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Didn’t Ask For This Finale (Roommate!JK x OC)

A/N: Okay please don’t hate me for how long this took!!! It’s super long to make up for the wait!! I had so many issues writing this final part honestly. It’s still not 100% the ending that I want it to be, but after lots to re-writing, I think it’s pretty good. Thank you all for sticking out the story until the end! I hope you stay around for everything I have planned for the future! Now, on with the show~

Warning: This is very loosely edited. There will be typos and mistakes!

Summary: “I didn’t know you hated me so much,” he spoke as he grabbed my wrist and once again turned me around to face him, “and quite honestly, I don’t think I’ve done anything horrible enough for you to hate me to the degree that you do.” “You say that like the hate isn’t mutual,” I remarked as he shook his head. There was a bitter smile on his face as he took a deep breath, “I think you are quite honestly one of the worst human beings I’ve had to come in contact with.”

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The days were flying by faster than I could keep up with as I tried to get used to the fact that Jungkook was actually about to leave. His bags were all packed and his car was filled will most of his things while his essentials laid in his room for him to use until tomorrow. This was our last night together since he leaves tomorrow afternoon for school.

Taehyung was also leaving tomorrow, but it felt like he had already left. He spent the past couple nights at Hana’s apartment, but Jungkook and I didn’t mind. It was nice getting to spend some time alone with him at home. I never wanted these days to end…

I had just finished getting ready in the bathroom when I walked out to the living room. I was about to open my mouth to say some cheesy line to Jungkook about his cologne, something about his spraying it on my pillow before he leaves tomorrow, but my mouth shut before I spoke. My eyes locked onto Yoongi’s as I felt relief fill me. I’m glad I saw him before I opened my mouth. I almost forgot he was here.

Jungkook agreed to let Yoongi move some of his stuff into the apartment since Taehyung had already moved out of his room. Taehyung’s old room was now turning into Yoongi’s room, and he was already talking to me about turning Jungkook’s room into a game room.

“Sorry,” Yoongi spoke when he saw my surprised expression, “I know I said I was leaving but I packed my laptop charger in a different box than I thought. I think it’s in my room somewhere.”

I just nodded and motioned for him to walk back to what was now becoming his room. On his way through the hallway, he passed by Jungkook who emerged from his room. His eyes locked onto mine before he walked my way.

“I’m going to run one of my bags to my car since I’m not going to need it before I leave,” he informed as I looked down at the bag on his shoulder. It was the bag that he had walked in my apartment door with when we had our first encounter of the summer. The sight of the item made me slightly smile before I looked up at him again.

“Okay. Hurry back, Kook,” he gave me a light kiss before he passed me and walked out the front door. I walked back to Yoongi’s room as I felt the air changing. This time tomorrow, Jungkook will be gone and it’ll just be Yoongi and I. It was weird to think about, but it was something I needed to get used to.

I leaned against the door frame and caught Yoongi’s attention as he looked up from the box his hands were buried in. “Having trouble finding it?”

Yoongi nodded and his face twisted with annoyance as he took out a few items, “I know it’s in this box. All my music equipment is in here, and it’s like every power cord that I own is in this box… AHA!”

Yoongi began pulling out one of the cords from the box with a relieved look on his face as I smiled, “I’ve never seen you look so happy.”

Yoongi sent me a dirty look before he stood up, moving toward me, “Well I’m gonna get out of here. You want me to move in tomorrow night, right? Or do you want a night to yourself first?”

“No, please,” I shook my head, “I need you here tomorrow night. I don’t think I can handle staying a night alone here after he leaves. It’s gonna suck.”

“I know,” Yoongi frowned and took a step closer to me. I could tell that he was feeling pity for me, but he didn’t voice it. “You can always call and video chat Kook. Plus, hasn’t he already promised to come back here after the first week or so of school?”

I shook my head, my eyes fixating on the window behind Yoongi. “No. He promised to come back for my birthday, and he’s trying to convince me to come visit him on his birthday weekend and stay with his sister.”

Yoongi moved into my line of sight and crossed his arms across his chest, “that’s not too far off from now. Less than a month, right?”

“Right,” I nodded, but he could tell that there was still something off about me. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. We were talking about something happy, so why am I so glum? “But I… I’ve never met his family because I’ve never had a reason to. My family already likes him and has known him for years because of Taehyung. I even forgot that Jungkook has a sister until we were talking about her a few days ago!”

“Ari,” Yoongi spoke in a calm, soft voice. His tone was calming me down for the most part, but I was still nervous. I was nervous that Jungkook would grow tired of our distance, I was worried that I wouldn’t get to see him very often, and I was very very worried that his family wouldn’t like me.

“Ari,” Yoongi called to put my attention back on him, “You two have been inseparable for this past summer. He’s not going to grow tired of you, he’s going to miss you like crazy. You know this already, Kim.” He knocked me in the shoulder and I let the smallest smile slip through my face, “I don’t like you second guessing yourself.”

Our conversation stopped short as we heard the door to the apartment open and close. Jungkook was back.

It wasn’t long before he was walking down the hallway and poking his head into Yoongi’s room. I didn’t fail to notice the nervous look on his face when he initially saw me, and my smile almost dropped immediately. It’d been a while since he had looked at me that way, and I didn’t like it at all.

“Hey babe,” I tried to act calm when in fact, I was not calm.

“I’m about to head out. Don’t worry, man,” Yoongi held up the cord that he had been looking for in the first place as Jungkook’s eyes shifted to Yoongi. He swallowed and nodded before looking back to me.

Was that about Yoongi? That look? Surely not… he’s been telling me this past week that he’s relieved that Yoongi will be here! He wanted me to have someone here with me since he was leaving.

“Kook, is everything okay?” I asked as Yoongi took that as his cue to dip out faster than his legs could carry him. I tried to not laugh at his eagerness to leave, but the smallest smile slipped through. I heard the apartment door close and lock before Jungkook opened his mouth.

