SPLIT (COMPLETED)

only 24 hours

Right after the call with Taehyung, Jungkook sighs heavily before putting his phone on the table and sits on the chair at the balcony with closed eyes. He thinks of how to tell Chaeyoung that he has to leave her for some time because of work matters. She has been staying at his place for three days and he might have to send her back to her house before he leaves.

While he is wondering of the conversation he will have with her, he does not realized that Chaeyoung has been watching him secretly from the living room. She left the guestroom he let her stayed in to have a drink and ended up looking for him. However, she did not bother him when she saw him on call with someone out there.

"He seems tensed.", she mutters as she sees his reaction after the call ends. "Is he alright?", she asks herself as she sits quietly on the sofa while looking at him from the back.

"Rosé, are you hearing me now?", she slowly says to herself.

"Mhmmm, fortunately I'm all ears. What is it, Chaeyoung? You need my service?", the Voice in her head replies to her.

Chaeyoung nods her head as she keeps her eyes on Jungkook at the balcony. "Jungkook seems tensed. Should I ask if he's okay or should I just let him be?", she says while wondering what is in Jungkook's mind at the moment.

"Well, did you know why he's looking tensed?", Rosé asks her back.

"What kind of question is that? I asked you what to do because clearly I don't know why, Rosé.", she replies while rolling her eyes, cannot believe Rosé will reply her with a question like that.

Rosé giggles to her response before saying, "Well, have you done something bad to him? Like hurt him or anything?"

Chaeyoung shakes her head to the sudden question comes from her alter.

"If not, then it's probably work. You can try to ask him. I don't think he will scold you for being concerned.", Rosé suggests.

"Because of work?", Chaeyoung says as she thinks of the possibility of him getting tensed because of his work.

"Don't think anymore. Just ask him away!", Rosé raises her voice a little to bother Chaeyoung from overthinking.

Chaeyoung flinched a little before she nods her head. "Okay, I'll ask him.", she says before she slowly gets up from the sofa she sat.

Then, she walks up to the sliding door and peeks at him before going out to his side. He seems to be drawn into thinking of something. He does not react at all to the appearance of Chaeyoung beside him. His eyes stay closed with his forehead seemingly to be frowning hard.

"Kookie?", Chaeyoung calls him but he remains still in his seat. "Jungkookie?", she tries again while tapping his shoulder lightly.

He jumped a little to the touch as he opens his eyes to see Chaeyoung standing beside him.

"Oh, Chaeyoung..", he says as he rubs his chest after the sudden shock she gave him.

"Uh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.", she tells him as she goes to sit on the chair across the table. She waits for him to look relaxed again before she asks him, "Are you okay, Kookie?"

He nods his head to her. "Yeah, I'm okay.", he tries to smile as he answers her question.

However, Chaeyoung keeps looking at his face as if trying to observe what he hides from her. When he realizes that she is looking at him intently, he asks why she gives him that kind of look. He tries to act cool so that she does not find him being out of himself.