When We Met

2.

After walking for a while Jimin sat near a lake, trying to clear his thoughts and thinking about how to face the members tomorrow. He realized that he broke the promise he made to his members that he will always be confident, will never allow someone else to abuse him and will never look down on himself.

While he was clearing his thoughts, he heard someone shouting near the lake. When he looked in the direction of the sound, he saw a girl looking up in the sky and cursing. Firstly, he didn't give attention but after sometimes he heard loud crying of the same girl. Looking her cry like that broke Jimin's heart.

He went towards the girl and bent to her level, gave her a handkerchief and asked her the reason of being here alone in night and that too crying. The girl hesitantly took the handkerchief and said between her sobs, "I just had a bad day and I think that made me emotional." "And being alone in night and a peaceful walk gives me peace."

Slowly after, Jimin sat beside the girl and just stared the stars in the sky. "It seems like you are also struggling with your own thoughts." Said the girl.

"Yes, I do but how do you know?" asked Jimin.

"The way you are looking to the stars shows that you are cursing the god for your problem and you are asking him why does it have to be you, to go through the struggle & pain."

"Wow, you did interpret my feelings correctly. Are you a mind reader?"

"No, I am not a mind reader, I am a psychologist. I understand people's emotion just with their expressions."

"Wahh! It's amazing." Said amused Jimin.

"No, it's nothing amazing but sometimes I think why did I became a psychologist? It's not like that I don't love my profession its just that sometimes it's hard for me, when I am with my patients their pain, misery makes me sad too. It feels like how much strength they need to overcome their pain and sometime it does happen that either their family members don't support them or they didn't even no, in such cases this is harder for them."

"If you don't mind, can I share something with you, because in psychology it is said that if you share your grief with someone it makes you feel better." asked the girl

"Yes, sure go for it my ears are all yours." Said Jimin.

"Thank you."

"So, today I had a patient, his name is Mark. He is a high school student,"

"A high school student, isn't his age too young to see a psychologist?"

"Like love has no age similarly depression also has no age" spoke the girl.

"Today he came to his session, he is a boy who doesn't speech much he didn't share his thoughts with anyone, he struggles with them alone."

"When we were having the session, today he told me that, he is so depressed with his life that he wanted to commit suicide and he even tried to do that. I was shocked that how can he think of this in such a young age."

"I tried to explain him that its not just about ending the life, its all about living it to your fullest but in between when we were having our session, his family barged in and started yelling and cursing Mark. I tried to stop them but they didn't listen to me, they shouted why does a perfect boy has to see a psychologist? Do you know if anybody knows about it you will become a shame for the family? How will you get in a prestigious university? It seemed like they only cared about their image and family's prestige.

After some time when they stopped yelling, I told them about Mark's condition that his mental health is not stable, he is into major depression and he needs family's love & support, I thought they will now understand their child but after that what happened it shocked me."

"His mother came toward me and slapped me and said, so I think that their son is mentally disable. It felt like I am helping their son but instead of thanking me they are cursing me and saying that I am the reason behind their child's this state."

"After this me and his mother were in argument, when I don't know how Mark took a paper cutter and he slit his veins. My patient tried committing suicide right in front of my eyes and I was unable to do something."

"That made me think, do I deserve to be called a doctor."

"What happend to Mark?" asked curious Jimin.

"He is out of danger now, as he was taken to the hospital on time. But what if something would have happened to him, I would not be able to forgive myself."

With this the girl started crying again and Jimin tried to comfort him by saying that; "It was not your fault that Mark tried to commit suicide, it was his family's fault that they were unable to understand their child's problem and didn't even try to help me."

After listening to the girl Jimin thought that his problem is not a big one, there are many people who are struggling with more big problems then his with great strength and are not giving up and overcoming them.

"Thank you for listening to me, I feel much better now." Said the girl.

"That's a relief." Said Jimin.

After sometime Jimin realized that he has to go back to dorm before its too late. Jimin gets up from the ground, bids goodbye to the girl and starts walking towards his way. But before he can cross the path the girl comes running behind him and stops him.

"Hey, listen."

"Yes, did you want something?" asked confused Jimin.

"No, actually I want to give you something."

"To, me." Says Jimin.

"Yes, here it is my card, I hope you never have to come to meet a psychologist but just in case if you also want to share your problems, I can lend you my ears just like you did to me."

Jimin takes the card and reads the name on it 'psychologist Kim Y\N'.

"Thank you for this and I will definitely visit you sometime." Said Jimin.

"By the way I am 'Park Jimin.' It was really nice meeting you."

After this both bid their goodbyes to each other and went their way back home.