Forever & Always [Sequel to K&D]

Intro to Sequel

"I love you, Kim Taehyung. Forever and always. Rest In Peace."
-JJK

"I love you, Jeon Jungkook. Forever and always. Move on."
-KTH

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[Listen to Would I by Maggie Lindemann]

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Two Years Later.
The Year 2022. March 23rd.

"How are you doing these days?" MoonByul's voice rung through Jungkook's phone. The sweet flow of her voice singing like a long lost lullaby.

"I'm alright." Jungkook answers simply.

"Can you believe it's been two years already?" Jungkook's distant friend mentioned.

Two years. Had it already been that long? The life he used to live seems like a distant dream now, but—Jungkook must've not realized how much time had past since then.

Since he lost him.

"Not really." A dry chuckle. Humorless and emotion-lacking.

A sigh came from the other line. "How are you..." She trailed, "—How are the flashbacks? Better?"

The flashbacks. Ah, yes...those. Well, how were they? Jungkook had to think about that one.

It had been almost two weeks since his last flashback. Since the last painful—aching, memory of him. He could barely mention his name now. Even after two years.

So many sorrowful nights. So many times did he wake up suddenly, in a cold sweat and sobbing, due to memories of him. Flashes of him dying.

They hadn't even found his body. Not even now. Everyone just assumed it was burned to ash during the explosion. But Jungkook somehow still had a sliver of hope that he was still alive...even though there was no way he was.

"They..." It was his turn to trail off. Jungkook cleared his throat, attempting to erase the lumb from his throat. "It's been two weeks since I last had one. So that's...progress."

"It is, Jungkook." MoonByul said sweetly, he could almost see the smile that she most definitely was sporting as she uttered those words. "That's good. How's counseling going? Alright?"

What is this? A interrogation? Jungkook thought you himself. He had become much more distant than he was two years ago. More closed off—emotionless. He had to be...to survive.

He had been going to counseling for a year now. Though, it did help to talk about what happened, he did have to fib a bit to keep his real past a secret.

"He died in a fire...it was an accident." He would lie. But it allowed him to talk about his once-lover's death, without revealing his illegal identity.

"Good. It's been helping, though it still hurts." Jungkook opened up, surprising himself a bit. However, it used to be normal for him to talk to MoonByul in this way. Maybe it was a force of old habit.

It had been four months since they officially talked. Seeing as MoonByul had a job as a interior designer for big fashion companies, plus keeping up with her always traveling model girlfriend. Who just so happened to be none other then Ahn HyeJin.