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IT WAS SURPRISING how much of this drive he had remembered, not knowing how close the two facilities were to each other. even though he knows her connections allowed her to pull some strings, even this was a bit surprising to him.

the woman's correction facility sign came into view, and jungkook took the exit off the highway. "damn." he said, looking at the property from the passenger side window.

it still looked like a prison, with the fence and barbed wire and all that nice stuff. the part that gave it away as a more 'privileged' people got to have during their sentence, was mainly the seemingly regular cut grass surrounding the newly installed basketball courts and pool. it had something to do with encouraging healthy exercise during incarceration. jungkook thought it was dumb.

he locked his car and made his way to the front where security was, emptying his pockets into a bin and showing his i.d to gain access.

"who are you here to visit?" the woman behind the glass asked him. she was printing out a visitor sticker for him and checking his i.d.

"uh kim seohyun." jungkook said, his palms resting on the counter and awkwardly tapping.

the woman nodded and slid a sticker and his i.d back through the small opening, which he took and stuck to the front of his t-shirt. she picked up a phone and starting talking, only pausing to point to the right, "head on through that door." she told him.

jungkook just nodded and thanked her, walking through the door and seeing a waiting room. this facility was different, visiting hours were a lot longer then other places and the visiting rooms weren't separating people and prisoners by a sheet of glass.

the ravenette was standing in a decent sized room, others also waiting and some already sitting. there were a few guards standing around the room, guts out over their belts and eyes looking like they were ready to fall asleep. jungkook found an empty table, they all only seated two, and he pulled the chair out.

visitation started at noon. he had five minutes to collect his thoughts and not vomit across the gross tiled floors.

those minutes seemed to go by really fast, because there was a buzzer sound and one of the metal doors unlocked. another security came walking in with a trail of woman behind him, all in the same beige outfits.

they looked around and everyone found their visitors, mostly family members or partners. jungkook stood up and awkwardly smiled when he made eye contact with seohyun.

it was evident how cautious she was, walking over slowly. jungkook only sat down once she did. "hey." he said.

"hi." she replied.

she looked different, and jungkook could only remember her looking this natural a long time ago. her bare face and still flawless skin, a nice cream color that looked so pale against dark eyes and equally dark hair. it was weird to see her like this, not the way he has been when she's all done up and glamorous — it was the way he liked to remember her, when they lived together like a normal couple.

"what are you doing here?" she broke him away from his memories.

jungkook cleared his throat and awkwardly shifted in his seat. "i wanted to see you of course." he said. "i think we need to talk."

seohyun frowned, obviously not as convinced with this act, "don't be ridiculous, i'm the last person you'd want to see."

"i like your hair like that," he said, a light smile was on his lips. it was a genuine one. "when it's straight and just sitting naturally like that." he was still looking at her, and his words seemed to have some affect on her. seohyun reached up to push some her hair behind her ear, "what did you want to talk about?"

jungkook cleared his throat again, it was a nervous habit, usually when he hasn't planned what he wanted to say just yet. "i've been thinking too much, and i can't seem to get you out of my thoughts. it's been bothering me and i know it shouldn't because you moved on-"

"so have you." seohyun cut him off, "you've clearly found someone jungkook."

"but where am i right now?" he said. there was an earnesty in his eyes, a tone in his voice that had her actually considering what he was saying. this wasn't the cold and emotionless jungkook that she had seen him turn into, not the one obsessed with perfecting plans and being too absorbed in the thrill of a heist. this was the jungkook that she knew before all that, before they both become the people they were today. it was a wake up call.

"sunwoo came to see me." jungkook said, after that silence and seeing that there wasn't going to be any questioning coming from her end after his remark.

seohyun sat up some more, "what did he say? what did he want? is he going to come visit?" there were so many questions at once, and the ravenette just help his hand up and chuckled. "calm down. he just told me that the guys were coming over saturday night to watch the game. he's going to call tomorrow."

anyone that's been by jungkooks side and had enough of his trust learned these things, the small hints and codes that were dropped when he didn't want the truth to come out to those around him. seohyun even knew this, and hearing it had her heart beat raising and eyes widening for a second before she calmed a bit. "um, okay uh," she paused and tried to think, it's been too long. no words were coming to her.

"hey," he smiled and reached over to take her hand from across the table, "he just wanted to let you know that they weren't going to use your mothers china." that one wasn't a code, it just gave him a reason to verbally tell her to stop looking like she was about to have a panic attack.

seohyun would be lying if she tried to deny the stir in her stomach, the rush in her veins at hearing this man talk to her like this again — like it was the two of them before everything went to shit, before she left. she didn't realize she missed this, the codes and the thrill, and she left it all for money.

"now come here." jungkook stood up and leaned across the table, beckoning her closer until their lips touched. it was quick, and t was covered up so nicely. the bobby pin was pushed into her mouth so smoothly that no one would have noticed.

"hey, separate." one of the security guards stepped forward and addressed the kissing couple.

jungkook pulled away and licked his lips, watching as seohyun pushed in the chair and nodded, "uh, it was good seeing you." she said. her cheeks pink and lips matching as well.

"no problem." the ravenette said, standing there as the other prisoners said their goodbyes and they were ushered back out by the security guards.

it was ten minutes too long before jungkook was back in his car and putting a mint into his mouth. his phone had several missed calls and a few texts from namjoon telling him to get his butt over to the warehouse.

he just sighed, and turned his phone off. there was nothing he wanted to deal with right now, it would be so much easier to just disappear sometimes — but life wasn't that easy, and people weren't that lucky. so the young male simply started the car, and drove away from the facility, leaving one problem behind just to head towards a new one.

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