point of view : sua

"I'm- I'm Jungkook's girlfriend."

It felt like time had actually stopped. No one was saying a word as they waited for Mrs. Jeon's answer. I met eyes with Jungkook trying to ask him what was going on without actually speaking. To my luck, he just shrugged sharing the same anxious smile I had on.

Have I screwed up already? I swear, I only said one sentence. I should've kept my mouth shut. Jungkook would've answered for her or-

"Hello! Oh my god, I've wanted to meet you for the longest time!" She pulled me into a hug and I relaxed in her arms. She soon let me go and held my cheeks in her hands. "You're so beautiful! What's your name?"

"Oh um, Hi I'm Sua." I answered obediently and was debating whether I should raise my hand to wave or something. Before I could decide, Jungkook stepped in and probably did because I looked awkward.

"Sua, this is my mom and my dad. Next to them is my brother and a few of my other friends." He told me who everyone was and I made sure to share eye contact or smile at each person.

"Wow! Your jeans actually fit you normally and aren't skin tight. This is new, are you sure your Jungkook's girlfriend?" His mother asked. I met eyes with Jungkook because I had no idea how to answer.

"She's joking." Jungkook put his arm around me and- did he just kiss my head? It was probably a good move, since his mom just asked a strange question. He then sent his mom a stare that kind of said, 'Mom, stop!'.

"Oh did I sound serious? I'm so sorry. I never know what to say." His mother apologized and without registering it in my mind first I blurted out a response.

"Me too!" I agreed with her and she smiled. At least I'm not lying, I do have difficulty with interacting sometimes. Most of the time.

"I'm Jungkook's father. Nice to meet you." He came up and shook hands with me and had a warm smile. I don't know if this was weird but you could practically feel charisma flying through the air. I guess it's a Jeon thing.

"I'm Jongyun, Jungkook's brother. " Attractive and a welcoming smile. I could definitely believe he was related to Jungkook. Speaking of my fake boyfriend, Jungkook starts to take both our luggage.

"Wait, what are you doing?" I asked him and at the moment I didn't know how horrible of a question it was. I put my hand on my luggage, stopping him from taking it.

"I'm taking our luggage to the car." Jungkook answered and took my hand off the luggage and put his hand on the handle instead.

"Why would you do that?" I questioned him, unaware of the stares we were starting to get from his family.

"Because I'm your boyfriend. Remember?" He said with his teeth gritted together showing me that he was in fact irritated. It was like a slap in the face, when I came to my senses and remembered the whole reason I was here.

"Yes! Thank you," Boyfriend, do I say boyfriend? Or honey? I don't know why we didn't practice this, "Sorry I was just out of it for a second." I sincerely apologized. Dang, I really thought Jungkook was going to be the first to crack.

Jungkook's mouth formed into his famous smile as he finally took my luggage in his hand. "That's okay." His voice was low but still somewhat affectionate. And I could feel my heart beat faster as he rolled the luggage to the car.

'Boyfriend Jungkook' is a lot different from normal Jungkook. He's a lot more charming and sweet, so much that I could barely even recognize him when he tried being nice. If this were normal Jungkook, I'm pretty sure he would be scolding me for getting out of character.

"That was strange."

I jumped up when I heard a low voice behind me. I turned around to see who it was and found a young girl standing.

"Sorry, I thought I heard something."  I apologized to her and noticed her mischievous smile that reminded me a lot about Jungkook. Is she related to him too?

"Oh? I thought I saw something strange and almost, how do I say this, staged. We're on the same page then, hm?" Was it wrong to be slightly afraid of a girl who was probably five years younger than you? I don't know what she was on about but I knew it wasn't good.

"I- you see- what?" I attempted to ask something but it obviously didn't work out. Thankfully, one of Jungkook's friends came around to say hi, saving me from my confusion.

"Oh hi there, I'm Namjoon. You seem like a nice girl for our little Jungkook. And Nami, Jongyun is calling you." The girl nodded and using common sense I figured out her name.

"Hello. Is Nami your sister?" I asked Namjoon out of genuine curiosity. She seemed to follow his orders and they have similar names.

"Oh no, she's the bride's younger sister. She probably came with Jongyun. He treats her like his daughter." Aw, that's cute. Maybe she wasn't so bad and we just had a weird first meeting.

"Namjoon, I thought I told you I wanted to talk to her first." Another guy that looked around Jongyun's age came and sent me a warm smile. His voice sounded a bit exaggerative, kind of like how your parent would talk to you. I forgot to mention, but both boys were really handsome. None of this is helping.

