Got7 Short Stories

You reached the end of day and find out that Mark has been waiting excitedly for you in the car. Seeing him fiddling around with his phone and checking up occasionally if you were there, wasn’t a new sight.

But it was just a little different today.

As you swung the basement doors open and stepped into the underground carpark, Mark’s face lit up in smiles and he waved at you through the windscreen. There was no way you could say no to a sweetheart like that.

You saw him hop out from the car to do a small run to open your door.
“You’re early,” Mark smiled and leaned his smooth cheek to yours, wanting you to give him a kiss.

“Hey!” you ducked away “not now, Mark!” you pushed him gently further and went into the open door that he pulled.

He gave you a pout and closed the door, running back to the driver’s seat.

Turning to you, “how about now?” he turned his cheek again and puffed them up, pointing repeatedly for a kiss.

“Mark!!! we’re still in the office building! What if someone sees us!” you spoke in a high pitched hushed voice, but loving every minute of the transformation that he turned into — a cute little boyfriend at heart that just wanted a peck after a crazy day at work.

He was relentless and continued pointing, making whiny noises, that took you aback. How could such a reserved, nonchalent man, have such a strange side to him? You decide that since it was quite a special day today, just one kiss wouldn’t kill.

You leaned towards him to give him a quick peck on his cheek, only to be met with his well timed advances, receiving a kiss back from him as he turned his lips to meet with yours.

“YAHHHHHH!!!” you hit him playfully on the arm, as he contentedly started to buckle up, flashing you a million dollar smile and driving off.

You both were headed to check on Jackson to make sure he was doing fine.

Mark made it explicitly clear that there was no more solo trips to Jackson’s house after today and that wherever you went, he was going to send you and pick you. Of course you felt it was sweet but rather unnecessary since he wasn’t going to be able to do that all the time, but you decided you let him go along with it for now.

As you knocked on Jackson’s door, he came by rather quick to open it and you were greeted with a now nearly normal looking face.

“Hey Mandy, oh and Mark bro you’re here.” he smiled with thankfulness.

“You better bro?” Mark asked from behind you.

You reached out your hand and waved it infront of Jackson’s face. “Tell me how many fingers?”

He caught your hand instead and put it down, “Cmon Mandy, I can see you guys fine now.”

You both stayed for awhile, making sure he had gotten better and didn’t need much assistance. Doing a quick timecheck, you saw that you only had about an hour before needing to head to the airport to pick JR as promised.

Mark could tell instinctively that you weren’t intending to spend the rest of the evening with him.
“Shall we make a move?” he stood and nodded to Jackson that you should get going as well.

“Ah sure, thanks guys for dropping by, and erm… ” Jackson stood up as well to walk you both out, “you guys look cute together… just sayin.”

You weren’t quite sure how to react to it since you couldn’t outrightly deny things anymore, neither did it seem appropriate to be dating in front of your subordinate.

Mark thankfully stepped in to ease the situation, “You saying we look alike? Gee, not sure if i’d be thankful for that.”

You shot Jackson a disapproving glare in silence.

As he sent you both off, he sighed, looking through the peep hole of his door, as he noticed that both of you seemed to be more compatible by the day. He couldn’t put a finger to it yet but he just felt that something was different about you. He watched silently as you punched Mark in the arm and he, wincing in pain, but in all smiles, still opening your door for you, as both of you drove off while chatting happily. It definitely meant that he wasn’t standing a chance any time soon, Mark was pretty much the strongest contender that he would admit defeat to. He knew Mark was a good guy anyway and he was pretty much happy to have gotten so far as to having you drop by his house on your own accord.
Shrugging it off, it was just his luck not to have known you sooner.

-

“Babe, are you going off somewhere later?” Mark weaved in the question as casually as he could, unknown to you that it was burning the tip of his tongue and eating him like a curious cat.

