Collision

[Jungkook’s POV]

The crowd was too loud, the music too chaotic. I adjusted my jacket, scanning the campus festival with a detached expression. Ryan and Jake were talking about some art exhibit we’d just seen, but I wasn’t paying attention. My mind was elsewhere, lost in the mess of my thoughts.

I didn’t want to be here. Socializing wasn’t my thing, but Ryan had insisted. “You need to loosen up, Jungkook,” he’d said, practically dragging me out of my dorm. “You’re too serious all the time.”

Maybe he was right. Maybe I did need to loosen up. But standing here, surrounded by strangers and noise, all I wanted was to disappear.

“Hey, Jungkook, you listening?” Ryan nudged me.

“Yeah,” I muttered, though I hadn’t heard a word.

Jake laughed. “Man, you’re hopeless.”

I shrugged, my gaze drifting across the crowd. That’s when I saw him.

He was standing near one of the booths, his dark brown hair catching the sunlight in a way that made it look like it was glowing. He was tall, slender, with a face that could’ve been sculpted by the gods themselves.

I didn’t mean to stare, but something about him held my attention. He wasn’t like the others here. There was a softness to him, a vulnerability in the way he carried himself.

And then he looked at me.

For a moment, the world seemed to slow down. His eyes met mine, wide and curious, and I felt an unfamiliar jolt in my chest.

I smirked instinctively, the kind of reaction I gave to people who seemed too interested. It wasn’t mean—it was a defense mechanism, a way to keep them at a distance.

He looked away quickly, his cheeks tinged with pink. Cute.

“Who are you looking at?” Jake’s voice broke the spell, and I turned back to him.

“No one,” I said casually, though my thoughts lingered on the stranger with the warm eyes.

But I pushed the feeling away. People like him didn’t belong in my world, and I had no intention of changing that.

pocket locket

Song by Alaina Castillo

Lyrics

One day he will be mine

I'm your type, I'm the vibe

Fantasize, stay the night

Every night, I can keep all your secrets in my pocket locket

And then I keep ya held down when I lock and drop it

Yeah, you be sly, that's all right

I don't mind, you be cruel

I'll survive, playing that hard to get love showing no affection

I know it's hard to keep up with my good intention

You must think I'm mad to need ya

They must think I'll never leave ya

I don't see my love as weakness

I know in the end you'll be the one, one, one

Right now I bet you think you've got me in the palm of your hands

Give me no love, you get that good love, hope that you don't regret

Taking so long to see that I'm the best thing you'll ever have

Come get that love, boy, get that good love, baby, while you still can

I'm the shit, I'm a trip

Take a sip, watch it drip from your lip

Know that I can keep you held down with my little finger

And I would do it all day just to let you linger

You know that I would take the time

To let you ride, let you try to do me right

Hoping that you're learnin' real quick, asking all the questions

'Cause if you push me too far, you gon' learn your lesson

You must think I'm mad to need ya

They must think I'll never leave ya

I don't see my love as weakness

I know in the end you'll be the one, one, one

Right now I bet you think you've got me in the palm of your hands

Give me no love, you get that good love, hope that you don't regret

Taking so long to see that I'm the best thing you'll ever have

Come get that love, boy, get that good love, baby, while you still can

Oh, baby, while you still can

That love, boy, get that good love

While you still can, oh, yeah

Come get that love, boy, get that good love

While you still can

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