Days Thereafter

The early morning mist and fog concealed Xie as he hesitantly walk up to the back door of Ara’s mansion. He knew she wouldn’t be home mid morning, so he would be safe, but it’s still better to be cautious. He opened the door as slow as possible, trying to quiet the creaking of the door. He stepped in and closed the door quietly behind him. The kitchen was almost dark, the only light coming from the hallway.

He looked around, his eyes and ears straining to catch anything. His eyes grazed around the kitchen when he spotted a small note on the island in the middle of the room. He slyly made his way over to the note and carefully picked it up.

“I know you’re going to come back sometime, so let me lay everything straight. I will find you both and do to you what happened to aunt, uncle and my father. I will come after you and make you wish that you had ended your own life. For now, since you two couldn’t do shit, I’m taking things into my own hands.

I’ll be seeing you.

XOXO ~ Ara”

He stands there, a breath hitched in his throat. He stands there, tears gathering in his eyes as memories are pushed to the front of his mind.

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He’s standing on a sidewalk confused, he looks up and sees the moon staring back down at him, he has tears in his eyes. He can’t remember how he got here, but the next moment he hears Ara’s voice yelling at him. He can hear the terror in her voice so he gets scared too. Then they’re running back to his house.
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Xie folds the paper and sticks deep into his pocket, taking deep breaths to calm himself. He turns quickly on his heel and leaves the mansion, not bothering to close the door in his haste.
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Your P.O.V.

My heart starts pounding hard, I can feel my body break out into a cold sweat.

I’m not going to fight them, I’ll make my escape when they get too careless.

I let my body relax and try to steady my breathing, being cool and calm about the situation. The hands turn me around and My vision is filled with Jimin’s smiling face. The amount of comfort and relief that floods through my body is so strong that my eyes begin to tear up.

“Jagi, what’s wrong?” His warm hands cup my face gently.

“Why the hell would you scare me like that?” My voice comes out shaky. His faces changes, he looks incredibly shocked and sorry.

“Mian, mian, mian! I’m sorry, I didn’t think.” He pulls me in for a hug. His hands rubbing my back.

“I’m okay now.” I mumble against his neck, embarrassment coloring my cheeks. I push myself a little higher on my feet and give him a quick kiss. He smiles and kisses me back.

“Who’s this?” Ara calls from behind me.
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Jimin’s P.O.V.

I hear the voice that I’ve been avoiding for the past year and a half. I don’t even have to look up to know who I’m going to see. I can feel my smile leave my face almost instantly. I try to swallow down the lump in my throat, but it insists on staying.

“This is my boyfriend, Jimin.” Ara cocks her head to the side and just stares at me, a smile playing at the edges of her lips. She takes steps closer till shes just feet away from me.

“Well, it’s quite nice to meet you Jimin, I’m Ara. I get the pleasure of working with your… girlfriend.” The way her eyes flick to _______ face starts to make me very worried.

“Well, it was nice meeting you, but we should get going, I have something planned for us.” I try to pull _______ away. She squirms out of my arms and then looks at me.

“I need to get my stuff, I’ll be right back.” I watch as she walks towards the back of the library, leaving me alone with Ara.

Ara steps closer till there’s hardly any space between us. She runs her finger down my chest making me flinch back.

“Why would you want someone like her when you can have me? I’ve always been here, and have done everything I could for you.” She purrs.

“You better not touch her or I swear-

“What? What are you going to do Jimin? She’s here with me for hours. Sometimes alone, just us two. You’re too busy with being an idol to do anything, and if you did, what would the fans say? It seems like your company has been doing a good job keeping everything under wraps now. Would they be able to help you if you did something foolish for her?” She moves away from me. I can hear a door being closed and see _____ walking towards us.

“You should have listened to everything I’ve been saying. If I can’t have you… neither can she.” And with that Ara plasters a smile on her face. ________ Walks up to my side and links her arm through mine.

“I’m going to leave now, I’ll leave you two to your date.” Ara walks out of the library.

I can feel the tension in my body, like tight wires. I can feel my blood pumping fast and hard.

“Hey, are you alright? You look upset.” ________ moves my face and gaze from the door to her.

“I don’t like her, she seems like trouble.” This is my attempt to keep her safe… and it sounds like a bratty adult.

She gives me a look that tells me I’m being ridiculous.

“That’s what I thought too at first, but she’s not so bad when you get to know her.”

This situation is so fucked up and I can’t do anything about it.

‘Well can you please promise me that you’ll at least be careful? Please?” I plead one last time.

“Yeah.” She says hesitantly. I nod along but know something more drastic is going to have to be done.
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Ara runs to her car. The tears blurring her vision, along with her hair being whipped around by the cold winds. She can feel her heart aching, it can’t break anymore than it already is. She grips the freezing steering wheel hard and lets the ragged cries fill the chilly air.

She notices something in her peripheral vision and looks up to see Jimin walking away, along with the person she’s vowed to destroy. She knows how easy it’ll be now. SHe has all the hatred fueling everything, she knows the library schedule. She’ll never see it coming. She turns on her car, letting the heater give her some kind of comfort.
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Ju Mie’s P.O.V.

I don’t think I’ve breathed air this pure in a long time. And the sun is so warm too. I wish it wasn’t winter though. I rub my arms through my coat and look at the ocean view in front of me.

Oppas been gone for a few days, but these people are nice, so its not too lonely. Oppa even left me something, but he hid it and said I won’t be able to get till he sends me a text.

Being on Jeju island is so nice though. I think it would be nice to make this our home.

I touch the necklace that was omma’s.

I bet she would like it here too.
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Your P.O.V.

Me and Jimin walk arm and arm silently till we get to the cab that was waiting for us.

We don’t really need to say much. He has the cab take us to a restaurant. When we get inside and get seated he gives me an odd look.

“Why don’t you stop working at the library?” The question stuns me.

“Why do I need to quit?” I ask confused.

“So we can be together more…” He says desperately.

“That won’t work with all your promotions and album stuff though.” I reason

“You can come with me and be there too.” He reaches for my hand across the table.

“I don’t want to have to wait for you to get done with something, it would be boring and you’d be too tired to do anything anyway…” He was making me a little mad, but I tried to be calm about it.

“You’re right… but I still don’t like you working with her. Can you see if you can get her fired or something?”

“Park Jimin?! What is wrong with you? Why don’t you like her?” anger seeping into my voice.

Jimin looks away at another couple, I pull my hand out of his. He sighs and looks back at me.

Notes

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