~Confusion~

*JIMIN*

“Hey.” Namjoon greeted just as Jimin got down from his car and approached him. “So what’s up?”

“Where is the necklace?” He suddenly asked, without even greeting him back.

“Um, here.” He brought it out of his pocket and handed it over to him, staring at him in confusion.

“How… how is this possible?” Jimin muttered under his breath, twirling the necklace round his fingers, his brows were knitted in total confusion.

“What is it?” Namjoon asked again.

“This can’t be possible, right? I mean, you are with the necklace so… so how come does she have one as well?” He questioned, looking up at Namjoon.

“What are you talking about, Jimin? I’m very confuse right now.” He said.

“Detective_”

“Namjoon.” He corrected.

“Whatever.” He waved off, sighing. “I think something is wrong somewhere.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m very sure this necklace belongs to Lisa… and she’s the only one who owns a necklace like this in the palace.”

“So?”

“Lisa has her necklace with her.” He finally said, running his fingers through his hair. “I… i don’t think she’s the murderer.”

“What? How is that possible?” Namjoon questioned, staring right at the necklace in Jimin’s hand.

“I know right!” He started to panic, pacing around as he kept muttering words to himself.

“But you said she’s the only one with that necklace, right?”

“Yes!” He half yelled, throwing his hands up in the air as if in defeat. “I’m very confused right now. How come are we with the necklace and she have hers with her?”

“This can’t be.” Namjoon whispered to himself. “You need to calm down. Let’s go inside.” He said, opening the front door for him.

“Thank you.” Jimin walked through the door while Namjoon followed him from behind, slamming the door shut behind them.

He sat down while Namjoon went to the kitchen to get him something to drink. Few minutes later, he returned with a glass of orange juice and set it on the table, in front of him.

Jimin didn’t say anything, all of his attention were just on the necklace.

“You have to calm down!” He cuts through his thoughts.

“I can’t. What if I’m wrong? What if Lisa is not the problem here? What if_”

“What if you just calm the fuck down and let me think?” Namjoon cuts him off, feeling irritated of his behavior. “I got this, okay?”

“Do you? You are the cause of everything. If you didn’t put those words of doubt in my head about my maid, maybe this wouldn’t have happened!” He lashed out at him.

“Excuse me? You were the one who came to me with that necklace, remember?”

“Oh shut up.” He rolled his eyes, looking away.

“So you think Lisa is not the problem here, right?”

“Can’t you see? She has found her necklace which means this necklace here is not hers.”

“Then who owns it? You?”

“This isn’t funny.” He glared.

“I know. It isn’t. Listen, I know you once trust this maid of yours but who knows maybe…”

Jimin quickly cut him off. “Don’t dare accuse her of anything.”

“I’m not. I’m just…” He let out a deep breath. “Let me have the necklace.” Jimin tossed it over to him. He caught it with ease. “It’s silver.”

“Yeah.”

“Are you sure this necklace belongs to Lisa?”

“Yeah. But not anymore.”

“Do you have a picture of her wearing the necklace?” He asked.

“I… I guess?” He brought out his phone, clicked on the gallery app, he scrolled through the pictures and finally stopped at a particular photo. He slowly handed the phone over to Namjoon.

Namjoon stared at the photo for a while before saying. “It’s silver too. It’s definitely this necklace.” He nodded at the one he’s holding. “But if she’s really with another one, does that mean… Wait, what if she did got another one.”

“Hold on, you think she bought another one of this necklace?”

“Maybe. Um, who bought her this necklace?” He asked.

“Her boyfriend.” He replied. “I might be blind at then but I can remember hearing her bluffing about it. At some point I wish it was me.” Jimin sighed. “I’d asked her to take a picture of it with my phone and she did. After I regained my sight, I scrolled through my album and found the picture…”

“Her boyfriend… have you ever see him in person?”

“Once. I wasn’t blind then. They’ve been dating for years now.”

“What is his name?”

“Hwang Hyunjin. Wait, why are you asking all this?”

“Listen, every gifter will always recognize his gift, don’t you think?”

“Yeah?”

“I want you to look for any means to get the necklace Lisa currently have and bring it to me. We need to make Hwang Hyunjin pick out the necklace he got for his girlfriend.”

“Will that work out?”

“It have to. Because right now, Hwang Hyunjin is our only hope here in finding out the truth.”

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“Hi.” Jimin smiled, sitting down beside him.

“What are you doing here?” Jungkook asked, staring at him.

“Hey, that’s a very rude way to say hello to a friend.” He pouted.

Jungkook shook his head, looking back at the flowing waters. “Didn’t know we were friends.”

“Ouch, burns!” He chuckles, staring at the waters also. He hugged his knees closer to his chest. “I didn’t know you love coming here.”

“I didn’t know here existed.” Jungkook said.

“What?”

“One night, I got into my car and drove away from home, hoping to be far away from everyone… and I ended up here.” He turned to look at him, Jimin was also staring at him. “Just as if the heavens were on my side, they made me see you dancing. I love every of your dance moves… it was as if you were telling a story through it. It was beautiful. It brought my troubled heart to ease.” He sighed. “Ever since then… I grew interest in coming here just to watch you dance.”

