Chapter 16
The Monster In My HeadA week had passed since Jin Ae and Jeo Seung had that weird talk. In these past seven days, Jin Ae had made deals with two souls and had successfully completed them too. The little girl who came in her dreams didn't make an appearance after that day.
Namjoon on the other hand hadn't been to college. The only way Jin Ae could see Namjoon was through TV. BTS was making a comeback in a couple of days resulting in Namjoon being super busy. He had last texted Jin Ae 4 days back. Jin Ae knew how stressed out the comeback was so she too didn't go to text him after that.
Jeo Seung was following his normal routine of being present to class whenever he wanted. Jin Ae was now left all by herself in the class, a part of her was relieved but a part of her missed her friend Namjoon. Strangely she was used to seeing him sit next to her but now that the place next to her was vacant, she couldn't help but feel a bit sad. There was no one to wake her up when she fell asleep, there was no one to talk to when she was feeling bored.
"Hey do you mind closing up for me today? I need to go home early today." - Jin Ae's co-worker requested.
"Yeah sure, don't worry. I'll manage." - Jin Ae said with a bright smile.
It was almost the closing time of the cafe when a customer walked in. Jin Ae was about to tell him that the working hours of the cafe were over but stopped when she recognized the person standing in front of her.
"Hoseok-shi?"
"Hahah yeah! Suga hyung was right, it is your shift time." - Hoseok exclaimed, his contagious smile making Jin Ae forget about her fatigue.
"Yoongi shi? How does he know?" - Jin Ae asked out of surprise.
"I don't know, you better ask him." - Hoseok replied, wriggling his eyebrows in a teasing manner.
"Yeah, I should!" - Jin Ae tried to sound stern but ended up laughing.
"So what brings you here? Aren't you busy with the comeback?" - Jin Ae questioned after her laughter died down.
"Well that's why I'm here. I was wondering if I could get 10 coffees ?"
"10!? Wow looks like many people are staying awake today." - Jin Ae replied, quickly going towards the kitchen area to start preparing them.
"Well yeah. Us 7 members, our manager and 2 other staff members."
"Are you sure you can carry these?" - Jin Ae asked, worried because the paper bag carrier couldn't hold that much wait.
"Yeah, don't worry about it!" - Hoseok chirped as he picked the bags off the counter but kept it back when he realized that he couldn't carry them alone.
"I'll help you." - Jin Ae smiled.
Hoseok helped Jin Ae close the cafe before leading the way to BigHit. Jin Ae and Hoseok soon engaged themselves in small talks about the comeback and other stuff while walking towards Big hit.
"You sure I can enter?" - Jin Ae hesitantly asked when Hoseok told her to come with him to the dance studio where everyone was.
"You are with me, don't worry. Everyone will be happy to see you." - Hoseok assured before opening the door to the studio.
"What took you so long?" - Jin questioned as soon as Hoseok entered.
"I thought you went to collect the coffee beans yourself to make the coffee" - Suga replied while the rest of the members dragged their feet towards Hoseok to collect their drink.
"Why are there only 5 coffees, hyung?" - V questioned.
"Other 5 come with a surprise!" - Hoseok chirped before going towards the door and pulling Jin Ae into the room.
"TADAAAA~ COFFEE WITH JIN AE~" - Hoseok yelled while Jin Ae waved an embarrassed 'Hi'.
"Noona~~~~~~~" - V yelled out of joy running to hug Jin Ae.
Jin Ae was taken aback for a second with the sudden hug but soon broke into a laugh when she saw Jimin drag Taehyung away from her. While every person in the room was smiling there were two people who couldn't get themselves to smile. Namjoon and Min Yoongi.
Yoongi had taken his coffee from Hoseok and walked off to the nearby music system which was attached to the laptop making himself busy with it. Namjoon on the other hand couldn't make an eye contact with Jin Ae even though he could see Jin Ae's pleading eyes looking at him. Jin Ae was unfamiliar with the place and no matter how welcoming the members were she still felt a bit uncomfortable.
"I'll be leaving now, you guys practice hard." - Jin Ae announced when she felt that she couldn't take it anymore.
"But you just came!" - V protested.
"Yeah but I gotta go and you guys need to practice." - Jin Ae replied with a straight face leaving no room for any excuses to make her stay.
"I'll see you off till the door." - Namjoon said, quickly getting greeted with shocked stares.
"Ahhh alright." - Jin Ae replied following Namjoon's lead..
"So how are your classes going on?" - Namjoon questioned once they were away from the room.
"Ummm... good..
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