Love Yourself || Book 1

Chapter 2

The next day JungKook saw Yuju.

He ran up to her.

JungKook: Are you feeling better?

Yuju tried to hide her face.

JungKook: What's wrong?

Yuju: Please don't look at me.

JungKook: Why? There's nothing wrong with it.
(He said smiling.)

Yuju: There is! It's ugly and broken!

JungKook: Where?

Yuju: It's all over my face!
(She said looking at him in the eyes.)

They froze in that position for a while.

JungKook: You're right, it's all over your face.
(He said frowning.)

Yuju quickly covered her face with her scarf.

JungKook took it off.

Yuju was startled.

Yuju: Hey!

JungKook: Beauty is all over your face! Why would you feel bad to show everyone?

Yuju: Easy for you to say.. Your face isn't broken like mine.

JungKook: Im serious. You're a different and rare kind of beautiful.

Yuju covered up her face and quickly walked away while blushing.

No one has ever called her beautiful before.

JungKook smiled and followed her.

Yuju went to sit down at their library.

JungKook sat across from her.

Yuju looked up, surprised to see JungKook there.

Yuju: Hey!

JungKook looked at her with a finger over his mouth.

Signaling her to quiet down.

Yuju: Why are you here?
(She whispered.)

JungKook: To study.
(He whispered back as he opened up his book.)
I heard you're really smart.
(He said looking into her eyes.)

Yuju: Where'd you hear that?

JungKook: Jinga. I really need help in algebra.
(He whined.)

Yuju: I'm not good at algebra.

JungKook looked at her book in front of her.

It was her algebra book.

JungKook: Oh, we're doing the same thing. Let's work on it together then.
(He said happily while smiling.)

Yuju: No.
(She said without hesitation.)

JungKook looked at her confused.

JungKook: Why? I was the one who took you to the nurses office yesterday.

Yuju: Thank you, but I work better alone.
(She said gathering her things.)

JungKook grabbed her wrist.

JungKook: Fine. Then can I borrow your book after you're down solving them?
(He said teasing her.)

Yuju: Yah!

JungKook put one of his fingers over his mouth again, to tell her to be quiet.

JungKook: I was just kidding, but help me after school okay? Thank you!
(He said quickly leaving before Yuju could reply.)

Yuju noticed that he left his street address and house number on a post-it note.

He purposely left it there.

Yuju sighed.

***

JungKook walked happily to his class with his hands in his pockets.

As he walked through the halls, he saw girls whispering and drooling.

He smirked at them to give them more heart attacks.

***

Once Yuju got in class, everyone was looking at her in a weird way.

Boy: Who are you?!!

Everyone started asking the same thing.

Yuju: I'm Yuju.

Boy: No way! Why do you have that scarf around your face?! Why don't you take it off?

Yuju: I can't.

"Why?" More people asked.

JungKook heard and quickly walked in.

JungKook: Taehyung! She has her reasons okay. Try to understand her.

Taehyung: Sorry, I just wanted to know.

Then JungKook sat down next to Taehyung.

Yuju went to sit down.

Everyone kept on looking at her.

Which made her a bit uncomfortable.

JungKook noticed.

JungKook: All of you guys are supposed to be studying!

Everyone quickly looked back down at their notes.

JungKook smiled.

Taehyung: What is she hiding under there?

JungKook: None of your business.

Taehyung: Oh, you must know something.
(He said smiling cutely at JungKook to make JungKook tell him.)

JungKook tried to ignore him, but it was hard.

JungKook: I'll tell you later, at lunch. Or, when the time is right.

Taehyung pouted his mouth.

Taehyung: Araso. If it's so secretive.
(He said with a smirk.)