My bodyguard | YoonMin | English

(I) 'Because I'm a mafia.'

Jimin walks into a huge bedroom and takes off his blazer. He puts it on the couch and walks to the bed. He slowly lies on the bed and closes his eyes.

Tears roll down his face. He opens his eyes and stares at the ceiling. He hears knocks on the door. He wipes his tears and slowly sits upright on the bed.

He sniffles and says, 'Come in.'

A man in his early 30s wearing a black suit with a black shirt underneath opens the door and walks in. He bows to Jimin and says, 'Hello, Park Jimin-nim. I'm Min Yoongi. Your-'

Jimin interrupts, 'My new bodyguard, aren't you?'

Yoongi bows as he answers, 'Yes, sir.'

Jimin asks, 'How old are you?'
Yoongi answers, '32, sir.'

Jimin hums and leans a little backwards with his hands pressed on the bed. Jimin's revealing collarbones make Yoongi gulp once.

Jimin says, 'I feel bad for you.' and presses his lips tight.

Yoongi looks puzzled.

Jimin continues, 'I always stay in my room. You'll have to stay outside my room all day doing nothing.'
Yoongi says, 'I get paid for that, Jimin-nim.'
Jimin says, 'And I can't help you. Only my father can fire you. So... Even if you feel terribly bored, I can't help you.'

Yoongi presses his lips tight and gazes at Jimin.

Jimin asks, 'Is my father home?'
Yoongi answers, 'No, sir.'
Jimin says, 'All right. You can go get some rest. Act like you're... Protecting me from unknown danger when he's around.'
Yoongi says, 'I'm afraid I can't rest while I'm on duty, sir.'
Jimin says, 'I seriously feel bad for you, Yoongi-ssi. You're horribly obedient. You'll have a hard time surviving here.'

Yoongi gulps nervously and stands still.

Jimin crosses his legs and continues, 'You can start doing your duty.'

Yoongi bows to Jimin and walks out of the room. He closes the door on his way out.

Jimin stretches his legs and lies on the bed again. He closes his eyes and begins to dangle his legs a little.

An hour passes.

Jimin sits upright on the bed and exclaims, 'Yoongi-ssi!'

Yoongi opens the door and walks in. He bows to Jimin and stands still.

Jimin says, 'Sit down.'

Yoongi bows subtly and says, 'I should stand, sir.'

Jimin says, 'Ah, I'm younger than you.'
Yoongi says, 'But you're my boss.'
Jimin says, 'How about we both sit? If you don't sit, I'll stand up.'

Yoongi bows and sits on the couch. Jimin crosses his legs making Yoongi stare at Jimin's clothed thighs. Yoongi gulps nervously and looks at Jimin's face.

Jimin asks, 'Do you like ice cream?'
Yoongi answers, 'Uh... M-maybe...'
Jimin asks, 'Can you keep a secret?'
Yoongi answers, 'Yes, Jimin-nim.'
Jimin says, 'I love ice cream but I can't let anyone else know.'

Yoongi asks, 'Why?'
Jimin answers, 'Because my father thinks that I should be a strong man.'
Yoongi says, 'I don't think liking ice cream will make you weaker.'

Jimin chuckles softly and says, 'I'm supposed to drink alcohol and sleep with women every night. That's what my father thinks I should do.'

Yoongi looks confused. He asks, 'Why?'

Jimin scoffs softly and answers, 'Because I'm a mafia.'

Yoongi says, 'I suppose you're not happy with this life.'

Jimin says, 'Happy...' and laughs out loud.

Yoongi's eyes darken.

Jimin continues, 'The last time I was happy...'

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒚'𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒑—𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 40𝒔.

𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, '𝑬𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂...'

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, '𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆.'

𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, '𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?'
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, '𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒕𝒐𝒐.'
𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔, '𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏?'
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔, '𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓! 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.'

𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌.

Jimin says, 'That was the last time I was happy and actually smiled. I was just 15.'
Yoongi asks, 'If you don't mind me asking, what happened to your mother?'

Jimin answers, 'Honestly, I don't know...'

𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌'𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒑. 𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝑴𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅—𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆.

𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒔 𝑴𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌'𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎—'𝑬𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂! 𝑬𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂! 𝑵𝒐!'

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆.

Yoongi says, 'I'm sorry... Sir.'
Jimin says, 'Thank you...'

Yoongi smiles a little at Jimin.

Jimin continues, 'Ever after that incident, I experience a breakdown whenever I hear gun shots.'
Yoongi says, 'It must be hard for you.'
Jimin says, 'I hear gunshots almost every day.'

Yoongi says, 'I'm so sorry.'
Jimin says, 'Oh, don't be. You're a bodyguard. You must have shot people, too.'
Yoongi says, 'No, sir.'
Jimin asks, 'What? How?'
Yoongi answers, 'You're the first person I'm working for as a bodyguard.'

Yoongi and Jimin flinch upon hearing multiple gunshots.