How would you feel when your life takes a full 360 degree turn and on top of that, you find yourself, a group of enemies, who despise you more than anything? Of course, no one would like it!
Kim Ashita had just stepped into high school and straight...
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"I'm sorry"Yoongi uttered as a tear cascaded down his cheek, followed by many more tears. He was starting to sob furiously, his shoulder shaking. Seeing this, Ashita's eyes softened as she removed her knee from Yoongi and stepped back, watching the boy in front of her quietly.
"I-It was m-my fault..."he uttered as he broke down once again. Ashita sighed softly as she walked and sat beside Yoongi, sitting sideways while facing the latter. "What happened, Yoongi? Please, tell me what happened at that time? What caused for Nirvani to leave...?"she asked, feeling sorrow take over her body once again.
She could feel her eyes start to water at the thought of her sister. Yoongi sniffed as he wiped his cheeks before turning to face Ashita, his face bloated and puffy, his eyes red.
"Nirvani had asked me to meet her the same day from when she was declared missing. She told me to meet up at a cafe because she wanted to tell me something important. I left in the morning without telling anyone and met up with her. There, she told me that she-she liked me..."Yoongi said as tears started to brim in his eyes once again at the thought.
The guilt and frustration he was feeling from blaming himself for Nirvani's disappearance was too much that he couldn't bear it. He had taken drinking as his escape from the guilt and frustration he felt.
"What?"Ashita asked speechless. Multiple gasps were heard throughout the room but neither Ashita nor Yoongi turned to any of the boys. Rather, they focused on each other. Yoongi nodded as he looked down, regretting to even think of that moment.
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"Then, what did you....say?"Ashita asked as she bit her lip in doubt. Yoongi gulped as closed his eyes tightly before speaking. "I-I said that I didn't like her and many other harsh and hateful things to her"he whispered as the room grew silent. "I-I'm sorry, A-Ashita.."he said as he started to cry once again.
Ashita was speechless, she couldn't utter a single word. Her mouth was slightly open and she turned her head, looking for Taehyung. Taehyung watched how Ashita looked around and he understood that she wanted him. He ran towards her and brought her into a hug. He hugged her tightly and rubbed her back soothingly.
The room was silent for some time before Yoongi stood up, gathering everyone's attention on him. He kneeled down on the ground, in front of Taehyung and Ashita with his head bowed down. "I'm sorry, Ashita. Please, f-forgive me.."he said as he cried silently. Ashita said nothing as she simply turned to Taehyung, looking at him with begging eyes.
Taehyung smiled reassuringly as he nodded at her, helping Ashita to stand up. "Wait for a minute, I'm coming"Taehyung said softly as he dashed to his room to grab his phone and ran back to Ashita. "Let's go"he said as he grabbed onto her hand and walked towards the door. As soon as they reached the door, Hoseok stopped them.
"Wait!"
Hoseok ran to the both of them, his face filled with guilt. Ashita and Taehyung frowned at him, looking at each other before looking at Hoseok. "What happened?"Taehyung said as he pulled Ashita closer to him. Hoseok sighed as he closed his eyes momentarily.
"I-I was the one who had en-encouraged Nirvani to c-confess to hyung. I didn't know that hyung would reject her. The way he was behaving with—"
Ashita raised her hand as Hoseok stopped talking. She shook her head at him and dragged Taehyung out along with her. She felt as if she was suffocating from hearing all about her sister and she couldn't bear it any longer. Ashita pulled Taehyung towards the car, sitting herself into the passenger seat as Taehyung sat in the driver seat.
As he opened his mouth to say something, Ashita interrupted him. "Please Taehyung. I just want to go home"she said softly as she looked at Taehyung. Taehyung nodded as he patted her thigh, letting his hand linger on her thigh as he started the car and began to drive towards the Kim residence.
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As soon as Taehyung has parked the car and turned the ignition off, Ashita climbed out of the car in a hurry, stepping out and waiting for Taehyung to come out as well. Taehyung stepped out from the car and he jogged to Ashita, holding her hand first before walking in to the house.
Ashita rang the doorbell and Jasmine opened the door, smiling at the two. Ashita and Taehyung smiled back before walking into the house. As they walked in, they saw Mr Kim sitting at the dining table with a cake in front of him. A chocolate cake with one candle in it.
Mr Kim lifted his head as he felt Taehyung and Ashita walk into the room, smiling slightly at the both of them. Ashita pursed her lips as she watched her dad. "Dad..."she muttered and Mr Kim laughed as he waved her off. "Hey, I know it's weird but it's nothing like that. I'm not celebrating her birthday. I just craved to eat cake and then I thought of everyone so I bought a whole cake"he said as he smiled at the two.
"Don't forget to eat this, it's really good. Taehyung, you too, okay?"Mr Kim said and Taehyung nodded. Mr Kim chuckled as he started to cut the cake, putting a slice on his saucer, starting to dig in right away. Ashita turned to look at Taehyung as he gestured to join her father with her head.
Taehyung smiled as he walked to the table, dragging out the chair for Ashita to help her sit before sitting himself beside her. "Help yourself"Mr Kim stated as he pushed the cake towards Ashita along with the saucers and two spoons. Ashita nodded as she smiled at her dad.
"Thank you, Appa"she said as she cut out two slices of cake and put them on two saucers separately, handing one of the saucer to Taehyung. Taehyung smiled at Ashita before patting her thigh, not wanting to give Ashita a kiss in front of her father, fearing that Mr Kim might throw him out of the house if he does so.
He dug into the cake along with Ashita in silence.
Mr Kim smiled painfully as he looked down at his saucer, his mind drifting back to thoughts about Nirvani. One more year passed, my dear, one more year having this painful celebration of yours. One more year....
A/N: This book is coming to an end! And, Hobi's birthday is nearing, are you excited?
