NOTHING LIKE US written by hannanusman
BTS ONE-SHOT COMPILATION
[A Jeon Jungkook One-shot]
[FOREVER SERIES]
© 2018 CT All Rights Reserve
Fan Fiction/ Teen Fiction

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Finished: March 17, 2018
Published: May 18, 2018

Hi cutefangurl! Matagal na itong tapos pero kailangan kong maghintay na mai-post muna ang first entries, so yeah, sana nagustuhan mo 😊.

- Hannan ♥

The fifth installment of Road To Forever Series.

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Even if given a lot more choices, I'd still choose us, 'cause there's nothing like us in this world.

"Zel, kapag malaki ka na, may isang lalaki ang magpapatunay sa iyong hindi mo kailangan ng perpektong pag-ibig. You'll just go the way your heart leads you to." Ang palaging sinasabi sa akin ni Mommy tuwing gabi habang sinusuklay niya ang buhok ko matapos niya akong basahan ng isang fairytale love story.

People around me, most of the times, my mother always asked me, what kind of love would I want to meet in the future? At sa tuwing itinatanong niya sa akin iyon, sobrang daming mga magagandang bagay ang pumapasok sa isip ko.

Sa sobrang dami ay hindi ko na sila nagagawang isa-isahin at isatinig.

They just stayed in my mind just as a dream, that later on turned into a standard.

The kind of love that I was just dreaming before became a standard, a basis I needed for me to know that the love I had come to meet was the kind of love I wanted.

I had met so much kinds of love that didn't meet that standard, they all just became a phase in my life.

Just a phase and maybe, a practice.

"I want a prince, Mommy. Someone like Cinderella's handsome and noble Prince." The young and very innocent Aizzel always told that.

I wanted a perfect Prince, just like those Princes in all of those fairytale stories my mother was always reading for me at night before sleep. I wanted a gorgeous and ethereal man, that one living in my dreams and making me smile in my sleep.

I wanted one, I had dreamed for one…

"RUN, ZEL! RUN!"

Pinanood ko nang mabilis siyang tumakbo sa akin habang nanlalaki ang mga matang sumisigaw. He tightly held my hand the moment he reached my place and dragged me to a quick run. Dahil sa gulantang ay wala akong nagawa kung hindi ang hayaan siyang hilahin ako habang sumasabay na rin ako sa mabilis niyang pagtakbo.

Though ironic, 'cause despite of my shocked state, I still managed to think how soft yet so tight his hand felt holding mine that made my heart race with us.

"Sinabi ko sa'yong babantayan mo kung may darating 'di ba?! Paano kung nahuli ako?! Tsk. Idadamay talaga kita!" His hard and loud voice pulled me from my trance. At nang nilingon ko siya ay nakita ko ang galit niyang mukha habang diretso ang tingin sa daan.

The way his smooth forehead creased was not making my heart calm, aside from the long and fast endless run. Ang pagsasalubong ng mga makakapal at itim na itim niyang mga kilay ay mas nakadagdag pa sa kaguwapuhang taglay niya. Tiim ang mga bagang na nagpapalitaw ng kaaya-ayang hugis ng panga niya, pinid na pinid ang mga mapupulang labi na sobrang lambot at kaytamis… sa tuwing hinahalikan niya ako.

Uhh, Zel. Nasa gitna kayo ng pagtakas at iyan pa ang naiisip mo?

"But what you did, it… it was bad," mahina kong sabi nang maalala ang ginawa niya kanina. Bumagal ang takbo niya, namin, matapos ang ilang liko hanggang sa tuluyan na kaming huminto. I noticed that we were now just blocks away from our houses.

Madilim na kaya wala nang tao ngayon sa village. Other residents  were now in their houses and probably resting.

"'Cause bad things are fun, Zel," sagot niya sabay yuko habang hawak ang mga tuhod dahil sa hingal. Saka ko pa lang nalamang hinihingal din ako kaya humugot ako ng malalim na sunod-sunod na hininga.

"We could have been caught, J-Jungkook. Kaninong sasakyan ba kasi iyon?" I asked him the moment I retrieved my breath.

Naalala ko kung paanong bumagsak ang side mirror ng magandang sasakyang iyon dahil pinaghahampas niya ng bato at hindi niya tinigilan hanggang sa hindi ito nasisira.

I bet, whoever owned that car would damn freak out tomorrow upon seeing the ruined side mirror of the car. Mamahalin pa man din ang sasakyan dahil sa brand nito.

