nineteen. ── .✦ [ 1 ]
do you remember? the heat of summer? we said forever.
what do you do when you cant recognise the boy that stands in front of you? the boy you one knew so well, a little too well?
what does he do when cant recognise the girl that stands in front of him? the girl he once knew so well, a little too well?
what happens when you are at crossroads?
pairings: fuckboy!jk x reader ༯ genre: college au, fwb???, angst, smut, fluff
warnings/tags: the story shifts from past to present with different timelines mentioned, strong language, explicit content, sexual innuendoes, substance abuse, mentions of cyber crime, there are many characters each of who are/will become imp in the the story at some point, everyone becomes an asshole, everyone is toxic asf, jungkook is a hypocritical piece of shit, cheating, tons of misunderstandings, miscommunications, depictions of and discussions about mental health (depression, anxiety, sa), college hookup culture, parties, arguments, physical fights, everyone is having a hard time, lost college students, ANGST.
a/n: its finally here. hope you enjoy <3
series masterlist - preview, the beginning, a trip and denial, kim taehyung’s epic party….and its consequences. crying, shaking, throwing up. we're living on prayers.
i. the beginning, a trip and denial.
everyone knew jeon jungkook.
the genius. the all-rounder.
even though he graduated from the school of drinking and partying, jungkook was a disgustingly handsome boy who was the topper of his class, the topper of the university, the captain and striker of the football team. notorious among the professors, coaches, the faculty, jungkook hardly ever studied. which was not a surprise to the professors since he was hardly ever at class. most of the time he would get accused of cheating because how does someone who is never seen to study still manage to top, in one of the most competitive programmes? but the accusation would lay to rest every time he was asked impromptu questions on the spot by the professors and he would answer with ease, even if he was hungover.
everyone knew jeon jungkook.
the charmer. the flirt. the epitome of heartbreak.
being good at studies never stopped jungkook from drinking and partying and the girls. known among the student body, jungkook was the guy everyone either wanted to be with or be. after he enrolled in the university, within two weeks he became a name amongst the faculty and the students. with a face as pretty as that and a brain as sharp as that, he could persuade anyone. his game seasons would be filled with cheerleaders and the crowd screaming his name, oftentimes ending with one of the girls from the cheerleading squad ending up with him at the celebration party.
he was that guy. always had been, always would be.
to say you were not surprised would be an understatement. you had known him for 4 years and in those 4 years you knew a lot. but that never stopped you from having a sour taste on your tongue, every time you saw him going around the campus, the girls in his arms, parading around, like they bagged a trophy. you knew you didn't have the right to have a 'sour taste'. not when he wasn't yours by any means. even if he's told you he was.
eighteen.
when you felt a sting in your lower lips and the taste of iron sat on your tongue, you realized you had been biting your lips. a dull ache in your chest followed by what you figured was jealousy swirled as you turned around and excused yourself, not before letting jungkook see you. you didn't see him fully but you could swear you saw his eyes glint when he saw you, but that didn't stop him from leaning down and grazing his nose along the ear of the girl he was with, making her giggle.
"having fun, y/n?" ara passed you a plastic cup, which you took with all the enthusiasm you could muster up. "yeah" you chuckled humorlessly. giving a knowing smile at your response, she nudged you, eyes focused on something behind you. "looks like someone's looking for you."
you turned around as your breath hitched a little. he wore a black silk shirt paired with black jeans. hair messy and sitting on his neck were the redish-purple bruises that you gave him 4 hours back, when you rode him in your robe while he clicked your pictures. a smile graced your face automatically, at him or the hickeys, you didn't know.
he pulled you by your waist, body flush against his, as you felt your breast press against his chest, the thin material of the dress you wore and his shirt not helping. "i missed you," he murmured, "you've been biting your lips."
"you saw me a few hours ago, kook." you steadied yourself, hands pressed against his chest. "i missed my girl" he said, voice low but you could still hear him through the blaring music.
his tongue swiped across your bottom lip, doing a double over your fresh cut as a sting shot through. he pulled your lips between his teeth and sucked on it, maintaining eye contact for a few seconds before pulling you in for an actual kiss while his hands held your waist rubbing his thumbs in a circular motion.
"i'll see you in a bit, yeah?" he said, mouth next to your ear. pressing a kiss on your right cheek, he left. and just like that, you forgot that he was the reason you were lying to everyone. yourself and him included.
