"He felt hot and he couldn't help the tears that began to stream down his cheeks."

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Ding dong!

Jem brushed her hands on her apron and walked from the kitchen to the front door. Who could that be? She thought. Mr. Park was at work, Hyunah had just gone out with some of her friends and both Jimin and Jungkook were still sleeping. It wasn't that early in the morning, but since Hyunah had left early she thought there was no point in waking the boys up. It wasn't every day that Hyunah wasn't present to annoy them.

She opened the door with those thoughts in mind, thinking it could be the postman or something similar, when her jaw dropped.

"W-what...?" She couldn't even finish her sentence, she felt like she was seeing an apparition.

"Hello Jem, it's been a while hasn't it?" The smiling looking boy said. It was true, it had been a pretty long while since Jem had last seen that smile.

"W-what... What are you guys doing here?"

"C'mon Jem, you don't need to act like you don't wanna see us." The taller one of the boys said.

"I-I... I didn't think I'd see you again."

"Don't you think that's a bit drastic?" The tall boy said with a lopsided smile, which uncovered one of his dimples. He had always been the smart one.

Jem finally let herself smile. In all honesty she was surprised, but also thankful for being able to see those boys again, at least for a short while. "How...?" Jem trailed off.

"Tae's alright." The shorter, smiling guy answered, before she could finish her question.

"I wasn't asking." Jem uttered rapidly, but in a determined manner.

"Don't worry Jem," The taller interjected. "he asks about you all the time too."

"I..." Jem started, but no one got to know what she had been about to say because a sudden growl was heard from behind her.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Jimin had appeared behind Jem and was looking at her with hell burning in his eyes.

"I..." Jem didn't know what to say.

"Go." Jimin spoke with an edge in his voice. "I'll take care of this."

Without another word Jem left and locked herself inside the kitchen.

"Take care of this?" The taller one spoke. "Really?" He ended by arching an eyebrow.

"What the hell do you want?" Jimin was seeing red and was aiming to finish whatever that was the fastest way possible.

"Jiminah," That was the smiling boy trying to calm the waters. "it's already been too long! Don't you think you could let it go a little?"

"No. And don't funcking call me Jiminah." Jimin was going nuts. Who the fuck did they think they were to show up like that in his house?!

"Jimin. Don't be like that. We're not here to fight." The voice of reason.

Jimin rolled his eyes, Namjoon had always been someone he respected. "Look, just because you came all the way here doesn't mean I'll just forget everything, so do yourselves a favour and get the hell out of my doorstep." Jimin said in a much calmer voice than before.

The smiling boy groaned. "C'mon Jimin, it's been so fucking long, why can't you just...?"

"What? Finish the fucking sentence Hoseok!" Jimin was starting to lose his cool again.

"We miss you Jimin, we are just trying to get what we once used to have back." Namjoon looked down and without raising his eyes, he continued. "He misses you too..."

"Okay that's fucking enough! I don't fucking care what you or he fucking want okay? I already have friends and I don't need you, him or fucking anyone! Is that clear?"  The amount of times Jimin said the word "fucking" made it clear that he was losing his temper and Namjoon and Hoseok knew too well how Jimin got when he was angry, nevertheless, Hoseok couldn't help himself when he said:

"Yeah, some friends..." He trailed off looking at his side.

"What the fuck did you just say?"

"Nothing Jimin, he didn't say anything." Namjoon uttered immediately, putting a protective arm over Hoseok's chest.

"Fuck no! What the fuck did you say Hoseok?! Or wait! Don't tell me you don't have enough balls to repeat it."

Hoseok seemed to want to answer something back but Namjoon beat him to it.

"I think that's enough. We are not here to fight Jimin."

"I DON'T FUCKING CARE WHAT YOU ARE HERE FOR!!!! JUST GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT!! I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!!" And with that Jimin closed the door forcefully and loudly on Namjoon's and Hoseok's faces, almost taking the door off its hinges.

Alone in the entrance hall Jimin's face was red. He felt hot and he couldn't help the tears that began to stream down his cheeks. Shit. He cursed himself. Why does this still affect me so much? As if being controlled by an outside force Jimin's feet dragged him to the kitchen, as they always did whenever he was in trouble or sad.  Already inside he slumped himself on a chair and waited with his head down until everything would get better.

"Oh my god!" Jem exclaimed as soon as she saw the broken little boy who had just entered her kitchen. She immediately ran towards him and threw her hands around him.

They stayed like that for what seemed to be hours, Jimin crying like an open faucet and Jem caressing his hair. All the while trying to dry his tears, but no matter how many droplets Jem dried, more of them cascaded down the pretty boy's swollen and red cheeks. She stayed in silence, not even uttered a word, not because she didn't know what to say, but because she knew Jimin didn't need any words at the moment, he would ask for them whenever he felt ready.

