Caught In A Lie

9. Goodbyes

..Jimin..

I woke up to a silent house, the only sound filling the air was my breathing. I climbed out of bed and went into my bathroom, brushing my teeth before I interacted with anyone. After I had done my morning routine and all the sleepiness was finally out of my system, I remembered last night. Taehyung was so broken and vulnerable, maybe I haven't known him for long but I feel like I already have a bond with him, I never wanna see him like that again. 

I walked out into my living room and the smell of coffee hit me, someone was already awake? I walked into the kitchen to see who was there, trying to figure out what I would say if it was Tae. What do you talk to someone about right after their only family member passes away? Anything but that, I am sure. I was overly surprised to see who was standing in my kitchen, making coffee. 

"Hoseok? What're you doing here?" I stepped up beside him, leaning against the counter on my elbows.  

"Ah, hey Jimin, I hope you don't mind, I let myself in. I was worried about you all last night since I didn't end up hearing about a ride for Taehyung to come back here and you weren't answering my calls." He handed me a cup of coffee, made exactly how I like it. 

I sighed, "Hoseok, last night was so eventful, you don't even understand." 

"Well..? Tell me about it!" He pulled me to sit at the dining table. 

"Actually, we cant talk about it here. Wanna step outside with me? I can leave the boys a note, I am sure they will be asleep a bit longer anyway." He just nodded and so I wrote them a simple note that read:

Jungkook & Taehyung,

I went over to the park to sit with Hoseok for just a bit, should be back very soon. If you want, when you two get up you can join us if we aren't back yet! 

xx Jimin 

I then went and got dressed, making sure not to forget a hat and sunglasses, and we headed out to that small park I had been to just the other night with Kookie and Tae. When we arrived, we chose to sit on one of the benches around the fountain to talk. We used to come here a lot before he started working with me, we would meet here to hang out where we knew no one would really see us and I wouldn't have to worry about a scandal when I first started out. We both sat in silence for just a few moments, sipping our coffee and watching nature, or at least what nature there was in Seoul. 

"So what's going on? I can tell something is wrong so don't hold back, Jimin." Hoseok finally spoke up, getting my attention. 

I took a deep breath in and out before looking him in the eyes, "Well, as you know, Taehyung went to the hospital last night to visit his mother. Kookie and I took that time to go out for dinner and we really had a lot of fun, I may even call it a date if it hadn't ended as poorly as it did, and before you get all worried, no Kookie didn't do anything. He was a complete gentleman the whole time and it wasn't him that changed the night dramatically."

"Good, he better have been a gentleman. No one hurts my Jimin." He interrupted. "But continue, sorry."

"When we got home, we watched a movie but by the end we both grew a little worried about Tae since it was already almost 10pm. We tried calling him multiple times but when he didn't answer we just ended up putting it off as him possibly still being with his mother but then 11 came around and we both got really worried. I stayed at the house trying to call him while Kookie went out searching for him."