Boy From English Class

Epilogue

Jungkook POV

It's been 2 months. I didn't even need to be told. She was gone and I don't know if I'll ever se she'd again. Hwasa dropped by her house after that evening and her father was there. Told her she was okay. That she went back to the states with her mother. And that she'll contact her when she was ready. Unlike Hwasa, she didn't press any further and accepted whatever her father said.

Here I was standing in front of the front door to the house I longed to come to for months and introduce myself.
I finally got the courage to ring the bell. I didn't expect the owner himself to open it.

He too was surprised at who he saw at the door.

"I know you already know who I am. So I won't introduce myself. I know you hate my family but please, for what you once shared with my mother, consider giving this to Jia. That's all I ask of you sir. Just this letter" I pronounce as I try my best to not cry.

He looks at the letter in my hand and back up at my wet eyes.
He nods and takes it from me. Without a word he closes the door. I don't know if I should feel relieved or worse. What if it never got to her?

****

"Jia" my mom calls from my bedroom door.

The room was dark and cold. I laid in bed thinking about everything I left behind.

"I've got something for you." She walks inside.

"If it's food I'm not hungry. I'll come down when I am" I mumble. Not sure if I even heard but she knows since it's the same thing I've said since I came back here.

"It's not food. It's a letter" she sits on the bed.

I sigh and sit up. She hands it to me.

"I hope it makes you feel better" is all she said before walking out.

I turn on my bedside lamp. The envelope is black with a white seal. Decorated like medieval times. I open the envelope and draw out a white folded paper. Once I opened it and saw the writing I already knew who it was from.

"Dear Ji-a.

All I ever wanted was to be with you. I know you felt the same way. You know the first day I saw you in school, I couldn't help but wonder which student comes to a new school towards the end of the year. But when I saw your smile and heard your voice my heart stopped. I must've told you this thousands of times. I knew I had to make you mine. I knew I had to experience what love felt like.  And thank you for that. My life was so dark and gloomy. My heart was stone and cold. I learned to love myself in the process.

'The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.' By Victor Hugo in Les Misérables.

All it took was one glance to know that you'd be the best thing that happens to me. I don't know what happened and honestly I don't want to. But I know you regret not having said goodbye. So I'll do it for you. I know I'll see you again in the future. Don't hate yourself for whatever has happened. And take care of yourself. Don't despise your father either. He loves you and I'm sure he's done the best for you.

I love you Jia. Always and forever.

Boy from English Class, Jungkook "

Tears ran down my eyes from the first word down to the last. He tells me he'll see me again in the future. I'll make sure of that.

"I love you too Jungkook" I say.

I hold the letter to my chest and cry the hardest I ever have. I hope he didn't when he wrote this. I hope he doesn't cry because I didn't keep my promise.

"Always and Forever"