Childish | Jungkook

Chapter 30

"Wait! Jungkook!"

The man stomped further and further away from me, ignoring my incessant cries. His darned long legs, something I used to find attractive, were getting on my nerves at that moment.

"I said stop! Where are you even going?"

We left his classroom without locking it, so I could only hoped Joy would have the guard locked it since she was the only one left behind after Jungkook stormed off, hearing her accidentally reveal the truth I was trying to hide from this man. I knew he would react like this.

I ran after him, trying to catch up and explain everything to him calmly before he hospitalizes a certain someone, but damn, he was faster than I could ever be. Should I throw a shoe at his legs and hope he trips?

"I just want to have a talk with him, that's all," he boomed without sparing me a glance, fastening his pace. "I could accept him dating you since he seemed to make you happy, but I can't accept him having tried to use you! What does that bastard think he can do?! Did he play with your feelings?!"

I pursed my lips, trying not to snort at him being so protective over me. I couldn't see his face, but I knew he was pouting with a very deadly glare, a very contrasting sight to see. His fists were clenched and ready to land a knockout punch at anyone who dared to approach him.

Unfortunately, that might be me.

"Jungkook, you should let me explain before you knock out someone. You're overreacting, come on!"

"I'm not overreacting! I just want to talk," he bellowed and his legs started moving faster.

"We already separated and I told you I don't have deep feelings for him already!" I nearly tripped, trying to keep up.

Ugh, gosh!

I was beginning to wheeze from running so much, so I gave up on explaining calmly. Shouting my explanations became more appealing at this point.

"I'm the same!"

He flinched but didn't stop running. He really was a stubborn little shit.

"I had feelings for someone else when I met him recently after he came back just like he did! We were the same!" I exhaled heavily as soon as I shouted that and stopped on my tracks, bending forward to slap my hands on my knees to regain my breath.

I'm never running after him ever again...

"What?"

I lifted my head up to find Jungkook standing before me with clueless look, panting a little. Only a little...

"What do you mean? You like someone else?" His face twisted in pain, despair crossing his features as he strained those words out with a broken voice. "Do you still like him? Is that why you broke up with Jaebum?"

I stabilized my breathing before standing straight to face him firmly. "Breaking up isn't really the word for it, but yes, that was the main reason. And yes, I still like him... I love him."

His blank eyes never left mine, staring into my affectionate ones as his face turned stoic. He wasn't expressing his emotions but I knew he was agonizing inside, thinking that I loved someone else for a long time.

I couldn't take it anymore.

I stepped forward to hold his face in my hands before I hurt him more than I already did. "That's you! I've liked you, Jungkook! For many years ever since we became friends, you dummy!"

His expressionless eyes slowly widened when he realized that I wasn't playing around.

"I love you, Jungkook and I regret every hurt and every pain I gave you because I was just so scared of being hurt myself... I was hung up in the past. That you didn't like me the same way. I didn't want to feel heartbroken because I was so in love with you that I-"

His lips shut me up and I took a sharp inhale, stumbling backwards when he kissed me with a strong force that knocked the wind out of my lungs. One of his arms wrapped around my waist to pull me against him, and the other one was placed on my nape, tangling itself in my hair.

As much as I loved how his lips felt against mine, fervently nipping and molding into mine, I had to properly finish my confession.

"Wait, Ju-"

"Shut up and let me love you for at least one second, damn it!" He growled, sending shivers throughout my body, and claimed my lips to kiss me even more feverishly, melting my mind and making me forget whatever I was trying to say.

I was drowning in his warmth.

Was it right? Wasn't it too fast? I didn't care at all. All I wanted was to give him my everything and love him and be loved by him without anything holding us back.

The feeling of being in his arms, kissing each other with all the love we had for each other after years of pain and years of tears... It was the most beautiful feeling I had ever felt. It was what I had been missing, what I had been yearning for over such a long time.

And I wouldn't give it up for anything else.

Our hearts beating for the other rhythmically, hands holding each other close to ourselves, and lips enveloping the other with the fiery expressions of the blossoming love we felt for each other.

We were finally complete.

We finally had each other where we desperately wanted...

In each other's arms.

I whimpered when Jungkook pulled away from me even if we had been kissing for probably ten minutes.

He chuckled breathlessly, holding my chin and gazing at me through his sparkling, affectionate eyes with a hint of playfulness. "I thought you said 'Wait'."

My cheeks flushed and I shot him a glare. "That was like ten minutes ago, you smug little bunny! And I just-"

He pecked my lips, interrupting me again.

"Okay, go on." He bit his lips, teasing me again.

I squinted my eyes. "As I was saying, I used to have feelings for you but you-"

The pesky little shit placed a chaste kiss on my lips once again and I slapped his chest, earning a hearty chuckle from him before he squished me against him, hugging me tightly.

"I'm just happy to know that I was the one you loved, Nain, and I'm sorry for confessing my feelings for you after such a long time... For all the sadness you felt, I will double it- no, triple it with happiness and love you with all my being."

He placed kisses on my eyes, nose, cheeks and lips when I pulled back. "I love you so much, Nain."

I stood on my tiptoes to kiss his lips and smiled softly at him. "I love you so much more, Kookie."

"I think I love you more." He scrunched his nose, smiling adorably.

"You're so childish," I giggled, squealing when he continued planting kisses all over my face.

"No, you."

Our laughs melded together as I lightly hit his chest and he grabbed my hands to bring them up to place kisses on the knuckles.

"No, us."

The end.

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A/N: The next chapter will be the last one, Epilogue

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