What the Heart Needs - JiKook

Chapter 15 - A Declaration

I'm glad I went to see Jimin last night. He was seriously a wreck. I would have felt terrible if I had left him alone like that. The truth was, it DID bother me that he kissed her, but not as much as I thought it would. When he first said it, my mind jumped, but thinking about how much it must have hurt him to do it too quickly relaxed the negative feelings growing in my mind and heart. It was going to be harder, now more than ever, to be patient. I hated that Jimin had to live with all that stress in such a horrible environment.

Sun shined through the windows of the room I once shared with my beloved, letting me know it was time to start the day. I had set an alarm, but I really didn't need it. Even though I got in late last night, I didn't sleep all that soundly. I was mostly already awake when the sun started to blind me from across the room. Oh well, who needs sleep anyway... After getting dressed, I grabbed a banana and headed out to meet Jimin.

I was still so sleepy, but the moment I saw him bouncing into the studio, my face lit up. I felt life surging through me. How was he able to be so happy through all of this?

"Jungkookie!!", he came running in his usual overly cute fashion.

My smile grew wider as I opened my arms to catch him, "Good morning, Sunshine!"

We held onto each other for a time while enjoying a nice long kiss before moving into the break room to cuddle on the couch with some videos on his phone. I didn't bring up anything to do with his ex, the kid or the coming results. I wanted to keep his mind off of it as much as I possibly could. Time slipped by us and soon I heard the rest of the guys coming in. With a couple kisses, we got ourselves ready and headed into practice. Well, it wasn't really practice, we had this down. We've had it down for a while now, but we still trained regularly to keep ourselves in shape and the choreo tight.

"Such a long day!!"

"Don't complain so much, Seokjin-hyung.", Jimin teased.

"Alright everyone, good work today. He's right, it has been a long day. Go home and get some rest guys.", our manager gave us the 'ok' to end the training session.

We all bowed and made our way back home, Jimin snuggled around my arm the whole ride. Make this drive last longer, I don't want him to go back to that place yet. We pulled up to the building and I frowned, home already. Soon I'd have to let him go yet again, another night without him, another night where he was trapped with that terrible woman. Jimin was stronger than he looked, and to be honest, I was more worried for the kid in all this, but I still wanted my Kitten home with me; where he belonged.

We went inside, I just wanted a little more time with him before he was gone. He was curled up on my chest in our bed when Namjoon-hyung walked in.

"Hyung! Knock!", I yelled, instinctively pulling the covers over us. We weren't doing anything lewd, it was just a force of habit from the days I missed dearly.

"Sorry guys, next time...", his face looked intense. I looked down and saw a manila envelope in his hand.

Nudging Jimin, I sat up and looked at Namjoon, feeling a bit of fear crawl up my spine. "What is it, hyung? What's in the envelope?" Jimin was staring now, too.

"The answer we have been waiting for.", he held it up and I saw it was from his parents. The DNA results!!

"Jimin! They're here! The results are back! All day, the answer was sitting in our mailbox! Just waiting for us to get home!"

Namjoon handed the envelope to Jimin and he stared at it, eyes wide and hands shaking. "I... I can't..."

"Yes you can, baby, just open it. I'm right here with you."