Never Let You Go

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Jae-Eun's POV
BEEP BEEP BEEP

Ughh. I reached my hand out to turn off my alarm. I always had to put three or more alarms every morning to fully wake up yet it never worked.

Another torturous day at school. Yay.

After five minutes of kicking my blanket in frustration and just spazzing out on my bed I finally got up to get ready.

My morning routine didn't consist of much since I am a very simple girl when it comes to my style. I wash my face, brush my teeth and head over to my closet to choose what to wear.

I decide on a black tank top, a plaid shirt to go over it, because I get cold easily, and dark blue skinny jeans. For my hair, I decide to just straighten it and let it loose. Once I was done, I grab my all-black converse high to match my outfit and head out my room.

As I put on my shoes to head out for school I look towards where I left my backpack. That's when I realized something.

"Crap! We had homework!" I whisper-yelled trying not to wake anyone else up.

I immediately reach for my phone and dial the number of my one and only hope.
"Jungkook! Hey umm...can I copy your physics homework? I kinda sorta forgot we had homework," I tell him as I'm still tying my shoelaces.
"Well, good morning to you too! Thanks for the warm greetings," Jungkook responded. I roll my eyes even tho I know he can't see me.
"Kookie, there's no time for warm greetings. We have a crisis here," I said.
"Ok! Ok. Jae, relax," Jungkook said before a silence took over.

I was getting impatient and annoyed as seconds passed. I can't have a missing assignment, it can bring my grade down.
"Wait, Jae..." he broke the silence.
"Yes Kookie?"
"We had physics homework?" He finished off his thought.
Tell me why I had hope in this kid. Lord, please help me.

I quickly finish off the laces on my shoes and rushed to get to school in hopes of being able to finish my work before class starts. Doesn't really help when it's my first class of the day.
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Jungkook's POV
I laughed to myself as I realized Jae hung up on me after a very long moment of silence. I grabbed my backpack and headed my way to school smiling to myself, I know I looked like a weirdo but at this point I didn't mind. I was thinking on how I can use this chance to get Jae to repay me for doing her homework for her.

As I walked through the library doors it was to no surprise seeing JaeEun already at our usual spot rushing to take her books out of her backpack.

I quietly walk up to her and snatch away her physics book from her hands.
"Hey!!" She almost yelled out. "Shhh! Don't you have any respect to everyone else in the library? JaeEun, who raised you?," I whispered back.

"Jungkook, I swear," she glared at me. " I do not have time for your games so give that back!"
I only leaned back in my chair pretending I didn't hear her as I just randomly went through the pages of the book. I knew she was getting impatient but it wasn't until I heard her get up from her chair that I decided to speak up and act fast.

"Ifinishedthehomeworkforbothofus!" I said so quickly you can probably not understand what I said.
"You what?" She asked.
"I finished the homework last night for both of us," I repeated slowly as I took out the work from my backpack. " I figured you forgot considering you went to sleep early and well, we hung out for most of the day."

She reached for the papers in my hand and look
through them. She then looked back at me and smiled, that beautiful smile that unknowingly made me smile back. It really captured me in some sort of trance as I didn't realize her rolling up the paper and lifting her hand up until I felt a smack on my head.

After a few minutes of yelling and running around the library trying to get away from Jae's hands we are officially no longer welcome in the school's library. This, of course, made another round of getting chased around the school until it was safe and sound in the classroom. I quickly made my way to my seat as she went to hers simply glaring at me.
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Jungkook sat in his seat looking at his friend with a teasing smile as she continued to glare at him. It was soon cut short when he felt a tap on his shoulder from the person in the seat behind him. He turned around mildly confused only to see the most well known face of the class, Dasom, staring back at him.

"Hey Jungkook," Dasom greeted as she put some strands of her light brown hair behind her ear. "Oh, uh, hi Dasom," Jungkook greeted back with a small wave. "You look a bit different today, did you do something different with your hair?"
"Uhh yes actually I-uh-I just parted my hair differently. Not much of a change really," Jungkook responded completely confused and uninterested in whatever this conversation was.
"I think it suits you well. You should do it like that more often," Dasom complimented. She gave Jungkook a shy smile as she looked away and attempted to get into the conversation her friends were having about heading out to the mall after school.
"Thank you? I think," Jungkook still with a confused look on his face as he watched Dasom with her friends. Dasom quickly glanced back at him making eye contact to which she smiled and of course Jungkook returned it just to be polite.

Jungkook turned himself around again as the teacher appeared in front of the classroom. He happened to catch JaeEun looking at him with a small smile and with the look she was giving him she asking him what just happened. He only shrugged and prepared himself to work on something other than the actual classwork corresponding to this boring class he was in.

JaeEun wasn't really sure what just happened with Jungkook and Dasom, but one thing she did know for sure was that she would tease her friend later about it. She knew it would annoy him. Which really only motivated her to carry out her plan even more. Besides, after that prank he pulled this morning he deserves it. JaeEun had caught herself evilly smirking to herself as she wrote her notes down for today's lesson.
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Oh wow this took longer than it should've. I actually have no excuse except for being lazy and not really knowing how to include our new character.
What do you think about her?? Seems nice and sweet if you ask me.
Anyways, I hope you liked this chapter. Don't forget to comment and vote on it. I mean you don't have to but would be nice lol. Until next chapter 👋