"Kay Mister Lamundong." Unti-unting gumuhit ang mapaglarong ngisi sa mga labi niya, at ewan ko ba, imbis na mainis ay mas pinabilis lang nito ang tibok ng puso ko.

Hindi ko inaakalang gagawin niya iyon! Dahil lang napahiya ako sa school kanina dahil kay Mister Lamundong!

That was our fourteen-year old selves! So immature and very juvenile.

He was given to me, yes, a gorgeous and ethereal man.

Hindi naman ako nabigo dahil ang isang Jungkook Jeon ay kasunod ng salitang perpekto. He wasn't perfect but he was next to it. Yes, he was handsome, very actually, and maybe, God had reasons why Jungkook Jeon wasn't so nice and kind 'cause it would be unfair… that was why.

He maybe the most handsome man I had ever laid my sight on, but he wasn't really the nicest, he actually was the meanest. But that was fine, he had my first standard.

"Mommy, I want someone like Flynn of Rapunzel, someone who'll do everything just to protect me." Once again, my young and innocent self said.

I then wanted a man who could protect me, someone who lived in my dreams who had invisible armours and swords while all ready to give all his life to protect me like all those Knight in shining armours in every fairytale books my mother always told me every before sleep.

I wanted one, I had dreamed for one…

"C'mon, Zel! You can do it! Prove me how brave you are! You're my brave girl, remember?!"

Dumukwang ako sa nakangiting mukha ni Jungkook na ilang dipa ang layo mula sa mataas at makapal na sementadong bakod na kinaroroonan ko. Mahigpit na nakasara ang mga binti ko habang nakaluhod ako dahil umabot lang sa gitnang bahagi ng mga hita ko ang skirt na suot ko.

I was not wearing anything beneath other than my black undies!

I bit my lower lip as I felt my stomach get cold at the heights he wanted me to jump. Oo nga't kaya niya, nagawa niyang tumalon pero hindi ako! Bukod sa lalaki siya at babae ako ay natatakot ako sa ideyang matigas at konkretong semento ang babagsakan ko.

"Let's just think of another way, Kookie! You know I can't!" naiiyak na sigaw ko sa kaniya habang umiiling. Hindi pa nakatulong na nakita ko sa wristwatch ko na malapit nang sumapit ang lunch break at hindi maganda kung makikita kami ng mga schoolmates namin.

Though we were famous for being bad students, we couldn't let ourselves get caught! Malalagot ako kay Mommy oras na maimbitahan na naman siya sa guidance office! Close friend na nga sila ng Guidance Counselor namin e!

"Just jump, Zel! Jump! You don't have to think about falling 'cause I'll catch you! Just jump, Zel!" sigaw niya pabalik na ngayon ay nakaangat na ang parehong braso na tipong handang-handa siyang saluhin ako.

I knew, I knew to myself that I was not afraid of falling, 'cause I already fell for him. I was well aware how deep I had fallen for him but it was him… it was him to whom I was afraid of.

Natatakot ako sa kaniya, dahil simula nang mahalin ko siya ay nagkaroon na siya ng pribilehiyong saktan ako. And in this fall, he had no given me any guarantee or assurance that he would catch me.

Ngayon pa lang, kaya kahit na natatakot ako ay ibinuhos ko ang lahat ng tiwala ko sa kaniya at nagpatihulog sa mga braso niya dala ang kasiguraduhang hindi niya ako hahayaang mahulog.

True enough, he didn't let me fall, he caught me in his pair of strong arms as I felt the protection I had been seeking ever since.

"See? Just fall and let me handle everything," bulong niya malapit sa tainga ko habang damang-dama ko ang higpit ng pagkakayakap ng mga braso niya sa akin.

Just then, we heard the academy's bell ring for lunch break.

That was our sixteen-year old selves.

I had dreamt of a Knight in shining armour, he maybe came without an armour and a sword, it was fine, for as long as he protected me, I was all out for him.

Lumaki kami parehong punong-puno ng adventure sa buhay. It was just him actually, pero dahil parati kaming magkasama ay nadadamay ako sa mga kalokohan niya. And no, I didn't regret anything. I didn't, 'cause I was willing to do more bad stuff and misadventures with him for as long as I had him.

So yeah, if asked now what kind of love would I want to meet? I would rephrase first the question, if asked what kind of love I had come to meet?

