Between The Bars | A Lizkook AU

16.

Jungkook woke up with a slight headache and a painfully growing erection. Damn it - this is not the right time! He must admit though - that dream he had was by far the best he's had of her since she left. Her silky skin shivering under his touch...her soft moans and her sensual rubs all over his chest and stomach, down to his thigh and finally on his hard member. Damn, I need a cold shower for this!

He drags himself into the shower and cleaned himself up. It has become a pretty obvious routine now. Wake up. Shower. Drink his morning milk. Check his emails. Sit on his piano and try to finish Lee Hi's song. Cry a little or maybe a lot. Smoke to calm himself down. Force himself to eat something. Back to the piano. And back to the crying. On repeat, until he gets tired enough to fall asleep. 

But today is a little different. He promised his mother that he'll bring her back. He has to keep that promise - regardless of whether Lisa has a new man or not. He has to pretend that he's okay with everything, so his mother won't worry. His mom asked him to look harder, and so he will. He can't give up now!

There's a message on his phone - a reply to a question he had asked Yoongi, his mentor when he was a songwriter in Big Hit. The guy seemed to know a lot of people and have contacts for pretty much everything, so he asked for a favor. Indeed, Yoongi shared a piece of contact information in his message. Jungkook typed a quick 'thank you' and proceed to call the number.

'Hello?' A man's voice appeared at the end of the line.

'Hi! Am I speaking to Kim Namjoon?'

'Yes, just Namjoon is fine'

'Ahh okay...I um, I got your number from Min Yoongi hyung. My name is Jungkook. I'm searching for someone and um...I was told that you may be the right guy for the job?'

'I see. That depends. Is this person dead or alive?' He sounded so serious that Jungkook can't help but think twice on his initial idea!

'What? Alive, of course!'

'Ah yes. I can try. Sorry, the last job I did was finding a dead guy - that was messy and stressful, so I just wanna make sure. I don't wanna take that kinda job anymore'

Really - who's out there finding a dead guy?? 'What kind of weirdo would pay someone to find a dead guy?'

'You'd be surprised at the things people would pay me to find. Anyways, do you have a recent picture?'

'Yes, yes!'

'I'll text you my email. Send me the most recent picture you have and all the details - last known location or contact number -'

'I have her contact number and she's still using it'

There's a pause from Kim Namjoon. 'If you've been in contact, why didn't you ask her where she is yourself?'

'Uh...that's uh...I just - I can't -'

'What did you say your name was?'

'Jungkook'

'Full name'

'Jeon Jungkook?'

'Spell it' Jungkook rolled his eyes before calling out each alphabets at a time. 'Okay, no records of any prison time. No records in any asylum or institutions in Korea -'

'Wait, what? Did you just search up my name - how did you find it so quick??'

'I'm a private investigator, Jungkook-ssi. I have my ways. So! Enlighten me...are you this girl's stalker? Are you planning on being a first-time offender? Or have you done this many times before but no one has caught you yet?'