jimins mind his flashing. one minute hes tucked safely in the arms of his boyfriend, and the next his fathers loud voice was screaming right into his face. he hoped that the reality was the one where he was wrapped in yoongis slim arms that held him tightly, but unfortunately that wasnt usually the case. jimin sobbed loudly into his pillow, his feet slipping on his blanket as he pushes himself further and further up his bed, cowering away from his father frantically. "you were with yoongi again, werent you?!" his father boomed loudly, and jimin held his breath to stop his crying.
"werent you?!" his father persisted, voice getting louder and louder each second that jimin didnt answer him. jimin cried harder and shook his head in a panicked manner, "n- no!" he shouted brokenly, trying to convince his father that he hadnt been with yoongi that day. his fathers face was now hot with fury, and he grabbed jimin by the ankle to yank him down to the edge of his bed. "i told you to never to see that boy again!" he shouted into jimins face, beads of spit coming from his mouth as he did so. jimin craned his neck to look away from him, tears still spilling relentlessly from his eyes.
"i knew that damn kid was trouble from the start, that little fag!" his father screeched furiously, pulling jimin up by his collar only to slam him back down onto the bed a moment after. jimins blood boiled with sudden anger. he could deal with his father calling him whatever he wanted, but not yoongi. never yoongi. "hey, stop talking about him like that!" jimin yelled to his father in a sudden burst of confidence, which was soon demolished when his father shouted back, "what the fuck did you just say to me?!"
his father raises a fist high in the air and brings it back down onto jimins face with much force, the pain shooting from jimins cheek to his entire left half of his face. "dont ever see him again, you hear me?!" his father yelled, face pushed closely into jimins. jimin nodded his head immediately and continued to cry. "if i ever see you and him around here again, i'll kill you both!" he shouted viciously, and he was so close that jimins could smell the alcohol on his breath. his father then left without another word, slamming jimins bedroom door behind him.
jimin quickly scrambled up to the top of his bed and hid his face in his hands, sobbing violently into them. if he imagined that he was in yoongis arms instead of on his bed with a most likely bleeding cheek, everything felt okay again. he clutched his pillow, pretending with all his might that it was yoongis chest. two hours later, his father came back into his room and told him to come help him work on the boat they had outside in the lot. he didnt smell as much like beer and whiskey anymore, so jimin followed him outside with no further argument. not that he would make one either way.
it was only until five minutes later, that jimin began to freak out again. he could see yoongi approaching them out of the corner of his eye, and he knew that if he just let yoongi walk up to them, things wouldnt end well. so, jimin went to stop him before he could. jimin could feel the sting of his fathers gaze on his back as he walked up to the older boy. "hey, get out of here!" jimin hollered over to yoongi, who shot him a look of complete surprise. yoongi stood in front of him and reached a gentle hand out to caress jimins cheek, but jimin had to tear himself away from the loving gesture.
"i said get out of here!" jimin willed himself to yell out again, trying his hardest to not cry. his heart physically ached at the look of pain on yoongis face as he eventually turned to go. "good job, son." his father smiled at him and wrapped an affectionate arm around his shoulders when jimin walked back, and jimin had to fight the urge to pull away in disgust. when he turned his head and caught a glimpse of yoongis retreating figure, jimin prayed to someone, anyone, for the strength to stop being such a coward.
only fools fall for you, only fools fall
only fools do what i do, only fools fall
