Jisoo's eyes fluttered open. There she sat, covered with a mixture of tears and sweat, in a room filled with white. Even through her blurry vision, she could see someone standing over her, shaking her gently and waking her up from her nightmare of a slumber. For how long she had been sleeping, she wasn't sure of, but she finally realised that it had been all a dream.
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It wasn't just an airy-fairy dream though, because what had happened in her dream... had truly happened before. It was just her sub-conscious mind resurfacing the memory of her first encounter with the person she missed the most in this world. Nothing more, nothing less.
As Jisoo's eyes finally came into focus, she could finally see someone familiar standing over her. Her eyes widened in shock as she got to her feet slowly, her head feeling as light as a feather and the room around her spinning. He was wearing a suit, which she had never seen him wearing before, but it was him.
There could be no mistake.
"Kim..." Jisoo felt a lump form in her throat as she tried to vocalise the words that had formed on her tongue. "Kim Taehyung?"
Tear sprang to her eyes as she rushed forward and hugged the man standing before her. She couldn't believe it. Was this really happening? Or was all this just a dream as well? Jisoo pinched herself, and felt pain. She felt actual pain.
Which meant that... she wasn't dreaming.
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"Taehyung-ah!" Jisoo cried out as she pulled away and looked up at the face she hadn't seen for ages. "Do you know how much I missed..."
Jisoo's voice trailed away.
Seokjin stared down at her, his disappointment evident all over his face. "Jisoo-ya, it's me."
Jisoo was just as disappointed as he was as she sunk to the ground, curling into a ball and wrapping her arms around her head. She sobbed quietly, her heart smashing into a million pieces once again.
It wasn't the first time this had ever happened. Ever since Taehyung had left, Jisoo had the same recurring dream over and over again - happy memories together with him which always took a dark turn and ended in a tragedy. Jisoo hadn't had such dreams in a long while... in fact, it had been months. But today was a big day, and Jisoo was just catching a quick nap for a while, and it had to happen.
And she felt horrible that Seokjin had to witness it, because she knew how bad he longed for her to recover. And how much he longed for... her.
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"You're having those dreams again, aren't you?" Seokjin asked quietly as he bent down to pat Jisoo on the back, trying to calm her down. "You were screaming in your sleep."
"I- I... I- I haven't had them in a long time, oppa." Jisoo looked up, and saw the pain in Seokjin's eyes. "I- I'm really s-sorry."
"Why are you apologising?" Seokjin shook his head slowly, swallowing hard as he helped Jisoo back onto the couch she had fallen asleep on. "It's not your fault, so don't apologise."
Jisoo bit her lower lip, avoiding Seokjin's gaze.
Seokjin pursed his lips and looked away. "I'm sorry I'm not the person you were waiting for."
Jisoo raised her eyebrows as she looked up at Seokjin, who tried to shrug everything off with a smile but the hurt in his eyes gave him away.
"Oppa, don't say that-" Jisoo frowned. "I really thought you were-"
"Come on, it's time to go-" Seokjin changed the topic quickly, clearly not wanting to broach the subject. He glanced at his watch one more time, before he got to his feet and adjusted his suit a little. Mustering up all that he could muster in him, he forced a smile and held out a hand to Jisoo. "Are you ready?"
