Lies

~Chapter 20~

Your stomach hurts like crazy.

Because of all the nerves, you wish you could just lock yourself in the bathroom and instead have a date with Mr. Toilet Seat. That's how bad it is.

You could barely sleep the previous night. The fears of potentially losing your one and only friend constantly ate at you. You really only ended up getting about 4 or 5 hours of sleep. You had never gone through this and was so surprised it affected you this much. But then again, this was your first friend that didn't want to connect with you for your brain.

As you were getting dressed since you wanted to be there a bit earlier than expected, the inner thoughts that haunted you last night came back.

What if he never wants to speak to me again?
What if he holds a grudge?
Will he despise me now?
What if he tries to hunt me down and kill me??

......ok that last one was stretching it.

You shake your head, trying to release yourself from your inner anxiety, and finish getting dressed. While putting on your tights, you look at the message Jimin last sent you, which was a few minutes ago.

"You got this, baby girl. Don't be afraid. If he was truly meant to be your friend, everything will work out. Just have fun. Let me know how everything goes. I love you 💙
-Jimin"

You smile at his brief words of assurance. He was right. If it's meant to be, it will be. You even said that on your date with Jimin. So, keeping that in a little pocket in your mind, you take a breath and finish getting dressed.

On your way across the living room to head for the front door, you shout your announcement of departure. This earns the presence of 2 wide-eyed heads popping out from a corner of a hallway and the refrigerator.

"Where ya going potato?" Jungkook asks from the fridge. He grabs the ingredients for what looks like a sandwich from it, and sets it on the counter while still waiting for your reply.

"I'm meeting Hoseok for some time to hang out. That's all." you say and turn back to the door.

"Oh HECK no---" you hear your brother start until he gets cut off by your mom putting a hand to his mouth. "You go have fun Y/N, ok?" your mom says.

..........

You look back and forth between the two until finally settling your eyes on Jungkook. "Is there a problem? I'm dating Jimin now, so it's not like I'm dating two guys as you so previously thought." you tell him.

You brother exchanges a look with your mom, then back at you. "Nothing. I guess I'm just being weird.......I think I like Jimin too much." he jokes.

You give a slight smile. "Don't worry, he and I talked about it and he says it's fine for me to keep Hoseok as a friend." you assure him.

If he wants to REMAIN friends, that is.

"Alrighty then, I'll be back in a few hours!" you give them both a content smile and walk out the door, receiving their goodbyes behind you.

"Alrighty." you say to yourself, walking the path to the same place as last Sunday. "Let's do this."

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When you are a few yards away from the bench you and Hoseok are supposed to meet at, you briefly glance around to see if he was there. Seeing that he isn't here yet, you continue to walk until you reach the bench and sit down. You take in this moment to enjoy the cherry blossoms that are still in bloom and continue to fall around you. You lean back and close your eyes, enjoying the serenity of this peaceful moment as it made you feel like.....nothing could ever go wrong.