Payback - Jungkook | Chapter 7
genre: romance/comedy/friends-to-lovers
summary: “Revenge is sweet”, that’s what they say, and your plan is to find out if that statement is true. After finding out about your boyfriend’s infidelity, you seek after his lover’s boyfriend, cause mama always told you that sweets are better when shared. But first, you need to convince him to join you.
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Calli: Jungkook, where are you? [received: 12:09 a.m.]
Jungkook’s heart was still racing fast when he left the kitchen, a few moments after you. He didn’t know if that was the alcohol speaking, or himself, but he felt the urge to follow you and understand why he felt the need to kiss you so badly. Shit.
He was not attracted to you like this. You were his new friend. Pretty and smelling good, but a friend that had a boyfriend. Well, if the plan was following the right steps, not for too long. And so was he. But he only remembered that because of an angry Calli in front of him. You were gone.
“Where were you, Jungkook?” Her voice sounded annoyed, not trying to hide her feelings. He felt numb seeing her. He really liked her before?
“I was in the kitchen. You just saw me leaving there”.
That would be harder to explain.
“What’s wrong?” He tried to change the topic.
“Let’s leave. We need to talk”.
“What?” She tried pushing him, but he stood there, strong like a tree. “But I don’t want to leave, yet”.
Calli’s face at that moment was something Jungkook wanted to take a picture and send to Y/N, priceless. She was disbelieved.
“What do you want to talk about?” He asked, not really interested and sick of her lies, while walking back to his group of friends.
She followed him, getting angrier each step.
“About your friend, to begin it”.
He stopped, thinking of ways to get her angrier.
“Jin?” He wondered, pointing to the mentioned, across the room, not trying to hide their discussion. “What do you want to talk about him?” At that moment, all his friends were paying attention.
“No, Jungkook, not him.” If looks could kill, he would be dead and buried. “I want to talk about the friend you said with all the words you didn’t know.” She whispered.
He didn’t answer her, waiting for Calli to finish whatever she was going to say, before he gave his own check-mate. Crossing his arms, he sighed, waiting for her, not caring if his drink was falling from his cup.
“Even your friends know you’re ‘friends’ with her.” She crossed her arms, too. He almost pitied her sad look. “Let’s leave and discuss this at another place, please”.
“There’s nothing to discuss, Calli. So what if I’m friends with her? I can be friends with who the fuck I want to.” Her face was a pure shock. Jungkook were never this rude to her. “If you want to leave, the door is right there,” He pointed at it. “and you came on your own, you can leave the same way. I’m staying”.
So Jungkook turned and started walking to his group again, that was watching the whole conversation, with their mouth open. Jin was gone now, probably paying attention to his other friends. He would have loved seeing it.
“I think you just lost your girlfriend” Hoseok remarked, watching Calli leaving the party.
Jungkook took a glance and smiled.
“Let’s commemorate, then.” But he’s not happy. Not when he couldn’t talk to you because of Jordan.
“Hey!” You scream, almost falling. “Can you please walk slowly?” You hope on your brother’s arm.
“No, Y/N. Let’s go.” Jordan shouts back, not glancing you.
That was not what you expected. You expected a fight right there at the party, not to tell him you knew what he have been doing -of course-, just… Just not this. For the first time since you started the whole plan, you regretted it.
“Are you okay?” Taehyung asks you when he notices you did not open the car’s door.
“I’m just not sure if I want to get in”.
“You want to go back to the party?” You felt him judging you, so you just smile and deny. The mood of the party was long gone.
“Just get in.” Jordan seems impatient and angry.
It’s not like you were feeling scared of him. Jordan was not the type to be aggressive or lose his temper easy. If you ever felt insecure with him, you wouldn’t think twice. You just felt that it was taking too long. Too much stress, when you could be living freely. The pain could have already left your chest. Was it all really worthing?
If you had ended it sooner, you could be there at the party, finding out if Jungkook is really a good kisser, like he surely seems. But if you had done it, the chances of knowing Jungkook were really small.
You shake your head, trying to erase that thought.
It’s not the time to think about your accomplice and how close his lips were to yours. How hot he felt so close to you. Or even how much you wanted to taste him better than just that touch, long enough to get used to his flavor and need air. How soft his lips were? You would never know since you lost your chance.
Gosh, you were in trouble.
“What’s taking so long?” Jordan asks, leaving the car. His face was red. Oh boy, he was angry.
