[ONGOING] ENDURING LOVE (JIKOOK)

14; Veiled Intrusion

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JIMIN

A week...

It has been a week since these unsettling creepy feelings occur....

But I've never clearly seen anyone except for a regular glimpse of a shadow in my periphery... 

The morning sun bathes the city in a golden hue, a stark contrast to the shadows that cling to my every step. I navigate the familiar streets, my heart weighed down by an unseen burden. The whispers of paranoia echo in my mind, urging me to look over my shoulder, to second-guess every passerby.

At InnoDesign Studio, my fingers dance across the keyboard, crafting art that conceals the true chaos within. Colleagues notice my occasional lapses into distant contemplation, attributing them to the stress of looming project deadlines. Little do they know, the weight on my shoulders is not merely the pressure of work.

I can't shake the feeling of being watched, of unseen eyes following my every move...

Keeping Jungkook in the dark feels like a betrayal, but I convince myself it's for the best. I can't burden him with my fears, not when he's already carrying the weight of his own responsibilities. So I smile and laugh, pretending that everything is fine, even as the shadows threaten to consume me.

At this point, I know.

I know that I'm not being ridiculously paranoid: Someone is watching and following me from afar.

Lost in thoughts, my mind travels to how evenings at home offer fleeting moments of solace, the warmth of Jungkook's embrace a temporary reprieve from the darkness. But as night falls, so does my resolve. In the quiet moments between us, I feel the weight of my silence pressing down on me, suffocating in its intensity.

I can't even say that I'm doing the best that I can to find out who is stalking me when I really did nothing. The real question is, what can I possibly do when I know nothing about that person?

I have no clue at all about the shadow that has been following my every step. This fear and paranoia simply feel like a baseless assumption to even tell anyone that someone is stalking me. 

Perhaps I am the one who is going crazy after all the late-nighters I've been pulling on...

"Jimin-ah!" Seokjin hyung's voice snaps me out of my thoughts as I avert my attention to him.

"Yes, hyung. What can I help you with?" I ask, only to earn a frown from him.

"No, Jimin-ah. What can I help you with?" His tone is concerned as he keeps his curious gaze on my face. "What's wrong with you seriously? Lately, you've been daydreaming and zoning out a lot. And by a lot, I mean a lot."

"It's nothing, hyung. I just have a lot of things in mind lately." I offer him a small smile in hopes that he won't press on more questions.

"You have a lot of things in mind but also it's nothing?" He looks at me with a look that tells me that I'm being ridiculous and he can see through me.

"It's nothing serious, trust me," Nodding, trying to reassure him and also to stop him from asking anything.

"Do I look like a fool to you?" He deadpans and folds his arms before his chest and I know, he's not leaving until he gets something out of me. "Others might not notice but I do. Keep in mind how many meetings and discussion sessions we've done for this week and I don't even know how many times I caught you with that concern face of yours. You never answer the first call anymore, regularly being extremely wary around the office, and the list goes on. Do you still want to tell me it's nothing? Seriously, Jimin-ah?"