Till Death Do Us Part [Jungkook×Reader]

•58• The Greatest Heartache

2 Years Later

"One two three and here, we are done. ", he said tying the shoelaces of his daughter.

"Dada, you will come to pick me up today? ", she asked with her shining eyes wishing his affirmation for this once.

"I'll try darling. ", his tired eyes gazed her face with his lips tugging into a small smile which almost felt forced.

"Ok... ", it was all the little one could say after hearing the same reply from him since what it felt forever.

He passed a smile to his doll ready to go out as her small fingers grabbed his finger ready to go to school.

"Dada... ", she tried.
"Hmm... ", he signalled her to go on.
"It's Mother's Day tomorrow. ", she said still looking down.

"Your ride is here. ", he said averting his gaze from her towards Hoseok with unease.

"Hey princess, time to go. ", he said chirpily trying to ease the tension in the air.

"Bye Kia. ", he said turning away the next instant.

His steps felt heavy with every move. He dragged his tattered form in his room which was filled with a particular scent. Her scent. Lavender was it. Or jasmine. He couldn't recognise it anymore. It had started to feel foreign to him. His busy fingers searched his pockets reaching out for a smoke in hurry.

He lit the cigarette placing it against his lips inhaling the cancerous smoke in pure desperation as it seemed to soothe his deranged thought cycle.

He didn't realise when his eyes started to water until his shivering fingers wiped it off his cheeks. His angry scowl changed into a frown and his quivering fingers left the cigar. He bit his lips holding back a sob while his legs gave up and he fell down.

Just then his phone rang,
Ring ring!

His hands desperately searched around him until they landed on his phone. He wished so bad for it to be her. He thought he had given up but his hopeless eyes always searched for her. Every alleyway he walked, every corner of the street his eyes reached, they always craved for her.

"Y/n! hello Y/n! Please come back... ", he screamed and begged like a mad man.

"Hello Jungkook! It's me, Namjoon. Please calm down. ", Namjoon panicked hearing his brother in such state.

"Hello hello... Hyung. Did you find her? Is she coming back? Pl... Please say yes hyung... ", he begged.

"Jungkook, the police. They're saying tha...that", he hesitated.
"What hyung! ", he screamed again.

" They've found a body beside the Yan river. It's of a young lady and it...it perfectly matches Y/n's description. ", he could barely let out those words.

He was talking from a calling booth from Gwangju, wearing a long black overcoat gazing at his palm in defeat. His hand held the locket Y/n had gifted him. It had been almost an year since he had met the other guys and he knew the same about others. Jungkook had distanced himself from everyone and his universe was only his daughter now.

Jungkook was left stunned at his elder's words. His eyes widened with heart palpitating at a crazy pace. Warm tears oozed from his eyes but he couldn't utter a single word. A scratchy pain erupted in his throat when he tried to open his mouth to say something.

"Jungkook! Jungkook! Are you there?... ", not a word more could be heard by him as the line beeped and call was dismissed. Namjoon tried to reach him again only for it go in vain. He knew Jungkook wouldn't be in a good condition once he'd come to know about this. He had contemplated a lot before telling him the truth.