My alarm went off, waking me up to a splitting headache and an extremely dry throat. Getting up groggily, I drank down a glass of water, quenching my thirst.

Ugh, I hate hangovers.

I grabbed some painkillers and gulped them down with more water, hoping they got rid of the throbbing pain in my head. I took a refreshing shower, that eased my body's aches, and sleepily got dressed.

Why did I have to drink last night?

That was when it hit me! I tried to hug Jin last night, and I confessed to him and Taehyung my feelings!

Oh God, kill me now!

I moaned and covered my face in embarrassment.

What am I going to do? I have work in an hour!

I heard my phone beep with notifications, and saw that Heather had texted me several messages.

******

BFF: Hey! How did it go last night? Did anything happen with Jin?!!

BFF: Hello!!

BFF: Call me ASAP!

ME: Sorry I just woke up. Nothing happened, but me humiliating myself 🙁

BFF: What? Why?!

ME: I tried to hug Jin and he pushed me away. He said he didn't want me to get the wrong idea.

BFF: Aw he's a gentleman! That's kinda funny though 😂

ME: Shut up I'll see you at work! 😑

******

I put makeup on again, this time to hide my haggard appearance from drinking too much. I was getting better at this makeup thing! I looked human once again and surprisingly, my hair still looked great!

I went to work, and as I entered the building, I was on the look out for Taehyung and Jin. If I saw them, I would surely die of embarrassment. I sneakily walked by, rushing into the open elevator.

Good, no one in sight. I went up to the fourth floor, and dashed to my cubicle. Heather was already in her office, I would talk to her later when people weren't around. I set up my paperwork, and got started on typing.

•••

Someone lightly tapped me on my shoulder, I glanced over, and Taehyung was standing there with a cute boxy smile on his face.

"Oh God! I mean... Hi Taehyung!" I said bewildered, caught off guard by Taehyung's presence.

"Hello Cora! How are you feeling today?" He asked teasingly.

"I'm not feeling so good." I admitted, still feeling a bit hungover.

"I see... well, I heard you got home safely."

"Yes I did." I hoped he wouldn't inquire more about last night.

"Well, we should go out again, you're a lot of fun when you had a few drinks!" Taehyung chuckled.

I laughed back and shook my head, "I don't know about that."

"Okay, but we don't have to drink! We could just go out to eat, I actually don't like to drink."

Wait is Taehyung asking me out right now?

"Oh sure, that'd be nice..." I said shyly.

"I'll text you about it then. What's your number?" Taehyung asked, holding up his phone in anticipation.

This can't be real!

Well you do give numbers to friends... I guess he's just asking to go out as friends. After all, he doesn't know a lot of people here besides Jin.

"I'll text you later Cora! See ya!" Taehyung walked off.

"See ya later Taehyung!"

I tried to get more work done, and just like that, it was lunch time. I went to the cafeteria, deciding to eat lunch at work today. I doubted Jin and Taehyung would eat lunch here, so I could avoid them. Sitting alone, I started eating my sandwich. I heard footsteps behind me and then someone took a seat next to me.

Really? All these open tables and they chose to sit next to me! My social anxiety started to soar.

Ugh, I'm not in the mood to socialize right now!

I glanced up with an annoyed expression and saw Jin sitting there!

"Hey there Cora," Jin was grinning mischievously.

My cheeks turned a crimson red, and I could barely swallow the bite I just took out of my sandwich.

"Hi Jin", I glanced down avoiding eye contact.

"Cora you're quite fun drunk!" He repeated what Taehyung had said.

"I'm so sorry Jin! I'm not normally like that! I just get way too flirty when I drink, I avoid drinking more than two drinks because of that. Heather has had to save me a few times when I drink too much." I rambled.

"I can see that... I got to be the one to save you again! Yet here you are, not thanking me after slamming the door in my face twice!" Jin said, pouting.

"Oh right, yes thank you, and I'm sorry!" I felt so awkward, as he glanced at me grinning.

He looked like he was enjoying watching me squirm.

"You claim to like me, but you don't act like it." Jin said as he got closer to me.

"But I do like you!" I admitted.

"Well you sure have a bad way of showing it!" Jin scolded.

"I know, I'm sorry! I get so nervous, and end up saying and doing stupid things." I wished I wasn't like this.

"That makes sense, I bet you never even had a boyfriend." Jin said mockingly.

"Nope." I admitted solemnly.

"Well, surprisingly Taehyung just told me that he likes you too!" Jin confessed watching for my reaction.

"What? Taehyung likes me? Oh you mean as a friend? Yeah we became friends." There was no way I was believing that someone as handsome and famous as Taehyung, would be interested in me.

"No, he really does likes you. He was kinda mad I took you home last night. I wondered why he'd be mad, so I got it out of him. For some reason, he thinks you're beautiful and this cute little shy girl act you have is so attractive to him." Jin said rolling his eyes.

"You're lying!" I said, blushing.

"No, I'm being honest! I was shocked, but you're definitely his type, see he doesn't have that great of taste in women... So what do you think of him? I know you admitted you thought we were both so handsome, and made your heart race... wait no I believe the word was 'flutter'".

"Shut up!" I screeched embarrassed, he was bringing that up.

People started staring at us and whispering. Damn it, I need to get away now. I quickly stood up to leave.

"Wait! You didn't answer me, what do you think of Taehyung?"Jin asked as I tried to scurry away.

I raced out of the cafeteria, and hid in the ladies bathroom. I closed the stall, and sat in there contemplating what to do.

I've really screwed up! Why is Jin doing this to me.

"Did you hear that girl screaming!" A woman's voice said, outside of the bathroom stall.

"Yeah, she told Jin to shut up!" Another woman's voice responded.

"What a psycho! They just hired her and she's acting like that to Jin!" The first woman said, sounding annoyed.

"I know! Who does she think she is, talking to the Co-CEO like that?"

"She's not even pretty!"

"Right! I'm prettier than her!"

"You are! She needs to back off. Jin is mine!"

"HA! You wish, he's mine!" The two women laughed.

I heard them washing their hands, and leave the bathroom.

So that's what they think of me.

Even as an adult, I was still getting laughed at and gossiped about.

What did I expect to happen? Taehyung and Jin are loved and wanted by millions of women. Who am I to talk to them? I need to end things before it get worse.