Sacrifice.

—In order to release your hand right now
I gotta let you know that I need to let you go
Hard to say goodbye
But I can’t run
I’m ready to let go
I’m ready to let go
I’m ready to let go

Author

"You need to help me fix their problems. I don't want her to make a wrong decision. It's for Jungkook's sake as well. We need to save them. Help me. "

"Sure. I will. Don't worry. "

Jimin

I ran into the tall building and rushed towards his office. Panting heavily, I looked at Eunna who was currently working as Jungkook's assistant. Without thinking any further, I walked towards her desk and asked, "Where's Jungkook? Is he in his office now? " I tried to peek into his room.

The girl who was giving all her focus on the laptop turned her head up to face me, then give a confused look. "Jimin? " She titled her head to the right a bit. She looked down at her watch then asked, "You want to meet him? "

"Yeah. Is he free now? " I asked.

"He has a meeting now but the meeting is about to end. Can you wait for around— 10 minutes? " She asked after looking down at the tablet.

I breathed heavily, "Okay. Can I seat on the couch? " I asked.

"Sure, why not? " She smiled.

Jungkook

I just finished my meeting with my clients and after looking at the time, I was thinking to ask Eunna out for lunch. She said she'd try to accept me in her life so it's my chance to get closer to her.

As I stepped out from the meeting room, my eyes met her gaze. A happy smile crept on my face and all the tiredness go away once I saw her face. Maybe that's what we'd feel when we're in love. Beautiful.

But little did we know, things won't always go as we want. I was expecting to go out for lunch with her but once I saw Jimin who was waiting for me on the couch, my smile faded right away.

Everything would go away if he knows about me and Eunna. He will absolutely ruin everything as he always does.

Feeling nervous and afraid, I tried to look at Eunna as she already had her eyes landed on me. Making some signals with my mouth, I tried to tell her to inform Jimin that I wasn't available. But unfortunately, it didn't go as I wished because Jimin ended up catching me.

He stood up from the couch and went straight towards me. "Wanna get rid of me, hm? Nice try but sorry, you failed. " He held my shoulder.

"I bet you know what I'm going to say, right? And at the same time, you don't want Eunna to know anything about this. So, how about we go somewhere else? We can have some talk privately. " He was low key threatening me.

With that being said, I looked at Eunna who was doing her works and sighed in defeat. I had no points to argue with him so I had to do as he wanted.

"Alright. But I don't have too much time. Make sure to make it quick. " I glared at him.

"Sure, Mr Jeon. "

Regretting my whole decision of agreeing to meet him personally, I started to feel uneasy and somehow nervous as the way he looked at me was different. I know it must be something he wanted to lecture me or what.

Waiting for the moment he starts talking, I kept my eyes glued on him while biting my nails. It was one of my bad habits. But I couldn't help it since my heart beat like crazy.

He cleared his throat then straightened his back. "Why aren't you saying a word to me?" He asked.

"What are you expecting me to say? How are you? Where have you been? " I scoffed at him. "Can you just go straight to the point? I told you I don't have much time. " I tried to look cool.

I saw he rolled his eyes after hearing my cocky words. With his arms being crossed, he began to speak. "I want you to let her go. You guys aren't meant to be together. " He really went straight to the point.

Even I had expected that he'd talk about this matter, his words still got me surprised and shocked. It was somewhat triggering my anger. "What are you saying? Let her go? We aren't even in a relationship. " I denied.

"But I heard she has starting to give you a chance. " He cut me.

"She can't. You can't be with her. She still love Taehyung and I bet you know that. " His face became more serious and fierce this time. Seemed like he didn't take this matter lowly.

With the things he said, he made me lost my words. Being cut like this, I know that I had no point to win this debate. "What are you trying to say, Jimin? I don't get it. "

"My point is, " he added. "I know that you understand that you and her aren't meant to be. But you still chose to give it a try even you know you'll ended up being left. She loves Taehyung. You know that. Everyone knows that. What's your problem, kook? What's the point of you— trying to love her? Taehyung loves her. But now, you're trying to steal Eunna from him. Are you aware of what you're doing now? Don't you know that if you continue this, you'll have a bad relationship with Taehyung? He'll probably don't want to meet you anymore. " He said everything at once.

