He's My Juliet (Golden Child Jibeom X Reader) [COMPLETED]

Ch. 14: Honesty

"Jibeom... I have something I wanna talk to you about?" I ask as I turn to him and he turns to me as well with a curious look. "I... want us to be completely honest with each other. From now on."

He tilts his head, and I look away from him as I start fiddling with my fingers. "And to start it off, I..." I hesitate. This is actually something I've been meaning to tell someone all this time. To Jibeom especially, because I knew I could find comfort and trust in him. Why I hesitated, though. It's because I know he already has so many problems in his hands right now.

But that's the point of this, right? So we can share each other's problems so it would be easier for the both of us.

Who knows? He might even be able to help me find the culprit who poisoned my mother.

"I found out... how my mother really died." As those words left my mouth, I also felt tears forming in my eyes, and I lower my head as I bite my lip at the thought of my mother once again. "She was poisoned," I say, my voice cracking, "a-and we really haven't even found the one who did it yet." As I feel my heart breaking all over again, I suddenly feel Jibeom placing his arms around me as he brings me into a hug, soon patting my head gently without a word.

I feel my emotions slightly subsiding at his actions, and a small smile forms through my tears as I rest my head on his chest, letting my tears flow as I slowly calm down.

"Thank you... for always being there for me," I tell him softly.

I hear Jibeom hum in response, and a calm silence soon envelopes us for a few seconds. Soon, I eventually pull away a little, and I look up at him with a smile now that I've calmed down a bit more.

"How about you? Do you have anything you want to be honest with me about?" I ask as I look up at him.

Jibeom responds by looking away awkwardly. "Um... Y/N... I'm actually... not as naïve as I look, you know," he says quite shyly.

I can't help but giggle at his response, and I eventually say something just as he glances towards me. "I know that, Jibeom. We've been together for a while now. Of course, I would know one way or another."

His eyes widen as he fully turns to me and I giggle again.

"You're still really cute no matter what, though," I continue, and he responds with a smile before hugging me tight.

"You're even cuter," he tells me, making me giggle once again as I hug him back even tighter.

...

The next day came, eventually, and I had been working all morning in my office when a visitor had arrived... Well, not really. She's still a visitor, but using that word on her just seems rather odd.

It's Yeji.

"Y/N! How are you doing?!" she asks me as soon as she steps into the office, and my face lights up at thr sight of her. Immediately, I stand up, and we both hug each other with big smiles on our faces.

It's been a while since we've seen each other. Especially since that time I pushed everyone away after my mother's death.

But now that I'm seeing her again, it just feels great. Once again, another light had come to liven up my dull days.

"Good... I guess," I reply as soon as we pull away from each other, my smile slowly turning into a sad one.

Yeji's brows furrow at my expression, then she looks at me with concern before hugging me once again. "Aigoo... You really have gone through a lot, haven't you?" she asks with sincere concern and a thankful smile forms on my face as I turn my gaze towards her and lightly hug her back.

"Thanks, really. But... there's something I want you to know."

At my words, Yeji suddenly pulls back a bit and looks at me with furrowed brows. "That doesn't sound good. Has... anything else been bothering you recently?"

I give her a small smile in response before opening my mouth to speak... only to be disrupted when someone suddenly comes into the office unannounced.

"Ma'am, wait! You can't go in there!" I hear Ms. Kim say urgently and I turn my head towards the one she is addressing to see an unexpected face.

I pull away from Yeji completely as I look towards the newcomer with a confused expression.

"Dahyun?"