My Euphoria

Chapter 9: Yeon Hwa

*present time*
*Jungkook POV*

I brought her to my house after the carnival. Earlier I had won a stuffed plushie for her at a game, and she was hugging it on the ride home. It was a little teddy bear. I would have obviously won her something bigger, because I'm good at everything and all, but this was all they offered. (*cough*)
    It was around 8 pm when we got home, but neither of us were tired. "Want to watch a movie?" I suggest.
She shrugs.
"Have you ever seen a movie?" I ask.
She looks away and shakes her head no. Of course not.
"Well. Today will be your first time then." I say. I get up motioning her to follow me.
    We get into my car and drive to the movie theater. I was wondering what movie I should show her. I personally liked horror, but I'm not sure about her. "So uh... do you think you'll like scary movies?" I ask. She shrugs.
"Not sure. Never seen one." She says.
I decide to take her to see 'Train To Busan', a movie about zombies. I bought some popcorn and soda for us to drink.
"Popped corn?" She asks confused.
I have her a funny look. "Yeah. Typical movie watching food." She nods, and smiles.
"Popped corn... heh." She says under her breath. We walk around a little bit nibbling on some popcorn when we pass some couples with their arms linked. They were hugging and kissing, which makes me feel kinda uncomfortable. I dont know why. Yeon Hwa looks at me after we pass the couples, heading to our movie. She looks like she wants something from me. I kinda want something too. She turns away as soon as I look back at her, but I just let it happen.
I hold her hand and at first she hesitates, but lets it happen, entwining her fingers with mine.

    The movie starts and Yeon Hwa looks uneasy next to me. She gets scared almost every five minutes. This was a bad idea. She's shaking with fear, she wants to leave. She has to. I put my hand on her hand and ask her, "Do you want to leave Yeon Hwa?" She looks at her hand, and then at me. She shakes her head no. And we both look back to the movie.

I rub her hand to keep her calm, to let her know that I'm here. That she's safe. For the rest of the movie. She's silent.

The drive back to my apartment is quiet.
"I shouldn't have showed you a scary movie." I say. "I'm sorry."
She smiles and looks at me. "It's okay," She says. "Thank you for holding my hand."

We're silent again.

I decide to play some music. The first thing that turns on is, 'Through the Night' by my favorite singer IU. I decide to switch it, since it's a little embarrassing. But the next song is 'Dear Name', also by IU. The next is 'Ending Scene'. Then i finally think of it.

Is this my IU playlist?!?

Yeon Hwa's been watching the whole time, smiling at me. I blush, looking at the road ahead of me.

"Uh. Do you.. uh... wanna just pick whatever you wanna hear?" I ask. I DID NOT STUTTER.

She nods, and takes my phone, swiping through songs.

Please don't see the IU playlists. Please don't see the IU playlist. Please don't...

A song suddenly turns on. 'Dear Name'. She sits back and relaxes on the leather seat. She closes her eyes. She looks so beautiful.

Wait. What the hell am I saying? No she doesn't! Pffffffft......

But I can't stop staring. But looking at the road while driving is important so I do that.

'Dear Name' finishes and 'Through the Night' starts playing. She smiles at me.

"Never thought I'd see you fanboying over IU." She says. I blush.

"Well I never thought I'd see this princess fan girl over IU either." I say back. We both laugh.

Finally we make it home. But, when we step inside. There's a broken window and glass all over the floor. Everything looks like it's been searched.

"What the?" Yeon Hwa says.

A masked figure comes behind us closing the door. He's with two others.

I stand in front of Yeon Hwa. Grabbing a gun off of my counter. Pointing it towards them. "Who the hell are you?" I ask.

Yeon Hwa hides behind me holding my shoulders. She's shaking again.

"You're coming with us."

I know that voice.