C'mon, hold my hand and let's take risks. Together.
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''I'm bored.'' Mihi whines, ''Kookie!'' She shouts
''What?'' He blandly says, showing no interest
Mihi kicks him under the table, ''Yah! After the 'Jiru' project is done, i'm bored~ there's nothing to do!''
''And... Why am I being kicked?'' He says
''Because I felt like it.''
He scoffs, ''Child abuse.''
''Child? Excuse me, I think you're the second oldest out of the four of us.''
''Well... I'm the youngest out of my hyungs...'' Jungkook mutters
''Sure.''
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It felt like Haru's insides turned sour as she recived a couple of letters. Hate letters. For the past couple of days, letters popped up here and there. It was the morning, and already the day seemed bad. She opened one of them:
Dear ugly,
Seriously? What did you do? Pay him? Make a deal? It must be fake, right? Really, you need to get a life. You must think you're dreaming. But you're not. GO AWAY. No one needs someone like you in the world. I feel bad for Jimin oppa...
I pity you. I really hope you get hit by a bus so you can be at peace. Jimin needs a better life than having to be with you.
Go to hell~ ^•^
Sincerely,
The people who despise you
Some of them were just one word insults, others were like essays.
''Good~ Morning~!'' Jimin's voice pops up
Haru almost jumped out of her skin, she quickly hid the letters, ''J-Jimin! Don't do that!'' She whacks him lightly with one of her textbooks.
''Ah! Alright! Sorry! Don't need to hit me- ah!'' He shields himself
Haru sighs, ''Let's go to class. C'mon.''
''Wait.'' He blocks her and looks at her, ''I sense something fishy.''
''F-fishy?''
''Yeah, I can feel clouds over your head. What's wrong?'' His arm casually slides over her shoulders
''Nothing. I'm fine.''
Jimin takes his freee hand and pinches her cheek, ''Turn that frown, upside down!''
Haru rolls her eyes and chuckles, ''Oh shut up.''
Jimin smiles and walks next to her.
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Jimin secretly snuck glances at Haru, who still had that hard face on. What's going on? Did something happen?
He nudges her, ''Yah, no frowning. Smile~'' he whispers
''If I smile, my jaw and cheeks will die.'' She replies
''Well, just don't frown.''
''Can't help it.''
Jimin daringly and quickly pecks Haru on the cheek, ''That'll make you smile- see!'' He points to her face
''What the hell! Jimin!'' She wipes her cheek with her hand. The corners of her mouth were indeed smiling. ''Jerk.'' She jokes
Jimin sticks out his tongue, ''Aw, but you liked it! I saw you smile!''
Haru and Jimin heard gaging-like noises behind them. ''What?''
''Bleh! Hyung you're so cheesy, it's gross.'' Jungkook coughs
''I never knew my brother was like this...'' Mihi covers her eyes
Haru facepalms herself while turning red. Jimin just smiles.
---
''Here again? Haru, tell me what's wrong.'' Jimin demands
Haru turns around from leaning on the railing, ''I'm asking you the same question.''
''I come here to nap. What's your reason?'' He smirks
''I...''
''See? No reason.'' Jimin hugs Haru's shoulders, ''Just tell me.''
''It's... Work. There's assignments that I need to complete.''
''Oh! Do you need help? I could help you!'' He smiles
''Nah.''
He pouts, ''Aw, that's mean...''
''Grow thick skin Jimin~''
Jimin playfully glares. Suddenly, a great idea came into mind. "Hey, Haru!"
"What."
He grabs her hand and dashes down the stairs. "Wha- Yah! Park Jimin! Where are you taking me?!"
"You'll see! Say, have you ever played hooky?"
"We're s-skipping?!" She gasps
Jimin laughs, "Asa! Yep! Let's go! The bus is here!"
Haru halts, "Wait, what about work?"
"Oh forget it! Mihi or Kookie will take care of it. Let's go!"
Haru smiles as Jimin sits happily on his seat.
"So... Where are we going?" Haru asks
Jimin shrugs, "I don't know. Do you have any place in mind?"
Haru's jaw drops, "We're skipping and you nor me don't know what the heck we're going to do?!"
"Hehe... Ops. But- oh! Let's get off here." he takes her hand once again and drags her off, "C'mon! Don't be a party pooper!"
"Fine." she says
They went into a coffee shop and bought a snack since they left during lunch time.
"Oh, it's Mihi." Haru says
"Let's see what she has to say. Answer it~" Jimin rubs his hands together
"Hello?" Haru innocently says
"Yah! Oh. Haru! Where are you??? Where's my brother too?! Class is starting soon!"
Jimin takes the phone, "We're skipping."
"WHAT!?'' She screeches
"Yep! Hey, can you take care of the homework for us? Please? Sis~ I love you~" he evilly smirks
They could hear Mihi scoff and sigh, "Fine. You two idiots have fun... without me!" She pouts
"Thanks sis!" Jimin ends the call, ''So! Let's go have fun!''
''Wait!'' Haru halts
''Hm?''
Haru looks at him in the eyes, ''Jimin, why are we doing this?''
''What do you mean?''
Haru drops his hand, ''Is this necessary? Skipping?''
Jimin re-takes her hand, ''It's a healing day. Haru, I really want you to be happy and not stressed.'' He pecks her forehead, ''Now, I don't care if you like it or not, i'm bringing you where i'm going.''
''And that is?''
''Anywhere.'' He starts to walk
''Hey.'' Jimin pulls Haru's hair away, looking at her earlobes. ''Oh. You don't have your ears pierced.''
''Huh? Yeah... Why?''
''I have mine pieced.''
