Memories of you (Jikook)

Metamorphosis of the Mortal

"J-Jungkook, is that really you?" I asked with disbelief, stuck to my place in alarm. Was he really here? Was my Jungkook alive again?

My eyes started to become hazy with tears, as I looked at him to take in his features.

"I am really here Jiminie," he chuckled, the same way he used to do before. His grin the same, the crinkle of his eyes the same, the slight dimple on his cheeks the same.

He was really here.

"Y-You are here," I whispered silently, falling over him into an awkward hug, clutching onto him as if my life depended on him.

"Don't be like this, I wouldn't know what to do," he murmured into my hair as he rubbed my back which was now heaving, my silent crying making him worry. The soft almost nonexistent sobs replacing the terror that had previously engulfed me.

He was back, I could really feel the heat of his skin, the solid frame of him, the tight hold of his arms around me. I missed him.

"Y-You didn't know how I lived t-these past few..." I couldn't speak any further, for I knew I would start crying even worse, my eyes already blurry.

He hummed, moving slightly back to look at me properly, his red eyes flashing with an intensity I couldn't imagine even in my dreams. His fingers wiped away the tears dripping on my cheeks, blowing on my eyes, pinching the puffy cheeks, "Don't cry Jiminie, please don't cry."

I sniffled, "Shut up, let m-me cry."

"No." His voice soothed my soul, the ache that had been there for days, receding back to the corner of my heart. The shadow of relief overtaking my mind, spreading happiness and calm.

"I missed you... Jungkook," I stared right into the red gaze, ignoring any other feeling than pure love consuming me. "I missed you," I whispered again, cupping his cheek and rubbing his chin in a familiar manner. The world suddenly seemed very happy, cheerful and overwhelmingly bright.

Now that he was here, the pain vanished like mist under the sun, evaporating into nothingness, leaving behind a damp feeling of a new awakening.

"Don't ever leave me again," I murmured into his ear, clutching tightly onto him, fearing that he would vanish the minute I would let him go. Because this time I wouldn't dare to stray away.

"You can kiss me better, I would be happy," he joked with me, kissing my head tenderly, "but right now we can't do that, there is a limit to how much I can stop the time."

I blinked, immediately popping my head up to take a glance at our surrounding, my mouth falling open upon noticing the still figures of the spirits and the struggling mates.

Jungkook stopping time... that was real high level fantasy right there... and even if I was curious about how it was possible, after everything that had happened the past few days, this wasn't anything as shocking to me.

"Y-You can do that? That is so cool!"

He grinned, biting my neck playfully, "All for you Jimin, all for you."

I giggled through my remaining tears, pushing him away shyly, "You sound like a puppy, cutie."

His grin widened, "Just wish me with any desire, and I shall have it for you." 

Flushing under the sharp scrutiny of his stare, I pushed him away coyly, "You are the reincarnation of some Goddess right? But no need to show off."

I noticed his eyes widened, his stare becoming more focused on me, a glint of something passing which I couldn't decipher.

"If you believe that... then make a wish."