“Everything’s totally fine,” he said, but his tone was all but genuine. That tone in his voice reminded me of our early days when either of us were about to start an argument. I thought that we would finish out these last few hours together in peace, but sadly, I was wrong.

“I just would prefer if you and Yoongi had some rules. Rules like, you can’t be in each other’s rooms.”

I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms across my chest, “So you actually don’t trust me or Yoongi. Jungkook, this is ridiculous. There is nothing between Yoongi and I. We kissed once, and it was just for Yoongi to prove a point.”

“Wait,” Jungkook’s eyes widened in sync with mine as I realized that I had never told him that, “You and Yoongi have kissed? When the-”

“It was just for him to prove that I don’t actually like him! Right after he kissed me, he basically told me that I was falling for you. He’s been right so far, so why doubt him when he said that me and him are not meant to be?” I swallowed as my eyebrows furrowed in anger and sadness, “I love you so much it’s not even funny, Kook.”

He swallowed and looked down after my words. I could see guilt swimming in his eyes, but he was still fairly angry. I could tell by how tense his muscles were.

“I just don’t know that I can completely trust Yoongi. You would have never fallen in love with me if Taehyung hadn’t forced us to be around each other all the time. You two are willingly hanging around each other all the time. If I fell for you because of the living situation, then what’s to stop him?”

I took a step closer to Jungkook as I stared deeply into his eyes. “You did not just fall in love with me because we live together. You fell in love because we were forced to get to know each other. Yoongi and I already know each other fairly well. Sure, we don’t know some things about each other, but learning new things about someone doesn’t make you fall for them.”

“Learning new things about you made me fall for you,” Jungkook was quick to rebut as I sighed in slight agitation.

“No, getting to know the real me made you fall for me. It wasn’t just the little things about me that you fell for.”

Jungkook kept his mouth closed as we both stared into each other's eyes. Jungkook seemed to be looking for something to say, but ultimately he stayed quiet.

“Jungkook, I love you. Even if Yoongi were to magically develop romantic feelings for me, I wouldn’t return the feelings,” I placed a hand on his arm softly as he seemed to relax from my touch. His shoulders that had been tense were now falling as he stepped closer to me. Our bodies were practically touching each other as I continued to look up at him.

“What if you fall to him for comfort since you won’t get to see me often?” Jungkook asked with closed eyes as his arms wrapped around my torso. I placed my head in the crook of his neck and took a deep breath, closing my eyes as I smelled his heavenly scent.

“Well of course he’s going to comfort me with I’m sad, Kook. You don’t want me to be eternally sad, do you?” I moved my hands around him as he placed a kiss on top of my head.

“Just don’t forget to talk to me about everything that happens when I’m gone. You’ll call often, right?” Jungkook’s voice was completely calm at this point as I felt my whole being relax. “And if things get really bad or something really upsetting happens, make sure to tell me so that I can arrange to come see you.”

I smiled into his neck as I nodded and moved my head so that I could look into his eyes. I found myself memorizing every etch of color in his eyes, every move of his mouth, and every freckle or scar on his face.

“And don’t let anyone use my room. Well, Chaeyoung or any of your girl friends are fine, but under no circumstances will there be another man other than Yoongi staying the night here. Ever. Not even a friend of Yoongi’s.”

I smiled and nodded, leaning up to place a soft kiss to Jungkook’s lips. His mouth chased mine as I moved to pull away to say something. A few giggles left my throat before Jungkook moved away so that I could say something.

“Poor Taehyung won’t have anywhere to go next summer,” I pouted as Jungkook’s eyes narrowed.

“You know that the rule excludes family,” Jungkook tried to contain his very slight annoyance as I pursed my lips. “Plus, Taehyung can’t stay in my room if I’m in it.”

“You two could share,” I rolled my eyes, “but does this rule include cousins? What if you have a really hot male cousin that needs a place to stay in town? Just let him know which apartment is mine and I’ll ready your room for his stay.”

Jungkook’s eyes narrowed and his hands reached down and gripped my thighs. I squealed a little as Jungkook hoisted me up against him, wrapping my legs around his torso. His eyes stared deep into mine as he began walking toward my room. “Hot cousins are excluded from the rule.”

“So that means you have a hot cousin,” I nodded and pretended to take interest as Jungkook’s eyes narrowed. I felt excitement build up in me as I ran my fingers through his hair, “How do you think he’d like his breakfast? Do you know what kind of sheets he prefers? Do you think he’d like me walking around in my skimpy pajamas? Because you sure didn’t with how rude you were to me about it.”

“Please don’t kill each other today,” Taehyung called as he was on his way out the door. I rolled my eyes and waved his way.

“No promises,” I smiled as he disappeared behind the door. I turned around after Taehyung left and was met with a wet-haired Jungkook. He was wearing his usual lounge outfit, a white t-shirt and sweatpants, and he was still trying to dry his hair with one of my towels when I spotted him.

His eyes met mine, only to break away a few seconds later. I noticed his eyes shamelessly run up and down my body as I felt my face heat up. Why was he checking me out?

“You should probably wear more clothes. You’ve gotta remember, you live with two guys.” He nonchalantly spoke as my jaw dropped.

“What, are you trying to say that you’re tempted to make a move on me?” I raised an eyebrow, “Because I thought you found me revolting.”

“I do,” he scoffed and threw the wet towel he was using at me, “Which is why you need more clothes on. I don’t want to see that much of you.”

I felt my face turn red, and I couldn’t tell if it was out of anger or embarrassment.

“Be careful, Jeon, insult me one more time and I’ll strip down to my underwear and walk around like that all day.” I threw the towel back at him as his eyes widened. I noticed him stiffen as I felt my confusion written all over my face. His face started to flush as he tightened his grip on the towel I had thrown his way only seconds ago.

He turned in one fluid motion as he grumbled and stormed off into his room. “Please don’t bother me,” He spoke before slightly slamming the door behind him.

“Shut up, Ari,” he growled as he threw me on top of my bed. He crawled above me and his eyes scanned up and down my body. “I’ll have you know, I wanted to jump you that day. That wouldn’t have been appropriate at all considering the fact that I had no idea how I felt about you at that time.”