"You used to tell me that— you don't want to see Taehyung hurts anymore. You hated Areum for hurting him, remember? And now, you're the one who wants to hurt him? You're stealing his girl. You're not supposed to do that. Taehyung is your friend. "

Yes. I know that. And I'm still holding onto my words which was; I don't want to see him hurting again. No one knows how much I hate to see him getting hurt.

"Tell me. Why you like her? Is it because you really—"

"No. Stop. " I cut him from talking any further.

"I don't need to tell you anything. " I told him, knowing the fact that he might think I was trying to be rude. I had never cut him when he was talking but now, I did. Sometimes in life, you don't have to tell everything to someone. You need to keep the secrets by your self too.

Don't let someone knows you too much because they might use it to bring us down. Even I know Jimin would never betray me, I still chose to keep the reason by myself. I don't want him to know the reason of why I love her.

I moved my eyes to him, scanning his whole face. "I'm sorry if I've ever make you disappointed or anything. But what I'm trying to say is— I still want Taehyung to be happy. I don't want him to get hurt like he did. I know what I'm doing. Don't worry and everything will be fine. Trust me. " I held his hand.

I know it was hard for him to understand me as I didn't give him any clue on what I was going to do. He was probably worried about what I had just say but in order to take care of my feelings, he forced a smile and nodded his head. "I trust you, kook. "

"I always have my trust in you. It's just I want you to make sure— whatever decision you will take, it'll be good to the both of you and Taehyung. I don't want one of you to get hurt. You guys are my friends. " His voice softened.

I smiled warmly. "Alright Jimin. Thanks. "

Whatever decision I take, I'll make sure it won't hurt Taehyung. Because if she chooses to be with me, he'll understand. But if she wants to be with Taehyung, I'll let her go. Because even from the first moment I know her, she belongs to Taehyung. And so does her heart.

I got back to office and got approached by Eunna. Discontinuing my steps, I turned my head to the left so that I can look at her. "Yes? " I asked.

"Where did you go? " She asked. "You went out for almost 4 hours. " She was concerned.

After meeting Jimin, I actually went to hospital to visit someone who was currently sick. I spent almost 3 hours there.

"Jungkook? Are you okay? " She asked, snapping me out from my thoughts. I blinked my eyes then cleared my throat.

"I had some business to discuss with Jimin. That's why I took some time. Sorry for not informing you. " I answered.

By her face reaction, I knew she was thinking whether to believe me or not since my voice tone was slightly different. I forgot that she's an expert of finding any differences on someone.

She raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure? You look a bit pale. You're fine? "

I licked my lips after she said that I looked pale. "Maybe it's because I didn't drink enough water today. " I changed the topic.

"Anyway, " I continued. "Can we— um, go out for a moment? I have something to discuss. It's not about work so I think we shall talk about it somewhere else. " I stated.

Since she didn't know what was going on, she just nodded her head and took her handbag. I can see her suspicious look as she was getting nervous about my weird behavior. But didn't want to be asking too much, she chose to stay quiet and followed me to wherever I'm bringing her. "I hope everything is fine. " She told me.

"Of course. Everything is fine. " I forced a smile to avoid from looking too suspicious.

Sometimes, in life, you can't always have what you want. Things won't always go like what you expect. In the process of letting go, you'll lose many things from the past. But you'll find yourself.

Hurting Taehyung isn't what I want. I've always want him to be happy especially with his beloved ones. But out of my realization, I found myself trying to love the person he loves the most. I tried to take Eunna from him.

Knowing myself trying to be the one who'd hurt my own best friend made me realized that I had changed. I wasn't me. I wasn't being the old me who used to care about others. I was being selfish. I can't let this evil feelings control over me. I had to do something. A thing that I find it is so hard and hurt to do.

