Starting Over

Chapter 7-Time to Say Goodbye

*UPDATE: A quick chapter edit.

*New chapter after a long hiatus from this story.  Enjoy and again have tissues handy*

Just like Hoseok, it poured rain on Taehyung's funeral. The skies opened up and poured rain down. Another friend was gone. Another funeral to attend. Why was life so cruel?

Jimin adjusted his tie several times. He fumbled with the cuffs of his too long shirt. His now newly dyed black hair didn't sit right, so he gave up.  

He didn't want to say goodbye to his beloved. Even though his head accepted it, his heart didn't want to leave him.

Even as he stood in the funeral hall, Jimin refused to shed any tears. Taehyung loved me dearly, and so many people came to pay their respects. Jimin blindly accepted their condolences, bowed when expected, but did not cry.

Jimin hadn't been sure how he would feel at the funeral but Jin was there. He let Jimin lean on him, he let Jimin politely converse with those who came.  

Jimin knew that Taehyung's parents despised him. There was a time before Taehyung confessed his love that Taehyung's parents supported the two because Taehyung and Jimin were considered best friends.

When it turned out that Jimin and Taehyung were more than friends, his family cast him out. He hadn't seen his child sister since he was 19. She unlike her parents refused to attend her brother's funeral for fear of being cast out too by her parent.

She had secretly sent Taehyung's favorite flowers to Jimin. Jimin didn't look at them. He wasn't in the mood right now. He just wanted to get through this day.

Namjoon got to say everything he thought he'd want to tell Taehyung. Taehyung asked him to look out for Jimin, and Namjoon had promised.

When Taehyung asked Jimin to take him home, Namjoon wasn't there like the others to say goodbye. He didn't see Taehyung again after Taehyung was discharged from the hospital because of a family emergency.

"The Dreamers" also came to show their respects since they were 4DF's fanclub and remained respectful in their idols' presence. They left gifts, cards, letters and stuffed animals that Taehyung loved and left them at Jimin's feet.

It seemed like the whole world showed up to say goodbye to Taehyung.

There were so many visitors.

After what seemed like forever the last person came and left.  It was just Jimin, Jin and the rest of the guys now.

It was time to take Taehyung to the crematorium.  Jimin grew anxious.  This was it.  His Tae would truly be gone.

He squeezed Jin's hands as they made their way down the long hall to the crematorium.  Namjoon, Jungkook and Yoongi as well as their manager Mr. Sims carried Taehyung casket in silence to Taehyung's last stop.

Jimin bit his lip so he wouldn't lose it. He didn't want this. He didn't want his Tae to disappear forever.

Just as they were about to reach the doors Jin was stopped by Jimin and he ran in front of Tae's casket. The guys were startled.

He was hysterical. He pushed his body against the casket and the guys fell backward a few steps. He blocked the crematorium door.