strings apart [jimin ff]

a small epiphany

»The mind betrays, the emotions follow the plan, and the body? It is moved by the strings«

Your POV

Jimin left my office feeling upset, I could hear it on his tone, the smile doesn't really hide it, it made me worried more as I watch him leave immediately, I sighed,

"So y/n, did some guys approach you back in college?"

Hobi suddenly interrupted my thoughts and asked me with another personal question but really out of topic,

"W-what do you mean? I don't remember anyone approaching me back in my college days, unless it would be my friends."

You looked at J-hope as his expression changed into a mellow mood, his smile turning into a motion of thinking, why would he ask me that? And more importantly, what is he gotta do with my college days?

"Hmm, okay then. By the way, is Mang done? Like is this final?" Hobi asked with a serious mood as if he's mind is now back to reality that there will always be a barrier between my life and his,

"I don't think so, it doesn't really look like a Line character to me, my aim is that it would look more..cute and approachable for ARMY, since I'm a fan, I would hardly accept it if it looked like this so, it's a privilege."

I shrugged and smiled, laughing a bit, it went quiet after that, and as we waited longer, Jimin hasn't come back yet, it started to make me worried, Jimin is really weird today, is he really like this? In vlive, he's cheerful and happy, but why meeting him face to face seem like he's the complete opposite? Was something just bothering him..?

You sighed and stood up from your chair, J-hope looked at you with him laid back on the chair, you walked to your door and opened it to get out and look for Jimin,

"I'm gonna go to the restroom." You lied to J-hope, but he nodded as if he knew what you are really up to, and so you went out and started running and asking your co-workers if they saw Jimin, no one seemed to know, you kept running and suddenly you saw Jin come out of your co-workers' office, you went up to him and stopped for a moment to catch your breath

You're crazy y/n, why are you running in heels? Are you in some action movie or what?

"Oh, hi, y/n-ssi." Jin bowed at you as you kept catching your breath a bit, you bowed back and gained composure

"Jin-ssi, have you seen Jimin?" I asked him with a worried look, eyes furrowed, Jin nodded and pointed at the direction Jimin may have gone to,

"He said he went to get some fresh air, something must've been bothering him, he had this flustered look on his face, Jin frowned as he gave this information, I thanked him and bowed again as I leave, waving goodbye, I started running again and I knew that he could've only gone to the terrace since going down isn't a good option since fans will see him,

Slowly stopping, I panted again as I put my hand on the wall as I start to walk up the stairs, but then I stopped as I finally saw Jimin going down, his eyes were puffy and his face was full of sadness, my heart broke,

"Jimin?" I called out to him, he looked at me in the eye obliviously and surprised with a sense of regret and sorrow, I took a step forward to at least comfort him a bit but I was suddenly caught off guard as I was locked into a sudden embrace from him,

Your face boiled, confused and flustered, you tried to speak up but nothing came out, you tried to get out from his embrace cause he shouldn't be hugging you but his warm hug was too tight you barely grasped for air, you almost cried for feeling familiar in his arms, realizing you have felt the same embrace before,

In just a flash, you started to remember what Hobi asked you, 7 guys came up to you years ago and one came up close to you, shy and unsure of his actions, you were too serious back then that you thought of it as a nuisance and asked what he wanted, he requested an embrace from you and it left you confused, but nevertheless, he hugged you tightly in a passionate embrace, you stayed in it for a moment but pulled away quickly and walked away,

You cried,

"Jimin? A-a-a-are you sure you're alright? Y-y-y-you're suddenly hugging m-m-me.."

I forced my tears back as he let go and started apologizing, he then suddenly laughed as he looked at me, my face boiled up again, maybe that's why he laughed..

All this time....he was there for me back then and I didn't notice it! What kind of a brain do you have, y/n?! How could I have not noticed you..

You looked up at Jimin and he smiled a bit with contentment, but it suddenly disappeared as he looked down, you tapped his shoulder and his face lifted up and met your eyes, you smiled a bit to assure him that it's okay,

"Let's head back, we're wasting time, come on." I signaled Jimin and walked first back to my office,

"I'll make it up to you, Jimin, I'm sorry I didn't paid attention back then, I hope you still remember me, if you do, please don't be upset..."

I frowned as I looked down, watching my footsteps, then I looked behind me to see Jimin following behind with his left hand holding onto his right arm, he looks so sad...

Was it because of me..

You both arrived at your office and J-hope was basically bored and played with the camera that was hidden beside your table all along,

"Finally! What took you guys so long??" J-hope placed the camera  back and set it for shooting again,

"There was a camera all this time?? Why didn't you tell me?? I don't want my face seen on media." I panicked and I heard Jimin laugh behind me, making me more embarrassed than before,

"Don't worry, y/n, you're face will be blurred in the video once it's out." J-hope shrugged and laughed, my cheeks turned red for a while,

We sat back down and half an hour later, we were finally done but not technically finished with the final product of their character since it was just drawing it better and adding stuff they want, polishing will be our work and it'll be finalized later,

"Let's take a pic, we can't have one without y/n!" J-hope gleamed and pulled out his phone and three of us took a picture, I was beside Jimin and Hobi in front of us, a small wacky with me placing a V-hand pose behind Jimin's head and he just pulled out a heart finger,

Jimin wanted to have a picture in his phone also, and so I also called out for mine, since I'm a fan, I'm not gonna miss this!!

Later on, we got a pic of us three in Jimin's phone but suddenly Hobi jumped out of the pic and it was just me and Jimin together, he leaned closer and smiled brightly as he took the pic, the picture came out with me blushing and him leaned closer to me, our face touching,

You blushed hard and Jimin and Hobi just laughed at you, you had to take revenge, you pulled out your phone as you said and took a pic with Hobi first then without him, you hugged Jimin in glee and leaned closer to his face, you took the pic and it came out with him blushing hard this time

"Revenge!" I laughed maniacally as if it was fun and games but deep inside, I could jump meters high with this overwhelming joy,

I hugged him! I JUST HUGGED PARK JIMIN AND WE HAVE A PICTURE 😲😲😲😍😍😍

Hobi and I laughed at Jimin with his very flustered look and tomato red face,

"My life just turned upside down, but all this time, it was already supposed to be like this in the beginning..if I only had let you in..."