Chapter 6

Jin rested his head on the face of his door as he silently collapsed and broke down. He never intended to hurt you this much. All he wanted was to take a shot on his relationship with Soyeon and pray that it works out well. He is too afraid to face what he truly feels for you.

He then heard footsteps nearing the door and heard Jimin's soft voice comforting you as your sob echoes the entire dorm. He wanted to badly to open the door between the two of you, run to your side and be the one to remove your tears he caused. But he can't. Then he remembered what you said about Soyeon. He can't believe that she will have the boldness to do such a thing. He trusted her. He trusted her that she will be the reason for him to slowly forget about you.

Jin's thoughts are still wrapped around Soyeon that he didn't notice that Jimin had already taken the innitiative to accompany you home. He slowly opened the door and was only greeted by an empty apartment.

"Argh!!!" Jungkook said in frustration as he stood up from the couch and looked at the clock on the wall. It's already 8:45 pm and you are not yet home. All of a sudden, a loud rumble was heard and his hands immediately flew towards his stomach. Yup, he's definitely hungry and his stomach is already starting to protest. He walked towards the kitchen to check what snack he can nibble on while waiting for your arrival. Jungkook opened your refrigerator and found a small box of pastry on the top shelf. "Yes!" He muttered to himself as he slowly took the box out of the fridge and dived into its contents. The sweet and savory flavor of the pastry danced in his mouth as he savored the delectable snack. He was still relishing the pastry when he heard the front door unlock. He instantly closed the box and shoved it back inside the fridge and ran towards the door.

"Noona! What took you so long?! I'm-" His shouting was interrupted when he saw Jimin with you walking into the apartment and noticed right away your puffy eyes that were swollen from crying.

"What the hell happened to her?" He shrieked.

"Jin hyung," was all Jimin was able to say as he dropped off your things on the table and guided you towards the couch. You collapsed on the couch like a heavy boulder and hugged the pillow near you. Jungkook knelt in front of you and stared at your face.

"Are you ok, noona?" He worriedly asked. You just shook your head and didn't say anything. Jimin carefully sat on the adjacent seat and same as Jungkook looked at you worriedly.

"She hasn't been talking ever since we left the dorm. She hasn't said a word about what caused their argument earlier." He narrated.

"Wait, what is she doing in the dorm?" He asked curiously towards Jimin. The elder just shrugged his shoulders.

"I really don't know. When I got home from school, they were already arguing and Jin hyung shouted something about noona being pathetic and there is something about Soyeon and about noona creating stories." Jimin tried his best to recall the disagreement that he witnessed earlier.

"Then Jin hyung shouted at her and told her to leave him alone before slamming the door on her face." Then the boys heard a loud sob coming from your direction and they saw you breaking down again.

"I'm sorry," was the only thing you were able to say to the boys before you stood up from the couch and ran towards your bedroom and shut the door. Jungkook followed you and knocked on your door asking you to open it up. But you didn't.

"Let her be for the meantime, Jungkook. She is suffering a lot right now." Jimin said as he closed in to Jungkook. Jungkook stepped away and walked towards the dining table.

"I wanna go back to the dorm and have a talk with hyung." Jungkook said furiously as he grabbed his coat from the chair.

"What do you think you're doing?" Jimin asked curiously as he faced the maknae.

"He should stop doing this to her. Soon enough, there's nothing going to be left of her if he keeps on breaking her." Jungkook almost shouted. Jimin just stood their calmly as he watched the maknae act upon impulse.

"We are all worried about them, Jungkook. But you should just stay here and take care of noona. She would need you more by her side rather than you fighting with Jin hyung.  I know for a fact that soon enough, Jin hyung will regret everything." Jimin said sadly. Still pondering about what Jimin said as he soon agreed with his hyung.

"Come on, let's get you and noona something to eat before I head home." Jimin volunteered making the maknae's face light up for a moment. Because of his excitement, another loud rumble escaped his stomach making Jimin die in laughter before heading out.

//

Seeing how broken you are, Jungkook decided to extend his stay in your apartment a little longer to take care of you until you feel a bit better so you would have company. It's also for making sure that you won't do something stupid if there's no one around. At first, you didn't agree, but then you thought that it will be nice to have someone around to keep you company, so you agreed. Jungkook was sweet enough to go home immediately from school and make sure that you are recovering.

You got home a bit early today and you're watching a nice thriller movie on cable when you heard the door open. Jungkook's smiling face immediately greeted you as he ran towards the couch and crashed beside you.

"Hey squirt." You greeted him and flashed a small smile. He immediately handed you a box of chocopie.

"Aww, thanks. That is so sweet of you, Kookie!" You said as you took the box from him. He just smirked. You immediately opened the box and unwrapped the pie and took a bite.

"Actually, someone just left that on my desk. I felt bad just leaving it there, so I took it home and gave it to you." You immediately grabbed a piece of tissue from the box sitting on the coffee table and spitted out the contents of your mouth making Jungkook almost die of laughter from where he is sitting.

"What the heck, Jungkook!" You uttered as you replaced the remaining chocolate back in its wrapping and placing it on the table in front of you. You just lost your appetite with the chocolate snack. Jungkook is still laughing.

