31. Thirty

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❝ thirty ❞

All day long the only thought that occupied her mind was the moment from yesterday night. The last few words Jihyun spoke before Jungkook lost his shit and how he struck the wall with his fist.

It even had her up all night and now she earned slightly visible dark circles under her eyes.

"I was acting like a dick."

It was pretty late when she left Jaewoon's house and almost dark when she made up to her place. She waited there for the elevator until it opened only to encounter something unusual.

Her eyes met with the person in there and he walked out of it, dragging a suitcase, to her. "A-Are you going somewhere?" she stuttered. Jungkook nodded. "Back to Korea, " he answered.

"W-Why?" yet another stutter. "Something urgent came up and I was asked to go back immediately, " he stated. "Oh, " she could not say anything else.

Hesitantly, he turned and walked past her but went back to her again. "I've talked to my client. Don't worry about it. I'm going to meet him first then drive to the airport, " he said, expecting some reply from her side, but there was none.

"Take care of yourself, " he said and finally decided to walk away. Jihyun became restless as she watched him going farther. "Jungkook!" she unconsciously stopped him.

No wonder, his lips got curved into a slim smile as he turned around, but he didn't expect anything from her anymore. "Take care of yourself too, " she blurted out what came first in her mouth.

Those words were honestly beyond his expectation. He walked back to her and pulled her into a hug. "I hope this will help me move on easily, " he landed a faint kiss on her forehead. "I love you, " he said those words for the first and the last time before letting her go.

It was time to walk away from this pain and her sight, so he did, permitting a tiny drop of tear to fall off his eye. "Jungkook!" he was called again, but he had had enough of this mess, so he didn't stop this time.

"I'M SORRY, " it was louder enough for him to hear and strong enough for him to halt his steps again and turn around. "I love you too, " she walked to him and fit herself in his embrace.

It lasted only for a few seconds but left Jungkook in shock, when he had no expectations of any kind. "W-What did you say? Did you just?" he asked to make sure he heard it right. "Have a safe flight, " she pecked his lips, claiming the words she uttered.

"Don't even think of moving on now, " she demanded. "Never. Not after this, " and the moment became the cause of his euphoria.

And before she could say anything in reply, his arms wrapped around her body. "Dr. Song Jihyun, " he grinned as she felt a rush down her nerves due to his warm breath against her nose. He pulled her head closer, bent to bring his lips on the same level as her and kissed her.

Never in her life, she thought she deserved to feel this way and there she was already kissing him back, not caring about the fact that they were in a hallway with people around them.

"I don't want to leave, " he caught his breath after parting their lips. "But it's urgent, " she whispered back. "You still have a month to complete your training and I probably won't come back, " he frowned in displeasure.

"It's okay. I'll be back after a month anyway, " she attempted to convince him. "If you say so. But let me give you kisses for a whole month, " he exclaimed and proceeded the job.

Eyes, nose, lips, almost everywhere on the face, he kept on landing kisses while counting until it started getting embarrassing to get a few stares from people. "...twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. " And it was done.

"Thirty kisses."

"MR. JEON!"

"You must be hungry and tired. Go and eat, and sleep well. I love you. I'll call you as soon as I land. And don't wash your face for thirty days, " he hurried out and followed that person without her getting a chance to say a word.

And he was gone.

It already started feeling empty. She went to her place, cooked and fed herself. All she could think was about that kiss they shared before he left evidence of the impact he had one her.

Everything happened so fast that she didn't even get time to have a moment of happiness. She flopped on the bed to have her moment alone and calculated the time when he would land.

"Around 3 in the morning."

With similar thoughts in her mind, she drifted off to sleep at midnight after setting an alarm for 3 am.

The next morning she woke up to the realization that she turned off the alarm in sleep. But the first thing she did was to check her phone if she missed his calls since it was already past 7 o'clock and he definitely landed by now.

It was disappointing firstly but eventually worried her.

No calls or texts from him.

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