"I'm Seokjin, you must be Sua. Nice to meet you." I bowed politely and noted how nicely they both stood in posture. They also looked like the habit of smiling was something they both had on them. It was like everyone here was charming or looked perfect, and then I realized, these are people that basically raised Jungkook. They did well but there must have been a little miscommunication somewhere in there. None of these people acted like their phone had more than twenty female's phone numbers.

I was about to respond to Seokjin when the sound of a car honking interrupted my sentence. We all turned our heads to the noise and found a large black SUV drive down to where we were. The window of the driver's seat rolled down and revealed a blue haired man who smiled awkwardly.

"Uh...Get in?" He said and someone else in the car chuckled.

"That was really smooth Yoongi." It sounded like Jungkook's voice. I happened to notice Yoongi turn his head and send him a deathly glare.

"Sua, you should sit with Jungkook. I'll be in the front with Yoongi." Seokjin declared and was about to open the door of the car.

"I don't think I should sit behind with you and Jungkook. Can I just sit in the back?" Namjoon asked shyly while scratching the back of his head. I'm guessing he didn't want to be the third wheel, which was understandable. I really didn't know what to say, mostly because I didn't care where I sat. I figured I should at least sit with Jungkook though.

"Um, I actually have something on the seat beside me. You both have to sit in the back." Yoongi said after the whole discussion. It would've been helpful if he'd said that sooner but regardless, we all took our seats.

I just stared out the window once I had my seatbelt in but reached my phone when I felt it vibrate on my back pocket. I took it out and found a text from Jungkook.

How are you feeling? - Jungkook

whyy do you sound so caring when you text me now? but im fine.

I could hear Jungkook chuckle under his breath. One of the boys behind us, Seokjin I think, started a conversation a few minutes earlier and so all the boys were talking. I maintained my quiet state and continued to text Jungkook but he eventually stopped when he got really invested into the conversation. I took the time to scan the moving images that passed by through the car window. I always found myself doing this. Some time had passed and it looked like the sun was about to set in an hour or two. All of a sudden, the images outside the window were slowing down and that's how I figured out we were probably close to where we were going.

"Alright. Here we are. Jungkook stay with your girlfriend in the car for now. Idiots in the back, help me take out all the luggage." Yoongi announced as soon as he had the car parked correctly in a spot.

"His girlfriend has a name Yoongi. And I'm not an idiot!" One of his friends had claimed and Yoongi only chuckled in response. I was still yet to have a real conversation with Yoongi, but I could deal with that for now. What mattered most was that I was going to finally be alone with Jungkook for a few minutes.

I never thought I would ever admit that to myself.

I started to take off my seatbelt at first but for some reason I was having some trouble with it. Jungkook started to laugh at my failure before going to help me. He was about to open the lock when he met my eyes.

"Wait are you sure you want me to open the lock? I mean why would I do that?" At first I was confused about what he was going on about, but then I remembered what happened earlier. He's mocking me for my little mess up.

"Geez. I'm sorry, but you being nice to me would be a shock to anyone." His eyes fell from mine and then he continued to open the seatbelt for me.

"Hey," The belt was finally off of me, "I am nice to you. I mean most of the time right?" He said less confidently then before.

No, not really.

I wanted to flat out say, but something stopped me from doing so. I hate to admit it, but I think I'm becoming soft for this kid.

Well I did admit to liking him a few times.

This is not the time to be thinking about that.

"Yeah I guess." I decided to finally answer, there were more important things to be talking about. Jungkook cleared his throat before getting back into his normal serious state.

"So tonight is going to be a big dinner for the whole family. The bride's going to be there and everyone you saw at the airport. You probably won't have to say much, but when asked just be casual. It's probably going to be questions about me and us." His voice was shy when he said 'us' and I completely understood why. This was probably really awkward for him, not that he was going to admit it himself.

We could see his friends coming back to the car and Jungkook said one last sentence to me. "And look pretty." He smiled at me and I decided to smile back, thinking that was a believable thing that people in a relationship probably did.

"Sorry to ruin your moment, if you were even having one. We need to go check into the hotel." Yoongi told us from outside the car and Jungkook and I stepped out. It would've probably been a good idea for him to open the door for me, but Jungkook being Jungkook, he escorted himself out and into the hotel. I sighed but smiled at Namjoon who instead held the door for me.

