' love trauma : what if?

◐ what, if one thing had been different ◑

' If one thing had been different, would their bitter love story change?

It would. It definitely would. But, what is that one thing?

What is the one thing that who knew would've changed everything?

What is the one thing that could've been avoided?

There are indeed numerous possibilities on what the 'one thing' is.

But who knew, that the reason for all of it was how a person thought of a way to lessen the pain.

That 'one thing' that changed everything started when Jungkook used alcohol to lessen the pain he felt. To lessen the disappointment he was thrown into by the director.

But what if, he had a different way of lessening the pain. What if instead of drinking, he motivated himself to do better?

You may say that the 'one thing' didn't start there. But it simply did.

Tzuyu wouldn't have been pregnant if Jungkook wasn't drunk. Or, Lisa's way of tricking him wouldn't have happened if Jungkook did better.

But, Jungkook isn't entirely at fault. It's forgivable, all of us are normal humans and can often make mistakes. Undeniably, we all made mistakes that we weren't aware of what would happen next.

But what if, Jungkook didn't drink that night?

- - - - -

"Can't you do your acting better? Your acting is so dull! Were you not trained enough for this?"

"That's what you always say! Practice more and try to absorb more into your character. Now go"

The director's words were enough to make a pierce through his heart.

He was disappointed, even started to doubt whether he was even fit for this.

"You can do this, Jeon Jungkook" He encouraged himself as he was walking home.

Just then, he walked past a convenience store where he saw 2 guys drinking.

He became very tempted. He also wanted to drink to lessen the pain, because that's what he witnessed his dad do growing up.

He gulped as he stands in front of the convenience store. Staring blankly and thinking whether he should go or not.

He restrained himself by shaking his head, telling himself that this is not right.

"Aye, JK!" It was his friend, Taehyung. He felt his cold hands touch his shoulder and looked at him with a confused look then turned his attention to what he was looking at

"Don't think about it" Taehyung said as he pats his shoulder

"I know," Jungkook said, turning back to the direction he was going to before he got distracted and started walking.

"You wanna know a tip?" Taehyung asked as Jungkook looks at him

"Put yourself in your character's place. Try to have the mindset of 'you're not portraying the character, you are the character' It helped me a lot" Taehyung said as Jungkook nods.

This was Jungkook's childhood dream but, ever since he had a chance to do it, he suddenly doubted whether this was his dream. Was it just envy from his brother?

They arrived home, Jungkook bid goodbye to Taehyung before going into the house.

Entering, he sighed. He felt no presence around, it was dark and quiet. He decided to take a shower to maybe cool off his mind. After that, he entered their room and saw Tzuyu sleeping.