I GO DOWNSTAIRS. "MOM, DAD WHY ARE YOU HOME SO EARLY?"

 MOM LOOKS AT ME. "THE SERVICE ENDED EARLY."

"WHY?"

"WHAT'S WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS?"

"I JUST FIND IT WEIRD."

"WASH UP AND GO TO BED."

"YES MOTHER."

I MAKE MY WAY BACK UPSTAIRS.

AFTER TAKING A SHOWER I GO TO BED RIGHT AFTER.

THE REST OF THE WEEK PASSES BY IN A FLASH. IT IS MY EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY TODAY. I HAVEN'T TOLD V YET.

AFTER MY STUDIES I DO AS I NORMALLY DO AND READ ONE OF MY MANY NOVELS.

"JUNG KOOK, SWEETIE COME DOWN HERE FOR A MINUTE."

I GO DOWNSTAIRS. "YES MOTHER?"

"YOUR FATHER HAS TO GO ON A BUSINESS TRIP. I AM ACCOMPANYING HIM. THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE HERE FOR AN ENTIRE WEEKEND BY YOURSELF. YOUR FATHERS CO-WORKER HAS A NEPHEW WHO VOLUNTEERED TO STAY WITH YOU. AFTER MEETING HIM WE HAVE AGREED TO LET HIM MEET YOU."

"S-SERIOUSLY?"

"YES."

"YOU MEAN I WILL BE ABLE TO MEET SOMEONE NEW? AND BE WITH HIM WHILE YOU ARE GONE?"

"THAT'S WHAT I SAID."

"THIS IS-WOW I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN."

"WE WILL LEAVE ONCE YOUR FATHER COMES HOME. THE CHILD WILL BE HERE AROUND THE SAME TIME."

"SHOULD I CLEAN MY ROOM?"

"YES."

I RUN BACK TO MY ROOM AND START ORGANIZING EVERYTHING. NOT THAT THERE IS A LOT TO ORGANIZE SINCE I DON'T LIKE MY ROOM MESSY. I LOOK AT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR. I THINK I LOOK OKAY.

ONCE FATHER ARRIVES I RUN DOWNSTAIRS. AS SOON AS I SEE HIM I HUG HIM.

"THANK YOU DAD."

"DON'T TRY TO LEAVE WHILE WE ARE GONE."

 I LET HIM GO. "I WON'T. I'LL GO GET YOUR SUITCASES." 

I HEAD TO THEIR BEDROOM. WHEN I COME BACK DOWN I HEAR PEOPLE CHATTERING IN THE KITCHEN. I STOP IN MY TRACKS.

I TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND WALK INTO THE KITCHEN. THEY ARE ALL SITTING AROUND THE TABLE.

"SON THIS IS MY CO-WORKERS NEPHEW PARK JI MIN."

JI MIN? I'VE HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE...

I BOW 90°. "H-HELLO I AM JEON JUNG KOOK. I'M EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD."

HIS EYES WIDEN. FOR A MINUTE THERE I THINK I HAD SAID SOMETHING WRONG.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT AND STANDS UP. NOW HE IS STANDING IN FRONT OF ME. HE'S SHORTER THAN ME. HE EXTENDS HIS HAND. I LOOK AT IT FOR A MOMENT THEN SHAKE IT.

"ALL RIGHT NOW THAT YOU TWO HAVE MET WE WILL TAKE OUR LEAVE."

FATHER AND MOTHER LEAVE THE KITCHEN AND GO TO THE LIVINGROOM. JI MIN AND I FOLLOW. THEY TAKE THEIR SUITCASES AND LOOK BACK AT US.

"JI MIN TAKE CARE OF OUR SON"

"I WILL MR. JEON," HE BOWS.

THAT IS NOT THE VOICE I IMAGINED. I WALK UP TO MY PARENTS AND GIVE THEM A KISS ON THE CHEEK.

"JUNG KOOK, JI MIN'S FINGERPINTS ARE IN THE SYSTEM IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS."

"YES SIR."

