J e o n J u n g k o o k P O V .

It's been two days since I last saw Sara. She goes out early, comes home late and that is probably to avoid me after that day in the mall. Even Jeonghun didn't mention seeing her since then. He told me she's the princess noona he saw in the elevator the other day and fell in love with, and the hyung with her was Jimin.

I wouldn't be surprised to know that she's mad at me. She has every right to be mad, to be upset with me. And I'm willing to put the effort to change that as soon as possible.

"Come fast, Jungkookie!" I jog over to Jeonghun who is more than just excited to go to the park with me, saying he'd feel nice if I stay around while he's playing with his new friends.

Pressing the button to the ground floor, I lean against the wall while my brother keeps talking about getting caught in tag more than once by this girl who runs the fastest. The door slides open a little quick and another person comes in, probably talking on their phone which makes me look up to see who it is on hearing the familiar voice.

She smiles a little at Jeonghun, keeping the phone close to her ear, talking about a party or something like that which is when my eyes notice the way she's dressed. A black skirt, fitting her waist as if it was made especially for her, a tight black top with straps on the shoulder to secure it, a black choker on her neck making it look ten times more attractive than it already is and a similar one on her right thigh. Fuck!

I gulp down my own saliva, standing straight as I clear my throat to grab her attention, "Are you going somewhere?" Aish! Of course she's going somewhere, what type of question is that?

"Yeah," Sara answers, keeping her phone down and looks at me, "Where are you both going?"

"Park" Jeonghun replies, smiling at her. "Noona, you look pretty."

"Ah thank you," She smiles at him, bending to kiss his cheek, turning him into an instant tomato as he becomes shy and steps closer to me. My boy just got his first kiss from his crush.

The elevator door slides open, hitting us with a cold wave of wind that manages to send a shiver up Sara's body. She steps out, fixing her hair and heads towards the car I suppose is waiting for her.

"Sara! Wait," I call her after telling Jeonghun to go ahead and I'll join in a minute. She stops on her track, turning around with a questioning look, "Uhm I... Uh actually, you are- no, I'm mean, where are you going like that?" I say in one breath after a lot of struggling.

She chuckles at me and glances down at her dress, "Like this?"

"Yeah, i-it's not bad! It's good, too good actually..."

"Ah no, relax I'm good." She says, looking back when the car honks. "I'm sorry I gotta go now!"

"Uh yeah..." I stare at her, walking towards the car and sits on the backseat. They don't leave just as soon, instead the passanger door opens and Jimin comes out, sitting at the back this time. He's wilding a lot.

Not paying any more attention to his nasty ass, I decide it's better to go and accompany my brother who waves at me, smiling widely as soon as I enter the park. I smile back, taking a seat near a big, bushy tree while he points at me, talking to some kids. I'm sure he's showing me to them. In fact, he likes showing me off to people so much that I wouldn't be surprised if he starts getting customers and sells me one day.

I shake my head, pulling out my phone and open the bullshit app again. Why am I doing this to myself? I sigh, scrolling through posts until I've found one from Kim Taehyung. It's from a few days back, probably in an arcade with Jimin as they're doing the peace sign together for the selfie.

Next is Jimin's story that he just posted in which there is Sara sending a flying kiss to the camera, not the person holding the phone thankfully. He has tagged her along with a line saying, And then you ask why I'm addicted...

How many times am I going to confirm they're dating and so in love like crazy people whipped for each other. Fuck that should me!

I scroll absent-mindedly, already done with today's Instagram feed for me, but at least I managed to kill time sitting here doing nothing. The sun goes down, and it's dark already when I call for Jeonghun to go back home. He waves at his friends who are leaving as well and runs to me, showing a green, four-leaved clover.

"This is for princess noona." He giggles, "She even kissed me today! Did you see it?"

"Yeah, you're a like guy. Not everybody gets a kiss from their crush that fast."

"You don't know how to talk to girls, that's why she doesn't kiss you." He laughs at me. Boy, are you serious? Can you beleive he's seven and talking to me, a twenty-two year old, like that?

"Kookie didn't get a kiss! Kookie didn't get a kiss!" He chants, running inside the building.

"Yah! Stop saying that!" I yell, chasing him in as he's laughing now, loving the game he's started. And during this excitement he accidentally takes the wrong decision of leaving the elevator and using the stairs instead. Not to mention, to the sixteenth floor.

"Kookie didn't get a kiss, but I did!" He shouts, running upstairs, and I don't mind as he's not taking my actual name, so it's fine.

