CHARISMA | JJK

06

low self esteem.
ruining her looks.
going on fad diets

just to please her boyfriend.

well,

he broke up with her anyway.

"j-jungkook. i'll...i'll–"
she heaved into his tear soaked, white school shirt.

he allowed it. his arms stayed put
and comforted her
as much as he could.

"i'll spend my life doing whatever i can do to please y-you." she confessed.

he was still confused.
she just ran into his arms
in complete, unknown agony.

of course, she looked beautiful but
unhealthy and unhappy.

he knew there was something terribly wrong.

"th-the other kids they... accused me of giving them a-acne and–"

shhh.

he caressed her back to try and calm her down.

then he
figured it out.

chunhwa had spent a lot of effort trying to change her looks and style. a new outfit every week.
and every single one of those weeks she would run up to him,
her boyfriend,
and ask him what he thought of it.

this would continue
until her skin was practically a thin layer of cling film that stretched across her bones.
she could've snapped at any given moment.

and all this effort, resulted in a breakup.
devastation.
sorrow.

but that became only temporary.

jungkook
changed it all around.

。。。

the best time to cry
is out in the rain.

with a kitten.

and that was exactly what soojeong had been doing.
even sacrificing her umbrella to shelter the naïve, helpless creature in the cardboard box that stood in front of her kneeling self, head sunk between her knees.

touch.

"soojeong? are you okay?"

she knew exactly who it was, she didn't bother looking up.

"what did chunhwa say?"

this time, she looked.

"she said i wasn't good enough for you."

"why?" his tone changed.
he was still stood behind her.

"because you're you,
i guess."

"come with me. i need to show you something." he didn't hesitate.

a confused sound escaped her lips and he tugged her upwards, leaving the kitten alone.

an almost inaudible
meow
was heard
until they were out of sight.