Bittersweet

18: The she between you and me

Kiera was bored in the same hospital ward. She wanted to break out. But everything had a right time.
She pouted when the door opened. She had expected Namjoon or Taehyung. But it was the perfect face. Kim Jisoo. Honestly she was always annoyed of these goody two shoes. But if she wants to talk, Kiera got stories.
She entered and locked the door. Kiera scoffed,
"You into girls?"
Jisoo choked on her breath. Sh ekept coughing. Her beautiful face turned red. She kept tapping her chest with her palm.
"Jeez! I'm only into men!"
"You are saying that as if liking girls is a sin. Trust me, everyone's got their choices to make. And love is the only choice we don't make on our own. It just happens. You can't question love."
Kiera stood up on her feet and breezily strode towards Jisoo. Jisoo looked her in the eyes,
"What do you know about love?"
"A lot. More than you actually. Who am I kidding? Even a kid would know about love more than you. You don't know the feeling of love..."
"I KNOW LOVE! BUT YOU ARE JUST RUINING IT!"
Jisoo screamed at Kiera. Kiera cocked an eyebrow and poked her cheek with her tongue,
"So you love Taehyung?"
"Yeah! And you are just playing with him!"
Kiera completely ignored Jisoo's words. She calmly, yet chaotically, said,
"When you look at him, what do you see?"
"His handsome face?"
Jisoo awkwardly said, in a very low voice. Kiera laughed. Like a maniac. Blood chilling laughter,
"Love is when you start seeing the whole world, the whole universe in him. Not just his handsome features. You start noticing his smallest of details. You start seeing the deep ocean in his eyes. You feel a tug at your heart..."
"Do you feel all this when you see Taehyung?"
Jisoo's eyes had tears in them. She was feeling numb. She can't lose to a criminal. She's better looking and better behaving.  She has a job. Her mind is sane and calm. Taehyung has to be her!
Kiera on the other hand was calm. Her eyes had the double amount of madness in them now. She always believed love doesn't make one weak. It gives someone strength to carry on. She wasn't wrong at all.
But she knew Jisoo wasn't in love with Taehyung. Love is a bit more complicated than that. Love is the state where you need the person so much that it starts to hurt when they are not around. Love is the state where you miss the person so much that everything without them is just dull.

"Answer me! Do you feel all this when you look at Taehyung?"
Jisoo asked again. The voice a bit louder. Her heart lips trembling. Kiera chuckled, in a very low voice she said,
"Wanna hear a story, pretty Unnie?"
"Damn you!"
Jisoo greeted her teeth. She felt like boxin Kiera's ears. But she held it in. Kiera again in the same tone of voice said,
"Come on! Don't be a wuss! It won't take long! Oh, are you scared of me? Huh? I mean I would totally understand if you get scared of me cause after all I'm more captivating and charming than you in every single way. I get that you are just afraid that I might..."
"Tell me the damn story!"
Jisoo banged the table with her hands. Kiera's lips slightly moved into a smirk,
"Gladly."
She cleared her throat before finally starting,
"Long Long ago, in a land far far away, lived a merchant. His whole world was his young daughter. Even though, the young girl was more than pretty, the relatives always demeaned her and said mean things to her. She wasn't happy there. Then she found someone who praised her and gave her treats. Soon enough she became a mere puppet in the hands of the enchantress. The enchantress told her that she would take her somewhere that is just filled with happiness. She would get to meet kids who don't bully her. She was naive. She followed the enchantress all the way to a dungeon. She met kids, one of them very special, she was happy at first. But when reality hit her, she finally knew that the enchantress lied. She decided to enquire the enchantress. Stupid right? But she did. She asked why did she stack 12 children in a house like sardines in a can. She asked about the less amount of food and the huge amount of hardwork. The enchantress devided to lock her up. The enchantress finally got that not everyone of them are fit for the task. So she decided to handpick half of them and send the other half away. And she did. She checked on the goody two shoes and the rouges. And then when she finally selected out of the 12. She just set the 6, including the merchant's daughter, free. And they lived happily ever after."

Jisoo was sweating. She gritted her teeth before leaving,
"You are a psychopath!"
"Tell me something I don't know!"
Kiera chuckled as she saw Jisoo scurry away. She again sank on her bed. This was soon going to change.

"Hey there Jisoo-ssi!"
Jimin gave the beautiful woman a bright smile. She seemed a bit zoned out. Jimin, in a louder voice, asked again,
"Hey there Jisoo-ssi?"
"Oh! I didn't see you there Jimin-ssi. I'm sorry."
"Oh nothing to be sorry about. Maybe you were just tired..."
"Yeah I'm tired. I'm tired of this Queen. I'm tired of Namjoon acting friendly towards her. I'm tired of Taehyung's face glowing up everytime he talks about her. She's a criminal for God sake! I'm tired of her stories."
"Yeah... Rosie told me about the stories and how accurate it was."
"I don't care about the accuracy! She's taking away everything! She deserves to be locked up! Taehyung is mine! She doesn't deserve Taehyung! I do! I'm good at everything! I'm well mannered,  I help people, I don't confuse them and I have a sane mind! What do I not have?"
Jimin soaked in every single word of Jisoo's rant. He then smiled and softly said,
"Maybe you don't have the mystery? If Taehyung has truly seen something in Kiera, it's actually the cloak of mystery. He knows nothing about her, and the more he wants to know, the more closer he gets to her. But he knows every single habit of yours. Kiera is just the unknown. And as we all know, Tae is really curious."
Jimin paused and patted Jisoo's back,
"Anyways, take a break.  We've got a tip and if the tip's true. We're going to need every one of us. Bye."