Y/n stares at me, not saying a word. Her expression doesn't falter at all.

It was as if she had known what I was going to say all along.

"Say something, please." I say, my voice coming out in a pleading whisper.

Y/n let's out a sound like a mixture of a sigh and a breath.

"You can't." Is all she says.

My brows furrow, that being the last thing I had expected her to say.

"What do you mean I can't?" I ask, unsure of what she even meant.

"You can't be in love with me, Jin. I'm with Jimin now and I can't hurt him, not after everything." She says somewhat frantically. 

My heart rate picks up, my eyes widening slightly in realization.

"How would that hurt him, y/n? How would you hurt him because I love you?"

Y/n stands up, moving to the door. "Please, just don't." She says as she reaches for the knob.

"Don't what? Don't love you? Or don't question why me loving you would cause you to hurt Jimin? Because we both know there's only one reason that would be." I say and y/n turns to me with wide eyes.

"No, you're wrong. Just stop, please." Y/n says but I reach out, placing my hand on hers, stopping her from twisting the knob.

Our faces are close now. Too close.

"Y/n-" but she stops me, her eyes pleading.

"Jin please, just don't. Just leave it be, please." Y/n says, not making any attempts to move away from me again.

"I can't. Not when I know the truth now." I say and y/n's eyes well with tears. Her eyes were begging me not to say what she knew I was going to.

Looking from my hand on hers, and up to her eyes again, I finally say,

"You don't want me to admit to being in love you because then you'd have to admit that you're still in love with me too."

As soon as I say it, y/n's face falls, a look of distress taking over.

"I can't do this, Jin. I can't and I won't." She says, pushing me back enough to finally make it back inside.

Once I'm alone, I feel my heart hammering against my chest.

I couldn't believe this. I was in shock. All along, she had felt the same way I did. She just seemed to be doing a much better job at locking it away never to be felt again then I ever did. 

My head was spinning, and my heart was beating a mile a minute.

Before I had time to even gather myself, the front door opened again and out came Jimin and y/n.

Y/n quickly rushed past me without saying a word.

"We're heading out. I'll see you tomorrow." Jimin says as he walks past me.

My eyes stayed glued on the car where y/n is seated up front with her head down.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." I say, watching as he gets in the car and starts it up.

My eyes stay on y/n until they're completely out of sight.

Once they're gone, I head inside, ready to rip Namjoon a new ass.

"What the hell is your problem?!" I snap, my eyes already on Namjoon before I even made it in the room fully.

"Everything I said to her was the truth. She needed to hear it." Namjoon says, seeming nonchalant about the whole situation.

"The truth? You told her she didn't deserve to have me in her life!" I say, feeling angry all over again.

"Yeah, because she doesn't. Shes hurt you time and time again and you think that's just, okay?! You really are an idiot to sit here and justify that because you're still in love with her even after everything." Namjoon scoffs.

The room is silent besides the small "I fucking knew it" that came from Yoongi.

"Fuck you, Namjoon. You're supposed to be my best friend and instead of just letting it be you've been nothing but an asshole to y/n. How I feel about her has nothing to do with the fact that you're a complete douche. All the mean things you said to her and for what? Because you were looking out for me?! If you were really that concerned for my feelings, you'd have just fucking left it alone like I asked." I say, my blood boiling.

"Like I said, if this makes me an asshole then so be it. I wasn't just going to stand by and watch her continue to hurt my friends." Namjoon says, seeming unbothered.

"I guess you don't understand it and you never will. No matter what I feel for y/n, all I wanted was for her to be happy. If she was happy with Jimin, I was willing to watching them be together forever if that's what it took. Loving someone means being there to support and be happy for them, no matter what, even if it hurts you in the process. I'm in love with her, yes and if that makes me an idiot, fine. At least I know she won't turn around and stab me in the back like you just did."

Namjoon looks at me, and simply scoffs.

"She already did."

His words sink into me like a knife. A feeling of anger and sadness washes over me as I grab my bag and face Namjoon once again.

"It doesn't matter what you think because at the end of the day, this is between y/n and I, no one else. So just mind your business and stay the fuck out of it, okay?" I snap and head for the door.

No one says anything as I leave, which honestly, I was thankful for.

I couldn't deal with hearing a single ounce of anyone else's opinions right now.

As I sink into the seat of my car, the one thing on my mind, playing on repeat, is the fact that y/n never did deny what I said.

When I said she was still in love with me too.

Never once did she deny my words and that right there, gave me the little shred of hope I had held onto for years.

Now that I had that shred, I was holding on for dear life and I wasn't letting go, no matter what.