Lies

~Chapter 26~

(Y/N's POV)

You have been staring down at your phone that rests in your hands for the past five minutes.

It had been a few days since you last spoke to Jimin. During the two past chemistry classes, you refused to even blink in the same direction as him. Your heart still could not bare it, even after what your brother had told you. Hoseok was still there for you, of course, but you honestly didn't want to be bothered by anyone. You even went to the extent of asking to cancel the project meeting that was scheduled for Saturday...which is now today. You hated canceling over something you felt was stupid, but you really wanted the space. As no surprise, Hoseok immediately agreed. What WAS a surprise to you was that Jimin didn't even attempt to exchange words. You imagined that he would have at least begged again by now, but instead he said nor did nothing.

Not until today.

He had sent you a text five minutes ago. Your first instinct was to ignore...but your heart immediately stepped in to put a pause button on that action. So, you read what he said.

'Hi Y/N,

I know you most likely won't read this any time soon, but I still wanted to give it a try. I wanted to give you some space, fully knowing if I tried to talk, it would just backfire...'

Welp....that's why he never spoke...

'...but please know I truly am sorry and regret everything. About the video, it's not the whole story. Luckily, my best friend, the one I was with in that video, somehow knew what was up and recorded as well. I really hope you listen to it, and I sincerely hope that you will forgive me. You mean the whole universe and more to me, and I would never lie about how I truly feel about and towards you. I'm willing to wait for as long as it takes.

I love you, Y/N.

-Your Jimin'

Said recording followed right after the message, and it was definitely longer than the video Hoseok sent you.

Even though you already knew how he truly felt, despite you denying, you were a tad bit curious to know what was said in that conversation. But of course, your stubbornness battled with your heart.

So, at this very moment, you sit on the edge of your bed, contemplating whether to listen to it now or not. You sigh, and twirl your phone through your fingers.

"I'm so tempted to do that should I or should I not crap with flower petals." you say to yourself out loud while rolling your eyes.

Eventually, you give in. "Ah, what the heck. I can be stubborn after this."

You draw a breath, and press the play button.

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The final second of the recording ends, and you are a crying mess.

You tried holding in your tears, but halfway through, your tear dam was past max capacity. Hearing Jimin once again openly confess to everything, with this one being before you found out....you just could not hold it in.

Your broken heart is somehow beginning to mend itself, but it's stopping at halfway. You know what you want and need to do, and not just for your heart and not just for jimin's...but also for the heart you both made together.

Through your fit of tears, you whisper out "I love you too, Jimin" and cover your face in your hands. There is no way you can be stubborn anymore. You're too tired and love-driven for that.

As you cry, you feel two arms wrap around you, your head meeting a space between a neck and a shoulder.

You stay in this hug for a few seconds, until a voice speaks up. "Call him, Y/N." The hands that were once on your back are now on your shoulders. "If you want me to, I'll sit somewhere near, but try calling him, yeah?"

Your sobs slowly die down as you nod your head. "Okay JK. And....I think I can handle it. Thank you." Jungkook gives you a small smile, gets up from kneeling on the floor, and rubs your shoulder as he walks out the door.

Thank goodness for your older brother.

You sniff a few times in attempts to get yourself together. It's time to give him that chance.

Taking a few breaths, you hit the call button within Jimin's contact information.

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(Jimin's POV)

He got you back. He FINALLY got you back. You're wrapped tightly in each others arms, never letting each other go, as if you would disappear if you did. Tears are being shed, and hearts are being mended. The cherry blossom trees that stand over the both of you and guard your precious and vulnerable moment start to sprinkle their cherry blossoms over you, as if it was a way to celebrate the reconnection.

"I love you so much...so so so much baby." Jimin says in your ear, hugging you tightly to his body. Taking in your scent, he buries his head deeper in the area around your neck.

However....you don't say it back.

Your cries even start to diminish.

Jimin notices this, and draws back a little in order to look ar your face. "Baby?"

He then gasps.

Staring into his now confused and worried eye are your angry eyes. "You betrayed me." you said, then break the hug. Jimin's tries to speak, but you cut him off. "You hurt me. You LIED to me!!!" your voice gets louder.

"W...W-Why are you--no. No no no nononoNONONONO!!!" Jimin's mouth is agape now, his breathing gets heavier, his chest is being shot with pain at the sight of you. You are starting to glow a heated red-orange, as if you are being set on fire.

"I. HATE. YOOOOUUUU!!!!" you say with a shout. Once it comes out of you, your glow changes from that fiery color to a dull gray. As Jimin reaches to hold your hand, he gasps as if he was a fish out of water.

Your hand is disintegrating into ashes.

Your whole entire body is turning into ashes, falling to the ground.

"NO Y/N PLEASE STAY WITH ME!!! PLEASE PLEASE STAY WITH ME!!!" Jimin is scream-crying now in a panic as he tries to hold what is left of you. "I'M S-SO SORRY F-F-FOR EVERYTHING-G...PLEASE!!!" The ashes are slipping through his fingers, piling upon the ground. You are slipping away from him. Your remains glide through his fingers, just like sand being sifted.

With one last look, you tell him, "I loved you, Park Jimin." And you are completely gone.

Jimin freezes. He stares incredulously at the pile at his feet.

The cherry blossoms that once floated down so gracefully are now huge, merciless raindrops, falling upon the ashes and Jimin. The once beautiful cherry blossom trees are now bare and dead. The sky is dark, gray, and crying, with not a single sliver of light. Jimin's heart that was once mended, is broken. Permanently this time.

His knees give in, losing the will to stand, and he falls to the ground. He cups some of the ashes of what once was his love...and just cries. And cries. And cries some more.

"Come back to me..." he pleas into his hands. "I love you Y/N...please...come back to me......come back..."

*GASP*

Jimin tries to catch his breath, wiping the sweat from his forehead and the tears from his eyes. He looks around at his surroundings, and closes his eyes.

It was just a dream.

"Holy crap..." he says to himself. As he continues to catch his breath, his phone across from him starts to ring. Reaching over to grab it...his breathing stops for a moment.

Your contact name pops up, asking for a phone call.