"I lost you once but I won't make the same mistakes again, I'll make you mine..."

Flashback...

Jimin felt happy and relieved after his confession. He sat on a bench at the terrace, waiting for the girl he's in love with. Before coming here he didn't forget to leave a note on her locker. As his classes ended earlier, he thought of waiting for her up there. His eyes wandered around, gazing the clear sky, a smile lingering on his lips. Cool breeze slowly ruffled his brown locks, as he felt a chill running down his spine.

Someone tapped on his shoulder. He turned around searching for the hazel brown orbs, only to meet his worst nightmare. What were they doing here? Jimin was unaware that the note he left back for Yuna was picked up by them, he shuddered as they neared him. His bully stood right in front of him, hands in his pockets with a smug look plastered on his face.

"Yah pigmin! What are you doing here?" he asked as Jimin thought of making an escape.

"N...nothing" he muttered picking up his bag, sprinting for the door, but those minions were already blocking it. Jimin groaned in pain as he collapsed on his knees, getting kicked on his shin. That guy crouched down meeting Jimin's level, as he gripped his brown locks in between his crooked fingers with a piercing gaze fixated on Jimin.

"Waiting for someone? Perhaps Yuna?" he scoffed as Jimin whimpered.

"Pigmin likes fatass" his minions yelled teasingly, followed by roars of mocking laughter. Jimin gritted his teeth, holding that guy's wrists, trying to loosen his grip.

"It's nothing like that. I just-"

"What? Don't tell me you like her! Now what, you want to make her your girlfriend? Let us help you then" he snickered as Jimin's nose flared in anger.

"N...no! I-I"

"So you don't like her?" he chuckled as Jimin shook his head, hissing in pain, the grip on his hair tightened.

"I....it's not that"

"Just say what you want clearly. Don't waste our time pigmin!" he growled making Jimin flinch.

"I.... I like her. Now just let me go and please leave her alone" Jimin pleaded as the grip on his hair loosened.

"Ooooooo" they started hooting.

"Someone is falling in love"

"Just let us be" Jimin growled trying to get up, only to be pushed on back his knees. Jimin hissed as his knees grazed against the broken tile beneath.

Their gaze and tone changed, completely opposite to how they teased Jimin awhile back.

"What do you think pigmin, we'll let that happen? In your dreams" he scowled grabbing Jimin by his collar, pulling him up on his feet.

"Now listen to each and every word I say, carefully, or...." he glared. Jimin nodded, his gaze fixed on the white tiles below.

"Prom is around the corner and pair-up day would arrive soon. Before Yuna even asks you to pair up, reject her on her face. I repeat, REJECT HER! And do that in front of everyone, saying you won't go there with an ugly girl like her. You are happy being all alone. And say that you never liked her in the first place, it was just a bet which you made with your friends"

Hearing those words uttered by that guy in front of made his blood boil as his eyes flashed with anger. Jimin tried resisting an urge to punch the boy in front of him right in his face. But he wasn't brave enough, so he glared at him shaking his head in denial. That guy punched Jimin on his stomach.

"Why would I do that? I would never think of hurting her!" he groaned in pain as a tear escaped his eyes.

"Huh, What a crybaby! Just do as we say! If you agree to it, we won't trouble you both again. We'll stop bullying her forever" the guy smirked gripping Jimin's chin roughly.

"You are lying, how can I trust you?" Jimin asked squinting his eyes as the guy chuckled.

"You don't have a choice here, if you refuse we would continue bullying you both and no one would dare to stop us pigmin! That Min freaking Yoongi is not here to save your butt. Right now he's just as pathetic as you, a complete failure. You are all by yourself!" he chuckled, his shoulders shook with the laughter. Jimin closed his fists, nails digging through his skin.

"And one more thing, this time we won't mind crossing all our limits, even with that fatass. So think carefully pigmin" an evil grin played on his lips as he got up pushing him.