"hi babe" raya hugged you from behind, before settling herself in front of you. "joon was looking for you." you said, a knowing smile on your face as raya's face turned a bright shade of red. "you should just tell him, you know? i mean judging by the way he's always looking for you, man's not gonna reject you."
"you know what? at this point, maybe i will." she stated with the kind of frustration that comes only when you can't contain yourself anymore. you laughed at the way her face changed. "yeah? while you're at it, tell that asshole to bring me my headphones back." raya chuckled, remembering your banter with him after he stole your headphones and refused to give them back. as you shoved a fry in your mouth, you felt your phone vibrate from your pocket.
koo <3: u free tonight?
you: no have plans :(
koo <3: oh w?
you: wouldnt you like to know
koo <3: cmon im jst asking
you: taeyeon
koo <3: yk i fuck u better right
you: are you serious rn?
koo <3: whenre u meeting him
you: oh my god jungkook
koo <3: ykw forget i asked. have fun.
you groaned lowly, rubbing your face. who did he think he was, telling you what to do and what not to after he walked around campus proudly knowing his reputation? after he encouraged the girls lined up for him to be there? guided by pure frustration, you decided, you would fuck taeyeon. till before your conversation with jungkook, you weren’t really planning on having sex. the study for the mid-sem test you had the next day inflated your mind, so you planned on leaving early. but he was cute, you heard he had a big dick and you didn’t really care.
you put on the lip gloss and checked yourself in the mirror. the notification on your phone indicated that taeyeon was waiting. putting your heels on, you grabbed your keys and made your way out.
the flowy black dress that you wore, had been sitting in your closet for the longest time. most of the times, when you're out with jungkook, you go with pants, jeans or shorts, knowing fully well that a dress would not help you on the back of his ducati. so you thought to yourself that at least this way you get to wear the dress.
"wow" taeyeon breathed as you walked towards him. the minute your eyes shifted from him, your eyes scrunched before your face morphed into a frown. maybe the dress was a bad choice after all. there stood taeyeon, next to his bike. but he wasn't alone, you caught the sight of a couple of guys, whom you recognized were from your campus. and amongst them, you saw him.
"hey, i'm so sorry i forgot to inform you, but the guys wanted to go to the club. so i figured we could go there as well." taeyeon said, sensing your frown. you smiled and walked up to him, placing a peck on his cheek.
from the corner of your eyes, you could see jungkook poking his cheek with his tongue, eyes staring right back at you. "uh, how do i get on tho?" you asked, looking at his seat.
"y/n can come with me." you heard that oh, so, familiar, voice. "you have to pick up some stuff too, right taeyeon? i don't think y/n can sit with all that." he continued.
"yeah, he's right. y/n do you mind? i’ll have to take a detour to my place and it'd be a problem for you to sit with the stuff here." taeyeon said, eyes apologetic.
"that's fine." you smiled sweetly at him, although you felt anything but that.
you made your way towards jungkook, who leaned smugly against his bike. "i guess you're back to me afterall." he said, low enough to not let anyone else hear him, the smirk not leaving his face.
you rolled your eyes and got on his bike, legs either side with your dress scrunched up in the middle. jungkook handed you a stole which you recognized as yours that you used to wrap around his neck when he was sick and still riding his bike.
"why did you bring this?" you asked, taking the stole from his hand.
"knew you'd need it."
before you could speak he grabbed your hands and wrapped it around his torso making you lean on him due to the high seat of his bike. a familiar feeling hit you when he revved up the engine followed by that familiar disappointment of knowing how many girls have done this.
you really were ruining yourself.
as the wind hit you, you felt free. you always did. jungkook knew how much you loved the bike rides. he started taking you on them more after he learned about your love for rush and thrill. halfway through the ride you realised that you were not on the way to the club but to a different direction. a road you knew too well.
"where are we going?" you asked, voice loud so that he could hear you. when you didn't hear him back you drew his name out "jungkook."
"shh." he said, holding your wrists and pulling you more towards him.
he parked his bike next to a tree and then intertwined your fingers together. you liked to think you had the both of you all figured out but times like these, when he acted as if you're the only girl he looked at, as if he wasn't fucking some other girl a few hours back. but your thoughts were proven wrong every time.
he wrapped his arms around your torso and rested his chin on your shoulder, your back pressed against his front as he walked you both towards the edge of the park, tiny twinkling lights of the entire city in front of you. "what are you doing, kook?" you whispered , but he heard it anyway.
you felt his breath on your neck. "you know, i hate how you run away from me." you could scoff at the irony, but you didn't want to ruin the comfortable environment. "why do you hate it? i'm always there." you said lowly.
