Only You✔️

Chapter 9 : Jimin

*A week later*

The nightmares only got worse after the night that Li woke up thinking she saw Taehyung in her room.
It was getting to the point where she could barely sleep at night and she was always constantly checking on Min.

Everyone at work awkwardly avoided her and only came to her when they needed a script revised, or going over the schedules for the week of producing the companies shows.
Jimin was the only that seemed to treat her normally and with respect. He did a good job of keeping her busy. Even sending her out to shoot solo shots around town, and doing some editing work with his filming.
He was patient and understadning with her, but treated her like any normal employee on any normal day. And thats all she wanted. Was for her life to remain as normal as it possibly could, even if only at night it was never normal.

Even walking home was a nightmare. She could feel his eyes on her. Watching her every move, but every time she would look to see if he was there, she never saw anything. It was like he was a ghost. Carefully hiding in the shadows. Keeping himself just out of sight so she could never place where he was. She started to think it was all paranoia and that he really wasnt there. They probably already moved him out the country and put him somewhere else.

"Li..." Jimin's voice says to her quietly, breaking her thoughts.
"Mmm" she respondes, not taking her eyes from her computer. She was editing his recent short film that had been shooting together. And she was almost finished with the first half.
"Let me take you home. You have been working so hard the last few days, you can go home early and get some rest."
Li stopped what she was doing and looked up at him and sighed. "No thank you. I have work to do." she says and turns her attention back to her computer.
"Li..." Jimin tries again as he shuts the laptop.
"What are you doing?! None of that got saved!" she says in a panicked tone.
"Li the computers dont shut down when you close them. You know this. Once you open it back up, it will all still be there. Please go home." he tries again.
"I dont want to go home Jimin. Min is with his friend tonight and Papa has been working later than normal. When I am alone....." she trails off as she looks into his eyes. "When I am alone I swear hes there. Watching me. I feel his eyes, and its driving me insane."
Jimin sighs in a worried tone and bends down in front of her so they are eye level where she is sitting.
"Why dont you and Min come stay with me for awhile?" he offers.
"I cant leave Papa in that house by himself." she says through a sigh.
"Well the offer still stands if you ever need it." he says, touching her knee softly.
She looked into his and smiled. She was grateful for Jimin. The two of them had gotten close a few years after Mina and Yoongi died. She always thought they might become something, but her fears of Taehyung kept her from expressing how she felt. She couldnt handle if anything happened to Jimin. She would never forgive herself.
"How about we go have that dinner then?" he says standing up amd holding his hand out.
Everything within her mind was telling her to walk away. She knew Taehyung was watching her every move, and if he saw her with Jimin, it would be all over with. But when she looked into his eyes and saw him smiling at her, all her fears seemed to melt away and she felt safe.
She gladly takes his hand in hers and stands up to face him. He then pulls her close to him and touches her cheek softly. "Forgive me for this at a tender moment..." he says as he leans down and kisses her on the lips. At first she wanted to pull away, but she allowed herself to melt into the kiss. Her hand leaving his and grabbing onto his shirt tightly.
And then it happens, his eyes flash in her mind and she feels unsafe again.
Li pulls away from the kiss and looks away from him embarassed. "I am sorry..." she whispers as she tries to hide her tears.
"Dont be..." he says as he lifts her chin with his finger and wipes at her eyes. "Theres no rush."

Later after the pair of them leave the office, they arrive at a nice resteraunt. He helps her to her seat and he orders a bottle of champange.
She giggles softly as he pours her a glass. "Whats so funny?" he asks curiously, as he hands her the glass.
"You must know I am a light weight. A few of these and I will be acting silly." she sips the champagne gladly.
"Thats alright. You deserve to have fun. And I willl take care of you." 
Just then Li's phone rings and she looks over to Jimin apolegeticly. "Sorry, it might be Min." she says as she fishes for her phone in her bag.
"No no, its okay, really..." he says reassuringly.
She manages to find her phone and she sees that its a number she doesnt recognize. She found it rather strange since she had all of Min's friends numbers saved and their parents numbers. Her insticts told her not to answer it, but her mother insintcs told her that it might be Min on another phone and he might need her.
"Everything okay?" Jimin asks as he tilts his head to the side trying to see if he could see whos calling.
"Its a number I dont recognize..." she says, she could feel her heart beating in her throat as she answers it. "Hello?" she says in a shaky voice.
There is nothing but quiet on the other end. "Hello...?" she says again. She could feel the sweat on her forehead. There was some static and she could hear a low sound in the background. "Min this isnt funny son, if this is you please say something..."
"I see you...."
She looked over to Jimin, who was now clenching his fist on the table.
"Who is it Li?" he asks, trying not to sound angry.
"Why do you look so afraid?" she could hear Taehyung chuckle as he said this to her.
"Hang up..." Jimin says.
"Dont fucking hang up on me." Tae says, his voice now switching to anger. "Why are you with Jimin? You didnt learn the first time?"
"I said hang up!" Jimin shouts, taking the phone from her and hanging it up. The whole resteraunt is now staring over to them as he turns the phone off and puts it in his pocket. "It was him, wasnt it? It was Taehyung?"
"How...how did he get my number? I dont understand..." she says weakly as she looks up to Jimin.
"Lets go..." he says as he stands up.
"Where are we going?" she says as she grabs her bag and stands up.
"We are taking this phone to your father and reporting this. I wont stand for this."  he says grabbing her hand and pulling her outside.
"Jimin.." she tries to protest and as he takes her to his car. "Jimin stop!" she shouts.
"No...you are not going to let him do this too Li. I wont allow it. I dont care if we are together or just friends. He is not going to ruin your life. He is already violating his parole, and it needs to be reported."
"They wont catch him in time. If he has already found my number, then he already knows everyone's movements. It will get worse before hes caught."
"I dont care!" Jimin shouts as he grabs her shoulders. "I wont watch him hurt you again. Lets go get Min and then lets report this. Please..." he begs her.
"Fine...." she says.
Jmin nods and quickly opens the car door for her as she sits down and tries to keep herself calm.