THEY EXIT THE HOUSE WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD. I TURN TO JI MIN. "WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING TO DRINK?"

HE SHAKES HIS HEAD.

"I'M GOING TO GET SOME WATER FOR MYSELF." I LEAVE TO THE KITCHEN.

WHEN I SIT ON THE COUCH WITH HIM I SEE HIM SMILING.

 "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THIS IS ING AMAZING!" I DRINK SOME WATER.

"EXUSE ME?"

"YOU ARE JEON JUNG KOOK?"

I FINISH THE REST OF THE WATER. "YES."

"I'M JI MIN!"

"YES I KNOW. WE ALREADY INTRODUCED OURSELVES."

"NO I AM PARK JI MIN. TAE HYUNG'S FRIEND!"

THE GLASS SLIPS OUT OF MY HAND. I GET UP AND START GOING TO THE KITCHEN.

"YOU-YOU KNOW V?"

"MAN HE SURE IS GOING TO BE HAPPY TO KNOW I MET YOU."

I CLEAN UP THE BROKEN GLASS.

"THAT'S WHY YOUR NAME SOUNDED FAMILIAR!"

HE NODS AND SENDS ME ANOTHER ONE OF HIS GRINS. I HEAD BACK TO THE KITCHEN AND THROW THE SHARDS. 

"WOW~ I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I AM MEETING THE JEONG JUNG KOOK."

I TURN BACK AND SEE HIM BEHIND ME. I CAN'T STOP A SMILE FROM FORMING ON MY LIPS. 

"YOU'RE SO CUTE. C'MERE LET'S TAKE A SELCA."

"A WHAT?"

"AH I FORGOT YOU HAVE NEVER LEFT THIS PLACE."

"V TOLD YOU?"

"NO I SNUCK INTO HIS ROOM WHEN HE WAS IN THE SHOWER."

"OH."

"ANYWAYS A SELCA IS BASICALLY A PICTURE YOU TAKE ON YOUR PHONE, LAPTOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT."

HE PULLS MY ARM SO THAT I STAND BESIDE HIM. HE GETS HIS PHONE OUT OF HIS POCKET.

"HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A PICTURE BEFORE?"

"ONLY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER."

"WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE SO THAT I CAN SEND IT TO TAE HYUNG."

"OKAY."

"DO THE V SIGN," HE TELLS ME.

 I LOOK AT HIM. HE SEEMS TO GET THE HINT. HE GRABS MY HAND AND PUTS MY INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER UP WHILE MY OTHER FINGERS ARE CLENCHED.

HE PUTS HIS PHONE UP. "READY?"

"YES."

"SAY KIMCHI~"

"KIMCHI~"

CLICK

"I WANT TO SEE TAE HYUNG'S EXPRESSION WHEN HE SEES THIS. DO YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE?"

"YES PLEASE."

HE SCROLLS THROUGH HIS MANY PHOTOS.

"THIS IS TAE HYUNG. JUST SCROLL THROUGH THEM."

"THIS IS V?"

"YEP. HE'S QUITE A LOOKER HUH?"

"HE IS VERY GOOD LOOKING."

JUNG KOOK SEES THE TIME DISPLAYED ON JI MIN'S PHONE. 6:36 PM.

"TAE HYUNG!"

"WHAT ABOUT HIM?"

"I'M LATE. HE'S PROABABLY WAITING FOR ME."

"WHA-OH THE CHAT?"

"YEA."

"LET'S GO! WHERE IS YOUR ROOM?"

WE GO TO MY ROOM. I GET MY LAPTOP FROM MY DESK AND GO SIT WITH JIMIN ON MY BED. AFTER LOGGING ON I SEE THAT I WAS RIGHT. TAE HYUNG HAS ALREADY MESSAGED ME.

6:27PM  V: HEY

6:34PM  V: NOT ON YET?

KOOKIE: I'M HERE

V: HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

KOOKIE: GREAT!

V: REALLY?? WHY?

I LOOK AT JI MIN. "SHOULD I TELL HIM?" HE NODS AS A RESPONSE.

