𝑺𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅 | 𝐉.𝐉𝐊 ✓

Fourteen

why?

I had questioned Jeongguk vaguely
making him look at me with confusion
swirling in those dark brown irises of his

why do you help me?
surely I'm a lost cause
you deserve a better friend than me

at first
he only smiled

replying
"you just called me your friend"

that had surprised me
but I didn't answer
as we stared into each other's souls

"Hoseok talked about you a lot
helping you makes me feel a little less guilty
about never helping him"

he chuckled
albeit mirthlessly

"it's ironic
he helped us both a lot
and yet..."

his head hung low
and I knew what he meant

without much thought at all
I wrapped my arms around his
now shaking frame

"I'm so tired of being the strong one"

he whispered
so quiet that I thought I had imagined it

tears that I didn't know were brimming
fell down my cheeks slowly

I couldn't be selfish.

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