"dry leaves come down like tears. the wind blows and everything grows apart all day.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

like those falling dry leaves. this love, like dry leaves. never never fall. it's fading."

—

Jungkook notices the same girl he saw behind the till from that time he cane to the grocery store with Taehyung. The shy girl who doesn't make eye contact.

He read her name tag when he walks past, Valeria. He makes sure to smile at her.

Jungkook has noticed the girl around his university, doing construction work which made him want to stand on a chair and say, break those gender stereotypes!

Jungkook takes a lengthy drink from the bottle of Coke he brought from the store whilst taking out his phone, scrolling through and answering messages.

Group chat called: bULLETPROOF BOYS

Includes: Taehyung, Jimin, Hoseok, Jin, Jungkook.

From taetae:
who put candy cane in this group chat

From Jimmy jammy:
LOL I KNOW U LOVE SUCKING ON THOSE SO JOKES ON U

From Jungkook:
watch tae leave the group now

From hobi:
WHOS CANDY CANE NOW

From worldwide handsome:
Jiminnnnnnnnn

From hobi:
hiya jimin pal

From Jimmy jammy:
HIYA HOW ARE YOU

•

Group chat called: chim jimmy chim jammy 🦄🌸🎀💗

Includes: Jimin, Elianna, Jungkook.

From Jimmy jammy:
do we have homework?

From my booty call Elianna:
yes we do

From Jungkook:
we do??!!??

From my booty call Elianna:
nah I'm kidding

From Jimmy jammy:
curse you 😤

From my booty call Elianna:
too late honey

•

Group chat called: who tf made this

Includes: Jin, Elianna, Jimin, Taehyung, Hoseok, Shira, Jungkook.

From my booty call Elianna:
I'm so stressed someone shoot me

From Shira:
I VOLUNTEER

From Shira:
I mean ... oh why anna?

From taetae:
o what hast caused thy soul to be distressed

From Jimmy jammy:
shut up Shakespeare we get it you do english literature

From taetae:
FIGHT ME WHO ARE U EVEN

From hobi:
idk who u are jimin but I care about u bro

From Shira:
oh shit jin's online bye I'm going

From Jimmy jammy:
why you hating on my boy jin

From hoseok:
who what why

From Jungkook:
why is gamora

Jungkook sighs when he opens his emails to see nothing back from the numerous job applications he had applied for. It's hard finding a job and it's frustrating him.

Jungkook puts his phone away and brings his focus back to the streets that are teeming. He avoids bumping into people, swerving left and right and looks into the shops he walks past. Then, he stops outside of a retail store.

He holds his bottle with one hand, the other hand tucked into the front pocket of his denim jeans. How is she everywhere?

Jungkook looks into the store to see Elianna in a workers uniform. She's sorting out cardboard boxes with someone else he also recognises, Namjoon, the guy that was handing out leaflets. They work together and it makes Jungkook jubilant seeing the smile on her face.

Jungkook wants to go in, say hello but he decides not to.

He's never going to end up getting over his crush.

—

Jungkook is about to go home after an hour spent in the muffled library, he made colourful flash cards and tried not to dance to the music he was listening to.

He brought his dads car who didn't go to work today. His dad had mentioned several times to buy him a car but Jungkook walked more than drove (Tae's influence). Taehyung wasn't too overjoyed about driving instead of walking but still tagged along.

From dad:
Not at home. Be there in an hour or so I'm shopping

Jungkook unlocks the car, ready to go home and have a nap. That's until a certain individual comes up to him. His nap could wait.

It's Elianna and she comes up to Jungkook hastily. She seems to be shaking and Jungkook stops himself from holding her.

"Hey, do you have a cigarette?" She asks in a rushing manner.

Jungkook's eyebrows furrow, there's something wrong with her. "No, you know I don't smoke."

"Of course!" Elianna huffs and throws her hands in the air. "Why am I friends with people like you? People who don't even smoke. I just, I need one so bad and I can't stop shaking and I can't breathe properly-"

Calm down, leaves Jungkook's lips in a murmur. He holds the back of her body and wraps his hand around her feeble hand, trying to stop her from shaking so much.

"I haven't ate." Elianna stares down at the pavement. "I didn't sleep at all last night and I keep fucking shaking. I'm so weak. God I'm so-"

Jungkook squeezes her body. "Come on, come home with me."

"No it's okay. I'll be fine." She tries to move away.

Let me help you. Let me be here.

Jungkook opens the car door anyway, giving her a reassuring look which makes her get into the car. She holds her backpack.

Elianna sighs, sitting down and relaxing immediately in the seat. She looks around the car before her gaze lands on something more interesting. "There's a cigarette here!" Her voice is full of shock.

"It's my dads car. He used to smoke. I don't know if it's his."

Elianna takes it in her hands and he starts to drive. He hopes that she decides not to smoke the cigarette and she doesn't, she simply plays with it, in silence.

"Your parents don't care about you smoking, they don't mind?" Jungkook asks curiously. He doesn't know a lot about her, mainly because she doesn't open up.

"Do they?" Elianna scoffs and looks out of the window. "They care about themselves most of the time. They're divorced, so mom weekdays, dad weekend! Yay, how exciting!" The sarcasm of her words have a bitter tone. Broken homes caused by broken parents can have a bad influence on the children. He wishes he had the right words to reassure her, be there for her.

"I'm sorry I .. Elianna-"

Elianna puts the cigarette down and clasps her hands together. "Don't worry. They fucked up, just like me." I'm sure that's not the case. "Both cheated on each other and acted like they didn't know what the other was doing so whatever."

Thank you for opening up to me and trusting me.

Jungkook knows that Elianna keeps to herself so her opening up to him is a big step. He's glad.

Jungkook gulps, turning the steering wheel. "Yeah? Any siblings?"

"Yeah, two younger sisters and brother, hard to handle but I'm so glad they exist." Elianna smiles and Jungkook doesn't know why he's shocked. He didn't expect Elianna to be the oldest sibling. Her love for her siblings is evident.

Jungkook confesses. "I had an older twin brother and sister."

Elianna looks at him. "Had?"

"Yeah they ... passed away. Heart disease and cirrhosis." Jungkook stops at the traffic light and let's out a deep breath.

He doesn't talk a lot about his past siblings. He misses them more then he thought he did and he thinks about how different life would be if they were still alive. He misses them teasing him, ruffling his hair, painting with him, making him food, answering his curious annoying questions as a kid, so much. To make himself feel better, he tells himself and his distant dad (sometimes) that they're enjoying themselves in heaven right now.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what to say." Elianna looks like she wants to cry. "I'm not good with words. I'm really bad at this. I'm sorry."

Jungkook glances at the traffic light that's still red. A warning. Maybe it's another sign about Elianna but he ignores it, why is he over analysing everything?

He tucks Elianna's hair behind her ear, a soft smile on his lips. "That's okay, we're okay."

Jungkook comes to the conclusion that Elianna is a girl that needs saving but would rather not be saved by someone else.

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just in case you're having a bad day..

can we talk about booty call Elianna bc what a mood

I hope summer break has started wonderfully for all of you (if it hasn't started, I feel for you)

how we feeling about Elianna now by the way? what's going to happen for her and Jungkook?

I miss bts

thank you for reading !!!

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don't forget to check out my Taehyung texting fanfic called: Accidental Group Chat and my Min Yoongi fanfic called: Love Maze

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