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30. aftermath

30.

I scroll up and down on Luna's phone to check that what I'm seeing is real. Suddenly I feel as though I am not alive.

Time has stopped— the people walking passed us in the airport are in slow motion. Everything other than the post that I'm looking at is blurry. I can't believe my eyes.

My chest heaves from not taking a breath for so long. The tweet is only 5 hours old yet it is almost at 1 million likes already. Is this actually happening?

"Holy shit," David gawks.

When I look at him he is on his own phone with a huge smile on his face. I don't know how I should feel about this. Underneath my pure and utter shock... I'm excited? Am I relieved or worried?

Jungkook and I talked about this. I can't be mad at him— I mean, I did tell him I didn't care who knew about us. I just don't think I was mentally prepared for him to do it so soon.

I hand Luna her phone back and take mine out.

"Look later," David interrupts me. I was just about to unlock out my phone. "Mom is outside," he adds.

I bite my lip nervously. My bag feels like it is a thousand pounds as I'm dragging it along with me to the exit. My heart is beating incredibly fast and I want so badly to look at Twitter. I unlock my phone once we get on the escalator and shakily click on Jungkook's contact. He hasn't even texted me.

I click FaceTime audio and bring my phone to my ear.

"Jungkook," I say quickly once the dial tone ends.

The call drops and I realize that maybe a plane's WiFi doesn't support video or chat streaming services. I really don't want to have to text him about this. It looks like I have no choice.

Luna is unusually quiet. I look at her and she is scrolling around on her phone. The three of us look like anti-social pigs with the way we are so enticed by the small screens. I can't stabilize my breath I am still so shocked.

"You're famous now," David's smile has only grown.

I don't have any words to say. The longer I am contemplating texting Jungkook, the more I am tempted to check Twitter.

I'm unsure how I will ever be able to send a tweet again. I'm no longer Jae Kang— I'm now Jungkook's girlfriend, Jae Kang.

"Are you okay?" Luna places her hand on my shoulder.

Instinctively I shy away from her touch. She notices but doesn't say anything. Her hand drops and all words have escaped me.

"There's mom," David cocks his head towards the general direction to our left.

The pick-up area at JFK is surprisingly quiet for a Monday night.

"My dad is coming," Luna tells us.

"Okay."

"Jae, I want to be here for you," she frowns.

I look at her but my mind is still elsewhere. I know I am working on fully forgiving her, but I'm not ready yet. I have gone these last few days of stress without her and have become accustomed to having to deal with it alone or with David.

As I'm looking at my best friend I am suddenly feeling detached. Maybe it is only because of how shocked I am.

David starts to walk away from the two of us.