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fourteen

"Where the fuck were you?" Jimin all but screamed into the phone making Jungkook whimper and remove his phone from his ear. He knew he was in for it when he had left Jimin after school in the rain but there was a bigger problem he had to solve. 

"I got hung up." He mumbled into the phone his hand clenching into a fist as he eyed the cuts and bruises across his arm, his hair still a little damp, and an ice pack pressed to his cheek.

"Hung up where? You left me in the fucking rain! I had to nearly walk home." 

"I'm sorry okay? Wait, nearly? If you didn't then how'd you get home?" Jungkook asked his heartrate spiking as he feared the answer though he already  knew.

"Taehyung of course. He had an after school rehearsal and drove me home. Atleast somebody cares for my wellbeing."

"Don't be ridiculous Jimin, I care." He whispered his tongue darting out to lick at his slightly bloody lip. "But uh...glad you have a knight in shining armour to save the day huh?" 

Jimin rolled his eyes though he knew the boy couldn't see as he rolled over on his bed having gotten out of his wet clothes and into some ducky pajamas.

"You could call him that. He shows up at just the right time."

"How convenient."

"Jungkook, you're my best friend, and I really hate that you're letting him get in between us. He means nothing okay?" Jungkook's eyebrows furrowed at that the boy sitting up from the chair he had been reclining on.

"What do you mean he means nothing? I thought you liked him." Jimin bit his lip pondering it over as he gazed out the window beside his bed, the rain still coming down against the glass of the window.

"Well, I do, I just meant he doesn't mean as much as you do. No one could ever take your place Kookie." 

"Jimin, do you honestly see yourself having a future with him? Whether it just be temporary...or permanant, does he truly have your heart?"

Jimin shook his head a slight chuckle leaving his lips as Jungkook froze waiting for his answer.

"Of course." Jungkook gulped, his eyes glassy as he clutched the phone tightly to his ear.

"I wish you all the happiness then Jiminie." Jungkook whispered the last few words before the phone cut off and he curled into himself on the leather seat he had been on, a few tears rolling down his cheeks making the few cuts along his face sting. 

"Go get your happiness Jiminie..." His head lifted to look himself at the wall length mirror across the room, red and blue welts visible across his neck, collarbones, and cheekbone. "I'll be here protecting you from the outside world. Someone like you shouldn't be in pain, so my dear friend, I will take all the pain for you." He spoke the words to the empty room, his hand coming up to graze his hair out of his eyes and forehead, the skin behind his left ear visible to reveal bloody writing that had been etched into his skin only hours earlier.

Jooheon.

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