[Angst Warning]

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"I don't hate you, Jimin." the voice belongs to Jungkook for sure, but it sounds different this time.

Jimin breaks the hug, looking at Jungkook's face. He is still smiling, the same as before.

"Come on, Jimin-ah!! I have something to show you!" Jungkook speaks, eyes dazzling with excitement and his smile intact.

Those words sound familiar.

"Huh?" Jimin is confused.

"Jimin, you need to get out of that room." A voice booms through the walls of the room again. It feels like the walls are hollow and trying to zoom in on him.

The voice is no doubt Jungkook's. Jimin looks around because even with Jungkook sitting right in front of him, the voice is coming from somewhere else.

He looks at Jungkook, who is sitting with him. His smile hasn't wavered, still smiling like an innocent child.

"Jimin!" the voice is heard again, but Jungkook doesn't even move his lips.

"What the heck?" Jimin mumbles, scurrying away from him. He is starting to get scared of Jungkook's unwavering smile now.

"Jimin-ah! Why don't you come with me? Come on!!" no matter what the voice inside his mind is saying, his heart feels weak in front of Jungkook's sweet voice.

He hasn't heard him call him by such endearment in years. As if his ears had gone deaf without listening to Jungkook's innocent chatters, he yearns more.

The rational part of his brain is screaming to let go of these thoughts but his heart is getting weaker and weaker in front of the old Jungkook, who was his best friend.

"Kook-" he starts to speak but Jungkook pulls his hand and gets him out of the bed.

Jimin again gets dragged by him outside of the room and into a dark hallway where he stops in his steps and turns around with a hurt expression on his face. This is where everything comes crashing down on Jimin. He keeps wanting to see Jungkook's happy face looking at him forever.

This is where everything goes wrong.

"I was wrong, you can't be trusted." Jungkook's voice trembles and he lets out the very familiar words. His eyes slowly start to brim with tears and they dribble down like small crystals as he speaks further.

"I thought you were my best friend, didn't expect you to change so much like this." his sobs resonate in the dark, closed and gloomy hallway as his shoulders shake with every sob that leaves his mouth.

Jimin shakes his head, desperately trying to hold onto Jungkook but he dodges his touches.

"It's not like that, Kook." he tries to explain but it goes down the drain.

"I don't think we can go back to how we used to before. I trusted you too much, it hurts so bad, Jimin. Why can't you stop doing all these things? Why can't you be like your old self?" Jungkook continues as tears are running down his cheeks but he doesn't wipe them away.

"Don't expect me to come back to you. We can't be best friends anymore," he screams through his tears, eyes bloodshot as he stares at Jimin's miserable, pathetic-looking face.

"Do not come looking for me." each word is emphasised as he orders him angrily and turns around, running away into the dark.

"Kook..." Jimin's words barely come out as a whisper and he slumps down on the floor again.

No matter how many times he listens to those words from Jungkook, his heart aches like the very first time Jungkook said those things to him, not many years ago.

"Forgive me, I can't be your best friend anymore," he mumbles, loud enough only to reach his ears and he breaks down into a sobbing mess. His breath sticks to his throat when he tries to inhale, making him choke on his tears and saliva.

"Jimin, get the fuck up and fight, you moron." the same voice startles him again.

In between his sobs, he attempts to listen clearly to the voice that sounds exactly like Jungkook's.

"What? Who are you?" Jimin manages to speak somehow.

"Your ex-best friend, you little shit, now get up and stop crying." Jimin frowns at the words.

His ex-best friend? But... Jungkook just left from there, right in front of his eyes.

"Huh?" before he could think about it again or say another word, his eyes started to waver and his vision was getting blurred with little twinkling stars dancing in front of his eyes.

He is losing his consciousness. Everything turns black.

"Jimin, you fool, why are you so caught up in the past? Let go of the painful memories and move forward. You need to get out of there as soon as possible, I can't keep speaking for so long." the voice again talks in a panicked manner and Jimin wakes up, opening his eyes in a snap.

"Jimin-ah! Wake up, I have something to show you." Jungkook's words are different than before.

Why has it changed?

One thing was confirmed; the situation had been playing repeatedly and Jimin was trapped in a timeless loop. He needs to get rid of those hurting memories and let go of his remaining guilt, only then he can escape from this loop.

Jimin can't seem to smile this time, the scenes from before haven't left his mind.

"Jimin, don't you wanna see it?" Jungkook's eyes go round, making him look even more innocent.

"What is it?" Jimin speaks a little harshly. "Why does this keep repeating?" he groans, annoyed.

