knock-on effect

Chapter XX

"Here's your coffee" I placed it on his table with a smile. 

"Thank you" He subtly smiled, not breaking his gaze away from me. It made me feel awkward.

I walked back to the kitchen and since Sulli was busy attending the clients who wanted to pay and it was almost time for us to almost finish up work I began cleaning up the kitchen. 

"What did you mean by earlier" Jackson ghosted in. 

"Huh?" I wasn't understanding what he was on about. I grabbed a mop and began cleaning up the floor just as he stood before me with hands on each side of the counter enabling me from wiping it any further. 

"You know what I'm talking about" He crossed his arms over his chest whilst I rested my wrests over each other on the top of my mop.

"I really don't" I shook my head.

"You know" He came closer to me, swallowing a bit of saliva, sneaking a peek at the door if Sulli was anywhere close to the kitchen door before leaning his head down to my height. 

"Knoc-knocking her ... you know... panties off" He glued his lips together making my eye brows scrunch up at him.

I mean the way he seemed nervous about it was new and weird. He couldn't possibly like her right? 

No way....

"Jackson..." He nodded. 

I wrapped my brain a bit at the thought, before the question rolled off my tongue but it's what he made it seem like. "Do you lik-"

"No!" He whisper yelled at me before I could even finish my question, which did take me by surprise. 

I bit my gum, eyeing him in suspicion as he stepped slightly away from me. "Are you sure?"

"Dont av-void my question" He dodged my question, stuttered and didn't look me in the eye. 

"You can't tell her" I cleared my throat, ready to tell him who she was going to meet in like an hours time. 

"I won't" He perked his ear leaning in to hear me out. 

"She's going to meet - Oh, sorry gotta answer this" My phoned buzzed.

Incoming call from 'JK '....

"Meet who?! and Who the heck is JK?!" Jackson snooped at my screen before I answered it, with knitted eyebrows.

"The person who's making Sulli's dream come true" I smiled turning my back from him and slid the green bubble to the side that pop up on my screen, bringing it to my ear. 

"Oh hey!" I chimed, passing the mop to my brothers hand without thinking. 

"Are you guys still coming over? Jin is preparing the snacks and we've got the cake ready and her present is here too" He seemed extremely happy at the end of the line and I could also hear music in the background. "I'll get you back for this!" I could hear Jimin complain like the kid he is in the background.

"Yeah! We'll be there by eleven, we're getting off work soon" I glanced at the clock. There were only twenty minutes to go before getting off work.

"Only now?!..." He seemed surprised.

There was a moment of silence between us. But I guess it's only natural, since I didn't exactly tell him what my occupation is. And come to think about it, we don't really know much about each other.

"Y/n" Sulli opened the door with force. Clearly the last customer had to have left taking her lack of professionalism at this specific moment. 

"What was that?!" Jungkook asked worriedly hearing the loud bang that reached his ears.