Falling Slowly ↭ jikook [COMPLETE]

22. What?!

"Thank you, but I'm sorry, do I know you?" My smile fades. It keeps repeating inside my head like a broken record. And it feels like my heart just dropped down to my stomach, it makes me sick and weak.

"My name is Jungkook. I'm your boyfriend. Don't you remember?" It hurts me to say that because the Jimin I know is dead and I witnessed him get buried with my own eyes. He laughs and covers his mouth with his fist like I was just joking. I can barely see his eyes. It's squinted into a thin line. Can he even see?

"Sorry, I think you've mistaken me with a different person. I always get mistaken by someone. And too bad for you, I'm not gay. I have a girlfriend." His eyes sparkles when he talks about his girlfriend.

"What?!" I gulp, "You have a girlfriend?!"

"Yep-p." He says, popping the p. He notices that I'm still in shock. He sighs and rubs my shoulder. The tingles I felt when my Jimin touched me is still there. It's the same as his, but it makes me feel more needy - in need of his touch.

"I'm sorry but I'm not your boyfriend. I don't even know you." He looks down and walks to the other side of the street. I stand there hoping that he will remember me. I know it's him. But it's still confusing. Jimin is dead yet I can talk to him.

"Wait!" I shout. He turns back to me again, holding his ear plug.

"What is it now?" He sounds irritated. Do I irritate him?

"You're name is Jimin, right?" I ask him. There is still a part of me hoping that he just had a traumatic amnesia and he forgot about me, but the good thing about that is there is a possibility of his memories to come back and the other one is not.

"Yes." He responds. He stares at me lifeless, waiting for me to say something. I bite my lips in frustration.

"Can you just please remember me?" I beg him. He brings his hands away from me before I can make a hold on it.

"Don't! Do not touch me!" He yells. I jump in shock. It almost makes me tear up. He doesn't remember me.

"I am not your boyfriend. I will never date guys. And you scare the sh*t out of me."

"But, Jimin. Please remember me, I beg you. Forever and always, right?" I plead. Tears are running down my cheeks. He furrows his eyebrows.

"I said that to my girlfriend, 'forever and always'. Are you some kind of a stalker?" He takes a step back

"No!" I hold on his sweater. He flinches but he lets me hold on to it.

"You know what? Don't ever come near me or I'll call the police. You're crazy!" He swats my hands off and runs. I stand there watching him disappear in the streets. I sigh. He isn't the Jimin I knew. Maybe I am indeed going crazy. A pair of feminine arms wrap around my waist. The fruity scent of her hit my nose.

"What are you thinking?" Halla says leaning her face on my back. I put my hands above hers and caress it. My mind is still on Jimin. I can't let him go that easily.

"Hey. Why are you so silent?" She removes her arms around me and walks in front of me to face me. She cups my cheeks with her soft palms, looking deep into my eyes.

"Did you see him?" I freeze. She knows about him? I look up at her.

"You saw him?" She smiles.

"We're talking about the same 'him', right?" The smile isn't leave her face. Is something funny? Is there something on my face?

"Jimin?" I tell her.

"Weird, right? I thought he was dead. We thought he was dead." She rephrases her statement.

"Yes. He's alive. But I think that's a good news. The bad news is--"

"The bad news is he can't remember us." She cuts me off. I'm shocked. She knew it all along.

"You even talked to him. When? Why didn't you tell me?"

"About a week ago. And I didn't tell you because I want you to know it yourself."

"You're the worst friend."

He couldn't remember me or maybe it isn't him. He is just some kind of clone that came out of nowhere and he just showed up when I asked for a second chance. What a coincidence or is it not?

Such a waste of chance if I didn't take it. He is here and all I need is to take him back. I will never waste this chance and I will win you back, Park Jimin.

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