Operation: Notice Me, Chunyeong!

4. Taking Risk (Epilogue)

After 15 minutes of walking around with no particular destination, Jungkook ended up in a children's playground a few kilometers near their dorm. He sat on one of the swings and looked up to the sky. There's no star that night because of the dark clouds covering the heavens. He let out a deep sigh as his mind replayed all of today's events that happened inside the mall.

"Hey", a deep voice greeted Jungkook, cutting his train of thoughts. Taehyung sat on the other swing on Jungkook's right side, gazing up as well at the starless sky.

"What are you doing here, hyung? You're supposed to be with others. Why'd you left Lyn noona?", Jungkook asked after a minute of silence.

"Don't I have the right to be here?", Taehyung asked back making Jungkook bow his head in apology. The older chuckled and ruffled the maknae's hair. "I followed you that's why I'm here. And if you're thinking about my cupcake, she'll be fine with them for a while."

Jungkook nodded in acknowledgement. He looked down to his feet and kicked the small rock under his shoe.

"How do you feel?", Taehyung asked, swinging himself a bit. Jungkook sighed.

"I feel like giving up, hyung."

"Why?"

"Nothing has been successful with all of those plans we did. I only made myself embarrassing in front of Chunyeong", Jungkook mumbled sadly.

"Have you tried confessing to her?" Jungkook shot his head up and looked at Taehyung who's eyes were still looking at the sky. He shook his head and frowned.

"N-No, I haven't--"

"Then do it. Tell Chunyeong how you feel about her. That might work." Taehyung stopped his swing from moving to look at Jungkook.

"You know, girls are complicated. They tend to overthink things. They may believe that action speaks louder than words but only if you tell them your real intention and confirmed it. So why not try confessing your feelings to her instead of just doing acts?"

"But what if she don't like me back?", Jungkook asked in worry. Taehyung chuckled and moved his swing again.

"Liking or loving someone doesn't mean that that person has to like or love you back. Love is not about being equal or getting back what you gave but giving everything that you can give to them, to show them how much you really care about that person", Taehyung explained.

"Is that why you're always bugging Lyn noona?", Jungkook finally smiled, remembering how his hyung would follow their classmate around telling her cheesy and cringe-worthy words.

"Yeeup! I'm telling you, eventually she'll give up and accept my feelings for her or more over, she might like me back!", Taehyung smiled, suddenly feeling all giddy. "No one can resist my charms! And Chunyeong won't be able to resist yours. You're called the 'golden maknae' for a reason."

After hearing his hyung's words, Jungkook somehow felt a little hope. But still, the thought of him telling Chunyeong about his feelings towards her make him feel scared and nervous.

"Go on, do it now!", Taehyung persuaded, pushing Jungkook off the swing. "Tell her now before someone else do it and take her away from you."

The thought of that dinosaur looking Chen suddenly appeared in his mind. He won't forgive himself if that guy stole the apple of his eye.

"B-But where will I go? I don't know where they went."

"I heard them before they disappeared, Chunyeong invited that Chen to her house to watch movies and-- hey! Jungkook-ah!" The said maknae suddenly ran as fast as he could to Chunyeong's house after he heard that information leaving his hyung behind. Taehyung smiled proudly and muttered a 'good luck' for his dongsaeng before he decided to run to a shortcut leading to a specific place.