Love hurts 18+ (BTS Jimin)

22) The challenge

Since the therapy building was located pretty close to the city, Jimin and N just had to walk since that was probably the easiest way to get to the bigger city streets. After walking for a bit, they finally made it to the destination so now all there was left was to try something that would trigger N's anxiety.

They were just casually talking while Jimin tried to think of something they could do.

N: "I'm pretty sure it's not normal for a therapist to ask you to go to someone's house"
Jimin: "Probably not, but come on, what is normal about that place I mean we came there to talk to a therapist and all we do is group things or whatever"
N: "Right...that whole group thing at the beginning was really weird..."
Jimin: "Yeah...it was"
N: "Uhm...so...what exactly are we supposed to do now?"
Jimin: "Mmm I'm trying to think of something we can do to challenge you but I'm not really sure what that would be" he said as he looked around, trying to see if he could get any inspiration😛 That's when he saw someone asking for directions... that was it!!

Jimin: "Okay I got something"
N: "And what's that?"
Jimin: "You should try asking someone for directions, like we could act like we don't know where we are and then you can ask someone where the nearest bus stop is or something"
N: "But...Jimin...you know I can't do that....I'm too scared..."
Jimin: "I know, and that's why you need to try it so you can see for yourself that nothing bad happens when you do it"
N: "But...I can't...I don't want to..."
Jimin: "I know you don't want to N, but you already know that the way you learn to manage anxiety is by doing something that triggers it. I promise you N, nothing bad is going to happen to you okay? Trust me"
N: "Mmm...why can't you just do it..."
Jimin: "Because I'm not the one who's scared of it, but I can do it first so you can see that nothing happens, and then you can try it afterwards. Is that better?"
N: "Okay..." she said as they approached this random dude so Jimin could pretend to ask him for directions while N watched.

Jimin: "Excuse me? Hi I'm sorry uhm, do you know where the nearest bus stop is?"
Random dude: "Oh hey man, uh yeah it's right down that road actually"
Jimin: "Oh okay, thank you"
Random dude: "Of course man, are you two not from here or what's up?"
Jimin: "Uh no, no we're not from here so we were just kinda lost to be honest"
Random dude: "Ah okay, damn man that's rough, yeah just go down that road and you'll find it eventually"
Jimin: "Got it, thanks for the help I appreciate it"
Random dude: "Anytime man" he said as Jimin and N headed the way the random dude had said just to make it believable lol.

Jimin: "See? That was fine wasn't it?"
N: "But...how do you...like...just do that, you literally had a conversation with that guy it sounded like you knew each other"
Jimin: "He was just nice to help us, but do you see what I mean? Nothing bad happened at all"
N: "But that's because you asked...I already know that if I ask they'll just laugh at me and ignore me..."
Jimin: "Well how do you know that..? Have you tried?"
N: "No...but I just know..."
Jimin: "Maybe think about it this way, what would you think if someone asked you for directions? Would you laugh at them? Or ignore them?"
N: "I mean...no..."
Jimin: "Exactly, then they probably won't do that either right? Come on let's try it, you can ask that guy over there"
N: "No...I can't ask that guy he will definitely laugh at me...and he seems like someone who would kidnap me"
Jimin: "Okay no one is going to kidnap you N, but if you don't want to ask him you can ask that girl instead"
N: "But I don't want to... she will probably just ignore me and laugh at me"
Jimin: "Okay then...what about that old man over there? He will definitely not laugh at you"
N: "But what if he's judging me...or he doesn't want me to talk to him..."
Jimin: "Come on N...I'll even hold your hand if you need it just try to ask someone please"
N: "That's not happening Jimin" she said as she thought everything through.