Shoutout to Jungkook

Chapter 14

We enjoy a lot at the arcade. It's like living back my childhood. I wish I could come here more often.

Jungkook won at almost everything except for air hockey.

"You wanna grab something to eat?" He asks me, as soon as we're out of the arcade. I nod, since I'm really hungry now.

He points to a restaurant nearby and we decide to go there. We get a table and I notice there's not many people around.

Jungkook finally takes his mask off and takes a deep breath. We give in our orders and sit back, relaxing.

We sit in the comfortable silence until our food arrives. We eat in silence as well, with casual small talks here and there.

Once we're finished, we walk outside and Jungkook puts his mask back on. I look at my phone and it's already 10 o'clock.

"We should go home." I say, and Jungkook nods.

He drives me to my house and walks me out. We stand there in silence for a moment before Jungkook looks up at me.

"You wanna take a walk?" He asks, and I agree.

We walk side by side as the cold wind blows.

"It must be hard for you." I say, finally breaking the silence.

"What?" He asks, facing me.

"Hiding away from people all the time." I say and he continues walking, looking down.

"It's a part of the life I've chosen." He says, and I stop walking.

He stops too and faces me.

"I'm sorry." I say, looking down.

"You don't have to be. It's normal routine for me." He says and smiles lightly.

"No, about shouting at you, in the very beginning. I never apologized. You go through a lot as it is. I'm sorry I didn't know that." I say, and look up at him.

He comes closer to me and my heart beats a lot faster. What's happening?

"I'm glad. If you hadn't done that, I wouldn't have gotten such an awesome friend." He says, smiling as he looks down at me.

For the first time, I realize how short I am in front of him.

"When I saw you struggling with the mask today, I realized how hard your life must be." I say and he shrugs.

"I can't really do anything about it. Crazy fangirls can get to me sometimes, and that's not a pretty scene." He says and chuckles.

We start walking again.

"Today was real fun." He says, as we walk back to my house.

"Yeah." I say, running out of words.

We reach the front of my house, and he smiles at me. I smile back. I don't know what to do now. Should I just run for the house?

He suddenly comes closer. And closer. My heart is almost about to collapse. He throws his hands around me and before I know, he's hugging me. My eyes go wide.

I am about to question him, but he interrupts me.

"Thanks for today. I had a wonderful time." He says and I can't do anything except stand there, a bit shocked. Also, he pinned down my hands. So, I couldn't hug him back, even if I wanted to. Not that I wanted to. But maybe? I don't know.

"HwaYoung?" I suddenly hear a voice from behind me.