The Kissing Booth [Completed] ✅

Chapter 7

Jungkook's POV

I'm sitting in the coffee shop five minutes early, waiting for my blind date, 'HandsomeDoc'. I'm so stupid. I should have at least got his name. But I suppose this adds to the mystery and people don't usually put their real identities on dating apps.

I've placed the yellow rose on the table instead of wearing it on my lapel. I'm feeling a bit nervous doing that just yet. I've also bought a bouquet with yellow roses. I hope I'm not going over the top. What if he hates me? I'm usually not so insecure but I have a strange feeling about him. Not in a bad way; just a nagging feeling that I can't shake off.

I watch as people enter the cafè, checking if it's him. Then I realise I'm being silly as I don't even know what he looks like. Stop being so nervous Jeon, I chide myself. A waitress approaches me to the side and takes my order. Then I hear a soft voice behind me.

"I'm sorry, but, is this seat taken?"

I inhale a sharp breath. His scent assaults my senses. It's familiar. And his voice....oh....So beautiful. I turn very slowly and lock eyes with the man I never wanted to see again.

His eyes widen and he almost sways with shock. He's recognised me too.

"J-Jungkook?!!!" He stutters. "NO!"

His eyebrows knot into a frown of disbelief and I see the pain reflected in his eyes. The pain we both feel quickly covered up by anger.

"How dare you! You planned this!"

He's incredulous. Screaming at me. People are noticing. I look around and stand up, just as he backs away, throwing the rose he had in his hand at me. The yellow rose. A symbol of a friendship we were never meant to have.

"Seokjin...."

I extend my hand out to him, grabbing onto nothing. Tears escape my eyes, clouding my vision. I can't let him leave. Not again! But he backs out of the cafè, running. Running away from me, never looking back once.

End of Jungkook's POV

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Seokjin's POV

I bought a single yellow rose at the hospital florist. The florist smirks at me but I just ignore her. I'm excited about my date. I hope he will be a good person. If anything, we can be friends.

I smile as I make my way to the cafè. It's a short walk from the hospital. That is why I chose it. When I enter I scan the cafè and see a man, whose back is facing me, a single yellow rose sits on the table. My breath hitches. It's him. I'm so nervous. I can see that he's talking with the waitress, so I approach him slowly, and speak softly so as not to startle him.

"I'm sorry, but, is this seat taken?"

He turns and my world falls apart. I can't believe the excruciating pain I feel in my heart. No! Not him. Not the man who haunts my dreams with his cute bunny smile. Who I've dreamt of for sixteen years. This can't be happening! He planned this.

I can't get away from him fast enough. I threw the rose at him and ran. I ran as fast as my shaking legs would carry me. I need to just get away! My thoughts are running wild as I enter the hospital building. My breathing is heavy and the tears I have been holding back, burst forth as if the dam that was holding them back for so long couldn't take their weight any longer.

Someone gives me a bottle of water. I don't know who. I'm too far gone in my grief to notice. I clutch at my chest and fall unconscious.

End of Seokjin's POV

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Two impetuous boys POV

Taehyung and Jimin are sitting in the cafè where their fathers are set to meet. They're both hiding their faces with the menu cards. Talk about inconspicuous. They arrived fifteen minutes earlier so they would have enough time to find a seat and observe their targets.

Taehyung is so nervous he's sweating bullets. Jimin looks at him apologetically. For all his own confidence, he's also not doing so well himself. Their whole plan could backfire. Then, Jimin nudges Taehyung. JK has just entered the cafè, holding a single yellow rose and a bouquet, and seated himself at the table we bribed the waitress to show him to.

A slight whine escapes Taehyung's lips as he notices his father enter the cafè five minutes later. The two hold their breaths and clutch at each others hands for mutual support as they watch the scene unfold in front of them.

It's chaotic and crazy to say the least. They never expected their parents to know each other, let alone hate each other this much. After Taehyung's father ran off, JK also made a quick exit, throwing the bouquet into a trashcan, leaving the two boys dumbfounded.

What had they just witnessed? Their fathers were both crying and angry at each other. They knew each other already. How was this even possible?

Jimin grabs an equally stunned Taehyung out of the cafè and they head to a nearby park.

"TaeTae, I think we've made a grave mistake. Something's up with the two of them."

"Y-yes. Did you see how my appa screamed and cried? And your dad was so shocked too. He cried a lot.  I think we've hurt them Jiminie."

Taehyung began to cry softly. Jimin hugged him close.

"Don't worry TaeTae. We're going to get to the bottom of this. I know there's more to what we just witnessed. Our fathers have been keeping things from us."

Taehyung sniffed.

"Jiminie. I don't think we are going to be brothers. Our fathers hate each other."

"No TaeTae! Don't give up! Didn't you notice how they both cried? The pain they shared in their eyes? This isn't a simple thing."

"But how are we going to be brothers if they feel like this about each other?"

Jimin thinks on all they had witnessed today. There's only one person that he knows for sure that will have all the answers they need. He just had to have the correct bribe. Simple.

"Wipe those tears away TaeTae. We have lots of work to do."

Just then Taehyung's phone rings. It's his noona that takes care of his house.

'Taehyung. Your father collapsed at work. You need to go there now!'

He drops his phone and Jimin bends to retrieve it just as Taehyung grabs his hand wordlessly and runs out of the park in the direction of the hospital.

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