When I walked into the lobby of the hotel, I had to stop and look at everything going on. Jungkook's family and friends were in a line either playfully arguing or talking in general. I think it's safe to say that this lobby looks better than my own home. Mini chandeliers where put in random places, it was like a scavenger hunt, trying to count how many there were. Smack in the middle was one of the hugest chandeliers that I've ever seen, it's bottom aligned with dangling crystals. Inside and some on the outside were candles that made the piece attached to the ceiling, a radiant shining mess that no one could take their eyes off of.

That may be an overstatement because I'm the only one looking at it.

point of view : jungkook

"Jungkook, you look stronger than me after all these years."

I joked around by cockily raising my eyebrows to which Namjoon shook his head.

This line was really big, I wonder how many other huge families came this weekend. We were lucky to only be a spot away, but the people in front of us have been at it for more than fifteen minutes now.

"Okay everyone, let's do a headcount." My father announced. I knew I wouldn't be held accountable for any counting so I didn't bother doing so. I felt a tap on my shoulder and smiled when I found that it was my mom.

"Where's Sua?" She asked and I thought she was crazy because Sua is right over- she's not here. In my head I was throwing myself against a wall, but in reality I was trying to look worried for my fake girlfriend. What type of boyfriend doesn't make sure his girlfriend doesn't wander off?

"She- she told me she went to the bathroom." I lied and my mom nodded. Your in so much trouble Lee Sua.

"Can you go get her just in case? I don't want her to be alone." I nodded before departing from the line and going to the bathroom, when I remembered that I lied and actually don't know where she is.

"Sua, where are you?" I said under my breath before scanning the whole check-in area. She wasn't here but there was a lot of people crowding around the lobby. She's probably hidden behind the huge crowd, but I really hope she's making the effort of finding me. I decided to take a break from all the people and go to the front of the lobby where there was little to no one.

And of course, with the luck I have, there I found Sua smack in the middle of the room. I was ready to march right over and scold her, what was she thinking just standing there waiting for an invitation to come and join us? But I couldn't help but try to figure out what she was doing, and from what I can see right now, she's just staring. Not particularly anything, but a little bit of everything around the room.

She looks like a four year old, with her eyes lit up at practically nothing. And why is she smiling so much, she's not a Disney princess if that's what she thinks she is. I found it hard to believe that something as simple as a lobby had caught her attention, maybe there was a guy that she found attractive or saw someone wearing an outfit she liked, but no, she was overjoyed with the many chandeliers in the room.

"Sua." I finally called out to her and she turned her head and smiled at me. Don't smile at her back, you're supposed to scold her. I cleared my throat before asking her in a serious manner, "What are you doing?"

"This room is so beautiful. My phone is dead and this place is too big for me to take a photo anyway, but I guess you could say I'm trying to to capture the moment. Why do you ask?" Sua responded but didn't look at me the whole time, because it was like she was in some daze. When she did finally look at me in the eye, any words that I had planned to tell her completely disappeared from my mind. It's at the strangest moments that she looks really pretty.

I shook my head and finally told her, "We've been here for the last ten minutes and you haven't stood in line with us. Come quick."

point of view : sua

I opened my mouth to apologize, but stopped when Jungkook turned around and starting walking elsewhere. I followed after him and started to wonder if his family thought it was weird I wasn't on line.

"The bathroom has a long line too. This place must be really popular huh?" Jungkook said to his mother once we were with the group again. I think he lied to his mom for me, this is the second time that I've messed up today. I would just have to take this seriously for the dinner, I can't mess up anymore. I took a break before registering what was happening. Jongyun and Jungkook's father were working out our rooms with the desk.

After a few minutes of standing around, I could hear Jungkook's father thank the people at the desk and several sighs of relief around me. I wasn't standing in the line for too long, but I couldn't imagine how long people behind us have been waiting. We went to a more isolated area that was still close to the elevator. While some men were taking our luggage, Jungkook's father was handing out the keys.

"Okay, Yoongi, Namjoon and Seokjin. You three are sharing a room, here's your key card." He handed the card to Namjoon and then proceeded to look at Jungkook. "You're obviously sharing a room with Sua, here you go." He handed Jungkook the card, and I really wish I hadn't, but I met eyes with Jungkook and felt something weird tugging at my heart. It was only now that I actually realized that I would be sharing a room with him, which I already do, but something tells me we would have to be a lot more closer.

"Let's go." Jungkook smiled at me warmly, which I found strange at first but reacted quickly enough to remember what was going on. I nodded my head with a smile as well before putting my hand in Jungkook's.  I just realized that if I was dating someone, I wouldn't actually act like this.

