Strangled by Thread (The Sequel to Tangled in Notes) | SEVENTEEN Fan Fiction

Prologue

"Jihoon?"

I flinched at the sound of Jiyoon's soft voice and the touch of her cold fingers over my skin. "Hey, uhm," I stammered and searched for words to say. "Are you feeling okay?"

"Are YOU okay?"

My heart stopped beating. It was only this time that I couldn't look at her in the eyes. I feel like I'll miss her less if I avoided her eye contact - maybe. "I-I feel fine," I guess. Of course, I wasn't fine. Who would be fine at the moment they're about to send away the one they love? This is way more painful than sending a relative away from the country.

She suddenly holds my hand. My hands that were trembling and shaking so much. "You'll be fine, Jihoon. Right?" I finally looked up to her. Her eyes smiling even if tears were about to fall down. "You'll still do great without me, right? Jihoon?"

My eyes began stinging. I couldn't stop myself even if I didn't want to show her I was sad. The fact that I won't be able to hear her call me Jihoon again is devastating enough - let alone her existence.

"I'm happy, Jihoon." She grips my hands tighter. "That I get to hold your hand like this before I leave."

I gulped and felt my head hurt after trying to prevent my tears from falling. "You don't have to do this, Jiyoon. You don't have to be selfish."

She shakes her head. "I'm not being selfish. I feel very thoughtful, if anything."

I still thought she was being selfish.

"Ms. Park, are you ready? We'll be talking you inside the surgery room now."

I turned around and saw Dr. McKinley already in his proper surgery attire - white mask hanging on his one ear, a dark blue scrub suit, and something wrapped around his head. Suddenly, I can feel my heart beating again. The adrenaline rush I was feeling is very uncomfortable - like my stomach felt like it was spinning and twirling around. I looked at Jiyoon.

"Promise me one thing, Jihoon."

I blinked and a tear fell from my eyes. I looked at her - stared at her.

"Promise me you'd be happy."

It's been a year.

It's been exactly three seventy two days, fifteen hours, forty minutes and ten seconds since Jiyoon died. It's been a lot of pain and tears for me to go on with my life without the woman I treasured so much.

It's been a long year.

Staring at the rose I left for her, I remained quiet and took a lot of moment to respect her. But the silence was mostly because I still can't believe she's gone and how much I wish I could rewind the tape and go back to where we both started.

The flower I last brought was still there – dried, withered and there were a few ones I wasn't familiar with. It probably came from the ones that loved her as much as I did but if it came from Mingyu, I'd be jealous.

I stared at Jiyoon's picture that was next to her ash. "I miss you." I pressed my lips together. "You have no idea how hard it is to wake up without any reason to stay up and continue living. It's hard. I thought doing everything for the club was the hardest thing in the world but losing you is. But you know, I still try to live like I'm fine and happy. Because you made me promise that."

   

"Jihoon,"

I turned and diverted my attention back to Soon Young. "What?"

He sighed and gives me a stare. "You're spacing out again. It's been a year. You need to let her go. She wouldn't like to see you like this, Jihoon. Look around. You'll find someone just as great as her like how you did when it was Young Ji. Remember?"

I shake my head. "No one will be as great as her. She's too imperfect the way I like it." I rolled my eyes and jerked the papers I was holding. "She's nothing like Young Ji or any other girl I have yet to meet and it's only been a year. You can't blame me for not moving on."

"IT'S BEEN A YEAR ALREADY, Jihoon. It's not it's only been a year."

"Well sorry for loving a dead girl, Soon Young."

He looks at me. "Don't you think it would be better for your sake to do so? To move on and be the tiger president you once were? Because the way you're acting has affected the club. Let alone the board members, our team. If you're not worried about yourself, then worry about us worrying about you."

I fixed the sheets I jerked away a while ago, unfortunately.

"Come on. It's recruitment day for the club. You still have a lot of responsibility in the club. We'll wait for you in the auditorium. Don't show that face in front of everyone." He walked away and left the studio.

I gulped and went to the auditorium after fixing everything I used. As expected, all the board members were already lined up in the table before the stage and I walked to my seat passing by soft smiles on their faces.

When I sat down the center where my name was, Seung Cheol gestured me to grab my microphone and announce the commencement of the screening of new possible members. I held the mic and turned to face the audience. "The screening for members will now start." I sat back down and looked at the clipboard where the printout of people that signed up was placed. "Lim Yoona,"

The process went on like that for one straight hour. "Cali Kim?". The girl stood over the center X facing me. She held the microphone ignorantly. "Introduce yourself." I said counting the papers we have left before this ends. I was just really anxious to get this over with.

She taps the microphone and the speaker buzzes loud making everyone flinch from their seats – including me. I glared at her as she begins talking. "Hi!" I frowned at how loud and static her voice sounded over the speaker. "Uh, I'm Cali. I'm pure Korean but I was raised in Michigan when I was a kid. That's it."

"What unit are you planning to join?" I asked.

"Vocal unit, maybe but I'm not so—"

I sighed. Every time we have the screening, there's always someone who's not sure where they'd go. By someone, I meant almost everyone. "Sing,"

"W-Wh—"

"Don't make me repeat myself, Ms. Kim. Now, sing." I looked away in frustration but I turned back to her when there was a silence.

She smirks and raises a brow making me frown. "Look here, mister!" Suddenly, her voice got sharper and louder as she crosses her arms to me. I knew then my heart was raising the way it did when I first laid my eyes on Park Jiyoon.

[NOTE: Prologue for the sequel of Tangled in Notes! It wasn't supposed to be this long but I added a few just so I can show you guys how much I appreciate your support on this book. I was really touched to see you all in the comment section on the blurb part! Glad to see you all coming from Tangled in Notes! Congratulations for making it this far! Yayyyy. Anyway, how did you find the first part? There's not much yet but any reactions or anything at all? Please do comment if you loved or hated this. I'll be very understanding with you all because I still ship Jiyoon and Jihoon. Don't forget to click that star if I may add and I'll see you all on my next update! Lovelots x]