Two children are playing in the park together as their mothers socialize on a nearby bench, about things that kids their age wouldn't understand.

"Kookie, come here!" Jennie screams. "Yah! I'm coming!" He replies as he walks up the play ground, cleaning sand off his pudgy knees. "Hurry. Hurry." She says walking up to him and taking his hand. "Do you see it?" She asks. His little beady eyes search though the bars, being that they were both just seven.

They weren't tall enough to see over the bared walls of the castle. It was much like any other playground, a castle looking structure, they went all the way to the top where the biggest slide started.

"What? What is it Jennie?" He asks, his eyes searching everywhere. He wanted to see what she saw. "The goblin, over there." She points to a tree. And before his eyes he sees an ugly green goblin, his skin had warts, acid-like puss dripping down his skin and his teeth were so sharp they stabbed through his bottom lip. He looked around searching for something.

He sniffed the air looking in their direction. "What is he sniffing for?" Jungkook asks, but Jennie doesn't answer, instead she squats down at pulls the young Jungkook to squat as well. But of course, it wasn't real, it was just the child's imagination. "Ewe. He's so ugly." Jungkook says, hoping she'd answer this time.

"Yeah, he's really ugly. And he wants to take you Kookie." She says, gaining a worried look from the young Jungkook. "No, why?" His eyes widen. "He wants to eat your meat." She curls her fingers into cat claws making her voice scratchy and deep, followed by growls. "Why not your meat?" He asks, he taps his fingers together, thinking of a way to save his meat from being eaten by the goblin. "Because, you have more meat than I do." She pokes his stomach.

"N-No.. I'm... mm. Not much bigger than you." He looks down at his little tummy that stuck out, then looked to see that she was basically a stick. He looks back at the Goblin that continues to sniff the air, right now would not be the best time for Jungkook to pass gas. The Goblin would find him for sure.

He was indeed getting eaten today.

The children are brought back to the imaginary Goblin as it let out a shriek like call for the other goblins to gather together. The other goblins are just as ugly as the first one, come out of the ground. "Kookie! I heard you fart!!" Jennie screams. "I was nervous!!" He cries back.

Their attention is brought back to the Goblins. They point towards the playground and all the goblins holler. Their skin turning to a different color, battle colors, camouflage. More like hunting skin.

Panic runs over the young Jungkook, he didn't want to be eaten today. He didn't mean to pass gas and give their hiding spot away, now it's war. He had planned on living a long life as the cookie maker of the castle, maybe even upgrade to the knight some day. But what he really wanted to be, was the king of the playground.

He knew it was his destiny to be the king, he even wrote about it in his journal at school. Kings are always rich and get to boss everyone around. He wanted to be the ruler of the playground too, like Jennie.

"What should we do?" He asks, worried. "We have to fight back of course! Or he'll take you away!" She says, not enlightening the fact that he'd be getting eaten by the ugly monsters of their imagination. "But our forcefield broke that one time dragons pooped on us and Jiminie Pabo took our rocks." Jungkook explains. Jennie taps her chin. "You're right. Ugh. Jimin never knows how to play correctly, he took our magic rocks." Jungkook looks at her confused.

"Do you suppose he really thinks that they're magic?" He asks. "Knowing that mochi, he does. But of course he doesn't know that they only work for our castle." She laughs. To them the rocks were a source of protection, but in reality, they were just dirty rocks they found in the sand. "But I have a potion that might save you." She says, whispering. The sound of mines blowing up in the fields just outside the castle filled their imagination.

The Goblins were trying to get to Jungkook. It caught his attention right away, Jennie had a potion! He wouldn't get eaten today!!

"Potion? What kind of potion?" He asks, whispering. She sits down on the metal stair case that led up and down the entrance of the slide and Jungkook joins her, his little hands holding his dirty knees from when they were crawling in the dirt to get off the minefield in front of the castle. "Only I can give it away.. since I'm invisible to goblins." She says. "Because you have a urus?" He asks, mispronouncing the word uterus.

