Hold Me

Fifteen

Early the next morning, Jimin and Charlie were woken by his phone ringing. Jimin turned and grabbed the phone to answer his leader.
"Namjoon-hyung, how are you?" The singer greeted his friend, adjusting his position to sit, brushing his fingers through Charlie's hair as she was still sleeping.
"I am good. How are you?"
"Fine. Waiting for the lawyer to come so we can go to the police station."
"Have you looked at social media today?"
"No, I just woke up. What is going on?"
"Is Charlie with you?" Namjoon tone was calm, but some anxiety in it made Jimin nervous.
"Yes, she is sleeping next to me. Why?" Jimin looked at his girlfriend next to him, calmly brushing his fingers through her soft hair.
"You both should get up and look up the news. Are you coming home, Jiminie?"
Mid-sentence, Jimin was already trying to wake up Charlie.
"Yes, we talked about it yesterday. We will fly home later if everything is cleared out here." Jimin informed Namjoon as Charlie opened her eyes.
"Good. It will be a bumpy ride back. You two better stick together. And Jimin ... we've got your back."
Namjoon ended the call, telling his friend they would be waiting for him and Charlie.

"Is everything alright?" Charlie asked when she looked at her boyfriend's worried face.
"We need get up!" He exclaimed, rolling out of bed.
As soon as both were dressed, Jimin opened the news on his iPad. Charlie shrieked in shock when she saw the main news about her and Jimin. In bold letters, the screen displayed, "PARK JIMIN ASSAULTING HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HUSBAND".
Charlie broke out in tears as she knew this would bring so much trouble to BTS and especially her boyfriend.
Jimin was immediately at her side, comforting her as he told her not to worry about it and that HYBE would take care of it.
"I never wanted... This is all my fault." Charlie sobbed as she tried to free herself out of Jimin's embrace.
"No. Not your mistake. Others bad." Jimin reassured her as he tightened his hold around her shaking body.

Only thirty minutes later, the lawyer knocked on their door.
"I have good news and bad news for you," he informed the couple after he took a seat with them at the small table.
"The bad news first, please," Charlie told Mr. Mayer as Jimin grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
"The bad news is that you are legally married to Markus. Even if you never married him in church, you did marry him at the city hall."
New tears came to Charlie as her plan to return with Jimin to Korea was about to be shattered.
"However, we can fill in for an annulation of the papers as you have never lived together and never fulfilled the marriage. Also, him not looking for you after you went abroad is a good argument to get an annulation."
New hope rose in the couple as they fell into each other's arms.
"So, I can go to Korea with Jimin?"
"Yes, you are free to leave the country. I just need a signature from you, and I will deal with the rest. I will let you know when the annulation is finalized."
Charlie jumped up and pulled the lawyer in her arms, thanking him over and over again.

"Now for the good news!" The lawyer sat back and pulled out a pile of documents.
"So that was not the good news." Charlie took her seat back next to Jimin.
"Oh no! Mr. Niederstetter is inclined to drop the charges against you, Mr. Park. If you are willing to pay him compensation." The lawyer moved the papers in front of Jimin. The latter laughed out loud when he looked at the hilarious amount Markus requested.
"What is it?" Charlie looked at Jimin, who signed the documents without a second thought.
"He not know who I am!" Jimin told her, leaning over to kiss her cheek. Charlie took a look at the paper and smiled brightly when she saw that Markus had only claimed 100 000 Euros.
"Yeah, he does not strike me as the brightest," the lawyer commented as he took the papers from the couple.
"Mr. Park, Ms. Klein, I wish you a safe trip back." The lawyer bid his goodbye, leaving the couple to pack their suitcases.

Later as they walked down to the reception, they were suddenly surrounded by a mass of people screaming Jimin's name while flashing their cameras at the couple.
"Jimin, who are these people?" Charlie exclaimed as they fled back into the elevator.
"Army!" He told her before pushing the button down to reach the underground garage where their rental car was parked.
Charlie felt overwhelmed by the number of people in front of the hotel and the cars following them to the airport.
"How will we manage to get to the plane? There are tons of them." Charlie let out as they sat in the car, which was parked before the departure terminal. Their vehicle was already surrounded by fans. Suddenly Jimin's phone rang, and he quickly picked up.