Truths Untold

Chapter 14: Convince Me

Crying out in frustration as I fall for what feels like the hundredth time, I'm genuinely ready to just give up at this point. Despite the amount of hours of work that I've put in over the last twenty four hours, I think I've made as much as adding one new move in terms of progress.

After hearing my brothers feelings towards everything I'm doing that was only added to everything that Jingsah's been throwing at me on top of the first three girls who'd originally started back up on the bullying, his might've caused the biggest block for me yet.

There's no hiding the fact that what he'd said affected the hell out of me. I spent the entire day yesterday, alternating between working on the dance, bawling, working out until I could barely do another rep of anything, and then repeating. I didn't even end up eating yesterday at all. Jingsah hadn't allowed me to eat breakfast, and after my brothers comment, there was no way I'd be able to stomach anything. I've still yet to eat even today.

"You truly are just a pathetic being. Aren't you, Minsae?" Jingsah says almost disinterestedly.

"Minnie? Oh, Jingsah. What're you doing here?" I hear Jungkookie's voice as the door opens suddenly.

"Oh, just talking with Minsae about yesterday and seeing if there was anything I could do for her. Do you boys need anything?" She answers.

"Jimin's looking for you. Just go." He answers in annoyance. Just by the way he'd entered and greeted her, I know that's a complete lie. Though, I'm certainly not about to call him out on it. I want her gone way more than words could describe.

"Oh, okay! Thank you for letting me know!" She says happily before I hear her exit the room. Looking up in the mirror, I watch Kookie close the door behind her with an eye roll before he smiles at me through the mirror and walks over.

"You seem to have a habit of letting your hair fall in the way of those beautiful eyes of yours." He says softly as he helps me up off the floor and tucks the fallen hair behind my ear. I blush a bit at his comment, though I know it's not true.

"What're you doing here?" I ask quietly, glancing up at him with the tiniest of smiles. He gives me a gentle smile, cupping my cheek and lifting my head up a bit so that I'm a bit more forced to look him in the eyes.

"I came to check up on you and see how you're doing. I kinda figured she was bothering you anyways." He answers, his voice as quiet as mine. I smile at that.

"And why would you bother wasting important time in your day to come check on me?" I can't help but ask. His smile grows a little at the question.

"Why wouldn't I come and check on the beautiful sweet girl that always makes me happy?" He responds, his cheeks turning the slightest tint of red while mine just grow a few shades darker. I giggle softly at him, knowing it's lies but shaking my head at him. I can't help but wish those little compliments were true.

"Jungkookie..." I say softly, shaking my head again before pulling away from him a bit. I turn, beginning to walk away from him a bit.

Though, I don't get far before he takes his hand and laces our fingers together before pulling me back towards him a bit. I freeze completely at his actions, turning slowly to look first at our hands before looking up at him in confusion. For whatever reason, his simple and small gesture makes me want to cry and for the life of me, I couldn't tell you if it were out of happiness or sadness.

He keeps his smile though, as he closes the distance between us. Taking the extra step to bring us back together, he takes his free hand to cup my cheek once again.

"Minnie,... I... Minnie, I really like you. I love your company, I enjoy being able to be there for you, and you make me really happy. Will you... Will you be my girlfriend?" He asks, his voice gentle and soft as he speaks.