“Oh.” Jimin muttered, breaking off the eye contact with him as he looked back at the waters. “That… that’s sweet.”

“Yeah.” He sighed. “How did you find here?”

“I didn’t find here… it found me.” Jimin smiled. “After losing my parents, I will always run away from the palace, going far away from home. I will dance and dance to the waves because… that’s the only way I could connect to them.”

“Your parents?”

“Yes. My mother had told me and I quote ‘whenever you want to communicate with us, dance to the waves of the sea.’ and I did just that.” He smiled. “I dance until I get exhausted. Sometimes I dance till I break down in tears.” He let out a deep breath. “I never knew my dance moves was healing a broken heart as well.” He reached out to Jungkook's arm. “I’m glad to have been of a great help to you.”

“Hmm.” He hummed, staring down at his hand that was on his arm. “You didn’t call.”

“Call?”

“You said you were going to give me a call today, remember?”

“Oh. Yeah. Wait a minute, were you waiting for my calls?” Jimin said, teasingly.

“Nah.”

“Come on, I’m sure you were waiting for me… could that be the reason why you are here now?” He winked, laughing.

“Don’t flatter yourself.” Jungkook said, getting up to his feet.

“Where are you going?” Jimin asked, standing up as well.

“To the office.”

“Oh. Can we meet here this weekend?”

“No.” He replied, walking away.

“Please. You know you are the only friend I have.”

“Am I?”

“I cross my heart. I’m actually an introvert.” Jimin said to him.

“Now I see why we both clicked. We have lot of things in common.” Jungkook shrugged, stuffing his hands into his pants pocket. He got closer to his car while Jimin got closer to his own. “I should get going.”

“Yeah. It was nice seeing you around. You actually took my mind off some things of lately.”

Jungkook stayed quiet for a while before saying. “You too.”

Jimin chuckles softly, giving him a thumbs up. “You are actually becoming a better person. Sooner or later you are going to open up to the world and start smiling, trust me.”

Jungkook just stared at him, not saying a word. After a while he clambered into his car and drove off while Jimin just stood there and watched him fade away.

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*JUNGKOOK*

He wants to open up to him.

He wants to tell him more things about himself that no one, not even Namjoon knows about.

Jimin was just too different and special.

Jimin was someone who doesn’t know a damn thing about his messed up life but yet trying to help him.

Jungkook let out a sigh, turning the steering wheel to the right direction. Jimin was just so precious for him and honestly… he wants to be his friend. He wants to be someone he can lean on for help, someone that can support him… he wants to be someone important to him.

And besides, if hanging out with him means getting his memory then he see no problem with it.

He needed his memory.

He was already getting closer to his home when he sighted his mom talking to someone in front of the gate. The person was wearing a black hoodie.

Jungkook sped closer towards them and stopped the car as soon as he got closer. He clambered out and walked towards them, grabbing their attention.

“What’s going on here?”

His mother eyes went wide while the person who was talking to her refused to look at him. The person just lowered their face to the ground, it was as if the person was avoiding him from seeing his or her face.

“Jungkook…wha… what are you doing home?” The question wasn’t what sounded suspicious but the nervousness and the fear in her voice was what sounded suspicious.

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*JIMIN*

“Lisa.” Jimin smiled, walking inside the maid’s room.

“My prince.” Lisa quickly jumped out of bed. “Do you want something?”

Jimin shook his head. “Of course not. Can’t I just come here to say hi to my only friend?” He went closer to the bed and sat down. “Seat.” He offered.

“I will stand my prince.” Lisa said.

“Don’t. I want you to sit.” He said.

“Thank you, my prince.” Lisa sat down beside Jimin. “Did I do something wrong?”

“Of course not. Why will you even think that?”

“You were very mad at me before you left this morning.”

“I wasn’t, Lisa. I was just… frustrated.” He sighed. “My aunt’s case is really getting out of hand. I don’t even know what else to do, Lisa. I’m just so confused.”

“I understand. But what about detective Namjoon? Isn’t he doing anything?”

“He is trying his best, I guess.”

“You know you can always ask me for help or anything. I promise to always stand by you and help you through everything.”

Jimin smiled. “Thank you. Um, can I hug you?”

“Sure.” Jimin pulled Lisa to her arms, engulfing her into a warm hug. They both pulled apart smiling. “I stink, I need to have my bath.”

“Yeah. I will go prepare dinner.”

“Lobster.” Jimin laughed, standing up to his feet.

“Lobster it will be.” Jimin have taken some steps away from Lisa when Lisa said something, stopping Jimin. “Thank you for liking me again, my prince.”

Jimin smiled. “No, I should be the one thanking you.”

“For what?”

“For being here. By my side.” He opened the door and walked out. As soon as he slammed the door shut, he opened his palm, staring down at the necklace he had stolen right from his maid’s neck. “It’s gold.” He muttered under his breath.

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TBC

This is getting more complicated. How can the necklace be gold when the one in the picture is silver?????

Who do think was talking to Dohwa, Jungkook’s mother?

And what can you say about Jimin’s theft act?