An Unbreakable Love

Chp.25 'Mark'

"You?" I asked the person standing in front of me.

" Yep. It's me." It was Mark. Jimin's cousin. We met on the wedding day. Someone who was a great company to be with when Jimin was busy attending to the others.

" It's a surprise. What are you doing here Mark?" Realizing that we have been standing in the middle of the street, he starts walking with me towards my home. 

" I decided to stay here for some time. Talking about right now, I was just going to my apartment when I saw you come out of the convenience store with chocolate like a 10-year-old." He ended the statement with a laugh which made my ears get red out of embarrassment. I do look like a 10-year-old today after all.

'I...just, you know..." I placed the strands of my hair behind my right ear and fumbled. I can't tell him my situation of course.

" It's okay. Chocolate is my life too." He says it with a smile while looking at me.

" Finally someone who thinks the same. I don't understand how a thing like chocolate can be hated. I...I actually wonder about something." Noticing my hesitance, he assures me to continue. I am about to ask something off-topic but I want to. " You and Jimin are so different. You are..you. You talk and smile but he is so...I don't know, cold and like a person who has walls built around himself. Did something happen that made him like this or was he always like this? Cold and aloof?" 

I wonder why I asked such questions about Jimin but I just couldn't help myself. Before this marriage thing, he was normal. Talked and flirted but after the marriage, or after my entry into his life to be specific, he started behaving differently. Is this his usual self or has he changed because of....maybe me?

" Jimin Hyung wasn't like this. He talked to people, made friends, and laughed often but I don't know about him now. I mean, I went abroad and we kinda became distant because of the lack of contact. Why, are there some problems between you and him? He is treating you properly right?" I could hear some kind of protectiveness in his voice which made me feel..good. I have got someone who cares about me like a friend or a brother.

" No, no of course not." I tried hiding the lie beneath my fake smile but I don't think Mark believed that so I just changed the subject.

" Jimin has gone on a business trip so I am feeling a bit alone. Got no one to hang out with and all..." 

" Oh. It shouldn't be a problem then. I am here. We can hang out sometime. Just you and me." We reached our building and I thought of his idea.

" Oh, you don't have to ditch your work. You are a busy man, you have work to do-"

" It's fine. I can make time for you. I mean, you are my brother's wife come on." I looked here and there and thought about his idea. I can. Jimin is not here. I am bored. Mark is here. We can hang out as friends. Jimin won't have any problem too.

" Oh come on, don't think so much. Let's have lunch tomorrow. Give me your number and I'll tell you the time." Finally nodding, we exchanged our numbers and bid our goodbyes.

I went up and entered the apartment. Lina was busy in the kitchen and Lily had gone out to buy something. Entering my bedroom, I tossed my phone on the bed before lying flat on my stomach. I raised my head and reached for my phone when the thought of messaging Jimin entered my mind. I opened his chat and typed 'Hey.' and deleted it. I continued the same process again before throwing my phone in frustration. He must be busy with his meetings. Why would he think about me? Why would he even message me or even open my chat? 

Letting out a sigh of frustration and sadness, I went downstairs to have a conversation with Lina like a normal human being for some time.

 Day-1 without Jimin: finally ended.