And after minutes upon minutes of crying Jimin finally lifted up his head and looked at his best friend. His face was puffy and his cheeks were a shade of crimson. His eyes were teary but he had stopped crying.

"I just... don't understand." Jimin finally spoke in between a sniff.

"What?" Jem asked in a soft voice, while caressing Jimin's cheek.

"Why would they come here?"

Jem's face contorted in pain at the sight of her broken cute brother. "Maybe they just wanted to make things right..." She knew she was entering a dangerous zone, but she had to at least try.

"What are you trying to say?" Jimin's brow furrowed.

"What I'm saying is that you could... um... you know... just maybe..." She paused and sighed, enjoying the last seconds of the calm before the storm. "Give them another chance?"

Jimin's expression changed suddenly, it went from confusion and wariness to complete and utter madness. "Are you fucking kidding me Jem?!! It's him, isn't it?!!! Isn't it???!!!" Jimin was screaming so loud Jem feared Jungkook would wake up, but she knew there was no way of calming him now. "You fucking want to go back to him, don't you??!!! If you do!! Then fucking do it!!!! I don't need you!!" And with that Jimin's stream of tears resumed. But he wasn't crying in anguish anymore, he was angry, and he was not making sense anymore.

"No! No! No!" All Jem could think of was saying No but she needed to explain to him, he needed to hear her out. "Jimin no! Please listen to me!" Her eyes started to burn with tears and in no time her cheeks were soaked. At that sight Jimin stopped screaming and burying his face in his arms to look at his broken sister. He could be angry, but nothing could change the fact that he loved her with all his heart. "I..." Jem sniffed. "I stayed by your side Jimin, I chose you and I don't regret it one second! If I am saying this is because I want the best for you, there are no side reasons." She approached him and grabbed his hands. "I would never do anything to hurt you."

And for the third time in less than an hour Jimin burst into tears again. He hugged Jem as if his life depended on it. He wanted to hug her and bury himself in her embrace, he wanted to stop feeling that empty, he wanted to fill that void, so he stayed there until he ran out of tears, until he felt numb, until... Well, actually he stayed in Jem's embrace until the opening of the kitchen door interrupted them. Jimin immediately let go of Jem to hide his face in his arms. Whoever it was he didn't want them to see him cry.

"I..." It was that voice that Jimin was hoping, so bad, not to hear at that particular moment. "I heard noises and I came down." His voice was raspy as if he had just woken up, which gave Jimin the chills.

"Um..." Jem didn't really know what to say, but knew Jimin wouldn't want the boy to see him cry. "We were just arguing about nonsense. Don't worry."

"You are crying." Jungkook pointed out looking intensely at Jem and then looking at Jimin's nape, who had his back to the door, where the younger one was standing.

"No." Jem waved her hand downplaying the situation. "Everything's fine."

"Um..." Jungkook scratched the back of his neck looking indecisive between Jem and Jimin's figure, snuggled inside his arms, with his head over the kitchen counter. The younger didn't seem to know whether to say something to the older or not. "Are you sure you are both okay?"

At those words and the small and soft tone the younger used to pronounce them, Jimin let escape an involuntary whimper, at the same time his body twitched, making it obvious that he had been crying.

"A-are you crying, Hyung?"

Why god? Why? Jimin thought. And then out of nowhere he felt a pair of fingers brushing his right arm, like trying to take them off of his face. In a panic he moved forcefully to his side, trying to escape from the younger's touch. "I'm not crying Jungkook." He said with a cold voice. "Now get off of me."

Jimin buried inside his arms didn't see the reaction of the younger, but knew after he heard the kitchen door open and close again that Jungkook had left the room. A pang of guilt made his stomach ache. He was such an asshole. Why couldn't he stop being an asshole? It hadn't even been a day since they had made up. Why did he always have to ruin everything?

When he finally looked up at Jem, he didn't let her speak, because he knew, he already knew he had messed up. Again.

"I know." He said with his cheeks damped. "I'll apologise later."

As if she didn't want to challenge the peacefulness they had finally achieved, Jem nodded without adding any other word.

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NOTE:

Hi!! So sorry to bother!! Just wanted to let you know a couple of things. First of all, I'm writing another fanfiction and I'm sorry if you like this one better 🥺 but I'm kind of finding it easier to update on that one, that's why the other has 13 chapters and this one only 5 😔

Soooo that said! I basically decided to do shorter chapters for this story so I'm able to update it sooner. That's mainly why this chapter is so short! I had thought of doing it longer but that would have meant uploading it the next week or something, soooo here it is!!!

I'm really sorry again, but just know that I really appreciate your patience and support 🥺 (because I know I'm a very slow updater 🤭 )

Anyways!!!! Thanks for reading!! Love you loads!! 💜💜💜💜

-Nico.