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"Hey, are you angry at me?" Jungkook asked as we were walking since he insisted on walking me home.

"What? Angry?" I snapped out of my own thoughts and faced Jungkook. I chuckled at him. "No. I'm not angry. Why would you thinking that?"

"You've been giving me the silent treatment since we left Namjoon's place." He replied, sounding quite bothered by my behavior.

"Oh. I was just thinking about something. Sorry." I replied and gave him a smile. To tell the truth I was preoccupied with what Hajoon told me.

"I guess everything is okay then." He added and then reached for my hand as we walked.

Nope. Namjoon is gay. Was what I answered inside my head but, of course, I couldn't say that. I'd stupid if I did. There was no proof yet.

I just smiled at him, "Yeah, everything's okay."

His hand is warm. It feels nice to hold hands with someone and connect to them. I never imagined that person to be Jungkook though. We literally tried to kill each other. Oh, wait, only I did that but I definitely didn't do it on purpose. My intentions were completely pure. Or was it?

I tried to think back to that time but I can't remember well. Anyway, it happens all the time. People tend to forget traumatic experiences.

"Your birthday is coming up, right?" I looked at Jungkook.

"Yeah, kind of." He said, acting shy.

"What are we going to do?" I said, more like asking myself. "I'll try to bake a cake."

"Can you bake a cake?" He laughed at my idea. The audacity. "I can't imagine you even standing next to an oven."

"I said I'll try." I emphasized to him. "And besides, it's the thought that counts and I wouldn't force you to eat it. I just want to do something for your birthday.."

"You're really cute when you're sulking." Jungkook examined my face closely then got shy on his own when he noticed the small distance between our faces.

I laughed at him. "Honestly, you do things and get embarrassed on your own."

He laughed with me. "I just want to say that I will appreciate anything you give me."

"Okay." I smiled and continued to hold his hand. "But is there anything that you want me to give you? It's hard to choose a present that you'll really like."

Jungkook looked serious for a second then his ears began to turn red. "You were thinking of something perverted, weren't you!!"

"I was not!" He exclaimed. "I swear."

"Then why are your ears red?" I questioned him, pointing at his ear.

"Because it's kind of embarrassing." He spoke in a lower volume.

"You thought of something that you want?" I watched his reactions. Avoiding my eyes, looking at something else while talking, it's totally something perverted!

"I will not do anything perverted." I told him strictly.

"It's not perverted!" He defended himself. "Well.. I'm not sure but I wouldn't ask you to do something like that."

I sighed. "Okay, let's hear it then I'll decide."

"Promise me you won't laugh or take it the wrong way." Jungkook said while looking very nervous so I just went along with him and promised. "Okay. Here goes."

"I want you to curse at me and be mean to me."

"Mean? Why?" I was puzzled by his request. Most people would ask others to be nice to them.

"I just like it when you're mean to me." Jungkook confessed and I didn't know if I'm going to laugh or be more worried about it.

"Jungkook, you're nasty!" I exclaimed and set a distance from him.

"I'm not! You promised me you wouldn't take it the wrong way." Jungkook replied as he tried to convince me that it wasn't weird. "Wait. Why are you running away?"

Later that night, after dinner, I called Syd to ask for advice. Of course I didn't tell her exactly what happened. I had to play the someone I know have a problem act which was totally useless and idiotic.

"So, Jungkook wanted you to treat him badly." Syd concluded over the phone.

We've been talking for 2 hours now. I honestly don't know how we talk this long or what we even talk about to use up 2 hours. It's not like we don't see each other everyday. I stuttered, "It's not about Jungkook!"

"Who are you kidding? It's totally about him." Syd giggled, "If it's not him then who else is this friend that has this problem? You don't have that many girl friends who are in a relationship."

"It could be Jimin!" I exclaimed and she laughed.

"Jimin and I are very open to each other. I would know if he ever feels that way and vice versa." She replied quite proudly which I was jealous over. Who does she think Jimin is? He's the same as other guys. He keeps a stash of adult magazines and jack off to them.

"Yeah, okay, it's Jungkook." I admitted. Denying would make me look even ridiculous anyway. "I don't know what to do. Why would he want me to do that?"

"I think you're looking at it the wrong way." She spoke and I listened on the other end. "I'm not an expert but I know that when you come to like a person, you like them as a whole. You like everything about them. You were quite rough when you met Jungkook."

"Where is this story going?" I asked, not following on what she's saying."

"Shut up and listen!" She scolded. "So what I'm saying is, Jungkook likes you the way you are as his girlfriend but the you that he met before is also a part of you and I think he's been missing that part of you."

"Hm," I hummed while thinking about it. It does make sense though. "But wouldn't that be awkward if I suddenly revert to the way I was. If I go back and forth to being a girlfriend and being that."

"Not if you just act as yourself." Syd chuckled. "Vee, I've known you for a long time and I can tell you that it's a natural part of you. And I like that part of you too. I like the whole you."

"Okay, let's get married. I'll tell Jimin you dumped him and chose me." I joked.

"I love you but I'm not getting married to you." She said, making me sad a little. I would marry her if ever I didn't get a boyfriend until I'm 40 years old. "Jimin told me the same thing but I had to say no. I'm a little torn between men. I'm so confused."

"Wait, what?" I sat up on bed, plugging the phone closer to my ear, "Torn between men?? What kind of game are you playing at?"

