I NEED U // (Jeon Jungkook)

Chapter 17 - One Last Smile

I sat in the cafeteria, eating with Violet, and Tara. I invited Tara to eat with us, because she helped me out yesterday. And surprisingly enough, she actually agreed to it.

"Why are you being nice to me?" I asked Tara. She glanced at me, with a confused expression. "Don't you like Jungkook? So why are you being so nice? Don't you hate me? Is this about that 'keep your friends close, and your enemies closer' thing?"

She shook her head. "I never actually hated you. I don't think that I ever actually liked Jungkook. I just liked how everyone described him. I had this perfect image of him in my mind, but I knew that it wasn't reality. I guess that the experience made me realize that I don't really want to dat right now. I just want to focus on my career."

"Wow. Maybe I should take that advice."

"I don't know. This is just my choice, so I wouldn't want it to influence you. Everyone is different. Just remember, don't force yourself to do something. I'm off now. I have to get in some extra practice."

"Okay. I'll see you later."

The door to the cafeteria opened, and in walked Jungkook and Charlotte. Charlotte's arm was around Jungkook's. They looked like the perfect couple. They looked like they had the perfect relationship that everyone wanted.

As soon as Charlotte saw me, her eyes widened and she dragged Jungkook out of the cafeteria. They were probably going to eat outside, even though it was really cold. I wasn't hungry anymore.

"Mae." Violet suddenly spoke, which made me turn my head towards her. "You need to tell him how you feel, before everything gets worse."

"Telling him about my feelings, is the exact thing, that will make everything worse. I don't want to risk all of my relationships with everyone."

She sighed. "Well, you don't exactly have any type of relationship with Jimin, as of this moment. And Charlotte has already ruined the relationship that you guys have together. The only relationship that you could possibly lose, is your relationship with Jungkook."

"It's harder to do, than it sounds."

"What I'm trying to say, is that you need to take risks. Nothing will change, if you don't take action. You won't be able to move forward, if you don't let yourself move forward."

I replied to her, with silence.

She sighed, once again. "Eat. You're being really unhealthy, and you've been looking very tired recently. You don't want to faint again, do you?"

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We were now all sitting in Acting class, waiting for the lesson to begin. Jungkook started sitting next to Charlotte now, instead of Taehyung, since she transferred into this class. That led Taehyung to glare at the back of their heads, during classes. Poor Taehyung. I know how it is to lose a best friend, who've you known for a long time.

"Okay, class. Today we are working on an exercise. You may have seen this done before. We are doing a mirroring exercise. Find a partner, and start mirroring each other's expressions." Ms. Callaghan explained to us.

I immediately turned towards Violet, but it turned out that she was occupied by Taehyung. His hands were on her shoulders, and he was jumping up and down. It looks like he was begging Violet to be partners with him.

Great. Now who am I going to be partners with? I didn't need to worry long though. My eyes widened and filled with surprise, as I saw Jungkook walking towards me.

"Hey, Mae. I was wondering if you wanted to be partners?"

I looked behind him, to see that Charlotte was glaring at me. "Are you sure? Why don't you be partners with Charlotte? She is your girlfriend, after all."