Escape - Part 4

Summary: Everyone has a number over their heads that says how useful they are to society from 0-100. You have a number ‘4’. You leave the city for some peace but you meet your cocky neighbor who seems to get on your nerves.

Genre: Fluff

Pairing: Jungkook x Reader

Y/L/N refers to your last name/family name

A/N: Who cares about Y/N and Jungkook because the real question is does Buster make it?

Previously…

You let your free hand grasp Jungkook’s tightly and move to interlace your fingers with his. You just needed this right now, his hand in yours or you might just breakdown in his car. Buster, please buddy you can’t leave me like this.

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You fidget in your seat as you wait for the results of Buster’s surgery. You had come barging into the emergency veterinary clinic with Buster in hand and your words were simply all over the place so Jungkook had to do most of the talking. As the vet assessed Buster, you were still close to tears, grasping onto Jungkook’s hand for comfort and he would leave soft kisses on the top of your head to calm you down. In any other situation, you would question his actions but you were far too occupied with the situation at hand to worry about that.

“Oh sweetie, I’m sure his symptoms scared you but Buster here is only suffering from urinary stones in his bladder.”

“Urinary stones?”

“Yeah, you’re going to have to change his diet but first we need to get him into surgery to remove the stones.”

“Surgery?”

“Not to worry it’ll be a small keyhole surgery, so there isn’t much risk involved.”

You could only nod your head while petting Buster one more time before the vet puts him under anesthesia for the surgery.

You know the vet said that Buster would probably be alright and that the surgery would probably go smoothly but you can’t help but feel anxious as you wait for the surgery to come to an end. You wanted to tell Jungkook that he could leave and that you’ll be alright but the truth is that you wouldn’t be so you let him stay beside you with his fingers still interlaced with yours. He would look down from time to time at your tiny hand clasped between his and he would smile. He didn’t know how long he’d been waiting to hold your hand like this but all he knows is that he’s glad that you seem to find comfort in his presence.

“Y/N, did I ever tell you about how I got this tiny scar on my left cheek?” Jungkook says as he points to it.

You shake your head no and he smiles before he begins his story.

“Well there was this one time where..”

He’s been doing this all throughout the wait. Telling you stories of his past so he could take Buster’s surgery off of your mind and you can’t help but feel grateful when you look at him. For your family to think that he’s using you was simply absurd to you because like many times before you feel a sense of genuineness in his company. He didn’t have to wait with you, didn’t have to hold your hand, didn’t have to tell you stories and yet he did all of those things and you can’t help but think about how precious he is as you watch him intently tell you the story behind his scar.

You know you were traveling down a dangerous path as you felt your feelings grow for him. Forget that your families are sworn enemies but the difference between your numbers were so great that it would possibly be a world record if the two of you got together. As much as you tell yourself that your number doesn’t define you, you can’t change the way society thinks so, you try your best to push away the feelings you think you have for him.

“So, I mean the scar’s barely noticeable bu—“

“Ms. Y/N, Y/L/N?” A nurse calls out, interrupting Jungkook’s story.

You stand up almost immediately, “Yes, that’s me.”

She signals for you to enter the room and you quickly drag Jungkook with you.

“The surgery went well as you can see but we would like to keep him here to monitor his condition in case of any complications.”

“S-sure, of course.”

“Well, you should go get some sleep then. I’m sure you’ve had a long day.” The vet says with a smile.

At that, you only bow at her while thanking her for all that she’s done.

Sitting in his car you let out a deep breath, finally being able to relax at the thought that you’ll have Buster right by your side again by tomorrow.

“Y/N, how about we just stay in the city tonight? It’s a little too late to drive back now.”

“Sure… but where? I don’t think your family will be very happy at the idea of me being inside your family home because you know we’re rivals and all that,” You say with a small laugh.

“Are we? I didn’t know that,” Jungkook replies sarcastically and you playfully punch his arm.

“Whatever, asshole.”

“I have a small studio apartment in town so yeah but I mean if you want to meet my family again that’s fine, we can go there too. I didn’t know you were so eager to meet your future in-laws,” He says as he wiggles his eyebrows at you.

You blush at the implications of his sentence and you try to think of a good response but you’re so flustered that your brain can’t seem to form a witty comeback.

“W-What I don’t… Just, shut up and drive ok.”

“Sure thing, babe,” Jungkook says in between laughs.

Your heart starts racing at the mention of that pet name and you feel those feelings resurface again. I didn’t know you were so eager to meet your future in-laws. You blush again when you replay that sentence in your head and you resort to staring out the window throughout the remainder of the drive so that Jungkook doesn’t see your rose-tinted cheeks.

