collateral damage 🔞 - COMPLETE

•twenty-one• before

~~~~~Jungkook

We just finished up a tour, and I'm exhausted. I know the Hyungs are also, and we are supposed to get a little time off. Jimin and I talked about going to Busan for a visit, and I'm anxious to do it. Jin Hyung has been true to his word, and is trying to help me find Haerin. The problem is that noone seems to know where she is. I even called her parents home, and the staff that answered acted like she had never heard of her. Do they not know the Choi's have a daughter?

Of course Mr. and Mrs. Choi were on a business trip, so I couldn't speak to them. The staff also said that Naeun Noona doesn't work there anymore. Hyung talked with a detective friend who said he would see what he can find out. I thought she was supposed to go to university in Seoul. At least that was her dream... Did her parents stop her? I asked my mother, again, to find out anything she can. She got mad for some reason though. I don't know what her problem is with Haerin all of a sudden. She says that it's just that I should be focused on my career, and not 'some girl from high school'.

Ugh... I really hate this! Where did she go? Jin Hyung enters my room and speaks to me in his silly tone.

"Jungkook-ah... Come have dinner. I made your favorite."

"Coming Hyung!"

"Oh... I almost forgot... I heard from my friend today... I'm sorry Kookie-ah... He says that there's nothing on your girl after high school. He thinks it's weird enough that he's going to keep at it, but I wanted to let you know."

"Thanks Hyung... I just don't get it... People don't just disappear..."

"We did though, didn't we?"

I turn to see Jimin Hyung standing in my door. I can't quite read his face, but I'm sure I won't have to wait long. Jin Hyung leaves for the kitchen again and Jimin sits down on my gaming chair.

"Why didn't you ask for my help with this Kook?"

"I didn't think you really cared... When I talked to you about it, you seemed irritated mostly."

My voice definitely shows him my frustration about this. He sighs and stares at me. He looks sad, but I'm not feeling sympathic. He has never shown me that he cares that we left her behind. He just kept telling me she's alright and we'll see her someday. Now he's sitting there acting like I should have included him...

"I miss her too Jeongguk..."

"You haven't called me like that in a while Jimin Hyung..."

"I'm sorry you thought I didn't care... I'm sorry that I've let everything we used to be to each other change... You're my best friend Jeongguk... You and Haerin... But I couldn't let myself think of her... It was too painful..."

"She's disappeared Hyung... Noone can tell me anything... I feel like something is really wrong in that."

"Did you ever think maybe she married? Or maybe she left the country..."

"She wouldn't marry someone else... Would she? She said she loved me..."

"And we said we would see her in 3 days..."

"I wasn't lying when I told her that! It just... It wasn't supposed to be that way... You know!!! Why are you reminding me of this?!?"

"I miss her too Jeongguk... I'm just trying to think of why she can't be found. If she gave up on us, then she maybe accepted someone else... I don't know..."

"I don't know what to do Hyung..."

"We do what we have been doing Jeongguk... We give our all to ARMY and the other members. Someday, maybe we'll see her again. She would want this for us... She would want you to be happy... Now let's go and eat the food Jin Hyung made."