-GAME ON-

5.The truth

Author POV
"Really? Right in front of my salad?" Taehyung exclaimed. They all laughed at Taehyung's sassy remark. "Okay well, Jungkook has done it, now what? Should we do another round?" Namjoon said and look at Seokjin, who looked like he had many thoughts. He did actually. He had a analysis in his head about the whole game but he wasn't sure if he was correct.

Flashback
When He was inside the game, Jin notice something sparkly that was always behind him. But whenever he turned around, it will just dissapear. Not waiting to lose his focus, he kept running until.
"HELLO THERE!" Jin screamed like a little girl and fell down on his butt. "What the-Yah! Are you the one that's been following me?!" Jin said. "Oh I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare ya, just that I'm trying to help you to win this game!" It said as it grinned.

Jin was suspicious of it. "Are you sure you're not one of those bad monsters in disguised?"
"Oh nononono! I promise I'm not!" It grinned and showed its hand. "Fairy honors!"

Why does she look familiar?

He titled his head because apparently that looks better and he thought he was going crazy again.
"Mom?"
Flashback ends.

He still needed answers and tonight, he will get it.
Jin shake his head. "Maybe tommorow"
"Are you sure Jin hyung? We will still help you, you know?" Hoseok said, giving him a warm smile. Jin nodded. "I'm positive. You guys should go home first, my mom is coming back home soon and I think she might know"
"About the game?"
"Yeah"

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"How was your Jin-ah?" Jin's mom, Jihyu, said. His mom was a busy woman, always working day and night to provide for her family. So there were times where Jin would spend his time alone and sometimes, his mom would give him some chores because she know that her son won't even move a muscle if he doesn't do it. But even with all the work that's building up, she always made sure Jin ate well and even cooked for him when she got home.
"It was okay eomma" Jihyu nodded. "That's good" She clapped her hands excitedly and showed Seokjin her food.
"Tadaa~I saw this man making a burnt cheesecake so I thought I should try it too!" She smiled happily when Jin had his mouth wide open, meaning that he wanted some too.

"Eomma give me the cake now, pleasee!!" He whined.

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Once they were done eating the cake, they chatted for a few minutes about the usual stuff, school and work when Jin suddenly remembered his analysis. "Eomma" Jihyu was busy making her coffee so she hummed indicating a yes.
"Did you play the game on before?" Jihyu gasped and almost wanted to dropped her cup if her grip wasn't strong enough. She looked at Jin with fear in her eyes.
"How did you.."

"What do you know about the game?" Jihyu only laughed.
"Nothing Jin-ah, just keep eating the cake-"
"Eomma why?"
"It's nothing~ I don't know-"
"You know something don't you?"
"No I dont-"
"Eomma, what are you so afraid of? Don't keep it a secret-"
"Your grandpa made it"
Jin eyes widen. "What?"
She sighed and sat back down on the chair, facing Jin.
"Your grandpa was an intelligent man, he was always passionate with his works and always wanted to make us happy..He was too intelligent really, he just wanted everything to be perfect"
As she was speaking , she kept playing with her cup, her memories hitting her back.
"When I was 16, I told him that I wanted a game where I was in it and helping people in the game, I don't care if I was the main character, I just wanted to be in it to guide people if they were in trouble"

Seokjin continued to listen.
"He was determined about it so he promised me that on my 16th birthday, i will have it" Jihyu sighed sadly.
"He did kept his promise, it was already my 16th birthday when the game was done so..he told me to try it and I did. But when I played with it, my whole body felt like it was going to dissapear, until I lose and I came back to my senses"

Grandpa is so scary but cool.. Seokjin thought.

"Your grandpa was furious about it, and he got back to working with it even more, until one day, he started coughing blood" At that moment Jihyu almost wanted to burst into tears.
"He never told us that he was really sick and he was dying because of it, but when me and my mother were at the hospital, he only gave us a smile and then he told me to never touched the game, he doesn't know why it was so powerful but it could be because of the glitches or something, it was just..too dangerous, even for him"
Jihyu smiled sadly and look at her son. "I never told you this because I was worried that you might try it for yourselves and.."
She caressed Seokjin's hand. "I might lose my son just like I lose my father.."

"You won't lose me, me and my friends are going to end the game, I promise" Jihyu shake her head and said
"Jin-ah it's too dangerous, what if you-"
"It's okay Eomma, I've felt it before, and yeah I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty scary, but we are gonna try and win it, you don't want that to keep haunting you right?"
Jihyu , who's had nightmares about it for years seemed to know what her son meant so she nodded.
"yeah.."

Seokjin smile and held his eomma's hand tightly. "I'll make sure to use my live carefully" he smiled at her.

"I promise"

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