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Jimin's Pov-

The sounds came to a cease and then again emerged. I took big steps trying the uttermost to make less noise.
Just a few steps and I would be there.

I stood in the midway of the corridor. The once distant and vague clatters were now distinct.
The clatters were now more sounded like splashing of water.

I got agitated.

Is the intruder mercilessly splashing water on Taehee to make her senseless or worst to kill her?

Holy shit.

The matter was far more dreadful than I thought.

Hastily, I pulled out my phone from pocket with my shaky hands to call police for help.

Suddenly, a door was slammed open pulling me out of my trance.

I gulped at the sight which I unanticipatedly got to see.

The silhouette appeared wearing just a short bathrobe. Rubbing her damp hair, unaware of my presence. The knot of the robe was loosely tied, her cleavage peeking a little. Her shaved, milky legs in view made my throat dry almost immediately.

I was shamelessly checking out the girl who came out from the room, which I assumed as the bathroom.

The bag which I was holding as a weapon slipped out of my grasp, echoing a thud sound.

She stopped a few steps ahead, her hazy eyes met mine. They doubled in size, like a ping pong ball.

Followed by a loud scream.

"Ahhhhhhhhh! What are you doing here!"

She screamed at the top of her lungs, causing my ears to go deaf for a second.

"Let me-" she didn't let me complete my words began to yell at me.

"You pervert! How dare you!" she surged forward with her raised fist to hit me but halted in the midway. She looked down at herself, biting her lip. The state of her clothes made her red like a tomato. Her hands flew to her chest clutching the robe tightly to hide her baring chest.

"Wait. I'll just change my clothes first. I'll be back in a minute. Don't you even dare to move a little. If you dare to flee from here, then remember your apartment isn't far away from me. I'll make sure to find you and choke you to death," through her gritted teeth, she posed a threat to me.

Violent much, right?

Without any further ado, she scurried to her room before throwing a death glare to me, shutting her door with a loud bang.

Is she trying to scare me?

I chuckled at her childish acts.

This girl is sure something, isn't she?

But still, how could I be so stupid? I should have wait for her outside or even after entering her house I shouldn't have come this far as if I owned this house. I should have thought that she was taking a bath after hearing the splashing sounds of water. Come-on, it was common sense.

But I was literally acting nonsensical. I was so engrossed in being righteous that I forgot my rationality.

That was so unusual of me. I smacked my head myself. Angry and frustrated at myself.

I seated myself on her couch, rather than running off from here, and heaved a big sigh. But soon, I was startled by a voice holding evident anger behind me.

"After checking out a half-naked girl, here you're chilling out at my couch," her voice was dangerously calm and sweet, I could feel her anger radiating from behind.

I turned my head and pulled myself up from her couch. I swallowed my saliva at the view of her.

There she was standing in her all glory with a baseball bat in her hand. Her damp hair were still left open cascading her shoulder, changing into a pair of oversized t-shirt and shorts. Her eyes filled of fury.

"Now let's have a cup of tea with this bat of mine. This cup of tea will be remembered by you forever," she took long confident steps, rolling her sleeves up trying to be intimating.

Rather, I was pretty much amused by her act of confidence. Her tiny frame draped in loose t-shirt appeared really adorable to me. Her small round face was reddened due to the supreme amount of anger. Cute- Shut up Jimin! What the hell were you thinking?

A stinging sensation on my butt harshly pulled me out of my trance. A shriek of surprise and pain escaped from my mouth, "Ahh-"

"You pervert! Now take the reward for eye-fu*king a girl. Let me show my batting skills," she began to scold me breathlessly. And continued her assault on me.

"Ahh! Uhh! Wait! I'm sorry."

"Keep that sorry with yourself, you sick ba*stard. Taking advantage of a girl, huh? You pervert! Let me call the security," her accusing eyes never left mine, continuing to let out profanities.

I take my word back. She is no way in hell cute.

"Argh! Hold up, let me explain first."

She gave a deaf ear to my pleadings and kept on hitting.

What an irony. Here, you came to save her and now you're bestowed with free hits of bat.

My inner self snorted at me.

Unable to endure her outburst anymore, I seized her wrists in my one hand, prompting the bat to fall off from her grip. I stepped forward pinning her down with both her hands above her head on the couch. "Calm down, woman. Give a chance to me to explain myself," I hushed her, our fronts were pressed against each other. Our breaths mingled, her fresh mild lavender fragrant invade my nostrils. I wanted to close my eyes and feel her fragrant precisely. Control yourself Jimin!

I'm appearing like a creep.

Her breathing got rugged as she put her palm on my chest trying to create some distance," What the hell do you think you're doing? Get off me." She demanded, avoiding my gaze.
Her face was portrayed shades of red as her body went stiff.

This violent lady can blush too.

I yanked my face closer to her, enjoying the view of her flustered face. Her eyes widened, sinking further on the couch. "I will if you let me explain," this was my turn to be intimating, my intense stare wandered around her reddened face.

"O-Okay, I will let you speak. Now, just get off already," at last she just whined, surrendering herself.

