cherry twizzlers / j.j.k. au
summary: Jeon Jungkook a.k.a the hottie neighbor next door (or at least that's what Sooyoung your bff likes to call him) has broken up with his girlfriend...for the hundredth time. Ever since you became friends he's always been there for you and now the least you could do is be there for him, right?
pairing: neighbor!jungkook x college student!reader
warnings: Four age gap(? -idk if it should be a warning but ok- also sorry if there are any mistakes!!
You hit the space bar on your laptop once you hear the microwave indicating that your popcorn was ready, it was saturday night after all and since your plans for tonight had canceled on the very last minute you thought it would be the perfect time to watch the new episode of Twenty Five-Twenty one.
Netflix & Chill but make it quality time with yourself.
You tip toe your way to the kitchen and take the popcorn bag out of the microwave "damn it's hot" you cry out while opening it and emptying the bag on a bowl for you to take to your bedroom until suddenly you hear a loud slam outside.
Debating if you should go or not you end up walking straight to your door and rest your ear against it.
Yet the only thing you could hear is silence, maybe it was nothing, you sigh and walk away but another slam stops you on your way.
Now, you were the type of person who usually minds their own business but since you've been into dramas lately you were curious about what was going on out there.
So you decide to take a quick look. The next thing you do is hurry up to your kitchen and take the trashcan with you so you have a good excuse to go outside.
Even if your trashcan was almost empty you managed to make it look like the heaviest thing, but when you're stepping outside all you could see was your neighbor.
Jeon Jungkook, 5'10 or so, intimidating at times but the kindest person you know here, you've been friends since you moved to the building when you started college a couple years ago, he was older than you for a few years so he was the one who showed you around the neighborhood when you got here. Long story...
But right now he seemed different, pissed? angry? sad? He was sitting on the floor with his face buried in his hands.
"hey..." you approach him with a soft tone in your voice since you couldn't see his face clearly "what's wrong?"
But nothing come out of his mouth.
You sit next to him putting the trashcan away, nothing but the sounds of his heavy breathing echoing the hallway, you didn't know what could've possibly happened to make him act like this, a few minutes go by just like that until he slowly lifts his head to look at you.
"Dalmi just broke up with me" he says before resting his head on your shoulder and start sobbing.
"wait isn't this the third time in the week?" you ask while looking at your sandals "you can text her tomorrow don't worry"
"no, it's different this time" he takes a deep breath "i found out she was cheating on me" you stop playing with your hands to look at him.
He was right, this time was different, he seemed really hurt.
You couldn't really understand why would someone like him go through this, -not that anyone should- as far as you knew he had a long term relationship and nothing really seemed wrong between them, guess not everything is what it seems.
"i'm so sorry kookie..." you reach for his forearm to give him a stroke "do you wanna talk about it?"
"not really" he sighs and looks away.
Not gonna lie, seeing him like this felt awful, you’ve known him for a while now but somehow every time you saw Jungkook this sad it felt like the first time, you were never ready for it and it’s not like he was expecting you to make him feel better, still, you felt like some of his pain was yours as well.
“do you wanna come inside? i made popcorn” you offer wrapping you arm around his shoulders…or at least as far as your arm could reach.
“extra butter?” he asks looking at you with doe eyes.
“you know me so well” you say after giving him a warm smile and you feel his shoulders relax under your arm.
"what's wrong with her?" Jungkook asks pointing at the screen "it's already been determined that Na Hee Do won the match!"
"i know right?" you agree furious "Koo Yu rim is a bad looser" you say right before eating the popcorn left in the bowl.
"i bet they're gonna chase after the guy now" he adds "they always do this on every kdrama" he puts the empty bowl aside the two of you.
"nah, she likes Moon Jiung" at this point you already explained everything there is to be known about the plot of the series, Jungkook seemed better than a few hours ago, you were glad he could at least forget about Dalmi for awhile.
"right" he says paying attention to the next scene.
You kinda enjoyed nights like this where you didn't need to be all dressed up, you liked the comfort of your place, your favorite pj's and watching something on flix. Jungkook liked it as well, but he thanked the fact that it had to be you the one who found him and not anyone else, there was something about you that made him feel comfortable enough to be himself around you, he enjoyed the things you liked and bickering about how childish you were sometimes, but he was there for it.
