Heartbeat || PJM

three

A week passed and I was slowly getting over Taehyung, with Jimin's help of course. Taehyung hadn't been to school the whole time. At first, I was glad that I didn't have to face him but now I'm wondering if he dropped out of high school.

I don't know why I'm worried about that. We're no longer related and he cheated on me. He doesn't care about me and I shouldn't either. Guess moving on is harder than I thought.

"Umm... Y/n..." I looked at him and he was staring somewhere with widened eyes. I looked to where he was looking at and my whole system shut down. Taehyung... and his... girlfriend.

Jimin got up with clenched fists but I got up and stopped him before he stormed towards them. "Let me go" he growled, glaring at Taehyung even if he couldn't see it.

"No, don't..." he pulled himself free and walked over, I tried to stop him but it was no use. "Oh hey slut" the girl said. "You shut your ugly mouth" Jimin said through gritted teeth.

He glared at Taehyung who was glaring back at him. "You still tagging along?" Taehyung scoffed. Jimin looked like he would explode any moment, and I decided that we should get out of here before anything happens.

"Jimin, let's go" I grabbed his arm and walked off, but three words made me stop in my tracks. "We're getting married."

I froze and Jimin turned around in a snap. "You're what?!" I tightened my grip on Jimin's arm, my eyes starting to tear up. I pulled him with me as I walked away, stopping only when I was satisfied that we were far away enough.

I let go of Jimin's arm and stared at the ground, my eyes fully teared up by now. A tear rolled down my cheek and I let out a quiet sob, wiping my eyes so Jimin wouldn't see me cry.

"Hey" he cupped my cheeks and looked into my teary eyes. I stared back into his large, soft doe eyes and got lost in them. So lost that I didn't even realise his right hand caressing my cheek.

"Please don't cry over him again, it hurts me." "H... huh?" He sighed and pulled me to his chest, engulfing me in a hug. "It hurts..." he whispered. "It hurts me to see you like this... it's as if I feel your pain."

It was silent for a minute before Jimin pulled back and looked into my eyes again. I couldn't take his stare anymore so I looked away, deciding to stare at the very interesting wall instead.

"Don't focus on them, ok? They're not worth anyone's time." He patted my shoulders and smiled, getting close to my face. "Okie?" he said in a childish voice, titling his head to the side as he stared into my eyes. Cute.

I nodded, a smile now on my face. I wiped my tears away as he leaned back and said, "Let's go. It's nearly time for class." I nodded and followed him to our next class.

Taehyung was in that class. We all sat on the same row. Taehyung, me then Jimin. I was glad that Jimin was next to me but also uncomfortable, as Taehyung was sitting next to me too.

"-work in your rows and complete your projects by next Monday. Get started now." I widened my eyes and snapped my head towards Jimin who was biting his lip hard. In our rows... I mean there's still that random girl- oh she's absent.

Shit. I heard Taehyung sigh then said, "Do the work yourselves, I ain't doing it." He got up and just left the classroom like that with the excuse of using the toilets, but he clearly wasn't planning on coming back.

I let out a sigh of relief and banged my head against the table, gaining attention from many students in the room. Jimin sighed and patted my back once before holding my arm and making me sit up.
"Let's just get on with it" he grabbed a pen and we got to work.

TIME SKIP

We were walking home and something clicked on my mind. "You still tagging along?" Jimin tensed up after that...

I looked at Jimin and asked, "What did Taehyung say to you that day?" He stopped walking and bit his lip before starting to walk again but I grabbed his arm. "Just tell me, let it out."

He sighed and looked at me slowly. "I don't want to make you any more upset than you already are." "I'm fine, Jimin. Don't make yourself upset over this, please."

He looked down and said, "I remember every word he said. He said that I don't know anything, I've never been in love or a single relationship, and all I do is tag alone so I'm not alone."

I was shocked. How could Taehyung say such a thing?! Yes, I knew about Jimin transferring schools so I understood that he hated the fact that he was always alone, and now he had lost one of the two friends he's ever had.

I let go of his arm and held his hand instead. "You're not a tag along, Jimin. You're the most kind-hearted person I've ever met. All those people who ignored you missed out."

He looked at me and I smiled, he couldn't help but smile back. "So forget what he said, he's the one missing out this time, and he doesn't deserve your kindness." Jimin all of a sudden pulled me into a hug and whispered, "thank you." I smiled, hugging him back.

We stayed like that, in each others warmth, for a minute before he pulled back and smiled down at me. "Shall we go to yours and finish the work? Get it over and done with?" "Ok" I held his hand and started walking again, not thinking about the meaning of our intertwined hands.