Once Best Friends | j.jk

ch. 4 | time

ch. 4 | time

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"I'm in shock on how I nearly forgot how amazingly you can cook lasagna," Jungkook says, seconds before burping.

"Excuse you," You reply, continuing to wash the dishes, while Jungkook slumps on the couch.

He moves around on the couch and eventually laid his weight on his side, starring through the black reflection from the TV that showed you.

"I'm stuffed," he comments, bored out of his mind, wanting your attention. 

"That's great to know, Kook," You responded flatly, only focusing on finishing the tiresome chore. You hated washing dishes, which was the reason why your mood was brought down.

Jungkook being slightly irritated by your half-assed responses, he stares at you through the screen for a few minutes before remembering something he wanted to ask you.

He gets off from the couch, strolling over to help you wish the dishes. He grabs a spare sponge and washes the remaining with you.

You steal a glance at him.

"And you decided to help now?" You watch him at the corner of your eye, seeing his disgusted expression on his face, washing the dirty dishes.

"Hey, I helped, a thank you would be great," He shot back, attempting his best not to look at the leftover food that was falling from the dishes and to the drain.

"I was the one who cooked the food, this is my apartment, and I cleaned most of the dishes while you sat on the couch. A thank you to me, would be great," You argue, empathizing the last part.

Jungkook pursues his lips, knowing that you were indeed right. He felt bad, realizing that he should've washed them instead since you cooked him that five-star meal. 

But his disgust for washing the dishes took over, forgetting the basics manners. "I'm sorry," He mumbles, continuing the pain of the task.

He later clears his throat, striving to change the topic to talk about the favor he wanted to ask you.

"Uhm, Y/N?" He asks softly, side glancing at you.

Humming a response, you finish on cleaning the last dish, feeling relief come over you.

"Are you, uh, how do I ask this..." He drawls, whispering to himself. Jungkook decides on the safest bet to ask, eliminating some of the options in his head.

Eventually deciding to just go straight with the question, he asks the favor quickly. "Are you willing to cook some food again?"

Surprisingly to him, you understood and gave him a raised brow.

"We just ate?"

Jungkook exhales a breath, "Yeah, but I mean, I want to like, uh... Try cooking, some food?" He shortens his intentions, looking down at the drain. 

Immediately regretting it after.

"Why wanting to learn how to cook now?" You question him, finally looking at his disgusted yet nervous self, now.

His eyes wandering to other places except you, he becomes more nervous, "I just—I just wanted to you know? I felt like it...? Yes, because I felt like it."

You take one good look at him before giving out a big sigh. Turning on the water to wash your hands, you look at him at the corner of your eye. "You do realize, you're a terrible liar, right?"

He nods, quietly, following after on cleaning his hands.

"You sigh a lot."

"Because you make me sigh a lot," You say, drying your hands.