disappointment town / jjk

eleven

jiseo lets out a sigh as she looks out the window of the police car she's currently in. neither jiseo nor namjoon bother to converse with each other. the only thing that can be heard is the sound of the engine and the music emitting from the car radio. it's playing a hip-hop song that jiseo doesn't really pay much attention to.

"you look so bummed out because kook left," namjoon points out.

jiseo looks over to the police officer, "no i'm not, i'm just tired."

there's a few seconds of silence before namjoon continues the conversation, "you know, kook's not necessarily safe to be around. he's like— like a warning sign."

"i know."

"you seem to like sticking around him though."

"because i want to," she explains. "i believe he's not as bad as they think he is."

"he's a good kid." jiseo eyebrows perks up at the statement. "i think, well, he's just someone who had a rough beginning, which led him to bad decisions, and bad situations."

"i, as well, believe he would not be who he is now if he had a different start to begin with."

"you say that like you've known him for a long time," jiseo responds.

"i do," he sighs. "i've known him since he was fourteen. kid had a really fucked up life. i just.. he deserved better, that's from my perspective."

"you think so?"

"yeah," namjoon nods. "kid had it rough."

jiseo feels the curiosity blooming in her mind. "rough?"

"well— i shouldn't be telling you this but, his dad was an alcoholic. you know how that shit goes. basically, the relationship between his family wasn't pretty."

jiseo listens to namjoon carefully. only now does she realize that she barely knows jungkook. apart from how he only wears black, apart from the endearing giggles, laughs and smiles, apart from his sweet honey-like voice, jiseo knows nothing. she knows absolutely nothing about jeon jungkook.

"you should've seen the love he had for his mom though." the statement makes jiseo drift out of her daze.

"he would do anything for her," he pauses, his grip on the steering wheel tightens for a few moments, and jiseo can feel his hesitation. "but she god damn left him. he— he left him all alone with that jerk of a dad."

"she just disappeared one day— and jungkook thought she would come back, but she never did. i remember when he called me on the phone out of the blue and sobbed his heart out. jungkook's a strong guy, he doesn't really cry, so when i heard him crying on the other line, i just— i just felt the fear creeping into me because i knew something went wrong."

"i know i'm a police officer, and i should be doing the right thing. but— i can't go against jungkook. i don't have the courage to," namjoon presses his lips into a thin line. jiseo on the other hand doesn't know what to say. all these words just came out so suddenly out the officer's mouth and she can't really process everything that he has just told her.

"honestly, i really don't know anything about jungkook," jiseo admits.

"exactly."