three days ago;

it was a cold dark night and as usual, jungkook was returning home from his late night work. the number of cases have been piling up and going hard on him and that was why jungkook was a little off today. a few hours back, he had decided on dropping by a stall to have a few glasses of soju and this eventually committed to his wobbly steps now. walking zig-zaggedly back home, he stumbled over some rocks a few times but nevertheless, he managed to make it back to his level.

"open up, ppal-li open up the door", cried jungkook as he pounded hard onto the wooden structure. he was drunk and he wasn't in his right mind and thus, he even fished out his pen and started carving onto the door shortly after.

help me

that was what he had written on it and sliding down onto the ground, jungkook sniffed in his tears as he leaned against the door sadly.

all along, lee dahae was actually standing behind her door, watching him behind her peephole. she was disheartened by how the officer had presented himself and as his cries soon grew louder and louder, she eventually unlocked her door and supported him in.

"noona, what's all the noise about?"

unexpectedly, this commotion woke daebak up too and rushing over to dahae's side, he helped her in bringing the tall figure into their living room, before lying him down properly onto their sofa.

"he has got fever", muttered dahae and wanting to go to the kitchen to get him a cold towel, she however, felt a tug on her arm.

"help me", said jungkook feebly,

"i don't want to be left alone anymore. i can't cope with everything all by myself. i need support, i need my family, i need my friends, i need u..."

daebak shrieked in delight when he saw how jungkook was holding onto his noona's hands and immediately climbing onto dahae's back, he whispered into her ears,

"noona, help him. woori officer jeon needs our help,"
"jinjja?"
"jinjja,"

present;

"and so that was how everything happened,"

sitting by the cackling fire, dahae explained to jungkook,

"as i am a freelance writer, it wasn't tough on me to write up a draft or the story on how this whole plan was actually going to work. the main challenge however, was trying to figure out who to assist me in carrying out this plan. but fortunately, i was able to catch your mum dropping by the next day,"

"woori eomma?", jungkook's eyes widened in shock.

"yeah", dahae nodded her head,

"she understood that you couldn't find the time to return to busan to visit her and so, she came down personally to see you,"
"then why didn't i get to see her in the end?"

"because she wanted to be a part of my plan", dahae paused and flicking her head towards a certain direction for jungkook to look at, it soon revealed a slender lady in her mid forties entering the room.

"eomma!", exclaimed jungkook as soon as he recognised her and waiting no more, he ran forward and brought her into a warm and affectionate hug.

"kookie-ah", his mother cooed and ruffling onto the soft hair of her son, she smiled brightly,

"happy birthday woori a-deul-ah,"
"gomawoyo eomma,"

as soon as the reunion took place, everyone else then gathered around them. jungkook's mum first took a picture with him; bangtan came in for a group shot subsequently after and then, followed by officer wang and jinyoung.

when all was done, jungkook was planning on spending more time with his mum when she then elbowed him on his arm.

"a-deul-ah, what about the girl and her cute little brother?"

jungkook's eyes flickered over to dahae who was standing still, holding onto daebak in front of him. his cheeks turned red when his mum and the gang then started pushing him to go forward. he too, saw dahae stiffening up when he began heading towards her and making way for the two, daebak cheekily released his noona's hand and scrambled off to hoseok's side. his eyes glistened with joy when he then saw jungkook pushing dahae up against the wall, boxing her in with his arms.

after which, he leaned over her, causing dahae to feel her heart racing faster and faster.

"i've got my family and friends now all thanks to you but still, i'm missing one more thing,"

jungkook brushed his thumb over dahae's lips, sending a pleasant shiver down her back,

"you,"

and with that being said, he finally pressed his lips against hers.

help me!!!!!, and that was exactly what dahae was screaming in her mind at that point in time.

the end

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thank you so much to all who have been reading this story!!! i'm sorry if it didn't turned out the way you've expected it to be but nevertheless, gomawoyo!!! (: