Chapter 1

It was warm outside, the air felt sticky with the humidity and it was doing nothing for her sour mood. Four long years she spent with a man that did absolutely nothing for her, she finally had the strength to stand up for herself and end things. Even though it felt so right, the anger and fears that were ingrained into her over the course of the relationship would randomly hit her throughout the days that followed. His voice repeating that she wasn't good enough, that what she loved didn't matter, that she shouldn't be so emotional, would immediately take her down. Today though, it had been worse than it had been before. She had woken up from a nightmare in a cold sweat, immediately turning over and for a split second expecting him to be there. It had made her stomach turn that she wanted him there, even for a second. She had gotten up and shaken off the feeling, though the low bubbling anger remained present. So she washed her face and put on her workout clothes. She walked out the door with her dog and was immediately assaulted by the heat.

"Great, just great, I hate this heat. Why can't it be fall already?" She muttered to herself. She walked across the way to the grassy area where she and Lola loved to play and run. Looking all around for other dogs or people, she didn't see anyone and let Lola off her leash to play. This was pretty normal, no one was out this way in the mornings. She was able to blast her music and run the loop around the park as Lola followed or chased the ball she would throw. Today she wanted to lose herself in the music and run off the foul energy that started her day off all wrong. Turning up her K-Pop playlist she began to walk, warming up her muscles. She was still relatively new to the K-pop music scene and didn't know much about it or the bands, but she already found a few songs that she loved. Her favorite so far was a song called Daechwita, it was by an artist named Agust D. This song always pumped her up and got her ready to start her actual run. Turning on the song she waited for the beat to drop and immediately sprinted. She put everything she had into the sprint on the straight away, that for 20 seconds it felt like flying. As she tapered down in speed, she slowed down to a jog and began her run, oblivious to her surroundings.

Ten minutes into her jog, Lola dashes off across the park, looking up YN spots someone walking into the park.

"Oh, shit" she whispers to herself then loudly begins yelling, "Lola! Lola! Come!"

Lola refused to come and ran up on the stranger without any hesitation, tail wagging with happiness. YN jogs over to them with an apology on the tip of her tongue when she looks at the other person. A man who was a bit taller than her with black hair and dark eyes looked back at her.

"Sweet dog, she's extremely friendly" he stated. His voice deeper than she expected sent shivers down her spine. She knew, however, that she had nothing to be afraid of, Lola was an excellent judge of character. If she liked him, then he had to be decent enough.

"Yeah, she's great, but I'm sorry about that. She's usually better behaved." She said while putting Lola's harness and leash on. She straightened up and held out her hand. "I'm YN."

"Nice to meet you I'm Jungkook." He said. He tilted his head as he looked at her, waiting to see her reaction to his name.

"Nice to meet you Jungkook. Are you new to the area?"

"I'm just visiting, I'm staying nearby and wanted to run. It looks like we had the same idea. Are you done already?"

"No, actually I just started about ten minutes ago."

"Would you care if I joined? You can let her off the leash again if you like, I don't mind."

"Sure, I don't have a problem with that."

She leans over and takes Lola's leash off and looks back over at Jungkook. He's stretching and the black shirt he's wearing rides up just a bit to where she catches a glimpse of skin underneath. She can already tell the man is toned. It's not fair, with the voice, those eyes, and a body to die for, really this man had it all when it came to looks. She was sure he had women drooling over him. Just as she thought it he looked over at her, catching her staring at him. He smirks and continues his stretching, staring into her eyes as he does so. She can't help it, she tells herself to look away but she's caught in the depths of those dark eyes. He finally looks away and begins to walk on the track. She follows, slightly dumbfounded over her behavior but keeps pace with him.

"I'll let you set the pace since you've already started your run." He tells her "I'm not in a big hurry"

"Ok," she responds "do you mind if I turn on my music? I can't run with headphones in since I need to be aware of Lola and my surroundings all the time. You never know what to expect these days."

"Sure," he said, "What are you listening to right now?"

"Just some K-pop, I just recently got into it."

"Nice, I know a bit about the K-pop scene" He laughs a bit. "Let's hear it."

