Picture of Love (Jung Hoseok fan fiction)

8. "But...You don't even know me."

As we're driving I get excited at the sight of the pier. It's no shopping mall, but the pier is one of my favorite places to hang out with the girls. J-Hope parks in Pier 39's parking garage, opens my door for me and loops our arms as we walk to our next destination. I'm glad he knows we're not exactly at the hand holding stage yet, but this is sweet all the same.

We lazily walk and make small talk until we reach the Pier Market. Surprisingly we were able to get patio seating, overlooking the ocean and all the pretty boats at the dock. Is something bad about to happen? Things are going too well today.

We each give our orders to the waiter and J-Hope reaches in his back pocket to retrieve the flash drive with our pictures on it, he hands it to me across the table. "Here you go."

"Oh, thank you!" I take the drive ad put it in my purse.

"No problem. Oh! That reminds me. Do you guys have a YouTube channel?" I just nod. Why would J-Hope care if we have a YouTube channel? "Well you guys should consider renting that place. That jam session earlier sounded way better in there than in the clubs I've seen you guys play at. That'd be great for the channel right?" That's not a bad idea.

"Yeah, no, it sounded great and that would be awesome, but there's no way we could afford that place plus we're looking for a place that's not the hotel. It's too expensive to even be practical anymore, you know?"

"Yeah, I understand. Why not just live in the loft? You all could share rent." J-Hope offers a solution.

"There would be no room for the boys." I toss my salmon salad with my fork and the idea around in my head.

"The boys would live with you guys?" J-Hope's concerned voice causes me to look up. His face matched his tone of voice. "Well yeah. There aren't many options when we travel long distances. We need to stay together. That's why a hotel was the perfect fit." J-Hope nods in apprehensive understanding. "Besides, it's not so much a priority right now."

"Well do you have a rehearsal space right now?"

"No."

"Sounds like a priority to me." He says matter-of-factly. I just smile sheepishly and reach up to scratch my neck, looking for reasons to prove him wrong while knowing full well that he was right. "Regardless, we can't afford it, so..." I trail off.

"What if...I could...maybe...tryandgetJanicetogiveyouguysadiscount?" He rushed out.

I looked at him with bulging eyes. What is it with this man and his non-stop generosity?

"Excuse me? No. Absolutely not, you literally just pulled out all the stops and gave us a full on celebrity photoshoot. I can't possibly allow you to do something like this." I already feel like I owe this guy so much, I don't need to actually owe him money that I don't have too. Unless he wants me to repay him with something else. Something I would be very okay with giving him. But I still don't want to be in his debt.

"It wouldn't even be much of a hassle. That favor she owes me was pretty major, I'm sure I could persuade her." He says resting his hand on top of mine on the table and offering a welcoming smile.

"Like what you're doing right now?" My eyes drag suggestively from his eyes to our hands and back again.

J-Hope understands the meaning behind my question and laughs as if I'd just told him a joke. "Of course not, Janice is my friend and nothing more. Plus I prefer women my age...or close to it anyway." We both laugh at our small age difference. I sigh and look out the window.

"It's just...you've done so much already and I-"

"If you're worried about paying me back, don't. You wouldn't owe me anything." He assures me with a firm gaze. I just give him a clueless, squinted stare in return.