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"First period was wild." Nayoung commented right next to me, plopping a grape into her mouth.

The events from first period still hadn't left my mind. From Taehyung being an awkward mess to Jungkook lashing out on us, everything was turning inside my head.

I didn't respond to her, opening up my wrapper to reveal my cheese sandwich. I bit into it, hoping all this drama would fade away into nothingness.

To top it all off, the whole class was watching the scenes unfold.

But of course, no one decided to step in. After all, watching is better than actually doing anything, right?

I had never been more embarrassed in my life. Sure, Taehyung and I being awkward in front of the class was mortifying, but when I burst out at Jungkook? I don't think I've ever been more worked up at him in my life.

To be completely honest, I don't even know why I'm so worked up over it. I mean sure, he jumped to conclusions and was being rude, but why did I come back at him like that? Why was I so defensive?

Oh wait.

It was when he said that thing about Taehyung and I confessing our love for one another in front of the classroom. That shook me up.

It's like he read my mind and saw that my crush on Taehyung would be okay to share with the class. Thanks, Jeon!

And plus, Taehyung? No way. There was no way.

"Taehyung's coming this way." Nayoung muttered. My head shot up to confirm to see indeed Taehyung was making his way over to us.

I internally groaned. It wasn't that I didn't want to see him, of course I would want to see that god-like complexion every chance I got. I just didn't want anything awkward to happen again. Thank God I had Nayoung to back me up here.

"Hey Miyoung." he greeted as he approached us. I offered him a small wave.

Nayoung looked between us both and stood up. "Well, it looks like you two need to work out some stuff so I'll be heading to the canteen to see if they're selling any more food. Bye guys!" And with that, she skipped away.

My mouth dropped as I watched her retreating figure. So much for her having my back.

Taehyung took the opportunity and sat down beside me. It was silent between us, me eating my sandwich and him looking out into the distance.

This is exactly what I didn't want. Why did we both have to be so awkward?

If I can recall correctly, Taehyung isn't an awkward person. He's always cracking jokes in class to make everyone laugh and he'll talk to anyone. He's a social butterfly.

But why isn't he saying anything now?

He was the one that came up to me in the first place.

"So, I wanted to talk about the whole Saturday thing and also what went down today. I really don't want things to be awkward between us, Miyoung. What do you say?" He finally spoke up, looking over at me.

I nodded, feeling a weight slowly lifting up my shoulders. "Yeah, talking is nice."

Taehyung smiles softly, taking out his lunch box from his back pack and beginning to take out the contents from inside. He takes a big bite out of his sandwich before speaking.

"I know this will probably be the most awkward, but I'd rather get it out of the way then leave it for last." He says while fiddling with the sandwich. "I kissed you at my party. I'm sorry."

My eyes widened. "Sorry? For what?"

He shyly glances up at me from under his eyelashes. "Well, I took that you didn't uh. . . like it? You ran off right after. I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself."

That caught me off guard. He was being honest. That means I'm going to have to be as equally as honest, even if it were to reveal anything.

"That's not true. I mean, yeah I did run away and that was stupid on my part, but it wasn't necessarily because of the kiss." I sighed. "I didn't not enjoy it."

Way to put it out there Miyoung.

A sly smirk creeped onto his face. "You liked it?"

Oh dear.

"I-I mean, yeah." I stuttered out nervously, immediately looking down. I didn't want to say anything more than I had to already.

"I'm glad, because I liked it too."

My head shot up with wide eyes. I gulped nervously as I studied his expression.

No sign of cockiness. I hope. I'm not good at reading people anyways.

"Did it m-mean anything to you?" I barely whispered, immediately feeling my face flush. I bet my face was the darkest shade of red right now.

Everything was silent for a brief moment before he whispered, "Yeah. You?"

I didn't know what to say. So many emotions were bubbling up inside of me right now.

Was I happy? Excited? Nervous? Anxious? Worried? No idea.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to put myself out there and let him know that it did mean something to me. But he was being 100% honest with me right now, it wouldn't be fair if I just turned it on him.

Here it goes.

"To be honest, I thought it was one of those things where it was just in the moment." I started, watching him slightly slump his shoulders while he nodded. "But, it did mean something to me."

Taehyung broke out in his beautiful boxy smile, making me grin at him as well.

"I'm glad we talked about this," he said, a small pink color starting to rise in his cheeks, surprising me in the slightest, "Now that leads up to this morning where you said sometimes people kiss because they could have feelings. Do you maybe like me, Miyoung?"

Oh shit. This was the moment I had been avoiding.

I knew once I had said those words back in the classroom, there was no turning back. It was already out there.

I know I said I was going to be honest with him, but outing my crush. . . to my crush? I don't think I'm ready for that yet.

"I don't know, the words just kind of jumbled out. I wasn't thinking straight, my thoughts were all clouded with anger because of that asshole." I said, trying to turn the topic as to why Jungkook was so mad.

"Do you know why Jungkook is acting up, Taehyung?" I asked after he didn't say anything.

He looked up and shrugged. "I honestly have no clue. He's been like that since Saturday night."

I furrowed my eyebrows. "Why would he be worked up about it? I don't see how he fits into this."

"Me either. I tried talking to him on Sunday but he just brushed me off. But today was really weird. I've never seen him get so personal about something, especially if it were in front of the whole class. He's usually really reserved about his stuff." Taehyung responds, peeling his orange.

I chuckled. "Maybe he's annoyed that you got some action with a girl before he did."

Taehyung laughed. "I wish. He and some other girl were all up over each other before you and your date came."

My happy mood immediately went down. He even beat Taehyung? He was still number one?

"Well, if wasn't about you and if he wasn't in the middle of us, why?" I asked more to myself.

The thought was bothering me a lot. More than I liked to admit.

Jungkook had never been one to meddle in to any of my personal things. Sure, he teased me in school and called me Miss Second Place every chance he got, and we also had to have family dinners together, but he had never asked me about how my day was going or anything of the sort.

I have one kiss with a guy, his best friend, and he gets over the moon mad about it?

My eyes widened as I snapped my fingers. That's it! I knew why he was so upset!

Taehyung looked at me with an eyebrow raised while he was still munching on his orange.

"I know why he's upset," I counter. "He's upset because his number one rival since childhood kissed his best friend! He wouldn't want me anywhere near you, he would think I would contaminate you or something like that."

Taehyung blinked at me. "Uh. . . what?"

I nodded my head, clapping my hands together as I began laughing humorously to myself. "I annoyed him because I touched a soft spot, you. You're his best friend, why would he want me anywhere near you, more so locking lips? I got him! I got him so good!"

"Are you serious?" He asked me, staring at me with disbelief in his eyes.

I nodded again, standing up and gathering my belongings. "Where are you going?" Taehyung asks, grabbing his things quickly and stuffing them in his bag.

"To find Jungkook and set him straight. I'm not letting him off the hook." I said, turning on my heels and beginning my search for Jungkook.

"Miyoung!"