Haru looks closely and counts the holes, ''Oh, you do! I never saw you wear earings though.''
''Well, I get lazy...'' He chuckles
''Why the sudden question?''
Jimin looks at the jewelery store across the street, ''Couple earings?''
Haru giggles, ''No offense, but are you into those type of things?''
''Not really... I thought you might've.''
''No... It's awkward. But should I pierce my ears?''
''It's fine. It's your choice.''
Haru chews on her lip, Jimin does so much for me... Should I pierce them for him? It looks like it would make him happy... "Hey, I was thinking of actually getting them pierced..."
Jimin looks at Haru, baffled. "Huh?"
Haru smiles and touches her earlobes, "I think it would be nice. What do you think?"
"But... Earlier you looked uneasy."
Haru waves her hand, "It's fine. Let's go." they walk across to the jewellery store.
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"Hello!" The store clerk greets them, "How may I help you?"
"Ah, I'm here to get my ears pierced..." Haru shyly says
The female clerk nods, "Okay! Please follow me."
Haru holds Jimin's hand firmly. "L-let's go..." she quavers
Jimin worriedly looks over, "You sure about this? Haru, don't do this if you-"
"I do. I'm... just a little tense, that's all."
Jimin pats her head, "Want me to come with you?"
"Y-yes please..."
He chuckles and walks in.
"Okay, would you like me to put numbing cream on? You might feel soreness and pain later though..." the lady says
"... No. I'd rather feel pain now than later..." Haru whispers
"Okay then. I'll count to three. Ready?"
Haru closes her eyes and squeezes Jimin's hand. Jimin gulps and watches the lady poke holes into his girlfriend's earlobes.
"One... Two... Three!"
A small squeal escape Haru's mouth. "A-are you done?"
"I already pierced them a minute ago." the lady chuckles
"Oh..." Haru says sheepishly, "I didn't really feel anything..."
The lady smiles, "That's good! You're brave. Okay, here are some papers to read over caring. Please take these medicines when eating for this week and next week. Clean your earrings and ears well please. Okay then! We're done! Congrats! You look cute!" The lady smiles
Haru bows, "Thank you.''
Outside Jimin smiles brightly and pinches Haru's cheek, ''Aigoo~ my girlfriend has gotten even more cuter!"
Haru swats his hand away, "Mmph! Shut up, it's sore now..."
Jimin checks the time, "Oh! Haru sit here."
Jimin plops down on a bench.
"Huh? Why? Are you tired?"
"Nope, medicine. Eat the medicine." he takes out the bag and a bottle of water. "Here." he places two round pills
After Haru ate her medicine, Jimin sighs. "Ah, today is such a nice day."
"Indeed." Haru closes the cap of the bottle, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For everything. Jimin, you do so much for me... I..."
"Because your my girlfriend and because I care so much about you. Because I... love you."
A twang of guilt starts to stir on her stomach at the memory of the letters in her locker. "I love you too Jimin... But what if--- what if someone... ah, never mind."
"What? Tell me~"
"Ah, no... it's nothing."
"Pwease~?" He flutters his eyes
"Fine. What if... someone who likes you, wants to... Ruin us."
Jimin chuckles, "Ruin? Of course there will be people who don't like us, we just have to ignore it."
"But---"
"Haru, don't worry about it. You're with me now. This day I made you skip so your mind was free, you've been worrying a lot lately."
Haru was touched, "Today was."
Jimin nods and smiles, "Yep! I'm glad."
Haru turns around and plants her lips on Jimin's "T-thank you, again..." she blushes
Jimin scratches his neck, flushed too. "I-it's fine... Heh."
"I'll be going now."
"Yeah."
After Jimin heard the clicks of the lock, he turned around and walked to his own dorm.
"Mihi!" Haru calls
"You're back! How was it?" She smiles, "I'll fill you in on work later, I need to know what happened."
"Well, I got my ears pierced..."
"Haru~" Mihi calls from the kitchen
"Hm?"
"We ran out of pepper paste, can you go to the store?"
"Sure," Haru says, grabbing her wallet. There was a nice little supermarket down the street, within the campus.
"Thank you!" Haru tried to hurry a bit, she too wanted dinner to come. She felt a soft wind behind her. And the weather wasn't windy. Haru whipped around. Nothing there.
"H-hello?" She yelps. She felt another small gush of wind, like how a person walks fast behind you. This time, when she turned around, there were multiple figures, surrounding her. She couldn't tell if they were male or female. they kept whispering something, tormenting words.
"Why didn't you listen to us?"
"Stay away."
"Go away."
"You don't belong here."
"Why didn't you listen to us?"
"Stay away."
"Go away."
"You don't belong here."
Haru was frozen. The figures rushed up and pushed her around, like amateur bullies. One pulled her hair, ripping a couple of strands out. One figure took a big step and kicked her knee. Haru's mind was blank, what the hell was going on?
"G-Go away!" She yells
The figures laughed,
"Why didn't you listen to us?"
"Stay away."
"Go away."
"You don't belong here."
"Why didn't you listen to us?"
"Stay away."
"Go away."
"You don't belong here."
"Prepare your self for Hell."
Haru shut her eyes tight, hoping a miracle would come and make this stop. It did. When Haru opened her eyes, no one was there. Not a trace of anything. Am I crazy? Who were those people? Haru decided to sprint back to her dorm.
"Haru? Why are you panting?" Mihi hands her a cup of water.
"I... It's fine."
"Okay then... I'll be cooking."
Haru didn't realize her deep breathing. She drew her knees up to her chin, hugging them. She never encountered this situation before. Could these figures be the ones who sent her those letters? Her mind was spinning, how could a nice day go to such Hell?
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