so he's mister popular ; jihoon

Chapter ✧ 24

— ji eun's pov —

I couldn't contact Jihoon.

I couldn't talk to him after what happened. The issue is all over the country, and I couldn't talk to him. I didn't receive a single word from him.

Is he busy?

I'm pretty sure he's taking a rest, but not a single message?

I have to be honest, it disappointed me a lot. But what can I do? He's an idol. He's always busy, and that's our reality.

I got out of my house, and started to walk towards the university.

I then started to hear people murmuring. I could feel their judgmental eyes staring at me.

So these are my consequences, huh?

Not long after, I arrived at the bus station. I saw a guy sitting on the chair wearing a black hoodie, pants, baseball cap and face mask. I couldn't see his face.

He was looking down, and he looked harmless, yet still alarming. He looked like he could a pull a knife and stab you later on.

The bus arrived, and I got on. Coincidentally, the guy I was talking about got on the bus too.

I sat on the single seat, and the guy stood beside my seat. Is he stalking me?

The bus arrived at my university, and I got off.

My phone vibrated, and it was Soobin. I told him to wait for me before he goes to his class.

Soobin ^-^

I'll be at the nearest
convenience store

Needed to buy
something hehe

Sure. I'm on my way.

I turned around, and the guy in all black wasn't there. I guess he wasn't stalking me at all. I'm just assuming things.

I arrived at the nearest convenience store, and Soobin was there sitting on one of the tables inside.

When the door chime went off, everyone inside the store looked at me. Soobin waved at me, but I noticed that someone from the ramen area also glanced to my direction. He was wearing a black hoodie.

This is getting creepy.

"Hey...Soobin..." I say down still glancing on the ramen section of the store.

"Hey... Ji Eun—why are we talking like this?"

"Someone's following me" I said.

"A reporter?"

"Nope "

"A fan?"

"No"

"A serial killer?"

"Maybe?" I rested my head on my palm.

"Holy cow. Call the police!" He shouted in a whisper.

"Don't do that." I chuckled.

"Anyway. I'll just buy banana milk for a sec, then let's go."

I went to the beverages section, and I knew that someone was staring at me. I turned around as fast as I could, and caught that guy in all black looking at me.

Annoyed, I went to him, and took the mask of his face. I never knew I was this brave.

My eyes widened, and he smiled at me awkwardly.

"Surprise?" He said. His voice sounded hoarse. What happened?

"Jihoon... what are you doing here? You're currently dealing with issues, and you're here?"

"Exactly." He pulled me closer to him and caressed my face.

"Everything's a mess, so I had to go to you. You make me feel sane." He hugged me, and my eyes bursted into tears.

"I missed you..." He whispered.

"Sorry if I haven't been contacting you. Everything's just messed up. I had to fix it." He placed both of his hands on my cheeks, and wiped my tears. He smiled.

"What happened to your voice?" I asked him.

He placed his hand on his pocket, and he placed his hand on his neck.

"About that...ha...I argued with my manager...didn't mean to raise my voice that much."

"Argue about what?"

"I'll fix it. I can't believe everyone's still consider this as a hot issue. It's been three days, for Pete's sake." It's nice to see him like this again. I just really hope everything will get better for him.

"Pay for that already. You'll be late for class." Oh right. I was about to buy banana milk.

I did what he told me, and Soobin stood up from his chair.

"Thanks, bro" Jihoon told Soobin. Wait what?

"So you planned this?" I asked Jihoon. He smiled at me and nodded.

"And Soobin's a part of this? You even told me to call the police!" I shouted at Soobin who was laughing the whole time.

"It's called acting, darling."

"How are you and Lia?" Jihoon suddenly blurted out. So Soobin and Jihoon are close?!

"Yeah we're good. Lia tried her best to stop her friend, but she didn't listen." Soobin sighed, so did Jihoon.

"You're dating Li—" "Shut up sweetie, or I'll be the serial killer here," Soobin said as he covered my mouth.

"I won't let you kill her. You know that," Jihoon said fixing his face mask.

"Dude... I wasn't serious. Stop being so protective. I got her first."

"Oh really?" Jihoon's face suddenly turned serious.

"Yeah. I'm her bestfriend. Right, Ji?" Soobin nudged me, and I just nodded. Jihoon gave me his hand, and I gladly accepted it.

Soobin gave us a disgusted face, and rolled his eyes. "Just wait 'til my Julia gets here."

"MY JULIA?!" Jihoon and I exlaimed.

"Ugh. Stop overreacting."