I MET YOU IN FALL | jungri

seven

unit 115. yerim's place.

he knocked the door several times, with each time unanswered he started to panic even more. he uttered under his breath, "kim yerim, where on earth are y-"

"i'm here, idiot."

he turned back immediately, and found yerim with a white cast fit on her left calf and reached down to her foot. and a pair of crutches, of course. and holding a small white plastic bag containing something.

"kim freaking yerim, where were you?!" jungkook shouted at her. annoyed.

yerim's eyes widened, but it didn't show much surprise. "i'm sorry, jungkook."

his expression softened at her words and rubbed his face all over with his palm. "where were you?! goddammit, kim yerim, why-"

then he cut off his own sentence by pulling yerim into his arms, cupping her head with his huge hands. yerim wasn't that surprised that he was worried, but she didn't expect him to drag her into a hug, one hand on her head, another on her back.

she slowly patted his back gently, then started to rub it. "i'm so sorry, is anything wrong?"

"everything's wrong. you got me so worried, i rushed to the cafe as soon as my schedules ended and seulgi told me you got into a car accident, i was panicking so much and-," the words came out of his mouth like a speed train, and yerim cut him off.

"shhhh, i'm sorry you worried so much. it was a minor one, i just fractured-," yerim's sentence was finally cut off by the other when he pulled away from the hug gently.

"hey, kim yerim, you call that minor? you have to let me inspect," he said finally with a smile, which showed that he was obviously relieved that yerim wasn't seriously injured, and the fact that she's okay.

yerim slightly laughed at his slight exaggeration, then hit his arm gently. "hey, goddammit, jeon jungkook, can we just go in first? it's so cold out here and fans or the paparazzi might spot you."

her companion sighed, realising that her words are true, and remembered that he was an idol, a singer, and people might recognise him. "okay, okay, WE SHALL GO IN THEN!!!"

+

"so i was walking while texting-"

"you see, kim yerim, child, in this friendship we have now, i'm banning texting-while-walking or texting-while-driving. you heard me?"

yerim rolled her eyes, but in contradiction she was slightly chuckling. "yes, sir," she said then saluted with the straight posture, earning a laugh from jungkook.

"then, i didn't realise it until a car knocked me down, and i accidentally fractured the bones, of my calf when i fell."

"ouch, kim yerim."

"i know."

an awkward silence happened for a few seconds.

"what's that?"

"what's what?"

"that," jungkook pointed to the small white plastic bag yerim was holding earlier, now on the living room's mini table.

"oh, my painkillers and your hot americano is inside. i almost forgot to grab one fo-"

"oh my god, THANK YOU YERIM! I LOVE YOU!" he squealed in excitement, then hugged her. and he went ahead to grab the bag and taking the cup of hot americano.

"y-you're welcome, jungkook," yerim said, and it came out softer than she thought. she was taken by surprise when he said he loves her.

she wondered, did he mean it personally? or am i just being dumb?

because she knows she is slowly falling for him.