Long Lasting Love

Chapter 4

"Y-you what?" Chaeyoung asked this question with pure shock and disbelief written all over her face. She was struggling to understand this reason Jungkook threw at her with such confidence and passion.

"I like you Chaeyoung," he said to her again, throwing away his fear more with every word,"I like you a lot."

"I-i don't know what to say," she said, showing just how confused she was. As she reflected she decided to ask some questions."For how long?"

"F-for 6 years," answered Jungkook, his embarrassment kicking in fast. Her reaction showed she couldn't believe it, so he answered,"I know it sounds stupid, but it's true."

However, his statement made her want to ask even more questions. She wanted to know so many things, but she just didn't know how to ask the questions. Though, many of them were answered when Jungkook decided to speak up again.

"Here, let me explain my story," he said, showing how he knew she really wanted know more."You may not know this, but I have ADHD. Because of this I have never had an easy time making friends or talking about myself. I've been able to get by with taking medication since 1st grade, but as years went by I became more and more depressed. My dream and my hopes of achieving it were what kept me going for all that time."

Jungkook stopped to collect himself before telling her the next part."When I didn't pass the audition in 6th grade, I lost myself," he said, trying his best to not think about the depression he felt in that moment."After that I got teased at school for auditioning and failing, causing my already very broken heart to break more. I would sometimes feel like shards of glass were stabbing at my insides. For months of school after that I cut my arms, trying my best to cope with the pain I felt in my heart. I would some times refuse to eat and even go nights without sleep. In March of 6th grade I finally had it and attempted to kill myself, only to have my parents intervine."

He stopped again, taking a second to wipe away the tears forming in his eyes."For the next 4 and half months I was in a psychiatric ward where I would eventually find part of myself and something to keep me going. During that time my parents had bought a new house and were getting ready to move when I got released. After the move my parents spent the following weeks convincing me to try public school again. It wasn't until the week before the first day of school that I said okay. That following week, I walked into class and met this super nice girl who made me feel like I could love myself again and I could one day be happy. You made me feel like I could do anything."

After that last sentence, he looked at Chaeyoung for the first time since he started telling his story. Chaeyoung, who's tears were flowing violently down her face sat completely still, was staring into the distance, blinking every once in a while because of her warm tears burning her eyes. The story she just listened to felt unreal, but she knew, deep down, everything Jungkook said was the truth.

When a strong and gentle figure wrapped their arms around her body, she snapped out of it."Chaeyoung, I know this was all sudden," began Jungkook as he held her tightly,"so I don't expect you to have an easy time of accepting this. I think that now would be a good time for us to get to bed, so don't stress yourself out about this and get some sleep. I also want you to remember that no matter how you feel, I will accept it and understand. Goodnight Chaeyoung."

And with that, Jungkook left his room and went to sleep on the couch.

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The morning after the incident with the sleep over, Jimin came over with clothes for his sister to change into. When he had arrived he expected to be greeted by Jungkook and Chaeyoung getting along very well, so you can imagine his surprise when he found out shit went down the night before.

After he knocked, Jungkook opened the door for him. When he got inside he couldn't even say hi to his sister before she grabbed her clothes and ran off. She came in almost no time flat and asked to leave immediately.

Jimin wanted to ask so many questions but he couldn't before Jungkook said,"I'll tell you at school later, just please give Chaeyoung some time to think for herself, okay?" Jimin understood and nodded his head.

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"So you actually told her, huh?" Jimin's voice sounded not all that surprised to Jungkook, making him feel as though this is something that he saw coming. Why wouldn't he when his sister was really out of it that day?

"Yeah, I told her," said Jungkook with a sigh and a depressed look,"and now I don't know if I should take her on that date Saturday either."

That sentence alone was enough for Jimin to grasp the gravity of the situation and start to work out what he should do."I'll talk to her Jungkook," he said as he placed a hand on his friend's shoulder."I know how tough this is for her, so I'll do what I can to help her. Please just make sure you stay strong and plan on taking her, unless she cancels before then."

Jungkook nodded his head and left Jimin to sit there and think about the situation more.

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Chaeyoung was laying on her bed staring at the ceiling when she heard a knock."Chaeyoung, it's me," called Jimin from outside the door. She told him to come in and sat up to talk to him.

"I heard he finally told you," said Jimin with soft smile as he entered and sat next to Chaeyoung. He wrapped his arms around her before speaking again."Honestly, I knew it was going to happen at some point, I just didn't expect it this soon and the way it happened."

"I just can't believe I never knew how he felt," she answered solemnly, looking at the ground with despair."How could I not notice that he liked me or that he was hurting inside from something so terrible?"

"Chaeyoung the last thing he wants you to do is pity him," said Jimin as he   gently grabbed her face to look her in the eyes."When I say that he would feel so much worse knowing you are pitying him, I mean it. Jungkook cares for you so much that it hurts him to see you sad. It took everything me and Taehyung had to keep him from beating the shit out of Jaehyun when he broke up with you, so please don't be sad."

Chaeyoung looked at her brother in utter shock as she heard this statement. "You mean to tell me," she began as she tried to compose herself,"that Jungkook was going to get into a fight with Jaehyun just for my sake."

When he nodded Chaeyoung covered her mouth and gasped as she realized the boy who couldn't stand up for himself was going stand up for her. She was blushing from the idea that he cares for her so much.

After that she told her brother she was going to get some sleep so she could try to not think about how cute and kind she thought he was.

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A/N:

The three part story has concluded finally. I know this one was short but I couldn't really think of how I could end this with more than what I have already written. I want you guys to know that these three chapters came out so fast due to the fact that I hate it when I can't have something I am working on finished, so don't expect there to be too many updates this close together. Anyway, I hope you guys have been enjoying this insane story so far and I'll see you in the next upload!