"Inmate 3961"

Jimin was confused when he was suddenly called by the guard officer. He stepped forward. "Yes?"

Without any talk, the guards just grabbed his arms and dragged him to somewhere.

"What's wrong?" asked Jimin.

The guards didn't reply to him and just dragged him out.

Jimin just followed the guards and then his eyes about to pop out when he saw Jungkook was sitting on the chair.

The guards let go of Jimin's arms. They bowed their heads slightly to pay respect to Jungkook before leaving both of them alone.

Jimin walked slowly at the chair in front of Jungkook and took a seat there. Actually he hadn't seen Jungkook for a long time, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. Especially when he also didn't like Jungkook for some reasons. But after the past depression that he'd gone through, he didn't want to get involved in any fights or cold war with anyone anymore. He wanted to move on.

"I dropped the charge," said Jungkook.

Jimin's eyes quickly shifted from the space to Jungkook. He couldn't believe what he'd heard. Why so sudden? Or actually he had other hidden intentions? Nothing for free in this capitalist world anyways.

"You must want something," said Jimin.

Jungkook stared at Jimin's face for a moment. He didn't know what to say. But when he reflected about himself, he felt weird. Since when he cared about other people? Especially about this Park's family.

Jungkook pushed the clothes on the table towards Jimin. "You don't want people to think that you're an inmate who are on run from the police"

"Just get straight to the point. Please. I'm tired of this all" said Jimin, rolling his eyes. He looked so lifeless like he was done with everything.

Jungkook took a breath. "Seolhyun"

Jimin quickly looked back at Jungkook.

"She's very sick"

                    "Noona!" shouted Jimin as soon as he opened the ward room's door.

Seolhyun who was sitting on the bed, staring blankly at the scene outside through the clear window glass was startled by the sudden voice of Jimin.

She quickly turned her head at him. "Jimin" tears escaped her eyes and she opened her arms when he rushed towards her.

She hugged him and caused him to sit slightly on her bed.

"Noona, what happens to you?" asked Jimin. He still didn't know her medical condition. But he could not ignore his bad thought that it must be severe. If not, Why Jungkook just released him from jail just for this? Without him wanting anything from him?

"Jungkook released you?" asked her.

He nodded.

"Thanks goodness"

"Noona, what happens to you?"

She didn't reply to him. Actually she didn't want to answer that.

"Noona?" he loosened the hug and intensely looked at her.

"Noona. Please. Why do you make me so worried?" he could not ignore his thought anymore when he realized she just looked so pale and not well at all that he started to burst.

"Please don't. Don't worry about me. Everything is fine" said Seolhyun.

He shook his head, "I don't believe you"

"Even if I go, it doesn't mean that I'm not fine," said Seolhyun after knowing that her disease was fatal.

His lips start to tremble. What she's said wildly played in his mind. "What do you mean? Go where?"

She held his hand. "I want you to live, forgetting all the pasts. It is all my fault that you're being like this. If only I didn't play this stupid game. If only I quit a long time ago, things would not be like this. Things at least would be better. I had this ego that eventually hurt you. Now we're free. I don't want things to go back like before. Like you said, let's move on"

"This is not about me or about anyone, this is about you" said Jimin.

"What more about me, um? I just want to see you happy"

He removed her hand off him and got off the bed. "I'll go out for a while"

She nodded and he walked out of her ward room. Her heart was so heavy to let him walk away actually. She just worried what would happen if he knew about her disease.

                       "Yes?" Jimin's jaw slightly opened when the doctor said it was COPD.

He walked out of the doctor's office and closed the door. His eyes seemed hopeless.

He kept walking towards the hospital entry with his mind full of what the doctor had said. Why was God so cruel? Why did He want to take the person he loved the most?

Why must it be Seolhyun? Was it too early? Doesn't she deserve a little bit of happiness in this world before you take her from me?