“So what your saying is,” I smiled and placed a hand on Jungkook’s cheek. His patience was running thin with me, but I was loving messing with him. It wasn’t often that I got to him this much, “You really liked me walking around like that, but you were afraid that your friend would expose your not-so-innocent thoughts about me.”

“Exactly,” he ran his hand through the hair at the base of my neck and propped my head up closer to his, “and I wasn’t about to let go of my pride and admit my attraction to you at the time. I had a douchebag image to keep up, you know.”

I let my eyes flick to the lip that he was biting down on as I also found myself biting my lip. A smile once more began to appear on my face as I tried to hold it back. “You kept that image up well until you would make me cry.”

He growled and closed his eyes in slight pain, “Don’t mention that. God, I hate that. I don’t even like thinking about you crying, and to know that I’ve made you cry on multiple accounts…”

“But you’ve made countless girls cry, Kook. Why did my crying get to you so much?”

The teasing conversation was slowly turning serious as I found myself genuinely curious. He couldn’t be weak to crying in general because I used to hear girls cry over him all the time for the dumbest reasons. Some girls cried because they were dumped by him, some cried because they knew they’d never have a chance with him, and some cried every time he’d sleep with someone that wasn’t them.

“You mean something to me,” his eyes softened as his dominant stance above me turned into him laying next to me in my bed, “I cared about how you reacted to me. You were so cute when you were mad, and I would overstep all the time to upset you. I had a hard time drawing the line of going too far.”

I nodded in agreeance because he definitely wasn’t wrong there. He was still really bad at seeing the lines he didn’t need to cross. I couldn’t help but go really soft seeing Jungkook so vulnerable over me at the mention of me crying. He seemed genuinely sad as he cuddled up next to me.

“Please don’t forget about me while I’m gone.”

I looked over at him and had to resist the urge to laugh. Forget about him? Was he crazy? “Jungkook, I’m the one who should be saying that to you. After all, you said-”

He cut me off by leaning over me and placing a rough kiss to my mouth. I tried to continue with my words, but he chased after my mouth, adamant to keep me from saying what I was trying to. I gave in to his persistence as I allowed him to kiss me. After all, it won’t be long before I won’t be able to kiss him for weeks on end. These next few months are going to suck…

“Can you please go a day without reminding me of how big an ass I am?” Jungkook asked against my lips as I shrugged and leaned up to kiss him again.

“Stop being such an ass and then I won’t have anything to remind you of.”

…

I sat on the edge of what was once Jungkook’s bed as I looked around the empty room. I had been so adamant about turning his room into something else once he moved out, but now that he was actually leaving… I didn’t want to change anything. Maybe if the room is still laid out the same way, then it’ll be like he never left.

I forced myself to get up off the bed and move out of the room, but it was so hard… He wasn’t even gone yet and I was getting really emotional.

“Babe?” Jungkook poked his head into the room and spotted me as I took a deep breath, “We need to leave now if we’re going to get there in time.”

I puffed out my lips in slight disappointment before I moved toward him. We had made plans with everyone to go bowling tonight before everyone left for college, but I was really starting to regret the plans. I wanted more than anything to just stay here with Jungkook for his last hours here.

“You know, Tae’s gonna be super disappointed if we don’t come,” Jungkook reasoned as he saw the hesitation in my eyes. I wanted to punch him for bringing Taehyung up, but he wasn’t wrong. Taehyung would drive over here and chew me out if I didn’t come. He would take my absence personally.

I still wasn’t completely ready to let go of the summer…

“Come on, Ari,” he walked into the room and grabbed one of my arms, pulling me toward the door. My heart ached the further I was pulled from the room. The summer was going to officially be over tomorrow afternoon… I start school in a few days, and Yoongi is going to be living with me… It was going to be hard adjusting to the changes happening all at once.

“I’m coming,” I mumbled as I allowed Jungkook to pull me out of the room. We walked toward the front door as he stopped to let me put my shoes on. I took my time with them as Jungkook crossed his arms and cleared his throat.

“You know, the sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave,” Jungkook tempted me as I found it working. In a way, it was true… I finally actually put on my shoes and grabbed Jungkook’s hand as he pulled me out the door. Tomorrow is going to be a lot harder than I anticipated.

…

Jungkook and I hadn’t been at the bowling alley for very long before I found myself downing a beer that may or may not have belonged to me… But in my defence, Yoongi had gotten up to bowl and left it sitting in front of me to taunt me.

I’d never truly had alcohol before, so my face twisted in pure disgust as I drank half of what had been in the mug. I stifled some coughs to keep Jungkook from looking my way to see what I had just done.

I don’t know for sure what compelled me to drink that beer, and with the aftertaste sitting in my mouth, I was regretting giving in to my snap decision.

The night had been fine so far; we were all laughing and smiling. Everyone was having a good time, especially Chaeyoung since she and Jimin were already intoxicated before they got here. They would laugh at anything, even if it wasn’t the least bit funny.

Jungkook nor Yoongi noticed me downing the beer when I had done it, but it didn’t take long for Yoongi to notice. I thought he was going to yell at me for stealing his drink, but he instead looked very concerned.

“Ari, you’ve never had a drop of beer in your life,” he spoke to me at a low volume as Jungkook stood up to take his turn. I just simply nodded, confirming his statement as if he wasn’t sure of his words before now.

“You’re right. That tasted terrible,” I scrunched up my nose as Yoongi just became increasingly worried. He looked over to Jungkook nervously before looking at the scoreboard.

“You’re so lucky that you already suck at bowling. Maybe Jungkook won’t notice that you just chugged my beer.” He swallowed and licked his lips, “And don’t touch another drink, please. We don’t know how your alcohol tolerance is.”

Well it wasn’t very long until we got the answer to that question. Immediately following Yoongi’s words of warning, I almost stumbled straight into Jungkook. I didn’t even remember standing up from my seat, but the next thing I knew, Jungkook was holding me to him with a surprised look on his face. I could hear Yoongi wince as Jungkook stood me up straight.