Which was letting her go.

Yes, I might ended up hurting like Jimin said. But I was the one who started this. So I have to fix this.

Looking at the girl beside me, I smiled silently and felt like something was stabbing my heart. Now may be the last time I see her.

We arrived at a restaurant where she and Taehyung used to go together. Yes, I did this on purpose. I turned the engine off then looked at her. "Let's go. I'm hungry. " I told her.

"Why are we here? You know I—"

"Let's just eat. Come on. It's nothing to do with this restaurant. " I cut her from talking any further. With a heavy sigh, she tried to tell me that she didn't like my idea of eating here. But I insisted to ignore her.

Taking our steps into the restaurant, I looked around and found an empty table. "We can sit there. " I pointed to the table.

"Alright, " she nodded but with a frowning face. Finding that it was cute, I chuckled silently then went to the table with her.

After crossing my legs, I leaned back to the chair and rested my shoulders. The wind was quite strong but it was perfectly nice.

Eunna tried to act casually as she took the menu and flipped through the pages. Even she had pay all her attention on the menu, the fact that I was staring at her was still bothering her. As she knew that I was hiding something from her, she closed the menu then slammed the table with both of her hands.

"Tell me what you're thinking, " she gritted her teeth. "You keep looking at me. What's the matter? "

With a sigh that was heaved, I changed my sitting posture then put both of my elbows on the table. Eyes were glued on her face, I tried to study her reaction and found that she was a hard type to be read. That's the similarity between she and Taehyung. Both of them are always hard to read. Even their eyes wouldn't speak.

At the moment, I know it wasn't appropriate to discuss the thing with her. So in order to avoid her from feeling the otherwise, I changed the topic.

"Let's just eat first. " I said. "We can talk about it later. " I added.

Sighing in defeat, she shot me with a sharp glare then looked down at the menu again. "Call the waiter. I'd like to order now. "

I smiled. "Sure. "

You might need to let go and lose them. But you'll find yourself.

Jihyun

"Can I meet Taehyung? " I asked the man who I once saw was talking to Taehyung at his office. The man was still wearing his suit and his nametag was still there.

Kim Seokjin.

What a nice name. "Can I meet him, Seokjin?" I asked again since he wasn't responding to my question. Trying to peek into the room, he suddenly covered my sight with his figure.

"Stop chasing for him. He doesn't want to meet anyone. Especially you, " he stated coldly.

It wasn't the answer I wanted. Tightening the grip on my handbag, I tried to push him aside.

"I said no, " he held my wrist and gripped it very tightly. "I told you he doesn't want to meet anyone. Is it too hard for you to understand? "

His strong grip on my wrist made me flinched. After realizing that I was hurting, he let me go then looked at my wrist. "Hurting women isn't my way. But you forced me. " He spoke.

"Go away before I call the guards to drag you out from here. " He gave me a warn. Feeling absolutely unwanted and embarrassed, I gripped my teeth and turned my heels.

For the very first time, a person made me feel embarrassed of myself. And for the first time, I'm feeling unwanted, hurt and lost. He kept rejecting me and showered me with rejections.

The old me who used to be the one who rejects rejections is now turned to a girl who'd get rejections everyday. I changed so quick.

And I don't like it being this way.

Author

She set the utensil she used to eat the meal down, wiping her mouth with a piece of tissue then looked at the guy in front of her with a sharp look. Jungkook noticed that she has stopped eating so he did the same and looked at her.

"Why don't you finish your meal? " He asked.

She shrugged very easily, "I'm not feeling like eating now. " She sighed. "I want to know about the thing you're going to say. It keeps bothering my mind. "

At first she was confused, desperately needed an answer just to calm her heart down. Her mind was wandering about the thing Jungkook wanted to say. He had never been that serious before. It was weird for her.

