》Halfway There《

were they both close friends?

Not in a million years, they literally abhor each other to the core. "Aish, enough both of you" Aunt Jeon rebuked nevertheless they kept scowling. "I miss you coming home for dinner you know" Jia interupped, that's the only way to make them stop anyway.

"I would have come if he wasn't home" Amber hissed snubbing all of us, they didn't cavil either, they are used to this. "If not my home then where the fuck do you think I'll be staying?" Jungkook barked, spilling the food from his mouth.

"Aish, why did I even start" Aunt Jeon murmured cramming her mouth with lettuce. "ENOUGH!! I am gonna fail you both in chemistry, just wait and watch" Jia screamed out of nowhere making us flinch. Ah this dinner is total chaos.

Eventually they stopped bickering once Jia threatened them, mainly because their grades are important to them, if not for them, it's really very important for their parents. Once we were done with the dinner, we decided to chat for a while in garden.

"You know what, we should go on a vacation" Mum stated in a serious tone. She is declaring or threatening? "What?" Eugene questioned in amazement, we haven't gone anywhere in a very long time.

"You know, it have been really tiring since the day Aerin has arrived and I think we should all go on a trip, like a small vacation" she explained walking around her small pots of plants which she adored more than her kids.

"Wow that's amazing, we should totally go on a vacation" Aria chimed.

"No we can't" uncle Jeon sighed.

"We have a conference with the other hospital" he declared.

"We can't go either....don't you remember? It's your friend's son's marriage next week" Dad says.

Well, so the plan is cancel before we even get to think about it. "You guys are really very boring you know that right" Jungkook protested. "I think we should let them go on a trip by themselves, they are mature enough don't you think?" Jia suggested. There goes my smart girl. They thought for a while before "I am gonna make arrangements for the trip" aunt Jeon beamed, she didn't even discuss with my parents.

After an another long discussion, our parents finally decided to send us alone. "You can call your friends as well, going with more people will be safe, Amber you are gonna join them as well" Dad ordered. "No, no uncle I can't, the marriage you mentioned earlier, I'll be attending it since dad couldn't go, thanks for the offer" He smiled while Jungkook scoffed loudly. Literally in his ears.

"It's settled then? I'll make arrangements and is tomorrow okay?" Aunt Jeon asked taking out a pad and a pen. "Yesss, it's more than ok-" "no wait, maybe day after tomorrow?" I interrupted Eugene.

They kept quiet and stared waiting for me to continue, "I am tired and I want to rest" I begin. "Yea, no problem, you need more rest" uncle Jeon approves. Great, I am gonna enjoy tomorrow, because I am gonna meet the one and only Vilina Hearst.

It was late so Jeon family and Amber were forced to sleep at our house. Uncle and Aunt Jeon were sleeping in the guestroom which is in the ground floor, Jia was sleeping in Aria's room and other two imbecile were sleeping in the terrace room.

I wonder how they'll divide the bed. Just when the lights turned off in the living room, I go upstairs to the terrace room, not to check on them but to speak with them about tomorrow. When I reached their room, I press my ear on the door, expecting to hear them bicker but all I could hear was sniffing and God knows what.

I opened the door and I couldn't believe what I was seeing, they are watching Crash landing on you in a big screen. I feel like I am back in the plane, I saunter in before scoffing at them, immature kids.

They switch it off, when I walk in front of them. "What..what are you doing here?" Amber asked while trying to not look into my eyes. "you should be sleeping" Jungkook accused. "I am gonna act like nothing happened" I offered to which they agreed, nodding their heads furiously.

"I want you both to come with me somewhere tomorrow" I started. "I thought you were gonna rest" Jungkook commented. "I lied, I have some work and I need your help" I argued. They quietly nodded without saying anything. "You may continue" I say before leaving. As soon as I leave they played the TV again, it's like they were actually waiting for me to get out, unbelievable

[Next day - 30 July/Sunday]

I left the house with Jungkook and Amber, "You didn't tell us where we are going though" Jungkook mentioned driving out of the gate. "To uncle young's house"  I quickly tell him the address. In the mean time I ask Amber to send all the videos taken by his spy to the given mail.

"Done" he spoke and that's when we entered uncle young's house. There were guards as usual and they let us in the moment they saw me. "Is your uncle a celebrity? Or are they also trying to kill him ?" Amber asked curiously. "Also?" Jungkook frowned.

"You'll know when we go in, have some patience boys" I gushed getting out of the car. "Hi babe" Noah beamed while hugging me. "Dad told me you were coming, as soon I heard I ran all the way here" he laughed spinning me around. Noah is uncle Young's only son and he was my classmate in school.

I introduced Noah to the boys who were now boring hole in his head, I can't even take them anywhere. "Let's go in, he is waiting for you" he jabbered dragging me in. "Yah! I am gonna fall if you keep dragging me" I gasped clumsily running behind him. "Ommmoooo is that Aerin!" Aunt young literally screamed running downstairs.

