serenity | knj

IV

I fell asleep of course and woke up with a blanket on me. Namjoon must've come home. I had no idea what time it is but it was already daylight outside.

I got up and looked around me. My phone laid on the table near the couch, it was fully charged.

8 am.

There's no chance Yujin is awake already. I quickly wrote her so she won't freak out later.

[me 8:03 am]: good morning. i'm fine and alive, no need to call the cops!

I stood up and put my phone into my pocket. I didn't know what to do so I went to Namjoon's bedroom to see if he's there but he wasn't.

I freaked out a bit but remembered the blanket that was on me earlier. He must've gone somewhere. I went back and saw a coffee machine. He sure wouldn't mind, would he?

I searched for a mug and found one with a koala that held a cup of tea in its hand on it. It said, "my puns are koala-tea".

I made myself the coffee and sat back on the couch. I made the first sip and as the hot liquid poured down my throat I felt good.

I heard the door open and flinched a bit. Namjoon came in with a plastic bag in his hand. He tried to be quiet but then looked over and smiled.

"Jandi, you're awake."

I smiled right back.

"I made myself a coffee, I hope that's-"

He interrupted me before I could finish my sentence.

"Sure, of course. And I see, you chose the good mug.", he said and pointed to the mug I was holding while he chuckled.

"A gift from a friend."

I smiled and nodded. An awkward silence followed, where Namjoon just stood there and looked at me.

Right, I had no makeup on anymore. I got a bit embarrassed.

"I- I got us breakfast."

He placed the bag on the table and went to make himself coffee as well.

"Thanks.", I said and looked inside the bag.

"I didn't know what you liked, so I just got a lot of different stuff."

"Thank you a lot."

He came back and sat right next to me. The couch was a bit small so there was not a lot of space between us. He took a sip of his coffee and placed the mug on the table.

"You know that you look really cute without all that makeup?"

I didn't know what to say.

"Oh, it was all messy, I had to wash it off..."

"You look younger now. How old are you?"

"I'm 19."

"You are? I thought we would be the same age."

"We aren't?"

"I'm 22."

"That's not a huge difference."

"Hmm. Anyways, I'm sorry if I freaked you out yesterday."

"No worries."

"It was really urgent."

"What happened?"

"A good friend got into big trouble. I had to help him."

I was a bit shocked but I kinda already knew there was something bad going on. Namjoon took another sip from his coffee and as I looked at him I saw that his chuckles were all open and bloody.

"What happened?", I asked and pointed to his hand.

"Oh this...", he took another sip, then continued.

"Don't worry about this... the other guy looks much worse."