“Are you alright, Ari?” Jungkook asked as he leaned closer to me. I felt his head move way to close to mine, and I started to get worried that he was going to butt heads with me. I leaned backward to save my head from the collision when I felt another pair of arms keep me from falling. I didn’t have to look to know that it was Yoongi.

I scanned the room fairly quickly, and when my eyes rested on Taehyung’s, I felt my stomach drop. Why’d he look so scary? Did Taehyung normally look like that when he was upset?

“I’m perfectly fine,” I lied and tried to grab for my bowling ball. It was a lot heavier than I remembered, and I struggled carrying it. I readied my stance to bowl, but when it came time to let go of the ball, I felt my hand holding on to the ball for dear life. I furrowed my eyebrows and started over, but this time, I swung the ball with too much enthusiasm. It flew up into the air and crashed down very loudly onto the alley as I grimaced. I somehow ended up hitting four pins.

I was about to walk back over to my seat when Yoongi shook his head and pointed back to the wrack of balls. Right, I have to go again.

Of course I didn’t hit any pins the second time, but I bowled more accurately the second time.

Not long after I got back from my turn did Taehyung not so subtly wave me over to him. When I didn’t move over to him as fast as he wanted me to, he stood up and dragged me away from our group. It felt like everyone’s eyes were following us the whole time until we moved out of their sights.I didn’t even have to look to know that Jungkook had been watching us from his seat with a look of confusion.

“Ari, what did you drink?” he snapped as I flinched. I don’t remember the last time I’d seen Taehyung shaking so much… the last time he got this way was probably when he found out about Jungkook and I.

“Just half of Yoongi’s beer,” I answered honestly. I hadn’t intended to give him an honest answer, but it almost felt like someone had hit me with truth serum in that moment.

“Why?” Taehyung moved closer to me, scrunching his nose when he for sure smelled the beer on me, “Why did you suddenly decide to drink tonight? You’ve never been interested in alcohol before.”

I felt my expression turn puzzled just like Taehyung’s. The more I thought about it, the more I had no idea what the honest answer was? It was probably a whole bunch of things, but my thoughts were so cloudy that I couldn’t name a single reason.

“It was right in front of me, I guess,” I tried to pass of that answer, but Taehyung just sighed in annoyance and leaned against the wall to our right.

“Then why would you drink half of it instead of trying it in moderation?”

He had a good point, but I had no rebuttal for him. I couldn’t think straight enough to give him a coherent answer to that question.

“Uh,” I spoke dumbly as I heard footsteps behind me, “Go big or go home, I guess?”

Taehyung’s annoyance multiplied, but he took a deep breath to keep himself calm. His eyes closed for a few seconds before I jumped at the feeling of a hand on my shoulder. I spun around and lost my balance because of how fast I spun, and my eyes met Yoongi’s. Thank God it wasn’t Jungkook. He’s gonna be piiiiissed…

“I think this is just over Jungkook leaving,” he offered that information to Taehyung for consideration as Taehyung just looked at me with a great intensity. He didn’t look convinced at first, but his demeanor changed when his eyes caught something behind Yoongi and I. I could only guess what he saw…

I turned to see Jungkook moving over to the three of us. His eyes were focused on the contact between Yoongi and I, and his jealousy was anything but subtle. It took Yoongi less than ten seconds to realize that Jungkook’s eyes looked ready to kill, and he took a big step away from me.

“What’s going on here? Is something wrong?”

I glanced back at Taehyung because if anyone was to say anything, it was going to be him. The silence that followed was deafening as I pleaded with my eyes for Taehyung to stay quiet. Sure, Jungkook was going to find out that I’m, in the least, tipsy, but I’d like to last as long as I can without him finding out.

Taehyung looked reluctant to open his mouth to explain what was going on, and I felt relief wash over me when he shook his head, “Nothing’s wrong. I just wanted to talk to Ari alone is all. I don’t get to have one on ones with her since you’re practically attached to her hip.”

Jungkook’s face twisted in a grimace as he started to back away, “Oh. Sorry, man. C’mon Yoongi.”

Yoongi swallowed and looked after us as he and Jungkook walked away. How would Jungkook take the news that I drank? Surely he wouldn’t care… he drinks fairly often. What’s wrong with me doing it?

“Ari,” Taehyung spoke to get my attention back on him, “Is this about Jungkook?”

I felt my eyes fixate on the bizarre patterns in the carpet we were standing on as we stood in silence. I just wanted to forget about how Jungkook’s leaving. I don’t want to constantly be reminding myself that he’s leaving tomorrow. I’m going to see him again, sure, but it just won’t be the same…

“God, I just want to forget everything right now, Tae,” I found myself pouring the truth out to him as he watched me carefully, “I wish he didn’t have to leave. I don’t like this kind of change…”

I swallowed some tears down as Taehyung’s eyebrows furrowed. He stepped closer to me and wrapped his arms around my waist to hold me to him. I can’t remember the last time Taehyung and I had hugged like this, but it felt really nice. I relaxed into his hold as Taehyung chuckled softly.

“Don’t get too comfortable. Jungkook’s still watching us from a distance.”

“You’re my brother,” I laughed into his shirt.

“He still looks incredibly jealous, Sis,” he pulled away from me as I felt myself finally sobering up. I could feel the beer still affecting my system, but I’ll be fine. I don’t need alcohol to make this night fun. I just need to brighten up my train of thought… “Now stop moping around and have a good time with him tonight. I can tell it’s killing him to spend any time without you right now.”

I smiled and glanced back in Jungkook’s direction. He was definitely looking Taehyung and I’s way with an intensity that sent chills down my spine, but I found myself giggling at the sight. “I guess I should go back to his side before he blows a fuse.”

“I should probably return to Hana, too,” Taehyung wrapped his arm around my shoulders as we walked back towards our bowling lanes, “Which by the way, Hana and I decided to… break it off after tonight.”

I spun to face him as his arm dropped from my shoulders, “I’m sorry, what? Taehyung, you were literally living with her for the past week. What are you even talking about?”

