Summer ✓ p.jm

Chapter 25 : Happy Ending

Today's Thursday and I'm wearing a white PRKR turtle neck shirt at school. Jimin snatched me dozens of it from their company's factory before we left Sacramento because he was worried that my parents would wonder about the bruises on my neck, and so does his marks on me.

Yesterday Jimin and I already finished planning about our presentation and I'll call this day a rest day, I think I'll be able to rewatch 'When We First Met' on Netflix later.

It's lunchtime and Lana's pestering me about my outfit. "You're hiding something aren't you?" She gives me suspicious looks.

"I'm not, it's just winter is arriving faster than I expected." I made sure my face is blank so it can support my lie sufficiently.

She grimaced, and I know that she's doubting if she'll believe me or not.

There's no winter in LA, and I already slipped.

As usual, my tray is filled with different varieties of foods for lunch, and Lana is still on her diet menu.

When my eyes searched for an empty table, it stopped looking for it when I saw a hand waving at me. "Elise!" Hoseok yells my name making me earn glares from women at the cafeteria.

Hoseok taps on the long table where the rest of his friends are sitting and there are exactly two vacant seats. He's asking me to sit with them.

It's a rare sight to see Jimin and his friends hanging out in the cafeteria and eating lunch, I barely don't see any of them at times like this.

I look at Lana if she wants to join them, but she's already walking towards the direction of their table and I roll my eyes at her as I trail behind her.

Lana sat next to Taehyung obviously, and I sit beside Jimin since it's the only space available for me to fit in.

"Stress eating?" Jimin jokes the same question that Lana asked me before.

"None of your business." I deadpanned. I take my spoon and fork before I dive into my meal.

"I have a party later, I'm hoping you'll come, Elise." Hoseok starts and I was about to say no and tell that I'm not in a mood to party tonight because what I want is rest but then Lana agreed for me.

"She'll come." She squeals before winking at me and I just smiled at Hoseok. "Anyways it's a surprise that y'all are eating here at lunch," Lana said.

"We were hungry that's all," Taehyung answered for her in a deep tone. Jungkook is sitting on his left and is having a hard time eating his food because of his injured arm.

"Why? You don't eat lunch?" I said before having another spoonful of rice.

"No, it's just that we eat something else." The eldest of the group Seokjin answered and everyone else burst into fits of laughter, except for me. Jimin looks at me with a wicked smile on his face before I elbowed him on his stomach.

"Ouch, you're touching my abs." He fakes a whine and I roll my eyes at him.

"You don't have one."

He leans closer to my ear before whispering the words, "Oh yeah? I'll show you tonight.".

"I'm not going to the party," I said in a whisper, only enough for Jimin to hear it.

"Why? You'll hurt Hoseok's feelings?" He pouts his pink lips which are damn kissable and I should look away before I can think of something else because of it.

"I want to rest."

"I'll give you something better than rest." I can imagine him smirking right now but I don't want to look at him. His face is just too alluring for me.