wonder

alternative ending

It's been so many years after the last ship has left the earth.

Jungkook never stopped believing that Jimin is still alive, that he somehow made it out of that place, somehow managed to survive everything.

In all those years he kept his name for himself. Never told anyone about their story. Jungkook wanted his precious memories of his only person for himself.

He never stopped thinking about him since the day he had to live without him. In fact not a single day passed by, without him thinking at least once about those long gone days. He somehow got used to the pain of missing him and thinking about their past keeps Jimin alive in his heart.

But seeing them both lying on that roof, staring at the stars and talking about which star they want to go to hurts...

"We can go to your star" those words are stuck on his mind since that day.

"I'm here now. I'm at your star. But where are you?" he sometimes finds himself saying...

He sees them both sitting on that dust-covered basement floor, showing Jimin his favorite book."Gardening for Dummies" was, what made Jungkook fall in love with those cherry blossoms. He now has a whole garden full of cherry trees and he often wonders if Jimin will ever gonna see them.

But the most hurtful memory is the one of the moment he understood what had happened, when they said "He didn't make it onto the ship". The moment he realized he won't see him again. The moment he heard Jimins breathing getting weaker. He tries to push those memories to the very back of his mind. It hurts... It hurts so badly imagine Jimin lying on that couch, all by himself. He must have been scared. Jimin had always been afraid of the dark and that night it wasn't only the darkness but also being alone on a whole planet... Not knowing what happens next.

"I'm scared..."

Jungkook can still hear Jimins voice. It's like those words keep replaying in his head and he can't do anything about it.

During all those years Jungkook did a lot of researches on how to contact planets, that are as far away as the earth. He failed many times but he never gave up... He never gave up the thought that one day he could talk to Jimin or even see him again, if he sticks to the hard work. Time passes but then he finally got a signal. It wasn't very strong but it was stable enough to last.

"Hello?" he first whispers into the radio set.

Not sure if there's someone on the other side that could actually hear him.

"Hello? Can someone hear me?"

Jungkook doesn't want to give up. He repeats the same question for almost 4 hours. And he does the same thing the next day, and the next and the next...but he never gets any respond.

His heart starts to ache... What if he was wrong all the time? What if Jimin didn't make it?what if...

He tries to contact the earth for 2 weeks now but still nothing happens. Day 14 passes without any respond. This evening he goes to bed... not sure if to continue. It seems hopeless... He feels helpless. His mind plays every possible scenario before he finally falls asleep.

In the middle of the night he startles from sleep. Hearing someone talking.... A quiet voice but yet loud and familiar enough to wake him up immediately.

"Is this? No! That's not possible!" he shakes his head in disbelieve.

"I must have dreamed it" Jungkook tells himself.

He quickly shakes off the thought of him hearing Jimin.

"Hello?" the voice asks again.

This time louder than before. Jungkooks eyes widen... He can't believe what's happening. Is this possible? He knows this voice. He knows it so damn well... it is Jimin. He can hear him. It's his Jimin. His only person.