But after realizing that her way was a bit harsh for Jungkook, she calmed down a bit then tried to sound cool. "I'm sorry, " she cleared her throat. "But if you're going to say that you want me to be your—"

"I've got you a nice set of hairpins. " Jungkook cut her off then placed a pair of pink hairpins on the table. She was all shut up after being cut from talking. But after looking down at the hairpins he gave her, she let out a small gasp.

Those two little hairpins look exactly the same like the hairpins Taehyung got for her at the souvenir shop in Busan. Surprised by his action, she looked at him and asked, "Where did you get this? "

"At a souvenir shop, " he answered calmly.

"Do you love it? " He asked. Eunna was still speechless with the fact that Jungkook bought her the same set of hairpins as Taehyung. It can't be a coincidence.

Not enough with that, Jungkook suddenly pulled out a bracelet. "Look at this. I also bought the same bracelet as Taehyung. It's cute, isn't? " He asked, with a smile.

By the tone he speaks and the way he showed her those things, she could feel like something was not right. "What are you trying to do now, Jungkook? What are you trying to show me? " She asked.

"Just go straight to the point, Jungkook. I don't like it when you only give me hints. " She said.

"My point is, you're still in love with Taehyung but you're lying to yourself. " This time, he really went straight to the point.

Now, everything made sense. Hiring her as his assistant, bringing her to the lake, buying her gifts— they were the same things Taehyung did to her. It was more obvious when he bought her the same gifts Taehyung once gave her.

Jungkook did that on purpose. He wanted to remind her of Taehyung. He planned it already. Hard to believe.

Her eyes were wild, mind was losing in a some random delusional and heart was aching. She was confused by what was happening to her. She was clueless.

"What are you doing actually? I don't get it." She expressed herself. The situation she was facing right now really gave her a huge pressure as she was trying to force herself to understand the situation.

After she thinks she had fully understand the situation, she closed her eyes for a few seconds before saying, "You hired me as your assistant— just to remind me of Taehyung, right? You asked me to make tea for you everyday even you don't like them. You buy me gifts, sweet talks, bring me to places Taehyung used to go with me— all of that. They were your plan? " She asked in disbelief. Confusion was seen in her eyes and her face reaction.

Deep in her heart, she was hurt at the same time. She thought all the things Jungkook did to her weren't sincere. She sniffled, "I thought you loved me. "

Once those words were said by her, Jungkook started to feel bad. He had been struggling to avoid himself from feeling guilty or sad while talking to her. But she kept saying things like that.

"I love you, " he corrected her thoughts. "I always do. In fact, I hope I was the one who met you first before Taehyung so that we can be a lover. "

"But what could I do? I'm only a human. I can't change the faith. You're meant for Taehyung. Not for me. You guys will be happy together. " He stated.

"But I told you that I want to give you a chance. We can make it. We can be happy together, Jungkook. " She was still stubborn, still denying the fact that she loves Taehyung. Ego.

But she wasn't fully ego. She was also hunted by a feeling of guilty. She was afraid Jungkook will ended up hurting after she leaves. She gave him hope.

Jungkook shook his head in disagreement. "Stop lying to yourself, Eunna. I've been saying this so many times. You don't love me. Your love towards me is just for a friend. You only love me as a friend. Accept the fact. "

"Even how hard we try, you'll still ended up remembering your sweet moments with Taehyung. He's your real love."

"But you're the one who was with me when I needed someone the most. You were there for me. Not him. " She put her hand on his.

He closed his eyes to get his strength back. She kept saying that she wanted him but he knows; the best man for her is Taehyung.

Using all the strength he had, he opened his mouth to speak. "That's true. I was the one who helped you when you needed someone the most. And Taehyung wasn't there for you. " He looked down at their hands.

"But you weren't there for him too when he needed you the most. " He blurted out. Taken back by what I had said, she looked at him with wide eyes of hers then gave him a confused look.

She frowned. "What do you mean? " She asked.

As she has asked him the question, he had no other choice except to tell her the truth. He sighed heavily, "You're not the only one who's hurting, Eunna. " He spoke.