"i know, baby. so am i. always there for you. always will be." he replied, leaving out the answer to your first question.
you felt a small pang in your chest, not sure if it was jealousy or disappointment, or maybe something different altogether but before you could say anything jungkook turned you around and pulled you in for a kiss.
times like these, you wondered if he meant all his promises.
he turned you around to your previous position, leaning to leave wet kisses down your neck. his hands traveled the expanse of your chest, one hand catching the hold of a breast while the other reached down to cup your sex. "tsk, so wet." his hand went further down as he pushed your panties aside and drew a long line on your wet slit. "you were gonna sit with these soaked panties behind him?" he asked lowly, voice dropping several octaves. "answer me."
"yeah" your breath hitched
"yeah?" he pinched your clit, as a loud groan left your throat. he pushed two of his finger inside, slowly dragging then in and out. your hands reached up to his hair, pulling the roots and he continued to suck on your neck. "you like it?" he asked.
"mm want more."
"such a dirty little slut." his finger picked up its pace as you pressed your thighs together. "for you. just for you." you said, voice sound nothing more than a breath.
as you felt your climax hitting you, your body fell limp on him backwards. he caught you, wrapping his hand around your waist, the other one still inside your clit, fingers deep in. you both looked towards the city, wishing you could stay like this forever.
"just for me." he said, thumbs circling your clit as you closed your eyes, the pang in your chest back again.
what were you doing, you didn’t know anymore.
you both went back shortly after. you got down his bike, the slick feeling inside your thighs making you feel uncomfortable. he gave you a smile, bunny teeths popping out, hair messy and your underwear peeking out his back pocket. you hands reached out to fix his hair as he closed his eyes and leaning in to your touch.
"i'll see you in a bit, yeah?"
except you didn't. when you went back to your apartment. when you scrolled through your phone, snap stories of his friends, where you saw him with some girl on his lap as she giggled. you knew you were not going to see him in a bit. you would, but that would be somewhere around 4 in the morning, when he would knock too loudly at your door, drunk. his friends would tell you he gave your address. you would usher him inside quickly, hoping not to wake the neighbours up.
he would smell of some cheap sweet perfume, the smell would make you want to vomit. he would guide himself to your room, take out his clothes from your closet and put them on. settle himself between your covers and pull you on his lap. kiss you like his life depended on it. sneak his hands under your shirt, playing with your breasts and you would sit on his lap, leaning backwards on him. he would tell you how much he missed you.
you knew it all to well. it was a routine. he was your habit just as much as you were his.
and you would wonder how you reached this place.
"you know tae's lakehouse, right?" ara shoved a spoonful of cheesecake. "the one where he was chased naked around?" you cocked your eyebrow, a little intrigued by where she was going with it.
"yeah, that one," she chuckled. "he's going there and wants us to come. his cousin is visiting, and he thought it would be a fun trip."
"roadtrip?"
"yeah, but don't worry, we're taking cars. i am definitely not letting you ride on a motorcycle with kook all the way," she said, like a mother forbidding her child from something. "who said anything about riding with him?" you said a little defensively.
"no one did, yet. but everyone knows he'd want you to and you would happily comply"
you shrugged, trying not to think much about it as you continued digging your cheesecake. "when's this? the trip, i mean."
"i don't know," she shrugged.
"i need to go shopping." you concluded standing up. "huh?" ara asked, looking up at you, a spoon halfway through her mouth.
"if it's a lakehouse, it has a lake," you stated. "yeah, no shit, sherlock," she said. rolling your eyes, you continued, "that means i'll probably decide to jump in it. so, i need some nice bikinis."
"are you kidding me? it’ll be deadass cold." ara said, trying to talk you out of your plan.
"and that's the fun part!!!" you dragged your voice. "let's go."
