It was mid in the week, they waited until the weekend was over before going on their plan for their little trip out of the instituut, Yoongi didn't want to take the boy out on the most crowded days which were the weekends normally. he decided to go early in the morning right after breakfast. which he currently was having, well jimin was having. slowly eating a sandwich with a cup of hot tea. The boy was eating more and more, slowly getting to the proper meals, at dinner he wouldn't be able to fish a whole plate but he was showing good progress. he got almost back to a healthy weight, his body was still a bit thin and lacked muscles but he was looking better, his belly was now flat and no longer hollowed when he came here. Yoongi had a smile on his face the whole time he watched the boy eat. Jimin kept averting his eyes, feeling awkward and shy under the man; s eyes while he ate.

"s-stop staring," Jimin said softly with his mouth full of food.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it. '' Yoongi chuckled and sat back in the chair looking around the room where others were eating too.

"im done" jimin said after a while and he took the last gulp form his tea wiping his lips with his sleeve. already dirtying his shirt which he literally just put on.

"I will put this away, shall we then go?"

"Okay" Jimin replied he told himself he can do this, he was ready, he didn't have to be scared yoongi would be with him. He won't be alone. but still he felt very nervous and scared. He hadn't been outside in so long. What if he sees Jaesang? Jimin shivered at the thought but quickly shook his head. no.. he is in jail...he can't hurt you anymore jimin... he told himself and took a deep breath. He hadn't noticed the raven had walked off until he felt a hand on his shoulder. the patient was startled and snapped his head to the side, he quickly relaxed when he saw it was just yoongi.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Yoongi asked, seeing the boy looked anxious.

"yes...i want to get...better" jimin said, still not quite sure about that. but he will try. He was trying for yoongi.

"Okay, then let's go." Yoongi smiled and offered his hand, the boy took it and held the doctor's hand tightly while he walked to the front exit doors. The desk lady wished them a good day before they walked out. Jimin's nervousness was increasing with each stage they went. first leaving the building, now leaving the gates and then getting in the car of the doctor. the car he had memorized to see when yoongi came back after the weekend. He would sit in front of the window all morning to see the doctor's black car drive over the parking lot.

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After a short drive to the city yoongi had parked the car near the park, and they would walk through there to slowly start. it was better than going to the center right away. The doctor looked at Jimin as he undid his seatbelt. Jimin had his head turned to the window looking outside with a strange expression, he looked tense.

"shall we go? or do you want to wait a bit"

"Let's...wait a bit here" Jimin replied looking at his lap, he didn't feel confident enough to get out of the car. He could see a mom and a child walk past the car which put the boy on guard, his eyes following the woman and her kid, ont trusting them.

"Okay, tell me when you are already. i will wait here with you.'' Yoongi sent the boy a smile as they waited together in the car. Jimin's eyes kept looking around. Was it safe out there? Will he looked at weirdly? Will people hate him? what if someone tries to hurt him again? he can't trust those people. Jimin closed his eyes and spoke mentally to himself. something he never did when he was with jaesang. He would just be blind and only hear jaesang in his head. But now Jimin was in control, Jimin was talking to himself telling him to do this, that it was okay, he wasn't alone. Yoongi noticed the boy was encouraging himself and smiled proudly. another progress in the boy's healing. Jimin will get better, Yoongi was sure of it.

"O-okay, i-im ready," the boy said. He sounded unsure but Jimin wanted to go now. Yoongi gave a nod and stepped out of the car walking to the passenger side to assist the boy. Jimin immediately grabbed yoongi's hand, holding it tightly. the doctor smiled warmly looking at their hands. that warm feeling in his chest rising. it was getting harder and harder for him to ignore the growing feelings towards Jimin.

"Let's walk through the park for a bit" Yoongi suggested pointing at the entrance of the park, behind the gates grass field and a pond with some ducks. Jimin nodded and followed yoongi in the park. he steps a bit shaky when passing some people that exit in front of them. He looked down to not make eye contact his hand clenching tightly around the raven's hand.

"You're doing good, don't mind them. they are not here to hurt you. Everyone is in their own world" yoongi said to calm the boy down. Jimin just silently nodded. They walked over the sandy path around the fish pond, a family of ducks was swimming towards them hoping for some food that the visitors kept throwing in their water. quacking their beaks at them. Jimin frowned at them, shooing them with his hand.

