jungkook

12:47 am

jungkook let out a labored sigh and frustratingly dragged his fingers through his hair, pushing it back off of his forehead momentarily.

he let his body lean forward, well, more like flop forward, as his head landed heavily on his arms and he stared at his feet. tapping his toes together in thought a few times, he slowly blinked and stood up from his spinning chair.

letting his shoulders drop, he tugged open the glass door of the radio station, quickly stepping out as if to tell himself that there was no going back. he waited at the door and heard it close behind him as he stared at the convenience shop.

the usually blinky street sign in the window gleamed consistently into the darkness. there were no cars in the cracked pavement parking lot with dull, weathered white lines.

he slowly made his way over to the shop. his hand rested on the familiar door handle before pulling and opening it.

the first thing he noticed when he came in the shop was the music. the same music he had recommended to her.

then he looked at her.

her head was down until the bell above the opening rung when it closed, startling her attention up to him. her eyes widened and lit up a bit in hope.

“jungkook,” she said in shock, in a quiet voice almost whisper-like.

he looked at her. her eyes shined above dark clouds that muddled her appearance to make her seem sickly. he internally frowned at her and hoped she was taking care of herself, knowing her tendencies to skip meals.

his resolve crumbled as he let his lips lift up the slightest bit before turning to make his coffee. after falling back into what he considered normal routime with making his midnight wake up call, he made his way to the counter and quietly dropped his change before turning around to leave, not being able to deal with the thick hanging tension in the air that hugged unsaid words and missed company.

he sighed and turned around. he couldn't really tell but she was panicking internally that he was about to leave.

"wait," she stopped him with her quiet and almost unheard voice.

"jungkook, are you free for dinner tomorrow?"