•It's Not All About You• |JJK x IU|

Chapter 25

J.JK

I roll over and throw my arm over Taetae hyung's stomach, making him wince and clutch his stomach. I sit up and face him. "What's the deal with you and Carmele noona?"

He fixes his shirt, and then his hair, "I don't know what you're talking about," he says, not looking at me.

I groan, "Quit the cover-ups! Come on, I know you! There's definitely something going on with you two!" I cover my face with a pillow in frustration.

"Well what about Hobi hyung and Vernon's ex girlfriend? There's something about that too!" He exclaims bitterly.

The door slams open and in comes Jin, Jimin and Suga hyung. "What's the yelling all about?" Jin hyung asks, eyes narrowed and hands on his hips.

I pout and point my finger at Tae, glaring at him as hard as I could.

Jin hyung turned to V hyung, "What's going on with you and the baby?"

V hyung explodes, "NOTHING!! I was just sitting here using my phone and listening to music! I didn't do anything to him! NOTHING!"

"That's exactly it!" I get up and yell at him, completely standing in the bed and towering over him while Jimin hyung's eyes widened. "You're being antisocial, Tae! SOMETHING'S WRONG! I just want to know because all these years you've told me everything and now you're tight-lipped!!"

Taetae hyung looks at me with pained and frustrated eyes. "I'm not the only one with a crisis right now! Didn't you see Vernon's face when Yoongi hyung told him that Hobi is hanging out with his ex? The ex that he CLEARLY hasn't gotten over?!" He yells out, rubbing his hands over his face in aggravation.

Jin hyung lets out a sigh and sits on the bed with me and Taetae, Jimin and Yoongi hyung following after him. Once we're all settled, Jin hyung says, "I will tell you about Hobi hyung's position right now, I'll tell you anything you need to know," he says to me and looks to Taetae hyung, "Taehyung, we only care about you, we always want you to be happy. I don't think you know how unusual it is for you to be quiet and uncommunicative. It's completely alien!"

Taetae hyung at last looks up to meet our eyes. He sighs loudly before laying down completely with a thump on the soft mattress. "I don't know what's going on with me," is all he says.

"What do you mean? Is this about Carmele?" Jimin hyung asks gently, careful not to set him over the edge again.

It takes him a minute to answer, "I think so. Ever since Sofia I didn't want to get into a relationship again. They're tiring and they're painful." He closes his eyes and sighs again, "There's just something different about Carmele, and I think—I think I like her." He drags his hand over his face harshly. "And I don't know what to do about it because she has a boyfriend! That boyfriend happens to be my friend!"

I wait a few seconds before I lay down next to him. "I'm sorry."

He turns and throws an arm and a leg over me and hugs me. "No, I'm sorry. I should have told you guys."

"Finally! The kids have made up!" Jin hyung cheers loudly making Jimin hyung laugh.

"Tell us about Hobi hyung!" Me and Taetae hyung demand at the same time.

It was Yoongi hyung who spoke first, "Khristine Callas, is an intern in BigHit and she also happens to be an intern for Jeff—"

"Jeff sucks," V hyung cuts in.

Yoongi hyung glares at him. "Let me finish," he hisses. "Khristine is Vernon's ex girlfriend. And since she was working for Jeff you can imagine how miserable she was. She and Hobi met when Jeff bumped into her in the hallway while she was carrying tons of coffee cups for Jeff," he sighs irritably, "the jerk yelled at her in front of a lot of people for ruining his "expensive" tie when all of the coffee spills. Hobi says he saw Jeff buy that tie from a nearby drugstore, mind you," he intensifies our dislike for Jeff by rolling his eyes. "Khristine is soaking wet whilst Jeff is barely scathed. He's yelling and yelling at her until he finally leaves. Khristine was wearing a white dress. And you know what happens to white clothes when they're drenched."

Jimin hyung gasps, "Her dress sticked to her body and turned a little see through, didn't it?"

Yoongi nods gravely. "Hoseok put his jacket around her quickly and brought her to our lounge. He let her clean up. He said that she looked so very miserable. She didn't smile at all. And that's what's going on now. Hobi wants to make her smile."

Taetae hyung grins widely, "Aigoo~ Hoseokie hyung is so sweet!"

"They've been doing a lot of fun stuff with Joonie. She's been smiling a lot now. Hobi had her transferred to a different department so she's been less stressed," Jin hyung says positively, nodding a little.

"But what's up with her and Vernon?" Jimin hyung asks.

Dead silence.

"That, is what we don't know."