Chapter 1
Jungkook is 30 years old, he had graduated from college years ago with a degree in criminal justice.
He wanted to move closer to his family and best friends since he had been away from them while attending to college in United States.
He just moved back to South Korea, where one of his best friends or who he saw as his best friend since high school, helped him to find an apartment in the same building that him and his wife had been living for a year, his best friend was older than Jungkook but have never treated like he was younger, they treated each other like they were brothers, like they were both the same age.
He had met his friend's wife before the wedding, but had never had a close relationship with the lady whom his friend had gotten married to.
- oh you are here.
Jungkook's friend said with a smile as he walked through the building doors, hands occupied with boxes.
- my hands are kind of busy right now dude, hence I can't hug you.
Jungkook said trying to step to the side to walk past his friend but he wouldn't have it so stepped to the side as well right on Jungkook's path, closing his arms in a hug.
- damn it, couldn't just wait until I put the boxes down?
Jungkook said with annoyance.
- dude, I haven't seen you in almost a year, since the wedding if I'm not mistaken, so no, I am not letting you by with a hug.
Jungkook just stood there for as long as his friend had his arms wrapped around his full arms.
- (sigh) happy now?
- yes...
Yongguk said with a gummy smile painted across his lips.
- can you give me a hand please?
- oh, of course Kook.
- not this one's Guk, there is more in the car, the trunk is still open.
- oh, oh.
Yongguk said letting him pass before making his way to Jungkook's car.
- wacko...
Jungkook just shook his head then kept walking until he made it to the elevator.
When the doors opened, the sweet coconut, vanilla scent hit his nose, as he was walking in someone was walking out, but since his arms were full, he couldn't see well, until he heard steps, his head leaned to the side to see how close the incoming person was.
- oh, y/n...
He said, giving her a small shy smile.
- Jungkook, you made it.
Y/n replied, returning the smile, but it was shy and aloof.
- how are you doing, how is the married life?
- (stuttering) I... am well... married... life is married life.
- oh, don't fret, you two just got married, it will get better, I promise.
She nodded but she wouldn't meet his eyes, her hands were clasped in front of her hips.
- I don't mean to be rude but I have to make it to work.
- oh, of course, don't mind me, we can talk later.
He stepped aside to let her walk out of the elevator, as she was walking out Yongguk was coming back from the car with some bags in hands.
- you are leaving already.
Yongguk said, but there was something in his voice that Jungkook found very odd, unfortunately he couldn't make what.
- yes, I don't want to be late for work.
- let me know when you make it.
- I will.
Her voice was small, distant.
That wasn't the right interaction between a newly married couple, was it?
Jungkook felt awkward about being there while they talked.
- keep me updated, let me know when you get off.
- I know the drill, let me go now, Jungkook is waiting on you.
- right...
She turned around disappearing from their view right away.
- let's go friend, sorry about that, I worry about her.
- that's not what I perceived from your intentions.
Jungkook thought but, cursed himself right away, dismissing all the thoughts out of his mind.
- how is married life Guk?
- is good, really not much time to spend together because we both work different schedules, she works at night.
- oh, what does she do again?
- she is a resident nurse.
- oh, that is very different from what you do Guk.
- I know, she just finished her residency a year ago, she still knew at this I guess.
- well, when you love someone, you find a way to work things out between you.
- right, well enough about y/n, tell me how are you feeling about been back home after all these years?
- weird, I feel like I don't know how to act now that I am here.
- what? You came for the wedding, which wasn't that long ago.
- I know, but I only came for a few days, I have been gone for years.
- whatever, you will get used to in no time.
- how is the music business going for you?
- too busy, you caught me here today by chance, but I am supposed to be working on music for a company that is going to debut a kpop solo act soon.
- Oohh, that sounds amazing.
- it is amazing but it takes a lot of my time.
- how do you make time for your wife?
- however I can, she understands, specially with her line of work Jungkook, how about you, how is your job going?
- I left the last job I had back in New York, I don't start my new job until next week, so I can relax and regroup before I start, unpack my stuff and make sure me space is clean.
- let's go for some food and drinks.
- I'll pass this time Guk, maybe the next time.
- oh you are no fun.
- jet lag is catching up Guk, I have been up for almost two days right now, so if I drink and eat, I will be out for the count.
- fine, get some rest, we will have other chances now that you moved back here.
- hopefully, because by the sound of it your job and mine are quite busy.
- we will make time friend.
- you need to make time for your wife, I will be fine.
Jungkook said as he put the code on the keypad.
- are you rejecting me friend?
- of course not, but you are a married man now, so is your wife who should have your spare time, now if you want the three of us to hangout that's fine but focus on your family.
- you sound like an old man.
- no, I just think about what will happen when I get married, when you love someone, you want to spend most of your time with them, is it not like that? Maybe I am wrong, because I don't know anything about marriage.
- you are right, you don't know anything about marriages, so stop talking nonsense.
- you are the one talking nonsense Guk, please put those wherever, I'll find a place for it later.
- ok.
Yongguk placed the bags and boxes in his hands on the floor.
- I'll go back down for more stuff.
Yongguk said walking out the door leaving Jungkook wondering what the heck was happening between his friend and his wife.
Why was he trying to spend time with Jungkook when he barely had time for his wife.
- please don't let life put me in difficult situations.
Y/n had just started her job a year ago, after finishing her residency at Seoul University Hospital where she was offered a job at the emergency room, her shifts were from 7pm to 7 am since she was fairly new, the new resident nurses always got the worst jobs.
- good morning Yuju...
Y/n joked making her friend laugh.
- good morning y/n, did you get any sleep?
- I passed out as soon as I got out of the shower.
- did you see your husband for a while least?
- no, I saw him when I was walking out of the elevator, he was helping his best friend.
- helping his best friend to do what?
- he just moved back home from New York, he went there to study.
- is he handsome?
Y/n turned her face, feeling her cheeks heat up at the question.
- oh, he is.
Yuju said clapping her hands softly.
- please y/n, you are married but you can look, you are married, not dead.
- do you look at other men when you are married YuJu?
- of course, I am not blind, we do it together, I tell him if a guy is handsome and he gives me a rating and I do it too whenever he looks an attractive woman.
- weird.
- we trust each other y/n, that's how it should be, don't you and your husband trust each other.
- yes we do...
- so what is your friend's name?
- he is not my friend, he is Yongguk's friend.
- if he is your husband's friend then for default he is your friend.
