Scars

38. Cozen

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The girl who rebuked both Jimin and Taehyung earlier disappeared into a room and came back with a some amount of cotton and a plant based antiseptic in her hand. She gave them to Jimin and looked at the door expecting Taehyung to come in.

"Give him some time. You know how stubborn he is," her mother said shaking a bit from the episode earlier. The girl muttered something under her breathe and walked to the door.

"Coming inside or not? Don't walk around with open wounds. Treat them before you leave!" she almost barked at Taehyung. She is much younger than him and it's surprising how dominant she sounded.

"I don't have any open wounds. I am leaving," Taehyung's voice came, fading with each word. She kept scolding him and she seemed really scary for such a small age.

"It took you so long to come visit us? I thought you didn't really care anymore," she said to Jimin after coming in. Jimin closed his eyes and took a deep breathe.

"I'm not proud of my behavior, I should have reached out sooner. I am so sorry Sarang-ah. I'm ashamed of it," he said. He flinched when I wiped the antiseptic dipped cotton at the corner of his lip.

"Jimin-ah, let it go. I'm glad you came. You must have had your reasons," Mrs. Kim smiled weakly.

"No mother, why are you being nice? He didn't show up when we needed him the most. When we lost oppa and we needed someone by our side he didn't come. I'm not going to forgive you for that," Sarang's voice broke. My eyes grew wide when Jimin got on his knees and lowered his head.

"There is no amount of action or no amount of words that I could come up to justify my actions for not coming to you and providing emotional support at the time you needed. I will forever regret it and I am not expecting you to forgive me right away or ever. But I wanted to tell you that Jeong Gyu will always be my best friend and that will never change. Mrs. Kim and Sarang I am so sorry," he bent his head. I stayed there with a hand on my open mouth all the time.

"You were his only friend. You were the only one who were by his side when he was alive. So why didn't you come when he died?" Sarang broke down into sobs and so did Jimin. Mrs. Kim supressed her urge to cry.

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"She just melted right away. I wasn't expecting her to understand right away. Are you sure she can be trusted?" Sarah bit her lip nervously as she asked Namjoon.

"There wasn't no amount of back off ish in her behaviour. Like I know people can understand stuff that is emotionally touching but this is too soon. It's suspicious actually," Namjoon scratched the back of his head.

"Dude, I smell something creepy. I don't feel like I can trust her. She reminds me of those days. From the sources I got, she is the one who spread rumours in the campus. She is ill here," Sarah said poking at her temple.

"It's hard to predict what is going on inside her head. We can't even expect what she will do next," he said.

"I'll keep an eye on her as long as I'm in the class and University. Most importantly I should be around Byeol she needs emotional support right now," she sighed audibly.

Namjoon bit his inner cheek and drowned into deep thoughts.

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"Are you okay?" I asked Jimin as we reached his home. "Look at me," I cupped his face and turned him to me.

"The weight that has been drowning me is gone now but I need sometime to fully recover from it. It hurts to actually know that Mrs. Kim isn't mad at me. Like not at all. Why can't she scold me or say something hurtful to me?"

"Shh, it's alright. She has a big heart and maybe she understood that you were not in a position to visit them. Let it go Jimin. It's over now," I embraced him. She hugged me almost immediately. His tense body started to relax a bit.

"I'm going to get busy from day after tomorrow. The drama shooting is going to start and preparations are being made for new album. It's packed," he said still in my embrace.

"Yes I understand. I'll get used to the fact that my boyfriend is a celebrity. Which means there will be less love time," I smiled. He pulled me out of embrace and looked at me with a frown on his face.

"No matter how many heights I reach there will always be time for you. For us. Don't ever think like that," he said.

"Okay Mr. Emotion you are sensitive today. What I meant was I'm not going to be that clingy girlfriend who needs constant attention. You can stay busy it's okay," I kissed his lips.

"Mr. Emotion? You come up with funny names. I love you so much my personal comedian," he kissed all over my face drawing giggles out of me.

"Personal comedian. Maybe I should try being one in your drama?"

"Hmm, let me speak to the director," he chuckled.

"You better do."

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Bomi dialed the number written on the paper in her hand. The person picked up after the second ring.

"Yes, she is going to the same college. I don't want you to cause any scene. I'll be able to bring her to a place away from the crowd and the rest of the things you should take care," she said. She ended the call after getting a satisfying answer on the other end.

She took a lighter and burned the paper away. She took her pocket mirror out and smiled. The smile she practiced to put out in public.

"Your days are coming to an end. Count them Byeol. Live them while you can," she smiled and slid the mirror into her bag.

Someone ask him to stop being adorable before I eat him. 🥺😠

You should be more scared of the friends who stab in the back that the enemies.

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