🇯ungkook's fit body allows him to fly up each flight of stairs without breaking even a bead of sweat. As he makes his way up, he mumbles to himself, very poutingly too. "Mirae must really hate me if she offered to take the stairs - which she hates."
Finally both Mirae and Jungkook find themselves on the third floor, arriving just seconds apart from each other and they both proceed down the corridor towards their respective apartments.
Mirae stands to unlock her door but all the while she can feel Jungkook's hard stare on her as he simultaneously shuffles to open his own door. Finally, she pushes open her door and steps one foot inside before being halted by Jungkook's sincere-filled voice.
"Thank you." He declares, and his eyes locks onto her still form - back facing him. "For the umbrella."
"Sure." She barely whispers before stepping foot inside her warm abode but once she closes the door her facade breaks. Her head rests against the door and the words fumbles from her lips. "Why do I have to still care about you? Why?"
Her mind spirals for a short time as she gently hits her forehead against the wooden door, "Why do I still feel this way? Something's definitely wrong with me."
After her little breakdown she groans, turning to drop her keys and umbrella on the drawer beside the door but her eyes takes notice of something she so deeply fears - internally she can feel her soul leaving her body.
She let's out a petrified scream, as a little brown hairy-legged creature runs across her path. On impulse and fear she quickly grabs the can of bug spray from the nearby drawer and commences to feverishly spray its poisonous contents.
Each time she sprays, she unfortunately misses due to her trembling form. She cusses and squeaks in panic not realising that she's being so loud. The disgusting brown creature sweeps across the wooden floor, too fast for her liking but alas it secludes itself towards one of the corners of her home.
Just as she's about to spray the can - to end the creature's life her living room door flies open and Jungkook rushes in at lightening speed.
"Are you okay Mirae ah?!" The words slips from his lips as he tries to assess the situation but what he sees is far beyond what he had expected.
His ex-girlfriend has no adopted a warrior stance, and instead of a sword she's equipped with a can of bug spray and she's aiming it at something ahead of her. So, to get a better look at what she's aiming at Jungkook steps closer towards her and once he gets sight of the little pesky brown creature he chuckles.
"Mirae, you're not going to kill the cockroach if you just stand there frozen." His voice filled with amusement.
Upon hearing the sudden voice she swiftly turns around - almost spraying Jungkook in the face with the poisonous substance because she hadn't realised that anyone was with her. In her silly breakdown she must have forgotten to lock the door.
She does her best to conceal her heavy breathes and quickly stands upright. "What are you doing here Jungkook?!"
"I heard you scream so I came in to check if yo-"
She brashly turns away from Jungkook, cutting off his words with her own. "I don't need your help so you can- kya! Where is it!?"
A world of panic sets into Mirae's body as all traces of the roach seemed to have disappeared.
Both Jungkook and Mirae's eyes roam around the cosy living room for it before something suddenly whizzes passed them, with a heavy flapping sound. Instantly, Mirae jumps in surprise but on the other hand Jungkook's eyes simply follows the direction in which it went.
Mirae's eyes soaks with fear when her eyes pins the sight of the whizzing object, "It flies!" Her voice is full of terror and she finds herself stepping closer towards Jungkook, "Please don't let it land on me!" She implores, desperately.
Jungkook chuckles at the cuteness she's currently displaying - that cuteness that never ceases to make him soft nonetheless he heeds the cry of his damsel in distress. He heroically removes the bug spray from her delicate, trembling hand and waits for the cockroach to settle down somewhere.
All the while they wait for the whizzing cockroach to settle Jungkook can feel Mirae slowly lean into his - leathered covered back - as she quivers because apart from climbing ridiculous amounts of stairs she hates cockroaches especially ones that can fly.
Jungkook feels an overwhelming sense of nostalgia take over him as he feels Mirae's hands grip onto his jet black jacket and her all too familiar warmth fills against his body. A smile breaks over his lips. He's missed being this close to her - even words could not explain how he's felt without her all this time.
At long last the cockroach finally settles down near the coffee table so, Jungkook with Mirae firmly attached to his muscular body makes his way to execute the poor creature.
As he walks her small steps does its best to match his, then he comes to a halt. She feels his arm distance from his body and soon after the spray of the can can be heard - the distasteful scent of it filling the air.
Just like that the obnoxious flapping of the roaches wings slowly yet surely grows silent. Mirae looks passed Jungkook and over at the cockroach wanting to verify if it's actually dead.
Jungkook stares down at her engrossed looking features and smiles lightly, "It's dead Mirae. It's gone." She slowly looks up at him then back at the creature.
"It's not moving anymore." She softly says, finally releasing Jungkook.
Once she's detached from him, the realisation of what she did - how close she was too Jungkook and how tightly she held onto him - causes her to flush almost instantly and she bows as an apology.
Jungkook only shrugs it off - because he actually enjoyed it but obviously he's not going to admit it. Then he gets a dustpan and scoops up the roach discarding of it into the aluminium dustbin, "I know you're afraid of them so your actions are justified." He finally says, after he sensed Mirae's awkwardness.
She looks up at him with a small smile encasing her face. These are the kind of things which he does that makes her fall even deeply in love with him - the fact that he protects her when she needs it most despite her arguing against it - but their fate was inevitable.
What happened to them was the act of fate; what was meant to be was meant to be. It can't be helped.
"I should get going now, Mejiwoo will be here soon." He states, shooting her one of his infamous bunny smiles. That smile which she loved so much, that smile which made her fall for him in the first place.
She nods her head lightly in acknowledgement and follows him to the door, watching him step outside and making his way to his own home just adjacent to hers.
Before he could slip into his home she quickly says, "Thank you, Jungkook."
With those last words she closes her door and leans against it - her eyes shutting in defeat. She slaps her cheeks lightly, "Stop it! Stop getting soft for him. He cheated on you!" She scolds herself trying to bring herself back to the harsh reality she resides in.
On the other side of things, there's Jungkook who's still standing outside his door as a smile envelopes his insanely cute features. From the words she spoke he sensed the kindness in her tone. It most certainly was not like her tone from earlier nonetheless he unlocks his door stepping inside, with a spring back in his step.
"Who would have thought that a cockroach would bring me that close to Mirae again." He grins at his weird thought.
A U T H O R ' S N O T E
No cockroaches were harmed in the making of this silly book ಥ‿ಥ