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To : Aera
Yah, why are you not ignoring Mark?

BamBam tapped his fingers on the table, waiting for a reply.

From : Aera
He's not the one who hurt me

BamBam let out a sigh. He had always felt bad for hurting Aera the first time, and now the second just made him feel much worse.

He looked at his members, who were gathered in the living room. He watched Yugyeom and Jinyoung, who were talking quietly and Mark and Youngjae, who were arguing. Again.

"Jackson hyung," he went to Jackson.
"What?"
"What are they going on about?"

Jackson shrugged and didn't answer.

BamBam let out another sigh, looking around and seeing Mark's phone vibrate with a new text message. He sneaked a glance at the two, who were too caught up in their argument before grabbing the phone of his hyung and scanning the message quickly when he thought no one was looking.

He got up and went to the doorway, putting on his shoes, and heading out, not speaking a word.

He headed to where Mark was supposed to meet her. Which was the cafe near the building. He walked inside and ordered a coffee for himself and sitting down at a table.

Soon enough, she walked in and seeing BamBam, immediately turned the other way. He grabbed his half-full coffee cup and drank it quickly, even though it burned his tongue and ran after her.

He had this chance to make it up to her. He was not going to let it pass so easily. He grabbed her arm, stopping her. To his surprise, she didn't shake him off.

"I'm sorry, alright?"

She was silent for a while.

"Is that all you're going to say, BamBam? If you're done, can you let go of me?"
"Will you forgive me?"

She looked up at him, her expression blank.

"Who was the one who said love was useless?"

He knew what she was trying to do.

"Me,"
"Who said he didn't give a damn about me loving him?"
"Me,"
"Who acted like a complete jerk?"
"Me,"
"And who doesn't believe in destiny?"

Now this was a different thing... Destiny was different.

"Don't tell me you do," he raised his eyebrows.

She pulled her arm away.

"You might be my first love, BamBam. Youngjae might be my soulmate, but believe it or not, I do believe in fate. Mark never stopped fighting for me. He never gave up, even though I fell for Youngjae. Maybe it really is destiny... Maybe I should choose Mark,"
"W-what's wrong with you?"

She didn't answer and lowered her head, walking away from him, leaving BamBam extremely confused.

***

I closed the door to the studio, shutting off the lights. I stayed at the studio again tonight to practice a bit more on my own and think a bit about my problems. I took my time walking back to the dorms like I always do.

Someone called my name, causing me to look behind me. But it was just JB. I slowed down a bit so we could walk together.

"Done with practice?"
"Yeah. I just stayed to practice a little more."
"You spend so much time practicing these days. Aren't you tired?"
"So do you,"

We were silent as we walked.

"How's your love life?" I suddenly asked.
"Nothing. No love life,"

He didn't ask me about mine.

Good.

"Youngjae misses you,"
"Okay."
"Don't you miss him?"

I didn't answer.

"It's not like I don't miss him. I just don't want to see him."
"Why, though?"
"I want to forget him,"
"Because of what BamBam said?"
"Not exactly..."
"Mark or Youngjae?"

I hate this question now.

I really do.

"Can I not answer that?"
"You don't have to. I know you don't want to think about it, with promotions and all..."

He gave me a soft smile as he put his hands in his pockets.

"Aren't you cold? You're not wearing a thick jacket,"
"I'm fine," I told him. "It's not that cold,"

But the wind chose that exact moment to blow, so I shivered a bit.

"Aera..." he sighed.
"I'm not cold. Really."
"Fine. I'll trust you since we're already here,"

He pressed the 'up' button for the elevator. We went inside and he pressed the buttons for both our floors.

"Goodnight, JB," I bowed.
"Good night," he waved at me, smiling slightly.

I bowed again and went out of the elevator, heading to the dorm and going inside.

"You stayed out late tonight," Kangjun commented. "Even later than usual,"
"I was with JB. We were talking," I told him.

He nodded slowly.

"Are the others already asleep?"
"Yup."
"Why aren't you?"
"They told me to wait for you,"

I laughed quietly.

"Go to sleep now, then,"
"Good night," he stood up at once and went to the room he shared with JinSeok.

I got a bottle of milk out of the fridge, poking the straw in and drinking. While I drank, I checked my Instagram, liking a few photos that fans tagged me in and scrolling down my news feed.

Soon after, I went to sleep. But I couldn't sleep at once... That sometimes happened, when there are too many things on my mind.

Promotions for our debut song would end by the last week of April, which was still two weeks away. We went to radio shows and others like Star King, Quiz to Change the World and more. We've only debuted for a month but it feels like we've already done so much... Is this what the GOT7 members felt during their debut?

My thoughts drifted to Mark and what I told BamBam.

Destiny. Mark is my destiny. The stars told me that. And Youngjae... If he really loved me, he wouldn't give up, right? He wouldn't give up so easily, but he did... Why did he?

For the past week, I've been thinking about it, and I think I should go with Mark. As my final choice. Eternity and GOT7 are both busy, so we don't have much time to meet each other, but Mark always comes to me even though they have practice. He finds time to see me even though they're busy.

He never gave up. He always told me he loved me.

So I made my choice a few days ago. Mark would be my final decision. Not Youngjae. I can learn to love Mark like he loves me... Right? I'm not going to make him my priority since I'm not here for a boyfriend, but I can make time for him, too... Like he does for me...

And destiny...

I think Mark's love for me isn't coincidental. I honestly think it's true love, which is weird since we're still young... But he did prove to me how much he loves me, and Youngjae didn't.

Mark proved the lengths he'll go for me, the things he'll do. That he won't give up, that it's really love. And that's so sweet of him...

How can I treat him the same way he treats me? I want to do the same to him...

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Hi!! How is this?? And can you finally guess the end? Any comments?

[Even though this isn't the end yet, I'd like to thank you guys for reading my story even though it isn't that good, and my plot is a bit cliche. Thanks so much for reading it and I promise to make better stories in the future after this one ends ^^]

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