War of Hormone | JJK

Chapter 18

I'm so sorry this is late! I just moved into my apartment for the summer because I'm working for my school and they provide free housing for people that work so it's been a little crazy. I also haven't really had that much time to write because of all the moving and working, but I'm off all next week so I plan on getting a lot done. But enjoy this chapter for now!

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It's been a few days since me and Jungkook had that little, "argument." Maybe I shouldn't even call it that because it was just a minor disagreement and I'm over it. Well, for the most part. I did end up apologizing for acting like a bitch because I admit, I was, which resulted in him apologizing for pushing me into the conversation. We settled it and it's over, even though I still had those feelings. The feelings weren't as strong, but there was no way I was going to stay mad at my best friend for simply being with her boyfriend, so I let that go and he did too. I just wanted things to go back to normal like they were before I accidentally confessed to not only wanting to be in a relationship, but hinting at wanting to be in one with Jungkook. He already had his suspicions that it was just in the heat of the moment and I was vulnerable, so it was easy to convince him it was just that and that everything was fine.

The thoughts from that night seem to always creep back into my mind even when I try my hardest to forget about them. I don't need a relationship. And I definitely don't need to be in one with Jungkook. I don't want this to affect the kind of relationship we already have. We're both happy the way it is and we plan on it staying that way until one of us or both of us meet someone and we go back to being strictly platonic friends.

The thought of being in a relationship with him is purely a fantasy. And fantasies go away, right?

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"I'm so excited for you! You're gonna love it here, I promise." Dana said, excitedly.

Today was Accepted Students Day at University and Dana came along with me to support me. This was not something I wanted to do with Jungkook, but with Dana instead. I wanted my mom to come too, but she was unfortunately working as she picked up extra shifts to help me pay for school. I was a little sad, but nonetheless grateful she's doing that for me.

It was nice of Dana to come with me because she already goes here and knows pretty much everything there is to know about about this school already. But I didn't want to wander around the school by myself and she didn't want to me to be alone.

She helps me navigate through confusing parking garage to find a spot as I drove the both of us.

Once we managed to find a spot we park and follow the crowd consisting of other chatty, excited students with their parents. I was getting excited. Community college wasn't the best two years of my life. I did pretty well, but I hated it. I also didn't want to go and wasn't really motivated. I'm a completely different person now. I'm more motivated than ever and this is a great school.

The campus was beautiful. I'd seen pictures, but never actually visited the campus. Once we were out of the parking garage the evident theme of red and white caught my eye. Most of the buildings were white with red roofs, and some misplaced brown buildings that were probably really old.

"Wow," was all I could say as I put on my sunglasses, protecting my eyes from the sudden brightness reflecting off the sun.

"Right? I love this campus."

We follow the crowd into a building called, the "Center for Students" and there's a check in booth decorated with brightly colored banners and balloons. I check in and they give me a name tag, tshirt, string bag, and numerous papers, flyers, and pamphlets. They were having tours so we got in line and waited for the next group to go see the rest of the campus. Dana could have showed me around, but I wanted to get the full experience.

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Finally, lunch time. It was nice seeing the campus, but it's huge and we did a ton of walking.

I was glad to finally be able to rest and get a free meal as well.

"I'm so glad you're here with me, I wouldn't have wanted anyone else here with me." I say as we find an empty section at a table in the Center for Students, putting our plates of food on the table. I genuinely was glad she was with me. No boys, no distraction, just me and her. She had been nothing but supportive all day even when we were being dragged through every single building, most of which she had seen before. She hadn't complained once.

"Maddy, I wanted to be here with you. I'm still so proud of you! And I'm just really excited that you're going here. I really like it here and I'll be able to be in school with you for a year." She smiled and took a giant bite out of her sandwich.

"I am, too. It's really nice to have your help and not have to go through this alone."

"I would never let you go through this alone." She assured me.

And she was right. She was there with me and helped me every step of the way. 

During the following months, she helped me fill out all my acceptance papers, went with me to hand them in, stood there and watched me take the picture for my student ID, and everything in between. I was so grateful for her help. Taehyung was a huge help as well, which was really nice. I could use all the help I could get. This was stressful. Really stressful. Applying for university was an entirely different experience than community college. It was a lot more work and it was something I wasn't used to so having two people that have done this already was a lot of help. Jungkook was helpful too, in his own way. He knew nothing about applying to university and I couldn't blame him for that. He did, however, give me his support as well as helped me relieve my stress, if you know what I mean. And he did it quite often too as he had not found a job yet and had plenty of time on his hands as per usual. Jimin was starting to get fed up with him, as if he wasn't already. He eventually had that talk with Jungkook but it wasn't until after me and Hoseok begged him to. It wasn't fair. Jimin and Hoseok were getting serious with each other and they were both excelling in their careers. The last thing either one of them needed was someone as lazy as Jungkook just sitting around and waiting for me to be done with work like a dog waiting for its owner to come home. It wasn't healthy.

However, he promised he would try to find a job. He was looking, so he kept his promise. But hadn't found one yet. Jimin said he would give him some time because he knows it's not that easy getting one especially with Jungkook's lack of experience. How much time would he give him? We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. 

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So this was a short chapter, I know. But it was still crucial to the story. Stay tuned for more :)