(Jimin's POV)
I was sprinting. The tears that were once running down my face were now permanently stained on my cheeks. Everything is numb. I look down at my hands and see that they are shaking. I don't know if it's because of how scared I am or if it's because of how cold it is.
I slowed down my pace and stopped moving in general, and in that moment, I felt my legs ready to give up. I collapsed on the cold cemented sidewalk.
'I've already went to three other stores, searching left and right for her, and found nothing.'
I slapped myself.
'I need to get it together. I can't give up.' I thought as I got up and began to run and look for another flower shop anywhere nearby. "Please be here. Please let me find you." I said to myself as I found and ran inside another small nearby flower shop further down the street.
There was a little jingle as I swung the glass door open. I scanned through each isle in hope of somehow finding her, but there was no luck.
She wasn't here.
Again.
I stood there with my head down as my sweat was getting worse. I don't know how I could possibly be sweating in this ice cold weather, but I was.
I sighed as the tears started forming again.
'Keep going.'
Once I finished searching the store for the third time, I left the building. "Where else could she be?" I whispered.
'Oh my god. What if Sohyun brought her into a dark alley far far away from here? What if she took her out of the city and has already killed her? What if she's been dead all along, and I've been doing all of this for nothing?'
I yelled in frustration and fell to the ground as I messed up my hair. 'Why is this happening?! What did I do to deserve this?!'
(Eunji's POV)
I felt guilty because Taehyung paid for the flowers -I left my wallet in my purse that was at the hospital- I told him I would somehow pay him back for sure.
I smiled as I looked at the beautiful Stargazer Lilies. They were absolutely gorgeous and they smelled a delicious sweet scent. 'She will love these!' I thought as Tae and I rode in a bus all the way to his grandma's house.
I looked at him. "Why are we going to your grandma's house?" I said curiously.
He stared at me blankly, "Um...I..she...she loves it when I come to visit her. Me and her are very close. She's my go to whenever I need somone..." He lowered his eyes.
Something about the way he said that made my heart cringe. It sounded like he experienced something terribly sad. I wanted to know.
"I think you'll like her just as much as she'll like you." He said softly as he nodded.
"Oh, well then I can't wait to meet her." I smiled sweetly.
Just then a wide smile spread across his face and his eyes look like they were about to pop out of his head which made me laugh.
"You need to try her chestnut cookies! Oh my god they are like taking a bite into heaven!" He closed his eyes and made a face as if he was biting into it. I couldn't help but giggle.
"I hope it's as good as you say it is."
"Trust me. It is." He said seriously causing me to laugh.
"But we'll have to just drop by because we need to hurry up and give your mom her flowers." He said with a small smile.
I nodded and smiled back.
(Taehyung's POV)
Once we made it to my grandma's house I felt myself getting more hyper by the second as I remembered all the fun memories that have taken place here.
And of course, the bad ones as well...
I looked at Eunji who was holding the flowers in her hand as she admired the scenery.
I smiled.
We walked up the two steps that led up to the old front door with a smile on both of our faces.
I knocked on the door and we waited. I looked at Eunji who looked just as excited as I was. I smiled widely at her. Just then the door opened. I turned my head and saw a small old lady who was surprised to see me. "Taehyung ah!" She said opening her arms wide as she embraced me with her warmness. She kissed me on the cheek "I missed you! What made you decide to come see me?" She said smiling brightly.
I looked at Eunji. She followed my gaze and saw Eunji. "Oh!" She said covering her mouth with a shocked expression. A grin then spread across her face. "Well what's your name sweety?" She asked as she walked up to Eunji.
Eunji put out her hand, "My name is Eunji." She said shyly. I watched as my grandma looked down at her hand and laughed "Oh no need for that." She said as she went up and hugged Eunji, catching her by surprise.
I smiled.
"It's nice to meet you Eunji!" She said as she laughed sweetly, releasing the hug. "It's nice to meet you too."
"Why don't you guys come inside, so you can tell me how you guys met!" She said loudly. Me and Eunji both froze. "U-Um no grandma, it's not like that. We..We're just friends." I said embarrassed.
She stopped and looked at both of us and our reactions. "Sure...okay." She said with a slight smirk as she walked inside.
(Eunji's POV)
I looked at Tae whose ears were bright red. I couldn't help but smile. I mean I was embarrassed too, I just thought it was cute seeing him stand there awkwardly.
He cleared his throat and looked at me.
"Ah, I guess we should go ahead." He gestured towards the door with a small smile. I nodded and walked inside as he followed, closing the door.
Tae and I both took off our shoes before walking throughout the house. I looked around as we walked towards the kitchen. Everything was old and dusty. But something about this place made me feel safe. The wood beneath my feet creaked with every step I took. "Um, sorry about that. My grandma can be a little, ya know...weird sometimes." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
"It's okay." I smiled.
"Grandma!" Tae yelled. He looked at me, "Please, make yourself at home. Oh and I'll take these for you. I'll grab a vase and put them in there so they don't dry out!" He smiled as he gently took the wrapped Stargazer Lilies out of my hands and ran off to go find his grandma. I chuckled as I watched him run off like a child.
I turned around and walked into the living room. There were pictures everywhere along with dozens and dozens of photobooks. I found a picture siting on a small little table beside the couch right next to a beautiful vase of flowers. I picked up the old dusty photo.
It was Taehyung. It looked like it was from a long time ago when he was a little kid. There was a boy next him. He looked a bit older than Tae. He had his arm wrapped around Tae's shoulder and they were smiling. They both had birthday hats on their heads.