He had heard the word in a commercial of some sort one day on tv, he knew that only women had them. He only knows this because he had told his mother that he had a uterus and she busted out laughing. She didn't give him the details, but she did tell him that he didn't have one, giving him the idea that only girls have them. Jennie looks at him weird. "What's that?" She asks. He shrugs. "I have no idea." He admits.

"Okay, come closer." She says in a whisper. His eyes filled with excitement and curiosity.

**
• Years later •

"Come Kookie." She called him. "I'm here." He says, standing tall. Many things had changed, they were now thirteen. Jungkook lost a lot of weight and Jennie had developed, just a bit. He walked up and sat next to her on the side of the playground. Her eyes filled with tears. "Jennie.." He whispered as he sat closer to her. "It's happening Kookie.." She whimpers as he pulled her under his arm.

He was completely bewildered by her words. He had no idea what she was talking about. "My dad is leaving us.." She finally says. His heart drops, so this is what their mothers had talked about the other night at his house. He was supposed to be asleep, but he had gotten up to get a drink of water. He had heard crying and whispers. He sat on the staircase, listening. He had assumed that Jennie was asleep.

That happened a lot.. when it was night, Jennie's mother would come over and talk to his mother. They had been best friends for years, way before Jennie and Jungkook were ever born.

He held her tight as she cried into his shirt. "What am I going to do?" She asks through sniffles. "Live like me.. my dad left us.." He said. She looks up at him. "So be strong." She adds. He grins and nods. "Okay.. I'll be strong like you, Kookie." She says, leaning in kissing him on the cheek. He froze, memories of when he was seven floods into his head. "So that our dad's can't see us." She whispers, laying her head back on his chest. He sat there dumb struck, it was like his heart was pounding in his chest.

No. It was.

He looked down at her. Her arms wrapped around his torso and her legs draped over his lap. He held her even tighter, he told himself that he'd look over her no matter what. That he'd always be there for her.

He wasn't so sure what the feeling in his stomach was. Maybe he had eaten way too much and he should probably use the bathroom soon.

Little did he know, that wasn't the reason at all, and he'd soon figure it out.

**
• Present day •

"Ugh. I hate you." She says. He sits up and looks at her. "Why? Cause you're a sore loser?" He asks. She rolls her eyes. "You always win at everything." She says. He laughs. "It's just a game." He says. She sits up, he held his breath as she was extremely close to him. "Let's do something else." She suggests.

They had been sitting on the couch in his room all day, playing games on the game console on his small television. It was still break, and they had run out of things to do weeks ago. They'd be entering their last year of school.

"Jennie. Jungkook. I made some food if you want some." His mother called from down stairs so that they can hear her. "Let's eat!" Jennie cheers getting up from the couch. Jungkook would be lying if he said that he didn't have feelings for Jennie. He knew that she thought about him like a brother, because they've known each other since they were babies. But things changed, minds changed, and feelings grow. At least for him.

They were both eighteen now, and he promised himself that he'd wait to reveal his feelings that he's been feeling for the past five years. They only grew stronger. He felt like a fool, she was obviously not into him.

**

I walk down stairs to the kitchen, I'm starving. My mother greets me when I walk into the dining room. She pats my head and ruffles my hair. "So your mother told me she'll be home late if you'd like to stay for dinner." She tells Jennie who is already digging away at the food.

"I have a house key, I think I'll be fine. Thank you though." She says. Oh no, she doesn't want to stay with me? I'd be terribly bored without her. "You should stay so we can watch movies or something. Just so that you're not home alone for so long." She looks up at me. "Eh, let's go out then." She suggests.

"You guys should go to the mall." My mother adds. Jennie nods her head and looks at me again from her plate. "I think that would be nice, we haven't gone to the mall in a long time." Jennie agrees with my mother. I nod in agreement quickly.

The one thing I've learned about being the only male around three females, is that you always have to agree with them, or hell will break loose. "Do you need money Jungkook? Looking for new clothes would be a good idea, you've grown quite a lot." My mother tells me.

I nod, "I need new shoes." I explain. "Do you need money Jennie?" She asks. Jennie shakes her head, "No, I've been saving up my allowance for the mall. So I should be fine." She smiles. My mother nods, "Well, eat up so you don't have to eat those fatty foods at the mall." Jennie and I nod, eating up every bit of food off of our plate.