"Taehyung is hurting too. Both of you are. "

"You can't say that he's doing fine without you because you weren't there to see how he's doing. Every seconds is hard for him. Everywhere he goes— reminds him of you. He's hurting more than what you thought. Don't judge him too quick because you're not in their place. " Jungkook told her.

As the thing being told, she let his hand go then backed off slightly. A feeling of guilty started being felt by her. "But he has Jihyun. I saw him with her. He didn't stop me from leaving when she was there. He's happy now. " She still insisted to denying the truth.

"Who said he's happy? " He snapped. "Everyone knows he hates Jihyun. He never loves her. The only person who owns his heart is you. And the moment you left, he started feeling nothing. Everyday, he'd pray that you'd forgive him and back to his side. He believes that one day, you'll come to him and say that you still love him. " He told her.

"But as days passed, and you who keep avoiding him, he feels like the hope he has is decreasing. The feeling you give him is the thing that hurts him. You hurt him. " He added, emphasizing the last sentence.

"People do mistakes, Eunna. Please understand that. We all make mistakes. You, I, Taehyung. There's no one in this world who has done no mistakes. We're not perfect. A real man isn't perfect and a perfect man isn't real. Keep that in mind. "

"Just because of one mistake, you can't treat him this way. People deserve a second chance. He realized his mistake now and he regrets it. If you were on his place, how would you feel if someone treats you this way? " He asked.

"Hurt and broken inside, right? " She nodded hearing his words.

"Then what are you waiting for? Still wanna make him suffer and think that you've hate him? Or go to him and tell him that you still love him? Choose. Make the decision you won't regret later. " Jungkook said.

Taehyung, her heart spoke.

But at the same time, she was worried about Jungkook's feelings. She knows he'll feel sad after she leaves. "But, how about you? " She asked.

Jungkook had expected that she'd ask him this question. So he was ready to give her an answer. Smiling calmly, "There's no point of being with you while knowing that you love someone else. I learned that— even we love someone, doesn't mean we need to own them. Seeing them happy with their beloved ones is more than enough. I might be hurt and broken. But don't worry, it won't last long. I promise that I'll heal myself as soon as possible. So now, go. Go for your love. Find him and tell him that you love him. He's waiting for you. " Jungkook smiled.

Even the smile was hiding a thousand feelings, he still managed to look happy.

Eunna smiled gratefully, "Thank you Jungkook. I love you. "

Finally, after waiting for so long, she tells him that she loves him. Even he knows it was only love for a friend, at least it was sincere from her heart. She wasn't faking it. It was real.

Jungkook

Watching her walking away— made me happy. Because she's going to be happy with someone who deserves her. I'm happy. Truly happy.

Her heart was pretty,
I could see it from afar.
I yelled at it,
'I love you. ',
It couldn't hear me.
So I yelled louder.
'I love you. ',
still, it couldn't hear me.
So I came closer,
then tapped it on the shoulder.
It said,
"I heard you...
But I have nothing to give.
I'm belong to someone else, "

Letting go? ✔️ done.
Finding myself? On my way.

Author

Jeon Jungkook
sent 5.06 p.m.
[location]

Eunna viewed the location he sent her then furrowed her eyebrows. Feeling exhausted, she wiped her sweats with a cloth then mumbled something. "Why did he send me this location? "

But knowing that it'd relate to Taehyung, she decided to believe him and followed the location.

"Taehyung, wait for me. "

Eunna

I found myself standing in front of a hospital. My heart kept beating like a thunder as a bad feeling was hunting me. Why did Jungkook asked me to go here?

Is Taehyung sick?

That thing worries me the most. Couldn't hold the feelings anymore, I took my first step into the building and kept telling myself that everything was fine, it's going to be okay, he'll be fine.

But the truth was, I couldn't even stayed focus for a second. As my hands were clasping to each other, I could feel the sweats that were on my palms.

