소중한 그대에게 / For You, My Precious

part three

However, barely ten minutes since he agreed to join them, Jungkook was regretting his decision. They were presently at the noraebang one of his friends frequented and it was ridiculously crazy inside.

How can they even call this singing?! He deadpanned as he watched his friends and other peers scream into the mic.

In addition, he was extra cranky because Yein was nowhere in sight. Due to the large number of people, they needed to split into three different rooms. And although they could freely move in and out of the rooms, Jungkook simply stayed with those he was comfortable with.

It reached a point where the screaming was too much for him to handle and he decided to step out of the room for a breather.

Pressing the button, he sighed as his drink dropped to the bottom with a clunk. Bending down to retrieve his can of coffee, he sighed again.

Why did I even decide to come again?

"That's some series of sighs there."

Jungkook's eyes grew wide when he recognised the voice. He sprung up on his feet and spun around so quickly he almost bumped into her.

Chuckling at his reaction, the owner of a voice flashed a smile and casually turned her attention to the vending machine. She fed the coins she had readied and picked her choice of drink. Hearing the same clunk, she bent down to take it.

All the while, Jungkook hadn't moved an inch. That meant that he was more or less still pretty close to the machine. And that meant, she was super close to him.

For a split second when she was close enough, he could briefly smell what was leftover from her hair conditioner after a long day.

"Why are you here?"

Yein broke his chain of thoughts. Diverting his gaze away from her, Jungkook raised his drink and shrugged his shoulders.

Popping the tab, he answered, "just needed a breather." Scrunching his face up to express his discomfort, he continued, "it's crazy in there. I can't."

A laughter escaped from her as she nodded fervently. "It's mad where I'm at too. Too much."

"Plus..." she continued softly, "it's been a long day."

Looking up at Jungkook who had his head tilted to the side with a curious expression, she gave a small smile. "I don't have the energy to keep up with them."

It was a pretty smile – anything about her was pretty to Jungkook – but he knew it wasn't an honest one.

Without sparing a thought, he blurted out, "shall we get out of here then?"

The look of surprise on Yein's face snapped him back to realise what he had said. He started to panic, worried if it came across weirdly; whether it made her feel uncomfortable.

"Sure, let's go."

"What do you want? Americano? Latte?"

"Mmm, I think I'll get a hot chocolate. If I drink coffee now, I'll probably be up all night."

"One hot chocolate, one iced americano... cake?"

"Cheesecake?"

"And one cheesecake please," Jungkook informed the cashier as he readied his card to swipe on the paywave scanner.

Yein flashed her friendly service smile to the guy across the counter as she took the beeper for their order. Jungkook was in no position to be upset about it; he wasn't her boyfriend or anything but the way the guy checked her out irked him.