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2 am, Jeonghun is sleeping while I can't, and have been taking my second cup of coffee in the balcony where I've spent more than three hours now. I promise I'm not watching any car.

But finally, as if god hears my prayers and wants to end my suffering, he sends a car that stops in front of the building. I squint my eyes to get a proper look of who it is, but nothing works. Being on a sixteenth floor balcony, that too at night, explains why I can't figure who it is. But I can tell it's one person, so if it is Sara, the good news is that Jimin is not with her.

While my mind is still thinking about the idea that just popped in my head, my feet are already on their way to make it happen. I close my eyes, inhaling deeply and walk out of the door heading down the stairs and wait for the elevator door to open and for Sara to come out.

After a while the elevator stops and Sara actually is there. However she stops on her track on noticing me and smiles awkwardly, "Hey...?" Which is when I realise how bad this decision was. I shouldn't be waiting in front of the elevator for a girl at midnight!

"Hi," I smile a little, rubbing my neck. "I... I just came for a walk." Walk? Fuck me!

"Standing here?" She asks. "And where's the little boy?"

"He's sleeping." I say as she walks towards her apartment, leaving me standing alone awkwardly, cursing at myself. Who'd believe we were inseparable two years ago? I can't even bring myself to speak properly in front of her.

She stops near her door and looks at me again, "If you're done walking, we might have a coffee together?"

I shut my eyes tight, smacking myself mentally as I nod in response and walk towards her. She leaves the door open and I head inside after two years, recalling how we've spent nights cuddling or having movie marathons and arguing and playing different videogames here. It still feels like home.

"Sit," Sara says placing her purse on the table, "I'll get changed real quick."

I do as she said, noticing the tiny details that have changed over time, like the amount of pictures on the wall. There aren't much now as earlier, just two pictures on a shelf, one which has me smiling with her and one with Jimin smiling beside her.

My attention shifts to the coffee table in front of me where her was laying silent until now. I lean a bit forward and realise it's Jimin calling her as the name is showing on the screen. Sara enters the room, changed into her normal clothes which is a loose white t-shirt and black shorts, the way she always liked dressing at home.

She answers the call, giving me an apologetic look, asking to give her some five minutes. I nod instantly, pulling my gaze back from her, sighing deeply as for now I can assume she's not mad at me.

"Yeah, I know, don't worry about that." She says to Jimin, "Yes sir, would you mind hanging up now? You talk so much."

"Jesus, Jimin shut up and go to sleep." She gasps, lowering her voice as she walks a little farther from me. But then she hangs up herself, walking back to the couch and sits across me, "So.... uh how's life?" She asks me.

"Fine, I guess. How's yours?"

"Just everything is going as planned. We'll be done with the mid-terms soon and then I'll have some time free."

I nod in response, slowly fiddling with my hands as I speak again, "You look different"

"Bad...?" She sighs.

"No, Just different... good different."

"Ah that's fine." She laughs, "I'll make you a nice coffee."

I smile a little, following after her to the kitchen where I remember cooking for us so many times, "When did you come back from... uh Busan? or LA?" Sara asks, not looking at me as she's busy preparing for the coffee. But her question makes me want to hit myself hard.

"LA," I answer, "I arrived around four days ago."

"LA, right." She chuckles a little with what sounds fake amusement to me. "Yeah, I heard from people and I was like that's good at least someone gets to follow their dreams."

"That's not my dream, you know it."

"I doubt that." She turns to me with a smile, holding out the cup of coffee for me.

"I'm sorry, Sara. I know what I did is no-"

"Jungkook, I didn't call you here to make you feel guilty or anything. I actually missed your presence and just thought we could get some time, I can't avoid you anymore." She says, placing her hand on my shoulder, "And you don't have to apologize for things that matter to you. I learnt to prioritise what's important a lot later, but I'm glad you knew it even before."

I shake my head, putting the cup on the counter and step closer to her, "You are my priority. I had to leave like that only because the circumstances weren't that great. But I can assure you, Sara I never once stopped thinking about you."

She nods with her smile fading away as she looks at me, "I was thinking about you too." Her lips part, heaving out a sigh that lingers with her shaky breath for a moment until she smiles again for me, "But I think it's all fine now. I mean you're back, I'm doing fairly fine with things, so it's almost sorted."

I nod hesitantly, not saying anything further and just focus on the coffee with occasional small talks that Sara initiates about casual things like asking about Jeonghun, how I've been and stuff like that.

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