If Only I Was A Little Braver | Park Jimin

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how is it that you're my definition of euphoria and yet also my reason to being miserable?

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squinting under the pairs of eyes that were fixated on me, I could not bring myself to make eye contact with the anger built.

"uh...people?" my voice went ridiculously soft and low.

"where were you?" the two voices pointed out in unison.

"I was uh-"

"do you know how worried we were?"

"did you even think about at least telling us before you left?"

"or maybe even just calling us?

"there wasn't battery." I slightly pouted, looking down.

"you could have-"

"before you say anything!" I looked up instinctively, pointing at the two boys, "I didn't have money!"

slowly retracting from their tensed up positions, they sighed.

"then where exactly were you?" jimin ran a hand through his fluffed hair.

"I just went home." she lied, blinking her eyes, a habit she has every time she lies.

"don't lie, we know where you've been to." tae played along, in reality, they don't.

"you do? oh my god! you mean you saw and followed me into the ladies undergarments store? I didn't know y'all are like this!" jae covered her mouth in shock, purposely widening her eyes.

eyes widening, they didn't know what to say, stuttering while giving each other looks before waving their hands in front of her to show that they weren't actually interested in those, still at a loss of words.

the side of her lips lifting up to form a smirk, she finally got the chance to lift her head up.

"y-you guys..." she pointed at them back and forth, shaking her head, still deliberately trying to be shocked.

"jeez I can't believe y'all." just like that, she walked off, smiling to herself.

while the boys just stood there, speechless of what had just happened.

"y-you," jimin pointed at taehyung then at the empty space in front of him that jae occupied just now.

"what about me?" taehyung immediately used both of his hands to cover his entire body, disgusted.

widening his eyes at taehyung's action, jimin jumped back.

"y-yah, don't come nearer. one metre! one metre!" jimin pointed at taehyung, honestly still unsure of why he was doing this with his best friend.

closing the door behind her, jae chuckled to herself at the boys' childishness.

for a moment, she forgot why she was friends with them.

then the next moment, it hit her remembering the everything she knows about them.

day by day, new information.

frowning, she sat on her bed, processing whatever she had heard just an hour ago.

[1 hour ago]

maybe going home by herself wasn't the best thing to do, she found herself shivering from the empty and cold place she called home.

sighing, her feet unknowingly led her to her parents' room, that was also, empty.