❝ 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝... 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. ❞

The bakery was as euphoric as ever, its location at the city's centre gave it a therapeutic atmosphere but it didn't have any customers at the peak hours today. Seora looked at the male who walked beside her with a poker face, perplexity visible on her face.

"I vacated the place for the entire day, we need to talk quite a lot. After you," She nodded her head in apprehension, as he walked ahead towards her usual seat in front of the main counter. Sitting at the same place brought back the memories of her youth and her pleasant memories with the love of her life, the man was standing in front of her but he was so distant.

"Suji has been taking good care of this place in my absence." Jungkook tried to initiate a conversation, to break the ice.

"She is. She loves this place more than you at this point." She nodded in agreement.

"I'm aware, so I'm giving the ownership to her." The male informed only to receive her shocked expression. Well, it was a piece of cake to forge some documents and pass the ownership of this bakery to her sister, for the male. He knew the importance of this place to Seora and so, he made sure to keep it intact.

"What would you like to have?" He questioned, swiftly changing the topic.

"The usual." She responded, trying to sink in the new details she's slowly getting to know.

He nodded and tried to recollect the intel from Yoongi about this woman's likes and dislikes. As he was preparing the coffee, his gaze landed upon his men working at the company who were about to come inside the bakery had they not seen the 'reserved' sign board and to their utmost shock, their workaholic boss was brewing some coffee for a...

Woman?

Jeon Jungkook can date someone too?

They were rendered speechless at the ordeal and were about to bow in respect until Jungkook passed them a glare through the glass walls and motioned them to leave if they don't want the years of their lives to be decreased, whilst passing a little smile towards Seora. He walked towards her with a chocolate truffle pastry and iced americano, as his men sprinted for their lives.

She offered him the cake as he settled himself but he politely declined expressing his dislike for sweets. She nodded with a tensed expression.

"Is something bothering you, Seora?" He confronted her, as her behaviour was irking him for a while by now.

"What is your family business?" She counter-questioned only to test his patience but he held on to his breath, answering her back.

"Arms and ammunition. We are the largest manufacturer of armed weapons in Asia." He replied.

"Is it legal?" Does this woman have any idea what sort of bullcrap she's spewing? She didn't get suspicious of him, did she? He pays a hefty amount to the media to keep his image clean, if there's a little mole in that image he was mentally planning to burst the head of the chairman of the news agency by tonight.

"It is." He replied, courteously.

"What happened with your parents?" She raised her question. Seriously, what was this? An interview? He wasn't having a good feeling where this was headed to.

"They... They went into a car crash. My father couldn't make it out alive and my mother is in critical condition." He informed, his eyes softening at the remembrance of the painful memory.

"I'm sorry for the loss." She mumbled, breaking the eye contact.

"Honestly, I couldn't sleep even after taking my medicines last night, I was surfing through the net to search everything about you, your family, education, relationships, estate and what not. It was quite a lot of information to be frank but do you know what were the two things that caught my attention?" He tilted his head to the side urging for an answer.

'This is interesting.'

"Your immense attachment for luxurious things, limited editions to be exact and... Your relationship with the newly appointed managing director of your company, Reika." She played with the beverage whilst speaking as he gazed at her.

"Are you suspecting my relation-"

The only person who holds the power to cut him off from speaking and he would willingly wait to listen to her.

"You're racked up in luxury from top to bottom, that watch you're wearing... It was auctioned to be the only two watches ever created by the company and you own one of them, worth a million dollars. That car you drove, it's the model that isn't even released in the market, it's a limited edition. The Jaehoon I knew hated these things to the core, he hated investing his money in worthless items because he believed in simplicity. I... Loved him for that. He was simple, humble and honest." She spoke out with trembling lips.

"What exactly are you trying to imply here?" Jungkook questioned, his curiosity at its peak by now.

"They say you were about to get married to this woman named Reika, is it true?"

Oh, the news agency's chairman is certainly going to take his final breaths tonight. "They put forth anything on the tabloids to gain attention. Reika is an important colleague, that's all." He clarified, truthfully.

She sighed and looked straight into his eyes, "I don't like Americano, Jaec– no, Jungkook and this isn't even my cup. Jaechan could never forget these things."

