Genuine

CHAPTER 16

"I just need one more." Yoongi said as we finally picked a perfect gift for his father. It also snapped me from my phone and Jin's messages; apparently he saw us talking earlier and didn't want to blow up our secret so he stayed hidden, but when we started to walk away he texted me.

Handsome Student: where are you going?
Me: He asked me for help. I'm so sorry
Handsome Student: why didn't you decline?
Me: That's cruel.
          I didn't want him to think badly of me.
Handsome Student: and leaving me is not cruel?
Me: I'm sorry okay?
         Please understand. He doesn't know anything
Handsome Student: exactly. He doesn't.
Me: And I'm just helping out
Handsome Student: I hope you can help me
                                     mend my broken heart
Me: srsly.

"How many are you in the family?" I asked as I put my phone back on my pocket.
"It's actually for someone..." he said shyly
"Omg. Do you have a girlfriend?" I asked intrigued of his reaction.
"No!" he panicked, "But there's this girl...I don't want to talk about It." he puts his cold expression but I can still see the blush in his skin fairly white as snow.
"Okay fine... what does she like?" I asked, eyeing the area for girly stuff.
"I don't know, that's why I asked for your help." He said like I was supposed to know that fact.
"I really don't know this kind of things either. But if it was me, I'm satisfied with chocolates. I'm a food lover remember? But if she's girly girl, maybe some flowers? I like sunflowers but for romantic purposes, give her roses." I smiled hoping to release me from this dilemma. He nodded. I suddenly felt my phone buzzing in my pocket, making me remember Jin.
"Anyway, Yoongi... I need to go now. I'm so sorry." I smiled apologetically.
"It's okay. You've helped me enough. Thank you." he smiled and I waved him goodbye as I walked far from his eyesight and looked at the phone, notifying a missed call and more messages.

Handsome Student: I'm serious
Handsome Student: hey
Handsome Student: why aren't you replying?
Handsome Student: quit talking to your sugabear
Handsome Student: come to me baby
Handsome Student: baby come back!
Handsome Student: come back hoooome!
Handsome Student: I'm upset...
Handsome Student: I'm leaving
Handsome Student: bye

His texts made me smile but his last words made me worry that he might really did leave and left me for good. I got sad all of a sudden and water started to sting in my eyes, making my nose hurt and a lump was left in my throat. I bite my lip in guilt when suddenly an arm wrapped me from behind.

"I've missed you." Jin whispered in my ears. I turned around and hug him back.
"I thought you left me for real." I whined
"I was planning to." He said but laughed when I stomped my feet like a kid not granting her wishes. We broke after a while, still nervous that Yoongi might still be around. I wiped my teary eyes as we walked out of the department store. "Did you cry?" he halted and grabbed my arms.
"No. it was just a teary eye" I said as I placed my glasses back and looked back at him. He sighed
"Let's get going." He said as he took my hand and dragged me to walk. I didn't have the mood to ask where until we stopped at a pizza place inside the mall. My eyes glistened in the thoughts of food and my face immediately lightened up. We entered and line up until it was our turn to order.
"Uhh..." he was looking at the menu
"Just no pineapples please" I said softly and he eyed me as he let out a soft laugh
"Meat and Cheese please, Take out." he said and I felt giddy and hungry imagining the meat and cheese blending on my pizza slice.

We sat at the chairs near the counter which is dedicated for takeout costumers. We waited, hand in hand as I made use of his shoulders and rest my head on it. He was playing with my hands and I can't help but feel sleepy with what he's doing. But I didn't get the chance to when our number is called up. We claimed our order as we made our way to the pizza place's entrance when we came face to face with Jungkook.

We halted immediately, feeling both of our sweats in our nervous palms. But jungkook seemed to have frozen in place, mouth agape, eyes shook in concentration, and head a little bit titled higher from our direction. Jin and I looked at each other and back at jungkook who was putting a thinking pose. He was so into choosing from the menu that he probably didn't notice us. We decided to walk sideways slowly to not get the attention of a hungry maknae. As we were walking further from the place, we released a relieved sigh and laughed at the silliness of what happened.

We went back to his car, depositing the bags of purchased items at the passenger's seat. But I brought the pizza box in front and straddled it on my lap like a precious child. I waited for Jin to get inside the driver's side before we removed the mask as I opened the box and we savored the smell together. We picked one piece each as he drove out of the parking area.

"Jungkook nearly gave me a heart attack." He suddenly said after finishing one piece.
"I know right! I thought I'd faint back there." I said as I shoved a piece to his mouth while he was driving on the highway to his parent's house.
"Ah, seriously, I can't believe he didn't see us. Was he that hungry?" He said and we laughed eyes still on the road.
"I'm just thankful he didn't" I said and we both sighed in relief, giving him another bite of pizza.