"You're such a liar..." This sole whisper hit harder than I thought words could ever.
Her teary eyes didn't even meet mine, I could feel her pain, not only in my heart but in my body.
"Kie, I kept trying to call you, I...Do you really think I'd do anything to hurt you?" I ask, in what was more of a plea than a question.
How could she think that?
I could see how conflicted she was. She seemed to be looking straight to my soul and I let her.
I didn't avert my eyes, I let her search me, search my heart, search my intentions... I wouldn't deny that my heart pounded, feeling so much anxiety.
"I want...I want to believe you, but I saw the photos, it was definitely you. I've been trying to contact you and you always blow me off. Give me a good reason why you blew me off all the time, why you always told me you'd call back later!"
I can't help but frown and freeze for a second, completely puzzled by her words.
"I don't know what you're talking about...Listen, you always trusted me, Kie...and you know me...You know my heart, you know how I feel about you, you know who I am..."
"I...I think maybe I need a break, to figure everything out, to think back on what happened. I need time, or I need proofs, explanations."
The pounding stops, stopped by a sharp pain in my heart.
"Are you...are you saying you need time away from me?" I felt my heart shatter at those words. Kie is my anchor, my safe place, my home. She's everything to me. She's my inspiration, if I was the moon she'd be my earth, and I can't live without her.
I know I tend to pour everything in someone I love, and that's what I have done during the amazing time we've been together..
"I'm sorry...this is all I can give you." She whispered. "I'll call you when I...when I can..." My eyes were glued on her sad and heartbroken face.
My hands shook, I fought off the tears.
It took every inch of my strength to not go to her and hold her tight. I had to let her go and give her time. I need to respect her space, and I need to prove to her that I kept trying to contact her when I was in Busan. She never answered my texts or my calls. She didn't even answer Jimin or Jk.
If...if this is the end of us...
No, it won't be. I just...she needs time...I'll give her time. Time is all she needs, right?
But then, that's when it happened.
Everything seemed in slow motion.
Time was what we didn't have...
Her eyes widened as she looked at me, suddenly shook by obvious fear. Taken by surprise, I looked down where she was looking, to understand the cause for her change of behaviour.
And I easily caught on to her expression. There was a red dot on my heart, it was steady. Fear spiked in my chest and and my shaky hands became steady, taken over by greater pain and greater fear : the idea of losing her forever, to an enemy much greater than any other : Death.
"Don't move!" I told her, looking around to where the light was coming from.
I couldn't see anyone. But the light was still here. At loss with solutions, only one made sense to me and I glanced at the door behind me. "Kie, run, okay!" I felt such panic, my heart racing uncontrollably, urging for her to get the hell out of here.
But she didn't run.
She stared into my eyes, her expression changed, she gave me that look, the same one she gave me when we said our first I love you.
I wanted to reach out for her hand and run with her. But everything happened so fast. Too fast...
I was about to grab her hand and lead her to somewhere safe. But before I could, the worst happened.
Gunshot.
I felt a strong pressure on me, I felt thrown to the floor, my eyes closed. I fell to the ground.
But I didn't feel any pain aside from the one due to the fall.
I opened my eyes quickly, relief washing over me.
Kie had pushed me to the floor and fallen on me. Her head rested on my heart for a few seconds, her long hair spread on my chest.
She grunted, letting herself fall beside me. Thank god, I really thought I'd lose her, I would never be able to live without her.
"We need to get to safety before they shoot again." I told her and she nodded weakly, her small hand moving down her abdomen. "Are you -"
I stopped mid-sentence, my world suddenly crashing. A stream of blood appeared between her perfect lips.
"Kie!! What the hell!" I brought her weak body to mine and I saw it...a deep gunshot wound...
It was supposed to be me. It was supposed to be me. It was aimed at ME!
"Help!! We need security! Now!" I shouted with all my strength, pulling her to my chest. "I'm not letting you go." I whispered, sticking to the small wall protecting us.
I pulled out my phone with my shaky hands. My whole body was shaking. I barely managed to find my contacts, but after struggling, my bloodied fingers tapped the call button to Jimin's contact.
"Hi, Taehyungah! I'm looking for you, where are you?"
"I-I'm in the small alley...Call for help. The police. Please."
"Tae, what's wrong, what happened? Are you okay?"
"Kie..."
"Is she alright?"
"She's bleeding. She-I was there and, someone- She's not responding- there's a lot of- a lot of blood-"
"Security!!" I heard Jimin's panicked voice through the phone. I dropped mine, bringing back my hand to Kie's pale face.
"You need to hang in there." I whispered to her.
But she didn't so much as blinked.
This couldn't be true.
Is this a nightmare? Am I sleeping? Am I going to wake up?
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