Strings of Fate

Chapter 28

Following the string proved to be more difficult then they'd originally thought. While strings might not go through people, it would go through objects and so when the string ended up going through the wall that surrounded a bunch of houses in a residential area, he didn't know what to do.

"Does this mean the person lives in one of those houses?" Taehyung asked when Jimin explained what was going on.

"Maybe... or maybe we have to go through the residential area to the other side where it will continue to somewhere else," Jimin responded with a sigh. They couldn't go through the front gate as they'd need a pin to open the gate.

"Then... should we try going around?"

"I guess, but what if I lose the orange string on the other side cause it turned out the person was living somewhere here? Or what if the person is just visiting someone who lives here?"

"Um... is there like no way to stretch the string around with us?"

"...I don't actually know... I've never really tried stretching a string... "

"Then try now?" Taehyung suggested and so Jimin did. He pulled the string along with him as they began walking around the wall. They made it about three feet before Jimin started to feel some resistance on the string but he went on and when they were six feet away there was a lot of tension on the string and Jimin was afraid if he went any farther he'd end up breaking it.

"Something wrong?" Taehyung asked from beside him.

"Um... It feels like the strings gonna break if I go any farther," Jimin answered with a frown. "I guess this is its limit. I don't think it would be good to stretch it further."

"I see... You probably don't know the answer but I'm gonna ask anyway, what happens when a string breaks?" Taehyung asked curiously.

Jimin looked at Taehyung with a puzzled look and shook his head. "You're right... I don't know... It's never happened before... except for the black string, I've never seen a string break," Jimin answered.

"Hmm well, you told me the black on breaks when the person on the other end dies... so in a way, the connection is being severed... so maybe... cutting a string will sever the relationship that those two had?"

"I guess?"

"We should experiment."

"Experiment? How?" Jimin asked while furrowing his eyebrows.

"Let's break the string," Taehyung replied.

"Break... the string? You mean this one? This orange one?"

"Yea... you said it appeared around the time Yoongi hyung began to ignore us so whoever it's connected to probably has something to do with it... so maybe it's not a good relationship. Maybe it's a bad one and Yoongi would be better off not being tied to that person."

"Maybe, but that's not for us to decide. Strings only form because we're meant to be tied to that person in some way. It's fated to happen. I don't think we should mess with that."

"And why not? You can see these string, Jimin; something I've never heard anyone else being able to do. Up until you told me about this I didn't even know these things existed. There's got to be a reason you can see them. And maybe this is it. Maybe this is why you can see them. To get rid of bad relationships," Taehyung persisted.

"I... I don't know, Taehyung. Maybe you're right but what if you're wrong? What if I break the string and it does more than severing a connection? What if it somehow changes Yoongi's personality? What if it harms him physically? Do you really want to take that chance?" Jimin asked with a frown.