Answer: Love Myself - BTS
Save Me - BTS

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These last two days has been a beautiful blur that passed through the pairs eyes in a dreamlike state. A weekend filled with laughs and gentle kisses, along with baking and watching television throughout the whole day. Jimin has also gained the habit to love this open space a little too much and uses it as his own dancing platform whenever he gets the chance. Jungkook would just watch of course, giving Jimin his inputs whenever he asked, sometimes even dance with him as well. Just the thought that they may be spending time like this... For a very long time just fills them with so much joy and anticipation in their hearts.

Of course they know they may have a few arguments here and there, but they will overcome it together somehow.

They always do.

The second night of staying in this safe haven, Jimin gave permission to Jungkook to see the videos from his phone while also telling him what they did to him;  Extreme conversion therapy and countless attempts of an exorcism. Jungkook broke down crying when Jimin told him exactly how they managed to break him apart, by using Jungkook against Jimin in that horrid, traumatic manner. The ravenette was ready to walk out of this apartment and kill the fucker who dared had the audacity to touch his precious Jimin, but of course his angel was there to calm him down from actually committing murder. They cried, a lot, and Jimin was tempted to slice his wrists again by how overwhelmed he felt but Jungkook was his angel to divert him away from that strong temptation. However, Jimin also felt much more relieved upon being open to Jungkook about his experience; the other understood him well and was there to remind him of how he's here now and is loved and wanted by him.

He's not alone, and Jungkook loves him.

That night they fell asleep in each other's arms with a whole new level of trust being reached in their relationship.

Now, there's no secrets, only love and a strong binding trust.

The next day, Jungkook surprised Jimin with breakfast in bed, clearly brightening up Jimin's entire morning from their gloomy night. He didn't fail to remain the smaller male how much he loves him or how much he values his existence, and so he took Jimin out to ice skating to get out of the apartment and do something new. At first Jimin was a little unease about being in public with Jungkook when they first stepped out of the building, but then he remembered that he has no reason to hide his love for the other and he shouldn't be afraid anymore, so that motivated him to hold his hand; hesitantly but then he felt more confident doing so.

When they got to the outside skating rink in the park, they were fortunate enough that the rink was nearly empty with a few people here and there. They ordered their skates and Jimin began to tell his lover how apart from ballet, he use to love skating and even took secret lessons as a kid with Mrs. Kang, who is the manager of this ice skating rink in town. She obviously never told his parents about it, but eventually he stopped going as his mother grew more and more strict with him being out more often, and that grew when his father began to get more physically abusive.

So Jimin is ready to face the ice once again, hopefully not literally speaking.

The second the pair touched the ice, it was as if Jimin was living those sweet moments of his childhood all over again. At first he was slightly wobbly of course since he's not use to it, meanwhile the ravenette was skating laps around the whole rink like a pro, obviously not mentioning how he was the captain of a hockey team during middle school and up to sophmore to a league outside from school. He was good at it for a while but then he wanted to do football (soccer) at school, so he had to leave hockey behind.

But he clearly still has those skills, clearly.

After a while Jimin managed to get his pace back and began to skate around much more comfortably, with Jungkook obviously being a guide whenever he needed it. Eventually Jimin began to get more comfortable in these blades and began to do familiar twirls and ticks that Mrs. Kang taught him, and he managed to do it exactly like how he remembered it.

To say that the pair are extremely happy in each other's company would be an understatement.

They felt... Alive, and so happy to be living in this moment together.

At one point while they were at the center of the rink, Jungkook judging over Jimin's spins, a little girl suddenly skates towards them and tries to mimick Jimin's spins. Sadly she only ended up falling down to the ice on her butt with a deep and embarrassed frown on her lips.

Aw poor baby!!

The pair instantly stops what they were doing and cooes at the tears beaming the girl's eyes, coming to her aid instantly, "Hey don't cry," Jimin comforts softly as he bends down to her, "It's okay to fall, see."

And as on cue, Jungkook purposely slips back, making himself fall on his butt as well with hands on his cheeks and a dramatic gasp, "See?  No need to cry. It's okay to fall."

The little girl suddenly break a little smile and wipes her eyes with her small hands, "I-I want to s-spin too."

Aw, she wants to spin too!!

Jimin's heart practically melted in his chest.

He  giggles adoringly and rises up, extending out a hand to her, "Here, let's help you up first."

Happily, the girl takes Jimin's hand, wobbling slightly on her skates before smiling brightly at Jimin while Jungkook stares at the two from the ground, knees to his chest as he stares at the scene with a heart clenching warmth.

Jimin looks like a complete angel with kids.

"So, first off, let me tell you my name. I'm Jimin," The brunette greets with a shake to the girl's hand.

