A Rose Between Thorns

Chapter 110: Aftermath

November finally rolled around, bringing forth the rest of the cold autumn weather as well as some of the biggest events in our history. Well, what will be in our history at least.

Angelica called to congratulate me on finally bringing the culprit to justice. My father had no connection with Choi at all so she wanted to let me know that he's in the clear, but she'll still be keeping an eye on him.

Choi confessed to everything once she saw the tapes, but that was only after she tried to convince Namjoon and the rest of the boys that I was lying about the whole thing. Apparently she didn't know what the other's abilities were, so when Namjoon threatened to look into my memories the woman shut up fairly quickly.

Choi even tried to call his bluff at first, but when she saw that everyone else was dead serious she silenced herself. She's locked away in prison and sentenced to life, beings as she did try to kill me. She's not allowed any visitors unless they are through a screen due to her ability, though I don't think she would get visitors anyways. 

I almost feel sorry for the woman. Almost.

My soulmates also invited Gisselle and the TXT boys over for dinner, so we all could formally apologize. The TXT boys were surprised at first, so I'm guessing that Gisselle didn't say anything to them about the whole ordeal. 

"Please forgive us, Gisselle!" We all said in unison, bowing deeply to my best friend. My bright pink hair fell beside my face so I can't see well, but I could hear quiet footsteps heading towards us. I saw Gisselle's deep red heels stop in front of me, and there is a bit of silence before she speaks.

"Taylor... please rise and look at me." I do as she asks, though I don't rise too much since I'm quite a bit taller than her. Her chocolate eyes meet my own, and we look at each other for a few seconds before the latina suddenly wraps her arms around me in a tight hug.

"I've missed you so much..!" My best friend cries, taking me and my soulmates by surprise. "It's okay that you doubted me, I probably would have been the same if I was in your shoes. I'm just glad you're okay!"

I can't help but smile as I return the hug, burying my face in her shoulder. "I've missed you too.." I manage to say, holding back any waterworks that may threaten to spill from my eyes. The boys gathered around us with grins plastered on their faces, and it was as if everything was right in the world again.

My leg still hasn't fully healed up, but it's getting a lot better. The doctor said it's taking a bit longer because of the strain I've been putting on it by dancing, but I told him that I had to keep going like this. 

The world isn't going to wait around for me to be healed, and who knows if something like this will happen again. So I have to keep moving forward, into the uncertain future. I know I'll be alright, I have my soulmates by my side after all.

Though, I can't say the boys were so lucky.

After the incident with Choi, I could feel their hearts being pulled down by some imaginary weight. I'm not exactly surprised, because she was even closer with them than she was me. All of them were struggling with their own pain, but Jungkook had it the worst out of all of us.

Choi was his best friend, and hearing that she was obsessed with him broke him even further, I think. He shuts himself in his room more and more nowadays, but the rest of us mostly leave him be. Everyone except for Jin, who is the only person Jungkook will let inside.

My heart breaks seeing him like this, and now I finally understand how they felt when I used to do the same.

But now is not the time to think about that, as we head onto the stage for the Gaon Chart Music Awards. We were nominated for many awards this year, and we are also performing a couple of our songs at the event. Because of my injury, the boys begged me not to dance at the performance. We would do exactly as we had done at my debut, only this time I stay in the chair.