Without You

Chapter 4

It's been a week and Jungkook has stopped trying to communicate with me. Yesterday, last night, I burnt myself again because my mom starting shouting about leaving the family. My arm is kind of sore from it, but I can deal with it. I can deal with the burning more than the shouting from my parents.

"JiYoon!" I hear someone call. I turned around, seeing Jungkook running towards me. Art class just ended, which means school has ended. I was walking on the way to an ice cream shop.

I turn back around and continue walking. Then, he grabs my arm tightly, literally gripping it tight and pulls me towards him, turning me around to face him. I wince and pull my arm back, rubbing it over my sweater sleeves. I don't look at him.

He grabs my arm again, but softly and drags me somewhere where hardly anyone is at school. It's not really isolated, but it is slightly empty. He grabs the bottom of my sleeve, and I grab his hand to stop him.

"Lift up your sleeve." He says. I stay looking away from him and I shake my head. He just keeps his hand holding my sleeve.

"JiYoon, lift it up. I'm not stupid." He adds. I start breathing harder and slowly let go of his hand. He lifts up my sleeve and I look away more. I have no idea what his facial expression was.

He lifts my arm up more, I'm guessing for him to see it better. Then I feel his thumbs caress my burns. Then, he pulls my sleeve back down and I finally look at him.

"Well, it's not what I thought but it's the same thing." He says. I look at the floor. "JiYoon, I have a sister, okay? A sister who self-harmed as well, but she didn't burn herself. She used a razor."

I look at him and he's staring straight at me. I just nodded, still not talking. We both stare at each other awkwardly for a few seconds, and then he looks away. He looks at the floor, then at the sky, then at the trees to the right side of us.

"You know, since you don't have anyone you can uhm, talk to...you can talk to me." He says, both my eyebrows slightly raise from confusion and shock. He slightly looks back at me, then scoffs looks away again.

"You know what, never mind. Forget what I said." He says. "Just don't do it again."

My mouth starts to curve into a smile for seeing this side of Jungkook. I wanted to laugh because it was too unbelievable. Instead, I ran to him and hugged him. I didn't see his facial expression but to my surprise, he hugged me back. Tightly.

"Awwwwwww." I hear someone say. He pushes me away. I turned to see who it was and it was TaeHyung. My eyes grew wide and I turned around and start to walk away.

"Where you going?" Jimin says, stepping in front of me. I have no idea how he got there. He gives me the creepiest smile.

"I thought you said you weren't interested in any of us." Jimin adds, looking at Jungkook and then back at me. I stay quiet. "Oh, you won't talk to me but you'll talk to Jungkook?"

"Hyung, she hasn't spoken to me either." Jungkook says.