"I'm Sarang," The girl introduces shyly with her cheeks tinting pink. The smaller male smiles widely at her cuteness and let's go of her hand.

"So ready for lesson one my young student!" Jimin announces, making the girl stand up straighter with a salut.

She's so cute!

So Jimin gets to his first position, "Step one, relax your body."

Sarang breathes calmly and gives him a nod.

"Step two, heels back together while the front is parted."

Jungkook eventually got off the ground and began to do this as well with the little girl, half ready to fall just so the girl won't feel embaressed, the other half actually wanting to learn this as well.

"Step three, spread your arms and haul them to the right, along with your upper body."

Jimin demonstrated what it was suppose to look like and his two students mimicked his actions, ready for either an amazing result or a total disaster.

"And then forcing them to the other direction and bring your arms in," And Jimin did exactly that, swirling a few times before coming to a stop, waiting for them to follow.

Of course since Jungkook has hockey skates, it ended up with him actually falling to the ice while Sarang actually managed two turns while wobbling to her stance slightly, before falling on the ice.

And the couple cheered for her, softly clapping and praising her how well she did, despite her fall. So she grew happier and determined, and continued practicing until she was able to do it without wobbling to her stop, and the pair couldn't be even more prouder of her in that moment.

She did it! Yay!

"Yes! You did it sweetie! Great job!" Jimin squeals while Jungkook high fives her, making her even giggle in utter joy and suddenly do something neither Jungkook or Jimin unexpected.

She hugs them.

She's so tiny so she was only able to reach their waist, but her arms clutched onto them with a wide smile on her lips, "Thank you!"

Jungkook mimicks her wide smile and hugs her back, meanwhile Jimin is still in shock by this pure act by the little girl. She doesn't know him, let alone has spent time with him for more than an hour to gain that affection, and she's hugging him; Staring at him as if he puts the stars in the night sky.

And that's when it hit Jimin, how beautiful and good the world can be. There's no malice or second intentions in everything someone does all the time, or false emotions. It can be emotions as pure and honest as this little girl's, who's far too innocent for this world to notice the darkness in it.

What a beautiful serendipity this moment became.

Exactly what Jimin needed to shed more light to his future.

So with a warmer heart, he hugs her back and caresses her head, pouring his appreciation for this little angel's heart. Sadly the pair didn't get to enjoy this moment longer since someone called out for her outside of the rink.

Her parents.

As Jimin looks up to them, they hold sweet smiles on their faces as they stare at the scene, ushering their daughter to join their family once again. The little girl turns her head towards them with a softly smile and looks back to Jungkook and Jimin, "It was nice meeting you! Bye!"

And so she skates back to the railing, getting off the ice to hug her parents. The couple waves back at when the parents waved their goodbyes and carried their soft angel away. It warmed a glimmer of hope in Jungkook's and Jimin's heart as they recall those moments with her as they grow more and more distant away.

Maybe.... Maybe they can have a family of their own in the future....

Just.... Maybe.

And Jungkook made sure to voice that out in the open.

"Can we have a baby girl in the future?" He gleams giddily, skating in front of Jimin with arms around his waist and a wide smile on his lips, "You will be such a good father and she can look exactly like you! I can take her to school and you can pick her up! We can go on cool adventures and spends really nice family time- Oh my gosh Jimin can we please have a baby? We can start practicing right now-"

Jimin cuts him off by pressing his lips sofly on his, a smile clearly there as he caresses his lovers cheeks and pulls away, giggling under his breath, "Last time I check, neither of us have ovaries to get pregnant."

Jungkook sighs heavily but suddenly smirks broadly, "Well.... We can practice for other reasons of course," And he nudges his nose against Jimin's cheek, "Anyways, that's not the point! Point is, I want a baby girl with you, okay?"

Once again did Jimin explode into soft giggles and he softly nods, "Will you marry me anytime soon for that to happen?"

And to Jimin's utter senstive heart, Jungkook perks a challenging eyebrow and kneels down to one knee, taking both of Jimin's hands.

The way Jimin began to panic at that exact moment only made Jungkook start to burst out laughing and get back to his feet, "I'm kidding relax," He chuckles as Jimin lets out a sigh in relief, "I'm not going to propose yet, but it will happen.... Eventually."

The smaller places a hand on his own chest and slaps Jungkook's arm with his other hand, "You nearly gave me a heart attack. Yeah, love marriage, but..... Let's give our relationship time.  We're just starting to actually get domestic."

Jungkook laughs and swings an arm around Jimin's neck, pecking his lips, "You are so cute! You know how the saying goes, we rise together and-"

"We..... Fall together?" Jimin says questionably and suddenly processed exactly what that meant the second Jungkook slips them both down onto the ice.

They started laughing hard, letting the world swirl around them as some people stare at them with heart eyes, others not so fond, but the couple didn't care.

