RED | j.jk

chapter thirteen • 🖤❤️🖤

  my eyes open.

  my heart is beating loudly in my chest. i had a nightmare.

  not only were my hands shaking, but i realize that my cheeks were wet from tears streaming down them.

  i sat up, regaining reality.

  for the oddest reason, i couldn't remember when my nightmare was about. all i remember was that it was dark and cold and trying to refresh my memory of it only made my gut twist even more.

  "y/n!" lisa suddenly barges in my room.

  i jump, startled from her sudden entry, "what- what is it?"

  "you are late! mom is waiting in the car for you!" lisa says before dashing back out into the hallway. i frown before i realize that my alarm didn't go off this morning to wake me up for school. i rush to get dressed, throwing on a pair of jeans and a tshirt before slipping into shoes and running downstairs. my hair is a mess, i didn't have time to brush my teeth or put on deodorant, and to top it off, i forgot my phone on the bed.

  "what in the world?" mom looks over my appearance, i knew any other day she would send me straight back inside, but today was different. she told me last night that she has a meeting first thing today at her job, and now, i probably ruined her time to prepare for her presentation. "i'm so sorry, my alarm-" i try to explain, but she just waves her hand at me to save my excuse.

  the whole car ride to school was silent. normally, they would let me just walk to school with jimin, but after yesterday with jungkook showing up to the house, my parents are forcing me to ride to and from school now... plus, i am still grounded for skipping school that one day.

  "thanks for the ride, mom." i say before getting out of the car. she didn't reply as she drove off, leaving me on the sidewalk to tend to myself. i sigh, today was going to be a bad day...

  "well, well, well, if it isn't y/n." a familiar voice approaches me from behind. i turn around quickly, getting a full view of park jimin. he was the same but different at the same time and i couldn't quite put my finger on it...

  "if i remember correctly, jungkook told you to stay away from me last time i saw you..." i say.

  "he isn't my boss, and he isn't here today." jimin smiles before putting his arm around my shoulder. we walk together for a moment before we run into someone familiar. taehyung?

  jimin immediately removes himself from me and clears his throat nervously, "ah, taehyung, i didn't think you'd show back up here."

  taehyung's dark eyes linger over me as he responds, "well, here i am. and here you are with your brother's possessions. didn't he teach you to leave his territory alone?"

  i look to jimin, watching his lips form a thin line, his jaw clenched, "you know he isn't here today."

  "you know he can feel her though, don't you? oh wait, i forgot, you haven't ever been bonded with someone, so how can your small mind absorb such powerful connections..." taehyung frowns, taking me by the hand, pulling me away from my friend.

  jimin stares at me for a moment, then turns to walk off.

  taehyung was still holding my hand firmly, staring at jimin as he spoke, "now, if i were you, i would stay away from jimin... you do not want to find out what will go down if jimin was to interfere with your bond with jungkook."

  "aren't you all so close? why would jimin want to mess anything up anyways?" i question.

  "we are all three, brothers. i know both of them well, and i know jimin is going to do everything in his power to tear you away from jungkook so that he can have you for himself. he believes you can set him free, that you can make him human again-" taehyung looks deep into my eyes, "but, what he doesn't know, is that jungkook is ten times stronger than all of us combined, and i know how much you mean to him. jungkook would kill his own brother to protect you and far worse if he had to..."