Zero or One
"Everything's Zero or One — a query
we can't skip."
"What?" Nicole turned her back to meet a filthy and enigmatic man, looking straight at her. "What are you up to?"
He let out a sarcastic chuckle which is a music in his ears, the opposite for Nicole. "Didn't Mr. Hwang already warned you?"
A series of tsk could be heard as he circles the emotionless lady and stopped when he found a view of Nicole with her whole body, flawless face in display — satisfying his desire.
"Your head really is made out of steel, huh?" He laughs again, shifting his hands from his sides to his tummy. "No doubts of you being a mafia leader."
"Stop, Jisung." Nicole exhaled through her nose, sharply. She has to keep her strong posture for Jisung not to feed up his ego. The man she mentioned wiped his happy tears before grinning devilish.
"And, why?" Jisung grab Nicole's wrist and pulled her towards him. "My dearest fiancé?" One thing's for sure, luck isn't by Nicole's side since the door shut opened revealing the man she least wanted to be here.
Jimin.
Wide as plates, his pupils are shaking due to his anger building up within him, fist closed to take dominance over his will to punch the man hugging the love of his life, and his jaw clenched, his grinding teeth would take heed if Jisung stayed silent.
"Isn't this a surprise?" Jisung let go of the skin-ship he had with Nicole and went towards Jimin to introduce himself yet Jimin, being an intimate person ever, landed his fist on Jisung's face making his back touch the ground, unconscious.
"J-Jimin," Nicole breathed, wide as plates staring at Jisung's body on the ground and then meeting Jimin's fierce eyes.
She expect Jimin to shout at her, to drag her wrist and bring her somewhere and begin an argument. But to her surprise, Jimin just went for a sweet hug, small sobs and sniffs could be heard a minute passed.
"Who is he?" Jimin finally spoke, still not breaking the embrace. "Just tell me the truth, don't think about my feelings." That's when Nicole's heart shattered. Those words came from Jimin's mouth is the same Nicole is afraid to hear.
Jimin thinks I fell out of love. Nicole thought to herself. She can't bring her mouth to open, a lump in her throat blocking the words she wanted to say — to stop Jimin's thoughts and pain.
But, of course, she can't. Nicole's doing this for Jimin's sake in the first place. She wouldn't take the consequences just for her love towards Jimin. Nicole loves Jimin that much to be selfish.
Before she even break the embrace, Jimin did it first, hands still linked to her elbows, rubbing the pad of his thumbs in a sphere motion to give assurance.
"Look at me," Jimin bid. But Nicole can't. Yes, she's stubborn, but that's not the case here. Nicole's completely aware that every time she met Jimin's eyes, she'll give in. "Nicole, please." but love always win, as per several. Nicole glazed up at Jimin and saw limitless salty water drops shedding from his wonderful eyes.
