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14. The Begining Of An End

They all started screaming, and clapping, while I was still unaware of what was happening.

"HAPPY FU—" Yes, they were shouting out the 'f' word, but they gulped, and were cut off when I coughed. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, SEOKJIN!"

"My birthday?" I questioned. "But, my birthday is tomorrow."

"What day is today?" Jimin asked Taehyung, and sighed. "Ah, I knew that we shouldn't have trusted Hoseok on this."

"I will deal with him later," Yoongi said, reffering to Hoseok who always gives them wrong dates. "The last time we trusted him, we were a day late, but now, we're ahead, so I think being ahead is better than being late, don't you think?"

"You are defending him, aren't you?" Jungkook asked as he was laughing.

"No, I mean—" Yoongi was cut off, and prefered to change his answer when Hoseok gave him a death glare. "I mean, yes. Yes, I was defending him." He smiled at Hoseok, but he rolled his eyes.

I put Chaerin down, and she rushed towards Taehyung.

"Bee!" Taehyung shouted, and hugged her, tightly. "I missed you so much!"

"I missed you, too!" Chaerin said, and pinched his cheeks. "Can I call you Tata?"

"Tata?" Taehyung questioned, surprisingly. "Of course, Bee! it sounds so cute!" He kissed her forehead, and she ran towards her bedroom with Yeontan.

"Come on in, guys." I said, then they all stepped inside one by one. Hoseok was the last one to enter, so before letting him in, I gripped his wrist to ask him a question, "Is everything okay between you and Yoongi?"

"Of course," Hoseok smiled. "Why would you ask such a question?"

"Um— well, you know, the last time I remember, you and him kind of had an arguement because of Jungkook, and on that day, you—"

"The past is in the past," He cut me off. "Besides, they have explained everything to me."

"Oh, yeah?"

"Yes," He cleared his throat. "Yoongi has to go out of the country with his parents for two years, and he was just planning how to tell this to me, so he needed someone to help him on this, without hurting me."

"I'm so sorry to hear that, Hoseok." I said, looking down at my shoes.

"Don't be," Hoseok said as he had water in his eyes. "It's not like forever. He will return." He wriggled his hand out of my grip, and gave me a smile as if he was forced. "Okay, now, let's go join the others."

I nodded, and closed the door behind. We both joined them, as well. They were all talking and laughing with officer Lee.

"Your friends are funny, Seokjin." Officer Lee said as I was sitting down on the sofa beside him.

"Officer Lee, are you sure that you don't have an Instagram account?" Jungkook asked, but soon, he was slapped on the nape of his neck by Namjoon. "Ouch!" He rubbed the back of his own neck. "What about Wattpad—" Again, he was slapped on the nape of his neck. "Ouch!"

Officer Lee laughed. "You can add me on Facebook."

Jungkook smiled like a lost puppy, and his eyes started shining because of acheiving such a victory. He sticked his tongue out at Namjoon, and officer Lee laughed again.

"Aren't you gonna make a wish since it's your birthday?" Jimin asked me, and I shrugged. "Come on, Seokjin! I know that it is tomorrow, but who gives a fu— flower! I swear that I was gonna say flower— like... sunflowers, you know? They're my favorite! Once I told a girl that she looked like a sunflower, and that was how we became friends!"

"Don't tell us that story again," Taehyung rolled his eyes, feeling completely jealous. "Because I don't wanna hear it, now."

"Guys, let him make a wish!" Namjoon said, then went to the kitchen to bring the cake. After placing the cake down on the table in front of me, he said, "Make a wish."

Chaerin and Yeontan came out of the bedroom in order to gather around me because I was about to blow off the candles.

"I'm not gonna wish for anything, because—" A smile appeared on my face when I saw her. "Because I already have everything I need. Good and caring friends, and... and a baby girl who's my whole world, so... um— let me just say that I wish that we all stay like this forever. Like a family."

I blew off the candles, and they started clapping. Yeontan kept barking, and Chaerin jumped in my arms. I held her tightly as I was trying to hold back my tears.

"Are you crying, Jinnie?" She asked. Oh, damn! I guess that a tear escaped my eye.

"No, I'm not, I think there's something in my eye." I replied as I was giving her a smile.

"Let me see it," She looked carefully in my eyes. "Look, Jinnie! You've got beautiful little pearls escaping your eyes!" She laughed, and I could see that she was crying as well. "I love you, Jinnie."

I never understood why she was crying. Maybe, it was because that she had never told me that she loved me. But she did. And that made her cry, at the same time happy.

"I love you, too, sweetie" I said, not wanting to stop my tears anymore.

"Seokjin?" Taehyung called out my name. "I know that I'm ruining this sweet moment, but— um— well, you've got something on your shoes."

Chaerin leaned forward to see what it was, and it didn't take much time for her to burst into laughter. "Tata, isn't that your dog's poop?"

If it was a few months ago, I would definitely scream, but no. This is the new me. The new me with a new begining. After all, Yeontan is one of our family members, too.

I laughed. "I love you, too, Tannie." And that was when Yeontan barked.

They were all shocked, but I wanted to be the cause of a huge change. A new begining. It was hard for them to believe this new side of me, but they will get used to it, right?

"In fact, I love you all!"

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