After we ate I went back up to my room. I clean up so that the room is nice when I come back, while Jennie ran over to her house to get her purse. I grab my house key, knowing that my mother will be leaving to work right now. I also grab my bus pass and I head down stairs. "You behave now, I know I don't have to tell you anything because you're always good." She says. She grabs my face and kisses my cheeks before handing over some money to me.

My eyes widen, "Eomma, this is-" she lifts up a finger and I instantly obey. "Jungkook, I only want you to have nice things. I don't care how you use it, just don't worry about it." Her fingers running over my face. "I promise that I will get a job." I tell her. "Unnecessary." She says, though I know it is.

She shoves me out of the house, she's probably late for work. I give her a hug and a kiss, before seeing Jennie walk out of her house. A small smile grows on my lips, I just can't help it. These butterflies that always take shelter in my stomach when I see her. I hear my mother chuckle. "And when do you plan on telling her?" My heart drops to my stomach, instantly killing all the butterflies. Like dropping a big rock on a small flower.

"You're late for work Eomma." I say, I can feel my face heating up. Oh no, Jennie will see my face. She laughs harder and squeezes my arm before she turns to her car. "Hey! You ready? We can catch the next bus, I just saw the bus schedule." Jennie says. I give her a huge smile and nod. "I'm ready." I tell her.

She links her arm with mine and she pulls me in the direction of the bus stop. When we're on the bus it's so crammed, she stood so close to me. Her chest against mine, she looks at me and smiles. "I didn't think this bus would be so crammed." She says. "It's fine." I say. Someone bumps into Jennie causing her to push against me more. Dear God.. is it getting hot in here?

"I'm sorry." She says with a concerned look on her face. "No, it's fine." I say. Gosh Jungkook, can't you say anything else? I guess being this close to her has made my brain stupid. "I'll just do this." She smiles, hugging onto me. Practically making my heart pound in my ears. "If that's okay." She looks up at me. "No yeah, that's okay. The bus is full, and I know how you are with people you don't know, touching you." I finally say words other than 'it's fine'. She smiles wide and hugs me tighter.

What's this girl trying to do? Pop my heart like a balloon? I take a chance and wrap an arm around her as she hugs me, I also hold onto the pole above my head. She turns her head and presses her face against my chest, oh no. She's going to hear my heart racing.

**

Strange, his heart is racing like he just ran a marathon. I'm not going to think about it too much, I'm sure he's fine.

Soon the bus came to a stop and a large amount of people get off. I forgot, its job rush hour, that's why there was so many people on the bus. I let go of him, he probably couldn't even breathe because there were so many people on the bus.

I sit down and he sits down next to me. "Why are you so quiet, Kookie?" I ask him, wrapping my arms around him and setting my chin on his shoulder. "I'm not quiet." He says making me laugh. "Yes, you aaaaaare, why? Are you tired?" I ask. He smiles, "Stop with the aegyo, you look like a little cat." He says. I shake him.

"I'm kitty Jennie!" I sing. He chuckles and looks forward out the large window on the other side of the bus. I just let out a breath and press my head against his shoulder. It's really relaxing and quiet, up until we make it to the mall and we exit the bus.

I grab his hand and swing our arms, I look at him. "Isn't it great to be out? And you wanted to stay at home." I laugh. He smiles, "Yeah, you're right." He agrees with me, his hand gripping mine. When we enter the mall, I inhale the cold air.

I instantly smell the popcorn and pretzels, I look at him. He shows that funny smile, I can't quite explain it. I've never really been able to. "You want a pretzel?" He asks. I shrug, though I really do. "Don't do that." He uses his opposite hand to grab my cheek.

"Only if you'll share with me." I say. He nods. We walk up to the concession stand, and luckily! My friend Jisoo is working, "Jennie! Jungkook! Hi!" She greets. She's always so cheeky.

