One Step At a Time [jungkook ff]

Chapter Five: Garden of Misery

Jungkook smiled to himself as Min-Ju answered the questions Taehyung asked her. She was very professional and didn't seem nervous at all. She hadn't really looked over at Jungkook, she kept her eyes on Taehyung. The interview was almost over.

"YOU'RE HIRED!"

Jungkook blurted out in excitement towards the end of the interview. His outburst scared Min-Ju and caused Taehyung to give him a puzzled look.

"Um ... she applied to be MY assistant" Taehyung responded with sass.

"She's taking care of ME and MY health" Jungkook pretended to flip his hair back.

A sudden thought popped into his head causing another outburst.

"Hey actually she's also MY employee. Well not yet but ... soon." Jungkook looked at Min-Ju.
"Why haven't you returned the contract? Do you not want to work for me?"

Min-ju gave Jungkook a puzzled look.

"... I never got a contract from you sir..."

Taehyung bursted out into laughter. He laughed so hard he started choking. He immediately grabbed one of the bottles of water located in the center table.

"Sang-Chul probably thought you were going back to your old ways" Taehyung giggled.

Jungkook ignored Taehyung and looked at Min-Ju.

"Would you like to see the area you'd be working with if you'd sign the contract?"

Min-Ju nodded.

Jungkook looked at taehyung and pointed to the back of his wheelchair.
"Taehyung help me get to the old storage house"

"TaEhYuNg dO tHiS tAeHyUnG dO tHaT" Taehyung mumbled as he made his way to Jungkook.

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As the trio walked to the old storage house Min-Ju noticed the remains of what she assumed used to be a garden.

Min-Ju walked to one of the bushes, fixed its branches and poured some of the water, from her water bottle, right above the bushes roots.

Jungkook didn't say anything as Taehyung looked at Min-Ju puzzled.

"You should take better care of your garden" Min-Ju stated not looking at Jungkook.

"It's already dead..." Jungkook said with a sad tone.

"It's not dead...it's miserable. It just needs more love." Min-Ju said as she looked at Jungkook and gave him a soft warm smile.

Taehyung kept quiet, understanding what Jungkook meant by "already dead". The garden wasn't a place he could just give love to, but it also wasn't a place he could hate.

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The trio finally made it to the old storage house.

"I want to tear this thing down and build a new place where I can have plants and flowers everywhere. You can come up with the design" Jungkook turned to look at Min-Ju.

"I still haven't agreed to work for you..." Min-Ju stated respectfully.

"... uh.. would you like to look at the contract?"

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I'll agree just by having one glance at the contract."

"Wait wait wait. Weren't you applying to work for ME?" Taehyung interrupted, feeling a bit left out.

"You haven't confirmed weather I got the job or not, and either way I can handle both jobs.." Min-Ju stated emotionless.

"I now confirm you are my new assistant" Taehyung bluntly stated

"HEY! I was supposed to hire her first! And what about the the other applicant?! Hmmm??" Jungkook threw his hand back and smacked Taehyung's chest.

"Who's this?..." Min-Ju asked quietly as she pointed out a picture of Jungkook, Taehyung, and a man she hadn't yet met.

" That's Namjoon......my brother..." Taehyung stated softly, almost inaudible.

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For the past three days Jungkook kept thinking about the way Taehyung said Namjoon's name. How was he gonna tell him the truth...

Jungkook had decided to go check the old storage house for more pictures when something caught his eye. The bush that Min-Ju had fixed, some of its leaves had turned green again... somehow ...the garden didn't seem as miserable as before...

Chapter Six OUT NOW