Unexpected | PJM

Chapter 20

A.N.: Sorry, but still unedited. And a little heads up, this chapter isn't as 'happy' as the previous ones. But nonetheless, enjoy to your heart's content <3

LHY's POV

(5:30am)

I made one more push up, grunting as I did, and got up. I wiped the sweat off my forehead with my towel and retrieved my phone on the ground.

Chugging the rest of the water from my bottle, I walked out the door and towards my apartment-five floors up. I would've taken the elevator, but I could use a short cooldown from my workout.

After I punched my code in, I pushed open the door and immediately went to the bathroom to take a shower. I stripped my clothes off, putting them in the laundry basket, and went under the warm water.

I had been working from home for three days since PDnim informed me that the boys will be busy with photoshoots till yesterday, giving me time for myself. It has also been a week and a day since my talk with Taehyung and the same since I had a proper conversation with Jimin.

For some reason, he had been avoiding me. I mean, we still talk-but not like we used to. And then it all went to short responses and silence.

It started when he didn't show up early to have breakfast with me like we normally would and then it progressed from there. He would avoid making eye contact with me and make himself busy to prevent me from asking him about it.

The others could sense it. I knew it from the stares they would give me each time Jimin would give me a short reply and just do what I asked him to. It's like he doesn't want anything to do with me, like our friendship wasn't even real. It saddened me, really, but I had no choice other than to go along with it and stuck with him and the others for most of the times.

He also acts the same way with Taehyung, his best friend for more than ten years. I told V about it, and he told that it's fine and Jimin would eventually drop his act. I feel like V knows something that I don't, and it's making me frustrated.

Another event added to the weight I was already carrying on my shoulders.

Following the tradition of announcing or releasing news during midnight, PDnim finally announced the theme and single of BTS' Japanese album as well as my role in the company. It sparked media attention, like how they predicted. I'm confused as to why my presence in BigHit is such a huge deal.

What made me feel worse is Kaye's negative reaction to it. She shouted at me over the phone, as expected, and doubted if she is really my best friend or not since I kept it from her. I didn't exactly understand why she is that angry with me, but maybe working for her favorite group had something to do with it. I tried hard to tell her everything, and I did. She just didn't listen and didn't bother to read the explanation I sent to her right after the announcement was out. Which is already more than 24 hours ago.

The media asked her about it, but she didn't say anything. Her lack of response only led to speculations that she is angry at me--which isn't necessarily false. And now, I got a lot of hate because of it. Tweets and messages from my Instagram flooded my notifications every minute for twenty-four hours, saying that I only used her for attention and now that I managed to get a job at BigHit, I didn't even try to tell her about it. There were some who defended my case but, of course, my stupid mind only focused on the negative ones despite of all the encouraging crap I was telling myself.

My emotions were at its worst for the past couple days. I mean, wouldn't you react the same when you feel like you just lost two of your best friends?

The fact that I only got two hours of rest last night doesn't help my mental state at all. I even had already uploaded my new covers on BTS' Butterfly and AOA's With Elvis earlier because I couldn't sleep.