I. Autumn and Winter

𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚎: 1𝚜𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑, 2019

Jungkook P.O.V 
Seoul, South Korea

There is not a day when the streets of Seoul will not be crowded. Every corner of the city seems to live in their way. Sometimes it makes him wonder if they are as alive as the people around him.

Do they also tell each other about the people they have seen at midnight with nothing but street lights on? Or do they also want to choke someone when they are too annoying? 

And the crowd on the streets of Seoul didn't even bother Jungkook as there was a time when he had used this crowd to hide from those petty bullies from his high school who find too much joy in making his life miserable. 

There was a time when Jungkook had hidden in the ocean of people and prayed under his breath to not get caught. Because he knows the time he gets caught he was done for.

But today is not the day where Jungkook finds himself grateful to the crowds. Beca

"Fuck!" Jungkook yelled as he passed through the crowd of people who seemed to give him weird looks but he didn't care. As he is used to them giving him any type of look. 

“Excuse me!” 

“Side please!” 

“I am sorry!” 

"I am so Late!" He cried internally. Why did he not sleep at that time?! Why did he have to do all the assignments in one night? Why was he so stubborn?! If he had superpowers then jungkook would like to whack the head of past jungkook for not sleeping in time. Sweat was rolling at the side of his face.

“Please god! Let me reach university before the time! I will not drink too much coffee! I promise!” If there were any gods then Jungkook was sure that they would listen to him. He sped up his speed when he looked at the green countdown on the traffic lights. 

“Oh you are not serious!” he cried when he saw the number 8 on the countdown. They can’t be serious. He is late for god sake! Why can’t he arrive at his university without any problem?! He stops himself at the side path when the green light turns red. He crouched down a little to catch a breath. 

His nerves are all over the place. He stands up after calming himself down. Wiping the sweat from his forehead he stared at the red light countdown which showed 59 seconds. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath so he wouldn't break down there. 

“It’s fine jungkook. You will get there on time,” he whispers to himself. 

He cheered happily when the light turned green again. Adjusting the cap on his head and tightening the strap of his backpack he prepared himself for running when he saw an old man "a rat hybrid" he thought,  at his side walking on the road too.

The old man's pace was very slower than any person on the road and he is sure that it’s gonna take more than one minute for him to cross the road. 

He bites his lips, considering if he should help the old man. He checked his watch and saw 9:45 am glaring at him and it would take more than ten minutes before he got late for his first lecture.

He again stared at the old man who didn’t even cover half of the road. The people around him were running fast towards the other side of the road before the light turned red again. 

Sighing to himself he made his way towards the man who was walking on his humming happily as if he was not in the middle of the road. And Jungkook knows if he doesn't cross at the right time then someone will probably hit him with their car and then blame the poor old man for not getting out of their way in time. 

“Nice weather, isn’t it?” Jungkook said he matched his pace with the old man. He was standing to the right of the man so he could cover the man from any injury. 

The man stared at me with surprise before smiling happily. Eyes crinkling in the small moon and thin lips stretching into a big smile. Little black ears perking up in curiosity much to jungkook amusement. He had read somewhere in the books that the tail and ears of a hybrid like to work in their accordance. It's like they explore the world on their own. 

“Oh! Yes. It's very nice weather.” the man answered as he focused his attention on the road again. His tail swung happily behind him, as they found something very Lovely. The little tail suddenly looked in Jungkook's direction and for some moments he thought that the tail could stare at him even though it didn't have eyes. 

“Even though I am more of a winter person. My wife likes march!” the man said, all unbothered from his tail action as it's a daily thing. 

Jungkook gave the tail a last glance before giving his full attention to the man and he finds himself smiling too, as he notices the change of tone from cheerful to fond of the man. It’s really cute. 

“Is that so?” 

“Mhm! She likes March, even though I didn't know why but she loves this month. Well not more than me but you get the point right?” 

Jungkook laughed when the man smiled cheekily at him. He noticed how the cars around them had stopped and everyone was giving them nasty or annoying glare but he chose to ignore it. 

“Yes, I understand. So where is she now?” Jungkook asked out of curiosity. 

He noticed how the man smiled and got a little sad and he get confused did he ask something wrong-

“She passed away a year ago.” the man said sadly. 

Jungkook widened his eyes in horror. Fuck. he asked the wrong thing. He was about to apologize when he noticed that they had already crossed the road and were now standing at the side of the road. 

The old man patted his shoulder lightly and smiled with gratitude. 

“Thank you son.” the man said. 

“Oh! It’s fine sir! And i am sorry for asking that question."  Jungkook said as he bowed a whole ninety degrees. 

The man shakes his head as patted Jungkook's head. 

“Aigoo. Such a polite young man! And it’s fine! You didn’t know, plus she. The man pointed at his heart. “ is always here with me. Safely tucked from everyone.” 

Jungkook finds himself cooing. It’s so sweet to see someone being so devoted to someone. The man reminds him of his parents who are cute too. He finds himself smiling at the mention of his parents. 

“Ah, Look at the time I had to visit her and wifey doesn't like latecomers. I think I should go-” the man said, as looked at his watch and widened his eyes in surprise. 

“Wait, sir!” Jungkook stops the man who just gave him a confused smile, his tail peeking from his back as they also want to know what is happening before stopping himself.

Jungkook hurriedly took out his wallet and took out some money before tucking the wallet inside his pocket again. He turned toward the man and offered the money to him. The man frowned.

“What-”

“Please accept them.” 

The man frowned harder at him and more at the money in his hand.

“I am sorry but I think you got the wrong idea-.” 

“Please accept it, sir. You called me son! So you had to buy flowers from my place to give them to your wife." Jungkook said earnestly. 

The man's eyes seemed to soften as he understood the intention of jungkook. The man smiles softly. 

“You don’t have to.” the man said again. 

“I insist,” Jungkook said as he took the man's wrinkled hand in his hands softly and put the money in his hands. The man chuckled and patted his hands and said: “ bless you, son.” 

Jungkook smiled widely at the man before taking the step back. He didn’t feel bad for giving the money to the man, as he saved them from buying the coffee from the new coffee shop near his college. But the other man doesn’t have to know. Coffee can wait. 

“I have to go. Please take care of yourself,” he said as he bowed again and started running towards his college. The man yelled his goodbye behind him but he didn’t turn and continued running. Wearing a big smile on his face and his heart thumping in his chest happily. 

That’s why he didn’t notice a black SUV car being parked on the same side of the road. And it would have been normal if the car was not parked for some minutes. The window of the car was tinted black so no one saw the man sitting on the backside of the car. The man was staring at the jungkook blurry figure with keen eyes. 

“Should we go now sir?” the driver said from the front. 

The man hummed absentmindedly. Eyes still on the path where Jungkook had gone. He smirked to himself when he noticed how a completely strange man he didn’t even know occupied his mind like they knew each other for so long. 

He looked at the front where the driver was still waiting for his order to get going, he glanced again at the previous road before sighing and relaxing on the seat. A smile still playing on his lips as he thought about the little scene playing in front of him just a few minutes ago.

He closed his eyes and pictured the young man who was dressed in black from head to toe helping the old rat hybrid. Not caring as they were walking on the road where the signal had turned green for the cars and someone would have run over them if they had not seen the black SUV on the road. 

“Yes, please,” he murmured. 

{ TO BE CONTINUE: }

Author Note:
Ooh! Here we are with the first chapter! So what're your thoughts?
Who was the man?
Will jungkook be able to reach university at right time?

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