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POVs: jade (oc) | yoongi175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CZap18QxE
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JADE
Originally, Jade intended to write in between bites, but she was too starved to take a break. She practically inhaled her burger without any concern for what the other customers thought if they saw her. It was the first time she had gone out to eat since moving. Her mother begged her to get out of her new apartment more often instead of typing away at her computer indoors.175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqdzNgnLQR
Jade was a successful writer. She wrote short stories for a well known teen magazine and never needed to leave her house to work since her success. Which was perfect in her opinion.
After her burger she made sure to slow down when it came to finishing her fries and chocolate shake. She wanted to have an excuse to stay seated for a while to get some writing done for her next short story submission.
"Jade?"
Jade looked up from her phone with a start. Hearing her name in the town she had just moved to shocked her. She stared up at another woman who looked similar in age. Kind almond brown eyes, light fluffy bangs, and wrapped up in a big hoodie. Jade's eyes grew as her memory came rushing back.
"Autumn!" Jade smiled brightly.
Autumn was a girl in her elementary back at her home town. They were two years apart. Her family had moved to America from South Korea. Her actual name was Areum, but kids were confused by it and just called her Autumn since it sounded similar.
"Yoongi, come look!" she turned to the guy next to her who had been looking elsewhere.
Horror flashed in Jade's eyes before she quickly wiped her mouth with a napkin. Just in case she had ketchup smeared somewhere. No way, she thought despairingly. Of all the people to run into...
Yoongi was Autumn's younger brother who was in the same grade as her. As a kid, Jade had always been very boy crazy. Which her collection of old diaries clearly showed. She wrote pages upon pages about every boy she ever liked since the third grade. Every boy, except Yoongi Min.
"Look who it is! It's Jade!" Autumn pulled on his arm to make him face the nervous writer. It all happened in slow motion and each slow second made her heart feel like it would burst.
When his eyes found hers he gave a tight smile, "Jade. It's been a long time!"
"Yeah," Jade nodded awkwardly, trying to return a friendly smile, "it has."
Autumn invited herself to sit down while Yoongi still stood, looking slightly uncomfortable. "So how are you? Did you just move here or are you visiting?" Jade summarized her move here and what she does for a living. Autumn also wanted to know where her new apartment was, which to Jade's regret, she told it. Jade wasn't quite ready to have potential visitors. "Awesome, that's only two blocks away from our parent's house! I'll be here for the whole weekend, we should do something! In fact, what's your number?"
"Um..." Jade swiped her eyes toward Yoongi who quickly looked away. She was hesitant to say her number out loud, fearing he'd think she wanted him to hear it. Instead, she offered to type it in herself and gave it back. "Here you go."
"Sweet! I'll call you and we can catch up!"
"Sure!" Jade said stiffly.
"See you then!" The bubbly Autumn hopped out of her seat and led her brother on their way but not before he flashed her yet another awkward, tight smile.
When she returned her attention back to her table of food she had lost her appetite. And she had lost her focus to write.175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5al1sMOEj
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YOONGI
We should've chosen another trash bin.
Had he seen her sitting on the other side of the pillar earlier, Yoongi would've thrown out their trash elsewhere. The next thing he could hope was for Areum not to notice her. Of course, she did. And Areum being Areum, she had to spread her social butterfly wings. Not that it was ever a problem before, but this time was an exception.
Jade Edwards. The one person through elementary he hadn't been able to figure out. The quiet girl in school. The girl that was nice to everyone. The one that no one really knew, yet knew about...was living only two blocks away from him after all these years.
The way she looked at him when Areum asked for her number bothered him. Did she think I'd hover and listen like some perverted stalker? Really? He thought to himself, his grip on the wheel of the car tightening.
"What's wrong?"
Yoongi kept his eyes on the road. "What do you mean?"
"You're very quiet," Areum said with suspicion.
"You only notice that when you're not talking. Otherwise you'd be perfectly content with my not speaking," Yoongi flicked his eyes toward his sister who looked to be considering it.
"No...that's not it." Areum continued to think which made him nervous. Already he could feel his palms begin to sweat. "Does it have to do with Jade?"
He sighed.
