freckles

* chapter twenty seven *

"And how many times a day should I feed him?" Claudette didn't look up from her notepad, her pen constantly moving as Taehyung gave her advice with dogs.

"Twice a day." Taehyung responded confidently. "Probably half a cup right now but you'll need to increase it as he gets older." Taehyung crossed his legs, staring at Claudette while she wrote down the information. "You can always call me whenever if you have questions you know."

"I don't wanna bother you." Claudette spoke sheepishly, still writing down things. "I'll feel bad."

"Awh you don't have to feel bad." Taehyung leaned back, spreading his legs a bit. "I don't mind if it's you."

"Oh," Claudette stopped writing, looking up at Taehyung with a shy smile. "Thank you."

Taehyung almost winked if it wasn't for Hoseok screaming and chasing Eliot who held his shoe in his mouth.

"Eliot!" Claudette shouted, panicking that her dog held Jung Hoseok's shoes in his mouth. Oh God how embarrassing! "Eliot liberation!" (release).

Namjoon stood up as Claudette ran to her dog and Hoseok, picking up her notepad to look at what she's written. "Oh wow." He flipped back a few pages, the whole paper taken up. "She really wants to make sure she's got this correct."

Taehyung held out his hand, Namjoon handing over the notepad, and even Taehyung's eyebrows raised in shock. "Wow. Now I feel bad for telling her so much."

"I'm sure she's thankful for it." Jimin sighed, scrolling through his phone, curled up in the corner of the couch. "She's really chill, don't stress."

"I'm not." Taehyung smiled at the little doodle in the corner of the paper. "Clauds are you done chasing your dog yet?"

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Jin hummed to himself as he walked to the kitchen, his late night munchies really spiking up. It was one am, and the whole house was asleep.

'It feels as if everyone has bonded with Claudette except for me.' Jin frowned to himself as he opened the fridge door. 'I wanna...

'Wait a minute.' Jin smiled, closing the door and turning on his heel.

"Claud?" Jin knocked on her door, about to open the door, but stopping himself. "Claud are you awake?" Jin leaned against the door frame, still knocking. "Wake up Claud." Jin was ready to open the door and just wake her up himself, but that really wouldn't be polite of him. "Please Claud, I have a preposition."

"I believe the correct word is proposition." Claudette opened the door, smiling up at Jin. "Not preposition."

"See?" Jin crossed his arms with a smile. "All I have to do is use incorrect grammar and I get your attention."

"You're glad the French girl knows better Korean than the native speaker?" Claudette grinned, Jin's smile broadening.

"Yes I am." Jin looked at his watch. "Listen, I know it's one am and all..." Jin paused, Claudette motioning him to continue. "But do you want to get McDonalds with me?"

Claudette glanced to her side before smiling. "Yes of course! Let me go grab a jacket and shoes!" Claudette was about to close the door, but Jin stopped her with his voice.

"Oh I don't mind if Eliot comes either." Jin smiled, Claudette beaming and nodding her head. "I'll be in the kitchen when you're ready."

"Thank you." She waved and closed the door, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Seriously?" Jungkook opened the door to the closet. "Seriously?"

"What was I supposed to say?" Claudette smiled, Jungkook narrowing his eyes at her. "'Oh sorry Jin, I'm actually busy making out with Jungkook.'"

"Yes!" Jungkook whisper-shouted, shaking his hands. "That's exactly what you were supposed to say!"

Claudette threw a pillow at him, Jungkook catching it with one hand. "Oh shi-"

- Ten (ish) Minutes Earlier -

Jungkook peeked over Taehyung's shoulder, seeing if his eyes were closed. Jungkook grinned to himself, kissing Taehyung's shoulder before slowly crawling out of bed.

He hasn't been able to sleep. All that was on his mind was Claudette.

And he needed to be alone with her.

Jungkook waved a goodbye to his asleep boyfriend before closing the door soundlessly. Just like in the movies, Jungkook went on his tiptoes, sneaking past Yoongi and Namjoon's room. He went painfully slow, not wanting to wake anyone else up. He didn't know how'd they'd react if they knew he liked Claudette.

It was obvious to everyone that Jimin was crushing hard, but only Jungkook had noticed Yoongi also has a thing for her.

That's why he's too scared to fess up directly.

"Claudia?" Jungkook knocked twice before opening the door slowly. "Can I come in?"

"Jungkook?" Claudette stood up from the floor, abandoning Eliot and his training. "Hi, what are you doing up so late?"

Jungkook turned around to close the door, smiling to himself. 'She's so cute when she's all caring.' "Well I should ask the same thing about you."

"I like staying up late." She shrugged her shoulders, picking up the notepad from the ground and setting it to the bed, Jungkook's eyes unable to leave her movements.

"Hey Claudia?" Jungkook took a deep breath, shaking out his nerves with his hands.

"Yes Kook?"

"Promise me you won't pass out." Jungkook took a step forward, her back towards him as she sat Eliot on the bed.

"Wha-"

Jungkook whirled her around, taking her face in his hands as he kissed her, their eyes closing almost at the same time. Claudette's body was strained and tense at first, but she slowly relaxed, kissing him back.

Jungkook released the kiss, holding Claudette steady. "Are you alrig-"

She pulled him down again, capturing his lips. And with this kiss, he turned his head so he could get a better angle with her lips.

'Never had a boyfriend or girlfriend before... so I most definitely stole her first kiss.' He took a quick breath and kissed again, their kisses slowly getting quicker.

Claudette hummed in pleasure, Jungkook's lips slipping her's for a second. Jungkook smiled against her, his hand finding her's and one by one, their fingers intertwined.

Jungkook slowly took a step forward, their lips breaking apart for a split second before latching onto one another again. Claudette and Jungkook slowly made their way to the wall.

But just as her back hit the wall, there was a knock on the door.

Jungkook jumped back from Claudette, Claudette's fingers leaving Jungkook's to hold onto the wall. Their panicked eyes met each other, Claudette's peripheral vision showing the closet. She pointed to it aggressively, shoving Jungkook towards it. He ran inside, closing the door silently while Claudette smoothed her hair and cleared her throat, opening the door to reveal Jin.

And you're all caught up to date.

"I'll stay up for you." Jungkook smiled down at her, tucking her hair back for her. "Then we can figure some things out?"

"Thank you." Claudette latched onto Jungkook, hugging him tightly. Jungkook kissed the top of her head, rubbing her back.

Jungkook watched her go, waiting until the door shut before leaving her room.

But he stopped in his tracks, eyes locking on the figure standing in the hall.

"Hi Babe."

hi i was very scared about publishing this chap so please be nice (if you want to ig)

i texted all my friends for advice so i apologize to them but please enjoy!!

(also wtf how did this fic get 3k reads in 13 hours?!"