-
let's escape💨🏕🌪✨️🎊
tae added you
yoongs: seriously dude? another gc?
jinnie: yea bro we already have one
raya: ??????
tae: no. shut up. this is for the trip
chim: oh cmon. we dek when we’re going
tae: we're leaving this friday. now you know
you: this friday?
rhea: you mean tomorrow?
tae: yup
sol: wow nice heads up tae
tae: why thank you <3
tae: now. we need cars
jinnie: yea im not giving mine
yoongs: +1
you: we can take taes car and hobi?
hobi: yea okay we can take mine
iiliya: two cars will be enough?
ara: whats happening
joon: we can take aras car
ara: woah hold up. take where
koo <3: to the lakehouse
ara: whos driving?
tae: we dk yet
koo <3: i can drive
chim: yea i can drive too
hobi: yoongi hyung?
yoongs: yea okay ill drive
aeri: so how many cars are going?
joon: three is enough ig
aeri: and whos going w who?
tae: yall pick
ara: joon, jimin, me, raya and y/n can go in one car
tae: sol, me, yoongi hyung and hobi hyung can go in one
jinnie: then rhea, aera, me, iiliya and kook in one
tae: its settled then. we all meet by the spot at 5:30 and then leave
you: 5:30? am??
tae: uh huh
rhea: kim taehyung are u kidding me???? u couldnt tell us this a few days ago?
iiliya: taehyung we are leaving in 11hrs?
tae: exactly. we'll have fun guys cheer up. im gonna go sleep
yoongs: fuck off dude.
-
you woke up to the sound of your blaring alarm. after taehyung dropped the bomb about leaving at 5 in the morning you had to sit down with your suitcase and packed for almost 6 hours, taking so many breaks in the middle that you honestly lost count. finally, when you were done packing, you checked your messages to get reminded that you had to submit your assignment on monday and since you would be at the lakehouse during the weekend, you sat down and did your assignment, only to get interrupted halfway by jungkook.
then you spent the next thirty minutes talking to him for him to end up knocking at your door at 1 in the morning. you rode him for almost an hour, he edged you three times, ate you out lazily while tears spilled from the corner of your eyes. needless to say, you barely finished your assignment and got two hours of sleep.
resting on your elbows, you looked over to see jungkook peacefully sleeping. the chill december breeze entered through the curtains, sky still dark outside. your fingers traced his cheeks and then cupped them. he leaned towards your hand as a low groan left his throat.
"hey, get up," you whispered. "five minutes," he mumbled, grabbing your hands and pulling them over his waist, nuzzling his head in the crook of your neck. "we need to leave, kook."
your fingers threaded through his locks. "then let's be late." you felt the vibration of his voice on your neck as you sighed.
"we can't. tae will be very mad. they can't leave till we go."
“fucking kim taehyung.” he mumbled. "i hate that we're going in different cars." finally opening his eyes. you smiled at him, followed by a peck. "let's go, come on."
by the time you both reached the campus everyone was already there. "wow took you guys long enough. what were you doing?" namjoon asked you. "oh, i left my jacket at hers last time, so i went to pick it up."
"you could've survived with other jackets, kook," iiliya said, walking up to him and then hooking her hand over his.
"it keeps me warm." he bent to her height and whispered. "i could help with that," she whispered back. jungkook licked his lips and replied with a "mm yea." you rolled your eyes, almost gagging at that, before walking up to raya and wrapping an arm around her.
"okay, since everyone is here, let's go." taehyung pumped his fist in the air and then ran over to one of the cars.
the entirety of the ride was spent by jamming to songs, the guys racing with each other, you shifting places to drive once in a while and then racing again. jungkook had texted you once "i wish we were in the same car :(((". you decided you would reply later but ended up forgetting. somewhere along the road you and jungkook got in a car race, with everyone taking sides and cheering you on, som from the windows, some from the backseat. all three cars made a pit stop at a gas station, where you and ara bought a bunch of snacks. you got yourself a cowboy hat which you thought was cute and matched your brown baggy pants and beige tube top.
"hey, y/n. go ask joon if he wants any snacks." yoongi pointed his hands towards the place where the cars were. you walked towards their car but stopped yourself before you could be seen. there was jungkook in the driver's seat with iiliya on his lap, both of them having an intense makeout session as his hands roamed all over her.
you traced your steps back, walking around the car towards the entrance of the gas station. it was around 7 in the morning, the sky painting a hue of orange and yellow with a speck of blue, the sun letting everyone know it’s making it’s way. a chill sent your spine, the cold breeze causing goosebumps on your skin peeking under the stole you had wrapped around earlier. the empty fields front of you, opposite the roads filled up with fog as you stared at them lost in your own thoughts. you didn't know what you were doing with jungkook anymore. it was not like you guys were in a relationship. you were free to sleep with anyone if you wanted to. so what was the problem? you didn't know.