Uncle Young was my Dad's bestfriend, he used to visit me even after dad went missing. Even though he was his bestfriend, he had no idea where he had disappeared. They treated me the same after all the incidents happened in the past. After their daughters death, they moved back to korea, as Australia only bought them tons and tons of sorrows.

I became aunt young's favorite when I filled in her dead daughters place by baking cookies with her, styling each other's hair, watching dramas togethers and commenting on how bitchy our neighbors were.

"OMG!! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT AERIN WAS COMING" she shouted throwing her slippers over Noah. "Yah, stop it you guys, she is here for a meeting" uncle Young interrupted coming out of some room.

As soon as he came into view, I heard Jungkook and Amber gasp, Amber literally dropped the laptop. "Uncle young, as in the President of South korea?" Jungkook whispered. "Yup" I snickered.

"Aunt young, it's kind if important, I'll talk to you once I am done" I say when uncle young motions me to follow him. I did follow him to his office with Amber and Jungkook.

"I saw the videos and photos I got in mail from someone named Ambrose" he said and Jungkook almost laughed when he mentioned the name. "I didn't know you changed your name" I whisper to Amber who was busy glaring and cursing under his breath.

"This girl, she looks familiar" uncle Young says zooming in Vilina's pictures. I told him that she was the prime minister's daughter and he helped her from not getting arrested even after hiring people to kill some innocent girl.

"Chae won will be restless if she keeps roaming around freely like nothing happened. Don't you think chae won's mother deserves an explanation?" I question furiously. "I can't believe that bastard can use his position like this, this is disgusting" he yelled taking his phone.

Amber got questioned by uncle young on how he captured all of this, he replied saying that he got help from his dad's spy, then I got to know that his father was a Mafia leader, well that was a surprise. He didn't feel comfortable talking about his father, after some more questioning he asked us to go with him somewhere.

The next second I am in the car, going to the prime minister's house. When we reached their house, they didn't let us in until they saw uncle young's face. That was disrespectful by the way. Uncle young entered his house without knocking or anything, he ordered his guards to get vilina.

The moment she came out, his guards quickly captured her. "What are you doing to my daughter?!" Prime minister himself asks coming out of somewhere in a robe. "Can't you see? I am arresting her" uncle Young scoffed. She glares at me but all I do is smirk at her.

Rot in jail beautiful...

After getting her arrested, thanking uncle Young for his help, apologizing to aunt Young for not returning, I go back to my house. "Aren't you sad?" I asked Amber. "Why'd I be sad?" He frowned.

"I freaking got your friend arrested AMBROSE" I scoffed. "First of all don't call me that, and second She is not my friend, her boyfriend Kazuo is my friend" he muttered the last part alone.

"Whatever" I commented before yawning loudly, my mouth opened widely in the size of a cow's mouth. I felt like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders. My pretty shoulders.

"We are here, now get the fuck out" I heard Jungkook bark, making me flinch. That's when I realized I was sleeping, with my head on Amber's shoulder. We were in front of the campus, that's where Amber told Jungkook to drop him. He glared at Jungkook like always and looked back at me. I was waiting for him to say something but he did something unexpected.

AUTHOR'S P.o.v

After yawning for the millionth time, Aerin decided to just sleep. What was she doing last night is all Jungkook and Amber wondered. She had been calling uncle young's secretary and making an appointment for today. Her head kept falling from side to side, trying to sleep, Amber groaned before making her lean on his shoulder.

"Yah, I am driving for too long, don't you think we should switch?" Jungkook groaned, jealously over taking his body. "Nop" Amber snapped before moving her hair behind her ear. "Okay but stop touching her" Jungkook said through gritted teeth. "What if I don't?" Amber challenged making Jungkook's blood boil.

Jungkook badly wanted to stop the car but he can't because he was in a highway with trucks and cars around their car. "Stop it before I beat the shit out of you" jungkook barked. "Looks like you got a thing for her" Amber smirked.

He very well knew that Jungkook got a thing for her, he very well knew that Jungkook was falling for her but Amber doesn't want that. He certainly didn't.

"I don't think I'll let you win this time as well, as you see, I like her and I don't want you to take Aerin away from me just like how you took her away" Amber articulated. "And I pretty well know that you haven't told her about your past, about the girl you love and stole from me" he kept on talking until Jungkook interrupted saying "I didn't love her neither did I took her away from you"

"We are here, now get the fuck out" Jungkook fumed making Aerin conscious. She realized she was in campus and also realized that Amber's face was an inch close as she was leaning on his shoulder before.

She waited for Amber to say something or leave but he did something unwelcomed.

He kissed her. He kept kissing her for seconds until Jungkook grabbed him by his shirt and threw him out of the car. Before Aerin could even react they both started throwing punches on each other's faces.

"I am gonna break that fucking mouth of yours" Jungkook growled kicking Amber's stomach with his knees. "Yah!! What the fuck is wrong with you both?" Aerin finally asked them getting out of the car. "Hey!!" She screamed when they didn't stop.

