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He didn't say anything, as if his words were stuck in his throat but nothing came out. I mentally face palmed myself for such carelessness on my part and started to feel a bit uncomfortable by his silence, so I stepped away from him.

His eyebrows furrowed as he reached for me but I pulled away, "I- I am so sorry Jungkook. I-I should go now."

Before he could say anything, I hopped out of the shower and grabbed a robe that was hanging on the wall. I quickly left the bathroom and as I stepped into the bedroom, I heard the shower shutting off. "I will just get my clothes back later", I thought to myself, knowing full well that I needed to leave before I break down in front of him.

While waiting for the elevator, I heard my name being yelled from down the hallway, "LIV! PLEASE- PLEASE WAIT!"

He was running after me in only a towel that was wrapped tightly around his slim waist. I hesitated for a second to wait but the moment the elevator arrived, I ran in and pushed my floor number. As he almost reached me, I felt the tears begin to prickle in my eyes because he looked heartbroken as he yelled once more, "LIV PLEASE!"

A second before he could step in, the door had closed leaving me broken and alone inside.

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[Lacie's POV]

After our shower and messing around, Hobi and I decided to cuddle up and binge watch American Horror Story until he had to leave later with Jungkook and Tae. I was laying on his chest as he ran his fingers through my hair, playing with it as we watched TV.

Suddenly, I heard someone practically beating on our door and we looked at each other in confusion as the knocking became more vigorous, "Lacie please let me in! It's Olivia!"

My eyes went wide, "Oh shit, please let her in! She must have forgotten her key card!"

He immediately got up from the bed, going over to the door. Once he opened it, she nearly collapsed onto the floor her eyes flooding with tears as she threw herself into his arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

Not pushing her away, he stood there hugging her knowing she needed comfort. After a few minutes, she collected herself and pulled away wiping the tears off her face as she looked between Hobi and I, "I'm so sorry that I cried like that Hobi. I just needed to let it out and you were the first one I saw."

She hung her head, sitting in the middle of us on the bed as we both tried to comfort her, "I'm sure you're both wondering what happened.."

Hobi and I exchanged a look as I grabbed her hand, "Only if you want to tell us."

She took a deep breath and began to explain everything that had happened between her and Jungkook. "Then I ran out of the room and down to the elevator to come here. You should have seen his face as he yelled out to me, he was so upset but I couldn't let him see me break down in tears. I needed time to calm down before we spoke."

Right after she explained, our heads turned to Hobi as his phone started to ring. He pulled it out of his pocket slowly and showed us the screen, "It's him. I have to take it."

Olivia and I nodded our heads as he swiped the arrow to answer the call.

Phone Call (Hobi's side):

"Hello?"
"Wait wait, calm down Kook I can't understand you."
"Y-yes, I can come up right now."
"Okay, I don't have my key card though so you'll have to let me in."
"I'll see you in 5 minutes."

End of phone call

"Im sorry to leave like this ladies but he needs me."

We just looked at him waiting for an explanation.

"He is so heart broken and crying uncontrollably. He really needs me, but I will be back in just a bit I promise." He put his hand on top of Olivia's, "Listen, it will be okay between you two. I have never seen people click the way you and JK have, and I know that he feels very deeply for you. When you both have had time to cool down, you definitely need to talk this out. Just take time and he will wait for you to be ready, I promise."

They gave each other a sweet smile then he stood up from the bed, walking over to me. I stood up when he offered his hand, wrapping his arms around my waist. "And I'll see you later my dear." Then attached our lips together in a sweet kiss.

"Bye baby, text me when you can."

He nodded, "Always."

We pulled away from each other and he turned once more to Olivia, "I will talk to him okay and I'll tell him that you will send a text when you're ready to talk."

She smiled, "Thank you so much Hobi, for everything."

He nodded with a smile as he walked out the door leaving my best friend and I alone. "Want to get in your comfy clothes and watch American Horror Story with me?"

She smiled, "Of course. Lord knows I need best friend time, I've missed you.

