In the end he didn't come, taehyung didn't come at all. I was visited by the others and i guess that's enough, but if he could only make an effort to at least apologize i would've had second thoughts,
before i decided to go back to Australia on my birthday..
February 11th, just a single week left, if i arrive safely there, i could have the chance to celebrate my birthday along with jaehyun's as his was just a few days after
"so you actually decided to go back? " jaehyun placed his bag on the chair and stood beside my bed, hospital bed of course, doctors advised me to stay for a day and told me that i can get discharged the day after
"yeah, why? " i asked, i thought he would be delighted as he was the one telling me and reminding me to go back, so why is he looking so hesitant now
"no nothing, I'll go back with you then, I'll wrap up my works and when you decide on a date tell me so i can book the tickets" he continued
"no i already decided on a date jae, " i brought up, and then continued to tell him how i planned to go back to my homeland on my birthday
He look flabbergasted by my statement just now, what? Is it wrong? Unless my damn of a mother personally come here to pick me up, i won't bother to rethink again
He agreed with the date and went ahead to left for his work
I picked up my phone that was currently charging and saw not one new messages from taehyung but multiple from others, why am i even expecting for him to even say a word, he made up his mind already, to not be a part of my life anymore..
I took a deep breath and thought to myself,
If he chose that, then there's no reason for me to stay anymore, go back to Australia and continue your life..
Well that's what i thought i would hold on to until D-Day of course
TWO DAYS LATER
at chaeyoung's house
I started to pack up my things, five more days until i go back, jaehyun helped me settle up with my apartments, school etc. while i managed my clothes, money and all
"are you going to tell them about you going back? " he asked, currently typing things on his computer while scrolling through his phone as reference
"no, m-maybe.. when the time comes" i hesitated
I wanted to tell them, but i couldn't bring myself to do so, especially when i know there's a possibility they'll try to hold me back, i can't handle all that, the most i could do is telling one of them, probably namjoom or yoongi and tell them to tell the rest
and about the finals, it's going to be on my birthday, not that the others know it's my birthday though
I tried asking namjoon if i could pull back from participating in the finals, of course he begged me not to at first but i made up multiple excuses, including the fact that im still feeling uncomfortable after what happened the last round, in the end he agreed and i felt a bit guilty
and plus, due to certain circumstances, the organizers and sponsors suddenly announced that for the final round there are no requirements for an opposite gender to join, so that means, they can still win without a girl for finals
It was kind of surprising how they suddenly decided on this, on the day i pulled back my participation too, but it's for the best, for everyone's sake, especially mine, because there comes a time i need to think about myself above anything else and this decision seem to be the best
As days passed by, my anxiety went from bad to worse, i finished packing but now i don't even feel like getting off of bed, something is caging me, chaining me and i don't know what that is
"chaeyoung, there's an uncle at the front door, he's saying you know each other, do you want to let him in? " jaehyun yelled from outside my bedroom
The only uncle i know is uncle dong wook and he seems to be the only one i can really depend on now, so i said yes
He knocked on my bedroom door, and i went ahead and unlocked it
"god you look sick, where the hell did you go to? The North Pole?" he joked
My room was dark, it was empty and messy, I don't have enough motivation to clean up, so i decided to only clean when im going back
"haha funny, " i replied back sarcastically
We both took a seat outside at the dining table, i saw uncle's bag he usually carries around with food and i can clearly smell good food there
"i cooked some chicken soup, eat some, you look like a damn corpse chaeyoung" he exhaled, serving a bowl of soup in front of me as i lifted up the spoon and started eating
"so? I heard you're going back to Australia?" hearing him knowing that made me choke on idk, a chicken piece maybe
How would he know, no one else knows other than my parents, and jaehyun, maybe jaehyun told him, that seems more likely
"yeah.. " i answered, taking a spoonful of soup and acknowledging how good it tastes
"you know this is very random yet surprising fact but your parents and i used to be close friends yk.." another shocking news coming out from his mouth and i choked, yet again
"WHAT?! " him? and my parents? THE park dan tae and cheon seo jin?!? No offense but they don't seem like the kind of person to be acquainted with a person like uncle lee, who is someone truly genuine
"HAHHAA i never told you that have i, actually this is supposed to be a top secret, but me meeting you was planned from the start, your parents told me to take care of you"
My fuck, how many secrets can this man contain
"are you serious? " i asked, it was too weird. to be true
"i have no reason to lie" he assured
"then why now? why tell the secret now? " it's suspicious no matter how much i look at it
This driver i met from the first day, turns out to be my parents friends??
"because your father contacted me yesterday...
My father? why would he?- he's not the type to bother about my life.. well at least it's not my mother mweheh
"he's getting a divorce with your mom, seems like they had a big fight about you and your twisted shitty life"
Oh, i thought
Honestly I'm not that shocked hearing this news, it is to be expected, they always try to be more superior than each other, but it still surprised me how they got a divorce because of me, i mean, good for me at least, i can escape from my mother and at least live a life with my father without him questioning me every day when i come back
"ah, iknew it, the whole new resort thing is just to revert the attention from this divorce of theirs" i took another spoon of soup
"and they wanted me to ask you, whether you want to go with your mother or father, your mother said she didn't really care and your father-"
"my father, I'll go with my father" i chose, it's an easy question, i didn't even bother to think
"that was fast, " uncle lee nodded
"well, that's my best choice, but why haven't the news talk about it though? They don't have the whole court thing?"
"they did, they actually divorced earlier this year before you even came to korea.. "
"WHAT?! "
woah, if it's like that, than what was the reason for them to send me to Korea?! For me to have a good insight MY ASS, Y'ALL JUST WANTED ME TO BE GONE TO NOT INTERRUPT THIS BIG PLAN OF YOURS
WAH, really, they're the worst
"so the main reason i came here was to ask you that, and since you chose your father, he unexpectedly gave you the choice to stay here? under my guardian of course, so? still going back? "
i really don't know, i promised myself not to rethink so many times but why does this have to happen? so suddenly my father is giving a shit and my mother is letting go of me, am i really free?
I tried thinking again, i have nothing to lose now, dad would probably tell his secretary to send my stuffs here if i choose to stay, but really, what do i have here, to be enough of a reason to stay
'you're just a burden, go back to Australia' a sentence from taehyung came to mind ( shit )
yeah.. that's it, i already planned everything and packed up, I'll just live a free life, but in Australia, where I have many things awaiting
"I'll stick to my original choice, I'll go back,"
↳ AUTHORS NOTE ♡
happy 900 reads everyone and we have already reached the last phase of the story!! Not the last chapter, but last phase, meaning, we're getting near to the ending!! Thank you for all the supports and thank you for staying until now everyone!! Stay safe and lots of love everyone <33