cigarette ;; DISCONTINUED

six

06: Intoxicated

Jennie pov
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

As soon as I heard the voice, I was brought back to reality. I pushed Taehyung away and looked at the person standing right in front of us.

Jongin certainly didn't look happy.

"What are you doing up here?", I asked under my breath, feeling my heart beating hard against my rib cage.

"I could ask you the same."

He clenched his jaw and looked at Taehyung sharply. Within seconds he walked up to him and grabbed him by his collar.

"What does a guy like you want to do with her?!", Jongin asked through gritted teeth.

"A guy like me?"

Taehyung looked at him amused. I just watched as he whispered something to Jongin, which seemed to enrage him even more.

"You little-"

"Jongin, stop. Please", my voice wasn't loud but they still heard me. They looked at me at the same time, Taehyung with a smile and Jongin with furrowed eyebrows.

"Leave it, okay? There's no need to act like this."

With a deep sigh, he finally let go of him, stepping closer to me.

"If he pressures you to do something, you need to tell me. I can help-"

"He doesn't. He wouldn't", I said and looked him dead in the eyes, "In fact, he's here with me."

I watched the look in his eyes change. I wouldn't say that he was hurt, he seemed rather disappointed.

"So if you excuse us, we'll be downstairs, enjoying ourselves."

I finally managed to look away, escaping the charm his beautiful eyes showed. With courage, I took Taehyung's arm and pulled him towards the metal door.

He pulled it open and waited for me to get in first. But instead, I turned around one last time and looked coldly at Jongin.

"It's making me sad that you can't even do what I asked you for, earlier this night."

I then turned around and left the balcony with Taehyung. Together we walked down the corridor, listening to the sound of the heavy door closing.

As we walked downstairs, I could feel him take my hand and squeeze it before letting go of it. We stepped down the last few pairs of stairs and walked to the bar, sitting down on stools.

He ordered something but I didn't listen. My mind was somewhere else.

Everything felt unreal. Did I just really smoke? Did Taehyung just really tried to kiss me? And did Jongin just stopped us right before our lips could have met?

I couldn't forget the look in Jongin's eyes. It was something I've never seen before. And the fact that I never did, hurt me. I felt as if I never really knew him.

I let out a bitter chuckle and looked to my left, where Taehyung sat, chatting with the bartender. His side profile was pretty.

Once again he had this sly smile on his face. When he noticed me staring at him, he turned his head, making eye contact.

I wasn't really intimidated, rather than that, I enjoyed him looking at me.

"Is there something wrong?", he asked and handed me my drink after the bartender had put it down on the counter. I smiled upon seeing that he had ordered a sex on the beach for me.

"Whatever happened on the balcony, this time and last time, let's keep it a secret. I don't want your nor my reputation to be destroyed."

I took a sip of my drink. He thought for a second and then nodded.

"Okay, but only under one condition." There was this sass in his voice that made the corners of my mouth lift immediately.

"And that is?"

Talking to him felt different. I felt like I wasn't supposed to talk to him like I've known him since forever but there was something so intoxicating in doing so.

"Dance with me."

He looked at me in all seriousness, his left eyebrow raised and licking over his top lip. He was hot, I couldn't deny that. But something told me that I should stay away from him.

I was just about to stand up when I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I turned around and looked directly at a panicking Chaeyoung.

"Unnie, I think I lost Lisa."

With a forced smile, I turned back around to Taehyung.

"I'm sorry but I think we have to postpone that. There's something important I have to take care of."

I didn't wait for him to give me an answer, instead, I took Chaeyoung's arm. While we walked away from him I asked with knitted brows: "Are you sure you lost her? Maybe she's-"

"No, I went to the restroom and she said she would wait for me at the bar. When I came back, she was gone. I searched everywhere", the blonde interrupted me.

"Did you really search everywhere? I mean, this place is huge and the chances that you just walked straight past her are high."

I tried to look over the crowd, trying to find a girl with long silver hair, yet I wasn't tall enough to look over all the male idols that were having their fun on the dance floor.

"I don't think so. I wouldn't fail to see her, especially with what she's wearing."

I sighed and nodded as I remembered Lisa's outfit. Her bright red, glittery dress could be seen from miles away, so it was pretty hard to just overlook her.

"I kinda have an idea whom she's with but I don't know where they could be", I mumbled and continued to look around. My gaze stopped at Park Jimin.

Without saying anything I pulled Chaeyoung towards him. I tapped on his shoulder to get his attention, not noticing how my friend dug her nails nervously into my arm.

Jimin turned around and was confused to see us stand in front of him.

"Kim Jennie?", he asked when he saw me, then his eyes went to the girl next to me, "and Chaeyoung."

I didn't question why he called me by my full name and Chaeyoung by her first name, after all, I had other things on my mind.

"Hi, uhh sorry to bother you but do you know where your friend Hoseok is?", I asked and smiled at him. He was still looking at Chaeyoung, who was looking down at her feet.

"Why? Did something happen?" He sounded concerned so I shook my head.

"Mhh, if he's not on the dance floor, there's only one place where he could be. But I don't think you can get in there", he mumbled and looked back at me.

What is he talking about? Why can't we get in there?

"Then can you bring us there? It's really important." I looked at him pleadingly and pouted.

He looked away and sighed. His gaze then went back to Chaeyoung. With narrowed eyes, I looked back and forth between them. What was going on?

Massaging his temples Jimin finally nodded and made a hand sign, telling us to follow him. The three of us walked upstairs, past the restrooms until we stopped at an almost unnoticeable door.

"What's this?", I asked curiously. I've never paid attention to the wall so I never noticed the security looks in it.

"It's a VIP room", Jimin replied. He pulled a key card out of his pocket and swiped it through the security lock.

There was a small sound, revealing that the door opened.

"After you", Jimin said and stepped back. I nodded and walked past him, pushing the door open. Chaeyoung followed me inside, expecting to see Lisa and Hoseok. Jimin was close behind her.

But instead of Lisa and Hoseok, we found someone else in there.