SPLIT (COMPLETED)

not here right now

Jungkook just had his shower when he feels bothered by his phone that keeps on ringing in his bedroom. As he walks out in his bathrobe, he takes the phone and checks who has been calling him nonstop that morning. His eyes widened before he frowns at the name appeared on the screen.

"Lee Jieun? What does she want now?", he sighs as he reads her message.

Jieun: Hi, JK. I just want to congratulate you for winning the match last night. I called you so many times but you didn't answer. Call me back if you read this, okay?

Jungkook scoffs as he read the message.

"I'm sorry, Lee Jieun. I read your messages but I'm not going to do as you asked.", he mumbles as he deletes all of her messages right away.

Lee Jieun, Seoul FC's owner's daughter. Jungkook knows her very well. Every time he wins, she will try to contact him just to congratulate him. Sometimes she even gives him present for winning a match. If he loses, she will contact him and try to give him comforting words as if showing that she cares and always support him even when he loses. If there is a chance that they will meet which mostly at the stadium or the team office building, she will try to talk with him even though there is nothing important to talk about. Jungkook knows she likes him but he does not feel the same for her. He does not like a rich kid like her trying to use the power she has to get close to him.

Just as he combs his hair, he gets a new message but now it is from a different person.

Chaeyoung: Hi, Jungkook. Congratulations on winning the match last night. You were awesome when you scored the goal. 👏🏼👏🏼

"Chaeyoung?", he frowns as he reads her message again.

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The kitten and its mother cat look to the left and right following the movement of Chaeyoung. It seems like she has been walking back and forth at the living room while mumbling to herself slowly.

"No....why did I send the message? I shouldn't have done it.", she says as she looks at her phone in her hand with nervousness.

"Relax, Chaeyoung. He hasn't replied a thing yet to you.", the Voice of Rosé echoes in her head.

Chaeyoung shakes her head, "You don't understand, Rosé. I...I'm nervous, I'm scared...what should I do if he replied? I never text him first before this."

Rosé laughs internally in her head.

"What if he says he wants to come here? I am not prepared to see him after I made the move to text him first today.", Chaeyoung says as she recalls how Jungkook always come to her house after they texted a few times before this.

He always use the excuse to accompany her for the reason to come to her house. As for Chaeyoung, she accepts his visits because she wants to give him a chance to be her friend. But, he usually comes when he texts her first so this time she gets nervous to see him. He must be questioning her on why she texted him when she never starts it before this.

"Just let him come then. He's your friend now, right?", the reply she received from Rosé totally does not helping at all.

Because of that, she hits her head in an attempt to make Rosé feels pain.

"Stop it. You're hurting yourself.", Rosé tells her as she is the one in control of her own body at the moment. Even if she hits her head, she is the one feeling the pain and not Rosé.

When Chaeyoung stops hitting her head, she looks at the cats on the floor meowing at her. She crouched down to the floor and rubs the mother cat before apologizing for worrying them. They must think she is crazy, she thought.

"If only you could speak, Mummy Cat.", she says to the mother cat that she only calls as 'Mummy Cat'. She does not give it a name since Jisoo might not like to know how close she is to the cats at the backyard. So, she calls the mother cat like that while its kitten is called 'Kitty' for short.

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Jungkook steps out of his car after he puts on his hoodie to meet Chaeyoung. He has a plan to take her out today after she texted him half an hour ago. However, he forgot to text her back and quickly left his penthouse to buy some breakfast for the both of them.

Now, here he is in front of her house ringing the bell as he knows she is inside. He does not need to check with Jisoo anymore because Chaeyoung rarely leaves her house unless with Jisoo and Seokjin. So, today she must be home since Jisoo and Seokjin are both at work.

After the third try to ring the bell, he finally hears the sound of the gate being opened from inside. However, he is greeted with Chaeyoung's glowered face instead which makes him thinking if his timing is wrong to surprise her.

"Who are you here for?", her question makes Jungkook a bit taken aback with her.

"Uh..you, Chaeyoung.", he answers.

"Sorry, Chaeyoung's not here right now.", she quickly replies as she pulls the gate to close it on him.

Jungkook's eyes widened at her action before he stops her, "Wait, Rosé! Or...Rosie...have you take breakfast? I bring some food with me." He raises his left hand that is holding a paper bag filled with two food containers inside it. "Do you want to..."

The gate is opened wide back before he could finish his words.

"Please come in, oppa.", Chaeyoung says with a wide smile.

Jungkook gives a smile back at her as he enters the gate, "Thank you...Rosie."

With her lead, he walks with a smile on his face knowing that he is not wrong of which alter ego he is dealing with.