With a triumph smile, I detached myself from her. I stood in front of her and she sat up on the couch, her gaze lowered to her feet.

"Go ahead. I'm all ears," she whispered, barely audible. I took my seat next to her and opened my mouth to narrate her everything.

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"I didn't barge in with that intention. I just thought you were in danger," I gaped at her in hope that she would buy my words.

"Are you telling the truth? How can I trust you?" her voice was laced with doubt.
What could I expect from her? Why would she believe a stranger's words?

"Well, I don't have any evidence to prove my innocence. But trust me, I'm not that sort of person. I agree that what I did was irrational and stupid. But if we observe the case carefully and impartially, then there's your fault as well. You, being reckless, kept your door unlocked. Either me or anyone would have entered your house with God knows what intention. Besides, you were the one who called me here for the assignment. If we analyze properly, then we both are at faults," I peered into her who hung her head low in guilt after listening my words. I might rude, but I didn't mean to hurt her in anyway, I just wanted to knock some senses inside her pea-sized brain.

"I'm sorry for my ignorant self. I should have been careful. Sorry for troubling and doubting you," she stated with her heavy voice, her hairs acted like a curtain to hide her face and a barrier to prevent me from seeing her expression.

I said those words with an aim to make her realize her mistake and recklessness. But here, she took all the blame on herself. How could she be so gullible.

"Look, I'm not overlooking my mistake. I just mentioned your fault too, but that doesn't make my mistake fade away neither rectify it. What I did was a blunder and even I'm at fault more than you. My sincere apologies for that again. But it's upto you whether you forgive me or not," I pronounced each and every word honestly, acknowledging my mistake before her presence.

She finally raised her head and her innocent eyes fastened into my sincere ones. She smiled at me," I believe your words and forgive you because mistakes are done by everyone. But the chief thing is to acknowledge and rectify it as well. I'm sorry for earlier too. I got over worked up and didn't even let you explain yourself."

I swore that when she smiled, something inside me sparkled.
How could her mood change in the blink of eyes?

I averted my gaze from her, maintaining my posture,"Well that's a relief. But still I owe a big apology. And a verbal apology won't be enough. I'll treat you a lunch or whatever you want if that's fine with you?"

"There's no need for that. I already forgave you, so, you don't have to that," she politely rejected my offer, flashing her heart-melting smile.

"But I insist. I'm grateful that you forgave me. Yet, I've to take responsibility for what I did. It's just a simple treat from my side," I stayed rigid on my offer. Like come-on I was being nice and offering her a treat, but she had to act stubborn. The least I wanted was to be thrown out with a 'no'

I looked at her in a convincing way. "Okay, I'm fine with it, if you say so," she agreed with my words. I let out a relieved sigh.

"So, tomorrow will be fine?" I stood up, indicating my leave. To which she just nodded her and escorted me out. I walked out of her apartment not forgetting to pick up my bag which acted like a 'weapon' to me with her trailing behind me.

"Hey, wait," her voice from behind ceased my steps. I turned my head towards her with raised eyebrows. "You see you're my neighbour plus my assignment partner too. Yet I don't know your name. Mind to introduce yourself?" she spoke, leaning against the doorframe.

Right. Till now I hadn't introduced myself. Where had my manners gone?

"Jimin, Park Jimin," I replied shortly, trying to end this conversation as soon as possible. "Nice name, I must tell. Well, thought I've already introduced myself but let me do it once again just for being fair. Hi, My name is Eun-" she trailed off, and I left her amidst the conversation with a faint 'goodbye'. I couldn't waste my time in chitchat and mostly her blabbering.
She really needed to learn to stop her stupid trap.

Right now, I just wanted to lock myself up in my room and calm down my uneasy mind.
Slipping inside my apartment, I hurriedly locked the door. I raked my hands through my hair and a big sigh escaped my mouth. I didn't even know how many times I sighed today.

Taehee's Pov-

And I remained standing there staring at his direction with my mouth left wide open. I mumbled,"Park Jimin."

That was so offensive. He didn't even let me complete my words. I closed my door and leaned against it for support.

I closed my eyes, exhaustion completely inundated me. Even so, my mind was wondering about today's events and Jimin.

He's not that bad.

I collapsed on my bed. Within a day, so many incidents took place and I couldn't properly proceed them.
Blood rushed to my face when I recalled the moment we shared. With him hovering over me and I was stick beneath him, involuntarily my mind began to picturize that scene again.

I still remembered about the goosebumps that spread around my neck instantly when his hot breath fanned against my sensitive skin. How his icy blue eyes peered into mine, his face was few inches away from mine.

I shook my head vigorously, trying my utmost to get rid of those thoughts.
Keyword- Trying

"I-I should study. Yeah, I should study to keep my mind away from those thoughts," I said to myself. I didn't want to be occupied with those thoughts. The thoughts of past encounter. How his hands were perfectly wrapped around my wrists, pinning them above my head.

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𝓗𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻. 𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓹 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓿𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼.
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