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[Hobi's POV]

I walked up to the door and knocked quietly, "Kook it's me. Let me in."

As if he was waiting by the door, it opened almost instantly and I walked in. The sight in front of me shattered my heart as he was covered in tears and his nose was snotty. As he looked up at me his eyes were red and puffy, he was sitting on the floor against the wall crying.

I sat down beside him, "Kook, I'm here for you. If you need to let it out for a bit longer I'll sit right here and wait for you to tell me what's going on."

He sniffled while dabbing his eyes with a tissue, "I'm ready to talk Hyung.. I just needed you here with me. Thank you for coming so quickly."

I smiled at him, "Of course. That's what we do for our brothers."

He half smiled back but it faded as quickly as it appeared. He told me the exact same story that I heard from Olivia only a few minutes ago.

"When the elevator shut... Hyung I swear my heart stopped beating. I just stood there staring at the doors while in my towel, tears pouring out of my eyes. I knew she needed a minute and that was not the time for me to bother her, but I wanted to go to her so badly."

I put my hand on his shoulder to comfort him, "She went to her room while I was down there with Lacie. I heard the same thing from her as well. I just didn't know your side and wanted to hear it too, but now I'm truly curious... do you love her back Kook???" 

He looked away and sighed before speaking, "Yes Hyung, I love her so fucking much."

He leaned his head back against the wall, shutting his eyes.

"Why didn't you just say it back to her then?"

He looked at me with a saddened expression, "It completely caught me off guard. I didn't think in a million years that she would feel the same way. To be honest, I thought it was too soon so I just kept my feelings and thoughts to myself. Never did I think she would be feeling the same way until the moment she told me. I fucking blew it though... I could have said it back and everything would be perfect right now, but no I had to ruin it and make her feel embarrassed for even saying it to me in the first place. I just want to hold her and tell her how much she means to me and explain all of this to her, but she probably doesn't even want to see me right now."

He put his head in his hands as he sighed heavily and I placed my hand on his back, "I told her to text you when she was ready to talk about this and she said that she would. The reason she ran away was because first off yes it did upset her that you didn't say anything back, but mostly she just didn't want to break down and cry in front of you. She wanted to hear you out and be understanding with whatever you had to say, so she got away to give you both time to think and breathe. She's just afraid she pushed you away."

He looked at me with hurt filled eyes. "I need to talk to her." He stated as he tried to stand up.

I grabbed him, making him sit back down as I shook my head, "No. You have to let her text you when she's ready. Just go out with me and Tae tonight like we originally planned and hopefully by the time you get home or even by tomorrow morning, you will have a text from her. Okay?"

He didn't like the idea and I could tell right away by his reaction that he wanted to take matters into his own hands, but he simply nodded and agreed with me anyways. When I finally was able to get him up off the floor, I made him lie down for a little bit and rest before we went out. Once I knew he was asleep, I texted Olivia so I could let her know what's going on.

Hobi: 
Hey Liv it's Hobi, I hope you don't mind but I got your number from the group chat. I just wanted to give you an update on JK if you wanted one.

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A few moments went by, and my phone chimed back with a text message from her.

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Olivia 🌼:
Hi Hobi. That's perfectly okay, I don't mind. Yes please, I've been worried about him since you left. It's killing me not to know if he's okay or not.

Hobi:
Well, I won't lie to you... he's pretty bad. But, he has agreed to let you have your space until you text him that you're ready to talk. I heard his side, so please when you're ready just hear him out. He's a genuine guy and will tell you exactly how he feels, just please be patient with him. Jungkook has never done this before with anyone.... Our maknae may be very strong, but he also has a very sensitive heart. ♥️

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It took a few minutes for her to text back, but right as I thought I crossed a line... another text chimed in.

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Olivia 🌼:
He's very lucky to have such an amazing friend like you. 😊 and I promise I will hear him out.
You have my word.  ♥️

Hobi:
Ok, thank you.

