The Devil's Dance (Jikook)

(4) Assumptions

'I will make you love me.'

'So that every time you taste something it'll taste like me. So that every time you hear something, you'll hear my voice. I'll stain you so beautifully that no one else can clean it, reminding you that your mine and mine alone.'

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~Jimin's POV~

"When will y'all be back?" My mother asks with an uninterested look on her face, continuing to file her manicured nails to perfection as she sits in front of us. She had always been a perfectionist when it came to her appearance, not letting us invade any of the time she dedicated to it.

I go to speak, but Lisa immediately cuts me off. "We'll probably be there most of the day. He said he had a lot of things for us to memorize, y'know?" She says in a slightly distressed tone, running her tongue over her bottom lip as she glances at me.

I shake my head, giving her the side eye as if it could possibly scold her as much as I wanted to in this moment.

I specifically said not all day..

My mom finishes with one last swipe of her file, putting her pale hand in front of her so she can have a proper look at it. "That should be fine, just be back before your father gets home." She says blankly, continuing to not spare us a glance as she gestures for us to leave the room.

Lisa practically shakes in happiness, giving me a big smile as she turns and prances out of the room. I follow behind her and close the door on the way, mirroring her expression as she grabs my hand and walks me out of the house.

"We're meeting by the tracks, just follow me." She says, gesturing for me to follow as she walks to that side of town. We pass the train tracks and head towards the forest, splotches of green coming into vision as I look at her skeptically.

"Lisa, I don't know if I feel comfortable going in a forest with people I don't know. Are you sure we should meet there?" I ask warily, slightly hesitating to take my next step.

It wasn't that I didn't trust her, I did. I just didn't know these people, and didn't know what they were capable of. People from that side of town could be unpredictable, and I didn't want something to happen to Lisa if she had chosen to be naive.

"Yes Jimin. Now stop worrying so much, she just wanted to meet there so we could have some privacy. I promise they won't do anything, okay?" She comforts, grabbing my hand once again as we enter the forest.

"Now I have to warn you, from what she says her brother can be somewhat rude, so don't let it get to you." She comments, giving me a side eye as I furrow my brows.

"Pfft, when has something ever gotten to me?" I scoff, avoiding eye contact as I see her give me a blank look.

"Every time someone had an opinion about you that was anything less than perfect." She immediately says, looking at my flushed cheeks with a knowing glance.

I couldn't argue there. It was true, but I couldn't help it. If anyone had a negative thought about me I felt as if it would crush me, as if I had done something wrong to make them not like me.

I didn't want to do anything wrong..

And I couldn't help but get shy with people that intimidated me, always worrying about how I acted or looked around them. I didn't exactly know what made me so nervous, it had only happened to me a couple of times.