He looked down with a pained smile on his face as I noticed Jungkook turn away from the two of us. He seemed a little upset, but he found himself going back to out lanes to take his turn bowling.

“We both think that we’re moving too fast. We decided that it’d be better to just break up. If we can’t forget each other over this school year, then maybe we’ll get back together over next summer.”

Taehyung sounded as if it was something he genuinely wanted, but something in his eyes made me worry. I knew he didn’t seem like he’d be able to handle something long distance, but his expression as he explained their situation to me just seemed… off. He made it seem as if it was something he really wanted, but I wasn’t sure.

I hadn’t gotten to know Hana too well, but I knew that this was all Taehyung’s idea. She was more than willing to try and make it work with him when I spoke briefly with her in my living room the night she and Taehyung slept together. She genuinely seemed like she was on the road to fall hard for him if she hadn’t already.

“She agreed to this?” I asked as Taehyung swallowed. He reluctantly nodded as I tried to keep from sighing in disappointment. “Are you really not willing to give it a shot? The long distance, I mean. Kook and I are going to be doing it. You two could drive down together to see Hana and I.”

Taehyung shook his head as I was speaking my words as I looked over to where Hana was sitting. She was normally quiet around us since she didn’t know us too well, but she seemed even more quiet than normal tonight. Of course the people that I had to compare her to were Chaeyoung, Jimin, and Hoseok who were all very loud and fairly drunk.

“She and I want to be able to date someone if we find someone of interest over these next few months,” Taehyung explained as my eyes narrowed.

“Tell me, Tae. What girlfriends have you had in the past year?” I asked, knowing very well the answer to that question. His face shifted at my words as I finally felt like I was getting through to him.

“And what about Hana? Are you fine with some other guy having her? Looks like Hoseok’s getting fairly close to her…”

Taehyung’s eyes snapped over to our group as his eyes locked on to Hana’s. Hoseok was laughing and leaning on her, though she didn’t look too comfortable with his bold action. I looked back over to Taehyung, noticing his jaw slack. His fists clenched for a couple seconds before he relaxed them and looked back over to me.

“I’m sorry, Ari. I know you think that everyone can have a happy relationship like you seem to have, but I just can’t do it. I can’t get attached to her and then turn around and leave her. If she’s still single when I come back next summer, then maybe I’ll give our relationship another try. I just… I can’t.”

I felt frustration set in me, but I could tell that Taehyung was not going to budge. He’d been living with this woman, yet he still wants to break up tomorrow. He’s lying to himself to say that this breakup is mutual. Hana told me herself that she liked him even back in high school. She couldn’t believe that they were actually a couple after how big of a crush she had on him back then.

The look in her eyes as she watched him talk to me told me all that I needed to know.

“She really seems to love you, Tae. I’m just trying to stop you from making a mistake,” I tried one last time to talk him out of it, but he shook his head stubbornly. He wasn’t going to give in. I sighed at that revelation and looked over to Jungkook, remembering that I should be spending some time with him tonight. I could tell he was pouting over there while Yoongi was trying to talk to him.

“I’m going to go back over to Jungkook. Plus, it’s been our turns to bowl for a decent while. I’m sure that they’re getting irritated with how long we’re taking. C’mon, Tae.”

…

Learning of Taehyung’s situation opened my eyes to how grateful I felt toward Jungkook. He’d tried to break us up for a little while there, but I was thankful that I talked him out of it. I couldn’t imagine us breaking up indefinitely. If that were the case, I would be so drunk right now that I wouldn’t even be able to walk.

After my sudden spur of the moment beer stealing, I didn’t drink for the rest of the night. I felt queasy since my system wasn’t used to the alcohol, but I slowly got over it after getting up to drink some of the water that they had in a water fountain.

Yoongi had tried his hardest to keep my slight intoxication from Jungkook which I was incredibly grateful for. He’d been such a great friend to me over these past few months, and it was crazy how close we’d grown. He went from being the coworker who I had trouble training to my roommate in the span of a year. Even at the beginning of the summer we were just friends who only saw each other at work.

I sent Yoongi a smile as he looked over at me. He didn’t smile back immediately, but one broke through after he looked away from me, getting up to take his turn to bowl.

The night continued on smoothly, but things started to shift when all the guys decided to head to the game room and play some of their arcade machines. Hana, Chaeyoung, and I stayed back in our lanes. I kinda wanted to join them in the arcade room, but I wanted to talk to Hana more. Her mood seemed fine for the most part, but I could tell something was off every time she looked over at Taehyung.

“Hana,” I called as she looked over to me. We really hadn’t talked much, but I wanted to try and get to know her. I thought that she was a great fit for my brother, so for him to push her away like this was so… infuriating. “I’m sorry about my dumb brother.”

Her eyebrows raised for a couple seconds, trying to feign confusion. I continued to look at her with an unchanging expression as she gave in, letting her raw emotions show. I knew enough about her to know that she hates holding her real emotions back, yet she does it all the time. Taehyung had told me as such, yet he proceeds to do this to her.

“Why are you letting him do this? Why don’t you fight him on it?” I tried to push for her to talk to him about it. If I hadn’t been honest with Jungkook, we’d have ended things on such a terrible note. I’d be wallowing in my apartment right now as Jungkook was off at college doing who knows what without me.

“You know better than I do that Taehyung is stubborn,” she started to open up to me as I glanced over at Chaeyoung. She had sobered up a good amount, and our conversation was flying over her head. She didn’t butt in, though. She let us talk to each other without interruptions.

Well of course I know he’s stubborn. He threatened me with leaving my apartment every time I told him how much I wanted to kick Jungkook out. He was not backing down about Jungkook staying with us. He also was very adamant about not wanting anything to happen between the two of us, and it took him a good month after finding out to finally be comfortable around Jungkook and I. Once he made up his mind, it was very hard to change it.

