"I don't want a 'logical' partner. I want someone who actually gives a damn, and you clearly don't." Y/N wanted a guy who cared. Jeon Jungkook didn't even know how to pretend. At twenty-six, Y/N has it all together. She runs a thriving bakery and is the designated 'reliable friend' to a wild group of guys she's known since high school. But being the only single friend in a sea of aggressively doting couples is starting to sting. Just once...just for once, she'd like to be the one being taken care of. Thrust into a week-long cabin vacation with her overly-affectionate friends, Y/N is forced into the orbit of Jimin's strange, silent colleague. Jungkook is a numbers guy. He speaks in percentages, avoids eye contact, and has an unapologetic, nonchalant attitude that drives Y/N insane. They are a statistical impossibility. He's ice...she's warmth. He calculates...she feels. He's a rage-baiter...she gets rage-baited. But when his blunt logic finally pushes Y/N to tears, the human spreadsheet malfunctions. Jungkook realizes that being 'cool' and 'efficient' has just cost him the only girl he's ever noticed. Now, the ultimate nonchalant guy is on a mission to win her over. Step one: Un-nonchalant yourself. Step two: Figure out how to hold a conversation. Step three: Destroy anyone who makes her cry. ©rosetintedquill

Walking away felt like its own kind of pain, and hope had long since lost its meaning. In the chill of the evening, every step weighed on me-bones aching, skin stinging, as if each movement tore something loose inside. My tears burned against the cold wind, searing rather than soothing. "Please," I whispered, the word slipping out like a fragile, fading prayer. "Do you want me to touch you like this, Daisy?" Each step drags, my feet heavy against the ground, every footprint feeling like I'm leaving a piece of myself behind-like my soul is slipping away with each one. My senses dull, my energy drains, until all that's left is a hollow, aching emptiness. But hasn't it been this way for the past three years without him? "Have anyone made you feel like this? Wet like this?" I don't know if I'll survive this time-but I'm still asking for one more chance. "Just one... and I'll make everything right." But why do I have to beg for it? Why am I the only one fighting? Why is it always on me to fix what's broken? "Do me Jungkook, p-please." Love-so simple, yet impossibly complicated. No matter what he's done, no matter the hurt or the distance, I'm still in love with him. And I want to fight for us one last time. I need to see how it ends, even if it breaks me. Just one final try. "With all the pleasure. I will fuck you, only fuck you with everything I have Daisy." There's no point in hoping, is there? He isn't here. He isn't coming. So, there's no chance at a happy ending for me now... is there? The sun sinks lower, shadows stretching as night draws near. With a heavy heart, I force my feet forward, each step pulling me farther from the possibility of him-of us. I knew this from the start. I should have known better, should never have let myself fall for someone like Jungkook, someone who doesn't believe in love. NOTE: This book was completed in 2020 and is being rewritten this year. All Rights Reserved ©2026 ©narahkris #wattys2019