cold coffee / ijb

+ ten

chapter ten
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"ugh!" jaebum exclaimed, hitting his hand against the shopping cart.

"okay then," aera surrendered cautiously. "i guess no cottage cheese..."

"no, it's not that. jinyoung is calling," he sighed.

"park jinyoung? as in the ceo of jyp, park jinyoung?" baek aera questioned in awe, placing the cottage cheese back in the cart.

"got seven's junior. don't be dull."

jaebum answered his cell phone, propping it between his ear and his shoulder as he continued to push the cart through the store, tossing in a few vegetables while aera continues to sneak in her favorite junk foods.

"hello?"

"no, i'm at the grocery store."

"why? it's small.. you'll be cramped."

"jinyoung..."

jaebum pulled his phone away from his ear and looked at the screen. jinyoung had hung up on him.

"what is it?" aera asked, eyes widening in curiosity.

"jinyoung will be joining us for dinner tonight," he stated, not appearing to be the least bit excited.

aera's cheeks heated and jaebum's eyes narrowed at her flustered expression.

of course aera had researched jaebum's group before she'd met him. she'd especially come to like the pretty eyes and adorable eye smile of a certain idol formerly under the stage name of junior.

"don't tell me you're a fan of him," jaebum groaned, his palm meeting his forehead with a smack.

aera opened her mouth to object but her cheeks betrayed her as they darkened even further.

"why don't you like your group, sir?" aera inquired, her fingertips brushing the top of jaebum's thigh unintentionally.

his legs moved faster towards the check out and aera had to jog to keep up with him.

"they're nosy, they're touchy, they open the blinds to wake me up, and they leave their coffee out to get cold," he blurted all in one breath once we were at check out.

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"jae!" jinyoung rushed up to jaebum who had arms full of groceries.

aera's palms got clammy and her cheeks flamed as she hurried to the pantry with the groceries in her own arms.

jinyoung stood in front of jaebum with his beautiful eye smile, touching jaebum's shoulders lightly. in unison, aera and jaebum flinched. jaebum, because of the light touches, shooting fireworks of discomfort through his nerves. aera, because she feared an angry outburst from jaebum.

"who's this?" jinyoung asked, breaking away from jaebum to take a few steps towards aera.

"h-hi, i'm aera. nice to meet you,"she managed, looking down at her feet and bowing respectfully.

"she's my roommate," jaebum interjected, eyes glinting dangerously as he watched their greetings unfold. "and your fan."

aera's blood boiled and she bit back the urge to drop kick jaebum all the way to australia for exposing her so quickly and without any hesitation.