~jimin's point of view~

i relax over a soft picnic blanket laid out over the lush green grass in songpa naru park and i stare up at the cherry blossom trees around me.

their buds are slowly yet surely blooming in absolute beauty and it's also doused in fairy lights so once nightfalls we'd still be able to see them and that's my favourite part of the whole festival- watching the trees at night.

every year my family comes to this park which is a tradition now because it's more family oriented. they cater for more family activities than couple ones and my family loves participating in them like they're doing right now.

i turn to my side, eyeing my family along with others' playing a variety of classic outdoor games and i smile when i see mom jump up in happiness after winning a prize. she's very competitive so she wins almost all of the contests here.

as for me, i don't participate in them anymore because it's a little embarrassing for me now especially after that one incident that took place awhile back.

i was wearing a plain white t-shirt along with dark ripped jeans and my family made me participate in the water balloon contest.

i ended up being soaking wet and- let me just keep it short and sweet, basically the contest didn't end well for both me and the girl's around at the said time. so, that's why i prefer to just relax during this festival and not exert myself so much.

i turn away from my parents when i hear my phone's ring tone begin to play out. i pick it up seeing that it's taehyung's call so i receive it, speaking into the receiver.

"tae?" i ask instead of greeting. "i thought you're with soo yeong ah~?"

"no jiminie pabo..." he whines calling me that weird nickname again which soo yeong has also picked up on. "i feel really nervous, can i talk to you for while? just until i feel better." i can sense his pout and he blatantly ignores my question.

i sigh. "i don't know why you're nervous, you've literally pulled off so many crazy things with her so just meeting up with her is nothing to worry about." i explain to him.

"i know..." he groans. "but still..."

"but still, what?" i question his childish behaviour.

"what if she does something daring and crazy like i did? like the real deal?"

"what do you mean the real deal?"

"what if she kisses me and not just on the cheek this time?" he deadpans and i shoot up from the blanket at his incredulous words.

"she kissed your cheek?" i question feeling alittle flustered. "whoa, soo yeong's not so innocent yah," i chuckle.

"aish pabo, what would i do?" he avoids my question, again, and insists on his own.

"well, do the obvious..." i say seriously. "kiss her back."

"huh," he questions innocently, almost as if my words are some alien language to him. "why her back, jimin?"

"ohhh hyung." i fall back in laughter at his reduction skills. "i don't mean her actual back! dear heavens." i chuckle like a little child. "i mean her lips. kiss her lips. l-i-p-s." i spell out.

"oh right, right." he laughs sheepishly.

"we're not ready for 19+ rated alright." i breath, trying to control my laugh. "and are you're really that nervous that you can't think straight?"

"neh," i can sense his pout. "and she's not here yet which is making me even more-"

"you're still waiting for her?" i interject finally getting to the topic i opened this conversation with.

"she's late jimin." he mumbles. "i tried calling her but the call went onto voicemail. what if she stood me up?"

"which idiotic girl would stand you up, tae!?" i scold. "and soo yeong ah~ would never do so. what time were you two suppose to meet?"

"just after four." he states and i check my watch but my eyes widen when i see the clock strike six minutes after five.

"hyung, she's like an hour late!" i straighten up and sit in a cross-legged position. "she would never make you wait so long. something's definitely wrong." i conclude.

"why do you say that?" he asks innocently. "maybe she's lost?"

"taetae, everybody knows olympic park and she would have called you if she was." i counter. "moreover, she would never put you through the the same thing which dansae put you through. you should know soo yeong ah~ better than that."

"i guess you're right." he breathes heavily, coming to realisation. "i'll go look for her-"

"no, you stay put. what if she shows up and you're not there. what will she think?" my voice is laced with seriousness. "i'll go look for her instead." i suggest.

"but what about your family?" he asks in a concerned tone.

"don't worry about them, they'll understand." i assure him. "text me if she arrives." i say while getting up.

"alright, i will." he says. "thank you."

