Y/N's pov

"W-what?"

My voice breaking as I try to slowly calm myself.

My mom?

The woman looked at me with pity, her eyes getting sadder the more she looked at me.

"If it's okay dear, we can sit down on this bench right over there? I'm not that young anymore."

A soft chuckle escaped her lips.

"Yes sure, we can go there."

Jungkook let go of my arm as he started walking toward the bench, the woman walked next to me, I could feel her eyes on me.

"What is your name dear?"

Looking to meet her soft gaze, I let a small smile form on my face.

"I'm Y/N."

She returned the smile.

"I'm Gloria."

I just nodded, too confused and scared to say anything more.

I didn't know what to feel or what to think.

Am I finally going to find out what happened to my family?

I'm not sure if I'm ready to find out.

Reaching the bench, Jungkook stood there, his facial expression is blank, he waited for us to sit down, before sitting down next to me.

I turned to look at Gloria, she was now sitting in front of me, Jungkook was right behind me.

She smiled sadly at me again.

This smile just breaks my heart.

If she already feels pity for me, what does it mean? What happened to my family?

"Your mother, she was-"

She looked away for a second, blinking some tears away as she let out a sigh.

"She is my best friend."

My heart tightens in my chest, my eyes focused on her, on her words.

"She lived here, in this town, she was part of a gang around here."

A gang? Not only my brother, but my mom was in a gang too?

"She was here for a while, then she met your father, Walter, he was in the same gang."

My dad's name is Walter, I feel like I want to hold on to this name, afraid I will forget it, that I'll forget everything she is telling me now.

Afraid that it's not real.

"They were in love, they didn't think about the far future too much."

I felt my heart break into pieces, thinking about them is something else, but hearing about them, makes me realize they are real.

"But then Alice found out she was pregnant with your brother."

Wait, Alice?

"A-Alice? Is that my mother's...

Is that her name?"

Chewing on my bottom lip, I tried hard to stop myself from letting my tears drop.

It was getting harder to breathe, my whole world just shook, the truth is about to break me.

Gloria looked at me, she took her hand and put it on my trembling one.

"Yes dear, that's her name."

I nodded, not trusting my voice at the moment.

"After finding out she was pregnant, they decided that they want to live normally, without risking their child."

Gloria wiped some tears that escaped her eyes, she looked away from me, still holding my hand.

"They said that they want their children to be able to live happily like all the other kids.

They didn't want them to end up like them."

I looked down, shaking my head, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

A few tears managed to escape, but I wiped them away quickly.

"They wanted to leave the gang, but the leader told them that if they leave, he'll hurt your brother."

My head snapped up to meet her eyes, I felt sadness, anger and confusion wash over me.

How could he do that to them? How heartless could he be?

My parents just wanted to live their life, but they couldn't no matter how happy they were.

"They were young and afraid, so they stayed. Alice gave birth to your brother and they named him Dylan."

I feel like my world is crashing down on me, they are people, they just wanted to live their life, but they aren't just any people.

They are my family, the family I knew nothing about, the family I want to run to and hug now. I want to tell them that they didn't deserve it.

I closed my eyes tightly, feeling my head exploding with thoughts, my heart filled with pain.

"When they found out she was pregnant with you, they decided they had to take the risk. They had to leave.

Your brother was 8 years old when they left, you were born probably a few months after they left."

I let out a deep breath, my vision started getting a little blurry as the tears threatening to fall.

So my brother is 26.

"From what I have heard, they got attacked about a year after leaving this town.

They wanted to save you and your brother, so they made Dylan, at the age of 9, take you and run away while they tried to fight the gang members.

But no one knows what happened to them, if they survived or not."

My eyes widen, my heart continued to beat faster as my hands kept trembling.

That's a lot to take in.

My brother had to deal with that at the age of 9, taking his sister and running away.

He must have been terrified.

I felt my heart twist as I tried calming my body, I was shaking.

Gloria noticed and held my hand tighter.

I felt thankful for her, but I felt so broken at the same time.

After a minute of silence, she continued.

"After Dylan ran away with you, he didn't know how to take care of you, you were still very small.

So he came across a different gang leader, he noticed the situation and took advantage of that so he could use Dylan."

