chapter seventy three

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Jisung panics at the texts, them being a clear indicator of his friends mental state. Since he can only do one thing at a time, he chooses to text Haechan first. Unfortunately, he's not sure he's gonna help.

Jisung
You don't have to pay for it
You didn't mean to and that's enough
Jaemin will come back

Cookie🍪
What if he doesn't?
I'm not a good person
I've been so horrible, made so
many mistakes

Jisung
Do you think I'm a good person?

Cookie🍪
Of course I do

Jisung
I've beat people up, made them bleed,
and wanted them in the hospital, I shut
out one of the people that means the
world to me, I wasn't all that nice to
Jeno and Mark when I first got to know them, I literally almost played with someone's feelings for my own benefit
and completely dismissed how much it would hurt him
And I did that someone I love more
than anything
Do you still think I'm a good person?

Cookie🍪
I didn't know all of that
But I don't think you're a bad
person

Jisung
Then why do you treat yourself as
if you are?
Why are you so convinced you
deserve this?

Cookie🍪
Cause if I didn't, why am I
experiencing all this pain?
I must've did something
If the same bad situation keeps
happening, aren't you supposed
to consider that maybe you're
the problem?

Jisung
Can I ask you a question?

Cookie🍪
Sure

Jisung
Are you sure you don't wanna see a
therapist?
I know things got better when you
moved out but that only did so much
And you're in charge of you so you
don't have to worry about your mom
any more

Cookie🍪
Sometimes I think about it
But I don't always need it

Jisung
What about texting therapy?

Cookie🍪
That was my first thought
But Jisung, do you remember
your reasons for wanting to
stop therapy?

Jisung
Yes but which reason are you
referring to?

Cookie🍪
Dependency
And I can manage
Not well but I can do it
My want for a therapist went
down by a lot when I got
away
But I might look into it if I really
think I should
Can you promise me something?

Jisung
What?

Cookie🍪
That you'll think about it too
I know you don't want to and
that's okay but please promise
that you won't ignore yourself

Jisung
Okay, I promise

Cookie🍪
Hey my love....

Jisung
Yes Cookie?

Cookie🍪
Can we call or something?
If you're not busy

Jisung
Of course

"How are you so good at this?" Jaemin asks, trying to look up at Jungwoo.

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