Crazy.

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Seokjin's P.O.V

I somehow feel relieved, like something's been lifted off of my shoulders. And I can't thank Yoongi enough, he managed to bring the 'old' Jimin back.. the one that always smiled to people, the old Jimin.. oh this brings back memories.

When Jimin was 6, oh he was such an energetic child, he used to love going on the beach with me, because he loved how the sun would be 'eaten' by the sea.

He loved eating lots of candies, and he always had a lollipop in his pocket.

He always had family issues, his parents would always fight with each other, but it would always be only a small conflict.. nothing too bad.

When Jimin was at the age of 8 he began to be more quiet, and it was a really big concern for me, because Jimin was and will always be like a younger brother to me. I tried to talk with him, to make him be the Jimin I used to know again, but he would only say that there's nothing wrong with him and that he is just having a bad day.

Months have passed after his first 'change' and Jimin's behaviour got worse.. he would decline my offers to play games.. he wouldn't eat at my house, and he wouldn't talk with me.

But later on I have found that his father lost his job, and his mother would take care of the whole family which consisted of Jimin, his mother, his father and his sister, who was 6 years older than him, and I guess that was why he suddenly changed.

His parents began to fight more, because Jimin's father began drinking. The fights got worse and worse, and Jimin wouldn't even go to school anymore.

He stopped talking to me, and he tried to avoid me, which I guess was really hard for him, because my house was right next to his.. I always went to his house, everyday, and asked if he's okay, but he would only close the door in my face without saying anything to me.. he began to lose weight.. a lot of weight, he was really skinny, and I couldn't help but cry whenever I saw him, he always had puffy red eyes.. and I knew he was crying.

Fortunately for me, I never experienced fights between my parents, but from what I've heard.. it must be really terrible. I often used to hear the fights between Jimin's parents, the door slams, everything.

I remember the day that really changed everything in Jimin's life.. as if the fights between his parents weren't enough. Jimin's 10th birthday was coming, and I decided to make a cake for him, with the help of my mother of course. A cake with chocolate, lots of chocolate, because he loved it.

After I finished the cake, I went to his house and knocked on the door, but no one responded.. so I invited myself in and went straight to Jimin's room. I knew the house very well because I used to sleep at Jimin often. No one was downstairs so I just invited myself in Jimin's room.

As I headed to his room I heard loud noises coming from his parents' room. I was really scared but I wanted to say happy birthday to him really bad, I knew he was going through a lot of tough things and I wanted to make him happy.

I knocked on his door, trying to ignore the muffled cries. No one responded again, and I entered his room, but he wasn't there.

I got really scared and I wanted to leave that place immediately but I couldn't get out of Jimin's room because his father had opened the door of their room and came out really angry. He didn't see me, and I was really grateful because I didn't want to be beaten by a drunk man.

After I heard the front door slam, I slowly got out of the room and wanted to go out too but my body stopped when I saw that.. that Jimin was completely naked and that he was crying on his dead mother's body.

I widened my eyes when I realised what happened, I couldn't move, I couldn't speak.

I just stared at the broken, fragile human being in front of me.

After comforting Jimin and telling him sweet lies, he told me that he wanted to burn the house down... along with his mother and father.

I agreed, my mind wasn't really working then, it was in a state of shock but I agreed, for Jimin's sake.

We managed to get his father inside the house too, and we locked all the doors.

You already know what happened next...

He told me.. he told me how his father forced him to look at his mother dying. He told me that his father raped him. All that my mind could process was that Jimin was hurt and that I needed to help him.

After the house was burnt to aches, me and Jimin made a pact. I promised him to not tell anyone about the incident as long as he comes to my dad's mental hospital, I knew he had mental problems that developed slowly but, they were still developing, although I didn't brought him there at first, only a few years after.... And he promised me that he would never do things like his father did, even though he was suffering from those illnesses.

And that's how Jimin's 10th birthday was.. his parents being killed, and his sister being nowhere to be found.

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I sigh as I just remembered the past. I promised myself that I would never ever think about it, but I just can't..

I should probably tell Yoongi about all of this but I don't know if he would react too good, and I don't fully trust him yet + telling someone about it would break my promise with Jimin, but he needs help.. and I don't know what to do anymore.

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