“Oh, yeah I need to head to the airport to pick a friend soon actually….” you checked your watch again, seeing that you might need a ride there but didn’t want Mark to hang around since you were going to need some time with JR.

He drove along for awhile, in thought, “do you want me to wait for you and give you a lift back?” he asked.

You smiled and turned to look at him, “do you trust me, Mark?”

He returned your smile while still keeping his eyes on the road. “Well, I do but not sure about who you’re meeting…. and from your tone, it’s probably a guy.”

You had no intent on keeping things from Mark if you were serious about him.

“Yes it is. And he’s the one who had been calling me and coming by my place.” You said calmly, looking at Mark for any reactions.

Seeing that he was still calm, you continued, “He’s also asked me to be his girlfriend … a couple of times.."

At this point Mark nodded to himself with his brows raised a little.

"I promised to pick him up from the airport when he returns and it just so happens that it’s today.”

He frowned thinking what he should say that would not sound overly possessive.

You wanted to know if he was curious what you were going to do with JR. “I have some serious stuff to talk with him and it might take awhile.” You said.

As he pulled to a stop at a traffic light he looked at you, brows scrunched worried. “Babe. I know this is going to sound like I’m a psycho but I’m gonna hang around after leaving you at the airport. It’s not that I don’t trust you? But I’m not taking any more chances.” At this, he placed a light hand on your shoulder, looking for your approval.

You laughed that he was being overprotective because of how you described JR to be. “I appreciate that Mark. I really do. But let’s call it an early night today, how about breakfast for you tomorrow? I’ll be waiting for you to come.”

Pacifying him softly, you took his hand from your shoulder and held it in yours, assuring him you were here to stay. “I’ll call you when I’m on the way home, will you pick it up?” You batted your eyelids and gave him the cutest expression you could squeeze out.

“OF COURSE !!” At once he started connecting his phone to the car charger. “I’m gonna charge my battery.”

-

Flight 7571 from Tokyo - Landed

You waited at the belt as you saw people streaming out with their luggages. It was going to be easy to spot JR since he would be hoarded by fans from Japan if they took the same flight. He would usually not bother to cover up much and dressed quite plainly for a celebrity. You just hoped that there wouldn’t be too many fangirls at this hour to catch you in photos with him.

Appearing shortly after were a group of heavily covered up girls. It was obvious they were celebrities as they had shades at 11pm indoors and had hats pulled to the brim of their glasses. You didn’t recognise them but many else did as they whipped out their phones for a shot.

Just then you felt someone grab you by the wrist as you immediately whisked around ready to whack. But the opposing strength held you still quickly as you saw a masked man pull down his sunglasses to meet your stare.

“Shhhhh! Quick let’s go!” He said and tugged you by the arm dragging you away towards the basement carpark.

“What about your luggage?” You ran alongside and realised he only had a backpack.

“It’s in the car already! C'mon we gotta go before those girls exit.” Jr was surprisingly flashy today looking like he just ended a show. Dressed smartly, he was already getting the attention of a few people around both of you while he whisked you away. There was no way of hiding how he shone even behind a mask or glasses.

Once he reached his car, he took the wheel and started to move.

“What’s the rush Jinyoung?” You asked while catching your breath.

“The fans are gonna be here any minute and start flocking at you when they see us together. I’m not gonna do that to you.” Jr was genuinely in a hurried frame of mind as he skillfully swerved his way out and onto the highway.
You waited til he had settled down to make conversation with him.

“Oh wow, that was fast… you must have had it rough on the flight back to be so rushed on your way out.”

He sighed and looked briefly at you, giving you a tired eye smile. Although small, you could feel the warmth and happiness he felt to be back home.

“Oh and … I didn’t know you had a sister!!” You turned to him tugging at your seat belt in order to loosen it to face him.

“Oh?? How did you…..?” His brows raised in surprise that you knew.

“She called me, with your phone! And said you were her brother! I was wondering if your phone got stolen but it was such a coincidence that we met even before you did…” you smiled fondly recollecting how she warmly hugged you when you last parted with her.