His feet weakened, slowly his steps came to dead. Unable to take anymore, he burst into tears at the public. People around started looking at him. But he already didn't care anymore and the burst in his chest took over the control.

A middle aged woman came to his side and patted his back. "What happens to you, young man?"

His lips trembled so much and he just kept shedding tears.

                    Jungkook sat in his car at the car park. One of his arms rested on the steering wheel. His mind was actually messed. He didn't know why this had to happen.

Then, his phone rang, causing his mind to be pulled back to reality.

He whipped out his phone and saw Eunkyung's name was on his screen phone.

He rejected the call. But she kept calling him and he finally took her call.

"What do you want, Eunkyung?" asked Jungkook.

"Are you really going to do this to your mom? Jungkook-ah?"

"Doing what?"

"You know what happens. You choose her over me. I'm your mother, how could you do this to me? You let your grandpa did this to me and I-I hurt"

Jungkook sighed out. "Then, act like a mother. Why do you think this is a choice when actually we don't need it at all"

"You abandon me for her. Jungkook, I don't like her. You can choose anyone but not her"

"You don't even really know her but yet you hate her?"

"I just hate her that because of her you become disobey to me"

Jungkook frowned. It was such a sick reason. "Why don't you go to hospital? You need help" he said and hung up the call, throwing his head back, frustrated.

"Jungkook? Jungkook!" yelled her when she realized he hung up on her and then whimpered.

She felt it was such a humiliation that Jungkook started to think that she was crazy.

                   Jimin lied on the floor at the living, his eyes fixed at the white ceiling. He was thinking about Seolhyun. If he was being like this, it would end up hurting her more.

Shouldn't he cherish her until.... "Until..." he sighed out, unable to say it. He closed his eyes. He could not imagine until that moment, a tear escaped. He laid his arm on his forehead.

"Yeah, I should. I should"

He nodded. 

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                     Seolhyun was scrolling his phone out of boredom. As she thought, it was just sickly boring to be in the hospital.

When she heard the door open, she turned her head at the doorway. Her gloomy face was replaced with a big smile when she saw Jimin. So, she put her phone aside. She noticed his hands full with the plastic bags.

"My lovely noona! Look what I bring you today" said Jimin excitedly and put the plastic bags in front of her.

She took a look at it and gasped.

"Yeah, I went to Mokpo today"

"Mokpo rice cakes. The one that we used to eat together when we were children? Jimin-ah" she was touched and then she took it out and put it onto the portable hospital tray.

"Yes"

"That ahjumma still opens her shop. That's awesome" said her.

"Yeah she is. But she's getting really old" said Jimin with a smile, reminiscing some of his childhood memories.

"Of course people are getting old Jimin" She said and slightly giggled.

But I wouldn't see you getting old. Jimin giggled with a strain under a force.

Then he helped her take out more food that she bought for her. "Soup, honey chicken, vegetables stew. I brought you all" said him and she giggled again at his enthusiasm.

Then he watched her eating.

"Um! That's so delicious"

"Of course it is. I've bought each best meal from the best restaurants!"

"You're crazy" said her and they giggled.

After his giggle died, he looked at her with warm eyes. "How do you feel today"

"Just like usual. It's just boring to be in hospital"

"I'll accompany you"

"Ah, don't Jimin. You have your own work"

"You forget that I'm unemployed now," said Jimin.

"Ah right. It's time for you to look for a girlfriend then" She curled him a sly smile.

"I don't look for girls. Girls look for me" joked him.

She slapped his arm lightly and giggled. "You're so crazy"

After eating, Seolhyun leaned against the headboard, resting.

Jimin saw like she was having difficulty breathing, Her breath was loud. He looked at her worriedly. "Are you okay?"

"I'm okay. Don't worry"

Her condition slowly got better and then she looked at Jimin with a serious look. "Jimin, actually I'm afraid"

He quickly reached her hand and clenched in his. "Why?"