In this moment, they're happy.

And that moment was capatured behind the screen of a phone as the person clicks on the picture and saves it with a soft smile on his face.

A moment like this deserves to be treasured.

"Why did you take a picture of them babe?" The boy holding their hand asks, staring at the happy couple as well, "Do you know them?"

Yeosang, Mr. Kang's son, didn't wipe off the genuine smile from his face as he caresses his lover, Hwanwoong, hand, "They are people I really look up to.... I'm going to ask my dad to give me the raven haired man's, Jungkook, number so I can send him this picture. I think he would really appreciate it."

The blonde boy only smiles at his partner and leans to his shoulder, "They seem happy," He beams but then twitches a frown, "Do you think we will ever be like that? Be open about our relationship without hiding?"

As on instinct, Yeosang looks around, spotting a few familiar faces staring at the couple on the ice and Yeosang tugs his hood closer to his conceal his face, despite his mask concealing the lower half of it, "I really hope so," He whispers and tugs his hand, "I need to talk to them, come with me."

The young pair approaches the railing of the rink from the outside and Yeosang instantly calls out Jimin's name. The smiling male turns to the where they're calling him, confused since rarely anyone knows him, but Jungkook stands protectively in front of him as they skate to the unfamiliar person. That is until Yeosang lowered a bit his mask that they realized who it was.

"Oh you're Mr. Kang's kid," Jungkook smiles, glance at the boy next to him, "And you are.."

"He's my boyfriend," Yeosang says with a shy smile, "Hwanwoong."

The pair greets the new boy with kind smiles before all attention falls to Yeosang as he calls to Jimin, "A few members of the church are here, and..... It seems as if they're still following orders to keep an eye on you."

Almost subconciously did Jimin tense up and let's go of Jungkook's hand, his face obviously falling to a fearful pale as he frantically begins to look around, noticing some familiar faces glance at his direction as well.

Of course.... He's being watched, that hasn't changed, even if his parents aren't here.

They probably are informing his dad about this as he speaks.

And that began to rise panic in Jimin's heart while it only ignited Jungkook's anger.

"You better start point out who they are so I can give them a better reason to leave Jimin alone," Jungkook demands to the young boy.

Jimin began to panic even more, "Jungkook please-"

"No!" He snaps angrily, fierce eyes looking at Jimin, who visibly flinches, "They have no right to be stalking your every move! Tell me right now Yeosang! Who is-"

"Jimin? Is that you?"

The four snap their heads to a tall male stand far back from Yeosang and Hwanwoong,  a soft looking smile on his face but darkness lacing his brown eyes, "I didn't expect to see you here. Out and away from... Home."

Jungkook's hands instinctily balls into a fist as he captures onto Jimin's horrific eyes as he slightly steps back, "I-I don't recognize y-you."

"What do you mean?" The man chuckles and let's his eyes form a slight disgusted look to Yeosang, who's hand is still tangled with Hwanwoong, "We are pretty close."

Yeosang fearfully lets go of Hwanwoong's hand, cursing at himself for being so careless.

Will them come after him too?

The ravenette noticed the younger's sudden act and was heaving by now in aggravation as he stands in front of Jimin defensively, "He said he doesn't know you, so back the fuck off-"

"Jungkook, is it?" The man questions, his smile widening as Jungkook's eyes fall to confusion, "Ah yes, I heard of you well from Jimin here. What a pleasant surprise to see you two...... Together."

And thats when Jimin began to connect the dots together.

Those eyes.

That voice.

H-His.... Hands.

Traumatic hands...

Oh no.....

No, no, no....

"Look," Jungkook growls as Jimin's hand tightens on his jacket from behind, hearing his whimpers only driving a string of fury to his chest, "I suggest you move along and leave Jimin alone."

He's not leaving.

He's not done.

And Jungkook doesn't know how long he can hold it in before he demolishes this man to pieces for scaring Jimin, whoever the fuck he is.

"Oh Jimin, I'm so disappointed in you," The man tusks, taking a step closer that even made Yeosang shield Hwanwoong back, "Jungkook is what, hm?"

Jungkook is pain-

A sudden wave of hysteria falls over Jimin's body as he sobs to the horrific memories in his head, "No, no, no. Jungkook isn't pain, stop it!"

No wonder Jimin is afraid, this one of those obsessive church members.

And Jungkook's glare intensifies upon that connection, "So you're one of those little church fuckers that just loved to use my name, huh? Trying to make my Jimin an enemy with me."

Oh he's a lot more than just that.

The man suddenly barks a laugh and shakes his head, "We just guided him to the light, nothing more than that," He snickers and turns around to walk away, but not before craning his head back with devious smirk, "See you soon, angel."

That was like a hard slap across their faces.

