Heart Me || JJK ✓

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Jungkook's face morphed from amused to shocked.

"B-But she..", he stuttered not being able to wrap head around the fact, "How...."

"She has Frontotemporal dementia. The rarest type which is hereditary." you explained, "At early stage she had difficulty in recognising familiar people or objects but now memory difficulties are extreme. Her behaviour turns impulsive and violent sometimes. Since last few months she is facing problem with her speech & language... And lot's more..."

You tried. Tried hard to not break down and make a fool of yourself in front of him. All this had been old news, you had told it to your close friends and never cried, not even when they urged you to empty out your feelings. So why did you become vulnerable now?

Jungkook was about to say something that maybe everyone had told you, maybe you had those words memorised by now and maybe the words contained just consolation because you knew it wouldn't happen, ever.

So you intercepted.

"Jeon there's a bus that leaves for the city in
half an hour, you should return."

Jungkook studied your face for a moment before speaking, "What if I don't want to leave you alone here?"

"It's my home, I'm not gonna be alone..."

You knew Jungkook was seeing straight through you.

"I've dealing with this for years. After my dad died, the happy bubble of my life shattered. Since then it never took a form again...", you took a pause and looked away, "You don't have to associate yourself with this part of my life. So please leave."

"Are you done?", Jungkook tapped his foot impatiently, "If so then let's go because this heat is scorching on my skin and I'm gonna faint from dehydration."

Next moment, he was pulling you by your hand and you realized that he just flushed down whatever you said.

"You don't even know the directions.", you grimaced and he increased his pace, "Slow down, oh my god. That's wrong way!"

"Fine. Lead the way."

"You're ridiculous!"

~~~~

As you stood at the gate of your house, nervousness started to kick in.

"Jeon, we need to act as  siblings, first. Second, try to avoid mom. She can turn violent anytime so be careful. Don't interact with her unless it's necessary."

Jungkook scrunched his entire face, "Siblings? Seriously? No one would believe Y/N--"

"We need to convince mom and no one else. Speak only if you have a better idea."

"What about a married couple, who recently shifted in the neighborhood and their house pipelines system has some problems so they need shelter for some days."

"They can go to hotel maybe--"

"They can run short of money, anyways hotels are expensive."

You gaped at him, mute.

"Earth to Y/N!", he snapped fingers, "But why do we need to act? Can't you just say that you're her daughter?"

"She believes her daughter is still 11 and her husband has gone out of country for a business trip.", you turned towards the house and took a deep breath, "I assume she still thinks of something like that."