Destined To Meet

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Author's POV

"Wait!" Aíden called out, stopping Jungkook from walking away from his house porch as the male turned his head and looked behind him, gazing at his ex-fianceé in shame. "What's wrong?" He raised a question as he watched the older fidget his finger where their engagement ring was placed.

Oh before you are going to be confused, Jungkook doesn't have one. Just like the rules of no sex until they married, he would not have an engagement ring unless it was their wedding ring. Might be the weirdest request of Aíden's parents but he is certainly grateful for it because if he had sex with Jimin while wearing his engagement ring; it will only make it worst… God, Jungkook couldn't imagine how guilty he would feel compared to what he felt that night.

He watched Aíden stare at the ring a little bit longer before pushing it out from his finger and holding it out to Jungkook, making him raise his eyebrows in confusion. "Here. You bought this with your own money and I know it's hella expensive. Keep it." Aíden mumbled as Jungkook glanced at the ring in the other's hand, seeing the beautiful shining piece of emerald just like Aíden's eyes.

"No. I wanted you to keep it. I bought that special for you as it matched your eyes… Or if you badly don't want it, just take it to a pawn shop and spend the money on a vacation or something else." Jungkook spat out sincerely, unexpectedly making Aíden chuckle out loud while the others just looked at him lost. "Jungkook, I never will pawn something like this just to spend the money on vacation but okay, I keep it since you don't want it." The older teased, earning his lookalike bunny smile.

Aíden is truly an angel… Jungkook can only hope whoever the older dates after, will treat him right. Unlike him. 

"Okay then. Take care." He greeted him goodbye which received a soft smile and a nod from Aíden after as he turned around and grabbed his wheel-bag holder before walking towards his car, dragging the beg along. Not wasting any time, he shoved the heavy thing on top of his back passenger seat before closing the door and placed himself at the driver's seat which he let out a loud sigh of relief after. Well, it's not worse than what he thought would happen.

He thought that Aíden would go crazy and start throwing things at him or even slap the shit out of him for being a cheater or worse like any dramas he watched; the betrayed character will shove the cheater out of their house– or in certain cases; begged the cheater to don't leave them but when they did, the betrayed character will begin to plan whatever revenge they have. But none of it happened and Jungkook couldn't be more grateful for it all. Guess reality and drama are totally different huh…

And just when he was about to thank God for letting this happen smoothly, the cruel reality of Jimin didn't love him, hit him right in the face. Jungkook cursed out loud by the actuality, wondering why his life is so full of bullshit. Once again like any other drama where the cheater will return to the person they love and live happily after, Jungkook's life, unfortunately, will not be like that.

Instead in his story, the cheater even needs to make the person they love, love them back. Oh, how complicated.

"So what do I have to do now? I'm sure this off-engagement thingy will appear on the news tomorrow morning..." Jungkook mumbled as he placed both of his hands on the steering wheel before slowly moving all along it; feeling the cold leather against his fingertips before leaning his forehead on the middle where there is a decoration written clearly; Tesla, in a not so deep nor thick kind of way. Just perfect to every one that passed the driver's window to know the car brand.

"Should I visit him? He should have woken up now but it's already night?" Jungkook asked himself multiple times, unable to make the right decision as he was thinking about too many things. He wanted to visit Jimin, but he's scared of the male already gone to sleep as that will only be disturbing for the older. But at the end of the thousands thoughts, he still wanted to meet Jimin. How funny…

After battling with himself for over five minutes, Jungkook finally turned on the engine car before driving away from Aíden's house; heading towards his parent's home to let them know about this. As much as he wanted to tell Taehyung about this first, his priorities are his parents. He won't like it if they hear the announcement from the morning news, that would create much trouble considering the fact Aíden is their favorite. Surely Jungkook's phone would blow up with calls and messages notification after.

"Shit." He cursed again at realization as he bit his lower lips tension, wondering what Jimin would react if he heard the news. Though he doesn't know why he is even nervous in the first place because the older clearly didn't give two fucks about it; Jungkook is still anxious. "Ah, I bet he didn't even care." He mumbled to himself and pushed the driving paddle further, speeding up the car slightly as his eyes wandered all over the road; praying that he's strong enough to face whatever that will happen after this.

As much as it sounds easy to other people, it certainly is not. Moreover when Jimin himself didn't even love Jungkook and only wanted him for sex. The fact made him couldn't help but wonder, why did he even do this? Was it even worth it although knowing he will get hurt all along? But despite that, he feels like everything in his life has led him to Jimin. His choices, his heartbreaks, his regrets. Everything. And not to mention when they're together at work, his past seems worth it. Because if he had done one thing differently, he might never have met Jimin again.

A soft smile unconsciously crawled up to his face by the thought of fate, maybe he was destined to meet the older man all along…

Or who knows, maybe not.

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Jungkook was standing in front of his parents' home door for a few minutes now. Or to be exact, 30 minutes already. He's nervous, he doesn't want to see the disappointment on his parent's faces when they know Aíden is no longer their soon-to-be son-in-law. Jungkook could even really blame them really, the older male was probably the perfect soul to ever exist.