"you know, we could do this every night...well maybe not every night but every saturday night" he says when the episode ended.
"this? netflix?" you ask.
"yeah, i mean, i used to spend every saturday night with Dalmi but...now it'll be sad so, what if i crash here so we can watch the rest of the episodes?" he looks at you with hopeful eyes but you know it was just because he had been crying.
"uhm..." you think about it, there was nothing wrong with that but you wondered how terrible he must be feeling right now for not to want to be on his own for a while "sure, okay" you accept.
And that's exactly what you did.
Each saturday night he'd be at your doorstep with a bag o chips or whatever you would be craving at that moment, and not just that but every other day, it sort of became a habit waiting for him at night just so the two of you could spend your evenings eating and watching anything on tv, it was your little space no one knew about and that was okay.
Thursday afternoon you were done with your classes for the day so Sooyoung and you decided to head to your place as soon as you got out of campus.
"i'm seriously thinking about dropping economics that shit is taking me to dark places i swear" Sooyoung says once you two enter to your place.
"i thought you liked it" you giggle "last week you were so excited about it"
"yeah until Mr. Duke had to go away for trial" she cried "don't get me wrong i love the vibe but why would he leave me?"
"you rat, he just got divorced" you say "isn't it too soon?"
"i guess but i hear his ex wife is crazy as hell" she says while making her way to the living room "poor man he's too good i don't think she lets him keep anything"
"aw but that's so sad i hope she gives him a break" you sigh "hey do you wanna order some thai?"
"sure, i'm craving something spicy" Sooyoung says letting herself dive into the couch "oh but tell them not to add those-..." she stops herself
"those what?" you turn around to look at her.
She was trying to reach for something underneath her body on the pillows of the couch "hang on what is this-..." she pulls out something that seemed like a hoodie, folded but rolled up "oh my god! whose is this?" Sooyoung looked at you with a big expression on her face.
It was Jungkook's hoodie, you curse, he might've forgotten he left it here two nights ago when you were watching Kick Ass.
"nobody's" you say, the least thing you want is Sooyoung questioning you about him, specially because there was nothing to talk about since nothing was happening "i bought it" you try to laugh but it was more of a weird noise you managed to pull.
"bitch you hate orange" she replies not buying it "are you seeing someone right now?" she walks towards you holding the hoodie "it still smells like perfume" she takes a look of it "aw c'moon you have nothing to be ashamed of!"
"i'm not! i swear, it's nothing" you say trying to take the hoodie.
"fine, let's pretend i believe you" she gives it to you pouting.
"thank you" you say taking it to your bedroom.
Sooyoung stays silent while you took your shoes off so you could comfortably walk around.
"how long since you've been fucking?" she says.
"oh my god Sooyoung!" you laugh.
It was a long afternoon since Sooyoung and you had to spend the whole day trying to finish an assignment for theory class, basically, it was a long ass analyssis about a movie and its strategy, you didn't seem to completely understand but you got to finish it before dawn, the two of you were coming back from the nearest coffee shop since you wanted to drink something warm before heading back home.
The two of you notice a guy struggling with tons of boxes at the entrance of your building, you've never seen him around before and just when you were about to offer him a hand with the box he was holding everything fell from his hands.
"you've got to be kidding me" he whispered to himself but you could still hear it and so Sooyoung "oh...sorry!" he looked at you two.
"hi" you say, you felt Sooyoung's hand pinching your forearm "uhm, do you need any help?"
"seems heavy" says Sooyoung getting closer to the boxes on the floor "where are you taking these?"
"Oh yes please, i'm taking it to apartment 1201" he gives the two of you a kind smile and you stop your movements when he says the number.
"wait, 1201? that's the apartment in front of mine!" you tell him "are you moving in?" you ask picking up the boxes.
"really?" he looks at you surprised "i guess we're neighbors now" he smiles again "you live here too?" he asks Sooyoung.
"sadly no" she pouts "but don't worry you'll see me everyday" she laughs.