"Ah, I've been watching a Boys Love anime genre that I discovered last week and now I can't stop watching it. How can they do this to me! I feel so tingly and warm when I watch boy kiss each other." She squealed and I suspect that she is also rolling around her bed because that's what she does when she gets excited. "I don't want to see boys kissing but I can't stop watching them or even looking at it."

(JK representing Sydney)
(Bonus: yoongi as that one friend)

I sighed on my end. "You have even bigger problems than me, Syd."

🌸

Jungkook's birthday is just around the corner and I've finalized my decision to bake him a cake. And about the other thing, I told him I'll think about it. People say this one line when they don't want to lead the other person on but here's the thing, the other person always hope for the slightest chance. So I know he's expecting me to say yes and I think I will. It's not a big thing but it will get awkward since I don't have a reason to hate him. Before I genuinely hated him but now's a different story.

I mean how can I hate him when he texts me Goodmorning and Goodnight every single day. AND he's cute! I just want to hug him.

I released a deep sigh as I entered my classroom, finding Jimin already waiting on my desk with his thigh testing on top of it and the girls are desperately trying not to be obvious while they steal glances at his crotch.

"There's nothing there. It's just an eggplant shoved inside his pants." I whispered over the shoulder of one of my classmates.

"I-I wasn't looking!!" she blushed furiously when she was caught red handed.

"Yeah, you were." I replied and made my way to my desk.

"Morning my little sunshine." Jimin walked away from the guys from my class and greeted me.

"Little sunshine?" I questioned him with a revolted on my face.

"Yeah because Syd is my big sunshine." Jimin beamed at me. "So you're the little sunshine."

"Cute but no thanks." I sat down and took my notebook out.

"Oh come on. It's not like we're strangers!" He grinned back at me. "Can I copy your homework? Please?"

I knew there was a catch. "And in exchange?"

"I'll help you bake a cake." Jimin looked smug. "Syd told me you're going to bake one for Jungkook's birthday."

"You know how?" I asked him.

"Yeah, it's super easy! Just follow the instructions." Jimin latched his arm on my shoulder. "Don't worry. I have experience."

"You certainly have a lot of experiences." I said then gave him my homework to copy.

"Of course! I'm quite the Jack of all trades." Jimin bragged while quickly copying my answers, word per word.

"Jack!" Taehyung snaps his head up from his sleep and looked around sheepishly. "Jack?"

"Sleep." Jimin's pats his head gently and he falls back to sleep. Tae and Jimin had to repeat a whole year due to absences. That's how we became classmates.

"So step one, we need an oven." Jimin said. "Cause we gonna get baked!!!"

Everyone in the room gave us weird looks. I nudged Jimin with my elbow and stood up to clear up the misunderstanding. "We're not smoking weed. I swear!"

"Can you not use that slang in school? You'll get us in trouble with the faculty." I scolded Jimin, taking my seat again when it settled down. "Anyway, we don't have an oven at home."

"We have at home so let's do it at my place." Jimin continued to copy in lighting speed before the teacher comes in. I'm not even sure if his writing is legible. He finished writing the last word and jumped up before giving my back my notebook. "Thank you very much!"

"I'll tell Syd later that you're helping me make the cake at your house." I said, taking my notebook back.

"Oh it's fine." Jimin replied, "Syd's not the jealous type. I can bring over whoever I want. She trusts me." He winked.

He turned his back and I watched him leaving the room. "I swear they're aiming for couple of the year award." I spoke to myself as I shook my head. "Whatever makes them happy."

An hour came by in a blink of an eye and just like that first period is over. As a stand in class rep for today, I was tasked to bring the notebooks to the faculty room. I met Jungkook on the way back. He was turning a corner and I was going straight. Our eyes met and I lost the chance to avoid him.

Jungkook was smiling at me as he approached closer. "Hi."

"Hi." I smiled back and he walked me back to my classroom. He's in class B and I'm in class D. "Jungkook, about the thing you requested.."

"Never mind that." He told me when we were near my classroom. "I'll see you later at practice?"

"No, I have something to say to you." I wanted to tell him that I agreed to do it but I'm worried that I won't be able to do it confidently.

Taehyung was walking out of the classroom and saw us. "Hey guys. Whatcha doin—"

"Shut up, Taehyung." I pointed to Tae.

Jungkook's eyes widened in shock at how I shut doen his friend which I've never done before. "What—"

"You shut up too." I told him as I grabbed his face, covering his mouth with my hand. "You'll learn not to interrupt when someone's talking. Understand??"

Just then Yoongi and Namjoon was climbing down the stairs and happened to witness the embarassing event. I want to hide under a table right now. I quickly ran away to escape everyone while blaming Jungkook in my head. This is all his fault to begin with. Why did he ever ask me to do something like that?

"What in Jesus' marbles just happened here?" He asked Jungkook and Taehyung.

They heard a clang and turned their gazes on the floor where a small metal thing dropped beside Yoongi's feet. Namjoon thought his eyes are playing tricks on him but it's real. Clear as day.

"You dropped your knife." Taehyung pointed out to Yoongi.

"Oh shit." Yoongi swiftly picked it up before any of the teachers see it.

"Why do you have a knife at school?" Jungkook asked, completely baffled.

"I stole it." Yoongi played it cool as he hid the knife out of plain sight. "Wait, where am I? How did I get here?"

Yoongi grimaced and acted as if he was hurt, "I think I hit my head somewhere and got Amnesia. Can someone take me to the school clinic?"