A couple of days had passed and you've notice how Hazel's been distancing herself.

Sometimes when you'd find her and Aimen together but when you'd join them, she'd find an excuse to leave.

You've tried texting her too but all you got were one answer responds or nothing at all.

It was clear that this had something to do with Jungkook.

"I'll try talking to her." Aimen assures you. "I'm sure she'll come around. If she doesn't, then she's  crazy."

You let out a sigh. And here you thought you'd finish the semester with less drama.

"You look tired. Did something happen?"

"You'll never believe what happened last night."

"What?"

"Mrs Jeon came over to our place last night and ended up having an argument with my mom."

"Do you know why?"

"She didn't like the idea of my family moving. That's no reason to start argument though." You run your fingers through your hair, staring at nothing in particular. "In my eighteen years of existence, that's the first I've ever seen them argue."

"Wow. Now where have I seen that behavior before?" Aimen comments, earning a knowing glance from you.

"I think I understand where Mrs Jeon's coming from. I mean your mom's been with her since forever and maybe she expected it'd stay that way. It's hard to be away from your best friend." She tells you. "It's the same reason why we agreed to go to the same university after this."

You can only nod your head and then check the time on your phone.

Class ended an hour ago and you've been in the convenience store with Aimen for the last thirty minutes.

"Shoot. I've got sixteen missed calls from my mom." Aimen quickly grabs her bag, giving you a hug. "I got to go. Call me when you get home. If I don't answer, it means I'm grounded. I'll see you tomorrow."

And just like that, she bolts out the store.

The second you got home, you were on babysitting duty. Apparently Mrs Jeon received an urgent call from work and since Jungkook's still at basketball practice, babysitter isn't answering her calls, you're the only person she can call on such short notice.

And the money that was supposed to go to the babysitter, will go to you. Surprisingly.

After watching Mrs Jeon drive off, you close the door and make your way to the living room. You set Jaeden on the carpeted floor, surrounding him with toys.

He starts crying, reaching his baby hands out to you.

"Look Jaeden. It's a pink muscley rabbit." You say with a slightly high pitched tone, attempting to distract the baby with an odd plushie with abs. "It's gonna eat your tummy."

You vibrate it against his stomach while making quick chu chu chu noises, successfully squeezing a laugh out of him. He grabs on to the doll and presses it against his face.

The way his eyes momentarily close tells you he's sleepy but trying to stay awake. Grabbing the bottle Mrs Jeon prepared before she left, you swoop the baby from the floor to rest him on the couch with you beside him.

You give him his bottle, watching his fingers eagerly holding it. It doesn't take that long before he falls asleep. After gently laying him on his crib, you collapse on the couch and release a puff of air.

Now what?

You don't have any pending homeworks. You could start studying for that quiz in a few days but you're too lazy to do that.

With this mindset, you'll end up cramming the night before like always.

Your phone lights up, indicating a text message.

Hi Y/nnnn :)))) wyd???
- Jimin

You remember giving Jimin your phone number sometime back for that one school group project. That was last semester.

Hello?? Y/nnn???
- Jimin

U busy?? :(((
- Jimin

Dis rven ur number or?.... :(((
- Jimin

It's mine. Sup.
- You

Sheeeshhhh
- Jimin

There she is. What took you so long to reply??? U busy??
- Jimin

Nope. Just babysitting Jaeden.
- You

Right right. I forgot tho. Which brother is dat???
- Jimin

The baby Jimin.
- You

Ohhh
- Jimin

I wish I was a baby. So you could babysit me. :')))
- Jimin

You roll your eyes.

Jk jk HAHAHA. I'm not bothering you tho right? Cause I can stop if you want :')))
- Jimin

It's fine. Jaeden's sleeping and I could use a distraction
- You

I'm just some toy to you aren't I? 😰😰
- Jimin

Jk ksjsksjsksjs
- Jimin

The front door opens and Jungkook shows up in the living room. He dumps his duffel bag on the side and checks on his brother, throwing you a cursory glance.

"Can I wake him up?"

"I just put him to sleep." At your words, he takes back his reaching fingers, visibly pouting,

When he sees you comfortably propping your feet up, laying in a landscape position while looking at your phone, he raises a questioning eyebrow.

Sighing, he takes his jacket off and tosses it on a couch before taking the extra space on the end of your foot.

Instinctively, you bend your knee away from him and have it rest on the back cushion of the couch.

"Jimin's planning to ask you out before graduation." He suddenly says, observing your reaction.

When you don't say anything, he pats your leg with the back of his hand. "Don't ignore me when I'm talking to you."

You slightly tilt your phone to the side to glare at him. Honestly, you're surprised but the news is not enough to squeeze a reaction from you.

"Good for me I guess." You murmur in an indifferent tone. "Hey!"

You quickly sit up when he snatches your phone. "What's wrong with you? Give that back!"

As if to remind you that you two aren't the only one here, Jungkook eyes the crib with the sleeping baby before meeting your irritated gaze again.

He catches a glimpse of your phone screen and responds with a clenched jaw.  "Don't tell me you're actually considering going out with him? You barely even know him."

"And you care about that, why? Now give it back."

The way his face couldn't get even more judgmental."Are you crazy?"

Your head's starting to heat up. He's one to talk.

He sleeps around recklessly with people he barely knows, yet he hypocritically preaches about behaviors that he doesn't even follow himself.

"Who I go out with doesn't concern you, you know. You've never heard me complain about the people you were with so what gives you the right—"

"Y/n." The way he says your name is as if he's warning you to be careful with your words.

This is insane.

"You know, I wasn't considering it at first. Because like you said, I barely know him. But with the way you're acting, maybe I might if it means I get to piss you off even more."

"You don't want to do this, Y/n."

"Yeah? Well, try me. Oh, another thing. You told me you liked me, right? But this isn't it. You're just infatuated, okay? Infatuated. What you're feeling right now? I promise you, it won't last. I've been with you long enough to know that. So stop wasting your time and just go back to ignoring me for god's sake. Cause you're annoying the crap out of me."

The little cry coming from the crib intercepts and you get up to attend to him. Any attempt to get him back to sleep by patting his back goes out the window and you end up carrying him instead, gently rocking him to sleep.

He calms down eventually but you can still hear his silent sobs.

"Here give him to me." Without waiting for your response, he takes Jaeden away from your grasp and heads upstairs without saying a word.

Sighing, you pick up your phone only to widen your eyes at what you see.

🖕🖕🖕🖕
- You

???
- Jimin

😅 did I say something wrong?
- Jimin

Sorry Jimin. Jungkook had my phone and is being an ass.
- You

Ahh. That explains it. I guess kinda crossed the line too. 😅
- Jimin

Mhh?
- You

So uhm...
- Jimin

I'm just saying this in case you haven't noticed but the guy likes you. And I don't mean the short term 'like'.
- Jimin

I mean the liiikkkeee you kind.
- Jimin

Tbh, I kinda brought up asking you out just to see his reaction and I kid you not, he was sooo pissed. Never seen him react that way before..I really thought I was done for 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨
- Jimin