Jungkook pouts now, eyes sparkling with emotions as he trudges closer to Jimin on his bed. Jungkook takes his hand in his, looking down at them and then again at Jimin's face.

"I like you a lot, Jimin. Can't you see it?" Jungkook's words turn heavy and filled with emotions.

"What?" Jimin is in shock for a moment as he registers his words in his system.

"I like you, Jimin, I always have." Jungkook smiles, pulling Jimin's hand closer to his face as he fondly rubs his cheek on the back of his hand.

"W-what are you-" Before Jimin could question him any further, his mouth was shut closed.

Jungkook is quick to land his lips on Jimin's mouth when he tries to speak as he sneaks a hand around Jimin's neck, holding him in place.

Jimin's eyes are wide with shock, to the point that he is on the verge of shedding tears. He tries to protest, to resist both his inner desire and Jungkook's moving lips on his own but he fails.

While his eyes are now closed shut, a lonely tear falls down his smooth cheek as he finally gives in, putting his hand on Jungkook's cheeks and kissing him back. Only his heart knows how badly he has always been craving for this.

He knows; he knows that none of this is real and he shouldn't get caught up in all of this but his lips just won't stop moving, just as his hand can't stop caressing Jungkook's neck in desperation as he tries to pull him even closer, scared that he will disappear soon and he will be left with another heartbreak.

"I love you, Jimin." a smile rose on his lips at the mention of those endearing words.

"I hate you, Jimin." Jungkook again speaks in between the kiss as his movements turn harsh.

Now, he grabs onto Jimin's neck, squeezing it until he hears a grunt of pain from him and soon his grip loosens, his lips moving passionately on Jimin's plump ones.

But Jimin has stopped responding to his touch.

I hate you, Jimin.

The words resonate in his head and he realises that this is not right.

"Stop kissing me and run for your life, damn it!" again, the voice calls out to him and he springs to his feet, breathing heavily.

"About time!" are the last words he hears from the anonymous voice before he looks for an exit and sprints towards the door.

He flings it open and it shuts back closed with a thud after him when he gets out of the room. All he can see is darkness. It's the same hallway as before.

He remembers that there is another door at the end of the hallway and starts running towards it. He doesn't know where he is going or if this is the right thing to do or not but he ignores all those confusing thoughts and continues to run.

He ignores Jungkook's pleas to call him back too. He must remember which is the real person and which one is the illusion.

He finally sees a door which is slightly opened and without thinking much, he opens it, eyes squinted due to the sudden brightness. The brightness soon disappears and he is welcomed with darkness again.

He starts running without thinking and feels a suffocating lump forming at the back of his throat. He slows down, breathing through his mouth as he pants, looking around the endless darkness.

"Don't stop, Jimin." a hand grabs his own as he looks up at the person running next to him.

Jungkook!?

"Don't stop, keep running, I'll help you," he says, pulling him with himself so that he keeps running.

Can Jimin trust him? Is he the real Jungkook? Or just another illusion? But, he has no other option.

The place around him suddenly feels suffocating as a ray of light appears in the distance. The lump in his throat hasn't disappeared as he struggles to gulp.

He wasn't feeling wrong. As the brightness increased while they ran, he noticed that the hallway was actually closing in on them.

What? Is he going to get trapped inside forever? He can't afford that at any cost.

Thus, he increases his speed, running with all his will as the brightness slowly envelops the darkness around him. He is now just a few steps away from freedom as he can see the trees at the end of the hallway but the space is getting narrower with each step which results in him getting ahead of Jungkook.

Jungkook followed him closely from behind as he ran towards the trees. Before the hallway could close in on them, he managed to jump out of there, just in time.

He looks back, only to find that Jungkook's feet are stuck in the place between darkness and light.

"Kook!!" he screams, going to help him.

"It's alright, Jimin. Just go without me." Jungkook groans as the walls are squeezing him in, his legs are in pain.

"N-no, what are you talking about?" Jimin tries to pull him out by pulling his hands but he doesn't budge.

"JUST GO!!" Jungkook yells at the top of his lungs as he feels the walls ripping his skin. His body is getting sucked inside the hallway again.

"NO!!" Jimin doesn't hold back as he shouts too, feeling the hot tears brimming in his eyes again.

He can't just leave him there!

"Just.. go, and don't look back," Jungkook says in the form of broken words, just trying to stay sane and not scream at the pain of his skin getting ripped like a piece of clothing.

Jimin can only cry and hold onto Jungkook's hand until he slowly watches him disappear into the darkness in front of his very eyes.

"Jimin!!" another voice calls out to him as he turns around, eyes still full of tears.

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