“I don’t want to go with you.” You whisper, before realizing. “I mean. You’re angry, I have no idea why…“ You lie, and you’re sure your brother knows that. Even Jordan probably knows that.
“Ah, you have no idea?” He laughs, ironically. “Well, maybe because suddenly I’m the clown of the party, is that enough for you? Was that the reason for forcing me to come to this shitty party, Y/N?”
“Jordan, babe, can we talk about it tomorrow? You’re angry and I don’t want you to take any precipitate action”.
“Precipitated action? What do you think I’m gonna do?”
“Honey. Please. Let’s talk when we are both calm”.
Jordan entered his car and left without any word to Taehyung or you. Stick to the plan, Y/N, not the time to give up.
Walking back to the party to wait for a cab at a place with more “security”, there’s a silence between your brother and you that’s unbearable. Worse than having to deal with all the mess you created.
“Aren’t you gonna ask me anything?” You break the silence, already in the cab. “Just please, talk to me”.
“I know what I saw today. And last week. There’s nothing to explain.” Taehyung doesn’t look into your eyes.
“It’s not what you think. I know it sounds cliche, but this time it really is not what you’re thinking”.
“We can talk about it later, Y/N.” He mentions, looking at the driver.
You wanted to listen to what he said, but the truth was that it didn’t matter if he was paying attention, all that matter was what your brother was thinking about you.
“I first met him almost three weeks ago.” You look at Taehyung, but he’s still not looking at you. “Jungkook, I mean. And that girl at the party, her name is Calli. She’s dating Jungkook”.
That got Taehyung’s attention.
“She was one of Jordan’s clients. Let’s just sum up and say that they did not keep the professionalism”.
“Why did…” You raise your hand, asking him to wait.
“I wanted to try them, so I asked for Jungkook’s help. And also because he deserved to know what was happening”.
“That’s why you’re seeing Jungkook? You’re cheating Jordan because he cheated you?” You didn’t feel him judging you this time, but trying to understand.
“I’m not cheating Jordan. I can’t deny that I’m feeling attracted to Jungkook, but it was never part of the plan”.
“What was it? Expose them?”
“Not publicly.” You shrug. “Just make them a little paranoid. Wondering what is happening. Talking about it now, it sounds silly, but I wanted them to wonder if they were being cheated until they realize”.
He stays silent for a moment, thinking about all the leads he caught these weeks, all the information you just gave him.
Jordan was cheating on his sister. And he had the courage to just talk normally with them, not ashamed of his own actions. Taehyung decided that he approved her plan.
“So that scene in the kitchen… Jordan was supposed to see it?”
“No. That wasn’t even supposed to happen. He was drunk, the music was beating loud, it was just the moment. And I already feel single, so I didn’t think about it”.
“No, I don’t. It’s too soon to like someone I barely know”.
“May I tell you something?” The cab driver asked, and that made you realize that you were not alone with your brother and going back home. “It’s never too soon to like someone. You can take years to fall for someone that is right by your side, the same way that you could take only a minute”.
You start to think about what he said when you see the familiar houses that were in your neighborhood. You were so confused.
“Thanks for your advice.” You smile at the guy, after paying him.
“Hey, miss.” He calls you when you were almost reaching the door. “Enjoy your revenge”.
You smile, watching the car leaving your front door. Even a stranger supported your idea.
“By the way, that guy… He was so drunk that he could have said something wrong and ruin your plan”.
“Jin? He was not that drunk”.
“Wait. He was part of it?” Taehyung seemed shocked, you just smile. “Oh my God. We were completely fooled”.
He opens the door and you both enter, quietly to not wake up your parents.
“Wait a second. Does it mean that Jimin was part of it, too?” He looked even more shocked. “He was lying when he told me to call him Monday to talk about my photos?”
Was it the thing Jungkook once mentioned?
“Tae, I’m not sure if he knew something, but I don’t think he was lying. Why would he?”
You enter your room, after saying goodnight to your brother, and wondering what was happening at the party. Did Calli and Jungkook enter a discussion? Did Jordan get okay at his home?
Y/N: Hey, how’s the party? [sent:-]
You felt insecure of sending it. What if the friendship you both had developed these weeks were now ruined after almost kissing? Thinking about it, you hit send by accident and you can’t help groan really loud.
If you delete the message, he would still know you sent something.
Just let it be. There’s nothing wrong at that message.
With that in mind, you lay in your bed, ready to sleep.