It was incomparable. I had come to meet a love like no one's. Dahil walang katulad ang kung anong mayroon kami ni Jungkook.

"He's like no one, Mommy. He's all that I dreamed, and I love what we are." My now self was still very open to my mother 'cause she just supported me in everything.

Humalukipkip ako habang nagpipigil ng tawa. I watched as Jungkook pulled his lips in a frown while listening to my mother's nonstop fusses and scoldings. Palaging ganito ang nangyayari sa tuwing ipagpapaalam niya ako sa Mommy ko.

My mother was our best recap teller. She wasn't included in our misadventures but she knew a lot! Paulit-ulit kasi niyang iniri-recap sa amin ni Jungkook ang lahat ng mga kalokohang ginawa namin.

"You two are both eighteen! Hindi na kayo mga bata! Ikaw, Kookie! Saan mo na naman ba dadalhin si Aizzel?!"

"Kakain lang po kami sa labas ni Zel, Tita. No other extra-curricular activities! I promise." And here comes his nonstop promises na ewan ko ba kung bakit parati na lang gumagana kay Mommy gayong alam naman niyang parati ring nababali.

Jungkook would only promise my mother and then it was compromised! It was done! Ipagkakatiwala na naman niya ako kay Jungkook na para bang tiwalang-tiwala siyang wala kaming gagawing masama when in fact, we always did otherwise.

"I want my daughter home at five, Kookie. Do you understand?" Mommy asked him.

"Of course, Tita!"

Hindi ko napigilang bumunghalit sa tawa nang makasakay na kami pareho ni Jungkook sa sasakyan niya. Sumimangot siya habang ikinakabit ang seatbelt niya.

"Don't laugh, Zel. It's not funny. I've got roasted again by your mother! Tell me, pinapabayaan ba kita?" Ngumuso siya nang nilingon ako kaya huminto ako sa pagtawa. Naiiling na lang ako saka inabala na lang ang sarili sa pagkabit ng seatbelt ko.

Hindi niya ako pinapabayaan. Yes, we always did bad stuff together but there was no a single instance when he left me. Kung mapaparusahan man kami dahil sa mga kalokohang iyon, parating dalawa kami o kung minsan, basta kaya niya akong isalba, inaako niya ang lahat.

Just so he could get me out of the trouble and unpunished.

"Slow down, you freak!" kunot-noong sigaw ko sa kaniya nang maramdaman ko ang pagbilis ng takbo niya sa kalagitnaan ng hindi naman masyadong traffic na daan ngunit marami pa ring mga sasakyan. And it was a sixty-kilometer per hour way!

"Yah, what's fun? A sixty-kilometer per hour ride isn't fun, Zel!"

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang makita ko ang paglampas ng guhit sa mga numerong '60' sa speedometer at mas nabahala nang makita kung paano niyang nilalampasan ang mga sasakyan. He was overtaking every car in front of us and passing other cars! Nababaliw na siya! Kakasabi lang ni Mommy na huwag siyang gagawa ng kalokohan!

"Jungkook! Take it slow!" I screamed as I tightly held on the belt.

"Just close your eyes, Zel. We'll get past the gate of heaven!" He told me in an over enthusiastic tone as I felt the car almost flying with how the way he was maneuvering the wheel. Pakiramdam ko ay masusuka ako sa bilis niyang magmaneho, hindi pa nakatulong ang mga sasakyan nilalampasan namin.

"Jungkook!" muli kong sigaw sabay pikit ng mariin nang makita kong palapit kami sa likod ng isang itim na sasakyan sa unahan namin.

I had always known him as the playful one, and yes, I accepted all that he was. He had always been the fearless and the dauntless one, someone who could do all whatever he wanted and could get everything he desired.

He was that someone I was only seeing as the man of my future, the man I would be spending my every wakeup in the morning and sleep at night, my every breakfast, lunch and dinner and my every happiness and sadness.

He was very vivid for me ever since time immemorial.

Si Jungkook Jeon ang sagot na noon pa itinatanong sa akin ng mga magulang ko. The love I might not want to meet, but I had inevitably come to meet. At kung bibigyan man ako ng ibang klaseng pag-ibig, I was sorry to say this but I only wanted Jungkook Jeon, and all the he could give me.

Kaya sa pikit kong mga mata ay unti-unti kong naramdaman ang paggaan ng dibdib ko at ang pagluwag ng paghinga ko na para bang ipinagkakatiwala ko na sa kaniya ang lahat.

