Chapter 7: I doubt
Me: "Don't you think, Jiminie, you just left Hobie alone with him, and that is riskier? Earlier it was just the nose."
Rii:"Hyeong, donGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"
Is she finally getting crazy?
Hoseok is injured. Rii is preparing for mental hospital, Tae gets struck inside a room, what a bunch of people I live with. But, even so, I smile. When I look at the time, it's already half past noon. Jin has successfully saved his food from burning, and now serving it on the table.
"What the heck does she mean by this emoji?" Curiously I turned to Jungkook, who is typing a text.
"Are you texting Rii?" I ask, hiding the obvious smile on my face.
"Forget it, she is....ahh, so weird."
"Yes, she is."
The two of us entered the kitchen to help Jin serve the lunch. After a while, Tae also joined the table freshly showered.
"What about those three?"
"It's Namjoon's duty to feed them, I don't care." Jin looks still angry on Namjoon. Well, his superpowers are chaotic.
"Ah, we don't have to visit office today," the second youngest showed the text on his screen from our managers' group chat. So, Bang-nim had to leave for an urgent meeting in Japan. That's a good news, a new business deal. WINGS has really shot up our business partners. But, that also means our next album has to be better than before, we cannot let ARMYs down.
"Hyeong?"
Jungkook hands me the chopsticks when I raise my eyebrows at him. I could've done it myself. The four of us have our lunch peacefully, except Taehyung's sudden idea to go shopping with Jungkook. It's not only the shopping, they'll also go to the arcade. Because I clearly remember spying on Rii because of Jin worrying for her who was in turn spying on them since they did not take her. And that's how I wasted a weekend. (Min Yoongi's Tragic Weekend folktales where he could have slept instead #1)
Rii's school gets over at 14:10. Then she has her club activities or cleaning duties, and she reaches home by five. Hmm. What are the possibilities?
"What are you thinking, Yoongi?" Jin asks. I face his back as he was washing the dishes now. From the side, I see the maknaes going to their rooms.
"Nothing much," I see Jungkook fidgeting with the door handle, and then our eyes meet with a tight lipped frown on his face, "I'll come back in a minute and help you with the dishes."
His face did not change, instead I followed him inside their room. He wanted to speak, but closed his mouth; contemplating whether to say it or not.
"So, you noticed, huh?" Jungkook gets up jolting.
"You also did right? Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
My voice came out deeper than usual, "I could not figure out if you noticed it or not."
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[Back to school]
No remarkable moments occur for the rest of the day except me being interrogated by Ms. Han for not attending her lecture. I was dozing off in the last Geography lecture, so really could not hear what was happening. I tried to focus on sensei who told us about a new student joining from tomorrow. Oh, a seatmate, huh? Noice, I am done with Jik anyways (that was rude, Rii).
Soon, the last bell rings and my energy level revives instantaneously, but when I look in front, sensei was still not done. Ahh, no, I want to go back home...jebal. Jik was glancing at me when I notice him. But he turns away, hiding his face, what's wrong with him now?
"YAH!" I yell loud in mid-streets because there was seriously something wrong with him. When we left from school, he was behaving normal with his other friends, but, he avoided me. Plus I also need the English curriculum details that I missed, and that's the reason I'm following him now. I was walking behind him at first, but he increased his paces and now I am running so that he doesn't get away.
"JIK, If I don't GET a good DAMN reason for you to ignore me, I am THROWING THE WATER bottle on your HEAD."
"You CAN'T be SERious," he yells back after turning to my direction, and sweat dropped noticing the bottle in my hand, "You are attempting a murder, PUT that bottle down."
A cheeky grin appears on my face as I do the same and catch up with him. He hid his face again.
"I am sorry."
"What? WHAT?" That just came out of nowhere, why is he apologizing?
"About what happened before....." I blink in doubt, but a slight tint of redness on his cheek came into view due to embarrassment.
"(-__-) Are you Serious?" I question him the same way he did before, "Aish, don't worry about it. It was mainly the guard who misinterpreted it. I hate those type of persons anyway. "I scowled deeply in disgust. "So, since you said sorry, can I have the English curriculum now?"
He sighs dramatically and takes out his notebook, "Just don't attempt another murder."
"If I do, please get in jail for me." It was a light joke, but Jik returned a glare which made me stop laughing abruptly, "You know the proverb 'Curiosity got the cat'?"
"Please do NOT compare me with a CAT at least,"
We departed shortly after that, but not before Jik questioning why I was carrying the blazer to my home instead of putting it in the locker. I wanted to say I received a paper bomb and was not risking my life opening the locker again , but I know he'd just laugh on the stupidity. Instead, I insulted his handwriting on his notebook to quickly avoid the topic.
As I was walking towards the dorm, I take out my phone which has switched off by now, I am sure. The glass sheet on top of the screen has acquired a crack. (T^T) My life is hell. Thankfully, it was working properly when I turned on the power.
