The Rejection Hotline | k.th

Chapter 6

Taehyung POV

Oh my god I was such an idiot. Why on earth was I doing this in the first place?

After Jimin had took my phone that day and called her, I couldn't stop thinking about her. I wanted to hate her and I wanted to be angry at her.

But I couldn't lie. After her and Jimin hit it off, I became curious about her. My thoughts constantly kept drifting back to her.

For a while, I had been going back and forth on whether I should call her.

And I finally thought of the perfect excuse to do it.

So while my kids took their afternoon nap, I pulled out my phone and dialed the familiar number.

"Hello. This is-"

But I cut her off, "Jiyeon, it's me."

I heard her breath hitch. My heart was racing in uncertain excitement and I wondered if hers was too.

"Oh...Taehyung right?"

"Yeah that's me."

God it was so awkward. I was cringing from how dry our responses were.

"Cool. Umm...why did you call?"

Instead of stating my reason, I ended up dragging out the conversation.

"Oh umm sorry was it a bad time?" I asked.

She chuckled. She had a lovely laugh. Her voice was sweet and gentle.

I shook myself from my thoughts and daydreams.

"Haha kinda. I was in the middle of work. Clearly someone hasn't been on my website."

I couldn't resist retorting, "As if I'd go on your website."

I mentally scolded myself for saying that, because the conversation got even more quiet and awkward.

She was audibly annoyed.

"Taehyung, I'm busy, is there a reason you called or are you here to make fun of my business again?"

I sighed, "Yes there's a reason, sorry. I just wanted to apologize for the other day. My friend Jimin took my phone and then the kids got out of hand. I'm sorry about all of that."

She let out another cute chuckle.

"Actually, Jimin is quite a nice guy."

"You've been talking to him?" I questioned, a strange feeling bubbling inside of me.

"Yep. He successfully stole my number from your phone and we've been talking for a while. He's pretty chill...unlike someone."

I grimaced. I had been pretty jerky to her ever since I called her. I was angry and I took that out on her. Did she deserve it though?

"Oh. Okay. Umm...is he like nice?" I asked.

"Judging by how you're reacting, I'm going to assume you think that something is going on between us. Not sure why you'd care since you hate me so much but I'm not dating or interested in your friend."

She sounded bitter. I guess I had been really mean to her. I would've acted the same if someone treated me the way I treated her.

But I couldn't deny the small sense of relief I felt when she said that Jimin and her weren't dating. Not for her, I just didn't want Jimin to date someone like her.

At least that's what I told myself.

"Oh okay. Cool I guess."

"Uh Taehyung, this conversation is dry as hell. If that's all you had to ask, I think I should get back to work."