We quickly greet back. She looked all cute in her uniform, it was a mint colored buttoned up shirt, with a black bow tie and black slacks. She had her hair up in a pony tail. "You two are always so cute." She says looking down at your hands, I quickly yank my hand away. I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea. "We wanted to get a pretzel." I say. She smirks at me and nods.

Why'd she do that for? "So, Jungkook? You taking good care of my kitty?" Jisoo asks. "What are you implying?" I ask, not letting Jungkook answer, what is there to say? "Aren't you two together? I always see you holding hands." She says, and I instantly become furious.

"No, Jisoo, we're not dating. Jungkook is like a brother to me." I tell her. She raises an eyebrow, "Forget about the pretzel." I say walking away from the stand.

**

I stand there in bewilderment, why was she so mad? She could have easily said that we aren't together, and she didn't have to straight out brother zone me in front of other people. Cause that really hurts.

Jisoo looks up at me, "Lighten up, she won't be mad forever." She smiles. "I know." I grin, walking up to the counter and paying for the pretzel. "Maybe one day she'll see your feelings for her." She smiles. "You just wait Jungkook, and she's going to realize that you've been the right one for her all along." She hands me the pretzel.

Yes, the thing is, basically everyone knows that I like Jennie. Except for Jennie, obviously. Though I'm not sure if she has suspicions, am I obvious? Probably.

"Or maybe she's not even the right one for you." Jisoo adds. I stare into space. No, that would never happen, Jennie is for me. I'm about to walk away when I turn to Jisoo. I let her comment slide. "Noona?" I ask. "Yes?" She smiles. "How do you think she would react if I came clean?" I ask. She let's out a breath and shakes her head. "She's a confusing one, why couldn't you just like Chaeyoung Park? Or another girl from school who's less over dramatic?" She shrugs.

"Sorry to say Jungkook, but I think she'd react like she just reacted right now." She says. And I'd have to agree with her. I slowly nod as the horrible truth has been said, I should have realized it earlier. "Bye Jisoo." I wave as I walk away. "Take good care of her, since I can't." She says waving back. "I will." I say smiling before walking off to where I know Jennie will be.

Jisoo, she's another story. Last year she graduated school, so now she's going to college. But she wants to go to college in America, which I think that's great. The United States seems like a great place, well, of course! They have Justin Bieber. Jisoo has been applying to jobs nonstop. Last time I actually talked to Jisoo, she told me she has three jobs, yeah. She's really serious about going to America.

Being that she has to do it herself, her parents definitely don't approve that she wants to leave Korea. So, they said if she wants to leave, she has to pay for everything herself, yeah, harsh, I know.

I walk up to the fountain in the middle of the mall, it really is a beautiful sight. Well, of course, because Jennie is sitting at it. She's looking out to the spraying water that arches inward towards the sphere that also is spraying out water. She catches a glimpse of me and lets out a breath in a laughing matter.

"Sorry about the outburst, I guess you wouldn't understand." She says. I shake my head, "It's fine, here." I say, ugh, here I go again with the 'it's fine' stuff. She looks at the pretzel and I hand it to her. She rips half of it and hands it to me in a napkin. I smile and take the half, instantly taking a bite.

"Kookie?" She asks, I look at her. "Yes?" I reply. "Do you think our last year of school will be great? Do you think that we'll find our significant other?" She asks, I wonder what she's hinting at. Mmm. "I think it will go great, as long as we stay positive and just let things happen." I say. To be honest, I'm hinting at the fact that if she has feelings for me, to let things fall into place naturally.

"And about the significant other?" She asks. My heart starts pounding. "That too, just let feelings free." I say, staring at her face as she looks out to the crowds of people in the mall. "Kookie?" She finally looks at me, would she? Would she tell me? Or ask me? Am I not the only one who has feelings?

"Yes?" I reply again, leaning forward a bit. I'm extremely eager to know what she has to say. "Should we go shopping now? People are crowding, and you know how I feel about crowding." I try my best not to let out a loud breath. "That's a good idea." I say. I get up and eat the rest of my pretzel in seconds, due to feeling stressed. Great, I'm eating like a little pig cause I'm stressed out.

Even so, I have high hopes for this school year.

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