“hey y/n, lets go” raya called back from behind. you turned around to see the guys making their ways towards their respective cars. you noticed how some of them switched places, jungkook now in the driver's seat of the car you were in. you decided not to look at him directly, asking ara to switch seats with you, then settling in the seat behind the driver’s seat.
fifteen.
you hated covid, to say the least. staying in your home all day, not seeing your friends or anyone for a matter of fact, you hated it. everything was online and as much as you liked not having to get up at 6 in the morning for school, you sure as hell didn’t like staying in your house for this long. what was supposed to be a two week vacation was now months counting.
“y/n, can you hear me?” your mentors' voice echoed from your laptop, breaking you out from your thoughts. you hurriedly replied a yes before double checking if your mic was off or not. you were currently in a zoom meeting with your mentor and few other students you didn’t recognise. she had told you something about adding you to the group study with kids from different batch because it was getting difficult for her to juggle all the zoom meeting, so you guessed these were the people.
she introduced you to the class, then asked everyone else to introduce themselves as well. one by one everyone gave a quick intro after yours. rhea, you recogised amongst them, as her parents were a family friend of yours. you never really liked her much and you could sense that she shared the same feeling towards you but both of you were civil because of your parents.
while the introduction was going on, you could see a room in one of the tiles and a boy far away from the screen looking out the window. you couldn’t see his face but you saw a head with bowl cut hair. “jungkook, get back here and introduce yourself.” you mentors voice came through. the boy shuffled towards the screen, before settling down. “i was trying to see something, sorry” he reason before his attention turned towards you.
“hey, i’m jungkook.”
he is going to grow into his features when he gets older you thought.
eighteen.
"finally" you heard ara huff loudly as you opened your eyes. you didnt realise when you dosed off. you looked out the window to see it was dark outside. the car drove through a huge metal gate and the house came into view. to say that it was beautiful would be an understatement. it had a modern yet traditional structure, a black accent to it with lighter colours complementing it here and there. and it was huge. mansion would be the correct term. if it looked like that at night, you couldn’t wait to look at it in the morning.
all of you stood in front of the main door, like children admiring a castle. the air was cold, wind from the lake and the mountains behind it made a chill run through your spine. a warm jacket was soon wrapped around your shoulder. you expected it was jungkook's but then realized it was a different scent. you knew how jungkook smelled and this was not it. you turned sideways "oh, thanks tae."
"saw you shivering." he winked and then pushed you inside.
the interior was nothing but marvelous. you stared at the huge painting in front of you as you entered through the gate. two stairs descended from the sides, leading you to the second floor. a big chandelier hung in the middle of the foyer, golden lights illuminating throughout the place. taehyung put an arm around your shoulder "cool, isn't it?"
"cool? it’s fucking gorgeous."
"wait till you see the lake." both of you walked towards the back of the house, excusing yourself through the hustle of your friends. you gasped as the lake came into view. you couldn't see the end but a huge mountain range surrounded the entire house and the lake, though all you saw was the pitch-black outline. the sky was full of stars and the rustling of the leaves could be heard along with water?
"is there a waterfall here?" jungkook asked, wrapping his arms around your shoulder and pulling you to himself, taehyung’s hand falling in the process. "yeah. there's one nearby."
"let's go there," sol yelled somewhere from behind before running after jin.
before you could open your mouth to agree, deciding you wanted to go there then and there, jungkook put his hand over your mouth, making your voice muffled in the process and dragged you away. “shush not now.”
entering the mansion you figured you would go a chose a room for yourself while you still had the time. everyone was busy looking around and you took it as an opportunity to make your way to the second floor, where the bedrooms were. you marveled at each room before settling yourself in the one farthest away from all.
it was situated towards the backside of the mansion, giving you a view of the mountain range and the lake. it was the month of december, so the cold winter wind and the calmness of the surrounding gave you a sense of peace you never found in the city. you loved the city by all means, you strived in chaos, you thrived for it. but at the end of the day, you would not disagree that a part of you wished you had a little peace in your life when you went back home. the huge mountain range, its pitch black outline, the stars scattered all across the sky, the stillness of the water, the faint trickling of the water from the fall, the chill of the weather, it brought you that sense of peace. a peace you didn’t find anywhere else.
putting on a cardigan, you walked towards the balcony and pulled out a cigarette hoping to enjoy a minute alone before you would dive back into the chaos of your friends. you were two puffs in when you heard someone knock on your door.