Olivia 🌼:
Well, thank you for texting and updating me. I will text him when I'm feeling okay enough to talk. I just want to rest for now and take myself a nap. You guys have fun when you go out later and I will talk to you soon. 😊

Hobi:
Of course, you're very welcome. Have a good time with Lacie, she's been missing you. You guys chill for the remainder of the evening, he's not going anywhere and I promise he will be glancing at his phone constantly.

Olivia 🌼:
Okay. Thank you! I appreciate you. 😊

End of conversation

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[Jungkook's POV]

*Alarm going off*

I slowly opened my eyes as I looked around the room stretching. As I grabbed my phone to turn the alarm off I noticed it was 7:00 pm already, "Shit, I slept for 2 and a half hours." I thought to myself as I ran my fingers through my hair.

I then looked around the room, noticing that Hobi was still sleeping, "Hyung, wake up! We have to get ready."

He didn't move so I threw my pillow at him.

"Damn it Kook! What was that for?" He instantly sat up, throwing the pillow back at me.

"I'm sorry but you have to get up, we slept for 2 and a half hours. We have to get ready to go to the fountain."

He stretched then stood up from the bed, "Okay. Let's make sure Tae is still going."

I texted him and he was obviously still down to go with us. After Hobi and I got ready, we all headed out to the fountain and it was literally so cool because the water was dancing to our songs. We took pictures together, watched the water show, and spoke with ARMYS that happened to be there as well. It was such a good time but also made us really hungry, so we stopped in and ate together at a fancy restaurant.

We ate, laughed, took pictures of one another, but right in the midst of everything my phone vibrates with a new text message. I pulled it out of my pocket and my eyes went wide when I saw who it was from... Olivia.

Beginning of conversation:

Liv. ♥️♥️:
Hey. I know a lot happened earlier today and we still need to talk. Could we meet up at your room so we can talk about everything later? If you still need time I completely understand.

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"No I don't need time! I need you!" I thought to myself as I texted back so quickly that I was praying to god auto correct saved my ass with all the mis-spellings.

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Jungkook:
Hey. No, we can for sure meet up and sit down together. We have a lot to talk about and I am more than ready for that if you are for certain that you are. 

Liv. ♥️♥️:
Yes, I'm sure I'm ready. Can we meet at 10:30?

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I quickly looked at the time: 10:00 sharp. Shit, I am going to have to cut dinner short with the guys and hope that they'll understand...

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Jungkook:
Yes that's perfect. I'll meet you at 10:30.

End of conversation

"Jungkook-ah, did you hear what we said?" Taehyung asked as he and Hobi looked at me.

"Umm, n-no. I'm sorry, what did you say?"

He smirked, asking again, "Did you want to come back to my room with us tonight so we can drink and hang out for a bit?"

I looked down at my phone and saw my texts were still open to her messages, "Ummm... I'm really sorry Hyung, but I actually have to meet with Olivia tonight. She texted me just now and asked if I could meet her back at the hotel at 10:30, I was just about to let you both know that I needed to go."

They gave each other knowing looks and smiled.

"That's okay Kook, we have plenty of time to hang out. Go get your girl back." Hobi said as Tae nodded in agreement.

I thanked them both then called the driver immediately. Once we got back to the hotel, it was already 10:23. Shit only 7 minutes, screw the elevator I'm taking the stairs. I sprinted up all the stairs and when I finally made it to my floor, it was 10:28. I exited the stair case, starting to walk my way down the long hallway until I saw the one person I have been waiting to see since this morning. She was scrolling on her phone leaning beside my door and when she looked up, she saw me coming towards her and gave me that little smile that makes my heart beat a thousand miles a minute.

I walked straight up to her as she looked at the time on her phone, "Wow, 10:30 on the dot. What'd you do... run here?"

She smiled at me and I couldn't help but smile back as I looked down at the ground, "Actually yes. I hope you didn't wait for me too long."

She looked at me with those beautiful big brown eyes that I've come to love so much, "No, I was only here for 5 minutes."

We smiled, but stood in silence before she broke it, "Do you want to unlock the door and us go in and talk, or would you prefer us sit out here in the middle of the hallway?"