“But it’s not impossible to change his mind, you know,” I pointed out as she looked away from me, “I don’t know how much Taehyung talks to you about things like this, but it took him forever to get used to Jungkook and I being together. It took him a lot of time, but he eventually changed how he felt about us. He’s been pretty supportive of us since then.”

Hana still didn’t look my way as I sighed and moved to sit on her and Chaeyoung’s side of the lanes. I sat in the seat next to Hana as she dared herself to look up at me.

“I think you should try and fight him on this. If he becomes unreasonable and gets mad at you for any reason, I’ll be here to set him straight. He really likes you, Hana. He wouldn’t be pushing you away like this if he didn’t feel this way.”

“I don’t know, RaeAri,” she shook her head, her eyebrows furrowed, “I would rather wait for him than fight him on this. I can’t force him to listen to me if all I have to contact him is a text message that he could easily ignore. If I need to wait for him, I can wait. I’ve waited the whole summer for him to do something as simple as ask me out, so this should be no different.”

Her words made my heart break as I looked in the direction of the arcade. I hated this. I hated everything about this situation, and it drove me mad to not be able to do anything about it. If I couldn’t get through to either of them, I shouldn’t push this further. The last thing I want is for the both of them to have any ill will toward me.

“I really want you and Taehyug to stay together,” I said bluntly, looking back to Hana, “So if you’ll just wait a little longer for my idiot brother, he’s definitely worth the wait.”

Hana’s face heated up as she continued to look at me. A soft smile appeared on her face as she nodded, “I know he’s worth the wait.”

::

Things at the bowling alley ended soon after the guys grew tired of the arcade. We were all making our way out of the building as ran off from Jungkook to speak to Hoseok. I hadn’t said hardly anything to him all night since my mind had been in another world for most of the night.

“I guess it’s gonna be a while till I see you again,” I frowned as Hoseok reached up and rubbed the back of his neck. Hoseok failed to mention to me until an hour ago that he was transferring to a different college. He didn’t even tell me, he announced it to everyone after having one too many drinks. Jungkook was nothing short of excited at the news, but I found myself getting really sad over it.

I didn’t like Hoseok romantically, but he was a really great friend. We hadn’t seen each other in person since I had revealed the truth to him about Jungkook and I, but we texted often. It made me sad that I wouldn’t be able to see him after Jungkook left. I was hoping that we would finally be able to hang out together again since I wouldn’t have a jealous boyfriend hanging over my every move.

“Yeah,” Hoseok nodded, a sheepish smile on his face. It felt slightly awkward with the two of us talking to each other. “Sorry I didn’t tell you. I meant to, but…”

I waved him off before I glanced at Jungkook. Yoongi was talking to him to keep him distracted as I smiled. Yoongi is literally the best. I turned back to Hoseok and suddenly wrapped my arms around him, catching him off guard. He stiffened slightly as I felt him look around to spot Jungkook. I felt him relax into my hold when he spotted that Jungkook wasn’t looking our way.

“Don’t forget to text me, okay?” I spoke as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders. “I like talking to you.”

Hoseok nodded against my head, “I won’t forget about you. And if you think I have forgotten you, it doesn’t hurt for you to text first every once in a while.”

I laughed as we pulled away from our hug. I looked Yoongi and Jungkook’s way again as I noticed that Yoongi was having issues keeping Jungkook from looking at Hoseok and I. “I’ll consider it. Maybe,” I joked as I started backing away from him. I sighed of relief having gotten to talk to him without Jungkook watching me like a hawk. That’s something that I’m not going to miss, that’s for sure.

I walked over to Taehyung and Hana who were mid-hug as I felt something was off. Hana was holding back tears and Taehyung’s body was tense as they hugged. He was staying the night at her place tonight, so why did it seem like they were saying bye?

I stopped walking to them, but Taehyung was quick to spot me. He pulled away from their hug to turn to me with a sad look on his face.

“I’m leaving tonight.”

I felt my eyes widen as I looked over at Hana for a couple seconds. Her eyes were fixated on the ground and she seemed to be trying so hard to look stoic.

“No you’re not,” I shook my head, moving closer to them, “You’re not leaving till tomorrow afternoon. You can’t leave early.”

Taehyung sighed and tried to send me a smile, “I’m sorry, Ari. I wanted to tell you that I’m leaving early, but I didn’t know how to tell you.”

“Does Jungkook know?” I asked as I glanced back his way. Jungkook was still talking to Yoongi, and I felt nervous looking at them. At first I thought that Yoongi was just trying to distract Jungkook, but they’re talking even now? What do the two of them have to talk about?

“No,” Taehyung shook his head as I turned back to him, “I knew he’d tell you if I told him.”

“This doesn’t make any sense,” I narrowed my eyes at him, “You could have left a week ago, but you didn’t. You stayed because you wanted to spend time with Hana. Why do you need to leave a day early all the sudden? Didn’t you two plan something?”

Judging from how Hana shifted, I was right. Taehyung didn’t budge, though. He was good at playing ignorant, “Since we decided to break up, I don’t want to impose on her and her roommate anymore. Plus, my room is now Yoongi’s room at your place.”

“If this is about places to stay, you can sleep on my couch for all I care. Heck, Jungkook’s not gonna be in his bed tonight, so you could take his.”

I noticed Hana become uncomfortable at my words as I started to read into her movements. She didn’t want me to take him in, duh. She wants him to come back to his place for the night.

“Just spend this last night together, Tae. After all, don’t you want to get back together once summer comes again? I don’t want you leaving to spend your night in a lonely dorm room. Please, Tae.” I grabbed his arm as I looked away from me, “Hana’s not going to say it, so I will. She wants you to stay, okay? She’ll let you do what you want, but that’s not what she wants. Stop being so selfish, Kim Taehyung. With that attitude, you’ll never have a long term girlfriend. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to spend these last hours with my boyfriend who was considerate enough to stay with me for this last night. Call me when you get to the dorm room so that I know you’re safe.”

I spun around and marched away from the two of them, but I was not about to butt into Yoongi and Jungkook’s conversation. Neither one of them were paying attention to what was going on around them because of how invested they were with whatever they were talking about.