"You know, I'm not a good person actually. I'm afraid"

Jimin guessed that she was talking about the next life. "What are you saying? You're a good person and if so, all humans make a mistake"

She shook her head. "It's not a mistake. I even almost tried to kill a person. How is it a mistake? I lied, I manipulated, I incriminated, I-I" She shoot breath and then continued, "It's a lot"

Jimin sighed out. He could feel that it was about y/n. Then he looked at her again. He didn't say anything for a while, he just stared at her. Her only sin is that she loves him so much.

"Do you want to see y/n?" asked Jimin.

Her eyes flickered when he said her name. She couldn't say anything.

"Noona?"

She took a deep breath, looking at him seriously again. "Jimin"

                        Jimin took a look at Seolhyun who was sleeping before closing the door. Then, he leaned against the wall, whipped out his phone out of his pocket.

"y/n.." he muttered. If he was her, it's gonna be hard for him to forgive Seolhyun too. The way she incriminated Eunkyung to hate on y/n. And she knew it would be put y/n to be in danger. But she just let it be? And all the lies? Even with what all he did to y/n before, made him feel like a sinner and undeserved to be forgiven.

He sighed out again. Stared at the floor for a while before making a phone call to y/n.

"What's the matter?" asked y/n as soon as she answered the phone call.

"Nothing. I just want to call you"

She heard him sighing through the phone call. She remembered the phone call with him last time. He also sounded not okay.

She wondered if he went through something. "What happens to you??"

"What? Nothing. I just..." he shot a breath.

"Just what?" asked her.

Y/n frowned when she heard no answer from him. After that, the phone call was going on without anyone saying anything.

"y/n" Jimin called her name, breaking the long silence.

"Yes?"

"If I'm apologizing, will you forgive me?"

"This sudden?" asked her.

Jimin forced out a stuck laughter. "So, it is a no" he laughed again. Very awkward.

"What are you apologizing actually?" asked her. She started feeling that he felt guilty meanwhile to her it was unnecessary because she knew all were just misunderstandings.

"I did dirty to you. About your friends and about.." he shut his mouth, he was unable to say that he went to visit her mother back then wasn't because he cared. It was just he wanted to accuse her.

Y/n understood that there was something he was unable to say. "Forget it. It isn't like all were your fault. It were all ours"

He bit his lips, lowered his head. He took a breath. "Will you be able to forgive my noona?"

Her face went stiff. She didn't expect him to bring about Seolhyun so suddenly like this. And even about apologizing? Why so sudden?

"Why are you talking about this? But things have come to an end. I just don't want to mess my head with all of the bad things that happened in the past. I don't resent anyone. I'll try to forget all"

"Try?" asked him as she sounded like she actually just could not.

She didn't say anything.

"Y/n, I actually... I-I" his lips trembled so much. He shut back his lips, he was unable to tell her his request.

"Just tell me what you want to say actually. You wouldn't call me for no reason"

He sighed out. The sight of Seolhyun's guilty face crossed his mind. If y/n forgave her earlier at least she could enjoy the remaining time with a little bit of happiness, with a little bit lighter mind, with a little bit of peace.

Then he mustered his courage. "Can you see my noona?"

Y/n frowned. "What? I-I mean why so sudden?" She laughed out of awkwardness.

"I couldn't bear seeing her like that. She is sorry for all that she did to you. I know if this never happens, she wouldn't be so. So, can you?"

Her frown deepened. "What are you talking about? I don't understand. What the thing that is happening?" asked her confusedly but she knew that there was something he was unable to say.

"Actually, my noona had a fatal disease. She won't live too long from now"

She gasped, her eyes flickered.

"I just want to do something for her. I know it's hard for you. But the least thing I can do and I want" his lips began to tremble again when he felt sadness struck him. "I want her to rest peacefully," continued him.

She felt the pain through his voice caused her to feel the same thing. She knew he loved his sister very much. And for Seolhyun. She was evil and heartless to her but she wasn't ever happy either. Pitiful. She's just pitiful.

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