“hey,” stood there jungkook, leaning on the door frame, smiling. “hi kook” you smiled back.
“you’re smoking without me? i thought i was your smoking buddy” he made a dramatic huff, lips turning to a pout. you tiptoed on you feet, reaching to his height and pecking his lips. “of course you are, baby.” the smile was back on his face, as he gladly bent down to kiss both sides of your cheeks followed by a kiss on the forehead and peck on the lips. “are you sharing with anyone or is it just you?” he said entering the room and taking the cigarette from your hand before drawing a puff. “wow” he breathed at the view. “I know right.” you said, taking “definitey not sharing.”
both of you stood in the balcony, smoking and looking at the view. “does that mean i can fuck you with this view in the background?”
you gave him a side-eye, “oh come on, it’s romantic.” he said, defending himself.
“since when do we do romantic?” you raised an eyebrow at him, half-joking, half-curious to see where this was going. “since we have this gorgeous view to look at.” he shrugged. you nodded you head a little, part of slightly disappointed cause you thought you would get a different answer.
“hey guys, get down here. jungkook come and help us set the fireplace up.” you heard a voice yell, before you looked down to see jimin staring up at you two. “oh shit, yeah” jungkook said, “i actually came up here to call you. you need to stop distracting me”
“i-” he cut you off, not letting you finish as he pulled you back in the room, pecking your lips again then dragging you out.
the campfire was set up, with namjoon and jimin carrying more logs. all of you sat in foldable chairs in a circle. jin, yoongi, and hobi were standing by the barbecue grill and although there were chairs, sol and taehyung cuddled in one, while you and ara cuddled in one.
“hey tae? get your butt off and come help us.” jimin said while pretending to throw a log at him. sol pecked taehyung on the cheeks as he huffed before dragging himself off the chair.
“there are my girls," raya said in a singy-songy way, half drunk from all the beer she was chugging then proceeded to throw herself on the both of you, causing you to almost fall.
you sat close to the fire, letting its warmth sink into your legs while you sipped the whiskey in your hand. your fingers were numb from the cold, but the heat helped. you saw the backdoor of the mansion opening. there was a laughter, soft at first then got louder. jungkook stepped out, jacket half zipped, his hair falling messily across his forehead. iiliya followed behind him, giggling as she said something. he leaned down whispering back, to get hit on his arm by her lightly, as she pretending to be annoyed.
"hey, tae? when's your cousin coming?" namjoon asked, breaking you out of your daze. "tomorrow. i was thinking of throwing a party." taheyung said, plopping a piece of pork in his mouth, earning a flick from yoongi. "here?" ara asked, her face giving up the shock.
"yeah? if not here then where dumbass?"
"dude, we need to clean the mess too. you do realize that right?" jimin said.
"yeah, but that doesn't stop us from partying, right?" jungkook said, dropping himself next to you. he didn’t say anything for a while. just sat there, fingers circling on your knee, smelling faintly of whiskey. “missed me?” he leaned in, whispering. you pretended not hear it as you focused on the flames in front of you. he sighed as he wrapped an arm around you and settled comfortably.
a few protests were made here and there, before taehyung “put his foot down” and said that the party was happening. he made a big speech about how you had the mansion to yourself and how much of an epic party it would be there. everyone eventually gave in and all of you sat in a circle. the night continued with all of you playing drinking games. the fire had burned low, glowing deep orange, shadows flickering across tired faces. the cold had settled in fully after a while, biting at any bit of skin left uncovered, but no one seemed to care enough to go inside. the air was thick with the smell of smoke, meat, and alcohol.
jin and rhea sat a little away from the fire, wrapped in the same blanket, their legs tangled together. she was talking softly about something only he could hear, her head tucked into his shoulder. every now and then he’d smile down at her, pressing a kiss to her hair. taehyung and sol were closer to the flames, half asleep, barely saying anything. the glow caught on her eyelashes every time she blinked, and he kept brushing his thumb over her hand. jimin and namjoon were still half-arguing, half-laughing, their words slurring together as they tried to decide if they were playing another round of something or giving up. namjoon spilled a bit of his drink and cursed, which only made jimin laugh harder until he dropped his too.
you stayed near the fire, watching the wood crumble into embers. jungkook was still beside you, his head now on your shoulder as he was pressed against you. he tilted his head back, eyes on the stars, the firelight catching on his jaw for a second before fading again.
