Far From Me

Lies and sorrow

Taehyung, 22 February, 2017
Damn! It's so hot today!

I was lost in thoughts while walking through the field.

"TaeTae!"

I turned around hearing a cute shout.

"Oh hey Han!"

"Where were you? I've been looking for you."

"Why?"

"Nothing, just for a chat. How's everything?"

I shrugged,"Like before. You?"

"Fine. I actually wanted to go out today. We aregoing to have a long session from tomorrow. Let's go!"

I stared at her,"No."

"No?"

"No."

"Why?"

I looked away,"I got other things to do.'

"What other things?"

"Nothing much, you know. Typical staffs... groceries," I lied.

I'm avoiding her as much as I can since last year.

Since that night.

Since that moment.

The way she looks at Jungkook...

She loves him.

She truely does.

And it hurts me.

It hurts, Han.

You will never know.

How I feel...

 

"What's up with you, Tae?" She asked me out of nowhere.

"What? Nothing's up with me."

"You've changed, Tae. A lot. Why are you like this?"

"Like what?"

"You... I've been watching you. You are avoiding me."

I smiled,"Why would I avoid my best friend?"

She  stared at me,"Have I done anything wrong, Tae?"

I don't know, Han.

"No, why?"

"Then why are you mad at me?"

"Aaishh! Han, I'm not mad at you."

She still stared at me with her cute, baby face.

"Let's go, Tae", she pouted, stretching my arm,"Please?"

"I can't, Han. Why don't you take Jungkook instead?"

"He'll go too. But you really don't want to come?"

"I want to, but I can't."

This woman is making me lie again and again!

Jungkook, 26 February, 2017
"Good morning, Major."

The room filled with loud greetings as I tucked in.

"Good morning, soldiers. Please pair up."

The training started as soon as everyone paired up.

"Han."

"Yes?"

"Help me in forward push ups."

She held onto my feet and I started the pull ups.

"Jungkook?"

"Hm?"

"Do you know what's wrong with Tae?"

"Tae? What's wrong with him?"

"He...I don't know. He's been avoiding me lately."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"How do you know that?"

"Well, everytime I propose to him for an outing, he straight says no at my face."

"Really? Is that so?" I frowned, being aware of the fact that he is never like that to anyone, not at least Han.

She nodded sadly.

I stopped my pull ups,"Hey, don't be upset. I'll talk to him."

"No no no! Don't talk to him about it."

"No? Why?"

"Just... just don't talk to him about any of it."

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Alright. Then you go and talk to him."

"I did, but all he said was that he was fine."

I sighed,"I think he's like this for the girl. You know, the one he loved."

"That can be a reason."

"I think that is the reason. You remember that night? You pretended to be fine but he was totally broken."

She nodded, biting her lips.

I changed my tone,"Don't bite your lips."

"Huh?"

"I said don't bite your lips."

"Why?"

"Because... just don't."

"But why? It's my habit."

"They are mine to bite."