Y/N

"Come on, hurry up sis!", I called her while I rummaged through my purse making sure that everything was inside. Erin had arrived getting dressed up and my sister had still not left the room.

"I am coming. Wait  a minute, I am just checking the windows.", She said.

After a while, she arrived looking stunning in her white dress with a black leather jacket. I had worn a black bodycon dress that perfectly hugged my curves. It was elegant and classy. Erin was looking gorgeous in her red spaghetti strap dress.

"Damn, we are really going to get those hunks now, aren't we?", Erin giggled.

I laughed. "Come on, let's move, we don't want to be late."

We took a cab to the club. After we arrived, I was immediately welcomed by the loud sound of the music that was pumping from inside. The place was crowded.

There were many people and I felt a bit overwhelmed. I didn't fancy  crowded places a lot.

My sister led us to the club. We stepped inside the club to see people dancing and having drinks. People were having fun feeling the music as their feet moved to the crazy beat.

They were dancing and having fun like they were going to do this for the last time. Something about it was liberating which made me feel like I should let loose sometimes as well.

We went to one corner with my sister. Her friends were there. We did some quick greetings. I congratulated Alan, the person who had received the promotion. He was very friendly and made sure that everyone was comfortable.

Even though, Erin and I had crashed his gathering, he didn't mind it and was polite enough to even pay for our drinks.

After some round of drinks, everyone started to leave for the dance floor. I was the only one sitting on the stool. Erin insisted me to join but I didn't want to dance.

The drinks were making me feel hazy. I didn't have much but I was a lightweight. I couldn't handle a lot.

Getting bored with each passing minute, my eyes darted from one part to another part of the club hoping to see something interesting.

I was thinking about these strangers who were here to get lost in the nightlife. How many of them just wanted to be here not to think? To get away from their life for once in a while so that it won't be more suffocating than it already is?

And here I was who was thinking instead of enjoying what this could provide me. I shook my head as I realized that I had been distracted again.

I lifted my head up once again while chugging down the remaining drink and my breath hitched.

I felt my whole body freeze as my eyes fixed on one person.

I spotted him.

He was  there across the room.

The neon lights that went around in circular motions, the loud blaring music, the people dancing and screaming, I forgot everything.

My mind seemed like it had shut down and my eyes were completely glued to his back.

No, No! That can't be him! I was surely drunk as hell.

But hell I knew that I was sober enough to know who that person was. Spending six years by his side, I knew his presence.

As the information slowly began to sink in, my brain started working and finally panic settled in me.

I was scared.

Because I had finally been able to rejoin those pieces of my heart back. He was here now and it would again destroy me and my already shredded heart.

But no matter what, I couldn't find enough courage to tear away my gaze from him.

It was as if I was convincing myself that this would be the last time I would see him and I should just take this chance.

My heart was beating fast as I remembered the last words we shared with eachother.

Even after six months, how can he still manage to make my heart beat faster?

Another person joined their circle with drinks in his hand and Jimin turned around to help him out.

I felt my heart skip a beat.

Dressed in black jacket and black jeans, he looked dashing. His silver hair garnered the attention in his all black outfit and he was still the same Park Jimin I knew. Attractive and Charismatic.

But something had changed in him.

The eyes that used to always gleam with light looked joyless. The sparkle in them that I was so fond of was nowhere to be found and he looked gloomy.

Receiving the drinks from his friend, he lifted his gaze up and his eyes suddenly locked with mine.

My heart started beating erratically.

My eyes never left his face and neither did his. It was as if the time had stopped for a moment and the world around us had vanished.

I couldn't fathom what was happening. I wanted to run away far from this place but still my feet wouldn't budge.

No, I am stronger than this. I am not weak. You can't do this to yourself again, Y/N.

I shook my head as I tried to convince myself with this explanation.

Someone bumped against me and my steps faltered. Brought back from my train of thoughts, I composed myself. Mumbling  a few incoherent words and "sorry" to that person, I hurried out of that place.

I ran away from there like I had run away before.

I ran away like I had done before.

I felt a realization sink in me that moment. We run away from our problems because we are too afraid to face them. Because there's that uncertainty plaguing your mind that things will again go wrong and the last person who would be hurt would be you.

I dashed towards the ladies bathroom and entered inside one cubicle.

My heart was drumming in my chest. Cold sweat was forming in my forehead.

He couldn't be here.

No he couldn't.

He shouldn't be here.

Because it took a lot of time to convince the heart that he is not the one it wants.

And now my efforts had been in vain.

I was back to square one because seeing him made those feelings return  back once again.

I knew that those feelings never left me.

I just buried them in the deepest parts of my heart.

But now his mere presence brought them back.

I was breathing heavily. Not from the heat or fatigue. But from fear.

Fear of getting my heart broken once again.

The tears rolled down my cheeks and I hastily wiped them. No more tears, no more.

I have moved on already, haven't I?

Then, why is there this excruciating feeling once again? Why does the pain  burn my heart once again?

I fumbled through my purse and took my phone out. I scrolled through the contacts and called Erin.

I can't be here anymore. I need to get out. After the third try, she picked it up.

"Where are you Y/N? I have been searching for you.", She told, her voice was cheerful and I felt bad that I was going to ruin her night.

"I...I don't feel well. I will head back to the apartment. You two can come later."

"What happened? Where are you?", She asked worriedly.

"I am fine, Erin. I think I had too much to drink. I am in the washroom right now. I will call a cab and go home. Enjoy the night alright?"

