The Neck Pillow Girl

Mama

At MAMA
We were now heading to MAMA. The guys and us girls were in one limo while the rest of the staff were in a different car. I was wearing a really beautiful Taehyung-Kun bought me. Mi-Hi wasn't coming with us as she wasn't going to risk a seizure, and she suspected Namjoon had a date planned anyway, so she didn't want to ruin his plans. That girl was way too nice for her own good.
Obviously, I was Jimin's date, and so was comfortably sat beside him as we were told to take our seats. There wasn't much to do as all that happened were performances and awards and speeches, and the only thing interesting was taking a few photos (Although, Yesung did that...) and waiting for Bangtan to arrive at the After-Party.

Once there, I sat down beside Jimin before encouraging to go and socialise while I took a break and headed to the restroom. I saw Hyeon out of the corner of my eye and realised he had seen me. I made my way to the manager and informed him that Hyeon was here before finding Jimin. We both watched as the police silently arrested him without causing too much of a scene before hugging each other out of joy.

I made my way towards the restroom again. On the way, I bumped into Yoongi.

"Oh, kid. You look nice," He gave me a nod and I smiled.

"You don't look half bad yourself, Oppa-kun," I replied in the same tone. He gave me one of his secret smiles before slightly hugging me and walking off. I chuckled a little for no apparent reason before opening the door to the women's restroom.
I washed my face before reapplying some makeup that had been smudged a little and walked out again. I walked into Yesung, and smiled apologetically, before trying to walk away. The thing is, I didn't realise that she had seen me and Yoongi hug, and I also didn't realise that they were going out... that is until she "told" me.

"Why were you with my Oppa?" She demanded.

"Sorry? I don't understand," I reply, confused.

"Wow," She scoffs, "Look. Me and Yoongi are a thing, so back off! And don't give me the 'we're just friends' excuse because I've had enough of you trying to boss me around!" She pulled the pins in my hair, causing some to scratch me, before strutting off.

"And, I know where you live, so don't even try to meet him there!" She smirked before walking away. I suddenly had a sick feeling in my stomach. I clapped a hand over my mouth and rushed back into the toilets, before throwing up in the nearest stall. Afterwards, I texted Jimin, telling him I was going home and did exactly that.

The Next Day
The manager called me in the morning. He heard about my sickness the previous night and asked me to take the day off and regain my strength. I thanked him gratefully, before hanging up. I didn't even realise how I made it to bed, especially when I remember collapsing as soon as I locked the front door of my house... and when did I change?

I sighed as I gathered some clothes and went to shower. After that, I made my way to the kitchen to grab an apple to eat. Something seemed off, and I went into the living room to check whether everything was okay. I saw Yoongi asleep on the couch and sighed out of relief. Then, Yesung's warning replayed in my head and I woke him up.

"Why? I was sleeping!" He growled as he rubbed his eyes.

"What do you want for breakfast?" I asked, rather coldly.

"What's with the tone of voice? And kimchi," He replied.

"The tone of voice is here because sleeping over at another girl's house while going out with someone isn't very nice," I said, cringing at the use of the word 'nice'.

"Did Yesung tell you?" He said. I nodded and went to the kitchen to make him food.

After making him breakfast, I left to do the groceries. It had been a while since I had made anything for myself and I needed some new clothes too. When I returned, the door was unlocked, which was strange. I always lock the door, even if Yoongi was there.
I entered to the sound of moaning. I found Yesung on top of Yoongi in the midst of a heated makeout session and averted my eyes. As much as I don't mind seeing a kiss, making out in someone else's home was kinda disgusting to me. I was going to gag if Yesung continued to moan like that and saw that Yoongi was looking at me.

I coughed, causing Yesung to finally look up.

"What are you doing here?" She said bitterly as if I was the one invading her privacy.

"This is my house," I replied.

"Is it? Then why is Yoongi here?" Yesung.

"I don't know. Why are you here?" Me.

"Because I needed to sleep," Yoongi.

"You could've slept in my house," Yesung.

"She has a point," Me.

"Shut up. No one was asking you," Yesung.

"Says the one making out in my house in front of me," Me.

"That's it," Yesung got off of Yoongi and grabbed my collar. "I've had enough of you! I find you asleep in a park and try to be nice to you since I met you, but what do I get in return? You being a bitch! You better get out of this house before I get you fired!" She yelled as she literally threw me out of my own house. If it wasn't for my phone ringing, I would've gone back in.

"Hello?" I answered.

"This is Daegu Fatima Hospital. We're calling because Tsubaki-Kim Sung has been admitted into the life-threatening ward and you are the only family left?"

"Yes, I am her daughter, but what is wrong? I'm in Seoul at the moment," I frowned. My mother was in hospital...?

"We're afraid to tell you this on the phone, but your mother's mental health has grown into a brain tumour. It is too late for her to undergo treatment, although we are trying out best to make sure she stays alive. Upon her request, we urge you to come as soon as possible," 

"Yes, I'll be there within the next few days, please tell her that," I hung up and ran to the BigHit building. After telling the manager my situation, I phoned up Mi-Hi.

"Mi-Hi chan!!! I won't be here for the next month so if you need to stay in my house, please do! Also, Yesung and Yoongi might be there as well, but please tell Yoongi the situation when you get the chance!"

"Eui! Calm down, what happened? And why are you breathing so hard?" Mi-Hi replied.

"My mother has been diagnosed with brain tumour.... I need to go and will be away for some time," I replied, already purchasing a ticket for a bus to Daegu. Mi-Hi and I talked for a bit longer before I realised that I'd need a few pairs of clothing. I ran back to my house and barged into my room. Yesung attempted to throw me out again but I slapped her across the face.

"I'm going just let me pack a bag of clothes!" I yelled, before finishing stuffing my bag and grabbing Appa's camera. I left after that and headed towards the bus stop. The ticket I bought had said that the bus would be here in half an hour. During that time, I went through my thoughts.

Ka-san was in the hospital? I knew she wasn't mentally stable but I didn't think it was that serious... and a tumour too... How could I have been so stupid and not force her to go to the hospital before?

I wiped my tears away. Too much had happened over the last few days and I was so stressed. My phone rang again and this time it was Jimin.

"Hey, Eui? Can we talk," He asked. I let him continue.

"Please don't take this the wrong way but I think we should break up," He said. I could tell he was being careful with this and surprisingly, I didn't feel any sadness or pain. I guess I had lost interest too...

"That's alright Jimin. I guess we lost the spark right? Let's continue to be friends!" I smiled.

"Yes! Definitely friends!" He replied and I could feel him smile out of relief. We talked a bit more before I hung up and got on the bus. I was going to see my mother after years.