• • •

after my conversation with taehyung i had dialled up soo yeong's phone only to have it go onto voice mail, repeatedly. i became more frustrated and concerned that i resorted to giving jungkook a call to see if he knows of her whereabouts.

his family always goes to olympic park for the festival, unlike mine so i pondered on the thought of her actually being lost as taehyung mentioned earlier because after all olympic park is a huge place but sadly enough, jungkook hadn't seen her.

so, we both decided on meeting up at soo yeong's outhouse which i'm heading to right now because we both concluded that maybe she's in a big puddle of mess created by the dragon lady- and that women can be worse than satan himself.

i run across the streets as safely and swiftly as possible. i also bump into a few people but i make sure to mutter a word of apology at them before heading off again.

eventually, i reach parts of the city that are much quieter because most people have made their way or are already at the festival therefore i bolt at full speed knowing that there's no hurdles preventing me from coming to a halt anymore.

after about ten minutes of running i finally reach my destination. i come to a skidding stop only to see that the front gates to the mainhouse are shut so instead i run further down the street and jump the wall.

upon landing i begin to jog across the lawn which causes a few sensor lights to come on but i give no thought to them but rather i keep heading toward the backyard where soo yeong's home lies.

"jimin hyung~?"

i suddenly hear an almost soft whisper so i halt, turning around only to see jungkook hopping off the wall just as i did a few seconds ago.

"jungkook ah~," i take a single step toward him but he motions for me to go on.

i nod my head and resume my jog toward the outhouse with him trailing not far behind me and once we both reach the shed our faces warp into surprise when we see the door left ajar.

after giving each other a quick glance we covertly poke our heads beside the door frame and peer inside trying to get a look at what the situation may be like in there.

our eyes scan the usual sight of boxes, metal equipment, newspapers, hairdryers, clothes basically anything you can think of.

"you see anything kookie?" i ask, seeing as i am vertically challenged so i can't see all the way to soo yeong's bed because of all that junk crowding the place.

"i see all this junk i haven't touched in days." i look up to see jungkook's eyes glimming in wonder.

i quickly slap his head and he groans in pain.

"what was that for?" he pouts and i give him a serious look which reads, this isn't the time for that. "... and it doesn't look like anyone's here, hyung." he sighs, still rubbing his coconut head.

we break away from the withering door frame and step inside and the usual feel of stuffiness dawns on me. as jungkook delves furthur into the room i instead search around looking for any signs that may lead us to where soo yeong might be.

i see alot of stuff misplaced and fallen onto the ground which gets me curious. someone else other than jungkook ofcourse must have been in here to mess up this place more than it already is.

it can't be soo yeong either because she always warns jungkook about digging in this mess. so, my only options left to fall onto is either the dragon lady or ah roach but taehyung also mentioned soo yeong kissing him.

what if he was in here? but why would he mess up this plac-

"hyung!" jungkook's sharp voice breaks my thoughts and i draw my eyes to where he's standing; beside soo yeong's bed. "look at this..." he bends down to pick up something. "i think it's soo yeong's smartphone... and the screen's shattered too..." jungkook's voice falters when he says the latter and he looks at me worriedly.

"jungkook," i state, turning to leave. it has to be one of them that did this and not taehyung. maybe they found out about her date and she's locked up in the mainhouse or probably she's stuck doing unnecessary chores. "i think we should go to the mainhouse right now."

"no wait!" his voice stops me once again. "i think you should really see this..." i turn to face him and his face looks drained of all it's colour.

a/n: oml, this chapter was so hard to write. i re-wrote it like eight times already and i'm still not happy with it. oof.

anyway, i have three song suggestions for you guys:

1) with you by astro (that's literally my jam- omo it just started playing!)

2) crazy, sexy, cool by astro.

3) boombaya by blackpink (lmao im not a blink but i managed to slip my sister into the kpop life with them lol).

also, credits for the insult-name, ah roach goes to o_Its_Mimi_Chan_o

and don't forget to vote and comment my lovely readers! i purple you!

~author-nim💜