"Who are you? An imposter? I owned a cyber security company before a major accident happened with me, I had threats from people beforehand. You aren't one of them, are you?" Each and every word out of her mouth felt like a jab on his bleeding heart.

Very demure. Very prudent. Quick witted. Simple.

And he knew she was the one for him.

He chuckled when he remembered Yoongi's smirk. That little bastard purposely swapped the details of her choices to make things difficult for him.

"Three years is a very long time, Seora. When I left everything here, I had a lot of doubts in mind. As much as I wanted to take you with me, I knew the threats which came along in my line of business. The company wasn't doing very well at that time and I wanted to become a man you can feel safe and content with, Seora. I wanted to grow, for you. I understand your concerns but it pains me that I've no other way to prove my identity to you other than what you've already seen." He quickly cooked up a believable sob story and tried his best to not fumble at anything. This woman is sharp, she'll catch onto his lies in no time.

"Do you have feelings for me, Jungkook?" This 'new' name of his felt alien to speak for the woman.

"I do." The only feelings I have are for my mother who's fighting death at the moment.

Giving her false hopes felt so wrong to the male, but he was bound by responsibility and he was already too much into this game. Now, there was no going back.

"It'll take me a while to get a hold of these circumstances. I'm sorry, I'm not in the state of mind to accept your proposal at the moment."

Was this long ass speech not enough to convince her?

Women are lining up at the swap of his fingers but the woman who has piqued his interest doesn't seem to confide in him. Should he get on one knee and get a ring for her to say yes? This act was taking too much of his precious time and patience to convince her.

Money speaks in this world and he was certain, she would happily accept his proposal if she learnt about his assets but... What exactly does she want?

"I understand." Despite his utter disappointment, he maintained his chivalrous image.

"There's a carnival happening in this area. Shall we go there? I don't wish to spoil the mood." She asked innocently, unaware that her proposal made him even more frustrated. His lips twitched as he held his breath.

What are we, some 5 year olds to go to a fucking carnival?

"Sure." He replied and they made their way out of the bakery.

"It's a five minute walk from here, is that alright with you?" She asked once again and he tried to reply a 'yes' enthusiastically, no matter how disappointed he was.

As they walked beside each other through the alley, she tried her best to speak about random topics to not kill the mood, unaware of the man who had planned a hundred murder schemes for Yoongi by now.

She glanced at the display of a shop and her lips curved up into a little smile which didn't go unnoticed by the male– she liked that pair of glitter heels.

As they made their way inside the carnival, the loud sound of the people enjoying the rides could be heard. Kids ran here and there along with their parents and couples could be easily spotted taking a bunch of pictures of themselves.

It was an alien atmosphere for him because it was the first time he came to such a place.

'How can people enjoy such a place?' He wondered.

While he was busy looking at the newfound things he made out at the carnival, Seora returned with a pair of cotton candies in her hand, appearing like a literal little kid. She handed him one and he carefully took it in his hands, copying the woman's eating actions. Well, he never ate cotton candy so it was surprising for him to look at the sweet.

"I went outside apart from the hospital for three years. Ahh! This feels so good!" She spoke out whilst relishing the taste of the sweet as he stared at her.

Never had he ever met a woman like her who would get all cheered up by such inexpensive things or was it that, people in his world were more inclined on how much it'll cost than to how it's going to taste?

"Omy! You make such a beautiful couple. Should I click a picture of you?!" A lady excitedly asked Seora as she flushed upon her remark and looked at Jungkook who was equally flustered. Both of them stood together as he placed his arm around her waist but made sure to not touch her, the burst of fireworks worked as a cherry on top and a beautiful picture was clicked.

Seora thanked the woman and gave a candy to the little kid with her as she waved them goodbye while Jungkook blankly registered the moment.

Is this what they call a normal life? If yes, then he wished to be a part of it for a little more time– without any worry of getting killed, without any worry of inheritance and without the burden to work day in and out.

This felt like peace.

Gunshots. Blood. Cries.

It's been a while since he wasn't getting flashbacks of all those.

A/N

Jungkook soon to be down bad in his lover boy era. 👀