless as they held a funeral procession for the glass shards strewn across the floor.

The atmosphere was suffocating. It was hard to tell who was more awkward than the other, and who more needed to take a draught of living death to calm down.

But the heavens never followed the will of the people, arranging an unrelenting blockhead to give a hard knock to their souls. "Jeon? JK, are you listening? Eh? Is the connection bad?" 

The other party mumbled, fiddling around with something or other, persistently asking again two seconds later, "Huh, I don't have a problem with the signal on my end. Jeon Jungkook? Can you hear me?"

Jungkook was finally forced to give up the funeral.

He clicked his tongue, darting a look at the silly face the other had set on the hologram of his device. Silently closing his eyes, he said, "I can hear you. I'm a little busy with something at the moment, I'll call you back later."

"Huh?" The other side didn't catch the hint. "No, it's nothing serious, I don't need you to call back. I only want to ask how's the program you tried, did the interference work?"

Jungkook, "..."

His handsome face was completely frozen over. He stayed mute for two seconds before slowly replying, "The result was quite stimulating. Thank you."

The other, "???"

However, Jungkook didn't say anything else and directly cut the line.

After the call was cut off, silence descended upon the room.

And with this, the atmosphere became even more suffocating.

Professor Park, who had been playing dead this whole while, could no longer keep up the pretence. He gently exhaled. The sigh was slight, like in acceptance of the milk that had been spilled, and he raised his gaze to meet Jungkook's eyes.

They stared at each other. 

After a long while, Jungkook angled his head away first, perhaps in vexation or simply wishing to wash his hands off this entire episode.

"It seems that there is no longer any need for what I initially wanted to discuss with you," Jimin said lightly, and after a short pause, he continued. "But now I've another question I want to ask."

Jungkook still didn't look at him, only moving his lips to spit out two words. "Go ahead."

"I'm the one whose identity got exposed, so why is it that you look more awkward than me?"

"..."

Jungkook almost broke out in laughter from sheer rage.

"You've stolen all my share, now it'd be weird for me to get awkward too." The esteemed Professor Park even said this with a smile, making his words sound all the more dismissive.