THE UNKNOWN STALKER [KTH FF]

Finding comfort

TEH UNKNOWN STALKER PART 68...
The_seven_signs

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Y/N’s POV

The cab’s door slams shut behind me, muffling the deafening roar of the rain, but nothing can drown out the storm raging inside my chest. My clothes cling to my skin, drenched, cold, and heavy, much like the weight of everything I’ve lost. I sink into the seat, hugging my arms to myself as if somehow, in the loneliness of this dark, confined space, I could find warmth. But I don’t.

I shiver—not from the rain, not from the cold, but from the overwhelming emptiness gnawing at my soul. The rain drips from my hair onto my lap, but I can’t tell what’s rainwater and what’s tears anymore. My vision blurs, and the lights outside the cab’s windows smear into indistinct colors. I press my trembling hands to my face, desperately trying to quiet my sobs, but the pain is too deep, too raw, too powerful to be contained.

The seatbelt digs into my chest, but it’s nothing compared to the ache in my heart. The kind of pain that makes you feel like you’re being torn apart from the inside, like your heart is too big for your body, and the weight of your grief is crushing you from within. I clutch at my chest, as if that could somehow hold the broken pieces together, but I know it won’t. I’m falling apart, and nothing I do can stop it.

I need my parents. Just for tonight. I need their warmth, the comfort of home, the one place where I can pretend—just for a moment—that I’m not drowning. Maybe in their arms, I can remember what it’s like to feel whole, to feel safe. But even that thought feels distant, unreachable.

Because the truth is, I’ve never felt safe. Not really. Not since Yoongi. My first love. He was supposed to be the one, the person who’d stay, but he didn’t. He shattered my heart like it was nothing, cheated on me, and left me to pick up the pieces of my first heartbreak. How could I have been so naïve to believe in love so easily back then?

And Jungkook… my best friend, my rock. He was the one person I thought would always be by my side. But he gave up on life, left me here alone to navigate a world that suddenly felt so empty without him. I loved him so much, but he just… left. Like everyone else.

Taehyung. God, even thinking his name sends a sharp pain through my chest. He wasn’t just my best friend, he was my soulmate, my whole world. And now, I don’t even know who he is anymore. How could someone who knew me better than anyone else, who made me feel like I could be loved, hurt me in ways I never imagined? He betrayed me in the worst possible way. The kind of betrayal that leaves scars so deep, you wonder if you’ll ever heal. I trusted him with everything, and he... he destroyed me.

And then Jimin. Sweet, loving Jimin. My second chance at love. I thought I could trust again, that maybe, just maybe, this time it would be different. But he left too. Without a word. No explanation. No closure. Just… gone. Like we never mattered.

I stare out the window, watching the raindrops race each other down the glass, and wonder why. Why does everyone I love, everyone I trust, end up breaking me? Why am I always the one left behind, shattered, alone, trying to put the pieces of my heart back together? It’s like the universe has decided that I don’t deserve happiness, that I don’t deserve love.

The cab slows to a stop outside my parents' house, but I don’t move. I’m too scared to go inside. Too scared that even here, in the one place that’s supposed to feel safe, I’ll still feel this emptiness. Because no matter how much warmth my parents give me tonight, I know it won’t be enough to fill the void left by the people I’ve lost.

I wipe at my face with the back of my hand, trying to clear my eyes, but the tears keep falling. Maybe they’ll never stop. Maybe this is who I am now—broken, betrayed, and alone.