Honestly, I didn't know where to go and what to do. If Taehyung was really sick, where should I find him? Or maybe I can ask the nurse? Sounds good.

Without wasting any seconds, I made my way towards the nurses that were in charge at the counter and was about to approach them. But once I saw Seokjin, I paused and looked at him. Yes, it was really him.

"Seokjin! " I called him.

He looked at me with a confused look, "Eunna? What are you doing here? Are you sick? " He was checking on me. I shook my head then held his shoulders.

"No, I'm fine. I'm here to find Taehyung. Is he here? Where can I find him? " I asked while looking around the area. My heart kept telling me that Taehyung was here.

"Seokjin? Are you listening? " I waved my hand in front of him, making him to blink.

"Oh, ah, um—" he seemed like was trying to avoid from answering me. Annoyed, I gave him a serious look then shook his body.

"I'm not playing around. Please. Tell me where's him. I really need to meet him now." I gestured.

As he knows that I won't stop until I get what I want, he held my wrist to stop me then looked down at the floor. "He's upstairs. Room 411. You can meet him there. "

"What is he doing in the room? " I asked, hoping that he won't tell me that Taehyung is sick. But instead of getting an answer, he gave me a confusing look and shrugged.

"You'll find out soon. "

I ran towards the nearest elevator, pressing the level button and waited till I reached the floor. Having an uneasy feeling about the thing that was going on, I could feel my hands were letting out some sweats.

Secretly, I prayed that nothing bad would happen. Cause if something happens to him, I can't tell if I could forgive myself or not.

I reached the floor then rushed to find the room Seokjin told me. But in the process of finding the room, my eyes suddenly caught a familiar figure that was laying on the bed and was carried away by a few doctors.

Taehyung.

My world had really stopped for awhile and so did my heart. I couldn't believe my eyes. There, I saw Taehyung was being carried away by the doctors towards the operation room. My heart really did break after I saw that.

Trying to hold my tears, I found myself was running towards them. "Taehyung! " I yelled. No one will ever know how broken my heart was after seeing him being carried away towards the operation room. It really did.

As I was about to reach him, I suddenly felt a strong grip on my wrist, pulling me hard and made me swirled around and it made me ended up hitting my face on his chest. Opening my eyes, I turned around to run towards Taehyung back and ignored the person who just pulled me.

But once I heard his voice, I stopped.

"Eunna. " He called my name. It was hard to believe but his voice made me to stop running and looked back at him.

dup dap dup dap

My heart beat. The man who just pulled me a few seconds ago was Taehyung. Impossible.

"Taehyung? " I asked in disbelief, eyes had start getting teary. It may sound cliche for a girl to cry after seeing her lover. But this time, it's different. Literally. I really thought that he was the one who's going into the operation room. But it seemed like I was fooled. "How? " I stuttered on my words.

"Why are you crying, sweetheart? " He stepped closer, his warm hands were cupping my face. His presence made me feel safe.

"I thought that guy was you. I thought you were going into the operation room and I will— l—" I was afraid to say the word lost.

He smiled at how scared I looked then wiped my tears away. "That guy is my cousin. He looks a bit like me. But I'm more handsome. " He chuckled.

"That's not funny, " I hit his chest since he loves to joke around in a serious situation.

He let out a small giggle, then made me to look up at him. He stared into my eyes. "You don't have to say anything. I know why you're here, " he said after reading my eyes.

I didn't react. Instead, I pulled him closer and hugged him. No one knows how happy I was to be able to hug him after awhile.

"I love you, " I said. "You need to know that."

The three words were enough to cure his broken heart. A few minutes ago, he wasn't this happy. But after I said those simple three words, he gave me a big smile of his. The smile that I missed.

He grinned then placed my head on his chest.

"Can you hear how my heart is beating? " He asked.

"It said, I love you too. "

°°°°

[A/N]

Learn to let go. Find yourself. People make mistakes. But we deserve a second chance.

—Mr Billionaire.

A simple ending. But I hope you liked it.

The end.

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