Contract Relationship | Jeon Jungkook

▪ FOUR

[edited with WordTune and ProAid Writing as of December 4th, 2021]

During the weekend, they spent eating their lunch together. Nahee fidgeted with the foods on her plate with the dull look on her face. Bored, she was brooding over something tiring.

To have a boyfriend...

"Nahee..." Mrs Kim carefully called. Nahee raised up her head to look at her mother. "You aren't eating."

Nahee sucked her bottom lips and nibbled it. She sighed. "I don't have the appetite..." she muttered as she put down the spoon.

"Don't tell us it's because of Jackson," Namjoon uttered as he stared at his sister.

"It's not because of him!" She glared at her brother, mad for making the sudden assumption. Her face tensed. But then she relaxed again. "Just... I don't feel like to eat."

Mrs Kim looked at his son to see his reaction to his sister sudden mood changes. Namjoon shrugged as he put down his spoon onto his plate and brought it to the sink.

"Okay..." Mrs Kim slowly got up from her seat, carrying the dishes with her. "I'll put these in the fridge. Just heat them when you're hungry, alright?" She said. Nahee nodded her head.

Namjoon and Mrs Kim left her alone at the dining table after putting the foods in the refrigerator, went to their own places after lunch. A door clicked, and she heard the television turned on in the living room. Nahee was sure that the one who was watching television in the living room was her mother, while the one who went to the room was her brother.

Nahee tightly shut her lips, exposing her dimples lightly, and sighed again. She got up from the table, bringing her plates to the sink to wash.

She took a sponge from a small container and dunk it in the dishwashing liquid. She then took a plate and started washing it with the sponge. While washing the dishes, she was deeply thinking about her mother's suggestion about coupling company.

But should she convince her mother that she gives up on finding a boyfriend instead? Or should she consider registering herself for the company? If she is to register, is the company trusted?

There was one thing which stuck in her mind, causing her to get a block of an idea. It would be a good idea to convince her mother to let her be single while she was still young, but seeing her mother's eagerness of wanting to see having a boyfriend was something she did not want to destroy. She is happy when her mother is happy.

She remembered how she and her brother had a hard time to help Mrs Kim to get over with late Mr Kim's death. She knew how deep their loves were that it took Mrs Kim a long time to move on. Her mother's sadness or disappointment was not a thing she wanted to see in her life. Being selfish was not on the list of her traits. She loves her mother...

The desperateness of her mother for wanting to see having a boyfriend seemed to have a reason (or reasons). What could it (or they) be?

Should she just go to the agency and try her luck? Or straight with her decision, giving up?

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They received a call from late Mr Kim's sister. Namjoon's and Nahee's aunt to make it clear in the family tree. Although Mr Kim had long gone, leaving the world but that did not stop Mrs Kim and Mr Kim's sister from continuing interacting with each other. The family invited the Kims to go for the family dinner gathering.

Nahee did not want to go because she did not want to bump into one of her cousins. That cousin had always been a fan of her dimples. He would poke and tried to bite her cheeks. She was in her twenties and the fact that her cousin treated her like a ten-year-old child drained her.