✓BunBun Mine // taekook

Chapter 62 | Last~

A month after Taehyung's recovery, all arrangements for Soobin and Jisoo's journey to America were finalized. Soobin’s father was staying with his elder daughter for the time being. Even after learning about Jackson, his parents didn’t visit him in jail out of disgust. Soon they planned to join Jisoo as well. They had apologized profusely to Soobin, who silently forgave them, accepting it all as her destiny.

The morning before Jisoo's departure, she went to meet Jackson in prison. Due to pressure from the people and orders from high-ranking officials, his case was resolved swiftly in court, resulting in a life sentence. Jackson felt no pain that day, as he had knowingly chosen his own ruin.

Seeing her brother's withered appearance, Jisoo said in a sorrowful tone, "I didn’t want this punishment for you. I wanted whatever happened to you to be under the open sky, not in this confinement."

Jackson gave a lopsided smile and asked, "Is everyone well?"

Jisoo was shocked, astonished, still he is concerned about others? No thoughts about his own suffering? It seemed to her that her brother had truly changed. Taking a deep breath, she replied, "Hmm. Everyone is well. Y/N's going to be a mom."

Jackson pressed his lips together and, after a brief silence, said, "She’ll be a mother? Is she happy? And Jungkook— umm he’s happy now, right?"

"He is. Why are you thinking about him, oppa? Why increase your own pain by dwelling on this?"

"Soya, all my thoughts are for him. I have no right to touch him, no right to see him, but I do have the right to love him. I am alive only because of that love. I may never again get news of him, but Soya, please come to Korea sometimes. Tell me he’s doing well. If he’s happy, even this life in confinement will feel like a garden of flowers to me."

Crying, Jisoo said, "Stay well, oppa. I’ll come to Korea sometimes, just for you."

Jackson smiled faintly and said, "Tell Y/N on my behalf to take care of herself and if possible to forgive me for all the wrongdoings I have done to her."

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Y/N, Yeonjun, Taehyung, and Jungkook came to the airport to bid farewell to Jisoo, Soobin, and Minsoo. At one point, Yeonjun said to Soobin, "Please forgive me, Soobin."

Soobin turned his head slightly and asked in a cold voice, "Why?"

Letting out a long sigh, Yeonjun replied, "By letting my stubbornness win, I caused you pain. The more you ignored me, the stronger my stubbornness grew to win you. I could never understand the hidden love I had for Y/N within me. I clung to the idea that I loved you out of sheer stubbornness. But eventually, I understood. By then, however, I had already caused you suffering."

Keeping his gaze fixed on Minsoo who was laughing gleefully in Y/N’s lap, Soobin said, "In every love story, someone gets burned. That burned person was me. And I don’t have even an ounce of pain because of it. Perhaps it was predestined for me to burn in the warmth of your love, and I’ve accepted that. Please keep Y/N noona happy, always. I know you love her, but love her even more. I have no complaints against you — not a single one."

Yeonjun smiled in relief. The regret and guilt that had burned within him day after day seemed to fade. Y/N had advised him to take the opportunity to speak to Soobin and clear his inner turmoil. Coming over to them, Y/N said,
"I have a request, Soobin."

Both Soobin and Yeonjun looked at her questioningly. Wasting no time, Y/N candidly said, "If I have a daughter, I want to marry her to your son. I’ve really taken a liking to Minsoo."

Lately, Y/N had become quite childlike, perhaps due to her pregnancy. Yeonjun, meddling in the conversation, asked, "What if Minsoo doesn’t like your daughter? What if he ends up with a girlfriend instead?"