A Butterfly's Wings | 박지민

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My cuts hurt badly, especially my stab wound. As my fingers fumbled with the keys trying to get the door unlocked, I internally cursed when hearing shuffling inside.

The shuffling stopped and the heavy footsteps sped towards the door. The door whooshed open and behind it was a worried Jimin.

"Aish, you could've broke my key--"

Jimin shut me up as he shoved my face into his chest. One hand on my head, the other around my waist. He put his head on my shoulder and his breathing was hitched. He was crying?

"I'm sorry...." he said."I'm sorry. I should've never left. I should've waited at that table for you to come out...if I just..."

"Jimin, it's alright. I'm fine--"

He broke the embrace and lifted my sweater harshly to where the stab was.

"You call this fine?" he said, anger in his tone. His eyes were puffy and red. He was crying... "You call this fine, Chae-Eun?? How can this be fine? Are you used to this sort of thing? I let you get hurt! I could've avoided this if I....if...." his voice trailed off.

"If you weren't too busy getting steamy with that worker lady," I spat.

"Wait,....what?"

"You know what I'm talking about, Jimin! Stop acting stupid and use your brain for once!!"

"Chae--"

"You keep saying the same things over and over, like my thoughts are gonna change! Well, they're not. I wanna know where you went and what you did!"

Tears pricked the back of my eyes at what he said next.

"What I do with my life and my body is none of your business."

And with that my furiosity peaked.

"Fuck you. Fuck you, Park Jimin. Leave me the fuck alone and stay the fuck away from me. Don't ever touch me again." I went straight to my room and slammed the door so hard, the hinges could've fell off.

I sat on my bed and cried myself to sleep, ignoring my wounds that shouted out at me to get them treated.

I'll treat you tomorrow, I promise. Just let me rest...

I drifted off into dreamland.

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A loud knock on my door made me wake up. I slowly got up as I walked towards the door opening it.

"Aish..." I yawned. "Whaddya want?"

"Good morning, my little peanut." he said as he patted my head.

"Yah, what did I say about touching me?"

His smiled dropped slightly at that.

"Look, Chae-Eun, I'm sorry for what happened last night. I just wa--"

"Nah, it's cool..I'm too tired to argue anyways....Fix me some breakfast.."

I walked past him towards the kitchen, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the bathroom.

"Why're we in here? I told you to fix me breakfast!"

He simply ignored me and searched the cabinets for something. His face lit up as he pulled out a white box with a red plus sign.