One Month (Lee Jieun & Jeon Jungkook) KOOKU

4 | Rules?

I woke up in the morning throughout the weekend remembering what happened Friday. Jieun!

It almost felt like a reality TV show. You have 1 month to make the girl fall in love with you. And maybe I should have come up with a better proposal then I'll never talk to her again.

At least I have my chance now.

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"Ya, Jungkook, you need to eat" Jimin said from beside me, putting another spoonful of cereal in his mouth.

"I'm not hungry" I replied.

"If you don't eat, you'll lose all that bulk of yours" he said, nodding towards me. I rolled my eyes, and walked away from our table to the shared room.

It's not like I can dress up for her either. My school uniform is the same as every single boy in the school.

Jimin walked in, and changed into his uniform  silently. When we do homework, I do it upstairs at my desk, while he does it at the kitchen table. We notice that we sometimes get... distracted while working in the same room.

He walked to the bathroom, and I saw the reflection of him fixing his hair through the crack of the door.

Should I fix my hair? I brushed some pieces out of my face.

"Bye Jimin" I said leaving. We usually leave at different times, because I like going early, while he couldn't care less.

~♧~♧~♧~

I'm about to enter the school, until I turn around and set to where Jieun usually sits.

She has her earbuds in, and her knees are pulled towards her chest. I can't make out the title of the book, but she is alone.

"Jieun?" I said, standing in front of her. No answer. "Jieun!" I said, this time, tapping her shoulder. She yanked her earbuds out, and saw me. I smiled, and sat beside her.

"Hi Jungkook." She said plainly, without looking at me.

"So how is this going to work?" I asked.

"Exacally how you said. You have one month to make me fall in love with you. If I don't, you'll never talk to me again" she said, reading her book.

"So we're like... dating? For a month?" I asked.

"No" she responded unenthusiasticly.

"Then how am I supposed to make you fall in love with me?"

"Fine. From March 1st to March 31st, we are 'dating', but no girlfriend or boyfriend titles" she said, with air quotations.

"Why did you agree to do this?" I asked out of curiosity.

"I can give up one month, if it means you'll stop bugging me" I scratched my head, embarrassed.

"What if you do fall in love with me?"

"Well, I- that probably won't happen." She said, pink going to her cheeks. I guess she didn't think about that possibility. She stood up. "But remember Jungkook, I'm in grade 11, you're in grade 10. We won't be seeing each other often, and with that persona of yours, I don't expect many romantic gestures."

"You'll see" I said, not really knowing what else to say, still in my sitting position at the wall.

"Will I now?" She chuckled, and walked away.

Today was February 27th. In 2 days, Jieun will be my girlfriend for a month. I don't care about what she said about titles or whatever.

I was already planning on what to do with her. Movies, dinner, so much. But I know, she doesn't like me that way. Yet.

~♧~♧~♧~

"Drop you pencils, the test is over!" Ms Nam said. We have 3 tests today. Math, English, and literature. But math is right before lunch, so it's so much better then other things. Sometimes at least.

I dropped my pencil in defeat, unable to finish the last question. Shit. I saw Jimin frantically scribbling something, before smashing his pencil down, as he finished.

Ms Nam collected them, and told us to talk while she had them graded.

"So you guys are dating now, right?" Jimin asked, once the room got loud enough.

"Dating who?" Taehyung asked. Pulling a chair in front of our desks, the back of the chair facing us, while he rested his chin in his arms on the back rest of the seat.

"Jieun" Jimin said. I punched him in the arm as he laughed.

"Ha ha, very funny. But who is Jungkook actually dating?" Taehyung repeated.

"Jieun" Jimin said again. Tae looked at me confused and suspicious.

"We're not dating. It's just a... 30 day free trial? Sort of" I said, laying my head on my desk.

"That made zero sense. There has to be an explanation" Taehyung said, looking at Jimin.

"Basically, Jungkook is too dumb, so he needed a tutor, and that was Jieun, then for the 368th time, he asked Jieun to go out with him. But apparently, there is a catch of some sort. He never told me" Jimin said, apparently ignoring me telling him not to tell anyone.

"Girl trouble eh?" He chuckled "why don't you try to find someone in our grade?" Tae finished.

"Because all the girls our age are so... boy crazy in a bad way. Jieun is so mature" I said, most of my words muffled against the desk, which my face was still pressed on.

"What's the catch? You're not allowed to make any physical contact? If I was dating you, that would be a number 1 rule" he said. Taehyung, that idiot.

"I'm not going to tell you" I responded.

Tae and Jimin talked about stupid things for a bit, until the bell rang, dismissing everyone to lunch.

"Jeon Jungkook? Please come to my desk" I threw my bag over my shoulder. Aish, this teacher.

"Yes Ms Nam?" I saw a glimpse of my test in her hands.

"You've improved a lot  from last time," she said, sounding a tiny bit suspicious. The hell? It's been like 2 days. "so the tutoring is working? How was it with Jieun? Mingyi can come this week" right. Mingyi was my tutor.

"Ah... Jieun was great" I said, hoping it would stay that way.

"That's nice. Well, if you keep getting better, your averages will be high enough for Sejong by the end of your years. Dismissed" she said. I bowed, and left the classroom.

~♧~♧~♧~

"Jieun! Jieun!" I called, as I saw her going through the school gates. She turned, and stopped, looking for who called her name.

"Oh, hey Jungkook" she said. I motioned her to walk with me. "We aren't dating until March 1st, remember?"

"I just wanted to clarify some things"

"Ok..." we continued walking down the sidewalk.

"First, if I ask you on a date, and your not busy, please don't back out. How will I get time with you? And I know we are in different grades, but we have a shared lunch, so can we spend it, like, together?" I said.

"This is so hard Jungkook, please remember I don't like you in that way. But I made a deal, so I guess I have to commit. I'm not promising it won't be an awkward though" she said, mostly talking to herself and under her breath while carrying her books.

"It won't be awkward. I'll-I'll try my  best" I managed to stutter. She stopped, and turned towards me. Oh god, that smile, and deep brown eyes. And even with the age difference, I was still quite taller then her.

"I know you will" she said, heading to the girls dorms.

I really hope I can make her mine. I'd do anything to see that smile every single day.

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So? Please comment on any unclear areas, I write these at like 2am, so idek at this point.