Torn (YOOMIN and MINJOON

Chapter 5

Yallllll sorry this book is going by fast I'm just so excited IMMA TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN A LIL THIS WILL BE MORE OF A FUN CHAPTER :) also the picture above is the actual cutest right ? Jimin is actually Joon's lil baby ☹️

Jimin's POV ( a week later)

I finish writing the orders down and hand them to JK, who's working the grill. I organize the ones I just got as I feel a breeze behind me; I turn around.

"Hey, I know this is kinda early, but you've been doing so well at this job, and I think you deserve this" Joon says with a smile, I see his dimples, he looks genuinely happy right now, which makes me happy. He hands me a pin, assistant manager. "I hope your up for the task, if you don't want it, you don't have to take the position" he says, he places his hand on the counter and slouches; at first I feel like it's to get to my eye level but I'm not sure.

"Oh sweet! That'll be so much fun!!" I respond, I can't believe I've been doing so well here. It's been helping out Suga to have extra income, but recently I haven't been wanting to go home. He gets jealous that I have to work. "What all do I have to do?" I ask, curious but there's no way I'm going to say no to this.

"Well we have to have a weekly meeting about what's best for the restaurant and we need to be able to contact each other" he pulls his iPhone X out of his pocket, he opens the contacts app and hands me his phone. I look up at him; I ask for permission with my eyes.

I plug in my phone number and make my contact, 'Jimmie' I feel it's a cute nickname. I've always wanted to go by that but Suga didn't really like it.

He smiles and points at the next customer, before returning to the back room, counting money made in the last month.

"Hey Jhope!!" I say, I see his face light up when he sees me and Tae are working today. "It's nice to see you again, I'm sure I can guess your order?" I giggle, I punch in his usual.

"It's so good to see you again, I think you can get used to me being a regular" He laughs. "Don't forget sprite" he sounds sincere but I would never forget that. It's Jhope after all.

Tae writes down the time for his break and sits with Jhope at his table. Its now a daily thing, they sit together and laugh and seem so happy together. I'm not sure if they're dating or not but either way; they're adorable.

I continue to take orders for the rest of the day. Joon approaches me one more time before closing.

"Hey I need you to stay late today if that's okay, I'm having trouble calculating all of this, we seem to be off by a bunch but I don't know how" he says, he looks frustrated; but not scary. If it was Suga, he'd be spitting fire.

"Oh yeah of course," I start to say I don't really want to go home anymore but I don't want to weird him out. "I'd be happy to" I say, I smile, his frustrated expression fades and he walks back, he smiles, his dimples poking into his cheeks.

The rest of the day flies by and I'm kind of excited to stay late.

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After I lock the doors I go to the back room where Joon sits, his back slouched and his hand on his head. I move a chair beside him. I lay my arms on the polished wood surface. This seems like a lot of work for a single person, he must usually be good at this.

"So where'd it go wrong?" I ask, he finally lifts his head up from his hand, he looks drained, as if he wasn't so tired he'd be crying or yelling; or maybe he's not that kind of person.

"It's right here, 4 days ago we had a profit of $12,000 but on Wednesday it randomly drops to $5,600, and that's not right; it wasn't even delivery day or anything." He looks back at the paper, his eyebrows are tight, he looks upset.

I'm hesitant but I move my arm to his back. "Like you told me, it's going to be okay" my heart is racing, I don't know how when it happened. I can't move my arm. He slightly moves his back towards me so my small arm can fit around him completely. We don't talk for a couple minutes until I realize what I need to be doing.

I clear my throat. "Wait didn't we get a new stove?" I ask, suddenly the problem seems so easy.

"Oh my feudksjzks" He fades off. I feel like he was about to curse. He throws his hands up and gets out of his seat, then immediately sitting back down. "I can't believe it. JK was supposed to log it"

I laugh so hard, I get into a laughing fit and fall into him, not on purpose, my head falls on his shoulder, and even after I stop laughing, I don't move. I feel safe here. I don't want to go home, Suga now has 3 guns and plenty knives.

"Hey it's 11 pm, you can go home now if you want to" he turns his head to face me. "I think I'm going to sleep here tonight. I'm too tired to drive. I don't want to get into an accident" he says moving over to the sort of large couch, grabbing a blanket.

"I don't know, I kind of feel the same way, I live 11 miles away from here" I say, it's not that I can't go home, I don't want to.

"Where do you want to sleep then?" He asks, he's barely smiling but his dimples still show. "I think this couch is a pull out, if you don't mind sleeping with me?" He asks, he scoots back and I turn off the lights and use my hands to find my way over to the couch.

I feel the couch and slide my hands up to his chest, I quickly remove them.

"Uh sorry" I say, I'm really embarrassed by that. I move in front of him, he wraps the blanket around me and my back is touches his chest, and my legs are touching his.

I feel my pulse through my whole body, I can't help myself but I got hard right here. I'm wearing jeans so it's barely noticeable. I scoot back even more so I don't fall off the bed.

I feel something on the small of my back, but it can't be that..

Shortly after I feel his arm on my upper back, I have a feeling it's uncomfortable for the both of us, I grab his wrist, I can hear his breaths tighten and become heavier. I pull his arm over my neck and leave it there.

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I wake up to my phone buzzing, it's 5:45 A.M.

I have 34 missed calls from Suga and 4 texts. All about 5 minutes apart.

"Where the hell are you?????"
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?"
"Why the hell are you still at work, do you love the job more than me?"
"I can't believe you"

My heart is beating vigorously, tears stream down my face, my face feels hot and I shut my phone off, I don't want to go fucking home. I get out off Joon's grasp and he moves slightly but not waking up.

I sob, muffles by a towel. Soon I hear shuffling in the back room, I look towards the entrance to the room and there he is standing there. His face goes from tired to concerned and sad.

His eyes wander all over to see if I got hurt and when he doesn't suspect anything he moves closer.

I let my cries get louder as my knees fall to the ground. I've never felt so weak. My vision is blurred but I think I can see tears in his eyes. He helps me up and grabs a box of tissues. He carries me to a table and sets me down.

"We can sit here all night. It doesn't mind me" he smiles. He's truly so kind and thoughtful.

"Here's how it started" I say between cries, my cries have calmed as I wipe away some of the last tears.

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Ugh okay I lied this was an important chapter HEHEHEH but anyway I cried while writing this bc I felt this in so many levels. Anyway I hope you like it 💜