{COMPLETED} Losing Trace [You x Alien x Jamless]

Burst 9 { Impossible }

"Why are you wearing a hat in the hospital?" Taehyung asked. He tried to stay naïve, making her believe he was the dumb Taehyung who didn't know about her illness.

"It doesn't mean that I'm in here, I can't look swag", she answered and posed a cool gesture. He snickered with a grit of pain. He knew he couldn't laugh with this, though he still did to keep up with his act.

He looked down to his lap, the lifted corners of his mouth quickly fading. He played with his fingers, not knowing how else he could keep his thoughts away.

"I could never love you", he suddenly said out of nowhere. The girl's heart jumps through her throat, creating a huge lump which made it impossible for her to talk normally.

"Why are you suddenly telling me that?" she laughed loudly, too loud to be funny. "Are you trying to hurt me or what? It doesn't matter to me if you would love me or not. You are my best friend, remember? What made you think something else?" She teasingly slapped his shoulder.

Taehyung was taken aback by her answer. He doubted if Jimin actually told him the truth. Did she really love him? He felt his insides becoming dead. He needed to get out of that suffocating room. It was all too difficult for him to carry. The lie, his broken heart, her upcoming death.

"I have to go now", Taehyung stressed after he took a glance at his watch. "I need to... eh... I have a date with Gaeul." He took his jacket and left the room, to go home and lock himself up.

Jimin passed Taehyung by and turned around in surprise seeing he actually listened to him. Taehyung just wanted to ignore him, but Jimin stopped him with a question.

"How did it go?"

Taehyung lifted up his shoulders, still in shock to whatever was happening. "Is she... going to die?"

Jimin felt his heart breaking at the realisation. He didn't want to say it out loud, but his friend obliged him to. "Highly probable, yes."

Taehyung nodded absently, then moved again to leave the hospital and run away from the harsh reality. Confused about Taehyung's silent reaction, Jimin entered _______'s room, bumping right into a weeping girl.

"Wh-What happened?" Jimin immediately rushed up to her to take her into his arms where her tears could be absorbed by his warm sweater.

She grunted, trying her best to keep her cries inside to not be noticed, but her power swiftly faded, making her cough the tears out.

"Taetae...", she squealed, shivering against his body. Her hands crumpled the fabric of his black shirt.

~ 🐾 ~

Taehyung was slaloming through the streets, not finding his balance to walk correctly. The footsteps were slow and tiring. He felt nothing.

Suddenly, he got woken up as he felt a blow against his cheek, making him fall onto the floor.

"That's for ruining everything!" The voice sounded like Jimin; the behaviour didn't seem like him at all. The bruise on his cheek burned. "How could you say that to her?"

Taehyung hid his face from him, ashamed to face his friend.

"Look at me!" Jimin yelled. Taehyung didn't react, what made Jimin grab him furiously by the collar to throw another punch at him. "God damn it! Look at m—"

His voice immediately dropped as he saw the salty tears falling from Taehyung's eyes, mixing with the sweet blood dripping from his chin.

"What else could I do? She would die anyways! There is absolutely no chance for me to be with her!" Taehyung shouted back, spitting his cries out.

"You could at least let her go with a happy mood", Jimin states. "Does she really have to leave earth with teary eyes? Does she really have to have completely no memory of you at all?"

Taehyung didn't answer him. He only gave his attention to wiping his tears away. Jimin forcefully let go of his collar, making Taehyung hit the ground again.

"Where's that competitive Taehyung I used to know?" Jimin asked, his heart crumbling at seeing him cry. It was a first seeing him like this. "Where is that guy who didn't accept things before he tried his best to change them?"

Jimin stared in silence at the boy who suddenly looked like a little kid, wishing for someone to hug him and tell him everything would be alright. As much as Jimin wanted to hug him tightly into his arms, he withheld himself. He needed Taehyung to feel the same pain he was feeling inside.

"Hmmm?" Jimin urged for Taehyung's answer.

"Death is not a possible opponent."

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Goddamnit...

Writing this while listening to Haru Haru from Bigbang doesn't bring me any good. 😭😭

Will there be a happy end?
Hearing this song, it doesn't seem like it to me... but who knows? 😏

*sigh*

... I should really study...