The three of you take the elevator straight to your floor and once you get to the apartment you take the boxes left inside, it was a pretty apartment, not so different to yours but it smelled like fresh paint and everything was wrapped in plastic, still you noticed almost everything was already unpacked and you wondered when did this happened since you don't remember anyone going in or out of this apartment.
"I think that's pretty much it thank you so much" says your new neighbor looking at the pile of boxes in the corner "my name's Mingyu by the way!" he says extending his hand to you.
"i'm y/n" you smile taking his hand.
"Sooyoung" she says taking his hand after you did.
"oh and it's nothing...if you need anything i'm right across the hallway...literally" you say.
"i'll keep that in mind, same here" you and Sooyoung were heading back to the entrance "also, i'm planning to do a little gathering with some friends here since i just moved it"
"like a welcome party?" you joke and he laughs.
"sort of" he tilts his head "it'd be nice if you two could come" he looks at both of you shyly but nicely.
And before you could think of an answer Sooyoung says "we'll be there" getting out of the place and closing the door "seriously what's up with your building and why does it seem like all the hotties in the world want to live here?" she says a little too excited.
"he could still hear you from here you know?" you say and she frozes "we didn't even asked when was the party"
"that's the whole point!" she whispers "he'll look for you!" she was about to say something else but her phone ringtone started going off.
She took a few seconds before hanging up "gotta go, Stella is freaking out about again"
"i bet she just misses her favorite rommate" you bicker.
"shut up she's a witch!" Sooyoung says rushing to the elevator and saying goodbye.
"text me when you're home!" you shout to her and she nods.
It was saturday night again, no plans other than stay in and watch Twenty Five-Twenty One with the one and only Jeon Jungkook who was just entering to your apartment with a huge bag of your favorite candy in the whole world: Cherry Twizzlers.
It was a nice thing coming from him since you told him how tiring this week was and the only thing that could cheer you up was those ridiculously sweet stripes of candy.
"I bought them on the way" he says while spreading the bags on your nightstand.
"perfect for the occassion, i was getting sick of popcorn anyway" you spread yourself in the couch "you left your hoodie here the other day by the way"
"did i?" he looked at you raising a brow "can you keep it?, you know...so i have at least some clothes in here just in case" he says mindlessly while sitting next to you.
"uhm...sure" you heart skipped a beat thinking about it, 'in case he needs it'?
Why would he need to leave his clothes in here? he just lived next door...but anyway, you shook your thoughts away, it meant nothing.
You two got comfortable on the couch as the episode started playing, it was a cold night since it was mid december and you were wrapped around your soft blanket, still trembling meanwhile Jungkook seemed to be perfectly fine on the other side.
"you good?" his voice making you look.
"yeah i'll change into something warmer later" you say curling up in your place not wanting to move.
"do you want me to get you anything?" he offered with his eyes still on yours, the low light from the tv was the only light illuminating his skin making it look so soft, you wanted to run your fingers through his cheek it so bad.
"no...uhm...i'm good" you managed to say when you got out of your trance, hoping he couldn't read your mind through your face.
"no you're not" he smirks playfully "come here, silly" he says pulling you closer to him wrapping his arm around you "you're freezing!"
You could smell his fragrance from here, combined with the fresh smell of laundry detergent. He kept you like this the whole time and saying that you were completely focused on what was going on in the kdrama would be a lie, you couldn't stop thinking about the man next to you and the effect he was having on you tonight.
You didn't know what was it but you loved it.
By the end of the episode you two had eaten three out of the five bags Jungkook brought and you swore you were full until he suggested to cook some mac & cheese.
You were placing the bowls for the two of you when you hear someone knocking on your door.
“i’ll get it, hang on” you tell Jungkook and hurry up to the door finding a pair of brown eyes in front of you once you opened the door.
“hey, i just wanted to tell you about the party” he says.
“sure what is it?” you hold the door.
“i don’t think i can make it but i wanted to ask you if you were up to do something this week?”
And that caught you off guard.
a/n: i really hope you like it since it’s my first ever au, i’m not sure about how many parts this one is gonna get but i’ll try to make it short so i don’t run out of ideas ig <3 lmk if you wanna be tagged every update!