"I'm sorry I was cold to you. I was watching a good movie with the cats just now. You kind of bothered us with the bell, oppa.", Jungkook chuckles as he heard Chaeyoung apologizing for greeting him with anger just now.

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When they reach the gate, Jungkook stops as he looks at Chaeyoung who is escorting him out that afternoon.

"You sure you don't want to go out, Rosie? I really can bring you anywhere today if you want.", he asks her for the third time, hoping that she will change her mind.

However, Chaeyoung sticks to her decision. She shakes her head and tells him, "Maybe next time. I have to take care of the cats for now."

With that, Jungkook gives up as he nods in understanding. "You really love cats, aren't you?", he says and Chaeyoung responds with a nod. "Tell you what, what if I be the cats' owner for you? You told me Jisoo noona is allergic to their fur. Maybe if I be their owner, I can help you to take care of them and bring them here whenever you want to play with them. What do you say?", he suggests in a sudden.

Chaeyoung gives a look as of she is thinking and then, says, "That's a good idea! But...aren't you busy too, oppa?"

Jungkook nods, "I am but I still can take care of Mummy Cat and Kitty. And I will bring them here everytime I come to see you. Oh, and I will let you name them. How you like that?"

Hearing his words, Chaeyoung's eyes lit up with happiness. "Are you really going to let me name the cats? Gosh, you are really the best, Jungkook oppa!", she pulls him into a crushing hug which got him startled for a while.

"I'll come here with a cat house later, okay?", he says as he gives a pat on her head after they pulled away from the sudden hug. Chaeyoung nods a few times before she thanks him for his kindness to take care of the cats for her.

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That night when Jisoo comes home, she finds Chaeyoung in her room enjoying the stars while lying on her bed.

"Chaeyoung, are you going to sleep?", the sudden question makes Chaeyoung flinched as she gets up from the bed.

"Not yet. I just lied down for five minutes. You just got home, unnie?", she asks the elder as she opens the door wider.

"I left the cafe early today and...I met Jungkook outside. He said he wants to see...Rosie.", Jisoo tells her making her frowned at the last sentence.

She was about to ask why Jungkook comes to see Rosie but Jisoo cuts her off, "Did you meet him earlier today? As Rosie?"

Chaeyoung thinks for a while before she remembers how nervous she was that morning. But, she feels weird that Rosie is the one taking over her body. She does not remember what Rosie did but she still comes out to see Jungkook.

When she opens the gate, she sees him turn around to face her as he walks towards her with a smile on his face.

"Hi, Rosie.", he greets while patting her head like he did that afternoon.

His action makes Chaeyoung froze and speechless.

"Rosie?", he calls her.

She says 'sorry' as she shakes her head, "I'm Chaeyoung, Jungkook."

Her words make Jungkook feels embarrassed. "Oh, I thought...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Chaeyoung.", he apologizes while rubbing the back of his head trying to act normal with her.

Chaeyoung tells him that it is fine before she asks him why he wants to see Rosie right now. Then, he points at his car to show her something. He leads her there and opens the backseat door to show her a big cage placed on the seat.

"A cage? For what, Jungkook?", she asks him directly, still confused of why he showed her that big two storey cage that filled the whole one person area of the seat.

"You know Mummy Cat and Kitty?", he asks her back and she nods.

"I love to play with them. Why?", she questions him.

"I wanted to adopt them but don't worry. I will bring them here when I come to see you. I just think that it's better since Jisoo noona doesn't like the cats' fur. She will not be angry with you if I take the cats with me.", he tells his reason to take care of the cats on her behalf.

Her eyes turn sad thinking of the cats. "This is all Rosie's fault. If she doesn't come out and gets excited with the cats, Jisoo unnie wouldn't scold us.", she says as Jisoo usually scolds Rosie as she let the cats roam around the living room making the elder always sneeze because of them.

"That's why I'm suggesting to adopt the cats. Let's make it this way, we're both the owners of them but they will stay with me. I will bring them here anytime, I promise. And one more thing, you can give name to them. I don't mind.", Jungkook tells her the suggestion he gave to Rosie that afternoon.

"Okay.", a small smile is formed on Chaeyoung's face after she listened to him.

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Jungkook waves his hand from inside the car as he starts to drive back to his penthouse. Chaeyoung waves back at him until his car is no longer in her sight. Then, she sighs thinking of what Rosie did that day.

"Okay, Rosie. You spent time with him today, huh? You are not going to name the cats, remember that.", she tells herself and waits for a while in case the Voice will make an appearance. After she feels the surrounding is too quiet, she walks back inside her house while thinking of the names for the cats that Jungkook just took with him.

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Eighteenth chapter ✔