Gloria closed her eyes tightly as if trying to forget everything, it seems to be so painful for her to speak about it, just as painful as it is for me to hear that.

"He offered him a deal, to join his gang, and he'll make sure you'll be sent away, to foster care.

He agreed, just on the condition that you'll never get involved in this violent world.

From what I know, he's still stuck there, Dylan he-"

Her grip on my hand got even tighter, I felt the same pain she is feeling.

I felt another tear fall down my face, I let it out, not even bothering to hide it anymore.

I tried to contain myself, I saw how broken she was, I couldn't break down in front of her.

My heart was beating fastly, it ached so much, just by seeing her reactions. The way she speaks about it as if it happened yesterday.

She looked at me again, a pained smile forming on her face.

"He's stuck in that gang for 17 years now."

I sucked in a breath, feeling as if my heart had been stepped on, as if I was beaten mentally, as if I had no air left in my lungs.

"GLORIA!"

My body suddenly tensed as I looked behind Gloria to see a man standing next to one of the houses.

I could see how Gloria shifted, her whole body froze before she immediately stood up.

"Dear, you don't know how happy I am to see that you're okay. I thought I'll never get to see you.

But I have to leave now."

Before she could leave, I stood up too, looking into her eyes.

"Thank you, Gloria, I mean it."

My voice cracking, as I tried to blink my tears away.

"Remember that they loved you, they still do. They'll be so happy to see you now.

It felt like I was talking to my best friend again.

Thank you for that Y/N.

I hope I would be able to see you again."

I smiled at her, her words cut deep into my soul, it was painful. She must be hurting so much.

If I feel so much pain now, I can't imagine how she feels. She felt this pain every day in her life from the moment this happened.

"I hope so too Gloria."

She started walking away, my eyes were stuck to her until she got out of my sight.

That's when I let myself break, that's when I felt as if everything that had just happened, wasn't real.

I let the tears fall down my face, as it feels as if I can't breathe anymore.

I close my eyes tightly, as I started sobbing, letting all my feelings out.

I felt happy knowing more about them, that there were these people out there that loved me, that I still have someone that loves me.

But yet, I felt so alone.

Suddenly I felt a hand on my back, turning around I saw Jungkook, his expression still blank, no emotion in his eyes.

I forgot he was right here.

He was here the entire time, but he didn't say anything, he let me handle it, he allowed me to find out.

What he did next surprised me and it just made everything even more shocking to me.

He pulled me toward him, we were so close to each other, my face buried in his chest as his arms wrapped hesitantly around me.

His hand patting my back.

Getting comfort from him was the last thing I was expecting.

Feeling safe in his warm embrace, I just let myself break down completely.

I cried into his chest, feeling frustration, happiness, exhaustion.

I felt overwhelmed by all those feelings.

I've never felt so many emotions at the same time.

It felt good, being in his arms right now, feeling his body heat warming my trembling figure.

I just don't want to let go, I feel safer, I feel like I'm not alone, I feel comforted and I just didn't know how much I  needed that.

He didn't say anything, he didn't have to say a single word.

This was enough.

I felt heartbroken and horrible, knowing what happened to my parents.

Knowing what happened to my brother.

He sacrificed his own life, his future to protect me, and now, because of me, he is stuck in this dangerous world.

I felt my heart hurting, burning, breaking, the tears kept streaming down my face.

It felt like forever until I finally managed to calm myself down a little.

My breathing slowly got back to normal as I felt like there were no more tears left.

Picking my head up, I found Jungkook already looking down at me, his arms still wrapped around me.

"We need to go back."

Jungkook let go of me, stepping away. I felt the cold wind hitting my body, and I immediately missed his embrace.

I just nodded in response, too tired to say anything, too tired to feel anything.

It feels like a nightmare, and I don't know how to wake up.

_______________________________________

A/N

This chapter was kinda emotional...

This chapter is really short, but I wanted to have a chapter without too much action, so you'll be able to find out a little bit about what's going on.

I know those 2 last chapters are kinda 'calm', but it was important to have these moments too.

All the action will be coming back soon.

※Also I added these gifs, let me know if I should do it every chapter.

If you want that, I'll edit the chapters from the start.

Lol just let me know what you think.

ℒᵒᵛᵉ ᵧₒᵤ .•ᰔᩚ