That Girl In Love | k.th

(25) Pride and I'm Sorry

CHAPTER 25: PRIDE AND I'M SORRY

"My birthday dinner is tomorrow. Get there early, okay?"

Jungkook nods.

"Also, please wear something appropriate. No ripped jeans or your white T-shirt again , Jungkook. As my boyfriend, you need to make a good impression on my family."

He nods again.

"Now which one should I wear?" Jieun holds up two dresses that she has taken from her dresser.
A white one and a red one.

He shrugs, "I don't know."

Jieun sighs. She looks irritated, feels irritated. Jungkook has been so blank the whole day.

She has a feeling as to why, and she hates it.

"Are you upset because of what I told you yesterday? About Y/N?"

Jungkook leans back on the bed, "I am."

"Don't give it much thought," Jieun says, sitting down next to him, "I just told you to pay more attention to me. That's all."

"It's not like that. I just feel strange that you'd think I pay more attention to her than I do to you. I think you're just jealous. Y/N's my friend."

Jieun scoffs, "The picture Minhee showed me didn't seem like a "just friend" picture."

Jungkook feels bad. He sits up, "But it was.." He trails off, thinking. Was it?

"You're thinking about her again."

She sounds cold. Jungkook runs his fingers through his hair, "She worries me. She's odd and she's always getting into trouble and I feel like I need to protect her. To be there for her, you know?"

Jieun stands up, "Then what about me? Who's gonna be there for me if my boyfriend wont?!"

Jungkook looks up at her. A glare in his eyes, "Maybe that stupid Minhee girl with her ugly bow can be there for you- like she was earlier, following me and taking pictures as if I was cheating on you."

Jieun pushes him and he falls back on the bed. "Shut up," she says and then walks away, locking herself in the bathroom.

Jungkook groans out.

This day has been awful.
One of Jieun's friends saw him with you yesterday and decided to follow you guys all night. She took some pictures that from certain angles looked to out of context. There was once where he looked like he was kissing you and another one where it looked liked his hand was on your hip, but it wasn't like that. The angle was just wrong.

Jieun didn't believe him though.

He had slept over and the pictures were sent to her phone early in the morning before school. She had gotten so angry that she slapped him and woke him up. She started to scream and cry, telling Jungkook to get out.

It took him twenty minutes to calm her down and tell her the full story. Those photos were taken at weird angles and it wasn't a date. I wasn't cheating on you. Y/N's my best friend and she needed me because she missed her bus.

The outcome wasn't great, either, anyways. Jieun sobbed into his chest and apologized but demanded more time with him.

"Can you please just stay away from her for today? Please?"

Jungkook hesitated but he said yes, anyways. No way was he going to lose his first girlfriend and the girl he liked the most since freshman year.

You were still on his mind though, since earlier. He tried to look away from you throughout the day, tried to please his girlfriend for 24 hours.