Jennie Kim : Is It You?

Chapter 5

Kim Tae Hyung's POV
...I thought I was done moving on.

I have never told anyone about my feelings for 'that one girl'. I wasn't the type to spill the beans to everyone. So 'that one girl' turned out to be none other than Jennie, my own best friend. Being in love with your best friend sucks cause she will never see you more than a friend no matter how much effort you put in to make her happy and even though you want to confess her, you cant because of the fear that she might reject you and then the relationship between the two of you will never be the same. That exactly happened to me!

I loved Jennie, and I knew that she could be replaced by none.

The main reason why I left to Japan was because of her. I wanted to move on and get ahead with life and when I finally felt like I was done moving on, I decided to come back.

But I it seems like going to Japan was a futile attempt.

Jennie was a special person to me.

She doesn't have the slightest idea that I love her because I can hide it well, my feelings.

I was snapped from my thought when I heard Jennie in a surprised tone asked me what I was doing there without even notifying her my arrival.

Okay, I was quite disappointed by her surprised tone, I mean like what's there to be surprised of when a best friends visits his best friends home.?

Even though I was disappointed, I tried not to make it obvious in front of them.

Oh right?! I completely forgot about the guy Jennie was hugging. By the time I looked him in his eyes he already had his eyes fixed  at me and giving me a who-the-hell-he-is kind of look. The atmosphere was tensed.

I tried my best not to hit him, if I really wanted to I would have already punched him in the face. But I wouldn't want to disappoint Jennie so instead I decided to question him.

"May I ask who you are and what you are doing in her house?" I asked glaring at him.
"I want to ask you that instead. Not the other way round. He returned my glare.

I was not in my right mind because when I realised what I was doing, I had already punched him and I could see blood dripping from his lips. Jennie ran in his direction, held him up and glared at me. Okay that was atleast what I deserved for doing something right. He deserved that punch badly.

Nam Joo Hyuk s Pov

Jennie took me to the bathroom. She gently wiped my lips with a wet towel. I groaned as  the towel touched the part of my lip which had received the punch. After a few minutes, Jennie was done with the wiping.

"I am sorry for that." Jennie said in a low and apologetic tone. She lowered her head breaking the eye contact.

I must be crazy. I have never fallen for a girl this fast. Jennie is really something. She looks beautiful whenever you look at her.

I held her by her shoulder. "Its not your fault but if you really is uncomfortable with it, you can treat me lunch at school tomorrow, okay?" She slowly lifted her head up and nodded. I tried to smile at her but then the bruise on my lip wouldn't let me and if I tried any harder I know I will look weird.

I saw the guy from earlier in one of those couches in her living room. 'I wonder why he is still here..'

Jennie accompanied me till her home's doorstep. "Thank you and sorry."

"Don't forget the treat tomorrow then?" I winked at her and then waved my hand goodbye. She did the same.

Jennie's POV

I was disappointed and confused at what my best friend did to the guy I liked.

I entered my house and saw Taehyung lying on the couch with his hands covering his face. I sat beside him and when he realised that I was next to him he looked at me with his unreadable face, meaning I could always read his face but now his face was quite hard for me to read.

We looked at each other without saying a word, it was silent, deafening silent, I never knew silence could be this loud and I  swear the silence could kill me.

"Whose he? Tell me honestly Jen." Tae broke the silence. Phew thank God he did. "He came to return my phone, that's all." He didn't seem convinced with my answer but I didn't care.

"Oh right?! I forgot There's actually a rule saying you need to hug a person in reward for obediently returning someone else phone." He said that in a sarcastic tone rolling his eyes.

Those words fumed my anger which actually I was trying hard not to show in front of my best friend whom I haven't seen for years. My mouth doesn't seem to care what words it comes out once I was angry.
"TAE, I DON'T GET WHY YOU ARE SO DIFFERENT TODAY. ARE YOU JEALOUS?"

"WHAT IF I TOLD YOU I WAS."

"GAWD, YOU'VE GOT NO REASON TO BE JEALOUS. YOUR NOT MY BOYFRIEND FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. AND THERE NEVER WILL BE A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET JEALOUS."

He was silent for a moment. I guess he was letting my words sink in.

"BUT JEN, I AM YOUR BEST FRIEND. ISN'T IT OBVIOUS THAT I WOULD GET SUSPICIOUS WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IN A HOUSE WITH A GUY WHO'S JUST HERE TO RETURN YOUR PHONE AND HE'S HUGGING YOU?"

"FOR YOUR INFORMATION IT WAS ME WHO STARTED THE HUG THING, AND THEN YOU HIT HIM JUST AS YOU PLEASE?"

"WE'VE BEEN LIKE FRIENDS FOREVER AND I CAN'T RECALL ANY MEMORIES WHEN YOU STARTED THE ' HUG THING WITH ME."

"IT A DIFFERENT CASE WITH YOU AND HIM."

"WHAT IS THAT THEN?"

"I LIKE YOU AS A BEST FRIEND. AND I LIKE HIM AS A GUY."

"OKAY SO THIS IS WHAT I DESERVE? OKAY THEN THANK YOU."

He stood up and went out of the house. His eyes cleary told me he was hurt.
I know I have been hard on him.
I could feel my tears rolling down my cheek.
I like tae as guy, no I love him but I would never admit that to him. With his absence for many years I moved on from my childhood crush because it hurts when the feeling is not mutual. AND and that very moment I wanted to go after him and give him a hug which I was hesitating a lot before. But I tried hard not to because all these years of pain, suffering would go into waste.

End of chapter 5.
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