Ships in the Night | BxB

21. I Don't Like You

21. I don't Like You

"Tae!"

"Tae, wake up!"

I open my eyes, groaning. Jungkook's face is blocking my sight from the bright light in the room.

"You fell asleep," he says. "It's late, we gotta go."

"Mh?" I mumble. What time is it? Are we still in the art room? I move and paper crinkles beneath my right cheek.

Right, I fell asleep on the floor, while doodling on a drawing paper.

I sit up, leaning against the wall and regarding Jungkook. "What time is it?"

"It's already half past ten."

"What?"

"Yeah, we have to go to the dorms."

Something catches my eye. There's a fresh painting beside Jungkook.

"You painted me?" I ask, reaching for it.

Jungkook's eyes widen and he snatches it before I can grasp it. Hiding it behind his back, he shakes his head. "It's just... Uh.... Your.... I... Yeah."

My brow rises. "Yeah?"

"I couldn't not paint you, you were sleeping so peacefully and your pose.... Well," he shrugs. "It's no biggie."

I suppress a smile. "You don't mind if I see it, then?"

"I..." he hesitates, then sighs. "Okay."

He hands me the paper. It's a painting of my upper body, eyes closed, my cheek upon my right arm, hopefully not snoring.

I've been asleep for barely an hour, yet he managed to make a well detailed painting.

I glance at him, smiling. "You really are the best."

Jungkook rubs the back of his neck. "That's not even that good. I hurried."

"Are you kidding? I can't paint this good if I had the entire day." I want to touch the painting, but I'm afraid to smudge the colors. "Also, this is a first. I'm flattered."

"A first?"

"Yes, you're the first person to ever make a painting of me."

"Oh. Do you want to keep it?"

My eyes widen. "Can I?"

Jungkook nods. "Of course."

I grin. "Thank you." I notice that he has already put his signature at the left corner. Good, now I just have to hang it up somewhere in my room.

Jungkook starts gathering his art supplies, and I know I should do the same.

But then events from earlier on rush through my mind. Liam. Yoongi and Hoseok. Jimin. All the reasons why I have cooped up in here after Jimin left me in the practice room.

I don't want to go to my dorm room. I'm not brave enough to look Hoseok in the eye after kissing his boyfriend...again. I'm not ready to face anyone with the stupid rumours going around about me.

As reality sinks in, my excitement about the painting fades to the background.

"Kook?" I call to him, gnawing on my bottom lip.

Jungkook looks over at me, eyes going wide. He seems to do that a lot. It makes him look even more adorable. Like a bunny. "Huh?"

"Can we... Can we sleep here? I don't want to go to the dorms."