The Internship

Chapter Seven

It has been two weeks since Jisu's apartment burned, and her living with the boys. Jhope and Jisu were walking outside around the beautiful streets of Seoul, at night. Jhope was showing her around Korea and the many sites out there. They were both wearing coats, since it was cold out that night.

"Hey Jisu?"

Jisu looked up at Jhope, smiling.

"What is it?"

Jhope stopped at a bench, sitting down. He waved his hand, signaling Jisu to do the same. She sat down, and let him continue with his question.

"Do you really like staying here with us?"

Jisu scoffed, laughing a little.

"Of course I do! You guys have been so kind to me, and have done a lot."

Jhope smiled, putting his arm around her shoulders.

"Well you know, we're happy to have you there. Our home is not just a place of boredom anymore. It's like something about you, makes it a fun place to be in everyday."

Jisu stood up, pulling Jhope up as well.

"I know I make it fun, I'm me."

Jisu rolled her eyes while talking, as if it were obviously true.

"Let's go get some food. I know a great ramen shop that we can go to!"

Jhope grinned while nodding, getting dragged along by Jisu.

~~~

"Here is your order sir."

The young man behind the counter handed Jhope a bowl, not really acknowledging him.

"Thank You."

Jhope waited for Jisu to grab her order, standing with her. The guy handed it to her, smiling.

"And here is yours, pretty lady."

Jisu chuckled while grabbing the bowl, along with a piece of paper the guy handed along with it.

"Oh, thanks."

She walked away with Jhope, taking a seat at a back table with him. As they sat down, Jisu looked at the paper, smiling. Jhope looked at her questionably.

"What did he give you?"

Jisu looked up at him, while putting the paper down.

"His number."

Jhope glared at the paper, grabbing it. He ripped it up, and threw it on the floor harshly. Jisu gave him a weird look, questioning him.

"Why'd you do that?..."

Jhope scoffed, taking a bite of his ramen.

"You don't need his number."

Jisu gave him a look while eating. Jhope noticed and spoke up.

"What? Why are you giving me a dirty look?"

"Because that was rude of you!"

Jhope gave a short laugh.

"Really Jisu? It's not like you were gonna use that number-"

"How do you know?!"

Jisu glared while cutting him off. Jhope put on a straight face, speaking quietly.

"So you were gonna call? Were you really going to call a guy like that?..."

Jisu answered hesitantly, looking the other way.

"I don't know...Maybe I would have kept the number..."

Jhope balled up his fist, getting angry.

"You don't even know him...."

"That's not my point Jhope! My point about this, is that you didn't have to do that."

Jhope got up, slamming the chair into the table.

"Well what if you didn't?! You really think we're going to let you walk around with some random guy?!"

Jisu stood up, sucking her teeth.

"What are you my father?! And do you really think I would walk around with some random guy?!"

Jhope ran his hand through his hair. He started walking out the shop, Jisu going after him.

"Where the hell are you going?!"

Jhope ignored her, as he kept walking the down the sidewalk.

"Jhope!"

~~~

After walking for two hours, Jisu finally found her way back to the dorm, upset. She unlocked the door with the set of keys Jin gave her, and walked in.

"Hey Jisu! Where's Jhope?"

Jin asked, confused. The other boys got up from the couch, looking concerned. Jisu ignored them, looking down, walking to her room. Jin grabbed her arm, turning her around.

"Jisu-"

He cut himself off when he noticed Jisu had tears running down her cheeks.

"Jisu?! Why are you crying?!"

Jisu spoke up, catching her breath.

"He abandoned me...He got mad at me, and walked away.I tried to call after him, but he just ignored me...It's my fault too..."

Jisu hugged Jin, crying into his shoulder. He pet her head, comforting her.

"Shh...nothing is your fault, okay? We'll find him. Just go to bed, get some rest."

Jisu nodded, while walking away to her room. She walked in, closing the door.

Jin turned towards the boys, talking to them.

"Everyone call Jhope from your phones. I'll make something for Jisu, before she falls asleep."

They all nodded, pulling their cellphones out. Jin walked to the kitchen, opening the fridge.

~~~

All the boys crashed on the couch after calling and texting for three hours, trying to find out where Jhope was. It was near pitch black in the living room, and the only sound through the room was the snoring of the boys.

The front door opened, with Jhope stumbling in, drunk off his ass. Even drunk, he saw everyone sleeping, and tried to sneak in. As he did, he moved towards Jisu's room, surprisingly not making a noise. He put his hand on the door knob, twisting it while slowly pushing the door open. Jhope slurred as he called out to Jisu.

"J-Jisu...I'm so s-sorry..."

Jisu was fast asleep, not able to hear Jhope.

He walked over to her bed, sitting down. He watched as she was sleeping soundly, snuggling into her pillow.

"Like a baby...."

Jhope spoke to himself as he watched. He started to lean down, getting near her face.

"Jisu..."

Jhope pressed his lips into her soft ones, gently holding her face.