BEHIND THE SCENES

chapter 45: the morning after

<OST: Orbit - Hwasa>

"Thank you, ajumma!"

Jieun bowed a little at the cleaner lady as she returned home later that day from a quick grocery-shopping session at the nearby supermarket. Once the lady had left, Jieun quickly put down the groceries on the table and hurried over to the corner of the room where the box she had found the document earlier was.

But it was clear to Jieun that all the boxes had moved since the cleaner lady had cleaned the house. The box was no longer there, and many of the boxes were now closed once more. Jieun looked around the surrounding boxes for any trace of the documents, but to no avail.

Jieun looked down at her watch. 6pm. Jungkook had left her a note earlier that morning that he was going to be back at about 7pm - which means she has about an hour to prepare dinner for him. Jieun wanted to prepare dinner for him for a multitude of reasons. Number one, she wanted to express her understanding towards his situation - to get into his good books. Number two, his food was plain inedible - that's that. Jieun wanted to cook something that was healthy, didn't stink up the house, and was tasty all at the same time.

Jieun got down to work immediately and finished exactly an hour later. She finished cleaning up and setting the table just moments before Jungkook returned home.

Bang!

The door swung open loudly with a loud bang, causing Jieun to jump up in surprise.

"Omona-ya!" Jieun's hand flew to her heart as she glanced up and spotted Jungkook walking in. "Oh-? You're back! Just on time for dinner!"

Jungkook looked up at Jieun, his eyes filled with fatigue. "What did I say about cooking?"

"Oh-" Jieun smiled sheepishly as she took off her apron. "Sorry, Jungkook-ssi. I wanted to cook something tasty without compromising on its healthiness for yo-"

"Are my rules a joke to you?" Jungkook raised his voice as he trudged into the living room. "I said no cooking, that means no cooking!"

"You said it was because of the smell-" Jieun blinked rapidly, surprised by Jungkook's horrible attitude. "I cooked everything without oil, just added a lot of herbs, so it should smell good instead-"

"I don't care what smell it is, I just hate my house smelling like that-" Jungkook yelled. "Are you dumb? Are you really so freaking dense? Did you not understand what I meant when I said I don't want any kind of smell in my house?!"

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, alright? No need to yell!" Jieun folded her arms, clearly taken aback by Jungkook's huge response. "You were alright this morning - what happened outside that could possibly have made you this angsty? Gosh."

Jungkook glared at Jieun as he stormed into his room and slammed his door behind him.

Bang!

Jieun jumped up again in surprise as she took a seat at the dining table. "Goodness... Who was the one who said to keep the volume down at home..."

Bang!

Jieun jumped as Jungkook's door flung open once more. He stormed out of his room, fuming mad this time. "Lee Jieun, what happened to my room?!"

"Oh-" Jieun got to her feet at once, her jaw hanging open because of how surprised she was. "Um! Just now-"

"Why is everything moved?!" Jungkook yelled. "Did you touch my stuff?! What did I say about not entering my room!"

Jieun had reached her limit of tolerance.