from somewhere behind you came a burst of laughter, which you figured was hobi, followed by aera’s voice telling him to quiet down. the hum of the waterfall was low and steady, and the lake reflected the dim light of the fire. some had dozed off in one of the chairs, the faint hum of a phone speaker still playing a song. two others were by the dock, feet in the water, whispering about nothing important.
the bottles were empty, their glass catching the first streaks of pale light. the sky had started to shift, soft pink bleeding into the gray horizon. the waterfall sounded louder now, clearer, as if the world was stretching awake with them. the fire finally gave one last spark before sinking into ash, leaving them under a sky that was slowly turning gold.
you stretched your limbs, a satisfying moan leaving your mouth as you wrapped the blanket around you tightly.
"there, there. don't get too comfortable." jungkook whispered next you, to which you sent him a glare. he got up, tearing the blanket off of you. he disappeared for a second before coming back and handing you one of his jacket. "i don't need it." you hissed, pulling your blanket back.
he sighed, taking the blanket anyways. "don't act childish, y/n."
"childish? i'm acting childish?? just let me be jungkook." you said, giving up. he groaned as you walked away and then proceeded to follow you inside. "come on. don't be like that, baby." you ignored him, continuing to walk up the stairs till you reached your room. "don't do that jungkook." you sat at the bed, the back of your eyes stinging, sleep threatening to take over any minute now.
"hey, guys?" jimin peeked inside the room, looking at you two. "am i interrupting anything?"
"no, chim. jungkook was just leaving," you said, eyes still trained on jungkook. "oh. i just came to be sure if this room is taken.`` jimin continued, definitely not sensing the mood between you two.
“yeah, i took it," you said, finally looking at jimin. "cool. and you?" he directed the question to jungkook. a loud groan left him as he looked at you one last time before rubbing his face and walking out of the room, shoulder bumping with jimin on the way.
"did something happen?" jimin asked, to which you groaned instead, falling on the mattress.
fifteen.
a part of you was glad online classes were done, you finally could step out of the house and see people in person. you climbed up the final flight of stairs, breath huffing as you entered the room of where your group studies were held. greeting your mentor, you settled in one of the chairs of the round table. you had been doing online sessions with the other batch but you didn't know anyone and you weren’t that eager to make new friends either.
one of the chairs were taken by rhea who greeted you with a smile. you smiled back, looking around to see if anyone else was there. it was going to be a while till everyone came in so you made small talk with her. you didn't know her that well, only meeting her here and there for family gatherings. as you two talked, you learned that her cousin was also a part of this study group. and that he had a girlfriend who was her best friend. she said that apparently you knew the girl so you wondered who.
one by one everyone started coming in, filling up the chairs. only two people were left when your mentor asked rhea how long it was going to be till her brother came in. before she could reply, you heard sounds of laughter coming from two people from behind the door till one of the heads peeked in.
him.
“sorry, we’re late.” the girl behind him chirped, before her eyes settled on you. you realised that you did know this girl and rhea’s cousin was jungkook. once they settled, you mentors started with the session, giving out notes. you were pretty far behind since you never learned with this batch. you tried to jot down as much as you could, but kept getting distracted with the continuous giggling. the girl, hana, and jungkook, played with each others feet under the table. you met rhea’s gaze, both of you rolling your eyes to what was going on in front of you. soon the session was over and you were added to a group chat with your mentor. she told everyone about the upcoming assignment before asking you to take any of the previous notes which you didnt have from one of the students.
when you went back home, you scrolled through the list of recipients, settling on jungkook’s name. after a long contemplation of whether you should text him or not, you finally did,
you: hey, i’m y/n. i was wondering if you could send me the notes?
the message was delivered and you let it be at that. two hours passed by, and you thought that maybe it was a bad idea. you got in your own thoughts wondering if you shouldn’t have texted him. but at the same time, all you did was ask for notes, it wasnt that big of a deal, right? your thoughts were interrupted by the ding of your phone.
jungkook: hey. sure
sent attachments
you: thanks
you reviewed the notes, one by one, writing everything down. it took you almost two hours to finish them, with coffee breaks in between. with your finals coming in, you didn’t have the time to slack off. around, 2 in the morning, you were finally done. as you exited the attachments, you saw there was another message.
jungkook: so, you’re new here? how come i’ve never seen you
and just like that you found yourself replying.
ii. kim taehyung’s epic party….and its consequences.
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