Unspoken Ties

Chapter-25 Dinner With Her

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"Kookie, what's your plan after school?"

Mia's voice was full of excitement as she looked at her boyfriend, who was seated beside her, eating his lunch. Jungkook, dressed in his school uniform, his sleeves slightly rolled up, lazily poked at his food with his chopsticks before answering.

"Hyungs have decided to hang out, so I'm gonna join them," he said, his tone neutral, but there was a hint of hesitation-something almost imperceptible.

"Why?"

"Nothing special, just thought maybe we could spend some time together..." Mia trailed off, her voice dipping slightly.

Jungkook exhaled softly, setting his chopsticks down. His eyes met hers, and for a brief second, guilt flickered in them. He was never the type to neglect her, but today, he had already made plans.

"I'm sorry, Mia. If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have agreed to this plan." His voice was gentle, sincere.

Mia, ever understanding, smiled. "It's okay, Kookie. If not today, then maybe on the weekend? What do you say?"

Jungkook gave a small nod, his lips tugging into the softest of smiles. "Yeah. Weekend sounds good."

Mia was perfect.
She was kind, patient, and warm-everything a person could ask for in a girlfriend. She never demanded too much, never forced him into anything. Even now, she smiled, though he could tell she was a little disappointed.

She was his past. A past he cherished.

But then there was Y/N.
His wife.

And she was different.

Unlike Mia, Y/N never asked for his time. She never demanded his attention. She never questioned why he was distant or why his heart seemed tethered elsewhere. But what set her apart the most was the fact that she understood him-without him needing to say anything.

She cared for him, even after the cruel words he had told her on the very first day of their marriage.

"To the outside world, we are a married couple, but inside this house, we are nothing but strangers."

His jaw clenched at the memory.

Mia was a beautiful past-someone he never regretted knowing.
And Y/N... she was his present. His future. A future he had foolishly ruined with his own hands.

The past which he never forgot and the present in which he never lived.

Jungkook's life was a mess-a tangled web of choices he had made, actions he had taken, and regrets that refused to loosen their grip on him. And the worst part?

He had no one to blame but himself.

He had built this chaos with his own hands, brick by brick, decision by decision, until he found himself trapped within the walls of his own mistakes. He had been reckless, selfish even, and now the weight of it all was pressing down on his chest, suffocating him, making it hard to breathe.

If only he had been aware of his actions sooner. If only he had realized what he was doing-what he was destroying-before it was too late.

But regrets never changed the past. They only haunted the present.

And his present? It was a mess.

Not only had he ruined his own life, but he had dragged Y/N into it too. He had bound her to his mistakes, shackled her to his unresolved feelings, forcing her to live in the shadow of a love that had never truly been hers to begin with.