LIE 2 | Truth

Truth Twenty Four; Forgiveness

Sana looked at her aunt with a pleading stare, her blue eyes silently begging the older woman, "Please, auntie, don't make me go."

Akira sighed, coughing into the handkerchief she carried with her everywhere she went. The two were outside of Ataraxia, the young female begging her aunt to not make her go. She didn't want to face Hoseok after what happened last time, she felt guilty of what she said to him. Her guilt was sitting in the back seat of the car, ready to walk into the office when Sana was.

"Sana," Akira placed her hand over the younger female's, her dark blue eyes looking into Sana's, "he wants to h-help-" Akira began coughing again, this time a bit more violent than before. Sana gave her concerned stare, she rubbed her aunts back to comfort her. Her aunt has been sick for a long time, the doctors don't know what's wrong with her but hoped they could figure it out soon.

Once the coughing fit was over, Akira looked over at Sana and resumed speaking, "He wants to help you Sana, Hoseok is a good man.I want to help you, honey, you know you need it so why are you fighting me? Fighting him? I understand that closing something is easier than opening it, but opening up may help you get better mentally." Akira wanted to see her niece get better before anything, the lord forbid, happen to her.

She wants to see Sana's genuine smile again, wants to hear her niece's laugh, wants her to forget about the trauma she went through with her mother and father. Akira has always been there for Sana, she will always be there for the teenage girl, and when DCF got involved with her home situation; she was the one who earned custody over Sana.

Akira doesn't want Sana in the foster care system and she was the only living and capable relative that wanted her.

Sana sighed, clenching her fists and forcing a smile, "Okay, fine."

"Thank you, Sana," Akira smiled in her direction, waving her niece off as she walked into the building.

Once she knew Sana was gone, she opened the handkerchief to reveal the blood she had coughed up. Tears gathered in Akira's eyes, but she kept herself from crying. She needed Sana to get better soon.

Since she doesn't know how much time she has left.

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Hoseok pulled on the turtle neck he was wearing, the male way to warm.

Though he knew he needed to wear it because of the marks covering his neck, all because of the activities he and Yoongi partook in the day before. Plus, Hoseok needed to buy concealer so he didn't have to wear these warm ass turtle necks.

Just as he was about to get up from his seat and turn his air conditioner on high, a knock resonated throughout his office. He welcomed whoever it was inside, the dark haired male watching as Sana walked apprehensively into the room.

He smiled towards her, standing up from his seat to close the door behind her, "Hi, Sana, how are you today?" he asked her, even if he knew she wasn't going to ans-

"Worried," she responded, "guilty, depressed, anxious, sad, should I continue or do you have the gist of it?" she questioned as she sat down on the couch, the sleeves of her leather jacket were being squeezed in her clenched fist. She got no cut since every emotion she listed was the truth.

Hoseok, though taken aback by her response, said, "I do, now, do you want to tell me why you feel these things?" he sat back down in his seat across from her, the male not moving to grab his notebook to take notes of what she says. All he did was interlock his fingers over his lap.

Sana furrowed her eyebrows, "shouldn't you grab the notebook to write down your notes and stuff?"

The elder male laughed, shaking his head as he did, "I should, but i'm not going too. This is the most you've spoken to me since we started these meetings, and I don't want you to feel like you're an experiment i'm taking notes on," he replied, adjusting the glasses that were resting on the bridge of his nose, "So, talk to me."

The female smiled slightly, looking at Hoseok before looking back down at her lap, "I'm worried about my aunt, she hasn't been getting better and it's really scaring me," she glanced at Hoseok, the male looking back at her intently, "I know she's trying to be strong around me, not show her pain, but I can tell as clear as day. I-i want her to talk to me and not hide shit-" Sana quickly covered her mouth, she didn't mean to curse, she was just so in the moment it came out.

Hoseok shook his head, "You can curse, it's all right," he assured her, which calmed Sana's raging nerves. She was extremely anxious right now and his words and stares were actually comforting.

She nodded before continuing, "W-well, I just want her to talk to me, i'd rather now the bad then be left in the dark."

Once Hoseok knew she was done, he spoke up, "I understand why you feel the way you do, and how you're aunt feels. She doesn't want you to worry and wants you to get better. Maybe you can talk to her, one on one, tell her what you just told me, besides the shit part," this elicited a laugh out of the female, Hoseok smiled at the sound, "then, maybe your worry will lessen."

Sana nodded, making a mental note to speak with her aunt. She didn't even notice her fists unclench.

"Why're you feeling guilty?" Hoseok asked, taking a sip of his coffee after he did.

The blonde-pink haired female bit her lip, way to hard for Hoseok's liking, before she closed her eyes and sighed, "I feel guilty for what I said to you, how I treated and acted towards you. It wasn't fair of me and, i-i'm sorry." she apologized, her blue eyes focused on her ripped jeans.

"Hey," Hoseok called out softly, and when Sana looked at him he smiled, "it's alright, I get it all the time. I would be the same if my relative made me talk to a stranger I didn't know, so I understand. Though, be careful, you can't base your judgement off of someone by looks alone." he advised, which had Sana nodding and thanking him.

She looked at the spot beside her, guilt had dissipated into thin air and was replaced by the pleasant image of forgiveness. Forgiveness stared at Sana and smiled, embracing her in a tight hug.

a/n
I'm going to love writing the development of Hoseok and Sana's relationship, AH, i'm excited :,}