The heart never forgets. It's just that... sometimes there has to be sad endings for the spark of better beginnings.
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~Sequel to Let Us Be Us~
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START DATE: 28.02.109
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Long time ago when Jimin hyung used to cry, I'd hold him in my arms, rock him until he gave up his worries and decided to burn his bridges in the warmth of my comforting hold.
We'd sit all alone in the quietness of the room and count each other's breaths on our skins. We'd look into each other's eyes and dream about the days where we'd be far from anyone and anything, able to exist together away from eyes and ears, just the two of us.
Now when Jimin hyung is crying, all I can do is sit by his side and wait until he is finished. Seeing him crumble all by himself and not being able to do anything - it's like a nightmare. He pulls another sob in as his shoulders shake, rubs his swollen eyes and sucks on his pouty lips. My skin crawls, fingers come done and undone in fists from the accumulated anger and restlessness.
- H-hyung. -I call out and my voice comes out less confident than it sounded in my head.
He doesn't respond, just pulls his nose in and licks his lips, calming himself down in the meanwhile. I watch him carefully, deciding that he must be listening. Right?
- ...he likes you.
His body jerks as his eyes meet mine, a baffled expression dancing in their orbits, in fact so amplified that I might mistake his startling to fluster.
- Wh-what? -His voice is just as unbalanced as his emotional status. I feel the urge to close the distance between us and pat his head until I clear him of the wariness but... I can only stare guiltily and repeat myself.
- Chul-so-
- Chul-soo.
Is his name what matters right now?!
- Chul-whatever has feelings for you. -I reply, stubbornly sticking to my dismantled nickname of the douchebag Jimin hyung is so stuck up on.
He blinks unsurely. Then a humorless smile finds his lips. He sits straight, wiping the wetness in his eyes and giving all his attention to me.
- What the hell do you know to assume such thing?
- E-excuse me?
He did not just defend him to me...
- I'm saying, who gives you the right to make such assumptions about Chul-soo without even knowing him? -Jimin hyung speaks clear of all his previous doubts, almost as what matters to him is not the Chul-soo topic at hand, but the fact that I am involving myself in his business.
