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Setting my phone on the counter in the bathroom, I couldn't help but laugh at the messages from Jimin. He was always so silly and dramatic, making me laugh all the time with his outrageous comments and messages. Sometimes I wondered what was serious and what was playful, but a part of me was afraid to go down that road, to cross a line that could potentially destroy our relationship. I was so grateful to have him in my life, by my side. He was the true definition of what a friend should be. Even when he called me out on my bullshit.
As I stripped out of my clothes, I couldn't help but think of my lunch with Jin. The conversations had been strange, feeling a little off and I couldn't put my finger on why. He had seemed really bothered by the fact that I had ordered something different and I knew it was because Jin like stability in certain things and hated when things changed. Ironic considering the number of girls he dated. Maybe he just liked the stability with me? That could be the explanation for his weirdness. Of everything in his life, I knew I was the one constant, the one that never told him. Except lately of course.
Part of me felt bad for brushing Jin aside the way I had done lately, but in reality, I had done it so often to Jimin that I was finally giving my sweet adorable best friend the loyalty he deserved, the loyalty he should have been getting all along. Knowing it was the right thing to do, I tried to push aside the guilty feelings and focus on the idea that this was what I needed to do. Not only to show Jimin that he was worth it, but to also show myself that I was. That I didn't need to cater to Jin all the time, that I was not being selfish by asking for common decency, that I could be the one to someone eventually even if I knew it would never be Jin.
Showering quickly, I grabbed a towel off the rack and dried off before moving back into my bedroom to get dressed. As I pulled on the burgundy shirt and black dress pants I had taken out of my closet, I wondered how things were going to go when I started at Min's. It was hard to believe that I would be starting there in just two more days, that in just two days my life was going to change. The last eight had flown by and I was curious to start this new chapter in my life, this new life without always having Jin there everyday.
Trying to push thoughts of Jin from my mind, I went into my bathroom, taking care of my hair and putting on my makeup. Satisfied with the results, I went in the small laundry room off the hallway and pulled Jimin's favorite blanket out of the dryer. I had made sure to wash it, wanting it to be fresh for him tonight. Folding it up, I set it on the sofa, knowing he would grab it as soon as he came in. I pulled his snacks out of the cabinet and set them on the counter, smiling to myself as I looked down at the bags of chips and candy. Even though he teased me about it sometimes, I liked having the opportunity to spoil Jimin. I just hoped that whomever he ended up with would do the same, give him everything he wanted because he definitely deserved it.
