awake [seokjin]

fourteen ; little crush?

"Jungkook you're blushing," Mei said, pursing her lips.

"M-Me? I am?" He said, pointing to himself. He scratched his head before clearing his throat. "S-Sorry."

I bit my straw and shifted my gaze to Namjoon who also did the same. We both raised our eyebrows at each other. Something was up with him, and it was so obvious.

We both laughed like we read each others minds. "What?" Mei and Jungkook asked.

"Nothing," we laughed.

"Okay, but what were we talking about before?" Namjoon asked. "Oh, right! Yeah, Jungkook is the rich guy, he's arranged to meet his blind date later today."

"Blind date?" Mei asked. "Really?"

"Yeah, well..." Jungkook slightly laughed.

"I hope she's great," I said, patting him on the back.

My eyes moved to a guy who ran in whilst looking around. He looked like he was looking for someone here. We made eye contact and his eyes moved to Mei who was across from me.

He quickly walked towards us and I stood up when he called Mei's name.

She turned to look at him whilst standing up. "Jimin?" She said, her eyes widen.

Jimin?

"What are doing here with a bunch of guys?" He asked, pointing to us. "Who are they?"

"Friends," she said. "They're just my friends, Jimin." I sat down back in my seat and crossed my legs.

"Why are you friends with old men like them?" He asked, annoyance in his tone of voice.

"What? Old men?" I laughed, sitting up from my seat. "We just graduated from high school! What kind of kid are you? Huh?"

"We're seniors in high school," He said pointing at her then back at himself.

"Yeah, seniors in high school? Then you should be able to talk to older men, am I right? Mei's an adult now! I'm only 20, chill out!" I groaned, crossing my arms in disbelief.

Tsk, old men? When did I become old?

"I've known Mei my whole life! She should be living with me, not you." He encountered, grabbing Mei's wrist.

"H-How did you know she was living with me? Aish, I need to watch over her." I argued. "I'm her caretaker now, do you understand?"

"What? Caretaker? Since when?" Jimin said whilst taking Mei away.

"I'll be right back, pretty boy!" She shouted as he dragged her out of the cafe.

"What-Jin! He just took her!" Jungkook exclaimed, stomping his feet. "Should I take her back?"

I shook my head. "It's fine, I'm sure he'll take care of her."

"Who is he?" Namjoon asked.

"Her friend," I said. "It's whatever, she said she'll be back."

"By the way," Jungkook said, sitting down again. "Namjoon said you could rewind back in time." He leaned in closer. "Is that true?"

"Yeah," I nodded. "My job is to save Mei. Apparently she's always in someway of trouble.

I sipped my drink before getting it snatched away from me. "She's always in someway of trouble?" Jungkook asked, eyes widen. I rolled my eyes before snatching it back.

"Yeah," I said, "Hey, Jungkook," I set my drink down and scooted closer to him. "Do you-perhaps-like her?"

"ME!?" He screeched, before looking around the cafe and apologising for his loud animal-like voice. "Why would I like her? I have a blind date to go to tonight, Jin. That's so absurb, you're thinking waayyy too far-like what the hell man-I just met her and we it hasn't even been an hour and-holy crap, I think I do like her."

I gave him a sly smile, whilst Namjoon punched his shoulder. "Aigoo, Jeon Jungkook," He slightly laughed. "You can't like her-plus, she's Jin's, am I right?" He winked.

"Do you want to die?" I groaned. "All I am is basically her Guardian Angel... Nothing more than that."

"That's what they all say," Namjoon muttered, leaning back in his seat. I looked out the large window beside me and looked around for Mei. Is she safe?

"But," I began. "For some reason I feel like I'm the reason Mei is always in danger. I was the one who saved her right? But why do I feel like whenever she's around me, she'll get hurt. Being with Jimin is probably the best for her right now."

"I don't like Jimin." Jungkook muttered.

"Jimin doesn't like you either," I answered. "In fact, I don't think he likes any of us."

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"How did you find your way here?" I asked opening the door for Mei as she walked in my house. "Did Jihyo drop you off?"

"It's Jimin. Jihyo is a girl name, what the heck." She said, taking her shoes off.

"I think Jimin is a girl name too," I replied.

"Is pretty boy jealous?" She laughed. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the dining table, grabbing a banana from the bowl in the middle of the table.

"I want one!" She shouted running towards me and grabbing a banana out of the bowl. "Are you sure you aren't jealous?" She asked whilst opening the fruit.

"I'm sure," I said, sitting down, opening my laptop.

"Seriously? Because he's picking me up for school tomorrow. I'm so excited though! I'll be graduating next week!" She squealed, jumping on top of the table. I stared at the screen of my laptop when she closed it.

"Listen," She groaned.
"Listen to who?"

"Jin!" She groaned smacking the back of my head.
"OW!" I shouted rubbing the back of my head. "That hurt!"

"Listen to me." She mumbled whilst fumbling with her fingers. I looked at her, shocked from the tears in her eyes.

"A-Are you crying?" I asked with bewilderment. "Hey, Mei,"

"No," She mumbled, wiping away her tears. "I'm sorry I hit you."

"Mei-It's okay," I said, getting up from my seat. "Are you really crying because of me? There's something wrong isn't there?"

"No, I'm fine," She said getting off the table.

"Mei," I said before pulling her into a hug. "You miss your mom don't you?"

She wrapped her arms around me, her tears soaking my shirt. "Hey," I said. "It's okay. I'll take care of you, I promise."

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After putting her to bed, I laid down next to her on my side. Leaning on my arm, I watched her, still not understanding how to deal with all that's happened. The whole day today, nothing bad happened to her. Hopefully nothing happens to her at school tomorrow.

"You'll be fine," I mumbled whilst tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. "I'll protect you." I fixed her blanket, pulling it up higher to cover her up. "I'll be your Guardian Angel, Mei. Don't worry."

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