Jimin instantly broke down to cry to his anxiety attack, and Jungkook didn't hold himself back from taking off one of his skates and throwing it at full force to the man's back, sadly not having the blade hit him instead, but the man did topple to the ground upon the impact.

That didn't stop Jungkook from taking off his other skate and hauling over the railing, stomping over to the man on the floor and strike the blade across his face with full force, cause blood to spill over his now split lips.

And Jungkook completely lost himself the second he saw blood, and he didn't stop.

He touched my Jimin.

He abused and raped my Jimin.

He deserves to fucking die!

"Jungkook! You're going to kill him!"

But Jungkook was far too in his fit of rage to listen. He throws the skate aside and punches the male himself with every malice and angry bone in his body, leaving the man now a completely blood mess but still fucking breathing!

Die!

Fucking die!

Suddenly hands on his arms yanks him away from the man, and Jimin is suddenly in front of his face, tears pouring past his eyelids as he holds Jungkook's face with a hard grasp, forcing him to look away from the man on the floor.

"Hey look at me, I'm okay," Jimin shutters repeatedly over him as Jungkook tries to escape the arms from Yeosang and Hwanwoong on him, "Lovely, it's me! Okay, I'm okay, he's not hurting me anymore. Relax. He's unconscious, he can't hurt me. Come back to me."

He's not near Jimin.

He can't touch Jimin.

But..... He tried to destroy him.

Heartless fucker!

Tears now began to whelm in Jungkook's eyes and he stops fighting, the pain now sinking in his chest, "But he hurt you," he croaks brokenheartedly and shakes his head, "H-He deserves this much pain-"

"I know baby, I know," Jimin murmurs and wraps his arms around Jungkook's neck, his body still shaking in panic, "I want to go home. Take me home please. To our home, p-please."

Jimin needs him right now, he needs to get his head together.

His angel needs his lovely.

So Jungkook slowly calms down and nods, hesitantly being released by the two boys as Yeosang hands him his shoes that Jimin made sure to get before leaving the rink.

"You both should leave before the cops arrive," Hwanwoong states warily as he glances at the small crowd around them.

Jungkook only rolls his eyes to the people around them as he slipping on his sneakers and sends a heavy glare to the limp man on the floor, sadly still breathing, and he holds Jimin to his chest, "You two get home safe," He says to the two younger boys before walking down the pathway of the park.

Jimin is still shaking, trying to control his breathing as he holds onto Jungkook, who wants nothing more than to just take away that fear from his boyfriends eyes.

But Jimin suddenly halts in their spot, slightly alarming Jungkook and ready to ask if he's okay. However Jimin only turns back around, stomping angrily to the crowd and to the man on the ground. Without thinking twice, he kicks with full force, that Jungkook has taught him to have while teaching him soccer, the balls right between his legs. The man practically howls in pain as he instantly places his hand between his legs, tears beaming his bruised eyed.

Damn that felt good.

"God loves me the way I am, and you can't tell me otherwise nor will you change who I am. See you in prison," Jimin huffs and spits on his face before strutting back to Jungkook with a proud smile and head high, meanwhile the ravenette fights a smile on his face to his strong angel.

Now the angel has learned how to fly and fight his battles.

He has changed so much; from a defenseless, nerdy church boy to..... Being Jimin.

Being himself.

And that's so beautiful to be part of.

Jungkook couldn't help from pressing a kiss against his cheek the second Jimin stands in front of him, "I love you."

Jimin remains silent for a moment and sighs heavily, "On second thought, can we get married already? I would love to see them coil in their seats in disgust as I show off my wedding ring."

And Jungkook laughs, that anger now fading away to complete adoration to his pouting boyfriend before his eyes, leaning in to nuzzle their foreheads together.

"Lets piss them off together, yeah? And we can brag about our honeymoon details during visiting hours while they rot in prison."

Jimin's eyes brightens, "Oh great idea! We should start the wedding plans soon in that case."

"Yeah totally," Jungkook giggles happily and pecks their lips together and sighs, "What would I do without you?"

"Probably be in the same boat as me," Jimin murmurs with a slight frown, "Dead before the year ends since we both were on the blink on giving up on life."

Jungkook tilts to head to this, "Eh you're right, but even then, I'm pretty sure we would've found each other even in the after life, maybe in another life too."

Jimin smiles widely and hugs his ravenette tighter to his body, "Without a doubt."

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A/N:
What goes on in this chapter wow..... There's a lot to take in hehehe

Ahhhh how do you think Jimin is doing with his recovery process? I try to make this as realistic as possible, so I apologize if it.... Doesn't seem that way :'(

I want him to show his happy moments, but also his moments where he does have those flashbacks of trauma.

Thank you so much for loving and appreciating this story so much!!!

I PURPLE YOU!! <333