Caught In A Lie

Never Mind

Jimin's body was tired from a hectic easter work week, he rubbed his eyes as he pulled on some shorts to answer the knocking at his door. Of course the bed arrived early, he forced a smile as he looked down and signed the papers. The delivery man brought the parts in fast, after dropping the mattress in his kitchen and left quickly. Jimin looked at the floor by his welcome mat, something was poking out. He reached down and pulled out an old picture of him, he knew which picture it was from. It was the day he moved in with Chanyeol years ago, only it was torn in half and his eyes were scratched out. Alarm bells went off in Jimin's head and he rushed to get changed into clean clothes, putting the picture in his jeans pocket as he began to walk towards the subway. Too exhausted to walk for two hours. He tried to stop biting his lip as he scanned every face on the train with him, his anxiety was building up after all that time in Guryong trying to get rid of it. Jimin spent weeks jumping out of his skin when someone so much as raised their hand to high five him, or even when they would cough. Getting out of the mindset of constant fear is hard when it's hard wired into your brain for three years, up until now he was doing okay. His confidence had been growing, his anxiety was less of a problem. He felt like all of that had just been knocked down with this simple picture, like this thing he had in his pocket was an emotional wrecking ball made personally for him.

He burst into the studio dance room looking a mess after running for four blocks, "guys!"
Everyone looked up from what they were doing, shocked at the dramatic entrance, Yoongi stood up. Jin wandered over to him, "Jimin what's wrong?"
"This was under my door mat." His hands were shaking as he pulled the picture out of his pocket, that's when he noticed there was writing on the back. In large red letters, it said 'SLUT'.
Namjoon inspected the picture, "Jimin is this you in the picture?"
Jimin nodded close to tears, "Can't you tell?"
Yoongi smirked, "did he glow up?" But he frowned when he saw the picture, the eyes were intentionally scratched out. "I'm getting my shovel and some duck tape."
Seokjin was cuddling Jimin gently, petting his hair to calm him. Yoongi quickly left, Hoseok was disgusted by the picture, "Why would anyone do this?"
"I can imagine who." Jimin hiccuped as a few tears fell down his face.
Jungkook was wide eyed, "No. You don't think-"
Taehyung shook his head, "Chim Chim calm yourself, best friend intervention." He shepherded Seokjin and Jimin into the reception just as Yoongi returned with Holly.
Jimin's face instantly lit up, "Holly!" He crouched and opened his arms as the chocolate poodle leapt at him, attacking him with kisses.
Seokjin looked at Yoongi inquisitively, Yoongi replied with a shrug. "He always looks happy when he plays with Holly so I figured bringing him here might help."
"Just make sure Hoseok doesn't bite your head off for bringing a dog in here," Seokjin smiled at Yoongi as he watched Jimin play with Holly. Yoongi really did have a soft spot for Jimin.

Taehyung watched Seokjin return to the practice room as Jimin settled Holly onto his lap, "Okay I'm being real here Jimin. You are freaking out thinking this is Yeol Hyung but it could be any of your customers from work, remember you are now a customer favourite and you get asked on dates constantly. All it takes is one crazy guy to get rejected and he's digging up old pictures of you and harassing you with them. This will get worse if you let it bother you."
Jimin looked distressed, "That picture was taken the day I moved in with him."
Taehyung rolled his eyes, "Did you post this on Instagram?"
Jimin nodded, "Yeah."
"Then everyone has access to this picture. Your account was never private Chim Chim." Taehyung was trying to make Jimin see sense. "Look, I hate him just as much as you do. I know he put you through shit, but he wasn't the weird sneaky type. He usually talks shit to your face, he is upfront. The problem is you put up with his abuse for so long that you think any bump in the night is him. His facebook says different." Jimin looked up at that, "He is in a relationship."
Jimin was wide eyed, "So he has moved on?"
Taehyung nodded, "It's most likely a customer, so tomorrow take it into work and see if you can figure out which one. Then he can get his ass handed to him. Okay?"
Yoongi found the conversation interesting, finding out about Jimin's ex-boyfriend made his blood boil. But regardless he sat quietly until he was needed. Jimin nuzzled Holly's fur, which made Yoongi smile. He couldn't deny that the two cutest things on the planet were also his two favourite boys.