"I was just messing with you, noona. I really bought that from the store near the school. I swear!" He said in between breaths as he slowly tried to compose himself.

"Ha. Ha. Ha." You laughed sarcastically and rolled your eyes.

"What are you doing anyway?" He asked curiously as he took off his bag from his shoulder and started fishing for something inside it.

"Oh, I'm just watching some movie that is being shown in cable. What are you doing?" You asked curiously as you watched him pull out a piece of paper from his bag. He then eagerly flashed the paper in front of you.

"Noona! I got straight A's on my test." He beamed proudly as he showed you his grades. You took the paper from his hand and was reviewing its contents.

"Well, almost all. Except for Math and English." His voice trailed off. You looked up from the paper and looked at the boy sitting beside you, how his head hung low. The smile never left your face.

"I'm still proud of you, Kookie! You still did well on your other subjects." You said as you ruffled his hair. You placed the paper on the coffee table and faced him.

"Why don't I tutor you with Math and English until you pull up your grades. That sounds fun, right? Do we have a deal?" You offered and this made him smile widely.

"Deal!" He said excitedly.

"Good. Now go get changed and be back here immediately. We will start the session today." You ordered Jungkook as you stood up from the couch and turned off the TV.

"What? Now?" He asked confusedly; slightly protesting.

"Why? You got some other plans?" You queried as you walked towards the table. The maknae just scratched his head.

"None." He simply answered while you smiled.

"Good. Now hand me your books and notes and let me review while you get changed." You extended your arms and waited for Jungkook to hand you his stuff. With a sigh, he dragged his feet as he walked towards you with his books. After that, he walked towards the room to get changed.

//

Jungkook's head is buried in finishing the practice questions that you have given him, while you're too preoccupied in doing a long one for him in another subject, the doorbell rang. You immediately stood up and grabbed your purse and ran towards the door. The moment the door closed, the smell of pizza filled the room making the maknae groan.

"You're killing me and you know that, noona!" Jungkook complained without looking up from his homework. You just smiled at him and carefully placed a slice of pizza on the plate.

"I'm just teasing. You can now take a break and eat." You laughed as you walked towards Jungkook who is now stretching his arms and neck which were strained from doing all the problems while his head scrunched low. He smiled brightly the moment you laid the pizza in front of him. He immediately took a bite and savored the food. You on the other hand, snatched Jungkook's unfinished work and started reviewing it. Jungkook just watched you cautiously while eating his food.

"Noona?" He said in between bites.

"Hm?" Your head still buried on the paper in front of you. You didn't spare him a glance. He hesitated for a moment to ask the question, but curiosity is getting the best of him.

"Uhm... Why did you and Jin hyung had another argument the other night?" He asked carefully as he slowly chewed his food. You slowly looked up from the paper on your hand and looked at Jungkook.

"Oh, that. Well, it was just a stupid misunderstang." You lied as you plastered a fake smile on your face. Jungkook's face turned sour and placed down his remaining pizza on the plate.

"It seems like you two have misunderstandings all the time. It's all about that Soyeon witch, isn't it?" He leaned forward as he queried you. You didn't say anything but just shook your head and was about to go back in reviewing the paper when Jungkook spoke.

"Don't lie to me, noona. Jimin told me every-" And your eyebrows shot up as you looked at him. He got surprised and re-thinked his sentence.

"Well, bits and pieces of what he heard. But it definitely involves that girl." He said furiously. You lowered your eyebrow and tilted your head as you looked at the boy in front of you.

"It was a mistake. I shouldn't have meddled in other people's affairs. That's why Jin is furious at me. So as a lesson, I won't give a damn about other people's lives and just mind my own business. With that, my life will be peaceful." You just simply said. You know Jungkook is not fully convinced as you saw his lips purse and shook his head, but he didn't push the subject anymore and just continued eating. You thought you were hearing thing, but you swear you heard Jungkook mutter 'Whatever'. You just shook your head and continued reviewing his work.

//

Jungkook is still yawninng and rubbing his eyes when he got surprised the following day that you are preparing his lunch in pajamas. You wondered how he managed to get into his uniform in that state. Poor boys is probably still sleepy from the tutoring session you had the night before.

"What are you wearing?" He asked with a hint of confusion in his voice as he pointed on your clothes. You stopped preparing his meal and looked down on what you are wearing.

"A pajama, a sweater and a shirt. What do you think I am wearing, sleepy head?" You answered playfully as you continued preparing his food. He gave you a sarcastic laugh in return.

"I mean, I know that's your pajama, but why aren't you dressed for work? Did you call in sick? Are you sick?" He panicked and ran towards you and placed his palm in your forehead to feel your temperature. He also placed his other hand on his forehead and felt his own temperature.

"You don't seem to have a fever. But you're not feeling well, aren't you? Do you want me to stay here at home and take care of you, noona?" He said worriedly and started taking over in making his own lunch.

"Idiot." You laughed. "I'm not sick, Kookie. Don't worry about me. And don't use me as an excuse for not attending school today. I will kill you." You joked as you finished his lunch and laid a bowl of sundubu-jjige in front of him.

