❝𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈'𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐈'𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲❞

13th September 2021 

The Hill, BTS Apartment

The dishes clanked together as they washed them in silence until Jungkook spoke up again, "I noticed a lot about you." Chaeyoung inhaled slowly and shakenly awaiting what is to come.

"Yes, Chaeyoung you weren't the best-looking girl in our school, and I agree I wasn't the best-looking boy either," Jungkook said and Chaeyoung just silently listened, giving no reaction.

No nods, no 'hmm' just listening to Jungkook speak.

Jungkook continued, "I do not know how the word of your liking me came up but I did know that one day Dae Jung ran up to me to tell it. And not going to lie, you were one of the best friends I ever had, till then. When Dae Jung said you liked me, he was so happy, he was out of the rumour of dating you."

Chaeyoung silently kept the dish in the stand as she heard everything.

"I really liked you Chae, and not going to lie, but more than a friend, back then too. I liked your chubby cheeks, how you would smile at the simplest of things. But people changed my mind. At first, I only thought you said it. But the rumour spread and soon people were making fun of me. For like you," Jungkook said.

"Why? Because I was stupid?" Chaeyoung asked as her voice shook.

"People had this thought you were uncool, and I was in the cool squad a bit, for playing football and all. And people started saying shit about you which changed my mind, I let them take over me easily. Slowly a small part of my mind which used to say to not date you became louder until it was deafening me. Why do you think I became distant? I did to lose my feelings for you, to not remain your friend anymore," Jungkook said taking in a long breath.

"Why would you do that?" Chae whispered as she leaned on the counter.

Jungkook continued, "I needed to Chae. But you became clingy, you became more attracted to me, the more I tried to get away from you the closer you tried to get to me. And I will not lie Chaeyoung if I said you were obsessed with me. Weren't you? I remember you trying to watch me every day on the morning assembly, I remember our physical education classes where you watched me. You even tried to overhear my phone number once, when I was telling it to my other friend."

It was true, Chae was obsessed with him and that was wrong of her. She used to do all those that Jungkook just said and she even had Jungkook's number memorized. Why was she obsessed? She had no answer.

"And I creeped out Chae, I did not like your obsession. And I came to notice one more thing. You wanted to become thinner, and therefore you ate less. I knew all the times you would always politely refuse food you love a lot. All this just to get thinner, and that too for me, not for yourself. And I did not like it." Jungkook said.

"I did become obsessed," Chaeyoung said, "and I know that. It was wrong, I know."

"So yes, two things got me to not like you anymore, one was that people didn't like you and the second was your obsession with me. Now you can tell me why do people's thoughts matter so much. It doesn't, now. But back then it did. You have to understand I was a teenager, with a naïve mind and raw emotions. Anyways people started making fun of me for liking you as I said, and thus it led me to not want to like you anymore. And like I said I wanted to get distant, but you clung on. Now, I know it would probably have been for the best. But then I didn't. And then your obsession creeped me out." Jungkook exhaled deeply after saying this.

"It was a question of truth and dare," Chaeyoung said finally telling her part of the story.

"I was asked by Dasom and others which boy in nine A did I like the most. From the beginning of our class, we were pretty great friends and since they asked, I said you without thinking much. And they started making fun of me saying I liked you. If you remember Jeon, two days earlier the day I was asked you had landed a ball on my back and I had held you by the collar." Chaeyoung said.

Jungkook laughed at that memory and Chaeyoung did too, that was truly iconic. They giggled heartily as Jungkook said, "You were a kinky woman."

"No, I was not. I became kinky and dirty at fifteen, I was fourteen in ninth grade, and I held you by your collar just like that. Well to be honest you were a thin fucker who couldn't defend himself," Chaeyoung smirked.

"No," Jungkook said as he took some soap and threw it to Chaeyoung. "Hey," Chae said as he giggled and she took some more soap and rubbed it on Jungkook's nose.

This soon turned into a very messy soap fight as Jungkook tried to run away and Chaeyoung tried to catch him. Unfortunately, they both slipped and landed butt-down on the floor.

"Ow," they groaned simultaneously.

"We got deviated from the topic," Jungkook sighed and Chaeyoung added, "And messed up the kitchen, Jin Oppa will kill us."

"Let's clean up while you tell me the rest," Jungkook proposed as they both got up to clean.

"Yeah so anyways, Dae Jung heard about the truth question and I suppose he let you know. You said you would reject me. At that time I couldn't care less and laughed it off. Unless some days. I had a toxic trait back then, I fell for people I had rumours with. And the rumour spread, it spread largely." Chae said.

"And the small crush I had on you, became greater, unknowingly, and at one point I wanted you and felt like I couldn't live without you," Chaeyoung said as Jungkook stared at her blankly.

Okay, one part of the explanation is done, another part is left. I swear y'all are getting bored aren't you? Double update because I love y'all.