Jimin's back hit against the wall as he slid down, his legs gave up. He sat down pulling his knees towards his chest, burrying his face in between, as low sobs left his lips. Gripping his brown locks, he pulled them in frustration.

"What should I do? How can I trust them? And if I refuse to meet their demands, would they do something worst? Arrrrghhhhhh What do I do?" he was in a mess, where should he go now? Who would save them? He doesn't even have any friends.

When they said about crossing limits what do they mean? The last time when Yoongi helped Jimin, they had almost choked him to death. Yoongi reached on time kicking them out.

Jimin sat there sobbing, as he tried fighting his inner devils.

"Atleast Yuna got some friends who always support her. It's not that I never tried making friends, all rejected me, saying I'm an ugly fat nerd. Why is it always me who's left all alone? Don't I deserve to be happy? What if they try to do something, who'll save me? If I can't save myself, how will I save Yuna? No, I can't let that happen! I....."

"Don't worry Yuna, even if I'm not around, you would be happy....." he thought getting up on his wobbly legs, wiping tears off his cheeks. He then trudged back inside.

Jimin kept avoiding Yuna till the day of prom pair-up. Yuna found that weird, why would he do that after what everything happened between them at the terrace. But she shrugged of her feelings, giving him his much needed personal space.

The day of Prom Pair-up

All except two had paired up. At one corner stood Ara crossing her arms, as her partner ginned widely besides, his bunny smile on display. Jimin and Yuna were the only ones without a partner. Yuna turned around approaching him. Jimin trying to avoid any eye contact, turned to his right, spotting the bullies. They warned him to reject her or be ready to face the consequences. He shuddered thinking about it.

As Jimin was lost in his thoughts, Yuna's presence besides him went unnoticed. She tapped his shoulder, which jerked with her feather touch. He took a deep breathe, gathering all his courage to turn around and face her.

She smiled looking at him, her eyes full of hope. He felt guilty, how could he break her heart when she looked so happy right now. Jimin closed his eyes, getting ready to face the worst.

"Ummm since we both are left, we could pair up right? I-"

Before she could even complete her sentence he stopped her,

"I would never pair up with an ugly girl like you! I'm better all alone. I never liked you in the first place! I asked you out for a bet, we are nothing! Just stay away from me, I h...hate you" saying so he stormed out of the room, tears trickling down his cheeks. He rushed towards the washroom, to hide, if possible to evaporate in thin air. He wanted to run away, not wanting to face Yuna.

Here Yuna stood at her place, frozen. Ara and Jungkook shocked by Jimin's outburst came towards her, others already busting into laughter. Some watched her with pity and some with disgust.

"Even pigmin rejected her, what a pity, tsk tsk"

"She got high hopes, poor girl"

"She deserved that, got some guts to ask a boy for prom huh?"

"True that! She's pathetic, just loves to gain unwanted attention"

"Let's go now, who wants to see her cry"

Ara stood up to put some sense into those blockheads, but Yuna pulled her arm, shaking her head, gesturing her to be quiet. Ara fumed with rage but remained quiet for her bestie.

Jungkook ran behind Jimin to give him the taste of his own medicine.

Yuna plopped down on the floor, hugging her knees, sobbing as Ara patted her back, hugging her.

"I th....thought atleast he was d...different from them, he said he liked me. But they all are the s.....same, they love to p....play with my feelings. Am I so ugly making them h...hate me so much? W...why me Ara? Why am I so ugly? C...can't I be beautiful like those girls" she sobbed as a tall figure stood in front of her.

"You know what, you can never be like them, you are an ugly fatass just accept it and move on" the guy scoffed.

"Shut your filthy mouth and leave us alone. I won't think twice before cutting your d-!" Yuna covered Ara's mouth as she shot daggers through her eyes, the guy flinched stepping backwards.

"Fine! I'll go", he turned around, but a smirk formed on his face as a thought crossed his mind. He turned around to face them again.