JR then went into an “A-ha!” moment as he joined the dots. “So you were the girl she met outside your office!”

You smiled and nodded “Yup that’s right. So anyway how come I never knew you had a sister?”

“Ahhh..” he began with taking in a deeper breath, “well she isn’t blood related but we grew up together before coming to Korea, with my brother, Jun which you’ve seen.”

Your mouthed formed an ‘Oh’ wondering if that was why JR was able to speak some English while you were in school back then.

“So anyway,” he continued, “to cut it short, we got separated not by choice ... suddenly .. and I never saw her again. But that was also when I met you.” His eyes glistened under the yellow street lamps as he smiled a look of content.

Your heart skipped a beat, thinking that it was time to break the news to him, about you and Mark.

“Jinyoung-ah, who am I to you?” You tried asking without sounding too suggestive for an intimate answer. “You need to really think about it.”

He frowned hard and gave it real deep thought while you bit your lip and looked into the distance. You were mentally chanting that he wasn’t going to say something irreversibly cheesy like 'love of my life’ or 'my first love’ sort of thing that was only going to make matters worse for you.

Finally after a long time, he seemed to have thought of the answer for your tough question.

“Well, you already know how I feel towards you.. that day when we were here, in this same spot…..” he started off slowly and cautiously, “and….. you have always been the one who helped me and supported me through the toughest years of my life here…”

Your heart was beating fast not so much in anticipation but nervousness of what he might say.

“so… you’re someone really important to me.” He finished off, nodded quietly to himself, satisfied with the answer he gave.

Before you could respond, he followed suit. “So, who am I to you, Mandy?”

“Eh?” You blurted out as if you let out the breath you were holding, in surprise and not expecting his question back to you.

“Yeah,” JR said, now his turn to anticipate. “I’ve always talked about me but I’ve never really heard how you feel about me, now that I think about it….. you have never told me how you really feel.”
There was a slightly apprehensive look on JR’s face that you knew it to be a look of regret. It seemed as though it was a question that he didn’t want to know answers to.

“Jinyoung ah, I remember that night when you asked me… whethere there was a chance…. for us….” You said, just audibly enough above the road noise, looking at him from the corners of your eye.

“And, I said yes.
And I ….. I …also ……………………”

“We kissed.” He shyly admitted, as he completed what you wanted to say.

You closed your eyes to focus on what needed to be said, and tried again. “And that was because—-”

JR cut you short, interrupting you this time instead, “Because of a guy called, Mark.”

You opened your mouth to speak but no words came out.

He went on, “I do know that, and it’s okay!”

You could only stare at him, wordless and just too guilty.

“Mandy you don’t need to struggle so hard because of me. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again…. you don’t need to hold back anything with me. Whether it’s nice or nasty, good or not so good, you can just be who you want to be when I’m here.”

Those words, from Jr’s mouth, couldn’t be said more sincerely. It was probably because he was such a sensitive and intuitive guy that most things didn’t need to be spelt out between you. Although it was years since you guys did start hanging out together again, it hardly was noticeable, and that was the kind of chemistry you shared with JR.

“Jinyoungie… how… did you know all that, really..” you couldn’t bear to meet his eyes but you had to, because he had his on you.

“The phone.. and I went to your office… and I realised he was the friend you have on your speed dial… but more importantly, was the day we went out together? I just kinda knew something must have happened…. but I just thought hey, I if I don’t try to make myself known, you might never know.” He shrugged and pulled over as he stopped talking and turned off the engine.

You look around, and realise he had arrived home.

“Don’t worry, I’m bringing you here because you haven’t been introduced to Miyoung, or Miya, as you might know her.” JR paused for a moment to let you collect your thoughts.