And now that he even forgives Jungkook for cheating behind him, the label as an angel on Aíden only makes it more relevant.

"It's okay, you can do this Jungkook!!" He assured himself and took a deep breath while consciously closing his eyes before opening them again and holding out his hand to push the doorbell before leaving two soft knocks on the white wooden door. His breath hitched tensionly when he heard the familiar footsteps getting close as the door later on opened, revealing his mother who was in a lovely nightdress with pink roses all over while she sleepily caressed her face.

Her doe's eyes then darted to Jungkook, making them go wider when she realized her son was standing in front of her. "Oh my gosh, Jungkookie!!" She screamed excitedly, not wasting any time than to walk forward and crush her only son into a hug while Jungkook automatically wrapped her arms around her mother and buried his nose into her hair; smelling the sheer vanilla which made him relax instantly; one of the bad habits he always does and couldn't get enough of doing it.

"What are you doing here? Are you alone? Where is my favorite son?" She asked happily, failed to notice the displeased face of her son, and looked behind Jungkook, expecting the fianceé to be there but frowned when he realized the boy was there all along. "Where is Aíden, honey?" She asked and turned her gaze back on Jungkook who kept silent but his eyes staring deep inside hers, telling the answer she sought without words needed.

"Sit down first, I'll wake up your father. We can talk about it. Or do you want to sleep first? We can talk in the morning." She asked softly, worry clearly plastered all over her face knowing there's something wrong with her son. "No. I wanted to talk about it n-now…" Jungkook mumbled, earning a nod from the mother who after, made her way towards the upper floor; about to wake up the person Jungkook scared yet respected the most.

Of course, it was none other than the father…

No, Mr. Jeon is not the type that abuses his child or whatever that makes Jungkook scared to face him. It's because the amount of respect Jungkook has for the old man made him scared to face the other. Why? Simply because Jungkook didn't want to disappoint his father. He knows how happy the man was when he got to know the news about his engagement with Aíden.

Oh, Mr. Jeon was the happiest man alive.

"Welcome home, Jungkook!!" A deep and raspy voice greeted him from afar, waking him up from his trance as he snapped his head towards the voice; looking at the owner who was walking down the stairs, a handsome smile plastered across his face. "How are you doing?" The father greeted, closing whatever space they had to hug Jungkook tightly; showing how much he missed his little boy without letting out any phrases as the young son returned the action sincerely, almost forgetting the main reason he was there that night.

"Where is Aíden?" The old man asked as soon as he broke the hug from Jungkook as he looked around, searching for Aíden but then noticed the guilty facial expressions of his son, making him raise his eyebrows in question; however, didn't jump to any bad conclusion as he stared at Jungkook. "Sit. Let's talk about it." He declared calmly and received a nod from the other as he then turned around and made his way towards one of those couches in the living room with his left hand wrapped around his wife's waist; leaving Jungkook to look at them from behind.

Not going to deny, the scene in front of him made Jungkook wonder and jealous at the same time, will he ever get the chance to do the same with Jimin? Will he get to sleep beside the male every night when he comes from work? Will the older cook breakfast for him just like his mother did for his father every morning? Will he? Surely Jungkook doesn't know the answer but he hopes that one day… he got to do that with Jimin.

With a heavy sigh, Jungkook moved his legs, following his parents from behind, and placed himself on a one-seater couch; opposite of his parents who sat calmly. "Do you want something to drink? A tea before we start this?" Mrs. Jeon asked her son softly, as Jungkook could only shake his head as no. He doesn't want to delay this any longer, it would be harder for him to explain later because by that time his courage was probably already drained.

"Then talk." The father noted, making Jungkook gulp his hardly; thinking on suitable words he could spit out. He can't just tell them "hi mom and dad, I already called off my engagement with Aíden because I cheated behind him and have sex with his best friend countless times over these three months!!" He would obviously get slapped if he ever said that. Knowing his father well, the old man is very strict about loyalty and dignity.

"I… called off my engagement with Aíden." Jungkook mumbled and closed his eyes, expecting a yell or a shocked gasp, or even a slap but none of it happened. It was silent. He opened his eyes back in confusion only to see a sight his parents were frozen by the news, showing they didn't expect that at all. Though they already guessed this was about Aíden, they never thought that it was anything related to the engagement.

"What? Why?!" The mother asked, surprise cleared in her voice as she moved away from Mr. Jeon and walked over to Jungkook before kneeling down in front of the younger; holding out her hands instantly to cupped her son's cheeks, looking at him with concern; not knowing the action made Jungkook feel more asshole than he already has. "I lose my feelings for him. I don't think our relationship could survive any further." He lied, looking down on the floor; trying so hard to ignore the burning gaze that was pricking over his skin he received from his father.

Well, to begin with, Mr. Jeon is not an idiot. If Jungkook thinks he's smart enough to lie about the whole thing in front of his parents then Jungkook needs to know one more thing, he was born with his father's DNA; if he thinks he's brilliant enough… He needs to know that Mr. Jeon is smarter than him.

He knows what Jungkook said was nothing but a complete lie. 

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