We now stood in front of our room and I noticed that our door was right next to the room that Jungkook's friends would stay in. Jongyun was staying with his bride in a special suite that was created for married couples. "Hey, we'll work out the whole sleeping thing, okay?" Jungkook assured me and I nodded in return. I then felt a tap on my shoulder and found Jongyun standing behind us smiling.

"Sua, I just wanted to tell you that Nayeon was staying in this room for a while and has some of her clothes here. I hope that doesn't bother you. Oh, and she left something for you, so make sure to look for that."

As soon as he left, Jungkook felt the need to tell me, "Nayeon is the girl he's going to marry." I kind of figured that out, but I really wish I was told earlier. Right now, all that really roamed my mind was whatever was in that room that was left for me. Before I knew it, the door in front of me flew open and I was left speechless with the visuals of the room. The bed, small sofas, intricate walls small touches here and there made the whole room breathtaking.

"Wow." Was all Jungkook had to say and I guess you could say that his one word summed up all my thoughts.

"This whole hotel is beautiful, right?" I asked him expecting for him to agree but instead he laughed.

"No, I meant 'wow' as in how easy it is for something to get your attention. This is just a room, not a big deal." From the corner of my eye, I could see Jungkook dusting off one of the nightstands. I doubt there was anything actually there. I was trying to come up with something to respond, but was interrupted with a knock on the door.

"Come in." Jungkook called out and in came Namjoon who was already dressed in shorts and a fun button up shirt. His smile changed into an awkward one when he saw Jungkook and I.

"Sorry if I'm a bit early, were you guys doing something?" Namjoon asked. Jungkook and I met eyes for a while, as if we were trying to tell each other something. We haven't really developed any secret language so I don't know why we keep trying to communicate with our eyes. Either way, Jungkook still shook his head and asked Namjoon to continue what he was going to say.

"It's been a while, we just wanted to catch up with Jungkook and check out the resort. You can come too Sua."

I thought about what might happen, and thought it was best not to go. I have the dinner to plan for, and I wanted to call a few people and let them now we landed safely.

"It's fine. You guys should go bond. I have to unpack anyway." I told them both and wondered if Jungkook was even going to change out of his outfit that he's been wearing ever since we left home.

To my surprise, Jungkook asked, "You sure?" I fought the urge not to smile or shrivel up in front of them when I heard him ask me that. It always gets to me, whenever Jungkook is nice to me and it seems genuine. Instead of verbally responding, I just nodded and smiled.

"Namjoon, can you come out here? Jin over here is trying to kill me with sunscreen!" I think it was Suga's voice that shouted in the hallway outside the room.

"Kill you? I'm trying to protect you!" I'm pretty it was Seokjin's voice that spoke, his voice I was definitely the most familiar to.

"I'll meet you in the lobby." Jungkook said and I was now opening up my luggage and decided to sort things through. My head was faced down, as I looked through the compartments of my medium- sized carrier. I heard footsteps coming towards me and heard Jungkook sigh.

"Are you sure you want to be alone? We're at a really famous vacation spot, you should be outside relaxing."

"Which is exactly why you should be outside too. Go have fun." I told him and after a few more seconds of what seemed like Jungkook just thinking, he pat me on the shoulder and chuckled softly.

"I forgot that you're not my real girlfriend. That's why I'm being kind of annoying and protective. Oh well, call me if you need me." And with that Jungkook practically flew through the door.

I'm getting this strange feeling that I'm forgetting something. I looked around the room to see if anything would trigger my memory and found a note lying on top of a small dresser near the bed.

Jongyun's bride! She left me something.

I quickly walked toward the dresser and picked up the note that had a small ribbon tied around it. I untied the ribbon and read off the small piece of paper.

Hey, I'm not sure if the right person is reading this, but you should be Jungkook's girlfriend. I was staying here, and left a dress for you to wear tonight. I want to take some photos and I have this whole theme and everything. Feel free to wear a different dress if you want to, but if you can, match the color :) hope it fits! it's hanging in the closet near the bathroom.

She seems nice.

I wasted no time to open up the closet and found one piece of clothing hanging. Taking it out, I could not believe that it was real, it seems like something you would see models on social media wear but never see in real life.

Is this silk? How much was this? Why would she give this away?

I was so confused but wasn't going to lie about how excited I was. Who knows, maybe in the next few hours, I can look like the models on the magazine covers.

Or I might look like a hot mess.

This should be fun.

-

I took a deep breath as I finally looked at the ensemble that was on me : the makeup, the hair, the dress and a few other little but still crucial things. I tried a few poses out, since I was aware there was going to be some photos being taken. Also, I had time to spare and I didn't want to be bored.

