Her Name | pjm

December .C h a p t e r E i g h t e e n.

I didn't even noticed how the months have passed since I moved into the university campus. When I saw first snow today, it actually hit me how time flies. I was standing in front of the balcony window, amazed at how gracefully the snowflakes fell, while Jimin was preparing us cacao with marshmallows. He insisted, that since he was out last night and it's the first snow, we should celebrate it spending the whole day together. Jimin quickly ran to the store, bought the produce and kept complaining about how cold it was outside the whole time he was preparing our drinks. I simply laughed at him and let my memories run loose.

In the time that has passed, Kaia and I became insanely close and we built a great friendship with Jimin's friends. The only kid that we still had to meet was Jimin's last friend Taehyung, or how they nicknamed him - V. He apparently worked night shifts and slept during the day, so Kaia and I kept missing the chance to meet him. Kaia and Yoongi, however, had some news and informed us about them stepping into an official relationship and all of us raised our toasts in celebration, while Kaia was trying to hide her blush, shocked by the attention. Hoseok also hinted that he's found someone special, but wanted to see how it goes before introducing her to us.

I kept busy between having fun with them, spending time with Jimin and my studies. I also had to find time for my family, so my schedule was booked completely every day from morning to evening. Jimin and I grew even more closer and I was at my happiest. He asked me a few times if he could meet my family, introduce himself officially to my brother, and I remember how I kept thinking how to avoid the confrontation of him being the Lee Jiminie. I remembered the day when I finally called Dan and spilled the truth out. At first he was flaming furious, showing every intention to take me away from the housing, but I stepped my foot down and informed him that that was not a choice. I assume, he agreed to allow me to stay like this after checking all the possible records for Park Jimin and finding nothing. I was surprised, I really thought that he'd dig up some dirt, but apparently Jimin was clean. This made me even happier. Dan and the twins insisted that I'd bring Jimin over, and I promised to do so on Christmas. We made this agreement in late November, and the boys got off my back.

Jimin came to me holding two cups of cacao and once I took one he hugged my shoulders and rested his head on mine. We spent some time like this, standing, drinking our cacao and enjoying the falling snow. I wanted to stay longer, but my phone started to buzz and I saw that it was Yu-jun.

"Hi Yu-jun, what's up?" I answered, and noticed Jimin's shoulders stiffen, I've noticed that he had this reaction every time he heard one of the twins names, and I wanted to ask if by chance he knew them. I never did though. I knew that the twins were the muscles of the family, and the people they knew were usually someone they had beaten up or threatened. I was too scared to confront Jimin about it in fears that my family has maybe hurt him in some way, so I kept quiet while he did so too. "Kieran, we will pick you up in about half an hour. Please get ready." His voice was serious and I felt anxiety rising in my stomach. Jimin felt my emotions shifting and turned to me with a puzzled look. "Is something wrong? What's wrong, Yu-jun?" I started to panic, Jimin came closer and put his arm around me, but kept his distance enough to not hear what Yu-jun spoke on the other line. "Dan's hurt, it's pretty bad. I don't want to talk too much about it over the phone, please get ready, we'll be there as soon as possible." I put the cup down and hanged up. Jimin instantly sensed that something was wrong and turned my to face him.

"What happened?" He asked softly. I felt my lip shaking and didn't know what to say. "I think my brother got hurt." I mumbled. Jimin clenched his jaw. "During work?" he asked quietly. I looked into his eyes, feeling thrown off by the question, but I quickly recollected that I told him that Dan was working in law enforcement. I simply nodded "Most likely. My family.. my friends are coming to pick me up." I never really explained Jimin mine and the twins relationship. Sometimes I called them my friends, sometimes I called them my family. He never questioned me and I was incredibly thankful towards him. It was obvious that Jimin had some suspicions about my lies, but he never pried, I believe he had hoped that once I'll be ready, I'll come to him myself. In turn, I never pried into his business. I would catch him having secret phone conversations, most of them quite heated. Sometimes he would suddenly leave late at night with Jin or Yoongi, I didn't ask about it either. I knew that I had no right to require any explanations from him, when I couldn't provide my own.