Lust | JJK ✔️

37- Glimpse

"It's glad seeing you getting better." Aban places his hand on Jungkook's shoulder, slightly rubbing it to extend empathy. "I won't force you to return back if you feel this place is healthier for her and you too." He says drawing his lips into a thin line, peeling his eyes towards the small, cozy home in the middle of this serene environment, and the paintings Jungkook had been coming up with everyday.

One of them was incomplete, lying on the easel with some colours randomly spread over what felt like the sketch of a bird. It was the blue bird from the city.

"After all that happened..." Jungkook takes his head in his hands. "I don't think she'll be able to survive Namjoon. My Yn is broken too cruelly. I didn't even know if I'd get to see her open eyes ever again when that day-" Jungkook's head suddenly aches as he stops speaking, his brain seemed to be short circuiting.

"It's okay." Aban immediately pats his shoulder and squeezes it, taking the younger male into his embrace for some time. "It's okay Jungkook, I cannot imagine what you're going through, starting from scratch, almost teaching her life all over again." He sighs. "You're too strong."

"I just don't want her to see that place again, I don't know what will click inside her mind if she goes back to that bloody palace again." He shakes. "Taehyung really meant it when he said he'll destroy me."

"No, nothing's like that. Be positive, if you'll start to think in such ways how'll you take care of Yn?" He says. "Start fresh, I agree it'll be the hardest of all, but be grateful you got a chance to do so, what if you lost her-"

Namjoon gets cut off when Jungkook raises a hand in front, squinting his eyes at his words. "Please don't..."

"I'm sorry I'm sorry.." Namjoon immediately apologises and lowers his head, Jungkook's lifeless eyes seeming very obviously unusual to him.

"How's everyone back in the City?"

"Regaining the Kingdom back was hard, but ever since the boys returned; we slowly built everything, step by step you can say." Jungkook nods in response.

"Some of my experiences as the ex commander helped. Although staying a carpet for 20 years did seem to cram my muscles a bit." He laughs rolling his fingers into a fist and back open a few times.

"So, where is she?" Your cousin-brother now scans the entire house left to right with his eyes, looking for you- heck he didn't even get to see you properly ever since you started acting different. Jungkook looks up at the stairs, blinking a couple of times he speaks.

"She's sleeping. I don't think she'd recognise you though, even the old Yn never saw you." Jungkook stares at the ceiling in gloom, blankly listening and responding to Namjoon's words.

"Ah I see, I don't know how I managed to hide it from her all these years. Kabir got my name changed when he adopted me too, just like that asshole." He runs a tongue over his lower lip to provide it some moisture which was missing due to his lengthy journey till here.

"Hmm." Jungkook fiddles with his fingers absently.

"Anyways, I must leave now, my absence back there is surely not a responsible action. Here." He brings out Jungkook's bracelet from his pocket as he keeps the cup of tea he was drinking on the table.

"Where'd you find this-"

"Keep it." Namjoon places it in the other man's hand and curls his fingers close, emphasising on the importance of the accessory. "Maybe it'll help, have faith." He insists, remembering how he saw and picked up that broken bracelet from your dead body a few months back.

"What if she remembers everything and breaks down?" Jungkook quivers in tenacity and worry, he wanted anything but harm for you at this point, you were way too important to him now, of course even more than himself.