Chapter 2




She's locked herself in her room for a few days now, surviving only on cereal and take out. Her pillow is wet and her eyes are stinging, she was probably sure she had eye bags as well as puffy cheeks. Crying over that two-timer was a waste of time but she couldn't help it because she had loved him too much, apparently it wasn't that way for him.

She's constantly checking through her phone for his messages and once in a while, not wanting to sound desperate, sends him messages as well; but it seems like she's been erased completely from his life.

"Stupid Park Jimin" her lips tremble. She's trying so hard not cry, she's done enough crying for him but he used to be her everything. She starts to think if she was never enough considering he chose the other girl over her. She suddenly starts to think about that cute guy, Namjoon, that she met at the park. He hasn't even called her either.

Her arms come up to cover her red and swollen eyes. Of course he wouldn't call her, she looked pathetic and ridiculous the other day; she was pretty sure that he thought asking for her phone number was a mistake as well. She even wondered why she gave her phone number to him. She wasn't really thinking straight either. There was nothing to worry anyway; Bee let out a sigh of relief thinking that he would never call a pathetic girl like her; she didn't want to mess up his life.

She rolls to her front to bury her face in her pillow and she screams in it one more time.

"Why am I always so unlucky!!!" She screams and jumps when her phone suddenly starts to ring.

Bee grabbed her phone at once, desperately hoping it was Park Jimin wanting to tell her that he was in the wrong and to give him another chance. She looks at the screen but then sighs with a slight disappointment. It was an unknown number and she decides not to answer, swiping the screen to reject the call.

She sighs and buries her face in her hands. What was she doing? Why as she even hoping still?

Her phone rings again and it's the same unknown number. She frowns, confused. If it were one of her friends, they would have already texted her about their new number. The phone is still ringing and she chews on her bottom lip before answering it. Better to tell that person they got the wrong number and get over with it.

"I'm sorry, I think you got the wrong-"

"Uh is this Bee?" A very deep voice comes from the other side of the line. She frowns again, the voice doesn't seem familiar to her but he seems to know her?

"Bee speaking? Who is this?" She asks.

"Ah sorry, it's me. The guy from the park?" Holy shi- "Namjoon. The guy that elbowed you in the nose the other day?"

Bee starts to become a blabbering mess. She can't even give a coherent response, unable to fathom this situation at all.

"Nam- I- oh my god- uh- Hey, Namjoon from the park" Wow. Real smooth. She hears him chuckle from the other side of the line and she had to admit he had a really soothing voice.

"You must be really weirded out talking to me who you just briefly met but I swear I'm not a creep!" He tells her and she shakes her head even though he couldn't see it.

"No, it's fine." She smiles, "I'm kind of glad you called."

"Oh Y-You are? Fu-!" He suddenly curses through the phone and she hears him groan as if in pain. "Shit!" she hears again, but his voice a little bit distant from the phone.

"Are you ok?" She asks, a little confused with his sudden outbursts of curse words.

"Ah! I'm sorry I just crashed my side into the corner of the table, oh god it hurts." He whines over the phone and Bee can't help but laugh. He probably heard her over the phone so he laughs along with her.

"So um, is it ok if I see you again?" He blurts out all of a sudden. Bee's cheeks flush red and she's glad this guy can't see her through the phone. "You don't have to if you don't want to, but you know, I'd like to get to know you more- Ah! I'm sorry I sound weird"

"No No" Bee quickly says, "I could go out I guess. I haven't been in the daylight for days" She half jokes.

She did need to get her mind off of Jimin and a new friend sounded great as well. Most of her friends were Jimin's friends so she really couldn't rant anything to anyone even about their break up.

"That's great! I could probably bring you to a really nice ice cream parlor if you don't mind?"

"That would be nice actually," Bee smiles again. She could never turn down ice cream. "Then, meet up at the park then?"

"Yeah! The same bench." He says, his voice lights up compared to how he sounded when he hurt himself earlier during the phone call. "Well, see you there." He says and hangs up at last.


This was bad.

She had dark circles around her eyes and her face was bloated. Her hair was a mess, she just looked horrendous but she still had time. Bee jumped out of bed but unfortunately stubs her toe at the foot of it, she bends down holding onto her stubbed toe; there really was no time for this so she limps towards the bathroom, washes up and fixes up anything that she could before putting on a comfy sweater and a skinny and heads straight out the door.



