Madhouse || Park Jimin

31

~~~6 months ago~~~

(Yoongi's POV)

Her tears... That's the first thing that catches my attention.

She just came out her session with her psychiatrist crying, so consumed in her tears, she didn't even notice me sitting on the bench in front of her.

Bored, I stand up and decide to go after her, the cold wind of winter making me put my hands in my pockets.

Not to be misunderstood, she isn't anything I haven't seen before, but I'm bored and not in the mood for another session with my psychiatrist. He'd been interesting at first, but the moment I started being able to manipulate him easily, I lost all interest.

I can hear her faint sobs in the empty, silent street. I'm curious about what things could be happening in the life of someone who looks so normal, too perfect to be attending a psychiatric and leaving it crying like this.

Depression? Anxiety? Stress? Some eating disorder? What could it be?

I'm walking so close behind her, I can smell her sweet perfume, it surprises me how she still hasn't noticed me yet. I want to speak to her, start a stupid conversation with an, 'are you okay?'. However, I slow down my pace when I see a black car slowly following me through the corner of my eyes.

I stop abruptly, the car stopping with me. I turn to face it and start walking towards it. The driver's dark windows move down slowly and I recognize the man in a black uniform, speaking in a tired tone.

"Now you're following me?" I ask.

He smiles. "As egocentric as always."

"Am I in trouble, official?" I ask mockingly and Jimin keeps giving me that insincere smile.

"I wasn't following you." His eyes fall on the girl that's still walking down the street.

"You're following her? Well, well.." This is getting interesting. "Is she a criminal?"

"No, Taehyung asked me to watch over her for a few days," He says.

I join my eyebrows. "Taehyung? Why would my precious brother, who literally hates you, ask you to do that?"

"You don't know?" He slides his hand along the steering wheel, lifting his chin to point at the girl. "That's his girl."

"His girl? But he's..." Going out with our new neighbor. "That girl's our neighbor?"

"It seems you haven't met your brother's new catch," Jimin says.

"Why would I do that? I don't like wasting my time."

Jimin narrows his eyes. "And why were you following her?"

I shrug my shoulders, a smile lifting my lips. "I was going to kill her."

"I don't think so, she isn't your type."

"You know me so well." I keep smiling.

"I wish I didn't."

"Oh, come on, we're practically brothers. Growing up in that orphanage was so much fun until I got adopted by that stupid family."

"That family fed you and took care of you, don't be ungrateful." He shakes his head at me and I roll my eyes.

"What's next? You're gonna ask me to love and honor them?" I raise an eyebrow.

"I can't ask you to do the impossible, and frankly, I don't care."

"I'm still curious, why would Taehyung ask you to follow her?" I ask.

"Apparently, there's something wrong with her. He can't explain it, but he thinks something isn't right, that something bad's going on in her house and she's not saying anything."