Chapter 56- We're Not Who We Used To Be

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song: coldplay- the scientist

Lying awake in a bed I used to call my own, I find myself getting nostalgic as I stare at the boy in front of me

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Lying awake in a bed I used to call my own, I find myself getting nostalgic as I stare at the boy in front of me. With my hand at the back of his neck, I play with the ends of his hair and push some pieces out of his face. I'll take any excuse to touch him because it sends little spurts of happiness through me every time I do.

He groans pulling me closer by the hand that was once wrapped loosely over my waist. He keeps his eyes shut and nuzzles his head against mine, humming ever so slightly. I smile against his chest thinking back to the past few days. To think I've been waking up like this since the day he met me in the shower room sends butterflies through my stomach.

"I don't want you to leave." He mumbles against my hair.

"It's the only way to keep you safe Kook." I croak.

"Promise you'll come back later?"

I chuckle lightly and pull back from his chest, "You ask me that every day, don't you know the answer already?"

"I just need to hear you say it. It's the only thing that gets me through the day."

I cup his cheek and smile, "I promise I'll be back later."

The smile that forms on his face doesn't fully reach his eyes. I know he hates this, but we have no idea how to fix what Chrissy's done to his mind apart from keeping him away from her. Not all the time of course because then she'd know we were up to something. Just enough to make sure Jungkook keeps getting more memories back each day.

Every morning he tells me about his dreams and I fill in the blanks of his memories. From night to morning is about the only time we really get to spend together and we do nothing but talk until we fall asleep.

Jungkook places a gentle kiss against my forehead and sighs, "Let's go before someone finds you."

I nod smiling sadly at him, "This isn't forever Kook."

"I know."

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I chew on the end of my pen as I sit staring at the board ahead of me where the tutor is writing a whole bunch of letters and numbers that I'm not paying attention to. My mind is distracted by thoughts of Jungkook and what I can possibly do to remove Chrissy's influence over him.

So engrossed in possibilities, I don't even hear the knock at the classroom door. Nor do I hear the conversation between the person that's arrived and the tutor trying to get my attention.

"Baby?" The word echoes through my head suddenly brining me back to the present where I spot the source of the voice.

"Mr Jeon was sent by the head boy to get you Grey. He says you're late for a meeting."

I glance between the tutor and Jungkook utterly confused with why Jin would be looking for me. He didn't tell me we had a meeting. Plus he's a friend, why would he even be so formal?

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