"No, I will come there after I find your sister.", She said.

"Erin, No, I am fine-----"

But she had already hung up.

I heard noise outside the cubicle and seeing that, I couldn't stay here for a long time, I got out of it. My eyes met new faces who were busy fixing their makeup and I awkwardly made my way out after grabbing tissue papers.

As I walked along the corridor, I saw an open backdoor that led to the garden.

I made my way to it and as soon as I stepped out, I was greeted by the cool night breeze.

The moonlight illuminated the whole place. There was noone outside and the cold wind was blowing past my face. My nerves relaxed a bit making me feel better.

Lost in the tranquil night, I didn't realize when a pair of footsteps had approached me.

"Y/N....."

A very familiar voice called my name. I froze in my tracks.

My throat went dry.

Why is he here?

Why is he here to remind me of everything?

It's already so hard....

I slowly turned back. He was in front of my eyes. He wasn't just my dream like he had been for the past six months.

A lump formed in my throat and my eyes stung with tears . I held them back trying to control the walls that I had built these many months from crumbling apart.

But I failed.

Because he was once again able to break through those walls. His eyes were enough to make me feel vulnerable and defenceless.

Why? Why is it that even after all this time I can't forget you?

Why? Why is it that even after all this time my heart still beats for you?

No matter how high I build my walls, somehow you are able to penetrate  those and peek into my heart.

I stared at him without any words. The atmosphere was tensed around us and we were both afraid. For all the right reasons.

What were we after all?

We were people who were forced to become strangers because of circumstances.

"It's been six months...How are you?", He began after a while. His voice was soothing and healing.

Like it was trying to mend those pieces of my broken heart.

Terrible was the answer. But he didn't need to know.

"I am good. Just going on with life. How about you, Mr Park?", I said to him, making myself calm.

"Now that you are here, it's great....", He gave a soft smile gazing at me like he had been waiting for me as well, missing me as well...like how I did.

I didn't let those words get to me though I was curious to know what he meant.

"What a big coincidence right? I certainly didn't think that I would meet you here.", I said not daring to look straight into his eyes.

I tried to avoid you for this long but fate has different plans for us.

"I also didn't think that I would meet you here. But I am glad that I am here...right at this moment...with you", He said looking at me intently. The small smile playing on his lips,   reflecting sadness and hope.

Why does he have to say these things?

I had my heart locked but somehow, he only knows the way to unlock it once again.

We didn't speak. It seemed like we were trying to process that we were here right now...right at this moment.

"Why are you here Jimin?", I blurted out."Why are you here with me right now?" Don't make me weak. Don't make it difficult for me.

"To chase you.", He said breathlessly while stepping closer to me.

His words rendered me speechless. His eyes shimmered with a mysterious emotion that I couldn't decipher. The moonlight that spilt over the place made his gorgeous eyes look even more beautiful. And I noticed something else. The sadness in those eyes that I had seen earlier was now replaced with something else...something good and his eyes were sparkling just how I loved it.

Was it because of me?

"To chase you once again." He repeated and I felt an ache in my heart.

"This isn't a joke Mr Park. It's been six months...I---you have a fiancé."

His expression became grim but he didn't stop walking closer to me. He finally stopped when we were just some inches apart.

I could smell his cologne. The familiar scent made me feel like I had come back home.

"No, I don't.", He said.

"What?", I asked, surprised from the news. Why hadn't he gotten engaged then?

I had left him so that he could fulfil his father's wish but that same purpose was unfulfilled. Why?

"I don't have a fiancé yet because all this time, I have been waiting for the  woman I want. ", He said.

My eyes went wide. Want? What on earth? Maybe I had too much to drink today. Something was so wrong with me.

"Oh-okay, good to meet you here. I-I need to head back.", I said and turned around to leave but I felt his hand grasp my wrist.

I turned back once again. This time my mind was frenzy because of that electric touch. The sparks that he could make me feel when he simply touched me made me  astonished.

"What is it Mr Park?", I asked him staring at his hand gripping my wrist.

"I didn't go back on your words...I did what you asked me to do.", He whispered.

"Please leave me, Mr Park. It's for the best..."

"I waited for this moment for six months. I waited for fate to bring me back together with you...Now I can't let go."

"The past is past. I have already forgotten it. It doesn't matter anymore, Mr Park..."

"It matters to me.... So, I am asking you this question. Will you allow me?", He asked.

"Allow what?", I said getting confused.

"Will you allow me to chase you?"

I couldn't speak. I blinked my eyes rapidly. My brain had stopped functioning and the rapid beating of my heart was deafening. I just stayed where I was simply frozen.

This wasn't a dream, right?

Because if it was, I didn't want to wake up. If I woke up, he would vanish and I didn't want it to happen.

"I---", I couldn't even mumble anything.

He slowly leaned closer to me. His hot breath fanned my face and I was simply lost in the swirling  galaxies in those pupils. He slowly whispered to me.

"I will take that as a yes."

He gently kissed the corner of my lips making fireworks explode around me and butterflies erupted in my stomach.

The warmth of his lips flowed through my whole body and I relished the feeling of his touch.

"This time, I won't let you run away.", He said cupping my face.

---I have been told that if you repeat a word over and over again, it loses it's meaning.

I have stayed up countless nights repeating your name hoping you would mean less to me with each breath----

A/N: Please vote and comment! And they finally meet💜