My eyes went wide as I realized that I was staring for too long. I began to frantically search my pockets for the key card while I replied, "Oh shit, yes let me get the door unlocked and we can go in. I'm sorry!"

She was giggling, "It's fine, Kookie."

I finally opened the door and we stepped inside. She took her jacket off and sat on the couch that was in the sitting room and I watched her closely as she looked at me. I then laid down the key card on the side table, slowly walking over to her as she wasted no time and went straight into it, "Look I want to say this before we start if that's okay?"

I nodded.

"Okay, so I know I told you I loved you this morning... but I don't want you to feel like you have to say it back to me just because I said it first. In that moment, I wasn't thinking and everything I was feeling just came out. I am not going to try and defend myself by saying I didn't mean to say it, because that would be a lie."

She paused for a moment and let out a big sigh before continuing, "I know we haven't known each other for more than a few days but every single day since I've been here, I have spent that time with you. Everyday I have fallen for you more and more, and now that we've started being intimate... How could I honestly not fall in love with you, Jungkook?"

Tears began to well up in my eyes as tears were running down her cheeks. I scooted closer and held her hands as she finished what she wanted to say, "I ran away because I was embarrassed that I said it in that way and when you didn't say anything back I panicked, wanting to break down and cry. I couldn't do that in front of you, so I ran to get myself some space. I ran to my room where I met Lacie and Hobi and they listened to me cry for a bit until I explained what had happened. They then made me realize that before I jumped the gun and started thinking that you didn't love me back, that I needed to at least hear you out and hear your side. So I'm asking you right here right now, how do you feel about me?"

I wiped the tears off her face and kissed her hands, "Liv, the moment I laid eyes on you that first time we met, right then I believed in love at first sight. You completely knocked me off my feet and I knew in that moment that I needed to keep seeing you and make you mine. I can't describe the feeling, but in short I feel like it was meant for me to go to your door that day instead of Namjoon's. It was fate for me to meet you and for us to be at the same place at the same time. You have very quickly become something for me that I never thought I'd have this early in my life. You were the first person to take time with me and make me feel like I wasn't crazy for never having sex before or doing anything with a girl in general. You are the most loving person and have always made me feel so safe, making me trust you immediately without hesitation."

I wiped her tears once more and took a deep breath, "I love you so fucking much. I know like you said that we have only known each other for barely a week, but I don't want to be without you any longer. You're everything I have ever wanted and everything that I have been needing in my life and I don't think I could bear being without you. This morning, I was so scared and so nervous because when you said it, it made it all so much more real and complicated for me in my brain. I thought about the company and thought about if I'd ever get to see you again after we leave here, but now I know that it's all going to be okay and everything will fall into place for us. No matter what happens, I want you to know that I love you so much baby and you mean the world to me."

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[Authors POV]

After they both shared their feelings with one another, they were sobbing into one another's arms.

"I love you so much, Liv."

"I love you too Kookie, so much."

With that, their lips connected as they got lost in a passion filled kiss. When they pulled away, Jungkook grabbed her face, "Will you please stay with me tonight? I don't think I can spend another second away from you after thinking I was going to lose you all day."

She smiled, "Of course, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere."

He smiled back then attacked her lips with his once more. They were out of breath from their heavy make out session when she suddenly pulled away, "Can we get ready for bed? I could use all the Kookie lovins tonight. That is, if you want to?"

He wasted no time and picked her up as she wrapped her legs around his waist, "God of course I want to baby girl. Tonight is all about you."

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Note from the author:

Ahhhhhh!!! Jk said he loved her back and they had such an amazing moment together! I am getting more and more into this book the more I continue to write and I am excited to see where this will go for them!!

WARNING that in the next chapter, I am bringing out the smut hot and heavy!

Thank you so much for all the reads! I never thought I would have a book be so loved by you all and the positive messages I get pouring in about this book warms my heart! Thank you so much and please continue to show your love by commenting, voting on the chapters, and even sharing!! You're all amazing and I am so happy you're loving it so far! ♥️♥️♥️♥️