sick - im jaebum

twenty-four

"why are you two wet?"

jaebum and subin looked at each other before looking back at bambam, "long story."

"well, i'm not going anywhere. explain, you freaks," bambam crossed his arms, sitting on the couch and patting either side of him, inviting the two of them to plop down next to him. they faked confused expressions. "don't play coy. jinyoung found a condom in your room. your secret is out."

"you didn't know until jinyoung told us?" mark asked, walked up to them and sitting in a chair adjacent to them. he had been making an effort to talk to everyone. it was never a long sentence or a length conversation, but some vocalization was better than none.

"you knew before?" bambam asked, aghast. mark just simply nodded.

"we're a thing," jaebum said. "i asked her to be my girlfriend like, an hour ago, actually."

"ooh, a recent development," bambam leaned forward and put his chin in his hands. "that doesn't explain why you're both wet and smell like chemicals."

"we would get to that if you'd let us," subin quipped back. she opened her mouth when a secretary called out to them.

"jaebum? you have a visitor waiting in the guest room."

subin and jaebum glanced at each other. "i hope to god it's your mom and not who i think it is," subin said, gripping jaebum's hand tightly and reassuringly.

"if it is who we think it is," bambam said as jaebum stood up. "crow like a rooster and we'll go and remove the source of toxicity."

jaebum let out a chuckle. "guys, it'll be fine. if i'm in there for more than fifteen minutes, then come and check on me, okay?"

"jaebum," he turned his head to mark who spoke. with the most serious face ever, he said, "we can take her."

"thanks guys. wish me luck," he said before walking away.

"rip her heart out!" subin yelled before covering her mouth. "i mean, good luck!"

jaebum walked down the hallway with a fond smile on his face because of subin. she truly made him happy, and he could only hope that he did the same for her.

however, the smile on his face quickly disappeared as he saw who was in the guest room, sitting at a table, waiting for him. her makeup looked basically the same, if anything only her lipstick was different. she had cut her hair and dyed it a dirty blonde shade. he immediately felt agitated.

"areum," he jaebum said monotonously as he sat down across from her.

"hi bum- i mean. hi jaebum," she corrected herself. something inside jaebum was extremely happy that she didn't call him that horrendous nickname.

"why are you here? did you not get the hint after what happened last time?" jaebum asked, crossing his arms in a standoffish way.

"i have some news for you. i didn't want to tell you over the phone. i at least owe you that much," areum said, playing with her fingers on the table and refusing to look jaebum in the eyes.

"what is is?" jaebum asked. he felt uneasy about this whole situation.

"jaebum i'm," she took a deep breath. "i'm pregnant."

"okay?" jaebum didn't understand why she was telling him this. it didn't matter to him who she got knocked up by. they weren't an item. "why should i care?"

"because it's yours, jaebum," areum said, tears starting to visibly pool in her eyes.

jaebum guffawed, which turned into chuckles, which developed into sadistic laughter, throwing his head back and holding onto his stomach. areum sat there and watched him have his laughing fit as her tears started to spill over.

"that's the funniest joke i've heard all week, areum. that was a good one," jaebum wiped his own tear away.

"jaebum, i'm serious," areum insisted. the tears caused her mascara to run, and if jaebum didn't know she was pulling this all out of her ass, he probably would have felt sorry for her.

"no, you're not," jaebum let out a sigh, and it almost sounded happy. "if it were my baby, that means i got you pregnant before i left for rehab, which meant you would be at least seven months along by now. you'd definitely be showing. i'm not calling bullshit that you're pregnant," jaebum paused to lean in close to areum, "i'm calling bullshit that it's mine."

"hey jaebum what-" subin paused as she walked in, holding a fashion magazine. she looked at areum as if she didn't know she would be there. all she said was, "ew."

"subin, babe, hey!" jaebum called her a pet name, and areum immediately scowled at that. "you just missed areum's amazing joke! i don't know if i'll be able to replicate it, but the punchline was that she's pregnant with my baby."

subin's eyebrows scrunched up. she bent over to look at areum's stomach under the table. her features screamed 'confused' as she stood back up. "you don't look seven months pregnant."

"that's what i said."

frustrated tears leaked out of areum's eyes just as mark and bambam walked into the room. "ew," they both said in unison.

areum stood up suddenly, causing the metal chair to scrape against the tile floor. her hands stayed clenched on the table as her recently dyed hair covered her eyes. she was shaking. whether it was from frustration or embarrassment, subin didn't know or care.

"you," areum pointed to jaebum and then to subin, "you're both going to pay for this."

she stood up, ready to storm out of the room. mark and bambam were blocking the doorway, so she stood there until they were ready to move. bambam, showing his personal distaste for her perfume, plugged his nose as he stepped aside to make room for her. she practically growled at his gesture as mark bid farewell.

while subin knew areum was being psychotic, she still stood there and hung onto what just happened. something didn't seem right.

"don't get too stuck on what she said, bin," jaebum said, standing up and throwing an arm over her shoulder. "she probably wants me to be the father so i can pay for child support. take her threat with a grain of salt."

"i will," subin said with a fake smile. jaebum didn't catch onto it.

areum's last words hung in the air around subin.

you're both going to pay for this.

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i meant to say this last update BUT THANK U FOR 2k LOL WOW I NEVER THOUGHT I'D GET THAT MUCH

next chapter is the last until the sequel which i should have up this week sometime so stay tuned for that. i'll let u all know when it's up don't worry