Other students from the campus where slowly forming a crowd around them, none of them had the courage to stop them. "What's happening here?" Taehyung questioned when he saw Aerin In the crowd.

Aerin relaxed a bit when she saw Taehyung, "yah!! What the fuck are you both fighting for" Taehyung growled before going in between them. Out of nowhere, Jin, Suga and Min ho appeared and tried to pull them apart, they kept screaming and growling even after they were parted.

Aerin's P.o.v

"Oh why are they fighting"

"she must be the reason"

"let's not get into her bad side, she freaking got Vilina arrested" it's good to be back around these bitchy idiots.

"What's wrong with you, you aren't even healed yet from your heart surgery and you have the audacity to pick up a fight with him, are you out of your fucking mind" Jin yelled pulling Jungkook to one of the bench located in the side ways.

"Didn't you see, he didn't fight me, he barely touched me" Jungkook panted wiping the sweat from his forehead. "That's because he knew you aren't healed enough to get his kicks and punches" Suga boomed in annoyance.

I saw Amber sitting on the opposite bench when Taehyung cleared the crowd. He was pretty messed up, more than Jungkook, that's because he kept getting beaten.

I want to check up on him badly, Just when I was about to walk towards him and ask if he is okay, he got up and walked towards the dorm. He saw me coming but went inside without even saying anything.

All I wanted to do is check on him, he is acting like a douche bag again. But what about the kiss? I think I deserve an explanation. Maybe I'll get it later. And I hope he is okay.

When I get back to Jungkook, "your dad is gonna divorce you from being your dad if you keep acting like a gangster" Jin grunted slapping the back of his head.

"Ahh..hyung, don't tell him anything" he finally spoked. "I've already texted him" I lie in irritation. I lied because I am furious by the way he is acting. "Why'd you do that" he questions. "Can I ask the same" I fire back.

"I am gonna go up to my room, when I come back down, I need an explanation for fuck's sake" I scolded and entered the dorm building. I hear Jungkook's endless calling but I ignore them, I got no time for this.

When I reach my hallway which is all the way up in 5th floor, I pant really hard before walking to my room. I saw Amber, limping outside his room. "Hey!" I call before he enters his room. "Can you like go away?" Just when I was going near him, he sighed very loudly as if I was sucking his blood.

"How annoying" he said before closing the door with a loud thud right on my face. "ASSHOLE, YOU MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE, I HOPE YOU NEVER SLEEP, BITCH, I CAME ALL THE WAY HERE JUST TO CHECK UP ON YOU, INSTEAD OF BEING NICE TO ME YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO SLAM THE DOOR ON MY FACE. THE FUCK BITCH. JUST WAIT AND WATCH I AM GONNA MAKE YOU WALK NAKED IN THE CAMPUS. UNGRATEFUL COW!" I huff and turned around to go downstairs but my head slams on a rock hard chest of our dear Jungkook.

I groan before he could say something. "You didn't even ask me if I was ok and you went to him ?" He questioned in pure disbelief. I am the one who should be disbelieved.

Atleast he had his brothers around him to check every inch of his body, and on Amber's side? Minho was barely there, he was limping to his room alone without any support, I wonder where the fuck did Min ho disappear.

"Ofcourse you'd be okay, after all its him who got bashed not the other way around" I scoffed scanning his face. "Don't even try to speak with me, I am mad at you Jungkook" I argued dragging him downstairs. "What the hell are you gonna tell your dad? They'll cancel our trip do you know that?" I glare at him. He simply pouted and said nothing.

His lips and nose was covered in dried blood, his tshirt was torn, and a black eye is now slowly forming. Great. Our trip is totally canceled. Jungkook's parents are kind of overprotective over each and every single thing, I don't think Aunt Jeon will allow us if he showed up like this.

"You know what, let's go" I drag him back upstairs to the hallway where our rooms were. "Where? To Amber? Why?!" He kept blabbering. "Not to his room idiot" I groan pulling him to the girl's room. Lilah opened the door before I could even knock.

"Hey- woah what's wrong with your face?" She questions moving aside and letting us get in. "Ask him" I grunt tossing his hand and walking towards Lilah's closet. "Why are you being so rude? It's not like I did anything wrong" Jungkook groaned coming behind me.

"You starting a fight is what you did wrong!" I reply in incredulity. "He started it, if he didn't kiss you, I'd have not punched him on his face" he shouted. "Why the heck do you even care?! It's not like we are dating or anything, besides that I don't even know why he kissed me and for me you both are my friends, just friends nothing more" I screamed thinking over and over about why the hell they both kissing me around.

It's not like I've never seen Jungkook's endearment for me but I do not want to be in a relationship when I am being watched. I don't want them to hurt my people just because it'd hurt me.

From the day I was born, I've been living in danger let aside getting close to someone they'd use against me as my weakness. And I can't let that happen.

"Starting today, you are my girlfriend! You are mine. Do you understand that"

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