He's My Juliet (Golden Child Jibeom X Reader) [COMPLETED]

Ch. 21: Chaos Ensues

Jibeom is woken up from his sleep when his phone suddenly starts ringing beside him. He had fallen asleep on his desk while working, and as soon as he checks his phone, he realizes it had already gotten really late: almost eleven o' clock. However, his eyes soon travel to the ID of the person calling him, and his eyes slightly widen due to attentiveness at the name.

[Father]

"Why is he..." Jibeom's brows furrow as he wonders why his father could be calling him at this time.

Not that it barely ever happens. Usually, Jibeom just expects his father to be asleep around this time. Especially since he's getting older by the day.

Reluctantly, he picks up, rubbing his eyes as he straightens himself in his seat. "Hello?"

[Jibeom!] his father suddenly calls out, sounding frantic and commanding. [Listen. Son. You need to get here as soon as possible. Your cousin... something has happened to her!]

Immediately, Jibeom's eyes widen, and he stands up from his seat. "Dahyun?! W-what do you mean? What happened to her?!"

Then his father hisses through the line. [Ugh! I told you that girl from SilverLining was going to cause trouble for us!]

And in response, Jibeom freezes. "... W-what... do you mean?"

Then, before his father could even respond to his question, Jibeom hears his father speak angrily towards someone else on his side. [You child of the devil! Look what you've done!]

And it takes no time for Jibeom to realize who his father had been talking to. "Father!" he calls to get the older man's attention, but he gets no response.

Instead, he hears a loud thud, followed by a weak whimper and more commotion. A foreign voice comes in through Jibeom's phone. [Sir, please calm down! She's also a patuent and she needs to be treated!]

Then the old man's voice returns, completely enraged. [Let go of me, you fools! That woman has done nothing but bring misfortune on my family! Die, you wench!]

Another thud, and Jibeom panic even more, fearing for the worst. "Father! Please, stop!"

However, his words are ignored. Almost as if he had been muted.

Few more thuds follow, and tears stream down Jibeom's face out of desperation and helplessness.

"Father, let her go! Please!"

[Sir, you need to calm down!]

[I will not calm down until she had died!]

[Sir, please!]

[No!!]

And once again, Jibeom freezes.

That voice. The last voice he had heard from his phone. It was you, desperate and apologizing.

It was torture for him hearing you like that. But it would only get worse when he hears you continue to speak.

[I'm sorry... *sob* I'm sorry, please forgive me. I-I didn't mean to do anything to her. I-I didn't want to hurt anyone.]

[Ma'am, please get up–]

[I'm so sorry...]

You continue crying, and with the force like that of a mallet, Jibeom feels his heart breaking into pieces, his world crashing down.

It seemed crazy that he would believe you, immediately ignoring whag his own family would say.

Was it wrong for him to keep on insisting on loving you? Even when it seemed wrong in the eyes of everyone around him?

"Father, if you don't stop right now, you'll regret it!" Jibeom suddenly shouts, as if expecting his father to hear him and stop.

But he gets no response.

And the call is cut off.

Immediately, as if getting his senses back, Jibeom drops his hand to his side, then turns back to his chair, grabbing his coat before he runs outside to get his car.

"Y/N, please... be safe..."

Once he gets there, he fumbles for his keys, struggling to get them before he starts the engine.

"I'm coming for you. Please, wait for me..."

He drives out of his house, onto the streets, and bounds for the hospital he believes his father and lover would be.

"I'm sorry... But, please..."

The hand on the speedometer rises, but he barely pays attention to it at all. But is he even aware of his surroundings? Barely.

"Please, give me another chance to save you, just this once..."

Frankly speaking, he isn't aware of anything. His mind is clouded by his emotions, and his eyesight is barely even clear due to the tears forming in them.

"Please, Y/N!"

He passes through a red light, speeding at almost a hundred kilometers per hour.

"Please!"

Then...

CRASH!

Suddenly, an accident happens on the street.

A car, having been speeding all the way even after passing through a red light, had been crashed into by a delivery truck coming from the other direction. The car had stopped ultimately, but had been pushed forward a few meters by the truck.

Smoke is coming from the rubble, and people are gasping and murmuring as they look at the scene.

The truck driver seems fine as he quickly steps out and looks at the car he had hit. But the vehicle quickly catches on fire, and the witnesses gasp loudly.

The driver panic as he shouts towards the people. "Call an ambulance!" Then he runs towards the car to try and save whoever is inside.

However, the man had barely even gotten close enough to get a look inside the car when it just gets worse.

Suddenly, the car explodes, sending the driver flying from the wreck and making the witnesses gasp even louder while some even shout in fear.

The driver falls unconsious by the sidewalk, and the car continues burning, even having a second explosion before emergency arrives.

Thankfully, the truck driver is brought to the hospital for treatment, but whoever had been in the car that exploded...

There's no way they could have ever survived.