Man in Black || myg

𝐗𝐗𝐗𝐈𝐗. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐲𝐞

Park Soomi

"I-It doesn't even matter."

"Jimin..." I reached towards him, instinctively wanting to comfort him after hearing the tragic news of his brother. But Jimin flinched and turned away, his hand lifting up to rub his temple in distress. I could see it on his face, how hard he was trying to act okay with it all. But he wasn't okay. There was no way he could be.

"No, sis, it's fine, really. I didn't know he existed my whole life anyway. Why should this change anything?"

"Because he's your family. Your own blood. It's okay to be affected by this," I reassured him.

"You're my family. He- he's just a stranger I'll never know."

"But maybe you can." Yoongi started. "He's presumed dead, but only because there hasn't been any record of him, of residences, attended schools, anything, since he was a kid. There is no cause of death mentioned anywhere on his file. He could still be out there if I just try looking—"

"Yoongi, please, don't. I..." Jimin paused, struggling to say his next words. There was a glint of pain in his eyes as he visibly gulped. "I am disappointed, okay? Yes, I wanted to meet him. But I don't want to get my hopes up again, so just leave it. By tomorrow, you won't even be around anymore. You should focus on more important things."

"Tomorrow?" Yoongi questioned, and I had to hold myself back from saying something while Jimin was still in the room. As I turned towards Jimin, he mustered a sad smile.

"Thanks for watching over Soomi and for trying to find my brother. Good luck with everything." The two exchanged warm, solemn looks before Jimin exited the room. Once he was out of sight, so too was the last excuse keeping me from facing the inevitable. I sighed, not wanting to look Yoongi in the eye, despite knowing for weeks that this day was rapidly approaching.

"Wow. That quick, huh? You know, for a long time, I thought this day would just never come."

"But it's not fair." The words escaped without a second thought, but instant regret followed. "I mean, we just... I finally..." I couldn't find the right words, and I realized it was because I didn't know what they were. What even are we? Where do we go from here?

"Hey, like Jungkook said, this isn't goodbye. In fact, I'd say this is good for us," Yoongi said, "because there can actually be an us now."

I bit back a sneaking smile, but the moment his lips curled up, his infectious grin sent a wave of warmth throughout my body.

"This can be a fresh start for us, you know, where things are finally normal for a change." Yoongi snaked his arms around my waist, and I jumped out of impulse, frantically glancing around for anyone walking into the living room and catching us.

"Yoongi! Someone could see us," I whispered, trying to break out of his arms, but his hold around me only tightened.

"Then let them see us. See, that's one of the perks of the new change. We won't have to hide anymore."

"Don't get too ahead of yourself," I said with a laugh. "You're not quite off the job just yet." I gently pushed at his arm, and he finally released his grip with a sheepish smile.

"My bad. Might be getting carried away."

"Well, I wouldn't be opposed to hearing more about what this big change would entail."

"Hmm, I won't be by your side 24/7, but we can do what normal couples do and go out on dates. I won't be living under the same roof anymore, which is good since I probably shouldn't move in until at least the second date," Yoongi joked. I lightly laughed, anticipating what more he had to say. "But most importantly, our time together could just be about us. Not about your dad, about work, just us."