Book Boy (Namjin)

Chapter 12

*Jin POV*

I sit behind the desk waiting for Namjoon who is late. I watch people passing by but none of them are him. A few moments later he comes in, he has a few cuts and bruises on his face and I'm sure there is more on his body that I can't see.

"What happened?" I ask.

"I got into a fight, don't worry I won" He says proudly.

"Good job on winning but getting into a fight isn't something you should be proud of" I say.

"My friends and I are going to a club tonight did you want to come?" He asks.

"I'm not really into that" I say.

"You don't have to drink but we do need someone to drive us home afterward" He says.

"Alright fine, I can drive you" I sigh, he thanks me then begins putting away the books on the cart. Hoseok calls and tells me that he wont be coming in today because of a hangover. Today it's just Namjoon and I. A few students came in occasionally to buy text books or just have a quiet place to study. A while ago I had set up tables for people to read. I made a sign that had the details of when and where I would be moving spaces taped to the window so that people who came here regularly would know.

"Hey, want to go get lunch?" Namjoon asks.

"Sure" I say getting up. I turn the sign to say that I will be back later. We walk down the sidewalk not really knowing where we want to go eat.

"Any place in mind?" He asks.

"Not really" I say.

"Wow, aren't you helpful" He laughs, I laugh with him.

"My place is close, did you want to eat there?" I ask. He shrugs so I assume that it was a yes. We turn the corner to the city homes that are side by side with no space in between. We past a few to get to my place. I unlock the door and saw Hoseok standing in the doorway looking frightened then his face softened and he went back to doing his thing. The house smelled like food.

"We came here for lunch do you mind we join you?" I ask.

"Sure" He groans.

"Late night?" Namjoon asks Hoseok.

"Lots of drinking and watching horror movies with Jin" He says.

"Jin I didn't know you like horror movies" He says.

"I can stand them if I have a drink and I'm not alone, but yes I do like them even if they scare the crap out of me" I say. He laughs a little goes to help Hoseok with the food. I stepped outside for a little it to enjoy the weather. Soon after Hoseok joins me and hands me a bowl of rice and noodles, the bowl warm and felt nice to hold. I took the chopsticks from him and started eating. We set down together on the steps eating in silence. Namjoon was still inside I don't know what he was doing.

"Things have gotten better between you two now?" He says.

"Yep, we also talked about this last week I think Hoseok" I laugh.

"Oh right, yeah" He laughs. After a short while Namjoon joins us. We sat on the steps watching people walk past. We saw some pretty interesting things but didn't think much of it, we were just having some fun. An old couple walked by and was giving us looks, not good ones. Apparently they didn't like us joking about the people we saw that walked by. We finish our food then go back inside and put away the dishes. We leave Hoseok to clean to the dishes so Namjoon and I can go back to work. He held onto my hand we walked a few blocks back to my shop. I pushed past a small group of people to get to the door so I could unlock it. Once I do the group standing around the door come rushing in and looking at the books. I look at Namjoon who shrugs then gets back to work. I sit down behind the register and wait for one of the people to come up with a book. One comes up but doesn't set the book down.

"I hear your going out of business" He says.

"I'm not, why, where did you hear that?" I ask.

"It said on the sign that you will be closing soon" He says.

"I'm not closing I'm just going to be moving to a different space" I say.

"Oh..." He says. He sets the book down in front of me and asks if he can buy it.

"Why were you guys waiting outside the door?" I ask

"We wanted to help you not go out of businesses but now that we know you aren't thats good, we just wanted to help" He says.

"That's nice of you but I don't need help" I say giving him the book after pays for it. He nods then goes around to gather up his friends. A few check out the books and the rest buy them. Once they leave Namjoon sighs and sits down on the desk.

"Did they talk to you?" I ask.

"Yeah, they were so worried too. I called them down and told them" he says. We both laugh a little at the group.

"The funny thing is I have never seen them before, why would they want to help me now" I laugh.

"You haven't seen them before? That's funny" he laughs.

"After work do you want to go watch a movie?" I ask.

"Remember we have the club tonight" he says.

"Oh right" I say. The day goes on then it's time to go. We walk to his place to get changed. We both are wearing similar outfits; leather jackets, ripped jeans and black shirts. I have converse and he has boots. We sit on the couch waiting for them to arrive. I brought the car over earlier when Namjoon was changing so that we wouldn't have to walk. After a short while they arrive.

"So are you guys dating now?" Taehyung asks. Namjoon nods proudly then kisses me.

"Alright, alright, calm down. Jin your the driver, no drinking" Taehyung says. I nod and stand up. We walk out to the car Namjoon sits up front with me and the others sit in the back all squished together.