11. Nothing happened
I brushed off Yoongi's offer to sleep with me and left the room. Suddenly, I felt a surge of heat, so I touched my neck with my palm. I paused for a moment, catching my breath.
Jimin emerges from the kitchen, holding a glass of water in one hand, perhaps looking for something to drink. He stares at me standing in front of Yoongi's room, then scratches the back of his head and calls out to me.
"Sister, what are you doing in front of Yoongi's room?"
Jimin called me with a slightly more slurred voice, perhaps because he had sobered up a bit after drinking some cold water. I was startled to hear Jimin's voice, as I had thought he would be awake alone.
I raised my head, which had been bowed, lowered the hand that had been wrapping around my neck, and gave Jimin an awkward smile. Jimin slowly walked towards me and looked at me strangely.
"Sister, why is your face so red? What happened?"
"Huh? Oh, no? What's going on...."
I forced myself to turn my head in response to Jimin's words, then quickly ran to my room, covering my face. I was afraid my face would explode if I kept going like this.
***
The next morning, I finally woke up, having stayed up all night, unable to breathe a wink because of Yoongi. Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I opened the door and went outside to find Seokjin already up and starting to cook.
Seokjin oppa greeted me with a smile, asking if I slept well, and I went next to Seokjin oppa without showing any sign of sleepiness and watched what kind of food he was cooking.
"Brother, should I help you?"
"Okay, I'll make breakfast since you worked hard yesterday. Yeoju, can you go and get the kids?"
I couldn't stay in the kitchen for long anymore because Seokjin kept pushing me from behind and kicking me out of the kitchen, so I ended up having to go wake up the other members as Seokjin said.
I unconsciously tried to wake them up in order of age. But when I stood in front of Yoongi's room, I couldn't open the door because I remembered what had happened last night.
"Well... I guess I should just wake up Jungkook first."
I took a deep breath, wiped my sweaty hands on my clothes, and moved my feet from in front of Yoongi's room to Jeongguk's room.
***
Despite knocking repeatedly, Jungkook's door showed no sign of opening. Finally, I gave up on waking him from the outside and entered his room with a "Excuse me."
As soon as you enter Jungkook's room, you see various exercise equipment, three computers, and shoes that look like they were delivered yesterday.As expected, you really need to take care of yourself.I shrugged my shoulders, feeling a strange sense of pride, and approached Jeongguk, who was lying asleep on the bed.
"Jungkook, you need to wake up-"
I crouched down in front of the bed and called Jungkook's name, but there was no response. I watched Jungkook toss and turn in his sleep, sighing softly. After pondering how to wake him, I decided to lift the blanket covering him.
"Jungkook, wake up quickly... It's mom!!!"
"Wh, what is it? N, is it your sister?!"
I grabbed the edge of the blanket that was covering Jeongguk and lifted it up, and when the blanket was halfway removed from Jeongguk, I was startled by something apricot-colored and screamed.
Jungkook woke up with a start because I threw the blanket at him with a scream. Jungkook sat up with a start, and when he saw me in front of him, he was even more startled and his eyes widened.
"Who, why, why are you here, sister?!"
"N, I came to wake you up, I came..."
"What!! What's going on!!"
"What happened?! Why the screaming..."
Seokjin came running with a ladle in his hand, as if he could hear my voice from outside, and Taehyung, who was sleeping in the next room, also came running with a pillow hugging his chest.
After that, the members came to Jungkook's room one after another. The members looked at Jungkook and me, then quickly made an "ah" expression and said, "I see," and returned to their respective positions.
"Jungkook, I told you to wear some clothes when you sleep at night. Oh my... I knew this would happen. Get dressed and come out. Eat. Oh, and Yeoju, stop it and come out. The kids are all awake."
"Uh, uh..."
I nodded absentmindedly at Seokjin's words and slowly got up from my seat. Jungkook scratched the back of his head and apologized for startling him.
He waved his hand and said no, then forced down the corners of his lips that kept rising and told me to come out quickly, closing the door and leaving.I almost got in big trouble.... How could Jungkook have abs right in front of my eyes...!!!
"Hey, what are you doing there? Come quickly-"
"Okay, I'll go!"
I clearly distinguished between public and private life, but somehow the difference seems to be fading away.
***
Everyone was gathered together and finally started eating together. Today, for some reason, I felt awkward seeing Jimin, Jungkook, and Yoongi, so I sat between Taehyung and Namjoon.
Perhaps wanting to show off his chosenness, Taehyung would occasionally glance at Jimin with a mocking gaze while he spread fish on my spoon. Whatever his intentions, it would be a lie to say he wasn't thrilled by the gesture.
"But... Sister Yeoju."
"huh?"
"Why did you come out of Yoongi's room last night?"
-Phew
Is this how it ended up? I spit the food in my mouth into Hoseok's face, who was sitting across from me, and Namjoon, who was sitting next to me, handed me some water and asked if I was okay.
Thanks to Hoseok, I don't have to put a face pack on... Hoseok said it was okay and moved to the bathroom before I could even apologize, and I quickly thought about Jimin, who was still staring at me and waiting for an answer.
"... Gap, what are you talking about all of a sudden, Jimin?"
"No, I remember seeing you in front of Yoongi hyung's door yesterday, but I don't remember anything before or after that. But there must have been something going on back then. Otherwise, I wouldn't be this curious. Right, Yoongi hyung?"
Jimin spouted out words as if he were rapping. Yoongi didn't respond to Jimin's words and just continued eating. Because of this, I had to figure out how to distract the other members from their attention.
"Uh... that's right...."
"There wasn't any."
"...huh?"
"Nothing happened. Nothing happened."
Yoongi, seeing my confusion, answered for me as I stuttered. Jimin, responding with a "really?", resumed eating. The other members, seemingly disinterested, continued to chat amongst themselves as they ate.
Among them, Yoon-gi is particularly eye-catching.Nothing happened... right... nothing happened.It's true that nothing really happened, but was I really devoid of emotion? I ate my meal, thinking back to last night.
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Hoseok is not guilty!!!