Hotline.

Chapter 1

It was just another peaceful friday for jungkook, walking around the convenience store, making sure everything is in place before moving to clean the tables where some customers were sitting a few minutes ago.

Now it was around 10pm, and at this time rarely any people came in, but nonetheless the store didn't close, it hardly ever did anyway. On some days jungkook has the morning shift, on other days he has night shifts which didn't really bother him. He became accustomed to this lifestyle. And in all honesty, this is what jungkook always wanted.

Everyone around him wanted him to be a doctor of some sort, but it never appealed to him. None of those big jobs ever caught his attention. He likes it small. And honestly this job wasn't as bad as it may seem. Yes, half of the week he has to pull an all nighter, but he can always sleep during the day.

Doing this job, jungkook finds it easy because he doesn't have to come out of his comfort zone. And the fact that it pays well just adds up to the list of benefits jungkook had for working here.

Once the tables were all clean, jungkook walked back and sat on his chair behind the counter before taking out his journal and starting to write about his day. It was a habit of his. He always found it interesting to write about things that catch his attention during the day, things that he found interesting, even if they appeared boring to other people.

He was so immersed in writing about the little puppy he met today on his way to work, head deep in his journal until he heard the little bell by the store's door ring, signaling that someone has come in. Jungkook looked up to see a young guy, somewhere around his age, wearing oversized clothes before he disappeared in one of the aisles.

He shook his head and focused back on writing for a few minutes, until the same boy stood in front of him with two cups of ramen and a drink in his hands. Jungkook looked at him then took the ramen and drink in his hands to scan them.

"That would be 7,000₩." jungkook said as he looked at the boy who started to rummage through his pockets to get the money out. He took out some coins and bills before he put them on the counter and started counting them only to find out that they're actually just 5,000₩. "Ah, i'm sorry, this is all i have. I'll return the drink." the guy said in a small voice as he took the drink back to return it.

Just before he walked away, jungkook held his wrist and shook his head slightly, "no no wait, i'm sorry i made a mistake. this is actually for 5,000₩ because we're having a discount on this type of ramen. you know, almost close to expiration date and all."

Jungkook watched as the boy's eyes lit a little and a he gave a small smile, "really? so i can keep them?" he asked softly as he watched jungkook nod.

In fact, there was no such thing as a discount on the ramen. Hell, he doesn't even know when their expiration date is to know if it's close or not. But the way the boy's voice was so small, as if scared, made him say that. He wanted him to have both the ramen and the drink without him feeling like jungkook just pitied him, because jungkook personally hated that feeling.

"Thank you." the boy said before walking to one of the tables in the corner. He sat down and started eating his food, and the way he ate it told jungkook that the guy hadn't had any kind of food for at least a day, and judging by his lack of money, that wasn't much of a far possibility.

Jungkook kept taking glances at the stranger guy as he ate, who was also the only one other than him at the store at that time. He watched him before starting to drink the strawberry milk he bought a few minutes ago, walk up to him.

He stood in front of the counter again and faced jungkook. "Hi." he started awkwardly.

"Hey."

"I wanted to ask you something."

Jungkook nodded, "of course, go ahead." he smiled at him. "Well i don't know if you can tell, but i'm new in this town. And i'm looking for a job. A girl i met here told me you were looking for a staff member to help you clean up and all, and i wanted to know how i can apply to the job, if that's okay." he said shyly while looking down.

Jungkook handed him a set of papers before smiling at him, "well yeah we are looking for someone. you can fill these papers and we'll let you know soon. do you have any experience in working at a place like this?"

The guy slowly shook his head.

"It's okay. Just fill those papers and it'll be good hopefully." he smiled again. "i'm jungkook by the way."

He watched as the guy gave him a small smile, "i'm taehyung." He then pointed at the table he was sitting at, "i still haven't finished my drink, so i can stay a little longer right?" taehyung said, not wanting to seem like he didn't have any other place to be, which was true, he didn't. So he hoped he can stay here tonight.

Jungkook nodded again, "of course, you can stay for as long as you wish."

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Hi! This is the first chapter, i'm sorry if it's a little boring, i promise it'll get better soon! please give it a chance!💜