Truth Or Dare | P.JM FF ✓

Chapter 21: Love (FINAL)

Y/N's POV

He was there. He was right there, in front of my house.

I couldn't avoid him anymore. I ended up meeting him face-to-face yet again even after all my efforts.

But... I'm glad I couldn't avoid him.

I don't know why, but it's only now that I realise how much I missed him. How much I wanted to see him, to talk with him, to be in his arms.

He didn't lose any second to rush towards me and there I was, in his tight yet warm embrace. The hug I missed so much, I was finally able to be in it.

Jimin: *sniff* Y/N *sniff* Y/N *sob* Y/N...

He kept on mumbling my name as if I'd disappear if he didn't hold me tight enough or if he didn't call my name enough times.

He cried and cried and called and tightened his grip on me. He wanted to truly believe that I was really there.

I, on the other hand, was stunned. Tears threatened to come out of my eyes. My body was unmovable, yet I was trembling to respond to his hug. I wanted to hold him tight and cry to him, I wanted to call his name and tell him how much I... I loved him.

No. That's not right.

I wanted to tell him how much I love him.

How much I needed him in my life.

But nothing came out.

No word came out of my mouth.

There I waited, for my body to move, for my mouth to speak, for my tears to spill out.

Soon enough, Jimin calmed himself down and released me from his grasp, wiping out his tears of joy.

Jimin: I- *gulp* I'm just so glad you're okay. I'm so happy that you seem healthy.

I nodded my head back at him because that was the only thing I could do.

For a few seconds, the silence was all you could hear, but then finally he spoke up.

Jimin: I know you heard everything that I had to say from the other side of the door. But now that I'm seeing you here, in flesh, right in front of me, I wanna say those words again.

He took a deep breath, preparing for whatever was to come after he spoke those words. And then he said it...

Jimin: I love you, Y/N.

My heart stopped beating, and butterflies were fluttering all over in my stomach. I had goosebumps, still processing the words he just said. No matter how many times I heard it, I could never get used to it.

I looked at him, just wanting to grab him and never let go.

Jimin: I really do, Y/N. It is arrogant of me to want forgiveness from you, and so, as I said, I'm not asking for any. But I just really want you by my side. Over the past few days without you, I realised how hopeless I am without you. It was almost nostalgic. The fact that I couldn't see you even when you were near me was like torture to me. I just- I really don't want to experience what it felt like when you were not around me to show me the right path, to reassure me that whatever I'm doing, it's right. I have literally nothing to guide me in the correct direction.

I just kept on listening to him. Those words were like music to my ears. It brought me to tears, to think that I wasn't the only one to want to be by his side for a long time, if not forever.

Before continuing to speak, Jimin ever so gently held my hand in his, rubbing his thumb over it, as a result of him trying to calm down both him and me.