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❅ Rooftop ❅ 05
After that, Cherry didn't show up to school for about a week.
When she came back, she ignored me.
She looked worringly thinner, dark circles heavy under her eyes and her spark seemed to be gone.
I never thought Cherry cherished me that much, I felt like shit but it was too late for an apology, or so I thought.
I walked away like a coward.
I knew that if I explained, she would've understood but now I was too ashamed to face her, without talking about the fact that the damage was already done.
Mingyu called me that night I 'argued' with Cherry, asking me what was wrong with me and telling me how sick I was for lashing out on someone who just cared about my well-being.
I can't blame him, he sincerely loved Cherry.
He wished for her happiness, always, but not in a greedy way like me.
That was enough to convince that I made the right choice, going to the rooftop at lunchtime, looking at the sky as I ate a snack I bought from the vending machine.
I listened to my favorite song, eating my favorite snack as I took in the atmosphere of the place.
For the first time in months, I felt as ease, peaceful.
I finished the snack as the song finished to, getting up and fixing my uniform before I walked to the fence, looking at how pretty everything looked from up there.
"It was.. A pathetic life." I scoffed, turning my back to the fence and closing my eyes.
I spread my arms out, letting the wind softly blow against me.
You could call me a coward for 'giving up', in this case, I'd call you insensitive.
I had no goal in life, nothing to lose anymore.
Actually I'd say that I was probably a waste of space in this world.
I was getting ready to fall back when the rooftop's door opened, the sound of someone panting being heard.
I opened an eye, seeing none other than the reason why I beat up and bruised my heart.
Cherry Valentine.
I could never blame her for what happened.
I could never hate her.
Everything was my fault.
It's not like these thoughts came out of nowhere, I've had them for a long time.
Meeting her was just a confirmation of how horrible I was.
Stripping away her happiness and making her cry was my last straw.
"Jungkook.."
She looked pretty as always, the brightest star in the sky.
I wonder if Cherry Valentine ever got told that she was ugly and the person meant it.
I smiled as I looked at her, the only person I've ever loved in my life.
The only person I'll ever love.
The only person I'll ever get to love.
I took a step back, my eyes shining as I looked at her, my soft smile growing wider.
"I love you, Cherry.. I'm sorry for everything I've done, but don't be mad at me, yeah ?"
Those words caused her to start tearing up, quickly grasping the situation.
She froze for a moment, clearly panicking, starting to ramble things that I couldn't clearly hear because honestly, I wasn't listening.
I took in every single feature of hers, how pretty and perfect she looked.
"Jungkook no ! Get away from the edge ! Please, if you ever considered me a friend, come over here, we're going to talk, I'm not mad at you I just want to understand !"
She begged and begged, once again making me feel like biggest piece of shit in the world.
Because I was happy.
I was happy that she'd be the last face I'll see before I die.
"I'm happy to know you're not mad at me.. I'll always love you, Cherry Valentine-Petran."
Those were my last words before I let my body fall off the building.
It felt peaceful, to say the least.
My clothes fluttering in the wind, the air pressure filling my ears until I couldn't anything, whether it was her screams, the screams of other students seeing me fall or even my own thoughts.
I lived a pitiful life with an even more pitiful ending, but at least I got to know Cherry Valentine.
With me removed from her life, she'd be able to be happy-
"Help ! Someone call 911 Cherry Valentine and Jeon Jungkook fell off the rooftop !"
That's what I heard when I met the ground, feeling like my body was slowly breaking, my soul leaving its flesh envelop.
In my last breath of consciousness, I opened my eyes, looking besides me through my foggy vision, struggling to move even the slightest.
And all the regrets came to me again all at once.
Cherry Valentine was laying next to me on the ground, unconscious in a pool of blood.
