Jellyfish | 2MIN FF

ep 21; we're safe!

I ran out, feeling the cold bitter and polluted air filling up my poor lungs. Yeah, they were poor and I couldn't make them healthy like they've cried for centuries.

The past was haunting me and I saw things someone my age wouldn't normally be able to see.

My head tilted down and I saw me as a little innocent kid. He looked so.. happy! So innocent. I grabbed his or I should really say my tiny soft baby-like hand. The kid smiled and looked up, giggling.

"Wow, where are we going now?"

"I don't really know yet, Taeminnie. Maybe we could find someone who really did care about us."

That someone was.. Lee Jinki.

—

I stopped in front of the house where the both of us used to live and froze. My eyes dropped at the bottom, seeing a sign and read it. "For sale"

He moved out?

God damn it, Jinki. Right when I needed you, huh? Maybe you really didn't care about us after all.

I looked around and saw two people jogging in the neighborhood, stopping by in front of them to ask them one simple question.

"Excuse me, but do you know Lee Jinki? He used to live here", I said loud enough for them to hear and picked up my friend (little taemin). "Oh Jinki? Yeah, we know him. He was so kind! I think he's moved away a week ago? He said he had a little girl to take care of", the young man smiled and blabbered on. Meanwhile, the lady next to him legitimately glared at me. Maybe it was just me being a jerk again? I did interrupt their jog.

But did I hear that correct? Did he say little girl? What happened while I was gone?

Woah what if he kills her- nah, that's too dark to be in this happy little story. Besides, Jinki is nothing like that. He's a sweet and handsome man who has a.. hm.. what does he have? Oh! Friends! What were their names?

Of course, I know Kim Jonghyun, but i forgot the other one. Oh my fucking gushers, I need to stop talking to myself and just ask where he is.

Little me giggled and I looked over.

'Hey little guy, you can hear my thoughts?'

He nodded and just kept smiling. Something I couldn't keep on my face when it was so simple. I looked over to the joggers who were gone by now and frowned. This was a pretty urgent situation so the best thing I could possibly do was knock at every door and ask.

The foster home employees and probably the cops were out looking for me or maybe they weren't.. see, the thing is, nobody really wanted me as their kid. When Jinki came around, he was the one who accepted me and now I really did screw up, he didn't need me anymore as much as I need him right now.

I guess I saw him as a dad? Then again, I don't know what having a dad feels like, nor will I ever know.

I asked and asked, no one could spit out the information I needed about my 'father' figure.

—

The middle of the night passed and there was nowhere to sleep, besides the small playground in (what seemed like) an abandoned park that I've never been to. It seemed like something out of a horror movie. I liked it.. at first.

I went out to find somewhere else to sleep. Hunger rumbled in my belly and I couldn't wait any longer, so I took off to a fast food restaurant and got some water, since it was free.

"Hey, aren't you Taemin?", a man with pink dyed hair and slight makeup on asked me. He was beautiful but I swear I've seen him before. "Y-Yeah, maybe"

He hugged me tightly and the kindest words came out of his lips. "You poor kid.. I knew I should've taken you with me while I had the chance! You really don't deserve any of this, you're too young. Cmon, I'll help you", he spoke.

I was so confused. "I'm sorry but who are you?"

"Oh? I'm Kim Kibum, you know, Jinki's friend!", he smiled at me. "You must be hungry, I'll buy you something to eat"

He was so kind, I don't know if there are more people in this world like him. Little me just giggled and hugged Kibum, even though he wasn't able to see him. I could read the child's thoughts..

'He's safe! We're safe! We can do it!!'

The overjoy in his little brain and imagination. It made me.. happy?

Little me started sucking on his fingers, due to the hunger I suppose. I took his fingers out of his mouth. 'Don't do that, you'll get sick!' 

Wait.

Am I actually starting to care about my well being? Woah, that's crazy.. I've never felt like this in my whole fucking life. It's always been about others first for me. Maybe I could start caring about this wonderful man, Kim Kibum.

Kibum sighed and started talking, to calm down the silence roaming in the air. "You know, you shouldn't be mad at Jinki once you find him. I'm pretty sure he told you, but seems like you don't recall"

I was confused as hell, but I'll let him speak. I do remember him saying something about his family, but I was in a bad state that I couldn't remember this now.

"Jinki has a daughter and this is the first time, maybe even last, he gets to be with her. That's why Jonghyun and Jinki don't really get along, but the rest of their past is confidential.." [will be revealed in je t'aime].

Now I remember some of it! Jinki did say something about him having a daughter and his ex-girlfriend being a total bitch, but I never thought he would just let me go..

Why would he let me go?