I notice I was standing at the same neighborhood where I noticed the second stalker. It was unusually quiet. There's someone behind me.
But when I turn back, not a single soul was on the road. It's so quiet. The thought that the stalker is following me today as well worried me more. I don't know if it's the same girl from school. I grip the blazer in hand tight, and tread as fast as possible to our dorm building.
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It was half past seven when we boarded the elevator of our dorm building. Rii must be home by now, so we can't let her know we've gone to the arcade. Shopping was a hoax though, have you ever seen two guys going shopping together? I look at the younger boy beside me who was fixing his hair.
It is not like that we did not shop, Kookie has bought a scarf which is really not needed in the summer months, but he said that he'd be preserving it for winter fashion. So, I had to let him buy. He would have bought that even if I forbid him, when does he actually listens to us?
"Hey!!" I was taken aback when Kookie exclaimed as soon as the elevator door opened. Rii stood there in front with her mobile phone. Now, we're dead. But on the contrary, she did not ask anything except, "Did you see Suga hyeong down?"
Both of us answered in denial after we came out of the elevator.
"Are you going somewhere?"
"Yea, to change the screen cover, it got a crack here, see."
"Hah, that's what you get when you diss me."
But the two did not reply, instead Jungkook asks her if he can go with her. It's just a screen cover, she can go and do it by herself. Why does he look so overly-concerned? Rii did not seem to notice, and informed us that it is okay since Yoongi-hyeong is going with her. So, that's why she was asking about him before. But, still again, she can do it herself no?
"Right, where were you two all the time?" 😨😨Sheet, now it comes.
"Ah...hahaha, Jungkook, I guess Yoongi-hyeong might be waiting for her downstairs...Rii, don't make him wait," I say as hurriedly I push Kookie towards our dorm. There's no way she must know that we've been to the arcade.
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An hour later, I heard the entrance door blew open. And I immediately calculate that's Rii. With the velocity she threw open the door, she's coming to get me. I AM SUED. Namjoon-hyeong looked at me with large eyes.
"Hyung, YOU WENT TO THE ARCADE AGAIN, RIGHT?" She shouted loud as she opened the door to our room. If Jin-hyeong knows about me and Jungkook visiting the arcade second time this week, I'll be spanked since I am older.
"I'll explain, but please calm down first." I tried to reason with her, and dragged her by arm to her room.
"Why did not I know about this? You could have waited for me to get back home."
"I was. I was. But you see, you had to go and fix your screen."
"Don't change the topic."
"Ahahah....Sorry?"
"..........."
"We'll go together to buy Shonen Jump next time." It helped since it did spark her interest.
"And when is the next time coming?"
"Tomorrow? After your school gets over?"
She looked towards the ceiling, "Okay, I'll ditch my cleaning duty just to get Shonen Jump. If you dare...," she squinted her eyebrows. "I dare not."
"Good." She nodded up an down, and let a smile in excitement. Does it really have that much impact on her? Well, at least I did not get divine punishment like last time.
"That's more like you..."
"Heh?"
"You looked a bit dull earlier. I thought something might have happened in school." Ah, why am I mentioning it now?
And it ruined the mood, because she let out that small laugh when she wants to avoid a topic.
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"Rii...is everything okay in school?"
"Yea!"
"You exclaim when you try to hide something, I know that very well."
Aish, since when does he notice these?
"Man, everything is fine, classes are going on as usual, I hate Ms. Kim's history lecture though, I missed one class of English because of you being locked inside like the letter I recei-"
"What?"
Sheet, how can I slip that out?
"You mentioned a letter..."
"What? No.."
"I am sure, GUYSSSS! RII HAS RECEIVED HER FIRST LOVE LETTER." He exclaimed before I could even stop him.
"WHOT?? NO!"
But, Taehyung has already disappeared into the hallway closing and opening one door after another informing everyone about the letter. How the hell does it turns like this??
One minute later, everyone has arrived in front of the couch except Suga-hyeong though, who has gone to his studio after dropping me off. I bet if he was here he would not believe this nonsense.
"Sooo, who is this lucky guy?" Hobie-hyeong began.
"Hobie, you should not poke your nose in her personal matters."
"Ouch, that's rude, Jin."
"At least I was not the reason his nose is like this now." Namjoon hyeong thought it's better not to reply to a salty Jin-eomma, so for the rest of the time. he remained quiet.
"Is this guy better looking than me?" Jimin asked next, but I just glared at him to shut up.
"Guys, let me tell you. I still haven't opened the letter. And I didn't bring it back with me as well." All of them groaned in sync except Jungkook though who looked at everyone amusingly, but at least what relieved me was that they believed it. I did not lie though. It was Taehyung who made it up as a freaking 'love letter'.
"You are an idiot, you know." I say to him after everyone left for their respective rooms except the maknae line.
"What the heck?"
"Yes, you are," Kookie shrugged as he typed something on his mobile.
"Not you too."
"I am going back to my room."
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