'I wonder who he was to Tae.'
I flipped over the photo once I noticed there was writing on the back. I read it,
Dear Tae,
You will always be in my heart.
No matter what, promise me you won't forget me.
-Yoongi
I didn't know what to feel. All I knew was that there were so many questions I wanted to ask.
"Eunji!" I heard Taehyung yell from somwhere in the house.
I jumped.
I quickly set down the picture and walked in the direction his voice came from. I found him in the kitchen with a gorgeous vase in his hands that had the flowers in it. "That is beautiful! Thank you Tae!" I said as he handed me the vase.
"Grandma said she would make those chestnut cookies too! And she said that she'll make extra so we can take it to your mom!"
I didn't know what to say. I was so happy. I gave him the brightest smile I could possibly ever give. I went to set the flowers on the table and I turned around to face him and ran up and gave him a nice big hug. "I don't know what to say. I'm just so happy. Thank you Taehyung."
"You're welcome." he said as he hugged me back.
"You're making it really hard to pay you back when you keep being so nice doing these things for me." I said.
He laughed.
I broke the hug and smiled at him again. "I'm glad we're friends."
He softly smiled and then began to walk away. "U-Uh I'll be right back." And with that said he walked off.
'Did I do something wrong? I hope I didn't upset him.' I thought as I stood there confused.
Just then his grandma came out with a big contagious smile on her face. "Sorry. I had to go tinkle."
A smile showed up on my face as I held back a laugh.
"Where's Taehyung ah?" She said with one of her eyebrows raised. I stiffly shrugged, "I don't know. He told me he would be right back."
(Taehyung's POV)
I walked away and went to my favorite room filled with a lot of memories. The guest bedroom that I slept in whenever I spent the night here at grandmas.
I walked in and saw the bed in the same exact spot with the same blankets and pillows left in the same spot they were left in.
The dresser was also the same with the hat siting on top of it along with his note that was on the floor...
I sat on the edge of the bed and remembered the last time I was hear...
**
Knock knock
"Hey grandma, can you get that?" I shouted as I was making my bed after just waking up.
I heard my grandma's footsteps go all the way to the door then open it.
"U-Um is Taehyung here?"
I stopped what I was doing and listened carefully.
"Well yes, why? Did something happen?"
"Um, my s-son, Yoongi told m-me to give Kim Taehyung this if something...w-were to h-happen."
I could hear her start sobbing.
"Oh. Okay, well I'll make sure he gets it." I heard my grandma say.
I felt my heart beating fast. I was so scared. "What happened?" I whispered. I wanted but didn't want to know what it was at the same time.
The door opened and I saw grandma with a hat in her hands.
It was his hat that got him for his birthday...
"Here." She said to me as she placed it in my hands. I looked down at it. Why did he give me this? Did he not like it? I flipped it over and saw a folded note taped inside where his head went.
I took the tape off and grabbed the folded piece of paper. I walked over and set the hat down on the dresser and unfolded the note,
Tae, I just want to say thank you for always being there for me whenever I needed someone. Thank you for being such an amazing friend. I'm sorry I can't make it up to you. I'm sorry I wasn't a good enough friend as you were to me. I'm sorry. Just in case you were wondering where I was, or what happened I should tell you that...I am diagnosed with an unknown disease. The doctors don't know what it is or how to fix it. The disease...it's slowly killing me on the inside starting in my brain and most likely ending with my heart. I haven't told you this because I didn't want you to worry or feel like this is your fault. It's not. You can come visit me in the hospital if you want, but please be aware...I won't remember you. I'm sorry, Taehyung.
-Min Yoongi
**
A tear rolled down my face as I looked at the note that is still on the ground.
'Why? Why did this have to happen to Yoongi?? Why? Why not...me? He doesn't deserve it.'
I took a deep breath. 'I can't do this. Not now. I shouldn't. I need to be happy right now.' I thought as I got up and knew exactly who to find.
(Eunji's POV)
"Grandma! Why was Soonshim locked up in your room?" I looked at him knowing who it was and saw a white medium sized dog in his arms. I was surprised because it looked a bit too big to be carried like that.
"She is too wild sometimes! You should've seen her! She was barking and howling at me everytime I walked past the back door! She was chasing me! I almost had a heart attack!" His grandma yelled getting mad all of a sudden.
"She probably had to go tinkle, Grandma." Tae chuckled causing me too as well.
His grandma didn't say anything in response and just kept making the cookies. Tae walked over to me, "Wanna pet her?" He asked as he put her down on the ground. I excitedly nodded and bent down to pet her. Her fur was really soft I could pet it all day. She went to lick my face and I moved back to try and prevent it, but I fell backwards and she climbed on top of me and started licking my whole face as I began laughing. I could hear Tae laughing as well watching Soonshim licking me all over my head and arms.
"She really likes you!" Tae said.
"Okay okay okay stop." I tried saying between laughs. Soonshim actually stopped licking me and climbed off of me and walked over to the kitchen where grandma was.
Tae helped me up, "Well, you definitely have her approval!"
My face and arms felt so wet and sticky. I gave Tae the 'really' look. He tried holding back a laugh and failed as he started laughing hysterically. I was confused by how funny he thought it was.
Then he started pointing at my hair and laughing more.
"Yah! Get Soonshim out of here! I'm trying to bake! Ahh no Soonshim, you can't eat that!" I heard his grandma shout. Taehyung began laughing harder and louder.
"What are you laughing at?!" His grandma said as she walked to us with her hands on her hips. I turned and looked at her.
"BWAHAHAHA!!"
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