REDAMANCY

⠀⠀viii. RECOVERY

viii.

复苏。┃⠀ RECOVERY

julia felt numb.

she felt like nothing. she didn't feel the stinging pain in her chest like how she felt it when jungkook first rejected her. she didn't feel like bawling, sobbing, or any in between. she felt nothing.

walking in the halls of the school with an empty facial expression, eyes that had dull their sparkle. her steps were slow, not caring about anything else.

then, just at that very time, she felt her phone buzz in her right pocket. julia grabbed her phone and unlocked it, the scenery of jungkook visible on her phone. julia closes her eyes momentarily, and then clicked the message notification.

JIMIN !!
hey hey hey wya?

YOU
school ofcourse

JIMIN !!
let's ditch sch together

YOU
what no no no

YOU
im not that kind of person>:(

JIMIN !!
its not like youre going
to murder someone smh

JIMIN !!
just this once, please?

YOU
are u literally begging me to skip
my classes

JIMIN !!
well yes

YOU
sigHH. okay fine.

YOU
im not in my best mood,
but anws

YOU
how am i supposed to leave
the school gates when there
are those guards

JIMIN !!
who told u that youre going
out thru the main gate?

JIMIN !!
ure going out in the back of ur school!!

YOU
gAsP JIMIN ARE YOU LITERALLY
TEACHING ME HOW TO ESCAPE
SCHOOL WITHOUT ANYONES
KNOWLEDGE ABT IT KSKSKSK

YOU
but okay fine, i dont feel like staying
here at school lmao

YOU
ure from the prestigious school rite?
why not trick the guards into thinking
im gonna need to go with u
bc of some event cos like yall are like the vips

JIMIN !!
oH shih u rite tho

JIMIN !!
lMAO ISTG julia u werent in
favor of my idea bc u didnt wana
skip school but here u are thinking
of something better

JIMIN !!
go to the school gates rn

YOU
yh yh seeya.
read, 9:43 a.m

julia walked outside the school building, en route to the school gates. on the way there, she felt a lump on her throat gradually forming, as if when she spoke something, she will break down in tears.

she fought the urge to cry just then, her numbness disappearing ever so slowly. when she reached to the schoolgates, she saw jimin waving at her with a smile plastered on his face.

wearing his school uniform, a school i.d was to be seen slinging by his neck, his attire prim and proper. his hair being blown by the zephyr of the day swiftly, strands following the breeze.

jimin was happy, grinning from ear to ear. but seeing julia frown made him frown too.

"so, are you saying that you need this student for a school play?" the female who was supposedly the guard asked, her strict demeanor evident just by her stance. "did you ask your adviser?"

jimin gulps, nervous. "ah, this is sudden and she really needs to be there on time." he released a smile. the female sighs, and then started grinning slightly too.

"okay, fine. you may go out," the guard opened the gates and let the duo out, and once they were quite distant from the school, jimin laughed.

"your plan actually worked! you were at risk though and it seemed that my charm worked." jimin let out a mischievous smirk.

not long after he said that, getting no response from julia whatsoever, jimin faced her. "hey? are you okay—"

julia buried her face into jimin's chest, his scent clear to her senses. "a-are you okay?" concern laced jimin's voice, before leaving her cry in his chest.

the young delicate girl continued to sob. jimin pats her back gently, embracing her in his arms. "is there any problem that you want to talk about?" he softly asked, caressing julia's hair.

the warmth and the comfort she felt in jimin's arms felt so right, the softness and gentleness of his voice making her even more delicate. she continued to bawl, letting out the hurt she was hiding.

a few minutes of nothing but julia's cries, before jimin lets out a laugh. "you do realise were kind of in a neighbourhood where people can see you clearly?" he asked, looking for julia's eyes.

julia laughed in the midst of her tears flowing down her cheeks. "you're such a crybaby." the boy commented, grabbing his handkerchief from his pocket and then handing it to her. "wipe your tears, we're going to the ice cream parlor." he brightly said.

jimin already knew her strange addiction of ice cream. she wiped her tears with the handkerchief jimin gave, a lovely scent along with it. "really?"

jimin chortles. "you look stupid when you cry." one line that made julia punch him at the shoulder. "oh shut up. it's your treat, okay? let's go to the ice cream parlor."

on the way there, both shared laughter and smiles with each other. jimin was curious on why she cried, but he focused on making her smile first.

they bought their ice cream before settling in a park with a few people to avoid getting too much attention. two students wearing their uniform out in the city, and not in their school. a good headline to catch their guardians' attention.

julia sat in the right swing while jimin sat on the other. "so what's the problem?"

it took a few moments before julia could answer. "i'm letting go of my feelings for jungkook." her reply was enough for jimin to understand. "i don't want to hurt anymore, it took me a year to realise that." she chuckled, but then frowned later on.

"are you okay?" jimin hesitantly asked. "i'm not, but i will be okay sooner or later." the girl responded.

the tandem continued to talk, their topics being random things they could think of. julia soon forgot about the heavy feeling she felt of the jungkook situation, and she focused on her happiness instead.

they spent the remaining hours of the day before julia has to work going to the mall, having a photoshoot, going to a fastfood restaurant, eating, and such. they spent their day together with no regrets. julia is happily smiling again.

and it's all thanks to jimin.

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章结束。