The Tour

Peripeteia 3

Peripeteia
(n.) a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances; the point of no return

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11:42am

    10 minutes has passed with me resting my eyes along on the couch while Jungkook doing his laundry in the bathroom (apparently that was what he was doing when I came in). A knock from the door was heard, knowing whom it may be, I hurriedly jump out of the couch and went to the door to open it. 

"Good afternoon [Y/N]",  Laura says with a smile and a worried expression on her face. I just nodded and moved aside to let her in the apartment. Jungkook went out from the bathroom with water dripping from his hands and showcasing his veined arms (due to his rolled up sleeves). He bowed to Laura and stood beside me so just he can whisper why Laura is here with us in the apartment as of this moment. Being the annoyed person I am, I ignored his question and stood in front of Laura with my arms crossed on my chest. 

"Is there any problem with the apartment-", I held my right hand infront of her before to cut her out. "Yes, And I do appreciate if you don't call out my name when you are in the same room with this man", a small 'okay'  left her lips as she nodded at me. "The problem here is... me being with the same apartment as him", I tried my best to keep calm, so I had my teeth gritted while talking to refrain myself from shouting or raising my voice. 

"I-I d-don't understand", Laura said

"See here, this man right here is a stranger to me. And when I came in the apartment I do appreciate its interior and stuff... BUT THEN HE CAME OUT"

"You do not know each other?"

"Precisely. Nor we are a couple. No wonder your husband was acting strangely a while ago, saying that- UGH. This is outrageous", I slumped down on the couch beside Laura, while Jungkook and her is staring at me with who knows what expressions, idk, I have my hands covering my face. I can feel the heat forming on my face, especially on the eyes, and no. I can't be crying here. Crying due to the frustration again, I can't anymore. Especially with these two strangers looking at me right now. I inhaled deeply before sitting up straight and look at the two individuals before me. 

"I'm sorry. I just- don't know anymore"

"I'm really sorry miss, we didn't know. There must've been a mishap on the site and accepted you two. We thought that you two were a couple since we received two payments and you pay per person basis", I can see the sincerity from Laura and no lies are shown from her actions (or maybe she is just doing a good act that me and Jungkook are being fooled at). I looked at Jungkook who is looking at me causing our eyes to meet for a millisecond. 

"Maybe if one of you is willing to go to a hotel, we can book it for you at a cheap price", Laura says with pleasing eyes.

"My- The- I can't check in hotel", Jungkook said.

"I will. If I can have a refund", I said drearily

"I'm afraid that, that can't be done. It is said in the receipt that no refunds will be given"

"BUT THIS IS YOUR FAULT. WHY AM I TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DOING". I stood up out of frustration, not that happy with her statement. "yah. can you calm down", Jungkook said softly to me. I glared at him and broke down on the floor. Leaning on the sofa and knees folded up to my chest, my arms embraced my legs as my head dropped down low along with my tears flowing onto my cheeks. 

"I'm really sorry. But please do not cry, this is all our fault, I admit. But the company will take us out of business if you report this. I am willing to give back the money to you, but it was already consumed for my daughter's tuition fee and we this is the only job we have-", Laura said through her tears.