TOUCH (KNJ)

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"Yesterday, I slept for thirteen hours straight." Ivy states proudly. 

"What?" Yoongi questions in disbelief. Last week when she was here, he was certain it would take up atleast a dozen sessions to get things out of her. The real things. 

"Yeah, I slept for thirteen hours, like a baby. He came back." 

"I'm glad he did." He acknowledges smiling comfortingly at her. She smiles back brightly and he questions whether it was actually the Ivy he had given therapy for the past two weeks. 

"Now, let's continue where we left, shall we?"

"Yeah sure but I think this would be my last session."

"I know what you're thinking, he came back and now you're happy so you don't neem my help." 

"Kinda?" 

"Let me tell you one thing Ivy, healing is not one person. You need to let everything you've been anchoring inside you go, completely." 

"I'm not anchoring anything inside, it was the hurt because he wasn't there." 

"So if he leaves again, you're gonna go back to square one?" 

"He won't leave." 

"Well, hate to break it to you. If he did it once he could do it again. Anybody could leave, nothing and nobody is certain. He wasn't made to stay around you and as bitter as it sounds, only you were made to stay around you." 

"I am staying around me." 

"Alright, let's look at it this way. What if someday you both had an argument and you knew that you were right but he broke up with you, I know for a fact you'll be back to where you were when you came to Seoul. Nobody moves from one country to another for no reason at all. The pay at your job was the same there so that couldn't be a reason." 

"He's not my boyfriend yet but you're right. There was a reason why I came here." 

"Mhm. Tell me what it was." 

"I- I wanted to change everything around me." 

"Everything?" 

"Every one to be specific." 

"Go on." 

"Something happened back home that I would rather not discuss right now. It happened about a year and half ago. Everything fell apart after and I couldn't take it any longer so I came here." 

"So basically you ran away because you were scared and couldn't take it." 

"Yes, I ran away because there was nobody to listen to me, or to talk to. Nobody believed me." 

"What did they not believe?" 

"They thought I was lying about what happened. I was a middle child in the house of two working parents, nobody paid attention to me so when I told them what happened it all seemed like attention seeking to them. Friends were a luxury to me since childhood. Only one of my friends Em believed what I said was true and she tried to fight back with me." 

"Do you and Em still talk?" 

"Once in a blue moon kinda thing. She back off when we had nobody on our side and I was too scared to fight alone, I let it go too." 

"I got your point and I understand how scared you must have been. If you're not comfortable sharing it with me, please talk it out with guy number one or Hoseok." She chuckles wiping her tears as he sits back smiling slightly. 

"Yes, talk it out with him. You say he's your safe place, he'll understand for sure and of course I'm here to listen, every thursday, 7 PM, it's your choice." 

"Thanks, I guess I'll try and share it with him."

"Letting it out is the best way to pull the anchor up." 

"I know that but its just so difficult to do that sometimes that it gets annoying," 

"You know, I had this friend who used to keep all his emotions locked inside him and one day it ruined all his relationships because he couldn't tell them what he was feeling or what he wanted to stop. Don't ever do that, neither to yourself nor to guy one." 

"That actually makes a lot of sense. Thankyou for that." He nods in acknowledgment as she salutes him playfully. After that, She pats her thighs standing up slowly and sighing. 

"Guess I'll see your next saturday then. And guy number one's name is Namjoon."

Yoongi's face falters slightly at that but he quickly recomposes himself nodding again. As soon as Ivy walks out the door, he removes his glasses, rubbing his face and sighing deeply. 

He wasn't sure before but now he was sure that the friend he just mentioned and the guy they had been talking about were indeed the same person. It was his old friend, Namjoon. And god did he miss him, Namjoon was like a grenade at that time. One wrong pull and everything they had was destroyed. With shaky hands, he did something which was against his rules but this was an exceptional case. He saved Ivy's phone number in his personal phone and was set on meeting his friend again. Even if they stopped talking years ago, it didn't change the fact that Yoongi was ready to give his everything for him. 

She walks with her arms crossed and the bag slinging on her shoulder. Her feet came to a stop in front of Hoseok's coffee shop and she quickly went in, the bell chiming above when Jungkook greets her smiling widely. 

"Good evening M'lady, what can I do for you today?" He asks in a mocking deep voice. 

"Good evening Mr. Jeon, I wanted to buy a few cookies and oh, pistachio ice-cream too, if you have any." He thinks for a few seconds before nodding and rushing behind the counter. Once she had all the things she wanted, in her bag, she paid for them, quick to run to her apartment.  

As she impatiently waited for the elevator to open, Hoseok came rushing to her side. 

"Oh Hi Hoseok," she greets him with a smile and he smiles back at her, entering in. 

"Hey, I heard Namjoon's back." He comments as the elevator takes them to their floor. 

"Yeah, aren't you supposed to be at the shope right now?" She asks, changing the topic swiftly. 

"I forgot my phone upstairs in Kook's apartment so I came back." With that, the elevator opens and she waves at him before putting her key in to unlock the door. With one twist the door opens, revealing a scene she had never expected in her life before. 

There was a girl, on top of Namjoon, kissing him. Her body shaked as tears formed in her eyes. 

Because that wasn't just an ordinary girl either, it was Em.