He’d always been rather flirtatious but he always did it more subtly than anything so you were slightly taken aback by his sudden candidness. Just what kind of game do you think you’re playing here Jeon Jungkook?

You arrive at his apartment and as you walk through the front door, your jaw dropped. The view was simply amazing and you stood there for a good 5 minutes just staring at the city lights. It’s been a while since you saw the place you grew up in from a height like this.

From his apartment you spot the large park that you spent most of your childhood in frolicking around. Then, you see the lookout point where you shared your first kiss with your first serious boyfriend. All the memories come flooding back and you feel a sense of nostalgia wash over you. You feel a slight sense of regret for letting your family get to you and hence driving you out of the city. Sure, the cabin was nice but you’ll always be a city girl at heart.

“Y/N. Earth to Y/N?” Jungkook says as he waves his hand in front of you

“Hmm? Yeah?”

“I said we should probably get some sleep now.”

“Umm yeah right,” You glance down at your puke stained pants and you feel nervousness creep into your voice. “Hey umm Jungkook do you think I could maybe take a shower and borrow some clothes cos you know mine are…” Your voice trails off as you gesture towards your pants.

“Shower, sure but clothes I mean… you can just not wear any,” Jungkook says with a smirk.

“God, you’re such a pervert like why are we even friends?” You say before kicking him in the shin.

“Ouch, after all I’ve done and this is how you treat me?” He says as he rubs his shin.

He moves to his bedroom to get you a towel and (with a heavy heart) a new set of clothes that are probably going to be too big for you.

You step out of the bathroom and Jungkook laughs the moment he sees you. His shirt is so big on you that it rests slightly above your knees, even covering the pair of shorts he gave you. He finds it absolutely adorable and he thinks about how he wouldn’t mind seeing you in his clothes again.

“It’s basically like a dress on me,” You say with a frown but you quickly continue “Thanks though for this and for everything really,” You say while looking at the floor because you honestly feel bad for basically ruining his night.

“Of course. I mean I really did it all for Buster anyway not you,” He almost scoffs.

You look at him wide-eyed and offended but Jungkook breaks out into laughter and quickly denies his statement.

You laugh along with him. Slightly relieved that he wasn’t exactly mad with the way his night had turned out. “So…” You begin. “I’ll take the couch. See you tomorrow,” You say as you turn around to leave his bedroom.

Jungkook grabs your wrist to stop you. “No way. I can’t let you take the couch. I’ll take it.”

“No! Not after all you’ve done. I can’t let you sleep on the couch. This is your house,” You quickly say while stepping in front of him so that he couldn’t move towards the couch.

“Well… then I guess we’ll have to share the bed.” He says with a sly grin.

This boy, I swear.

You let out a deep sigh. “Jungkook…”

“I know what you’re thinking Y/N. I promise I don’t have some hidden agenda.”

“Fine,” You say as you let out a heavy breath. “I get the right side though… please?”

He lets you take the right side even though it’s his favourite side of the bed. He usually isn’t the type to compromise like this. He would often get into fights with his family members because he was known to be very stubborn but with you… it was different. He didn’t understand why but he found himself always giving into your requests.

You both climb into bed and you draw an imaginary line down the bed.

“See this line? You can’t cross it alright?”

Jungkook laughs at your gesture. You remind him of a 5 year old.

“What if you cross it?”

“I won’t.”

“But what if you do?”

“Okay how about this. Whoever crosses it owes the other a favour… a no questions asked favour.”

“So basically, I can get you to do anything without explaining?”

“Yeah, except you won’t because I’m not going to cross it. Anyway, deal?”

“Deal,” He huffs.

Jungkook says he’ll turn off the lights as soon as he reads through his emails and you simply nod your head, turning to look around his room to keep yourself occupied. Your eyes land on a framed picture placed on his bedside stand. You grab it and bring it closer to you to inspect it. It was a picture of a beautiful young woman holding young Jungkook and you smile at how cute he looks in the picture.

“That’s my mother. She’s beautiful isn’t she?” Jungkook says and you flinch slightly when you notice the proximity of his face to yours.

“Yeah she really is,” You say as you nod your head in agreement. “Also, you used to look so cute! I just want to pinch your cute little cheeks in this picture.”

“What do you mean used to? I still am!”

“I mean used to as in past tense as in not anymore.”

Jungkook dramatically brings his hand to his chest, pretending to be offended.

You only laugh at that and you open your mouth to ask him something but he begins speaking before you can.

“That island is my favourite place on Earth.”

