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Chapter 9

"Omma~, don't say that," he complained, hating that she thought so.

"It's the truth, son. You help too much and I'm sorry we depend on you."

"On what else would I spend my money if it is not in my family? It is my duty to protect you," he reminded her as always, he was the man of the house since he was young, they were always going to be first for him, and dedicating himself to making tattoos and drawing a manga had been a very good thing to help in the house economy, even if it meant slowly turning into an outsider.

He was happy with that anyway, the friends he had were real, without judgments and by his side despite everything.

"It's not your duty, but I will let you believe it because it makes you feel good," she told him in such a sweet way that it melted his heart, reminding him of when he was a child and she read him manhwas to sleep, acting the scenes to do it more entertaining when she actually had to be boring and help him to sleep.

He decided to conclude the issue. "It's a deal then"

"And... have you met any good girl for you?" She inquired, as interested in his nonexistent love life as she was for Ji Chang Wook's new love interest in his dramas. "I met Tzuyu the other day, she is prettier than before if that is possible. That girl is a doll," she commented casually, with affection for the people who characterized her.

"Oh...," he couldn't say more, still feeling that slight bitter feeling for her.

"I don't know what happened to you two but she asked for you and you know, she wouldn't do it if she kept talking to you"

"You're right," he nodded, because he could never lie to her.

"Won't you tell me more?"

"It's nothing mom, we grew apart and that's it," it wasn't a lie. They weren't talking since he broke up with her definitely and forever. Maybe just one or two texts but nothing more.

"She was a very good friend of yours, Kookie," she lamented over him, because she knew he honestly loved her.

"I know"

"You were in love with her"

"I was"

"Hell, you give so little information, you frustrate me," she complained like a litrle girl doing a tantrum and made him smile. "Anyway, I just hope you two can be friends again, she loves you"

But not as he wanted and he was finally over her but completely terrified of getting back into a situation like that with another girl.

"And I love her," he admitted.

"Just as friends?"

"Believe me, that's official," Jungkook was already clear after the last thing that had happened, when he finally broke up with her with all the pain in his heart. He was done with her.

"It's the best," his mother surprised him with that statement, she had always been very much on Tzuyu's side. "You deserve someone who loves you so much that breaking your heart would never be an option, Kookie, and I think that girl did it, so it's not the right one."

Her words hurt, he knew that deep down it was the truth after all and he felt like an idiot for thinking at some point that Tzuyu was that girl, and it hurt to think that maybe he wasn't going to find someone who wanted him like that. So in the end, keeping Lisa as just his friend wasn't such a bad idea, but having her close and increasing his crush for her while she just wanted him as a friend was a bad idea... it scared him so much.

"You make it so simple," he sighed, his head full of messy thoughts.

"Honey, love is simple when one loves well," wise words from someone who had been loved well, hard to believe for someone who had not been loved (in that sense). "Oh! I've remembered! With your sister's birthday approaching, I've saved up money to pay her a party," she changed the subject so quickly.