The Definition Of Forever (Inked Hearts 1)

Ninety-four

AN:

I know I left you guys on a tragic cliffhanger last time, but I don't know what to say anymore at this point...

I AM sorry. I CANNOT promise not to do it again. I WILL keep working on new chapters and update as much as possible. And I DO love you! 💜

This chapter is a bit long, but I think you'll be happy that I didn't cut it!
You know... from past chapters!

Anyhoo!
Enough rambling!!!!
Chapter time!!!!!!!

This chapter is dedicated to the characters: both of my own invention and not. I love you guys, and I'll never forget this incredible journey that you've taken me on!

"Your eyes Tell"

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Jungkook first person POV:

As the grey door swings open, a fresh breeze fans over my hot and tired face, relaxing me, calming me, and causing my eyelids to flutter closed for a second.

The bells that have rung through my soul since learning the truth, start to sound louder now and I notice that they seem to gong with every beat of my quaking heart, sending delicious shivers throughout my entire body in their ripples.

Sucking in a breath, I step out onto the roof.

The wide space, filled with planters and flower beds, open to the air and sky above, looks slightly ill and weak at first sight, but upon further glaze, green leaves, new shoots, and delicate flower buds can be seen, hiding in the shadows of the old twigs and fallen leaves from the past autumn.

At first: dismissed, dead, nothing.
But in truth: embraced, alive, everything.

My shoes make soft clicking sounds as I go, and I feel small cold water droplets being flicked onto my heels as I kick my feet up in a new step. Maybe it's the hazy grey sky or the cool comforting breeze, but I feel as if I could say up here forever.

Forever.

The word clangs through me at the same time I feel the bell ring again, and my steps halt on the wet smooth pavement.

When I think back to all those moments we would be talking and the subject of soulmates would come up – how my heart clenched and wished even that I wouldn't find my soulmate just to hold on to her in the odd way I did – I suppose I should have known something wasn't right, I should have asked her about her tattoo. But... why would I?

There was no reason for me to believe it was fake. There still isn't. For all I know, she could have two soulmate tattoos for some reason and two soulmates.

But then, why did she claim the one on her wrist to be fake? Why did she tell Ji-ho that she wasn't his soulmate? Why would she have two tattoos? And how could I not have known she was my soulmate from the beginning?

When you hear people tell stories about meeting your other half, it's always the "know at first sight" happily ever after. But there was no spark or bell in my head when I first met her. Of course, there are some that don't have that first feeling until they see their tattoos together, but after months and months of spending all that time together, shouldn't I have known?

Are we... really soulmates? Or have I just been clinging to some desperate hope for so long that I'm imagining things?

No. That couldn't be the case. I knew it from the moment I saw her other tattoo that she was my soulmate, and she knew it too. Why else would she have stared at me like that? Why else would I be hearing this bell in my head? After all this time... I should have known. But... then again... maybe some part of me already did.