Philia [Taegi]

5. Ghostwriter

The way to Jennie's place was quiet. Neither of the two men spoke a word. Yoongi was still confused why Namjoon would go to such lengths, simply to make sure he wouldn't relapse. Did he do that for other clients as well? Did he even have other cases that where as dramatic as Yoongi was?
Their silence was only broken once they stood in front of the apartment complex Jennie lived in. "Well, here we are." Yoongi announced awkwardly. "Alright then, have a nice day." Namjoon said as he turned to go. "Thank you." He turned back at Yoongi's words. "No need to thank me. This was actually a very nice walk." his therapist said, smiling softly. "We didn't even talk." he couldn't believe that Namjoon enjoyed this, but the other only shrugged. "You don't always need to." Yoongi shook his head, still not believing him. Namjoon was so different from all the therapists he had before. Usually, they would make him feel guilty for not talking or ending a session early, but Namjoon was accepting. Yoongi felt a small spark of hope grow inside him.  "Well, thank you anyway." he repeated. "Goodbye." Namjoon turned again, and just like that, he left.

Once Yoongi stood in the elevator, he was preparing himself to see what crimes Sunny had committed, but as the doors opened, he realised that the flat was cleaner than he had left it. He knew what that meant and decided, he would face his inevitable scolding later. First, he wanted to visit the Magic Shop, so as quietly as possible, Yoongi tried to sneak up to his room, but he hadn't even climbed two stairs when Jennie's voice echoed through the living room: "I guess this here is the reason that two pieces of my decor are missing, is it?" she sounded calm, too calm. Yoongi turned around and walked up to the couch where her voice was coming from. What should he say? His heart was hammering. To his surprise, his sister was curled up on there, looking as relaxed as ever with Sunny comfortably laying on her stomach, purring while Jennie crawled her ear. Yoongi swallowed, he still didn't know how to respond. How could he explain this? Sorry, I grabbed a cat from the dumbster because I had a mental breakdown and she looked even more miserable than me? Yeah, he was sure that his sister wouldn't understand that. "Sorry." was all Yoongi said in the end. He knew it wouldn't be wise to try and make up excuses. "Oh, don't be, she is such a cutie. Yes, you are. Yes, you are." Jennie was rubbing her nose against Sunny's, while Yoongi just stared in disbelief. What kind of hidden camera was going on here? The cat that would barely even let him pet her was a-okay with his sister smuddering her with love, and his sister, who he thought would scream at him, make him bring Sunny to the shelter, kick him out or do anything at all, was totally cool. Abruptly, Jennie got up, placing Sunny gently on the floor. "By the way, your cat pissed on my carpet upstairs, but I guess by now you have figured out where the cleaning utensils are." she said happily, giving him a huge gummy smile as she walked towards the stairs. Yoongi thought Jennie would just walk past him, but as they were on the same level, she stopped. Both of them looked straight ahead, in opposite directions, but from his peripheral vision Yoongi could see that Jennie's face had completely dropped into a stone cold expression. "Oh, and I think you are aware of this, but just to clarify, if you dare to disappear to go on one of your little adventures, that thing is going straight to the shelter." Yoongi swallowed, Jennie's voice send shivers down his spine. "You know," she added as she turned her head to face him. "I am very curious to see how you are going to feed her because do not think I will pay for another stray. The one I got is already expensive enough." With that, she left, marching up the stairs. Yoongi finally broke from his freeze and turned around to yell after her: "I already have a job!" No response. He sighed. What a dumb lie. Now he actually had to get a job on top of taking care of Sunny, just because his pride was hurt. Yoongi let his head hanging while he leaned onto the couch until Sunny let out a big meowing and stroked around his legs. "So, you made a mess again, hm?" he asked and picked her up, she immediately started to struggle to get out of his arms but Yoongi held her close. He looked into her eyes, trying to remember the reason why this cat was worth all that trouble but she looked grim as always, so he just placed her back on the floor and watched his cat run after Jennie.