Yoongi and Areum had grown up to be very close and open with each other about each other's lives. However, he found it difficult to confirm or deny anything this time. He remained silent.
"It is!" Her tone was dipped in shock. Areum turned herself as much as her seat belt allowed to face him. "Did you have a crush on her as a kid or something?"
"No way!" Yoongi's face smudged up.
"Are you lying?"
"No! I didn't like her- and I didn't hate her either, okay?"
Areum faced forward again but he could sense her mind was still investigating. And knowing her this wouldn't be the last time he'd hear about it.175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQ9q7cFK7j
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JADE
There was the tiniest little stain on the carpet of the Min's house that Jade desperately tried to focus on. All to avoid seeing how obviously nervous she looked in one of the decorative mirrors on the wall. Perfectly lined up to where she sat on the light blue sofa. The woman's hands rubbed together anxiously in her lap, her shoulder tense.
Unable to resist, she checked herself in the mirror once more. Brown, wavy hair in a long braid rested over her shoulder. The wine red knit sweater was starting to become bothersome as she'd felt uncomfortably warm since entering the house. The worst of what she saw in her reflection were her eyebrows, strewn with worry.
Determined, she leaned back and straightened her posture.
Just because he technically bought this house for his parents and lives here, doesn't mean he'll be here. Relax!
"Sorry! That took long!" Autumn scurried in with two cans of soda. "I tried to talk my brother into opening his wine but he's very picky about his drinks."
"Soda's perfect! Thank you."
"Just let me know if you get hungry, I can make something." Without another breath, "so what's up? Fill me in! How's the fam?"
The two women talked for about an hour, filling each other in on their lives. Much to Jade's surprise, not only was Autumn married but she already had four kids! She looked unbelievably good for having had four kids! Although she did have a motherly gaze in her eyes. Jade shared the updates of her own family's marriages. None of them her own of course, though she wasn't keen on elaborating on her relationship failures.
Afterwards, Autumn retreated to the kitchen to make something for them to snack on. Like before, she could hear whispering voices coming from the kitchen. None of the words spoken were English. She knew it had to have been Yoongi. She hoped they weren't talking about her. If they were, surely he didn't want her in his house. If Jade had known it was his before coming here, she wouldn't have gone through with this meet up.
Just when the whispers were getting more intense sounding, Yoongi looked as though he was pushed out. Jade whipped her head back to the fireplace in front of her.
Sure enough, Yoongi swaggered up to the coffee table and set down a little platter of crackers, ham, cheese, and spinach dip, "she said you can start with this."
"Thank-"
But he was gone out of sight.
"-you."
Jade took a deep breath before getting up and heading toward the kitchen. When she got there Yoongi was standing in the way of seeing Autumn. Jade cleared her throat. Yoongi turned with a start and moved to the side.
"Um, sorry, could I wash my hands in the bathroom?"
"Sure!" Autumn smiled, especially delighted. "You, show her," he nodded at Yoongi. I looked at him who didn't even bother to hide a reluctant look he gave his sister. Jade's eyes stung. She felt as though she'd been shot in the chest. He didn't even have the decency to hide it!
"It's okay, I'm sure it's easy to find," she said quickly before disappearing into the hallway.
After washing her hands, she splashed her face with water and took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves. There was no way she was going to lose her cool here. Just then, she heard them talking again. Jade couldn't understand anything they were saying but it sounded like they were at odds about something. And she couldn't help but feel that something was her.
Just stay calm. You can keep your cool for the rest of the night.
Crack!
A loud noise made her jump. It sounded like something fell in the kitchen. Jade hurried up and headed back to see what had happened.
She hurried in, "is everything okay-?"
"Watch out there's-!"
Jade's heart dropped to her stomach when her foot slipped out from under her. She fell forward. The room blurred as she dropped toward the floor but Yoongi pulled her sideways where her body hit his. His other arm pulled her against him, steadying her.
Jade stared in astonishment as they came face to face.175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iAMtCgsvz
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Author's Note:
Happy Valentine's day, everyone! (Even though it was yesterday...hehe xD)
Thank you for reading and don't forget to like this issue if you'd like me to continue these short stories! <3175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XI4Q4n2f8
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