The Talented

Chapter 17

Narrator's POV

They were in Busan for a concert and they would be staying at Jungkook's house while they were here. They had to walk from the venue, past the park, and to his house because it wasn't very far so they didn't need a car. While they were walking Jimin realized the street they were on.

Jimin's POV

Jungkook lead our way to his house when I realized what street he was taking us on. I started to shake while walking. I saw my old house and he stopped at the big one right next to it. As we were walking I ended up stopping in front of my old house just staring at it while the boys kept walking.

'Oh, my holy Jisoo. It's been so long since I've been here. It is abandoned and it's still perfectly intact' I thought. I took one step towards it, ignoring the calls of the others. I keep taking steps till I'm right in front of the door. I go to grab the door nod when memories flash through my head. Instead, I turned around and ran. I ran back to the park we passed and sat under one of the trees crying.

Narrator's POV

Jimin kept getting closer to the house. The boys kept yelling at him to cut it out and come on. When they knew it wasn't any use, they stopped and watched him. He went to take the door nob but he froze. The boys could see him shaking and his eyes held fear. Next thing they know Jimin is running back the way they came.

"Guys go inside and my parents will greet you. You guys know you are like a bunch of kids they never had. I'm going to go after Jimin" Jungkook says and runs off after Jimin. When Jungkook gets to the park he searches for Jimin. He finds him curled up in a little ball crying under a tree.

"Jiminie what's wrong and why were you at my neighbor's old house," Jungkook asks. "Because Jungkook," he says. "Because why?" Jungkook asks again. "Because I used to live there," he says crying. Jungkook was very shocked. He didn't know Jimin ever in his life. He didn't know his neighbor had a kid till his mom called the cops one night because she thought she heard a kid screaming.

"Come on Jimin. Let's get you to my house and get you some tea" Jungkook says and Jimin just nods. They walk back to Jungkook's house together. One of the boys already got Jimin's disregarded luggage so they didn't worry about that.

"Hey Jimin," Jungkook asks. "Yes," Jimin responds. "Would you like to go inside? I mean not by yourself but with me?" he asks and Jimin nods. "Yeah, I have a few things that I was never able to get," Jimin says and Jungkook nods.

Jimin's POV

"You know I will have to thank your mom someday," I say. "Why?" he asks. "Because she saved my life," I said and smiled. We go up to my door again and open it. It looked like I never left. Of course, the lights didn't work and stuff like that but everything still looked like how I left it. There were no spider webs or anything.

You could see the dry blood on the carpet from the very last time I was beaten by my so-called father. I walked deeper into the house and to my old room. I had nothing because the man I knew wouldn't let me have anything. All I had were some old pictures of my family and my friends when I was allowed to have friends. I grabbed those and went to the next room.

It was Minho's room. He had everything a kid could want. I took the picture box that kept my memories of the good times from under his bed. I then went to the room on the other side of the hallway and found a nursery. 'So this is the room they never let me go into' I thought. It was supposed to be Ha-eun's room. I smiled then shut the door.

The last door was my parents' old room. The man I thought was my father put all my mom's stuff in a box in the closet. It had pictures of her, jewelry, perfumes, baby books and picture, and letters that apparently were for me, Minho, and Ha-Eun. I grabbed that box and then I was finished with this house.