“Ko Lipe,” You both say in unison.

“Oh you know the place?” Jungkook asks

“Yeah, it’s my favourite island, possibly my favourite place on Earth too because it was the one time where I genuinely felt like a part of my family. Away from all the stress of being a Y/L/N, I felt like family forgot about my number for a while and saw me for me.” You say with a slight smile on your face as your recall that trip to Thailand. “My dad always said that we should remember this island. That the island represented our unity as a family.”

“Your dad sounds like a very profound man. Always relating things to the spirit of family and all that.”

“Yeah, it’s a bit of an obsession of his but that’s a story for another time.” You say with a small laugh. Jungkook only smiles at you and then he turns to look at the ceiling.

“Jungkook…” You say nervously. “You don’t have to answer this but… you said the woman in the picture is your mother but the woman next to your father at the gala…”

“Is my stepmum.” He answers. “My mum she… she passed away when I was in middle school.”

“I-I’m so sorry, Jungkook,” You say as you squeeze his arm gently to offer some form of comfort.

“Don’t be, it’s not like it was your fault,” He says as he rests his hand above yours.

He hadn’t really had the chance to talk about his mother in a long time. At the time of her death was the time when Jeon Logistics was finally making it big. After a week or so of grieving, Mr. Jeon instantly buried himself in work and began grooming Junghyun to be the successor of the company. Jungkook reminded Mr. Jeon too much of his wife and that was why he had always been so cold towards him after her death. Whenever he saw Jungkook, all he felt was pain and so he pushed him away further and further with each passing year.

Poor Jungkook was left with no one to talk to. His mum had been the light of his life. Always encouraging him, always telling him that he was destined to be great and all throughout his life without her by his side, he felt lost. That of course changed when he met you. He didn’t know why it seemed so easy to open up to you. Perhaps, you were the first person who had taken the time to listen to him, as in truly listen to him without having some ulterior motive.

“S-she..” He swallows nervously.

“Jungkook you don’t have to—“

“She was everything to me and you know all that I am now, it’s all because of her. She always told me that I was going to make it big someday and I never really believed her but when she passed I just wanted to do well, for her… you know?” He said with tears threatening to spill down his cheeks.

“Yeah and I’m sure she’s very proud of you Mr. Hot Shot,” You say as you gesture towards the glass cabinet in the corner of his room that stored all his trophies and certificates.

He lets out a small laugh and squeezes your hand as a form of thanks, for listening, for making him feel better.

The both of you fall asleep with a sense of relief taking over the atmosphere of the room. It was nice, you felt, getting to know him better and likewise for him. There was so much more to your cocky neighbour than you had imagined. You always thought he was the type that was born with a silver spoon and that growing up he had all that he wanted but you knew fairly well that he didn’t. You could feel the hurt in his voice as he talked about his mother and also the other numerous times when he talked about his father. It was the same type of hurt that laced your voice when you talked about your family. Although your numbers were far apart, your lives were more similar than you could imagine.

You were deep in sleep when you felt a sudden tug on your arm. You were jolted awake at the sensation and you’re still only half awake when you look down at your arm being encased by Jungkook’s arms. You almost laugh aloud at the sight. Man, I’m never going to let him live this down. He hugs your arm tightly and rests his head above it. You quickly grab your phone off the bedside table to snap a quick picture because Jungkook would be the type to never admit anything unless you had proof. A sly smirk appears on your face when you begin thinking of favours that you could ask for.

Jungkook groans at the sound of his alarm ringing throughout the room. He really didn’t want to be awake this early for this family breakfast session but he drags himself out of bed anyway. He glances back at you and you were happily asleep, drooling away on his pillow. He glances down at the imaginary line and like you said, you really hadn’t crossed it. He was really hoping that you would because he had already planned out the favour he was going to ask you for.

Jungkook left a small note, to tell you that he was out and for you to contact him when you wake up. With that, he takes a quick shower and reluctantly makes his way to the fancy café downtown to meet his family.

“Actually, why didn’t you give him a hard time for bringing that Y/L/N girl to the gala?” Junghyun asks curiously.

“Junghyun, take a look at this.” Mr. Jeon says as he hands a tattered paper with the word DIADEM on it.

“Okay… what’s this supposed to be?”

“Well, that’s the code to the plans for the system in place at Y/L/N Logistics.”

“How did you get—“

“Blackmailed that Jimin kid. Anyway, there are words that correspond to these letters.” Mr Jeon says while flipping over the paper to reveal the words that corresponded to each letter.