KOOKIE: MY PARENTS ARE ON A BUSINESS TRIP. THEY LET ONE OF DAD'S CO-WORKERS NEPHEW STAY WITH ME.

V: SERIOUSLY?! THAT'S COOL. WHAT'S HE LIKE?

KOOKIE: HE'S NICE AND ALL. HIS NAME IS PARK JI MIN.

V: WHAT DID YOU SAY?

KOOKIE: THE CO-WORKERS NEPHEW IS JI MIN!

V: WHAT THE IS HE DOING THERE? HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO STAY AT HIS UNCLE'S TO BABYSIT.

KOOKIE: HEY TAE TAE ;)

V: JI MIN WHAT THE MAN

KOOKIE: JUNG KOOK LOOKS NOTHING LIKE YOU THOUGHT

V: I THOUGHT YOUR PARENTS WERE RELIGIOUS KOOKIE?!

KOOKIE: THEY ARE VERY RELIGIOUS TAE. THEY BASICALLY INTERVIEWED ME WHEN I SAID I WOULDN'T MIND STAYING WITH JUNG KOOK.

V: I AM SO CONFUSED RN

KOOKIE: WANNA SEE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE? WE TOOK A SELCA TOGETHER

V: ALREADY?

KOOKIE: ;)

JI MIN PASSES THE LAPTOP BACK TO ME AND GETS HIS PHONE OUT. I READ THE MESSAGES THEY WERE SENDING. AFTER A MINUTE JI MIN GETS A MESSAGE. TAE TAE: THIS IS KOOKIE??!! I WAS SO ING WRONG!! WTF JI MIN HOW ARE YOU THE FIRST ONE TO MEET HIM?! HE STARTS LAUGHING SO HARD HE FALLS ON THE FLOOR.

V: KOOKIE YOU THERE?

KOOKIE: YES.

V: SINCE JI MIN IS THERE WITH YOU DOES THAT MEAN HIS FINGERPRINTS ARE IN THE SYSTEM?

KOOKIE: YES.

V: CAN I COME OVER?

KOOKIE: I DON'T KNOW IF I AM ALLOWED TO LET OTHERS COME.

V: COME ON KOOKIE~ YOUR PARENTS ARE OUT OF KOREA RIGHT NOW! PLEASE~

KOOKIE: WELL I DO WANT TO MEET YOU.

V: IS THAT A YES??

KOOKIE: YES.

V: WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?

I SEND HIM MY ADDRESS AND LET JI MIN KNOW TAE HYUNG IS COMING OVER.

"AW MAN~ I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE HIM JELLY."

"JELLY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE HIM JELLY. WE HAVE SOME IN THE REFRIGERATOR."

"NOT THAT KIND OF JELLY."

"THEN WHAT JELLY?"

"JELLY AS IN JEALOUS."

"OH OKAY."

"LET'S WATCH A MOVIE WHILE WE WAIT."

"THE ONLY TELEVISION-"

"-IS IN YOUR PARENTS BEDROOM. I FORGOT."

"I CAN SHOW YOU AROUND THE HOUSE IF YOU LIKE."

"ALL RIGHT."

WE LEAVE MY ROOM AND I BEGIN GIVING HIM A TOUR OF THE HOUSE.

WHEN I AM TELLING HIM WHERE WE KEEP ALL THE SILVERWARE JI MIN GETS A TEXT. TAE TAE: OPEN UP I'M HERE.

I SUDDENLY FEEL QUEASY. WE WALK TO THE FRONT DOOR.

JI MIN PUTS HIS HAND ON THE FINGERPRINT SCANNER. IT BEEPS AFTER A COUPLE SECONDS AND THE DOOR UNLOCKS.

I GRAB THE HANDLE OF THE DOOR AND OPEN IT.

A/N: DUN DUN DUUNNN!! YEA I DECIDED TO LET THEM MEET IN PERSON WHILE KOOKIE'S PARENTS ARE AWAY...

I'M SORRY IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE PICTURES. 

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