Orb of Obscurity

57-Eccedentesiast

*someone who hides pain behind a smile*

By the way, we won first prize in the Shimmer Awards, fanfiction category! 🥳🥳
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The three of us were sitting in a coffee spot at the mall, a few stores away from the toy shop that Jin and Cho were in.

"How are you and where have you been?" Jungkook asked me, looking worried.

Yes, the third person to join us as Kook. To say that he was confused would be an understatement. He was excited at first, hugging me and then he saw my red eyes and realized that something was wrong.

"I am fine and I've been here all along. In Korea." I replied, taking a sip of the cold coffee. I loved both hot and cold coffee, they had their own charms.

"You are really something. You were here all along and you didn't contact us once, ONCE!" He said, looking at me exasperated.

"Do I have a reason to Jungkook?" I asked slowly raising my head to look at him. At this point I was just angry at myself for not knowing what to do.

He sighed, looking away.

"How is he?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.

"Why?" Tae asked me. This was the first word that he had spoken to me since Jungkook joined us.

"Fair enough." I said, chuckling sarcastically.

"I'll give you the answer when you answer mine Saura." He pulled my coffee away from my excited fingers, making me look at him. He gave me no choice but to look at him.
I always fumbled around with stuff when I was anxious or sad. "Who is the father of the child?"

I saw Jungkook blinking at us, looking confused, from the corner of my eyes and then his jaw dropped. I could almost hear the gears in his head click together. He looked at me stupefied. But thankfully he stayed silent not asking me about Cho.

I kept looking at Tae not knowing how to reply. I looked away, breathing heavily.

"Saura!" Tae forced me to look at him, taking my hands in his. I tried to pull away and he tightened his grip on it.

"You know the answer Tae, why are you doing this to me?" I said in a desperate voice.

His grip on my hand slackened as he looked at me baffled. His eyes portrayed nothing but fear.

I gulped before saying the fated words that would change my life henceforth.
"She's Jimin's child."

Jungkook gasped and Tae rested back on the chair, eyes losing focus.

There was a huge silence and no words left either of us.

"What are you saying? What the hell happened?" Jungkook spoke after a long time.

I took a while to sort my thoughts before I spoke.

"I found that I was pregnant two months after the breakup. I was already four months through." I paused.

Reminiscing those memories were harder than I thought. Tears formed again as I thought about those days when I was all alone, not knowing what to do with life.

"Maren left the country and I.... I settled in a countryside hospital." I couldn't help but cry. Tears flowed down of their own accord. "I was alone and.... Then Dae hyun joined me. He transferred his job there for me. He's been a father figure for Cho all along. I can't thank him enough."

"He was there for me when my family turned me away and I was about to take wrong decisions." I said softly, looking at my hands, fingers still squeezing each other.