First, I tried something fierce. You know something badass, female protagonist, and for some reason I felt it was necessary to have my eyebrows furrowed.

Yeah, that's not going to work.

Then I did some innocent, school girl thing where my hands were shyly behind my back. I also tried to incorporate a cute smile but my face just made it seem like I was in pain.

I closed my eyes before coming up with a completely dumb pose that I honestly only did to cheer myself up. My hands were on my hips like I was a superhero and I put on a smile that anyone, probably even a four year old, could tell was fabricated and said 'im going to smile like my teeth are glued together'.

"Yes! That's the one." I was startled by Jungkook's voice as he stepped into the room. His tone was laced with complete humor and I could tell he was in a good mood. How did I not notice him walk in?

"You think? Cause I think it's a winner too." I joked around before sitting on the small sofa to readjust the small straps on my heels.

"Yeah."

He didn't say anything after that and I was completely confused. This is a prime moment to make fun of me, what's stopping him? I raised my head to find Jungkook just staring at me, like he was in awe. His eyes didn't meet mine, but were surely focused on me at the same time, and his mouth was partially open.

"What's wrong?" I asked him, and immediately brought him out of his strange daze. He blinked back into reality before chuckling to himself.

"You." He said in a simple way and I noticed how him eyebrows raised a little, like they were pointing at me.

"What about me? Do I look dumb?"

"No, but your look seems incomplete." I raised an eyebrow and couldn't believe Jeon Jungkook was trying to give me fashion advice. I seriously thought I was over doing it, but Tommy Hilfiger over here thinks otherwise. I stood up from the small seating area, and walked towards Jungkook. Of course it was with some struggle, and I almost tripped myself a few times, but I still managed to walk over to him.

It was just now that my mind was a bit clearer and I realized that Jungkook was completely ready as well. He wore a suit that hugged him form nicely, his hair was done in a causal but sophisticated way and all together he looked as handsome as usual. I could easily bite back and say his outfit was missing something too, but I couldn't help but think Jungkook looked like a prince and nothing less.

"You're doing it too." He said and I was sincerely puzzled from what he meant. I think that was evident on my face, cause Jungkook was smiling at me like I was an idiot.

"What?" I decided to ask him and he shook his head and sighed. It looked like he was slightly stressed about something and was debating with himself inside his mind. After what seemed like a few moments of pondering, for me it was just an awkward silence, Jungkook cleared his throat and looked at me seriously.

"No, you don't it's just- I forgot. Have you thought about what you were going to talk about?" What a smooth way to change the topic, too bad I'm not a four year and can easily sense someone avoiding something. Oh well, I'm not going to get anything out of him anyway.

Did I do some "practice"? Sometimes I make up random scenarios of what might happen and then react to them in my head. The thing is, I don't know Jungkook's family that well and my scenarios could be really inaccurate.

"Sort of." I responded simply instead of going into detail.

"I shouldn't have gone out, I could've prepped you a bit more and make you feel more comfortable for the dinner. It shouldn't be too bad though, so we shouldn't worry too much." Jungkook said with some guilt underlined in his tone, which I really don't see that often, and kind of felt bad. He really took this whole "fake girlfriend" thing so seriously, but why? It didn't make sense to me, but I wasn't going to ask about it just yet, especially not now.

"I don't want to be late, so, do you want to get going?" He asked after a few more seconds of silence. I'm usually not so focused on how I look, but tonight I'm pretty anxious so I tell Jungkook to give me a few minutes to do a final check up.

I go back to the long, full body mirror and look at myself again.

"Hey, you look nice. I mean better than usual." The angel on one shoulder told me.

"What are you even doing here? Caring so much? You probably look like appearance is all that matters to you, but nothing to do about it now." The small devil on the other shoulder said.

"Just smile! Have fun! That's the best way to go about this."

"Yeah and try not to screw up. It's not like that's never happened before."

I seriously couldn't take this. My mind was playing weird games with me and I feel like a few minutes has passed. Through the mirror I see Jungkook come through the door as he re-enters the room. He's probably here to tell me I'm taking too long. I really wish I could tell him-

Before I knew it, there was a gorgeous necklace placed on my neck and Jungkook stood so close behind me, I could hear his staggered breaths against my neck.

"I- I got that for you to wear. So you have something to talk about if you're stuck in a conversation."

I was speechless. Not only because of the necklace, but Jungkook and what he did. How- no why- why did he do this for me? I really wanted to ask right at this moment, if there was something bigger behind him asking me to come as his fake girlfriend or him being so serious about me with his family.