“Jinyoung, you’re just too good to be true, and you really don’t deserve someone like me.” You said, sincerely meaning it. There was no way a perfect boyfriend existed like him, someone who was sweet, kind, motherly in the attentive way, yet manly and aggressive when needed, and had the face of a greek god. Just too good to be true, and you knew that he deserved someone way better that would love him back a tonne more than you could.

“Well, I’d take that as a compliment… but did I just get friendzoned?” He laughed good naturedly, knowing that it would take the tension off you and the situation.

You had to laugh along, “No, you’ll always be my one and only special friend Jinyoungie. Thank you for being so wonderful.”

He pressed his lips into a wide smile, “Arrasseo. Come here you cry baby.” He opened his arms give you a hug as he saw your nose begin to redden at the tips.

You lunged forward into his embrace, and it was one that felt so warm and comforting, like how an older brother would when you flunked your exams or when your pet died. He pat your back a few times, telling you it’s okay and that how you’re awesome, and that if he grew old and single it would be your fault but he won’t blame you.

As you dried your tears, you got out of the car and let the chill of the night greet your skin.

Just then, you saw the door of his apartment open, and out came a petite figure you instantly recognised.

“Mandy !!!!!!!!!!!!!” she called out. “Miya?” as she jumped on the spot excitedly in her fluffy slippers, you did a small run to where she was and gave her a hug. She was about your height now that you weren’t in your heels, and you could talk to her on eye level.

“I never expected you to be my brother’s friend!” she gushed and smiled back at you.

“And I never knew my friend had a sister!” you said and laughed together with her.

JR came from behind, dragging his own luggage.

“Alright now ladies if you would just allow me to pass through, into my home please.”

“OH!” you both exclaimed at the same time and reached to help him with his endless bags of stuff.

You caught up with Miya for awhile more and exchanged numbers, while JR had in the meanwhile changed into a new set of clothes and took his keys.

“Oppa, where you going?” Miya asked, looking at the clock seeing that it had passed 12 midnight.

“Yah…. this lady right here need’s to go back before she turns into something else, it’s way past her bedtime.” Picking up your stuff, he nodded at you. “I’m sending you home, like it or not.”

“Don’t mind him, that’s just his way of telling you he cares.” Miya said as she stood up and walked you out.

“Alright, I’m really happy for you guys, and especially for you.” You turned to Miya and hugged her again. She looked so much happier and more radiant from the first time you saw her.

“Hokay! I’ll get going now!” you hopped back into the car, with Jinyoung, and the ride back was one of the most enjoyable times you had, fully knowing that he was a friend you could count on, that would really be better off staying the way things are - that fine line of balance between love, care, and friendship. You could say it was a sweet spot that you both found yourself in.

“Oh, and one more thing.” JR said as he arrived by your front door.

“I’ll tell JB hyung you and your boyfriend said hi.” He winked at you, giving you that last killer eye smile before waving and zooming off.

You heaved a large sigh of relief that this complicated tangle was finally getting sorted out, but for now, it was just time to crash after a long day and brace yourself for more drama tomorrow.

“Nooonaaaaaaaaaaaa~~~~~~” you heard the patter footsteps running from the inside of the house and the unmistakeable voice of Yugyeom as he opened the door for you.

“Yes yes, I know I’m late and I didn’t call. I’m sorry Gyeomie..” you said with half closed eyes as you zombied into the house and collapsed tiredly on the couch, falling asleep almost instantly.

“It’s okay Noona, I just wanted to tell you that……. eh Noona??? OMG did you just sleep right away??” Your brother was in disbelief and dread that he had to now carry you in your full winter garments to your room that was a distance away.

“Omg omg” he lifted you up and had his face buried in your furry pink coat that totally obstructed his view. “I so swear you owe me big time tomorrow…” he mumbled inaudibly into the fur gritting his teeth wondering why he had a log for a sister.

- To be continued!

Hello all !! I just wanted to know if you’ve been reading the chapters thus far and whether it has gotten more complicated or has it become boring without all the fluff that you love. Hit me and let me know please, and don’t stop reading!!!

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