28 Days | Jungkook ✔

Save Me

   I can't get soft for him like this. As much as I wanted to change his existence, I'm scared he'll dramatically change mine too.

       After a half hour, the car arrives at my apartment. I try to pull Jungkook off me, but he buries his head further into my lap and wraps his arms around my waist tighter.
     "Jungkook...I gotta go," I gently say.
      "Y/n...I'm so sorry...it's all my fault...I blamed you for everything..." Jungkook murmurs.

       I widen my eyes. Wait, after all these years, my bully is giving me an apology?
      "What do you mean?"
      "I should have protected you...I should have been there for you...but I threw all my problems at you...we should have stayed friends through all the pain..." Jungkook sobs into my stomach.

      Mr. Rhee, the driver, pulls the partition down. He snorts.
        "Don't mind him. He sometimes sleep talks, even in the car. You can go now, Miss," Mr. Rhee advises.

       With all my strength, I remove Jungkook's arms off me. It's really hard to. Although he's slim thick, he has some huge biceps. Jungkook whines, but he calms down when I stroke his hair gently.

       "Are you sure he's gonna get home safely?" I ask Mr. Rhee.
        "That's my job. Don't worry, he definitely will. It's 1 AM. You don't want your parents to get worried."

       I nod.
      "Right...well have a good night, Sir,"
      Mr. Rhee opens the door for me. I step out the car. Jungkook is sprawled on the car seat. Before Mr. Rhee shuts the door, I hear Jungkook whisper like a scared child,
      "Don't go...please save me from them."

      "What?!" I choked.
      Before I can grab the door handle, the car drives off into the dark night.

       I'm frozen under the dim light of a street lamp.
        What does Jungkook mean by "them"?

        I open the door to my apartment. My parents aren't here because they usually arrive from work at 4 AM. So nobody was at home.
      After entering the bathroom, I wash my face and brush my teeth. Then I go to my bedroom, slip on sweatpants and a t shirt and go straight to bed. I drift to sleep.

After an hour or so, my body felt really hot and I wake up. I notice someone's arm was around around my waist and one of their legs were over my legs. I was completely trapped in their embrace.
"Hyuk...please go to your room. I'm claustrophobic," I groan.
Hyuk doesn't respond.
Wait a second...isn't Hyuk at a sleepover...my parents aren't home yet either...who is this stranger cuddling with me?
I smack the stranger across the face and a husky voice yells, "OWWW!!"

I jump out of bed, turn my lamp on, and find Taehyung laying on my blankets, like it's his own.

He yawns and pulls down his shirt, which was displaying his stomach before.
"Hey, baby," he greets casually.

      My face turns bright red and I'm inaudible for a few seconds.

     Taehyung looks at me confused. He sticks his tongue out then bites his lips.
      "Baby, what's wrong?" He asks in a suggestive, alluring tone.

       "Oh you know exactly what's wrong! Don't play dumb with me!" I point at him. I begin pacing in my room back and forth.

Taehyung rolls his eyes.
"Incoming lecture in 3, 2, 1..."

"You entered my bedroom again without permission! And crawled into my bed without my knowledge. You've been spooning me this past hour. Now you have the audacity to call me baby?!!" I yell.

     Taehyung raises his eyebrow at me and challenges me.
        "So?"

"So, Mister Devil, I have no idea how things work in Hell. But on Earth we don't invade people's privacy. The stuff you pulled right now... we have words for that. It's called a creep or even a stalker."

"But what if I want to be your stalker?" Taehyung sits up in the bed. He crawls closer to me, like he was a tiger sizing up his prey.

     I step back.
      "Huh? And why would you want that?" I was puzzled.

      "I've been watching some of those movies you humans watch..what were they? Twilight? Fifty Shades of Grey?" Taehyung props his chin in his hand.
     My mouth dropped open.
     "Boy, whatchu talking about? Fifty Shades?" I choked.

        "Anyways, the men always seem so possessive. So I just imitated them. Isn't that what you do for Jungkook as well?" Taehyung asks. He cocks his head to the side like he was genuinely curious.

    "I don't stalk Jungkook, though! Oh wait, I take that back. Last night, I trespassed into his property and hid in his bushes..." I rub my hands on my forehead.
"Y/n you're a creepy stalker. And now I'm imitating you and the movie characters!" Taehyung smiles cheekily.

I sigh. Lecturing a devil about the mannerisms of planet Earth is going to be harder than I thought.
"Look Taehyung, what I did last night was unjustifiable. I was desperate and did something really impulsive and stupid. Jungkook wasn't responding to my emails and I felt the weight of his possible impending doom...But I won't invade his privacy like that again. You could also get arrested for doing stuff like those Hollywood actors do," I advised him.

      "Then how do I show you I care about you?" Taehyung wondered allowed.

      "Huh?"

        "Those guys in the movies...they show they care for the girl by physical affection and never giving up...you always care about Jungkook...so how do I show how I feel about you?"

      "Woah, wait a second Taehyung. Do not compare me caring to Jungkook to how those guys care for girls. You know the exact reason why I care for Jungkook. It's not about romance. Heck, you're the one who encouraged me to take this mission!" I yelled.

    Taehyung chuckles.
     "It's not even about that...you've been looking at Jungkook with heart eyes forever."

Now it was my time to laugh.
    "Forever? Taehyung you probably didn't even know about me since a few days before the deal. So shut your mouth about stuff you don't know about," I snap. He was really getting on my nerves.

    "We've known each other for a long time...Sad you forgot about all the memories we cherished." Taehyung pouted.

      "Can you be less vague, please? I honestly have no idea what you're talking about." I shrugged.
      "You'll realize when it's the right time."
I sighed. Once again, he isn't giving me a direct answer.
He continued, "I just can't believe after all these years, you won't admit you're in love with Jungkook."

       I walk to my dresser, grab my water bottle and then I take a sip. Then I spit it all out.
"You muh be kidding me, Taehyung. Stop spouting nonsense!" I begged him.

     "Y/n just admit it! You literally look like a lovesick puppy around him. It makes me...jealous."

"Jealous of what Taehyung? I'll find a way to prove to you then I don't like him!"

       I was already stressed with the lack of time left I had for my task. And now Taehyung was being absolutely delusional. Why would he even be jealous? Taehyung is way too superior to care for an average girl like me. He has so many better options.

         And I just hated how every second Taehyung mentioned Jungkook's name, my heartbeats increased with greater speed. Goosebumps crawled against my body and I felt Jungkook's arms around my waist. My heart felt like it was being split into various directions. Taehyung's presence excited me, but Jungkook's absence haunted me. I didn't like this feeling at all.

       Taehyung rambled on, "And how would you even show that? Y/n, it's unhealthy for you to suppress your feelings for him. Just admit them-"
        "How about you just shut up."

I wrap my arms around Taehyung's nape. Taehyung's eyes widened, realizing the proximities of our bodies. With all my courage, I inched closer so that our foreheads grazed against each other. And then I pressed my lips against his. Hard.