ROOM #5: Park Jimin (7)

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"What's up with you and that girl you bought in?" Jungkook nudge Jimin as soon as he saw the small interaction Haneul and Jimin had. Park freaking Jimin just waved hi at the same staff trice this week. He normally goes shy whenever he sees a staff checking him out, but Jungkook guessed not with this girl.

Jimin gave Jungkook a confused look. "What do you mean what's up with us?"

Jungkook shook his head, annoyed by this prick who tries to act innocent. "You... Whenever we're here in HYBE you do nothing but watch everything that girl does with your huge sparkly eyes, following her around with that annoying subconscious smile on your lips that I hate to admit — you're pretty obvious. All the hyungs think you like her." Jungkook exhaled, his voice getting monotonous every time a word drip out of his mouth.

Jimin's eyes widened at that. "What?! N-No... It's not l-like that, I do not like her—"

"You love her?!" Jungkook faked a gasp, teasing his hyung.

Jimin suddenly felt conscious, he looked around to check if Haneul is anywhere near before looking back at Jungkook and pinching him lightly. "Shut up, that's not what I said!"

Jungkook groaned, rolling his eyes. "Then what's up with you and that girl?"

"I..." Jimin looked at his hands, a coy smile playing on his lips. "I just see myself in her? Maybe that's why I care so much."

"Since when are you so considerate about how other feels?" Hoseok suddenly butter in the conversation, making Jimin feel more shy about the topic.

He looked at his hyung in the eye and answered what he felt about Haneul. "Well of course, I cared so much because she's an ARMY, but later on... She kept reminding me of how I was — still am, but getting better. I wanted to never see her cry again, after seeing her cry, I hated it. No one should be crying over so much unsaid pain."


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When she thought that she was getting close to Jimin but suddenly she found out that he's going out with another woman. Apparently, he's again with the same woman who called him in hurry the first time they met in the bakery. Haneul sighed at herself, she felt so stupid. After the staffs celebration, everyone went back to their job and she and Jimin couldn't be together due to his hectic schedules. She thought she would have a chance, yet here she is crying over a guy who promised to be her friend not her lover. Her delusional side feeling down, seeing him coming with the same woman.

"And I started not being able to write love stories anymore... I couldn't imagine how love would work out, it just always feel impossible to love and to be loved." She sadly sat by herself on the roof top staring at the lunchbox she made for him, but didn't have the courage to give. 

"I just want to start imagining we can be together again like I always do every night... But recently, reality has been dragging me away." She mumbled to herself.

"Reality did what now?"

Hanuel almost jump on her seat when she heard the familiar voice called out. She immediately dusted her bum and with wide eyes she stare at Jimin approaching her.

"What are you doing here, Haneul?"

"It's l-lunch time and I wanted to be a-alone."

Jimin chuckled, "Alone again?"

Haneul pouted at him, "You know... Nobody heals ourselves but us, right?"

"Who told you that?" Jimin mused, staring at her who's awkwardly hiding the lunchbox that he can obviously see. "I thought I promised you that I'll help you heal."

Haneul glared at him, rolling her eyes bravely. "But you were away with another woman?" She asked sarcastically.

"I've been gone for a week and you think unimaginable things. You're really something, you know!" He laughed at her reply, he couldn't take this anymore. "That's my mother! We went to our home town because it was my cousin's wedding."

Haneul's eyes grow wider. Her voice turning shy again. How stupid of me, why am I like this... And I'm not even her girlfriend! "So you're not leaving me alone?"

"What are you talking about? It doesn't matter if I'll be here beside you or not. Like you said, you just have to think of me and you'll be happy again."

"Who said I'm thinking about you?" She asked, confused this information.

"I just want to start imagining we can be together again like I always do every night." He said, mentioning the words that she thought he didn't hear. Giggling he said, "How was I in your imagination? Am I goodlooking?"

She sulked. That's very embarrassing, but what more can she hide... This boy seems like someone who wouldn't leave her alone unless she's dying in embarrassment.

"But that's different... I need you stay by my side." She find excuses just to end the discussion.

"But aren't I always inside your heart?" Jimin shook her head, blurting another cheesy remark to tease her more. Yet he finds the right words again to make her calm down. "Don't be afraid of tomorrow... Once we're there, we'll figure out what to do. I'll help you. I'll root for you. Always."

He said the words he wished someone told him when he was going through the same.

"I'll stay, Haneul." He smiled. "I'll listen and will always be here to comfort you until you feel like you can stand on your own again. Until you can walk around just fine like me... I'll wait for you and will figure out what way should we go to end this dark path."

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