Bittersweet

28: Flame to the Moth

"Kiera..."
Namjoon said in a hurt way. Kiera was bleeding. Her ankles were purple. He carried her to the bed,
"I can't see you this much hurt. Tzuyu... Tzuyu should be... I would tell the officials..."
Kiera placed her fragile hands on Namjoon's shoulder,
"Relax. It's no use! The officials hate me. They would just term Tzuyu as RIGHT. Now dress my wounds up so it doesn't hurt."
Kiera was tring her best to hide her tears. Jin noticed. He shrugged a bit,
"Namjoon, once you're done can I talk with her for a second?"
Namjoon didn't like the tone. But before he could say anything Kiera spoke up,
"Namjoon, you're wounded. Why did you get hit for my sake?" 
Namjoon tilted his head and smiled. Now that she reminded him, the wound was starting to hurt. He still smiled,
"Well, that's what a friend should do."
He cupped her face with his right hand,
"Kiera, you are one of the most precious things I ever had. You are my friend. You are not a monster. You are a person. Your heart is softer than butter."
Kiera smiled and looked at Jin with a stern gaze,
"Aren't you a doctor? Don't you need to dress his wounds?"
Jin, a bit startled, said,
"Yeah-Yeah..."
"What the heck are you waiting for? Christmas? Do you expect the Easter Bunny to come dressed as a doctor? No right? Then dress him before the wound loses another drop of blood!"
Kiera's eyes pierced a hole through Jin. Jin gulped and averted his gaze.

Kiera looked menacing yet calm. She wasn't screaming or fuming. She looked Jin deep in the eyes and pronounced each word sharply. She not for one second did blink. She just looked through him. Her gaze sharper than knives.

"Kiera, you don't need to..."
Namjoon pursed his lips halfway through the sentence as Kiera glared at him. Jin bandaged Namjoon's wounds with sweaty hands,
"Done."
He nervously said. Kiera smiled flashing her dimples, she struded towards Namjoon,
"Firstly, you are my friend, Doc. Secondly, do you think Jen Unnie would keep me alive if I left you hurt?"
Namjoon chuckled. Kiera did the same,
"Now put on your shirt Doc. Or else the consequences might be severe!"
Namjoon pinched her cheeks,
"Now, since Jin Hyung asked for some time. I'm just gonna go for my break. Okay, Queen?"
She jokingly slapped Namjoon's chest,
"Hands off Mr!"

"So Taehyung is actually in love with me?"
Kiera said, unbothered and leaning back. Her signature smirk painted on her face. Jin yelled on the top of his face,
"Yes! And he's gonna die if you go on like this! You are not right for him. He's a cop, for heaven's sake. You-you..."
"... Are someone the others are shit scared of? Bingo! Listen up shoulders, if you think I would just let go of Taehyung, cause YOU think I'm not right for him. Then you are wrong! Listen up big guy, I'm not gonna leave Taehyung. I will stand by him till I can. And when I can't, I would make sure that no one can."
Jin scoffed,
"Confident, aren't you? You are just Taehyung's obsession. A mistaken obsession. He's just under an intense lie. You are a flame. He's a moth."
"What's wrong with being the flame to a moth? Death? That's what you see. But try to put yourself in the flame's place or moth's. The peace the flame finds when it engulfs the moth, knowing that they are going to be so into each other that no one would be able to tell that they were two things to begin with. The satisfaction the moth gains knowing that it's in the warmth of it's desire and the only way this warmth ends is with they both dying out. You won't feel that. Cause love for you is finding someone your mind approves. You would never in a thousamd years love me cause you are picking someone. If you had just let go, your heart would've chosen someone. And what did you say I was? Obsession? Obsessions are better than true feelings which don't last. Whether Taehyung loves me or obsesses over me, I'm not letting go. I've already lost Ace and I can't lose Taehyung that easily."
Kiera felt a strangling pain inside. A thick mucus like substance hovered through her throat. But she put up a confident face and smirked. Jin's jaws clenched. He closed his eyes and sighed,
"Don't you feel ashamed?"
"For loving him?"
"No! For letting go of Ace?"
Kiera looked him in the eye and chuckled bitterly,
"Who said I let go of Ace? I just fell for Tae, but Ace is never gone. I never let go.'
"You can't love two people together."
"You can't set rules for love. Besides, Ace is DEAD. You guys killed him. I swear he's going to be a part of me till I live. But he's in the afterlife now. Let's just say, like a very toxic person that Ace wasn't, Jungkook forbided me to fall in love with anyone other than him even though he's not alive anymore, do you think I would just obey him? The heart wants what it wants."

"Kiera, he's going to fucking die! Don't you love him? Then please sacrifice your side!"
"Love is all about sacrifice and happiness right? Then tell me why the fuck can't Tzuyu sacrifice her crush for Taehyung's happiness? I'm not going to play the angel and sacrifice my side. If I stay with him he would die, you say? You are wrong! He's dying cause we are not with each other!"
Kiera screamed at Jin. Jin almost lost his footing. He could see a demon approaching. Eyes burning like the pits of hell. Jin took a step back. He wanted to say something when Rosé knocked on the door,
"Sunbaenim, are you done?"
Jin cleared his throat,
"Yeah Yeah Rosé, please come in.'
Rosé came in with a smile and a tray of food. They both bowed to each other and Jin left the room. Rose placed the tray calmly on the table and helped Kiera sit properly,
"You need to be careful Kiera. You have always something or someone stuck on you."