25 juin

Date and Setting

The sequence is dated Friday, 25 juin, with the clock marking 13:58 at Nimbus Coffee. The date anchors a stretch of the narrative in Los Angeles, moving from Shelby’s workplace into the city and then into a violent encounter. No year is supplied for this date.

An Ordinary Workday Gives Way to the Past

At the coffee shop, Shelby cleans the counter while singing Fix You, a song she associates with Jungkook because he often sings it when alone. With no customers in the shop, she sings more loudly, finishes her tasks, removes her black apron, collects her belongings, and closes the shop as Warren had instructed. Her departure begins as a routine end to work, but the day soon turns toward painful history.

Skateboarding toward the city, Shelby passes from the oceanfront and beach into the built-up center, carrying her skateboard beneath her arm as she walks among office workers leaving a large building. There she sees Robert Jefferson. Her breath catches, her chest tightens, and memories return; when he approaches, she freezes and tears rise. Robert greets her with false warmth and says he missed her, while Shelby answers that she did not miss him. The encounter brings her past abruptly into the present, interrupting the ordinary movement of the day.

Violence and Intervention

In the subsequent street sequence, Jungkook hears noises near an apparently abandoned building and turns into an alley. He finds Shelby struggling against a larger man who is attempting to touch her. Jungkook drops his phone and headset, knocks the man to the ground, and repeatedly punches him. His rage recalls his earlier violence in the Ares Garden, but here it is directed at the man attacking Shelby; he continues striking him without regard for whether the man may remain unconscious or die.

Passersby photograph and record the fight instead of intervening. Shelby, stunned by the scene, is appalled that they document the violence without helping. The day’s sequence therefore places public spectatorship beside immediate physical intervention: Jungkook acts, while those around him turn the assault and response into images on their phones.