“Dome, Island, Animal…” Junghyun reads out aloud the words and looks at them quizzically. “They don’t make any sense.”

“Not to us but they make sense to a Y/L/N.”

A lightbulb goes off in Junghyun’s head. “So you want our little Jungkook to find out the words.” He says while nodding, almost as if confirming with himself that what he thought was right. “You know he’ll never agree right?”

“Who says we’ll have to tell him about it?”

“Well how else are we going to make him tell us?”

“He’s not a very good drinker if you remember… So, we just get him drunk, ask him about each word while relating it to her and we’ll get our answer.”

Junghyun was about to answer his father when the door to the room swings open. Jungkook steps into the private room that his family was seated in nonchalantly and greets them.

Both Junghyun and his father quickly straighten up themselves and tried to look as normal as possible. Jungkook bows at them and they acknowledge him with a nod. He finds their behaviour odd but he simply doesn’t really care anyway. His dad dismisses the previous conversation and goes on to talk about the plans for the annual company dinner. Jungkook tries his best to look interested but his mind is somewhere else as he constantly glances down at his phone, awaiting your text.

From: Y/N just now

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Well look what we have here.

Jungkook clicks to open your text and is met with an image of him clinging onto your arm while his head rests right on top of it. He feels his cheeks heat up as he looks at the picture.

From: Jungkook just now

This was staged. For sure. Because I would never…

From: Y/N just now

Proof is proof. You owe me a no questions asked.

From: Jungkook just now

Fine. Whatever. Anyway I’ll come back in 30 to get you so we can go to the vet and see Buster k?

From: Y/N just now

I’ll just grab a cab. See you at the coffee shop next to the vet? I need some coffee in my system.

You leave your phone on the bedside table as you take a quick shower. You put on your clothes from yesterday that Jungkook had so kindly taken the liberty to put in the wash while you were in the shower last night. You grab your phone of the table to see that Jungkook was already on his way to the coffee shop. You quickly call a cab and lock up his place.

You stand in line to order your coffee. Jungkook comes in soon after and points towards the toilet, letting you know that he’ll join you in the queue afterwards. It was a relatively busy day for the shop as it seemed like everyone in the area was looking for their daily fix of coffee.

The bell chimed, signaling the arrival of a new customer and you turned your head to see who it was out of curiosity. It was him. You swear your heart stopped beating for a while and you feel your palms starting to get sweaty. You looked to his right and you see a beautiful woman linking arms with him and your heart drops. Just then, you feel a prod on your side and you almost scream aloud. You turn to see that it was just Jungkook.

“Woah there Y/N you look like you’ve just seen a ghost.”

“Yeah? It’s because I feel like I have.” You say nervously.

You glance backwards and you see the man look at you quizzically.

You turn back to look at Jungkook and you interlace your fingers with his. Jungkook looks up at you, obviously surprised.

“Y/N, w-wha—“

“You know that no questions asked? I’m going to need it now.”

You glance back at the man and a wave of recognition seems to wash over him.

“What do you mean?”

You hear the man call out your name.

“Y/N? Is that you?”

“Jungkook, kiss me.”

“W-What? What is—“

You don’t let him finish his sentence as you use your free hand to pull him towards you and you quickly plant your lips on him. Jungkook is surprised at first but wastes no time to respond to the kiss. His free hand comes up to cup your cheek, pulling you in closer. The kiss lasts longer than you expect it to and you have to use all your willpower to pull away. When you do, Jungkook looks at you with eyes that were begging for more.

“Y/N…” The man says with a slight smile. The way your name rolls off his tongue makes you shiver slightly.

“O-Oh, hey! Wow it’s been so long! I’m sorry I didn’t see you there,” You say feigning shock.

“Yeah I can see that you were rather… busy,” The man says gesturing to the small space between you & Jungkook.

You take a step forward, noticing that the queue had moved up a little.

“So, who’s this? Your new beau?” The man asks while looking at Jungkook.

You let out a small nervous laugh. You didn’t really know what to say. Wow, I really didn’t think this through. Luckily, Jungkook moves to introduce himself.

“Yes, yes I am the new beau. I’m Jungkook and you are?” Jungkook says extending his arm towards the man.

“Well, aren’t you full of surprises Y/N?” He says with a slight smirk. “I’m Hoseok,” He continues as he shakes Jungkook’s hand.

You couldn’t believe your luck. It was surreal seeing him in front of you. Just my luck right? You’re barely ever in the city and if you were and you’re never usually in this part of the city. Of all people to meet, it just had to be Hoseok.

Author : Jjkfire

All credits to the owner (~♡♡)~

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