缘分 y͏u͏a͏n͏f͏e͏n͏ -; j͏u͏n͏g͏r͏i͏

h e r e y e s 她的眼睛

jeongguk then tears his gaze away from yerim, as he holds his hand tightly while clenching his teeth tightly, making a small smile as he faces the crowd. all he wants to do at that point in time is to run forward to yerim and embrace her tightly, allowing her to cry out as much as she wants with all the pain and grief she is holding in since he knows how affected she is with the passing of jonghyun, for the late male has been a great older brother figure towards yerim ― taking care of her since her debut, cheering her on during her difficult times and basically, being there for her.

he knows how sad yerim is for her eyes said everything; instead of her usual sparkling eyes, they are currently dead and soulless; furthermore, it is probably the first time she has lost someone this close and precious to her. apart from coping with the loss of a colleague, yerim has also been losing confidence about herself with all the heavy criticism by netizens, who have aggressively been targeting her since jonghyun's funeral.

criticized for turning up for his funeral to displaying 'disrespectful' actions towards her seniors at the funeral, and today, just a few minutes ago, scolded online by the different users for the lack of a smile on her face during the red carpet, calling her unprofessional and a 'kid who is throwing tantrums'. jeongguk was there to witness the breakdown of yerim's crying when she read the online comments just, and he had to calm the girl down, while making sure that no gadgets were in her sight, and that nobody was to mention about anything made from the netizens.

glancing in her direction again, jeongguk feels the sense of helplessness within him ― as her boyfriend, how he wishes he can comfort her and shield her away from the public's eyes, who have been cruel since her debut, cover her ears and eyes from the comments and tells her that she is not whatever they commented, and instead, she's more than that, comfort her as she grieves over the loss of a loved one.

but of course, he is unable to do so due to his image as an idol, along with hers and fans, that can never come to terms that idols are humans, that they have a life, that they deserve to love somebody, and be in a relationship with somebody else.

and now, he has to watch the love of his life hide behind, and develop an even greater fear of cameras and the public's eye just because people are mean and scary.

as soon as the idols retreat backstage, jeongguk makes his way through the crowd, scanning for yerim, when he catches sight of her sobbing in the arms of sooyoung, as the older girl caresses her hair gently, while she herself, tries to hold back her own tears. the male then carefully approaches the girls, as sooyoung catches sight of him, while shooting him a small smile.

"jungkook!" a familiar voice calls out to him, and he turns around to see joohyun walking towards him. as she stops before him, she then sighs softly as he notices the sadness in the older girl's eyes as well, "yerim hasn't been talking to us much, and like you know, she's been locking herself up in the room while crying herself to sleep. and h-honestly, we aren't doing that well too."

the male simply returns a sympathetic smile, as he lowers his head slightly, wishing that the girls will gain some strength, along with rest of their colleagues. "anyway, i-i hope you can be there for yerim, because i think she needs you the most right now," the older female simply pats his shoulder, while shooting him a grateful look.

"don't worry, noona, i will take good care of her," the male states firmly, as if promising the older female, before informing her that taehyung is looking for her too, and he watches her heads off in the direction where he last saw his hyung.

jeongguk then dips his head as he greets sooyoung, who simply gives a smile as yerim takes a step backwards, facing the male before he moves forward, enveloping her in a huge hug, as she lets out another cry, burying her face in his shoulder. "you should go and rest," he tells sooyoung, who gives a weak smile, as she walks off towards red vevlet's dressing room.