six months later
it was a sunday afternoon, the end of the week. i was standing in a graveyard, holding three bouquets of flowers in my hands. i decided to end the long week by visiting some old friends, paying my respects to them.
kneeling down to the ground, i placed the first set of flowers on the stone head that read, 'momo hirai.' i smiled sadly, feeling uncontrollable tears sprouting in my eyes.
"hi, momo. i just wanted to say that...even though i didn't know you for that long...thanks for everything. i wouldn't have been able to finish the investigation without your help," i said quietly.
after a few minutes, i stood up and walked away, moving onto the next person. his grave was a few metres away from ms momo's. i exhaled, kneeling in front of the stone head. i carefully placed the flowers down.
"i know i don't come often and i'm sorry. just know that i respected you as a person. when i was desperate need of your help, you said yes. without you, i would've never found out about kami forest. thank you so much, kai," i uttered while staring at the engraved name, "i hope you're resting in peace up there."
exhaling once again, i moved onto the last person. i visited this grave often because this person meant so much to me. once again, i kneeled and placed the last bouquet of flowers down.
"hey, taehyung. it's me, again. i bet you're getting pretty sick of me coming all the time, right?" i chuckled sadly, looking down at my hands. it was always hard talking to taehyung...
"i miss you, tae. i really do. everyday i think about you. i hope you're doing okay up there. i hope i'm still your best friend...because you're still mine and... that's never gonna change," i smiled, feeling more tears build up in my eyes, threatening to spill down my cheeks.
i brought myself together and wiped away the tears. a smile resting on my face as i spoke to him. "anyway, i have a few updates for you. yesterday was ray's trial, he was sentenced to a lifetime in jail. isn't that great? we never have to see him again. some part of me did feel bad for him, but the other part of me just wanted him to suffer the same way me and jimin suffered over the years."
"but yeah, there's more good news. the police officially removed the 'wanted' tag off my name, i'm no longer considered a criminal anymore! people are now starting to treat me better. kids at school all apologised, saying how sorry they were for bullying me. even your friends from the football team said sorry. everyone was practically begging me to forgive them. i did, of course. it was a new chapter of my life, i didn't want to be angry at anyone anymore."
i sighed, looking at the photo of taehyung placed in front of me. i continued, "other good things happened too. rose and namjoon made up after their big fight a few months ago, they've been getting closer and i think getting pretty serious. i'm also keeping in contact with my mum. she's doing good in jeju island, she's living with her new family and is happy."
"i bet you're wondering how're things between me and jimin going? well, it's been okay. it was a little slow in the beginning because we both had our own things to sort out. i was feeling down with everything that happened and so was jimin. finding out your family friend killed your parents wasn't an easy thing to digest. but after weeks of trying to recover on our own, we realised that we needed each other to get better."
"we grew really close during that time. we helped each other. he helped me through all the nightmares i went through. i helped him through the times he cried over his parents. we survived the difficult times together. i learnt so many new things about him every day and it made me fall in love with him even more. we've been officially together for four months now. jimin's a really sweet guy, i'm really happy. life is finally good, taehyung. i just hoped you were there to see it."