But of course, as always, I bit my tongue and said something else.

"Thank you so much." I turned around and immediately moved a few steps back when I saw the proximity between me and Jungkook. "I don't know why you're being so nice to me, but I honestly don't care. Thank you."

He smiled and nodded before taking my hand. "Let's go."

-

And before we walked in, Jungkook stopped me and smiled at me.

"How do I look?" I asked smiling back.

He threw his head back in possible frustration and brought it back chuckling. "How many times have you asked that?"

I shrugged and took a deep breath before putting my hand on the knob of the glass door, but again Jungkook stopped me.

"Wait."

Was the only thing he said before putting my hair away from my face, and rearranged the necklace because it was a bit tilted to the side. He ran his hands over the tiny but shimmering jewels. I raised my eyebrows when I saw something in his eyes that I've never personally seen before, but I could tell he's definitely done it before. I mean I had an idea of what is was, but knew that it probably wasn't because he doesn't think of me like that.

"Jungkook?"

"Yeah. Let's go." He smiled and held the door for me like the gentleman he never was. I walked through and felt his presence behind me as I captured the scene in the room. Paintings and flower arrangements scattered the room and it looked like there was a door to a balcony in the corner of the room. In the middle of the room was a big table that had empty plates at every seat. Small pearls and rose petals were placed on the white table cover. Some people were seated, and I could recognize the little girl from earlier. This was supposed to be a formal dinner, but she was wearing a graphic tee and jeans. Honestly me.

I heard Jungkook clear his breath behind me. Everyone raised their heads and smiled at the sight of him and didn't notice me until a few seconds past. Some stood up and bowed and some said "hi". The girl, Nami, gave one look at Jungkook and then put her head down almost like she was annoyed. Okay, now this girl is too similar to me.

"Can- can you pick our seats? I feel awkward standing up here." I whispered to Jungkook. I could see him nod as he stared to walk in front of me.

Before he did though, he came dangerously close to my ear and whispered, "Let them stare. It's cause you look hot." And then he just continued walking on like he didn't just shock me to death.

But I can come back to life when I need to.

He took a random seat that also had three seats nexts to it.

He's saving them for his friends. At his other side, was just one seat, that I figured was probably for me. I pulled out the chair before sitting down. I heard some commotion at the front of the room while I was getting comfortable. Jungkook quickly rose from his seat to walk up to the boys who also were warmly greeting him.

I heard someone beside me scoff. I turned my head and saw that Nami was sitting there with her head down as she played with the utensils in front of her.

She looks upset. And I'm strangely tempted to ask why or just make her feel better. I figured it's good to at least say hi.

"I think we met earlier today." I spoke closer to her head and she lifted it and didn't smile nor did she glare. She just looked at me.

Moments later she put down the fork that was in her hands and finally spoke. "We did."

"Oh, well I'm Sua. You?"

She furrowed her eyebrows at me before responding, "Nami." I already knew her name from Namjoon, but I mean it's my only conversation starter.

"Who are you?" She asked. I could hear how skeptical she was from the tone of her voice. I kind of just told her I was Sua, so I'm guessing she's not asking for my name but how I'm related to the almost married couple.

"Uh, well, Jungkook is Jongyun's brother. And I'm his girlfriend. Not Jongyun's, I'm Jungkook's girlfriend."

I gulped right after because it felt so weird to say that. Following my answer, she didn't talk back but instead just laughed.

"Okay."

Her voice sounded challenging, like she didn't believe me. This girl is really smart, I can tell she is. What if she knows? She would have to know me really well to know if I was lying right? Or she could be just that good.

"I'm Nayeon's sister." I knew that too. What I don't know yet, is what's bothering her.

"Oh, is that you Nami? You grew up so much." I heard Jungkook say beside me and then I waited for her to respond. They probably knew each other well, so I expected a wise remark from her, but to my surprise she sat there and looked completely fazed.

"Yeah." Was the only thing she said before looking down again and picking up her fork. Jungkook didn't notice and didn't see anything wrong, but I was genuinely worried.

I was debating with myself on what to do, but before I could make a decision, Nami had already stood up and walked through the balcony door.

"I- I need to use the bathroom." I quickly told Jungkook before standing up and speed walking to the door.

"Hey, we're about to start, I think. Are you okay?"

"Are you really Jungkook's girlfriend?" She completely dodged my question and asked her own. I really didn't want to lie to her because of how fragile she looked right now.

