Chapter 18
A/N: I'm such a wreck rn, seeing BTS cry makes my heart shrink and I want to freaking hug them like awww. What hit me the most was Yoongi crying tbvh.
October 1, 6:53 pm
"Seolhee!" Jungkook shouted with all his might, pedalling fast as he tried to catch up with Seolhee who had tears running down her eyes again. Jungkook was persistent in running after her even after she told him to go away.
It really wasn't the first time something like this happened.
"Seolhee, where are you going?" Jungkook shouted again, almost breathless because of the amount of energy he had wasted trying to accelerate further to keep up with her.
"I'm sick of feeling like this, I'm sick of life, I'm sick of everything and I'm most especially sick of you, Jungkook! Just stop!" Seolhee shouted back, her voice slowly fading as she gets further away from him, wanting to wipe her tears away from her eyes but she wanted to keep her balance stedy at the same time,
"Why are you being like this all of a sudden? You're heading towards a tree!" Jungkook shouted in caution and she noticed the old tree in front of her suddenly, making her gasp and abruptly stopped pedalling in response to his warning.
She put her right foot down and quickly got off the bike. The moment she got off it, she then realized that Jungkook turned out to be off his bike too. That's when he got a clearer view of what she looked like at this moment.
His eyebrows furrowed in confusion and stepped towaeds Seolhee, bringing his hand down to touch her face but she quickly stepped to the other side to walk away from him.
"Why are you so pale?" Jungkook curiously asked.
"Fuck off, Jungkook." Seolhee rolled his eyes at him, holding her bike tightly and guided it to head the way she wanted to walk off to. Jungkook was left flabbergasted by her sudden walkout as if it weren't the first time she has ever walked out on him.
"Wow, that was rude." He mindlessly muttered under his breath. "Seolhee wait, listen to me." He said, rushing towards her and held her wrist to stop her from going further.
She slowly turned him with her lips pressed in a tight line and her eyes lacking the gleam Jungkook has always seen in them. "What is it? I'm tired."
"Look, I said sorry to Jinshil. She accepted my apology and really, she told me to come to you. And now that I'm here with you, you're just going to walk own on me?" Jungkook wearily asked with a slightly sullen look on his face, ruffling his own hair in frustration.
Biting her lip, she asked, "So you didn't try to win her back? You didn't talk to her again?" Seolhee nervously asked in full anticipation, mixed feelings getting the best of her. "And then you followed her and went to me? What are you planning to do then?"
"Wait, you ask so many questions." Jungkook said, followed by a chuckle. "Firstly, I didn't win her back because things had already ended, Seolhee. That's what both of us should accept right now. I know, okay? I was an asshole to both of you and maybe I.. cheated on her. I didn't know I was capable of doing such a shameless thing, so I'm really sorry that I made you two upset."
"Even if it doesn't seem like it to you, you made me feel like the worst person in the world knowing that your simple walkouts, your electrifying glares, the tone of your voice every time I talk to you and everything else that you've done to get away from me are affecting me so much." His words of lamentation slowly made their way through Seolhee's head and she took time to digest every word he had said.
What is he saying?, she asked herself internally while her heart started to soften.
"What are you trying to tell me? So you're not really playing with me, or anything?" Seolhee's eyes furrowed in confusion.
"I never ever dared to play with you on purpose, okay? Just come with me first." Jungkook made it clearer and gave her small smile. He then walked to her, laying his hand on hers which was gripping tight on the handles.
Flustered by his sudden actions, Seolhee stayed there with her cheeks slowly turning pink as Jungkook pried her bike away from her touch. What confused her even more was Jungkook dropping her bike on the ground next to his,
Subsequently holding her hand, he said, "Let's go back there, Seolhee."
"To where?"
"The cliff."
Seolhee stayed silent, his warm hand on hers was the only thing that's going on in her head at that moment. She didn't know why they were going anywhere near the cliff or what they were going to do there but she dared not let her baffled thoughts get the best of her. Because probably, she wanted to feel free.
nam seolhee.
"Why are we here at the edge of a cliff?" I asked Jungkook as my grip on his hand becomes tighter without me knowing. I stepped back a little after I realized how close I was to falling down the dark abyss that awaits to swallow me.
I turned my head to Jungkook who coincidentally looked at my direction at the same time.
"Before anything, do you forgive me? Please do." He asked followed by a plea. I was caught in a trance because of the regretful expression on his face yet I still heaved a sigh. I gave him a meek smile and nodded my head slowly.
He must've regretted it a lot.
Smiling widely, he diverted his stare back to the sea that surrounded the end of the cliff and started to shout, "Look at this, No One, I'm holding Seolhee's hand!" He raised our connected hands up high in the air and dictated these words out loud like a freaking lunatic who thinks the sea is an animate object.
"Are you calling the sea No One now huh, Jungkook?" I said and I started to laugh.
"Yeah, you can say that. If No One wasn't supposed to be me, then he must be the sea. I mean, it's gotta be him. You always write to him about your problems and I don't always get them anymore because you literally write everywhere, you know." He said, scratching his nape with his free hand.
My graze dropped on your linked hands once again. I gently pulled my hand away in embarrassment. "Aish, why was I holding it for too long.." I muttered under my breath bashfully.
"Listen, Seolhee. You can tell your problems to the sea right now.. but this time out loud. And that means with me hearing them because hey, I first took the place of the sea as No One anyway. But what's different from me and the sea was that I communicated with you! So yeah.. you can do that. Wait no. Actually, don't tell the sea your problems, they would sound so negative. Tell the sea your wishes instead." He lengthily explained.
I giggled slightly at his adorableness after listening because it really seemed like he was talking to himself right there. My smile then grew wider upon seeing the enthusiastic look on his face.
But maybe I was staring at him for too long.
"So, Seolhee, do you trust me with your wishes? I will listen to them, and I'll help you make your wishes come true, I swear. I mean, I'm Jungkook. I can literally do anything." He promised followed by a small joke at the end.
"Nice going," I said and playfully rolled my eyes at him. "Anyway, I'll just wish one thing right now, okay?" I told him and took a deep breath as I faced the sea. I saw Jungkook patiently waiting for me to say my wish in my peripheral vision.
I then unclenched my fists and connected the two edges of my opened hands near the sides of my mouth, creating a megaphone-like echo with my loud words.
"Hello, No One. I wish.. you could help my mother realize that... her family isn't only hers, but ours both. Please make her realize that I'm a part of her family too."
Saying those words out loud not only made me feel like a burden was removed from my chest, but it sure made me feel more carefree.
It was just one wish. I could've wished for a thousand more because No One along with Jungkook would still listen but I chose not to because maybe I was being too delusional.
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize that a tear had already escaped my right eye. "Seolhee.." Jungkook softly called out my name. I shook my head slowly, trying to tell him not to worry about me.
But I then realized that it was so obvious that I was starting to tear up.
The next thing I knew was that Jungkook's arms were around me, hugging me tightly close to his chest. And I was probably soaking his uniform's blazer with my tears. And maybe I whimpered too, a lot.
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A/N: Happy Mother's Day ❤️
BTW fam I'm from Australia and we have this big numeracy and literacy test called NAPLAN on may 10-12 so I probably won't be updating until after the exams. Good luck to me though </3
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