No Strings Attached (Jungkook x OC)

Part 9: Can I Kiss You?

The time is almost near, almost closer than I thought it would. He thought to himself as she pulls him into a hug. Good thing I have all of it packed into boxes.

Jungkook gently pushes her away from him as his phone rings. He looks at the caller ID, and he excuses himself, running into a random room and shutting the door behind him.

"Hello?" He mumbles.

"Jungkook-ssi, have you made your mind already?" Jungkook scratches the nape of his head.

"Well, things have gone faster than I thought they would. I'm just glad that I packed everything into a few boxes." Jungkook lowly chuckles as the guy on the other line does the exact same thing.

"So.. is everything already planned out?" The guy asks as Jungkook sighs.

"Well, the plan has to be set soon." Jungkook says softly, "soon as in.. Saturday night."

"Saturday night?!" The guy exclaims as Jungkook runs fingers through his hair.

"Yes, Saturday night. I'll be there just in time, I just need to finish packing and make sure I don't forget anything." Jungkook says as the guy smiles.

"Alright, this is all on you." The guy says, "I trust you on this one, Jungkook."

He hangs up on the phone call and glances around the room to see boxes surrounded by him. Glancing out the window, he could see Seoyeon staring off into space, noticing a box sitting right in front of her.

You're definitely going to hate me for this.. He thought to himself, shaking his head.

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"Why are you so happy today? It's kind of weird.." Bora glanced at Seoyeon who was humming cheerfully to herself as she skipped around the shop. "Would you stop it? This is so.. not you."

"I'm just happy because I just am." Seoyeon smiles and Bora rolls her eyes, walking over to the counter to drop a huge envelope that felt somewhat heavy for an ordinary envelope. "What is this?"

"I don't know, I found it in the mailbox, it's for you." Seoyeon opens the envelope and furrows her eyebrows in confusion.

Dear Seoyeon,

Once upon a time, a prince fell in love with his fake princess.

With love,

A hopeless romantic

Seoyeon looks up from the letter and looks at Bora. Bora grins to herself, snatching the letter out of her hands to read the letter. Bora smiles, only to shake her head.

Jungkook and his plans.. Bora couldn't help but break out into a bigger smile.

"What is this?" Seoyeon takes the letter again to read it over one more time.

"It's a letter, duh." Bora chuckles as she thumps Seoyeon's head.

"Ow!" She exclaimed as purses her lips into a line. "I was thinking of stopping by at the pier today to stroll by some shops and buy some stuff for the shop—"

"No, you aren't." Bora cut her off, trying not to sound so obvious. Seoyeon furrowed her eyebrows, looking at Bora suspiciously. "I mean—I heard there's going to be construction over there and some of the stores are closed."

"Really?" Seoyeon frowned. "How come I was never aware of this?"

"You're in love," Bora giggled, "that's why."

"Well, I'll still go, just to check if they're still open—" Seoyeon began as Bora thought of another excuse.

"I wouldn't go if I were you, I want you to be safe. I'll go instead." Bora insisted as Seoyeon pursed her lips into a line.

"But I wanna go strolling around—"

"No, you don't. You need to take a rest, look at those eyebags!" Bora exclaimed, pointing towards Seoyeon's eyes.

"Fine, maybe you are right." She sighed, fixing her apron. "Do you mind going to the pier tonight and go to one of the deco shops to buy some decorations for the store?"

Bora inwardly sighed with relief, "alright, I'll buy them tonight."

That was close.. She felt herself tense up. The things I do for you.. Jungkook.

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He arrived at the pier at exactly eight at night, tons of full boxes in hand. He was somehow managing to make his way to the middle of the pier just to set things up. From afar, there was another man standing a few metres away with a huge smile on his face.

As he reached the man, he bowed, "Jungkook-ssi, nice seeing you after a long time."

"It has been a long time, but this time around, I want things to be perfect." Jungkook adds, opening the boxes to reveal loads and loads of pictures.

The man picks up each and every picture, taking a quick glance at them, only to nod his head as if he was starting to get the idea.

"Ah.. Jungkook-ssi, are you in love?"

"Mr. Lee, I'm glad you noticed." Jungkook chuckles, "it's for someone special."

"So, how do you want things to be decorated?" Mr. Lee asks as Jungkook looks around the pier, only to have his eyes lay upon the lamp posts that were perfect to use.

"We could use the lamp posts, all I need are laundry clips, and a piece of string." Jungkook replies, looking around the whole pier, only to nod his head with a final decision.

"Very simple," Jungkook nods.

"Just like her," he smiles and suddenly his phone rings. He picks up the phone and as soon as he did, a loud yell came from the other line.

"Jungkook-ah! Yah! Out of all places, the pier?!" Bora yells, "really?! I almost blew your cover!"

"What?!" Jungkook exclaimed. "What did she say?!"

"She was about to head to the pier tonight to buy some things, but I was smart enough to convince her to get some rest." Bora explained as he sighed with relief.

"Thank god," he chuckled. "Is she home now?"

"Mhm," Bora replied softly. "She's taking rest, I walked her home."

Jungkook smiles, only to feel his phone vibrate from a text message. "I gotta go, Bora. I'll catch up with your later."

"See ya!" Bora exclaimed as she hung up.

He opened his phone to reveal a new text message from Jimin.

8:13 pm — she got the letter, and she looks really confused. what did you even write on that card?

Jungkook chuckled to himself, sending a quick 'thank you' text to Jimin. All of this took some planning, but he knew that all of this will be perfect enough for him and Seoyeon.

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"What the fuck is this?" Seoyeon opened the envelope as she practically pried it open to find a card sitting inside of it. She pulls it out and starts reading the card.

'And it begins..'

She scrunches her nose in confusion, closing the card and putting it back into it's envelope. She took the card out of the envelope again, only to see something also hidden in the envelope. She pulls it out and as she turns it over, she examines a picture of herself, standing inside the cupcake shop.

She was placing icing on her red velvet cupcakes, with a smile on her face.

On the back of the picture, she found bold writing written at the very middle of it.

Rule number 3.