Just say yes, Sua. It'll be over before you know it.

"Yes. Yes, I am."

She chuckled in a way that sounded like she was frustrated, "No you're not. Jungkook's girlfriends would never ask that. If I'm okay. You don't even know me that well either."

"Well I did ask and expect an answer." I remember using this line on Sohye before.

She sighed and turned to look out into the dark sky that had some stars twinkling here and there. "If there's someone I tell, it seriously can't be you."

"Why not? What happened to you and Jungkook?" I asked.

"I don't think you would want to hear it."

"Try me."

"No, you can't make me."

"I'm only trying to help you."

"Shouldn't we get going?"

"I just want you to be okay, I don't know why but I do."

"Fine. I like him. I like Jungkook." With that sentence, she finally turned around and looked at me like she was exhausted. Exhausted of our bickering, from the way I could see it.

"Oh. Hey, it's fine. A lot of girls like him, it's not something that's too weird." I told her calmly, and I truly meant it. I don't get it, why would she think I would get mad?

"Yeah, well it's kinda weird when you're supposed to ignore how pretty he is when he smiles, especially when he's your brother in law. I've never liked a single guy in my life. They're disgusting. But suddenly when Jungkook comes, around I'm- I mean I don't think it's love. What even is that, I just don't know what it is, but I like him and I hate it." By this time, I was standing beside her as she vented her feelings comfortably. It was like she had all these thoughts all jammed in a plastic balloon, but right now a needle was put inside of it and the air was flying out.

I sighed before finally responding, "Yeah, I get it. I really don't want to like him, it would just be so weird. I feel like he would never feel the same about me. We're just too different." I was looking out into the sky having a serious conversation with someone a lot younger than me. I don't think I've ever talked to Sohye like this either.

I really wanted to stay like this. It was the most relaxed I've been in a long time.

What I didn't realize yet, was Nami, who was still trying to comprehend what I told her. Her brows were furrowed, but not because she was skeptical, she just looked extremely confused.

"I'm sorry, what?" Nami asked.

I looked at her and didn't understand what she was trying to say.

"You just said Jungkook would never feel the same, but aren't you guys dating?"

It was at this moment, that I knew I should just keep my mouth shut for the rest of this trip. How? How was I supposed to fix this? This is why I'm not a actress, I clearly can't stay in character.

I was taking too long to respond so I was relying on my horrible improvisation skills to handle this one, kind of like this was a last minute report I had to get done.

"Yes! But, that's how I felt before we started dating. Turns out, he did feel then same, so we're dating now. Yeah. We should go inside." Maybe my improvisation isn't too bad, considering Nami just smiled.

"Oh, you could've said that in the first place. Thanks for this. But we should go, my sister is going to get so mad if I'm not there for photos."

-

I think we were almost an hour in and I have to say I might've been worried for no reason. Everyone was nice and didn't bother to really ask questions. I just ate, had side conversations with Nami and listened to stories of Jungkook's childhood.

"No, I remember that differently." Jungkook objected to something his older brother had told the rest of us about. Apparently, Jungkook was crushing on his nursery school teacher.

"You came home and asked me for a good age to get married. And then right after you asked if I thought your teacher was married."

"That doesn't mean I liked her!"

"I mean you did bring her flowers on parent teacher conference." His mom spoke up and I couldn't help but smile at Jungkook's face and how frustrated he was.

"It's okay. We had the same teacher, and even I admit she was pretty." Minah said and Jungkook slightly calmed down. They had a really good relationship, from what I could see. As for me, we really only spoke a few times which I don't mind.

"Twenty minutes." Said the photographer who stood at the door.

"What?" Minah stood up to face him, "Can't you wait a little bit more? We're almost done eating."

He shook his head and both Minah and Jongyun sighed.

"Alright. Let's start lining up outside for photos." Jongyun announced and one of Jungkook's friends groaned.

"Relax. Your food won't run away." Jungkook had told Yoongi, I think. I was about to stand up and leave but my dress had caught on to something on the table.

"Nami?" Nope. She's already gone. I can't just rip this dress, but they must be waiting for me out there.

"Um, I could help." I heard a low but sweet voice say and saw that Jungkook's mom was still in the room.

"Oh thank you." I smiled at her and moved a little to give her better access to bottom of my dress. "If you need some help, maybe we could call-"

"Done." Mrs. Jeon stood up straight and proud, and also made me question how everyone in Jungkook's familly is perfect. I still made sure to thank her though.

"You're necklace is gorgeous."

It wasn't even exactly me that she was complimenting but I could still feel my cheeks blush. "Thank you."