I moved over to Chaeyoung and Jimin who were trying to get an Uber to come pick them up. Neither one of them were sober enough to drive, plus, I think they used an Uber to get here in the first place.

“Hey,” I spoke as I sat next to them on the bench they had nearly taken over, “How’s it going over here? I didn’t really get to talk to you guys much tonight.”

“Yeah,” Chaeyoung nodded, “I did hear everything you and Hana were talking about, though. It’s messed up that he’s breaking up with her like that. Didn’t he stay this last week to be with her?”

“Yes! It’s so confusing,” I slightly whined, “My brother is such a dumbass, honestly.”

“That is very true. I’m just glad that Jimin and I don’t have to worry about that,” she sighed, leaning on Jimin’s shoulder. He smiled and locked his phone, putting it down to lean into her.

“You know, Jimin,” I started talking as Chaeyoung’s head shot up. She did not like the tone of voice that I was using, “When you first started working at the theater, Chaeyoung tried to get me to hit on you.”

Chaeyoung winced as Jimin raised his eyebrows in surprise. A smile appeared on his face as he looked between Chaeyoung and I, “For real? Why?”

“She said that she thought we’d hit it off,” I shrugged as she groaned.

“You were sad and lonely and he was cute and single! How was I to know that you actually liked Jungkook and that I would fall for Jimin? It’s just cruel how much you tease me about this,” she pouted into Jimin’s shirt as he just laughed and looked at me.

“I can’t believe I didn’t know this,” he shook his head, “Chae, just imagine that she did try to hit it off with me.”

“Stop,” she tightened the grip that she had on the collar of his shirt, “I was stupid, I know. But I was going to sacrifice a cute boy for her because she was lonely!”

Jimin kissed the top of her head to try and soothe her, his hand running up and down her back, “You know, even if she had an interest in me, I wouldn’t have even considered it. At that time, I thought she and Jungkook were ex’s, and I was convinced that they weren’t over each other. I wasn’t about to be torn apart by Jungkook, because he is scary when he’s jealous.”

I felt my face heat up at the mention of Jungkook lying about us being ex’s. I didn’t know it at the time, but it made a whole lot more sense than the truth did, especially because of all the sexual tension.

“Plus,” Jimin continued, speaking softer. He meant for these words to just be for Chaeyoung, but I heard them, anyway, “I had an interest in you. Of course… I’m not sure that I would have acted on it if you hadn’t approached me first.”

I took that as my cue to leave them alone as I smiled and waved to Jimin. He waved back at me as he continued to hold Chaeyoung to him. I turned to Jungkook and Yoongi who seemed to be wrapping up whatever conversation they had been having before. I walked toward them as Yoongi extended his hand for Jungkook to shake. The two of them shook hands as I felt a smile rest on my face. It was nice to see Jungkook totally calm around Yoongi after his random spout of jealousy a couple hours ago.

“Are you ready to go?” I asked as Jungkook turned to look at me. His brown eyes locked onto mine as I felt myself savoring the look he was giving me. I needed to memorize everything about him, after all.

“Yeah,” Jungkook nodded as I glanced over at Yoongi.

“I’ll see you tomorrow at 5:00?” I asked as Yoongi nodded to confirm. He was moving the rest of his stuff into the apartment, and if I understand correctly. Chaeyoung and Jimin are supposed to help us tomorrow.

Jungkook and I headed off as I looked back at Taehyung one last time. He was talking with Hana, and I bit my lip when I saw the frown on her face. Seriously? Was he seriously leaving her? After everything I said? I couldn’t help but sigh in annoyance as Jungkook looked down at me.

“Is everything alright?”

I looked up at him and swallowed. I didn’t want to talk to him about their situation to be brutally honest. I wanted these moments to be drama free until at least 5:00 tomorrow.

“Yeah. Let’s head home.”

::

In the blink of an eye, I was already thrown into the final day of Jungkook being home. I felt a constant dread in my stomach the whole morning leading into the afternoon. Jungkook and I spent the morning together playing Wii Sports and going out to each lunch. He tried to cheer me up since I was not doing a good job of hiding my dread, but I wasn’t cooperating. I wanted to feel better, but my heart just wouldn’t let me.

The hours flew by as I nervously looked down at my phone in what felt like minute intervals. I’d look away from my phone screen and by the time I looked back down at it, thirty minutes would have gone by.

It was nearing 4:30 when Jungkook walked into the kitchen to grab the last of his drinks from the fridge. He was nearly done packing everything away into his car that he could, and I stood nervously in the kitchen. I watched him slip the drinks into a lunch bag before he exited the room, heading to what has now become a husk of what used to be an inhabited room. I didn’t follow him as I stayed in the kitchen, denying myself the fact that Jungkook was seriously about to leave me behind in this apartment.

He’s actually leaving, and I wasn’t sure that I was fully prepared. It wasn’t as if I thought he might stay behind, but I had never fully grasped the fact that Jungkook was actually going to leave this apartment one day.

“You know,” Jungkook chuckled from the other room as I walked out into the hallway, “If you were still the same girl from the beginning of the summer, this day would have been a celebration to you. You would have thrown me a goodbye party because of how excited you were at me finally leaving.”

I let a smile break through my sadness as Jungkook walked out of the room. He’d gotten all that he needed from that room, and it hurt to know that he was finally done packing. He was fully ready to leave, but it seemed wrong for him to be leaving without me following him. Not that I would follow him even if I could afford it…

Well, I might have chased after him, but I’ll never truly know since I’ll never get into his school, anyway.

“I’d almost rather hate you right now,” I spoke with a waver in my voice. Jungkook’s eyes softened hearing my voice as he walked up to me. He had a bag hanging off his shoulder that he placed on the floor, kneeling down to search through it. I watched him curiously as he finally found what he was looking for.

“So, I know that this isn’t what you asked for,” Jungkook started as I felt my expression become completely puzzled. I don’t remember asking him for anything at all…

He stood up with a small black box that my eyes traced like a hawk eyeing it’s prey. I never asked for anything from him. Why’d he buy me, what I could only assume is, jewelry?