I trusted him yes, but I trusted him even more now. At alam ko, kahit na nagsusumigaw ang buong pagkatao niya ng gulo ay hinding-hindi niya ako hahayaang mapahamak.

"Open your eyes now, Zel." I heard his soft yet so sweet voice right behind my ear.

Naramdaman ko ang unti-unting paggaan ng katauhan ko at ang dahan-dahang pagtigil ng buong sistema ko. The car pulled to a stop. Binuksan ko ang mga mata ko para lang makasalubong ang mga kumikislap niyang mga mata.

"I couldn't see myself being this carefree and fearless around anyone that isn't you." His lips pulled up in a bright and wide smile as he cut the distance between our faces.

Sinalubong ko ang mga labi niya para sa isang matamis na halik, halik na hindi kailanman nabigo sa pagpapatibok ng puso ko ng sobrang bilis. His lips gently moved against mine giving me his so ever sensual kisses I could just die for.

Nothing, no other love story would beat what we had. There was nothing like us, there was nothing like what we were.

"You're my strength…" He sweetly told me as he pulled off the heart-hammering kiss. Saka ko pa lang napansin ang mga lalaking naka-traffic enforcer uniform na kumakatok sa salaming bintana ng driver's seat. Kinindatan ako ni Jungkook bago binalingan ang mga lalaking nasa labas. He calmly pulled the glass window down.

Kung sa normal na sitwasyon, kinakabahan na dapat ako, natataranta at nanginginig dahil sa pagkakahuli sa amin pero sa dalas ng mga kalokohang kinasasangkutan namin pareho ay nasanay kami sa mga ganitong sitwasyon.

Ang masama lang ngayon, nasa legal na edad na kami pareho at puwede nang ma-hold sa loob ng rehas.

"Are you scared?" tanong sa akin ni Jungkook habang inaalalayan akong lumabas ng isang otoridad matapos akong maposasan. Si Jungkook ay paharap na nakasandal sa sasakyan niya habang kinakapkapan na ng mga lalaki. Ang mga kamay niya ay nakaposas na rin at nakapatong sa bubong ng kotse.

"Hey, can you hold her a little gently and nicely? I wouldn't want my girl get scathed with your rough and filthy hands!" inis na sigaw niya nang mapangiwi ako dahil sa paghila sa akin papunta sa isang police car na nakaparada malapit sa sasakyan ni Jungkook.

"Ssh, calm down, Kook. I'm fine, okay? And no, I'm not scared. You're with me, so why would I?" mabini kong sabi para pakalmahin siya dahil nagsisimula na siyang magpumiglas nang bahagya ko siyang nilingon.

"Tsk. Mga kabataan ngayon. Mga mayayaman kaya ang lakas ng loob gumawa ng gulo! Hala, pasok na, ineng!" The guy who was holding me pushed me into the car a little bit harshly.

Narinig ko pa ang pagsigaw ni Jungkook bago tuluyang isinara ang pinto. Hindi rin naman nagtagal ay bumukas ang kabilang pinto at marahas siyang ipinasok mula roon. He immediately scooted closer to me and held me in his arms gently. Ang mabilis na pagtaas-baba ng dibdib niya ang nagsasabing galit na siya kaya agad ko siyang tiningala.

His brows were crossed and his jaw was restrained. Madilim ang anyo.

"Tss, just wait for my lawyer, you pricks! I will make you pay big time for being harsh to her!" Jungkook shouted as he kicked the back of the driver's seat. Napamura tuloy ang lalaking nagmamaneho samantalang ang lalaking nasa passenger's seat ay sinamaan lang kami pareho ng tingin mula sa rear view mirror.

"Calm down, Jungkook…" Hinalikan ko ang pisngi niya para pakalmahin siya. As he looked down at me with his soft eyes, his arms around me went gripping me tightly.

He could be juvenile, a very troublesome and bad boy but he was what he was. I just didn't love him for his best, I loved him for his flaws, for his worst and for all of his troubles. Na kahit saang kalokohan o gulo man niya ako dalhin, siya pa rin ang pipiliin kong mahalin, dahil… dahil siya si Jungkook Jeon.

Things could change, we could both change, but my heart wouldn't ever change course. It would love him for as long as there was him in this world, 'cause in this lifetime, there was nothing like us.

He would be my forever trouble and I would gladly compromise.

The End.
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