If Only I Was A Little Braver | Park Jimin

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her eyes went wide, her mind suddenly empty.

everything went back to her like a tornado, jumbled up, but she somehow had her mind ritual.

because she knew whatever the fuck she has been doing for the past one year was not what she should be doing.

hoseok, taehyung, jimin, jungkook, yoongi, jin, namjoon. their faces suddenly became clear to her despite her teary eyes.

that chasing knot tied behind her mind was suddenly loose like her heart, suddenly so opened that she felt the wind supporting her.

but as she looked at the man closer, the pain came back.

now even more sharp and reasonable to her.

"oh my god." she let out through a whisper.

it was only until then had she realised that jae eun was supporting her the whole time.

jae.

jae doesn't know anything.

that river that once ran down her cheeks like a cheetah stopped.

the way he eyed at her so softly but worryingly.

anger and disappointment could only occupy her eyes.

she stood firm on the ground, giving off the aura that none of them liked.

the one that represented her since young.

strong.

jae eun stumbled away, suddenly unsure of her own friends' fiery eyes.

she had never seen her this way before. from her way of standing, looking, and then to her tone.

it went so much darker and deeper.

like it held so many stories behind.

suddenly, the girl sohye used to call her best friend for the past year didn't know who sohye was.

she wanted to run to her and help her, but at the same time, fear went into her.

she wanted to run to the boys and confront them, but at the same fucking time, their eyes that scanned sohye told her to not.

it was like she never really belonged in this room. this atmosphere.

a lion and it's prey, making intense eye contact.

but jae eun was like another species, like a rat, the lion didn't bite her, and neither did it's prey.

the brown hair looked up, gaze suddenly so dark, so emotionless as she made eye contact with the man that somehow couldn't look away.

she wasn't the bright, forgivable, curious little high school girl that is head over heels for a handsome and popular boy.

she was never meant to be.

she is now the strong, reasonable, logical, smart, and intimidating student that isn't fond of the trend, popularity.

she is Choi Sohye.

how could she have forgotten?

the boys wanted to walk towards the girl they knew well enough, but could see the barrier that she had set.

sympathetic. apologetic.

those were the type of eyes they gave her.

then when she spoke, it was like the Choi Sohye they knew finally spoke a word after five years of not speaking. hoarse.