Summer ✓ p.jm

Chapter 16 : Favor

Hoseok.

He walks out of his expensive car like an actor inside a hit movie. The perfect timing of the sun setting behind him, making him glower than he already is. His leather jacket, a white shirt underneath, a pair of jeans, combat shoes, and a pair of black sunglasses covering his eyes made him look like an action star without a doubt.

"What's happening here?" His voice is different from the one he used when he invited me to come to his party before. It's frightening and not cheery. He's not curious about what's happening, his tone gives me a clue that he completely knows what's the situation here.

"This lady right here spilled a drink on my newly washed car." The guy huffed but his voice is not that high anymore. It's like he calmed down or he's just scared. Scared of who? Hoseok? He's a ray of sunshine, how can he be scary?

"How much do you want?" Hoseok slowly walks towards the guy, and I swear I saw this huge and bulky guy flinch just because Hoseok Jung is coming for him. "A freshman like you should learn how to respect their seniors." He taps him on his shoulder and left his hand hanging onto it, there's one thing on the guy's face. It's fear.

My mind battles that if this guy is really just a college student. He looks a little mature for it. No offense, but I thought he's a young dad waiting for her daughter to finish classes.

"I heard she said she's sorry, yet you kept on yelling at her." Hoseok looks at me for a bit and then back at the guy. "Now how much do you want? Car wash services aren't that expensive, or are you thinking of conning her?" Hoseok raises an eyebrow at the poor, lad. I don't know what made Hoseok horrifying for him, but the way Hoseok speaks to him means that he has some kind of power, not a supernatural one but mundane power.

"N-o, I'm not thinking about s-omething like that!" The guy quickly denies as he struggles for words. In just a few seconds the tables turned.

Hoseok sighs and withdraws the hand from his shoulders. He puts all his weight on his left foot as he stands. Later on, he slides his hand inside his pocket to get his money out. "Is this enough?" My jaw drops when he hands him thirty dollars.

"Y-yeah." The guy nervously said as he waits for Hoseok to signal him that he should take it and he did give him a gesture to take it from his hands.

"Buy yourself some In-N-Out, I heard car wash services are just around fifteen to eighteen dollars." He advises with a smile, the same smile he gave me when I declined his party invitation before. "Elise come." Hoseok calls and I follow, leaving a group of audience and the freshman guy behind.

"Thank you." I said as I trail behind Hoseok, instead of the usual 'You're welcome' he just chuckles.

"That guy needed a lesson. He must learn how to control his anger." Now, this is the same Hoseok I met the first time. His aura changed so fast after dealing with the guy outside.

"I thought you have a party going on right now?" I ask, trying to start a conversation.

"I do. Jin and Namjoon are nowhere to be found, Taehyung is drunk, Yoongi is sleeping at the rooftop, again and Jungkook's probably fucking some random girl." I cringe at the last part.

How can he do this to my sister? I'm really going to tell Serene about this. She deserves better than any of these, she deserves someone better than Jungkook.

"Then why are you here?"

"I don't have anyone to talk to." He briefly answers. "That's why as a return for what I did for you earlier, you'll come to my party." My face drops at his statement.

I don't want to party right now. I've got loads of errands to do, and a headache won't be very helpful for that. "How about Jimin?" I made it sound like a last resort for him to change his mind about asking me to come to his party, but the truth is I just want to hear some news about Jimin.