71 | opening up is hard

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ㅡ Chaerin's POV ㅡ

《I think the car broke down.》

《The-the car what?》I ask panicking.

Jimin looks up at me, I turn away and look around us. We are in the middle of nowhere, on a road that hardly anyone drives, and it's night.

《The cell phone, call someone, a tow truck will be fine.》I say moving my hand frantically, eyes wide open.

《Ah, right.》 He picks up his phone and calls a number.

Jimin turns off soon after with a disappointed face. Not a good sign.

《There is no signal.》 He replies, making me realize the harsh reality.

I check my phone, but it's the same for mine.

I leave myself limp on the seat, staring at nothing.

The area is quite scary and I think I know where we are, there is a legend about these surroundings. Many say that there is a congregation of nuns who live in an ancient cloistered church, the legend said that a few centuries ago they practised strange things, I never really understood what and maybe I don't even want to know.

I remember my dad telling me once, he even had a book about it, apparently, it's a famous story.

《What do we do now?》I'm losing hope.

《We will wait until morning to ask for help...》

《There are more than 8 hours to dawn.》I say looking at the clock.

He doesn't answer me, gets out of the car, takes something from the hood and opens the door where the engine is, I don't remember the name now.

He stays there to view the engine for a while, I hear the noises of tools and I see the light of a lamp coming out from the sides.

I also go to join him. I only now notice how the road is close to a forest, that's why it's cool enough.

《Can you solve it?》I ask with a hint of hope.

《No, it's out of my reach.》 He looks at me, looking at my arms around me, my hands trying to warm the skin of my exposed arms. Even though it's almost summer, the night is still a bit cold and I didn't have time to bring anything.

《Are you cold?》

I nod.

《Hwasa packed your suitcase, probably she put something like a jacket.》

I widen my eyes. Had these two prepared everything in advance? They made a perfect plan behind me ... I'm surprised, but at the same time, not really. I check the hood and there was actually my suitcase, I open and turn on the flashlight of my phone and I immediately find one of my jackets.

I wonder where we are going. Or where we should have gone.

I go back into the car, while Jimin puts everything back in place and takes more from the hood, some snacks he offers me as soon as he enters, we eat some to relieve hunger.

I take out my phone and stare at the screen. I haven't changed my phone wallpaper yet, which is a picture of me and Yoongi together and happy. Pathetic, right?

I still can't understand why.

I hear a sarcastic laugh on my left, Jimin must have seen the photo.

《Do you still cling to the idea that he can come back?》

《No.》 Actually, yes, he didn't explicitly leave me, did he?

He just went away.

《Why that photo then?》 He points to my background with his chin.

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