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We went back home as soon as we got up in the morning. Being back home feels kind of weird now that I spent 3 days in the wild. But I did miss my shower.

What I'm most excited about is seeing Jimin and whatever place he is taking me to.

I was just putting on a shirt when my phone buzzed.

Jimin
I'm here

Me
Be there in 20 seconds

There was no one home at the moment so I ran out, locking the door and almost sprinting to meet Jimin. Who was waiting 10 feet in front of my house.

'Why are you running?' He laughs at me

'I have no idea.' I admit. 'Where are you taking me?'

'It's close, so we won't walk far. It's just something I thought needs doing.' He smiles

Something that needs doing? Okay then.

He didn't lie. 3 minutes, and we got to our location. He took me to a park near my house, where I used to play. But he didn't stop in front he kept walking until he got over to the little slide in the middle of the park.

'It's here.' He smiles at me, calling me over

'What are we doing here...' I muttered to myself, but I'll obviously go with him

'What are you doing?' I laughed at I watched him duck and crouch under the slide. He can barely fit underneath.

'Did you have fun drawing yesterday?'

'Yep. Brought me right back to my childhood.' I smile

'Was there something that you wanted to ask yesterday, but you didn't get a chance to?'

'How do you-'

'My name is Jimin.' He smiles beautifully, offering me his hand.  The way he said it and the way his cheeks hid his eyes.... oh.... my... God. And it's in the same exact spot. Under the slide.

'You.' I cover my mouth on shock. 'It's you. I'm not crazy. It is really you.' He is the kid. I'm not insane.

'Took you a while.' He teases. 'I recognised you the moment I saw you. I just didn't think it would take you this long.'

'I thought I was going crazy. I thought I was making it up in my mind.'

'I saw your little lamps go off yesterday when you saw me draw your own drawing. I wanted to tell you so many times, but I thought I would sound crazy. I didn't know how to come out with it.' He chuckles

'I honestly thought I was out of my mind. Since the first day I saw you, I thought you reminded me of that little kid. And then the little things you do would remind me of it just when I would convince myself that I am just crazy.' 

'You are not.' He giggles. 'We haven't been here in a while, huh?' He looked around himself, not that you can see much from under here

'Why did you disappear back then? I remember coming one day and I couldn't find you. And day by day, you never came back.' 

'My father. His job took him to Busan, so we had to move. They didn't tell me a thing until the day we moved. It was a surprise to me just the same.' He smiles a bit weakly. 'But should we continue this somewhere else? As fun as it it reminicing, I can't crouch under this thing forever. I'm not quite that small anymore.' He chuckles

I forgot for a moment we were under children's slide, so it made me laugh. 'Yes, let's move over there.' I gesture to the bench on the side

We walked over to the bench, where he started pressing on it for some weird reason.

'What are you doing?' I laugh

'I remember you falling off this thing once because one of the boards wasn't screwed in, so I'm just making sure you won't die.' He chuckles

'I did? I don't even remember that.' How does he?

'You must have hit your head so many times that your memory is all boggled.' He teases, then sits down, and I sit next to him. 'You must have more questions. Fire away.' 

'I don't know where to begin really. Now that I know it's true, it doesn't feel real.' I chuckle. 'How come you came back?' 

'Again, my dad. The branch is moving and he got stationed here. Well, he asked to be moved here. I don't really know why, but I can't complain.' He smiles

'Wait, are you back at your old house? The one down the street?' It would mean we are neighbours. I would have seen him, though.

'Not anymore. But I am about 2 miutes further. 3 houses further, to be more exact.'

'How come I never see you? We should be going to school and everything the same way. I would have seen you around.' I turn so I'm sitting turned towards him, spreading my legs over the wooden bench

'I think you just end up going later is all. You are either late or right on time.' He laughs. 'Or you fall down somewhere on the way and get stuck.'

'When do you go?' I ask

'What, you wanna go with me?' He teases, smirking a little

'Well... maybe. I don't see why not. We live near and go to the same school and all. It would be more fun going together than it would do go separately.' I shrug

'7:30 by the park entrance?' He smiles as he asks

'Mhm, mhm!' I nod enthusiastically, grinning like an idiot. It's just going to school. Why am I even happy about that?

He must have seen something and his face lost a bit of the smile, but he quickly turned back to me, smiling again.

'What is it?' I ask, turning around a little. 'Shit.' I curse under my breath as I watch Jungkook strut his way down towards my house

'Do you wanna go to him?' Jimin asks. I turned back to him and he had some kind of saddish smile on

'Not at all. I don't even wanna look at him right now.' I mumble. Whenever I  see him, I want to run. I just can't ever decide if I wanna run to him or from him.

'In that case.' He slides over closer to me, putting one arm around me on the bench. 'Lean in. You can hide so he doesn't see you.' He smiles

'Are you sure that's okay?' I don't wanna use him as my shield

He smiled and put his hand on my hair, pulling me closer to lean on his chest. 'Yes. I am sure. Don't worry.' 

I thought he smelled good when we were up in that mountain, but he smells even better now. Amazing, actually. 

'I assume he often does this?' He asks quietly. I am too ashamed to even look at him, so I just nodded lightly against his chest. I feel like I can tell him anything. He feels like a security and support blanket. Not something I feel when I'm with Jungkook

'I know it's not my place to butt in, and I do not know what happened or what is happening with the two of you, but after hearing him yesterday, I can only tell you that nothing good will come out of this. He will just hurt you.' His voice was full of understanding. He wasn't being cocky or giving me a lecture. It was just a genuine concern

'I think I'm hurting myself more than he is. I know what I should do, I just...' I trail off, trying to find the words

'You just love him and you can't bring yourself to push him away.' I guess he can find the words for me. I nod again, nuzzling a bit closer. 

'If you ever need help with it, just ask.' 

I can't talk. He said the most correct thing and it hit deep. If I keep talking, I'll just cry and fall apart, and I cried enough because of him.

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