"Who gave it you?" She asked. I felt like this exact moment, where she asked this exact question, was what I was waiting for the whole night. Throughout the time we were eating I was thinking of ways I could answer if I was asked about my necklace.

"How do you know I didn't buy it for myself?" I smiled to let her know I was just playing around and she responded with a laugh herself. I think this is one of my best scenes as an "actor" this trip.

"Did you?"

"No," I paused to smile, "Jungkook did." I don't know if it was possible to actually detect this, but I have a mother of my own of course, so I might not even be wrong. Without even saying a word, you could tell Mrs. Jeon was so proud of her son. Jungkook told me a few things about growing up when he still lived with his parents. Constant shaking heads and complaints of Jungkook not trying hard enough and being with the wrong people, more specifically girlfriends.

I really wish Jungkook was here to see this.

"Oh my god, are you crying?" I suddenly asked as I saw her eyes start to fill with tears that weren't falling yet. She blinked some of the water away and nodded while laughing.

"Jungkook really likes you, Sua."

"You think so?" I asked, my voice shaking because my biggest fear that I didn't even know I had was happening. What was supposed to be an act, started to feel like reality.

-

After the photos had been taken, I said farewell to everyone, but didn't end up going back to the hotel room with Jungkook. He was going to Jungyun's bachelor party of some sort, where they would be playing board games and drinking apple juice. I'm not joking, I was the one who had to go out and buy the juice earlier.

So right now, my makeup was off and I just too a bath in the cool tub in our bathroom. I was also in my pajamas, the dress I wore earlier was hung up on a hanger that was still in full display. I think it deserves that sort of attention.

I was especially happy when I got a call from Vivian.

"Hi! How is your trip going?"

"Good actually. I haven't made a complete fool of myself you know. Hey, why haven't you texted me this whole day? I'd expect you to be extra clingy when I'm more than a hundreds miles away."

"Oh... about that." Vivian responded quietly but I didn't see anything off at the moment.

"Is it Taehyung? Is he being extra romantic or something?" I teased as I took a seat on the loveseat in the living room.

"He's Taehyung, Sua. But it's not exactly him, it's just- ah I can't keep it a secret anymore. My roommate, remember her? She's moving out to live with her boyfriend! We can finally live with each other!"

I felt like a twelve year old again when I started jumping up and down and squealing. I could hear Vivian doing the same through the phone.

"So is that a yes?" She asked a few seconds later.

"Yes! Of course. Oh my god, I can't wait to tell," I paused when I finally understood what this meant, "I can't wait to tell Jungkook."

"Oh yeah. Hey, my mom is calling, can I call you later?" Vivian spoke through the phone as I was sitting on the small couch again.

"Yeah. Bye."

I wasn't even sure if I hung up before she returned the farewell. I was just thinking about what I would do, or how I would tell Jungkook, or if I was going to tell him so soon.

But the sad truth was, I had no idea. I don't know what to do.

point of view : author

And Sua ended up thinking herself to sleep, right there on the soft loveseat. Hours past, and in came Jungkook who was tired out of his mind.

Now that he thought about it, this was her first real time to stay in his hotel room. His original thought was to go straight to the bathroom and wash up, but instead laid his eyes upon Sua who was sleeping on the small piece of furniture.

Jungkook sighed, "Why is she-"

He was interrupted with a text from Jongyun. He opened it to find a photo of him and Sua posing in front of the city skyline earlier that night. His arms were around her and it was a photo that caught both by surprise, Jungkook had just told her a joke and they were in the midst of laughing.

In that photo, she was dolled up with a stylish dress and flowing soft hair.

Now, she was stripped of those things and instead wore sweatpants and a baggy shirt that wasn't even her size. Her hair was tied up in a bun, but really just looked like she needed to have her hair managed someway or another.

"Oh hey there Sua. You did great today. Just wanted you to know that I have a crush on you."

He waited for something to happen and felt dumb thinking she was going to respond.

Just so you know, Sua couldn't hear what he was saying, so don't blame the girl.

So Sua stayed asleep that night and Jungkook went to sleep too.

And that was that.

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okay before ANYTHING, i am so sorry. this hiatus thing i don't even know, it wasn't fair to you guys and i really wish it hadn't happened since the ending of this book ended up being delayed for quite a while.

but this chapter isn't the ending! however it is still dangerously close.

i have a smol surprise for you guys after the ending that i actually found about a few days ago. (i'll explain later) im just really excited to show it to you !

this is how sua's dress looks btw

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