She probably rushed too much and came super early because Namjoon was not there at their appointed place. There was a couple sitting there already so she stands a few feet away from them. Her heart starts to slowly sink the more time passed. Maybe- Maybe he decided not show up? Maybe he had second thoughts? Maybe Jimin was right to leave her? Maybe-

"Hey!"

Bee turns to the familiar voice and sees Namjoon striding towards her with his long legs. Bee waves shyly at him. She can't believe that he really made it.

"Hey, sorry I'm a bit late" he apologises with a smile and seeing that, she doesn't mind at all. "I'm sorry I didn't call you earlier either. I was pretty busy for the past few days and only got a break today."

"No, it's really ok. Like I said, I haven't been up to anything recently" she says.

"But are you ok now?" He asks, looking down at her with genuine concern.

"I told you, my nose is fine" she smiles up at him, but he looks down at her with a frown.

"I wasn't asking about your nose though" he tells her. "You look like you've cried a lot again."

Bee looks down at her shoes and can't help but be embarrassed. She tried to brush it off though.

"I know. I look so disgusting right now." she jokes, although there was subtle truth to her statement. Even makeup couldn't cover up her large eye bags and her puffed up cheeks.

"No." He suddenly says, "You still look pretty to me." there's a serious tone in his voice and Bee has to look at him to find that he doesn't look like he's joking at all.

"That ice-cream parlour you were talking about?" Bee asks, interrupting his deep stare and Namjoon blinks a few times before he speaks.

"Right." He smiles at her; Bee mentally sighing with relief. Thank God she changed the subject. "Follow me; it's not far from here."

Bee follows him, with a little difficulty. His legs were long unlike hers; however he notices this and starts to walk to her pace so that they could walk side by side. He smiles down at her, which makes Bee have some kind of weird feeling in her chest. Jimin, although just slightly taller than her never walked her pace and always left her behind. This however, walking side by side, felt really nice.



Bee froze as soon as they stepped up to the ice cream parlor. Maybe this wasn't a good idea after all. This exact same parlor was the same one that Jimin has brought her to most of the time. Namjoon notices that she's not walking alongside him anymore so he turns back and walks back to her.

"Is something the matter?" He asks.

Maybe she was just being paranoid. What were the chances that she'd actually meet her ex-boyfriend here, right?

"N-No. I'm ok." she lies. She doesn't know why she does that, probably just to appeal to Namjoon but she lets him leads her in anyway. When she steps in, she does it cautiously. Looking around to make sure he wasn't there as well and when she thinks the coast is clear, she relaxes a little.

"What flavour do you want?" Namjoon asks looking at her.

"I think I'll try the Chocolate Fudge." She says. Namjoon got himself a Caramel Crunch flavour and they both got a seat by the window.


"How's yours?" Namjoon asks.

"It's good." she says as she takes her second scoop out of her cup.

"Wanna try mine? It's pretty good too." he offers. Bee doesnt reject him and takes a scoop out of his cup. To be honest, she has actually tasted and tried all these flavours with Jimin before.

"It's good right?" He says and she nods happily, but not for too long. New customers step into the parlor and Bee recognises that head of black hair anywhere. Her eyes widen and she looks away, panicking. Afraid that he might actually spot her.

Namjoon immediately notices her change in behaviour and turns his head to see what or who she was hiding from.

Bee glances at him to make sure he wasn't looking but it was the biggest mistake she mad, because he saw her right away. Oh God she prayed to get out of this situation. Namjoon turns back to her and asks, "Do you know that guy?"

Bee shakes her head in response but apparently even the gods hated her right now.

"Hey Bee" she hears his voice. Park Jimins voice and she thinks she could cry right then and there. "Who's your new friend?" He asks, his obviously mocking at her. "I guess now I know why your incoming messages stopped since this morning." He raises an eyebrow at Namjoon and the girl beside him giggles.

"Bee," Namjoon gets up from his seat, standing a lot taller than Jimin although the shorter guy doesn't look very intimidated at all, "Is this guy bothering you?"

Jimin scoffs and steps up closer, "Me? I think it's the other way round." He says then turns to Bee, "I'd appreciate if you stopped texting me. My girlfriend finds it annoying."

Bee isn't even saying anything, instead there are tears in her eyes and she doesn't even dare to look up at them. Suddenly there's a scuffle and she sees that Namjoon has gripped at Jimins collar, staring each other down.

"You better back off buddy." Namjoons voice is dark and intimidating but it doesn't faze the shorter guy at all.



She couldn't take any of this at all. Bee got up at once and ran for the door, from behind hearing Namjoon call out for her.


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