Between The Bars | A Lizkook AU

9.

He stares at the picture at hand. She said to search for something in between his letters, and this is what he found. A photo of him, Jimin and Taehyung - all three smiling to the camera in God-awful trendy poses at the bus-stand near their school. Why would she leave this to him? He turns to the back.

'a friend to all'

...That's it? What is this supposed to mean? How would this short message help him in finding her? Should he give her a call to ask? 

He shook  his head upon the thought. He can't! He agreed on 'Playing a Leo' and he was confident enough to actually promise her that he'll find her in two weeks. He even muttered 'I might be at your doorstep tomorrow morning' - to which he could practically hear her sarcastic huff and imagined Lisa rolling her eyes at him.

She said she trusts that he'll find her. If he calls, she'd probably realize how dumb he actually is - not that she doesn't know already by the way he dumped her for another - it's really not the time to cause more doubts in her mind! She said if he finds her, she'll come back to him. Which means she still loves him! Probably not as much as before, but even if it's just an ounce, Jungkook will take it!

Okay, Kook! Come on...you can do this!

'a friend to all' ...He turns back to the picture of him and the boys. Jimin! It must be Jimin! He's pretty much everyone's friend. Can't be Tae...Jungkook dismissed the memory before it lingers. Okay...so if it's Jimin, what then? 

Mom said she wasn't with any bags...and she didn't stay at her house that night. Appa offered her a lift to the train station, but she said she's meeting an old friend. Maybe she met with Jimin?

Jungkook took his phone, going through his Contact list. Damn...I hope he's still using this number!

...

"Finally, the golden boy called!"

Jungkook looks up to the voice and his mouth drops open. Wow...Jimin's lost so much weight! The guy smirks as he sat in front of him in the small coffee shop. Jungkook felt like he hadn't seen Jimin for ages!

"What, you're in love with me or something?" Jimin leans forward, resting his chin on one palm - the weight held by an arm on the table.

Jungkook laughs, shaking his head and looking down to his coffee. "Good to see you didn't lose your cocky self along with that weight!"

"And good to see you still need help on getting the girl!"

Ouch - that hits a sensitive spot in his chest! She did meet him! Jungkook's mouth turned into a straight line, pursing them. He remembers the last time Jimin called, asking if Jungkook could bring him around Seoul a year ago. He was visiting a girl he met online, and he sounded really excited over it. Jungkook promised to show up, but ended up giving a bunch of excuses as he was busy with the day's sudden schedule and obviously, the guy got pissed at him.

He didn't realize how upset Jimin got and couldn't understand what the big deal was. Not until Lisa called and ended up arguing with him as well. He promised her that he'll call Jimin and do something to make up to the guy...but being the forgetful ass that he was, he never did. His old friend picked up his call last night. After what he had done, Jimin still agreed to meet up without even asking much or recalling their last hideous conversation last year. 

"I um...I'm sorry about what happened before -"

"Hey...it's normal right?" Jimin leans back. "What was it you said - that you're not like me, you don't have all the free time in the world to cruise around, giving free tours? I understand...city boy's busy making money right? Hanging out with important people...lunches and dinner with celebrities,"