Love or Destiny

A Crack in the Calm

The evening air felt lighter than it had in days.

Or maybe it was just Jennie.

She stood near the quiet corner of the terrace, fingers loosely wrapped around her phone, her thoughts replaying the café conversation over and over again.

The words. The clarity. The end of something and the beginning of something else.

Footsteps approached.

She didn't need to turn.

"Why do you look like you just committed a crime?"

Yoongi's voice was calm but laced with quiet amusement.

Jennie exhaled softly, turning to face him.

"I told him."

Yoongi raised a brow. "Told who what?"

She hesitated for half a second then said it.

"Taehyung."

A pause.

Yoongi leaned slightly against the railing, watching her carefully now.

"And?" he asked.

Jennie swallowed lightly.

"I told him...I don't love him anymore."

The words came out steady. Stronger than before.

Yoongi nodded once, as if that part didn't surprise him.

"And?" he repeated.

Jennie's gaze dropped for a moment before lifting again.

"I told him I like someone else."

A faint smirk appeared on Yoongi's lips. "Someone else, huh?"

She narrowed her eyes slightly. "Don't start."

"I'm not starting anything," he replied calmly. "Just curious...who's the unlucky guy?"

Jennie stared at him.

"...You're really going to make me say it?"

Yoongi shrugged lightly. "Maybe I want to hear it."

Her cheeks warmed instantly.

"You already know."

"Do I?" he tilted his head slightly, pretending to think. "Hmm... let me guess—"

"Yoongi."

She cut him off. Soft. Clear. And unmistakably real.

The teasing in his expression stilled.

For a brief second, he didn't respond.

Jennie's fingers tightened slightly around her sleeve, nervousness creeping in.

"I know I said things...suddenly that night," she continued quietly. "And maybe it didn't make sense back then but..."

She took a small breath.

"...it makes sense now."

Yoongi looked at her. There was no teasing, no
deflection. Just attention.

"I like you," she admitted softly. "Not because it's easy or because it just happened...but because somewhere between everything—"

She paused. Then smiled faintly.

"...you stayed."

A silence followed. But this one felt different.

Yoongi exhaled slowly, running a hand through his hair.