House of Cards || Taejinkook

⚜44⚜ Never let go: Take 2

♣Taehyung♣

The castle gets smaller and smaller behind me as the limousine drives away. I don't know if I should be happy about leaving or not. It feels nice to finally be out of that place, but what should I do now? I'm alone. I may have somewhat succeeded in becoming a better person, but at what cost? Jin isn't here anymore and I just ended up getting hurt either way. 

No matter what Jimin says, I know I love him. Seeing him throw away my gift hurt me a lot. What's worse is that I understand if he doesn't love me back. He hates me. I've gotten better as a person, but I'm still nowhere near as good as I should be. If he doesn't want me then there's nothing I can do about that. Guess both Jungkook and I got rejected in the end. I don't understand why Jin turned him down. I thought the feelings between them were mutual. 

I look out the window with a sigh. I wonder what Jin is up to right now. He should still be at the hotel, right? It'll be so strange returning home without him. Even just packing my own things was weird. He was acting a bit weird last time I saw him too. He just suddenly kissed me in the car before leaving. Why did he do that? He said he wouldn't mind returning to me too, only that he wouldn't want to be my servant. What did he mean by that? 

The more I think about it, the more it starts making sense to me. I told Jimin I wanted to kiss him because I thought I loved him, in that case shouldn't it be the same with Jin? Did he kiss me because he likes me? Perhaps that's also the answer to why he turned down Jungkook. What other explanation could there be? He likes me. Jin likes me. I have succeeded with my goal!

My heart races at the thought of it. What do I do with this information? Of course I can't know for sure if I'm right or not until I've asked him, but there's little doubt in my mind that I could be wrong about this. Jimin said it takes months or years until you start loving someone and I've been with Jin for two decades already. That's more than enough time. We already get along fairly well even when I was an asshole, so if I try to be nice to him then our relationship can be flawless. Is that how he wanted to return to me? Instead of being my servant he wants to be my boyfriend? I have to ask him. I'll ask him right now!

I tap on the window separating me and the driver presses the button to roll it down. He looks in the rear view mirror to see what I want.

"Change of plans. Drive me to that hotel," I say and point at the tall building where I dropped off Jin. 

♥♣♦♠

The limousine stops and I practically jump out the door. My legs carry me to the lobby with light steps and I walk right up to the register. Without wasting any time I put my ID on the counter and he worker scans it with his eyes. I see the surprise on his face almost immediately and I can tell he knows who I am. 

"Tell me what room Kim Seokjin is staying in," I demand. 

He quickly taps on the computer to find the answer to my question. Just like last time I did this, it's clearly against the hotel's policy, but who can say no to a prince?

"It's room 1204. On the twelfth floor."

"Thank you."

I step into the elevator with a smile and press the button to take me to Jin. On the way up I feel my heart loudly beating. This is the same I felt with Jimin. Does this mean I love Jin? I want to do nothing more than hold him in my arms and kiss him silly. There's no doubt in my mind. I love him. This time I won't be rejected. 

The metal doors slide open and I hurry out and start looking for the sign with 1204 on it. I find it almost right away and give a loud knock on the wood.