BTS: I Think I Love You

Chapter 6

Me, Rapmon, and Lee are all sitting around my living room table. I would have preferred to get together at someone else's house, but Lee insisted we go here. She already knew that I was poor as shit and didn't have a lot to offer. She probably just wanted to make me look bad in front of Rapmon. Not like he likes me anymore anyway.

"Can I have a glass of water?" Lee asks, a taunting smile on her lips. This is the fifth time she has asked for something in the past ten minutes. She's just pushing my buttons. She knows that I won't object or say anything against her and she uses that to her advantage.

I go into the kitchen and pour her a glass of water. I lean against the counter and let out a breath of air. Why does she have to be so infuriating?

I walk back and hand her the water right as my front door opens. My mom is standing there with her arms full of shopping bags filled with food. My eyes light up as I go over to help her. I wonder what she's doing home so early. She almost never gets let off work early.

"Hey eomma. What are you doing home?" I ask after I am done putting the food in the fridge.

"They let me go home for a while" she says as she hangs up her purse. She looks absolutely exhausted. Her naturally straight hair is limp and lifeless. Her cheeks are hallow and pale, not like her usual rosy and round face at all. Her body sags against the wall as she takes her heels off one after the other.

"Who are your friends Zaybay?" She asks me. I inwardly cringe at the loving nickname she uses for me. I love it, but I didn't want them to know about it. It'll be all over the school by tomorrow.

"We are doing a school project together" I say. I don't have the heart to tell her that they are not my friends. That I don't have any friends at school.

"Let me change real quick so that I can finish our work. Then we can hang out" I say while running upstairs. I'm actually excited. I haven't seen my mom for more than half an hour at a time since we moved here. This will be a great opportunity to be able to spend time with her.

Rapmon's pov

Z runs up the stairs, leaving me and Lee alone with her mother. She is really young looking. I can tell where Z gets her looks from. They look exactly the same. Z's mom is just an older version of her. They have the same light brown eyes, dark brown hair, the same uniquely beautiful face, the same pouty lips. They even have the same body shape. I don't want to sound weird, but I'm amazed by how proportionate and shapely both Z and her mom's bodies are.

"I didn't introduce myself yet. I'm Z's mom, Yoomin."

She smiles at us and I can't help but wonder if Z would look the same if she smiled. I get the impression that she doesn't smile a lot. I get up from my spot on the sofa and bow respectfully to her.

"Hello ma'am. I'm Kim Namjoon."

She smiles and Lee introduces herself as well, but it seems fake. Lee strikes me as sort of a bitch. All she has done so far has been asking Z to get her stuff that she obviously doesn't need. I get that Z doesn't respect herself the way she should, but Lee shouldn't boss her around like that. I don't know what Z did to make Lee hate her so much. Maybe Z stole her boyfriend or something. That seems like something she would be capable of, considering what she does on a daily basis.

Miss Yoomin's phone rings and she answers it hastily. Her smile fades as the conversation goes on, leaving her with a frown. She hangs up before sighing heavily and pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Can you tell Z that I had to go back to work? One of the girls quit."

With that, she puts her heels back on and rushes out the door, leaving us in silence. Not too long after, Z runs back down the stairs, a new outfit on. It is not what I expected her to wear. I thought she would have worn something to try and seduce me like she does to all the boys at school. Instead, she came down in jeans and a Marvel T-shirt. Her short hair is in two small ponytails, thick glasses perched on her nose.

The glasses actually enhance her facial features a lot. They make her look more innocent and cute. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought she was a nerdy girl that everyone wanted to be friends with due to her adorableness. Not the school slut that throws herself at anyone and everyone just for attention.

"Eomma?" She calls when she doesn't spot her with us.

"She left" I say. Her eyebrows crinkle in confusion as she looks around as if expecting her mom to pop out and scare her at any moment.

"Why?" She asks a little sadly.

"One of her slut friends quit so she had to replace her on the pole" Lee says from her spot on the sofa. She examines her fingernails as if they are more interesting than the girl in front of her. Z's face drops as she looks down to the floor. She looks really upset that she isn't here right now. She must really love her mom. I almost feel bad for her, seeing her so upset over her mom not being there. Too bad she's a two-faced slut who craves attention.

Is that why she goes with all those guys? She doesn't get enough attention from her mom so she has to look somewhere else for it? I feel really bad for her actually. She must be so desperate to have sex with pretty much every guy at our school.

"Ok, let's finish this so I can go home" Lee says as Z comes over to sit on the floor by us. I stare at her and notice something I find kind of weird.

Is it just me, or is Z trying to hold back tears?