I hold onto the withered memories, remembering you who had long forgotten me.

<YOONGI'S POV>

"I look amazing" Jin admired himself as we watched the recording. The entire time, I was too tired to open my mouth.

However, a close-up shot of Jhope came up.

"JHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPEE" I screamed while pointing at the screen.

"OH So impress- edmannnn~" Taehyung slaps Namjoon's back.

"WHAT'S POPPIN" Jungkook yelled in the middle of all the engrish.

"P-I-Z-Z-A pizzarrr P-A-S-T-A pastarr !" Jin suddenly exclaimed. 

After the recording tape was done, the staff shooed us away to the waiting room because we were creating too much noise pollution.

"I'm going to the restroom" I informed Namjoon quickly, wanting to escape from the maknae line's animal mating calls.

As I made my way along the corridor, a presence appeared behind me. I didn't think too much about it, and decided to continue on my path.

But the figure followed me closely, much to my surprise.

"Need something?" I turned towards him. The unknown man shot a smug expression at me, as if he knew what I was thinking about.

"Shin Aeri." he replies with a slight smile. I widened my eyes at the mention of her name.

"What do you want from her?" I glared at him. It finally hit me that this was the same guy who touched her all over at the fansigning. Anger rose in my chest, my fist clenching up.

"Let's keep this simple, I want one thing from both of you." he closes in with a darkened expression. The maliciousness in his eyes flickered with intensity.

"Break up with her."

"What shit are you talking now?" my hands automatically grabbed his collar, I was beyond pissed.

"I'm threatening you. One call from me and all her sensitive information will be leaked to the public. Who knows if she'll be sold somewhere for human trafficking, or bankruptcy."

My grip loosened as soon as he revealed what he had. This guy was a hacker, and he could ruin her life as he wished.

And at that moment I knew, I couldn't even protect her anymore.

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<AERI'S POV>

"It's raining so much..." I struggled under the heavy downpour, my umbrella almost folding from the weight.

Why would he want to talk here, out in the rain, but not at home? I wondered, clutching the guitar pick in my palms. I pocketed it safely in my jacket.

"Aeri."

I turned around immediately when I heard his voice. My legs took me as fast as I can right next to his side, and I smiled gently at him.

However.....he seemed a little....

"Sad?" Yoongi answers my mind, a forced smile on his face. His entire body was drenched since he didn't have an umbrella, and my heart aches a little.

"I came here to tell you something." his voice was gentle and comforting. But a bad feeling crept up in me, from the way the light in his eyes were replaced with total and utter darkness.

"You're in danger, Aeri." He hugs me tightly, voice shaking from the lump in his throat. My heart fell to the ground when i heard the pain in words.

And I listened carefully as he told me everything that happened. The whole time, he laid his head down motionlessly on my shoulder, his hands were cold as ice.

"I wanted to hold you, I wanted you to be mine. I wanted you to belong to me, and only me. I thought long and hard the night before I confessed, how much this might impact the people around us.

Dating you as an idol can have consequences, I might even get hated. But I decided that everyone in the world could hate me....but not you. I wouldn't be able to stand it.

Your happiness soon became my happiness. Your smile made my heart skip, a single gesture from you and I would feel the tiredness leave my body. I loved you more than anything..more than myself.

And now that very special person could be in danger being with me. I don't want that....Aeri. My heart aches when I see you suffer so much because of me. Im torn apart.."

Yoongi scrunches his face, tears flowing nonstop down his cheeks. His hands trembled as he clutched the fabric of my back, breath hitched and uneasy. It was painful.

"Even if you're not by my side," he whispers, shakily.

"I will love you with all my heart."

"Please don't say that..." I started crying like never before, pulling him closer into my grasp.

"You know it hurts more when you say that."

"...When I'm gone..." Yoongi pulls back, tear strikened. He stares deeply into my eyes as he places both hands on my cheeks.

"eat well....It will all pass...you'll be able to sleep without me by your side again."

And as he tells me those words, the grip of his hand loosened. It was as if he was slipping away from me, taking my heart with him. I felt like the entire world had crashed right there and then, without a single warning.

My heart died that night.

Both of our bodies parted, the distance becoming painfully obvious. Yoongi's eyes were closed as he let go, not saying a word, not saying anything else.

"Aeri..." Yoongi faces down, the tears eventually falling to the floor like the rain that pelted on us.

"...you deserve to be happy."

I watched as he turns his back, his legs moving forward. I watched his figure disappear into the darkness, and there I stood, in the cold alone, with my heart broken.

In the corner of my eye, was the umbrella lying motionlessly on the ground, the same umbrella he used to take me back to his home.