She turns on her playlist and a song by a group named BIGBANG came on. He laughed again but this time she ignored it and set the pace as they started to jog. They continued on like that for another ten minutes when he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong," she asked as she paused the music.

"Nothing, I uh just got a text. Hang on." He stated.

"No worries, take your time." She began stretching her tight hamstrings, she was grateful for the pause. Her leg cramps have been out of control, but she had been working on pushing through them. She leaned over to stretch out her left calf and groaned in response to the pain shooting up her leg. Standing back up, she looked over at Jungkook and caught him staring this time. She had to admit that it was a much-needed confidence booster to have a man look at her body the way he was currently.

"Earth to Jungkook, see something you like?" She said boldly. Thinking to herself, that he's only visiting so it wouldn't hurt to flirt a little.

He shook his head a little like snapping out of a daze. He looked so sweet at that moment she felt slightly bad for teasing him.

"Hmmm, I mean definitely." He responded, looking her up and down again. He couldn't help it, she had curves in all the right places. He had been looking at the text Namjoon had sent him asking where he was when she had let out a groan that caught his attention. It had no right to sound as sexy as it did, especially when it looked like she was in pain as she stretched out the muscles in her leg.

"Are your leg muscles tight?" He questioned.

She looked at him and hesitated before responding but decided to be truthful. "Yes, no amount of stretching seems to help some days, they cramp up occasionally and the two options are to power through it or sit down. I generally choose to just keep going and ignore it."

"That's not good, here, may I?" as he gestures to your legs. You didn't expect this response and just simply nod your head.

"Sit down, let's see if I can help loosen them up." He says as he takes one of your legs in his hands. He slowly starts to knead the muscles in her calf, and she can't help the moan that slips through her lips. A mixture of pain and pleasure courses through her body as the tension begins to drain from the muscles. Jungkook looks into her eyes again and his gaze drops to her lips. With her leg still in his hands, he leans toward her. Then it happens, Lola immediately came dashing towards them and jumped on both of them. They look at each other and start to laugh. The whole situation was ridiculous.

He looks down at her and asks "Is that better?"

"It actually is, do you want to keep running?"

"If you're up to it we can."

"Maybe walking for me might be a bit better, if you want to run though, you can."

"I'll walk with you for a bit, it's probably best for your legs to slow down the pace. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Aw, that's sweet." She says and he starts to blush and quickly looks away.

"Anyways, are you from around here," he asks curiously.

"Yep, I live in that huge apartment complex over there across the way. It's just Lola and I so the apartment is perfect." She doesn't know why she felt the need to clarify that it was just her and the dog but she did it anyway. "Where are you from?"

"I'm from Busan in South Korea." He replied.

"You're a long way from home, what brought you out here?" She asks. She looks at him again and he's staring at her with a pensive look on his face. "What? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, not at all. Um, I'm out here with some friends. Just playing music and having a good time." He answers.

"That sounds like a lot of fun." She responds. Slowly coming to a stop she could tell it was time to call it on the workout for the day. As if he could read her mind he comes to a stop and looks at her as well.

"Are you done?"

"Yeah, I should be. I don't want to overdo it by any means. I had a lot of fun though, it was really nice to meet you Jungkook. And thanks for the leg massage." She winks at him. He smiles back at her.

"It was my pleasure. But um, are you doing anything for the rest of the day?" He asks.

She's surprised by the question and is momentarily stunned. "I mean no, I don't have any plans today. Why?"

"Would you like to have lunch with me?"

She thinks it over for a moment before responding. Thinking to herself that it wouldn't hurt anyone and he is extremely attractive and sweet.

"I would love to. Here's my number." She states her number for him to put into his phone.

"Do you want to meet me here at noon? Then we can go somewhere and eat?"

"I can do that, I'll see you soon Jungkook." She starts to make her way with Lola towards the apartment complex when he calls out to her.

"YN, you can call me JK! I'll see you at noon!" He yells and begins running the track once more.

She turns around and starts walking again towards the building. Smiling to herself she lets herself into the apartment and leans back against the closed door. Doing a happy dance she thinks to herself "Shit, what do I wear!?"