BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 78: ominous dark clouds

<OST: Orbit - Hwasa>

"You're freaking stupid-" Jimin facepalmed as he approached Seokjin from where he was standing. "How can you possibly be so bad at talking?"

"What?" Seokjin sounded agitated after the phone call with Byulyi that... well, didn't go as he had intended. "What do you want?"

"I heard everything earlier."

"Tsk, were you eavesdropping on me?"

"No, you were screaming so loudly I think everyone else on set heard you too though?"

Seokjin grumbled. "Come on, it wasn't that loud."

"Based on what I heard, this happens pretty often, doesn't it?" Jimin scoffed as he took a seat next to Seokjin. "You guys quarrel on a daily basis?"

"No! I mean, yeah-" Seokjin admitted irritatedly. "But it's not my fault, it's hers."

"This time, I think it's mostly yours though...?"

"Excuse me?" Seokjin rolled his eyes. "She was the one who was agitated with me for disrupting her date? She's unbelievable, how rude she was towards me from beginning to end-"

"You were yelling at her too."

Seokjin clucked his tongue. "The reception was bad."

"It was pretty fine for me when I made a call earlier."

Seokjin stared blankly at Jimin.

"Shall we ask Jieun-ssi then?" Jimin challenged him. "Jieun-ssi is right over there-"

Seokjin gasped. "Not Jieun-"

"Jieun-ssi-" Jimin called Jieun who stood just a metre away. "Don't you think that it was mostly Seokjin-hyung's fault when he was talking to his crush over the phone earlier...?"

Seokjin freaked out. What on earth was Jimin saying to Jieun, who was literally Byulyi's best friend?

Jieun, who was busy watching Jungkook and Jennie cleaning up the dishes as their punishment, was barely even listening in to Jimin and Seokjin's conversation.

"What crush!" Seokjin let out a loud awkward laugh as he shoved a hand over Jimin's mouth, before glancing at Jieun nervously. "Moon Byulyi's not my crush! What are you even saying..."

Jieun stared into the far distance. "Yeah."

Seokjin's eyes widened.

"See?" Jimin nudged Seokjin. "Even Jieun-ssi thinks so."

"Ah..." Seokjin grunted as he ruffled up his hair a little. "I don't know anymore..."

Meanwhile, Jieun was too busy watching Jennie and Jungkook from afar to even bother about what Seokjin and Jimin were saying. Jennie seemed to be teasing Jungkook as she pointed at him and laughed. And they both giggled like they were an actual couple, though Jieun couldn't understand what was so funny. Annoyed, she grabbed her makeup kit and headed towards the couple slowly, trying to listen in.

"But I don't even like tteokbokki... don't tell me Lee Ji-" Jennie paused as she spotted Jieun coming close and put on a natural smile. "Oh, hi, Jieun-ssi."

Jieun played cool as she approached the two, gesturing towards the makeup kit in her hands. "I need to touch up JK's makeup, Jennie-ssi."

"Ah-" Jennie smiled and nodded as she carried on with Jungkook. "But you never ate any flour-based food before today... and since when have you started eating tteokbokki-"