Soulmate Slapped! (BTS ff JJK)

Chapter 17

"Jungkook asked who gets the next date with you and we thought a game would make it fun. We usually play Rock, Paper, Scissors or Cham Cham Cham or others, but we thought a new game would be fun. Pick your favorite stuffed animal, and whoever owns it gets the next date." Jimin explained.

As Jimin explained the game, all the boys walked in to watch. Jungkook was there too, but he was hanging in the back. He knew he couldn't win this game because Cooky wasn't even on the couch. But he wanted to stay and watch her reaction to their characters. He wasn't even going to think about the fact that she would go on another date at the end of the game. He had really lost his mind last night when he saw the pictures of Joonie and Sun-Hee. He knew he WAY overreacted. He was going to try not to do that this time.

"So each one of these stuffed animals belongs to one of you?" Sun-Hee inquired. 

Tae said "Yes. Just pick the one you like best."

She picked up the first one, a blue Koala bear with a purple nose. "This one has a sweet face. He looks sleepy. I've always wanted to visit Australia where Koala bears live. What's his name?"

"That's Koya." Tae told her.

"I really like him." She put Koya down and picked up the next one. "The little worried cloud is really sweet."

"Yah! She did not call RJ a cloud! My son is an alpaca!" Jin was indignant. 

Sun-Hee patted the llama on the head. "Sorry RJ, of course you are not a soft fluffy white cloud, clearly not. I think I know who you belong to, he gave himself away." Jin made a sad face as she set RJ back on the couch.

"Wow, this one is so cheerful." It was a purple horse with a blue head and a pink heart shaped nose. "This one just makes me happy. What is his name?"

Several of the men said, "Mang."

"I knew he was cheerful, even his name means 'hope'." 

Next she picked up a giant heart head with blue polka dotted pajamas. "I've never seen a stuffed animal like this before. It has such character. Look at it's little yellow mouth. I have no idea what it is but he's really cute. Name?"

"Tata. He's an alien." Tae said with a beaming smile.

"Well, he is very cute." Sun-Hee winked at Tae. She thought she had figured out who owned Tata.

Next she picked up a little yellow puppy. She turned to Jimin. "From the phone store! Remember?! This one was sold out!"

Jimin nodded and smiled, "I remember."

"He's so cuuute! Look at his face! I love his little tongue! What is his name?" 

A couple of them responded. "Chimmy."

"Well, he is high on the list, he is very cute." Jimin beamed.

She reached for the last one, "Oh my goodness, look at this one! It is a surly little hamburger patty!"

Yoongi protested, "He isn't a hamburger patty, he is a cookie! His name is Shooky! Arghh."

Sun-Hee apologized, "Sorry, of course he is a sweet cookie. His face looks like that cute pink bunny I got on my phone case." She took out her phone case to show. "Hey where is the pink bunny? None of you picked that one? That's too bad, the pink bunny is my favorite because he has such a snarky look on his face. I don't remember his name, but it was really cute."

Jungkook showed up in front of her holding the pink bunny. "His name is Cooky."

"Oh, he's yours?" Sun-Hee looked up at Jungkook who was nodding at her. Their eyes met again. Jungkook was happy to his core. In a game where he thought he couldn't win, he did win. She had picked Cooky for her phone case and then picked him even though he wasn't there on the couch.

Jimin interrupted Jungkook's thoughts, "Okay, well that game didn't work out as well as I would have liked. I guess we will just do rock, paper, scissors to see who gets the next date."

Jungkook frowned, "Wait a minute, I believe I just won, didn't I. Or am I mistaken about what just happened? You rigged the game against me by not including Cooky, but she still picked him."

Jimin rarely had a serious face but this was one of those times, "Jungkook, we didn't rig the game against you. We knew that you two don't like each other, you fight all the time. Why would either of you want to go on a date. We were trying to being nice by leaving Cooky out." 

Hearing Jimin's words made Sun-Hee sad. She wondered if her and Jungkook disagreeing made the others feel the same way. "Listen, there is no need to argue. You have a big performance tomorrow that I'm really excited to see. I love all of your stuffed animals and maybe you'll even let me borrow them to sleep with every once in a while. I'm going to head out. I'll see all of you tomorrow."

Jin grabbed RJ and pushed him into her hands. "You can sleep with RJ tonight."

Sun-Hee gave him a genuine smile, "Thanks Jin! I'll enjoy that." Then she turned and added. "It will be like sleeping on a cloud."

"Argghhh!" Jin protested but he also laughed, he enjoyed a good joke.

Tae walked Sun-Hee to her room. He was such a nice friend. He explained on the way that each of them had designed their stuffed animals for their band. "So Jimin knew what they were and knew I was buying Jungkook's phone cover?" Tae nodded. 

"Your band must be bigger than I thought if you have whole displays at the phone store." Tae chose not to comment on that. 

When they got to Sun-Hee's door, Tae kissed her on the cheek and said good night. 

Everyone went to bed that night with lots of thoughts in their heads. Sun-Hee was excited about seeing their show but she had no idea what to expect even though they had tried to describe it in detail for her. She was still thinking about what Jimin had said. Why would Jungkook want to go on a date with her when he clearly didn't like her? The truth was she liked spending time with all the boys. But as far as dates went, she was only interested in Jungkook. But if he wasn't interested in her then it was a dead end.

Namjoon, Yoongi, and Jin were all thinking about Jungkook and how angry he had been recently. They had thought he was through his emotional teenage years. They thought he was growing up and here they were again. Yoongi was starting to wonder if this was specifically related to Sun-Hee and was starting to connect some dots there.

Hoseok was thinking about Sun-Hee. He was concerned that they weren't being the best of friends to her right now. Jungkook was constantly fighting with her. Jimin and Tae were just fighting for her attention. Hoseok knew that Sun-Hee had a secret, that she was dealing with some horrible man named Tobi who had threatened her. They wanted her to see their show but was that because they thought she would want to know who they were or were they doing it for themselves? Hoseok was going to try to be a better friend to Sun-Hee and try to give her the friendship she needed right now.

Jimin and Tae's thoughts revolved around two things. The first was Sun-Hee and how they could get more one-on-one time with her. And the second was Jungkook and how he was ruining everything lately.

Jungkook was happy and frustrated all at once. He was so happy Sun-Hee had picked Cooky. Why it meant that much to him, he had no idea. But she had looked at all six of their stuffed animals and asked where his was. He felt like that was significant. It made him less jealous of the others. He was turning 20 next week (he was 21 in Korean age) and he was disappointed that he wasn't dealing with his emotions well recently. In fact, it felt like he had regressed. Lately he had been more emotional than he had ever been. He was excited that Sun-Hee would finally know who they were tomorrow. He was curious of what her reaction would be, would she like his dancing and singing best? He hoped so.