"But before leaving I wanted to tell you something Yuna! You shouldn't be left in the dark. We made a bet with pigmin, and guess what he accepted it. We told him to make you fall for him and then reject you in front of everyone, if he does that we'll stop troubling him. He took that offer, so smart of him to do that, right! What do you say?" he smirked leaving her in a crying mess.

In the washroom Jungkook held Jimin's collar punching his face. His nose and lips bled from the blow, not even trying to save himself. A while later Jungkook got tired of punching him.

"Why did you do that? I thought you liked her" JK asked looking into his eyes, holding him by the collar.

"I like her"

Jungkook's eyes widened as his grip on the boy's collar loosened.

"Then why you said that hyung!"

"They told me to do it. They said we will be free from their bullying and if I don't, then they would make things worst for us. I thought I could help her better" he sobbed making Jungkook furious.

"Hyung how could you believe them!" he pushed Jimin, making him fall on his back.

"Atleast she has you and Ara. I have no one, who would save me from them if they do something. And if I can't save myself how can I save Yuna? I can't help her anyways so I thought letting her go would be the best" he sobbed sitting straight as he wiped the blood dripping from the corner of his lips.

"We could have been friends hyung, if you hadn't done this. Now I don't know" JK sighed, looking at him with disappointment as he helped him to get on his feet.

Jimin froze in his place

"W-we could have been f-friends?"

"Why not? Jimin hyung we always treated you as a friend, you were the one keeping a distance. I don't know what step Yuna would take after this, she was getting better since the past few days. She smiled so often we were really happy for her, not even knowing the reason behind it. But you worsened everything"

"What do you mean?"

"She is suicidal Jimin! She tried taking her life a few times before, me and Ara arrived on time to save her. Past few days something changed, she was happy. We didn't know the reason but her being happy was all we needed. And now..." JK sighed looking at his feet.

A commotion was heard outside, both the boys ran towards the place where the voices came from.

"I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HATES ME. NO ONE WANTS ME HERE. I SHOULD JUST DIE! I WILL JUMP OFF THIS BUILDING, AND LEAVE THIS PLACE FOR GOOD. MAYBE THEN YOU WOULD REALISE HOW MUCH YOUR WORDS HURT ME!" Yuna screamed as her voice cracked.

Ara, Jungkook and Jimin froze at their places as they tried to process Yuna's words.

"Sis what are you saying? We love you, how can you say that! You deserve so much better" Ara said hugging Yuna who stood there staring into nothingness, her face devoid of any emotions.

Jungkook arrived with Jimin,

"What's this Yuna? Are you crazy? What will Yoongi hyung say if he hears all this?"

Yuna stood there speechless, her lips quivered, cheeks tear stained.

Jimin came and stood in front of Yuna.

"I'm sorry Yuna! I...I shouldn't have listened to them I-"

SMACK

Yuna slapped him across the face, as he took a few steps back from the impact. Jimin's eyes widened holding his cheek which stung in pain. Yuna's eyes filled with tears and rage.

"Just fuck off. I hate you. You lied to me, you all are the same. Don't dare to talk to me again" she said pushing him, leaving the place with Ara.

"You deserved that" Jungkook scoffed.

"Ya I did. But what should I do now Jungkook? She hates me, and would never believe me even if I try telling her the truth" Jimin said clutching his chest.

"What can I say hyung? Just tell her the truth and wait. All you can do now is to wait for her" JK said sliding hands in his pockets turning around to leave.

"And one more thing, do something to make her happy. You would do that if you really care for her" JK said before leaving him alone.

"I would do anything for you. I'll make it right" Jimin said as he left the room.

To be continued...
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This flashback connects to the prologue.

So what do you think? Was Jimin being selfish?

Tae is so selfless compared to him, don't you think? But do we know everything about Tae yet👀

How can choosing one be so difficult! I'm confused af😍

Mochi girl signing off till we meet next... (๑˃̵　ᴗ　˂̵)و