He held the box out for me to take as I looked up at him in confusion, “Kook, I never asked for anything from you. What are you talking about?”

Jungkook looked down and pulled something out of his back pocket to hand to me. It was a small card with the same emblem on it as the box. I reluctantly took the card as I eyed him curiously. What was he up to?

“Just read it and then open the box,” he smiled as I started to open the card. I jumped when Jungkook reached out to close the card yet again, adding even more to my confusion. “But save it for when I’m gone. It’ll be weird to read the card if I’m standing right here since I wrote it as if I’d already left.”

I let a small laugh out of my nose as I moved away from Jungkook, walking to place the box on the dining table. Jungkook followed after me as I turned around to face him. “Is this a goodbye present of some kind?”

“I guess you could say that,” Jungkook shrugged and nodded. He took a few steps closer to me before his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling my torso to his. “I thought about giving it to you sooner, but I doubted myself too much at that point. That was around the time that I spewed lies out to you about… you know.”

I nodded and ran my hands up his chest, cupping his face with my hands, “Well, I can already tell that I’ll love it. Thank you in advance, Jungkook. You didn’t have to get me anything…”

Jungkook just hummed in response before leaning his head downward, placing his lips to mine. I leaned into him as much as I could during that kiss, because I wasn’t sure what kiss was going to be our last. Jungkook was leaving any minute now, and I was trying so hard to not think about it.

His nose brushed against mine as he changed angles in the kiss. His tongue also pressed against my lip asking for entrance, and I was quick to give it to him. I delved all my passion into this kiss as my hands slid into his hair, lightly tugging at the roots. His teeth nipped at my lip which sent a shiver down my spine. I stood up on my tiptoes to press into him further, and that action lead Jungkook to picking me up. I laughed into the kiss before wrapping my arms around his neck for support.

“I never want to have to leave you again after this,” Jungkook mumbled into my lips, his eyes staying closed, “I can’t believe that we’ve only been together since the beginning of the summer… it feels like I’ve spent the past ten years of my life with you.”

“Well,” I smiled and opened my eyes to meet his, “We have known each other for that long. It’s funny how life can bring you this close to someone that’s been in the background the whole time.”

“Life was just waiting for the right time to put us together,” Jungkook smiled before slowly pulling away from me. His eyes glanced at the clock behind me as I felt my happiness fading away. It was time for him to go…

“Are you gonna walk me to my car?” Jungkook softly asked as I nodded. Of course I was.

The walk was incredibly silent, but I was sure to hold on to Jungkook’s hand for dear life. He couldn’t leave if I never let go of him…

By the time that we got down to the parking lot, it was past time for Jungkook to go. He had a decently long drive ahead of him, and I hated to prolong the time it would be until he got to his dorm.

Jungkook turned to face me as I tried my best to send him the biggest smile that I could manage. His soft smile that he sent in response melted my heart. Why was he that cute? How could someone so perfect looking exist?

“I guess this is goodbye for now,” Jungkook sighed, pulling me into a sudden hug, “You are coming for my birthday in a few weeks, right? My sister already agreed to letting you stay with her, so you won’t need to worry about a place to stay.”

I was not about to bring up how nervous I am to meet his family right before he leaves… I’ll have this conversation with him another time…

“Of course,” I nodded, despite not having made the arrangements with work about going. I still had plenty of time to work it out, though.

“Good,” he smiled and nodded as I looked down at the ground, “Then we just need to get through three more weeks before we see each other again. Simple enough, right?”

He said it as if it was going to be simple, but I knew it would be anything but. I was still going to miss him like crazy. It was like a huge chunk of my heart was deciding to live four hours away.

“Right,” I nodded and swallowed. “I really love you, Jungkook. Don’t change too much while your gone.”

Jungkook gave me a soft smile, planting one last kiss on my lips before he let go of me, “I love you, too, Ari. Don’t forget to tell me everything that happens while I’m gone! Make it seem like I never left, okay?”

I let a soft, bittersweet smile appear on my face as Jungkook took another step away from me. The further he got the more my heart hurt, but I was going to be okay. It would take time, but eventually, I’ll get through it.

“Okay, Kook,” I nodded, grabbing the door knob to the stairs entrance. He turned away and quit looking at me as I felt my smile drop immediately. “I just wish I didn’t have to make it seem like you never left.I just wish you actually never left.

…

I had almost forgotten about the box that Jungkook had left me in suspense about as I walked up the stairs. It wasn’t long before tears were welling up into my eyes, and I hadn’t even opened the card yet.

Kim RaeAri,

What can I say, truly? You, Ari, have turned me into one of those sappy guys in those cheesy dramas on TV. When sitting down to write this, I had no idea where to begin, but I was really over thinking it. As you know, I love you. I know that you’re wondering what I bought and why I bought it, but I assure you there’s a story behind it. You should know this story.

As you know, I still feel horrible about all the awful things I said to you when I first moved in. The worst I’ve ever felt was when I flung that money in your face. That was no way to handle any situation, yet you still loved me despite me doing something as horrible as that.

I know that you remember what that money was over. You spent money getting me furniture for my room, and that was me paying you back for it. Well, it would have I hadn’t been such a douchebag. As you might have guessed at this point, the ring I got you is my payment back to you. I know that it’s not cash, but I thought you’d like this more. Think of it as a promise ring if you want. The ring wasn’t the full cost of what I owe you, but I have more to give you in the future. Just give me a little longer to pay you back in full.

I love you, Ari. I trust Yoongi to keep you safe since I can’t be there. I already can’t wait to see you again.

Love, Jungkook

::

A/N: I know, it’s a cheesy ending... but I don’t care, I liked it! I wanna know what you guy’s thoughts are on this series! It’s been a fun and wild ride, and I can’t believe it’s actually over... Well, unless I write some drabbles or something because I like the idea of writing Ari meeting Jungkook’s family... but I’m not promising anything!

Thanks again for reading! Your time spent reading this means the world to me~

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