Coded || JJK

Chapter 22

"You.. you," you felt the air almost leave your lungs as you struggled to form a sentence.

All your life you just saw your grandfather as this respectable head of your family, running a tremendous company. Little did you know that he was a murderer too.

"Why?" You finally let out with a little shaky breath but you stood your ground.

"I'm sorry, but it had to be done. The promotion would have gone to them and not your parents. Everything we have in this family wouldn't have been possible if they hadn't got the promotion, I had to do what I had to."

"So you ordered people to kill them? That's insane!" You shout, stepping back a little.

"I had to! Without getting rid of them, I couldn't ensure the future of the company in our family name. Your future is secured because of it. I had to protect our family."

"By destroying another!"

"Y/n, my dear what's done is done. There's nothing you can do about it now." Your grandmother said, coming from behind you.

She was about to put a gentle hand on your shoulder but you quickly shook it off.

"You knew the truth too and just lied to my face! What is wrong with this family?" You asked, looking around the kitchen.

"Why are you concerned about the Jeons anyway Y/n? How did you hear about them?" Your mom asked.

You grandmother chimed in. "Was it because of the album?"

"No! You just wouldn't understand it."

"What do you mean Y/n?"

You ignored the question. "If the promotion was supposed to go to the Jeon couple then the company is supposed to be theirs! Not ours!"

"Don't be foolish Y/n! Besides, even if that was the case, there is no living member of that family. They're all gone." Your grandfather announces.

"That's where you're wrong." You mumble. You look around the room before dashing off.

"Y/n!" Your grandparents scream. You run past the dining room table, catching the attention of your father and sister.

"Y/n? Where are you going?" He asks you, voice laced with concern.

You looked at your father, almost searching in his eyes if he knew about this horrible plan, but as you looked at him, you could tell that he had no idea what happened.

"I'm afraid I have to go." You said softly, before grabbing the door handle and running away.

***

It was late at night as you sat on your bed in your room alone in the dark thinking.

"So, my family really did kill Jungkook's. And here I thought this was all insane." You sighed as you laid down looking up at the ceiling.

"What even is my life now? My best friend's a superhero. My boyfriend–or do I even call him that?– has a plan to get rid of me and it turns out my family killed his." You start to laugh hysterically. You were laughing so much, you thought you slowly lost your mind and nothing felt real anymore.

After a while of laughing, that's when the tears started to fall. You didn't know what to think anymore. You didn't know you could trust or turn to anyone.

Your world had superheroes yet, there were some injustices that the world could just not help with.

You should be mad at Jungkook. Infuriated. Outraged. Reporting him to the police or something. But on the other hand, you couldn't help, but feel sorry for him. He didn't deserve the pain that he went through all his life.