"I forgot to tell you last night that I'm not going to work anymore this week." You sat in front of Jungkook as you drank your cup of tea. His eyes furrowed as he questionably looked at you while woofing down his breakfast.

"Remember a week ago, I told you that this guy offered me a job at this big marketing firm in Sinsa-dong." You said excitedly. Jungkook stopped shoving food in his mouth and looked at you keenly.

"Yeah." He said while taking a spoonful of rice.

"Guess what, Kookie? I got the job and I will be starting this Monday!" You shouted excitedly as you jumped up.

"Wow! Congratulations, noona! I'm so happy for you." Jungkook beamed his cute smile.

"By the way, what are you going to do today?" He asked as he finished his meal.

"Well, nothing major. Just clean the apartment and grab some groceries. We're already running out of supplies. Why'd you ask?" You asked curiously.

"Well..." He scratched his head in embarrassment. You just eyed him waiting for his response.

"My homeroom teacher wanted to talk to my parents about my Math and English grades, but since they're in Busan, they won't be able to make it on time. And I don't feel like telling the hyungs because they might scold me so..." He looked at you with those sad puppy dog eyes.

"Would you do it for me? Please talk to my teacher and tell him that you are already tutoring me. I already told him that my guardian will be coming today." He sadly pleaded. You sighed. Of course you can't say no to him. When did you ever? Sometimes, you already question yourself if you are already spoiling this boy rotten.

"Fine, I'll do it." You finally answered.

"Thanks, noona! I owe you big time!" He cheered. You just rolled your eyes at him and took a sip of your tea.

"Don't forget your meeting with my homeroom teacher is later at 3pm. Please don't be late, ok?" He said before standing up and collecting his stuff.

"Okay. I'll be there early." You promised. He waved goodbye and walked out of the apartment.

//

You were taking a short nap after you got exhausted in cleaning the house when your phone went off waking you up from your slumber. It was Jungkook.

"Hey, where are you, noona? Are you already on your way? It's almost 3 pm." He reminded you. You jerked up from your bed and saw the time on your watch to confirm the time and was shocked to see how late you already are.

"Omo! I gotta go, Jungkook!" You hurriedly replied. Why in hell did you fall asleep that long? Now you don't have enough time to prepare yourself.

"Noona!!!" You heard him shout on the other line, but you hung up before he could say anything more. You threw your phone on the bed hurriedly and ran towards the bathroom and took a bath.

//

You ran all the way to Jungkook's school and you're still catching your breath when you saw him standing in front of his school waiting for you impatienty. You barely made it in time for his teacher's appointment.

"What took you so long?" He muttered as both of you brisk walked towards the teacher's lounge to meet his homeroom teacher.

"I'm sorry, I fell asleep after cleaning. Apparently, someone spilled soda on my carpet and didn't clean it up, and I had to painstakingly remove the stain." You said to him. Jungkook just smiled and mumbled a 'Sorry' and did his cute aegyo to make it up to you. You just laughed and pinched him on the cheeks making him pout because he hates it when somebody treats him like a small child in public.

Both of you stopped in front of the teachers' office and asked you to stay outside while he fetches his teacher. You opened your phone to check for messages when you heard the door open.

"Mr. Kim, this is my guardian, (Y/N) noona." Jungkook introduced you as they stepped out of the teachers' lounge, the teacher in tail.

You looked up from your phone to greet Jungkook's teacher when your eyes widened in surprise.

"(Y/N)?' He asked. Same as you, the man standing in front of you was just as surprised to see you.

"Yeong Cheol? Yo Yeong Cheol?!" You blurted out. You didn't manage to hide the surprised expression on your face. You were speechless after that.

"Wait, you guys know each other?" Jungkook butted in.

"I, ah, uhm, yeah. (Y/N) was my former high school classmate. What a small world." Yeong Cheol answered, still not taking his gaze away from you. You just stared at him.

"How are you, (Y/N)? You still haven't changed. You still look... look amazing just like how I remembered you." He said. Jungkook made a face and rolled his eyes and shook his head. You on the other hand just blushed.

"Oh, I'm doing fine. And you?" You managed to ask even if you are still feeling shy and embarassed.

"I'm good, I'm good." And he flashed his charming smile exposing his dimples. You can't help but stare at his handsome face. You wondered why you didn't notice that before.

"Ahem!" Jungkook interrupted both of you.

"I thought we're going to talk about my grades?" He reminded both of you, but he was actually directing those words towards his teacher. Yeong Cheol smiled from embarrassment and nodded.

"Right. Uhm, would you follow me please on the conference room and let's talk about Jungkook's grades." He said politely as he lead the way. Jungkook glared at you the moment Yeong Cheol was a few steps ahead of you two. You just looked at Jungkook innocently and shrugged your shoulders then trailed behind Yeong Cheol. Jungkook just shook his head and followed behind.

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Sorry for a bad chapter. I was trying to make this a little fun and lighter since the past 5 chapters were a bit heavy. Sorry if it's not as good as the others. Will do better in the next one. Thanks for reading, really appreciate it. :D