"shoo! go back. i don't have treats" he said but the ducks and even the baby ducks kept quacking at him. Yoongi chuckled seeing it. he reached in his pocket taking out one of his biscuits he had packed for them and handed it to jimin. the boy looked puzzled at the raven. but then got what he meant by this. The boy smiled, thanking the man and kneeled down to get more to the ducks their level. He broke the biscuit in little pieces and threw it near the ducks. they hurried their way to eat the biscuit that the human gave them. "do they like it?" jimin asked.

"Yeah, but don't give too much, they will get stomach aches if they have too much."

"oh, then I will eat the other half," Jimin said and chomped the other bit off the biscuit. The ducks quacking at him when they didnt get more. "I'm sorry duckies, I don't have any more. now shoo" Jimin stood back up giving the ducks a wave of his hand before he walked away with yoongi, this little interaction cheered him up and he passed a few people without it affecting him. He smiled while walking.

they neared the other side of the park which led to the city center and halted. Jimin looked at the people in the street ahead of him, there were more than in the part. still less than midday on weekends but still too much for jimin to be comfortable with. He didn't know them, he didn't like them. in his eyes everyone was like jaesang. but just a different face.

"Do you want to continue?" Yoongi asked, he would reward the boy with an ice cream when they passed through this street. He knew there was a good ice cream shop on the corner near the plaza.

"y-yes, but don't leave me alone" jimin said holding yoongi's hand again as they walked into the street. mixing in the line of people that walked there. Jimin's posture slumped as he made himself small, wanting to fade away. but he didnt stop. He wanted to do this. He wanted to show Yoongi he can do this, he will make Yoongi proud and smile.

"You okay?" the raven asked.

jimin nodded but yoongi saw he was lying and stopped walking pulling jimin to the side of the road to not block someone's path to walk. "don't lie Jimin, tell me if you want to stop or feel uncomfortable. we can take breaks whenever you want to"

"o-okay....thank you" jimin said feeling a bit bad that they had to stop now because of him, but h was also glad yoongi noticed how uncomfortable jimin was actually feeling. he didn't like it when the people walked to close past them he could almost touch their shoulders with his own. "i-its hard yoongi"

"What is hard, what are you thinking about?" Yoongi asked softly, so not everyone will hear them.

"t-they are bad....i don't trust them...i keep thinking of j-jaesang" jimin said, glancing at the people that were in the street.

"I see, but remember these people are not him. These are different people. They are not bad. not everyone is like him. you don't have to be scared of them. and i am here for you" yoongi caressed his thumb over the back of jimin's hand. The boy smiled a little at the kind gesture and nodded. He will keep remembering what Yoongi told him.

And with better thoughts jimin continued walking through the street until they reached the end standing on the plaza. a few skaters were skating over the stairs of the teather house, their music was heard distantly. "You did well Jimin, I'm proud of you" Yoongi said, he really was. Jimin smiled happily, glad to hear he made the other proud. getting better wasn't bad to do. with the thought of doing this all for yoongi made him not realise that while he did so he really was healing more and more, slowly but steadily he was having progress. "Would you like an ice cream?"

"ice cream?"

"Yes, right there they sell ice" Yoongi pointed to a colorful little shop where a row of people stood outside waiting in the hot sun for their turn to get a delicious ice cream.

"yes, okay" jimin nodded, following yoongi to stand in line. In front of them was an older lady, probably the grandma of the little boy next to her. He held onto his grandma's hand but his head was turned and staring at Jimin. his big orbs were not moving, which made Jimin uncomfortable.

"stop staring!" he said not realising he sounded rude. The kid flinched and quickly turned around and the grandma was now the one to look back disapprovingly.

"don't shout at my grandson like that," she said.

"Sorry miss, he didn't mean it like that." Yoongi said and quickly showed his card to her without Jimin noticing. the grandma hummed and nodded.

"I see, then I will let it slide this time" she turned back around.

"Jimin apologized to the id, he did nothing."

"but he was staring, I didn't like it. it made me feel bad things" jimin replied, pouting his lips slightly.

"I know, but your words came out rude. you may have hurt his feelings"

"but.. i didn't mean to hurt him, he just had to stop"

"then apologize" yoongi said and jimin nodded. he kneeled down hesitating heavily before tapping the kids shoulder. the boy turned around looking at him.

"i'm sorry for being rude," Jimin said.

"Okay" the kid said, nodding before turning back around. Jimin wasn't quite satisfied with that reply but he did it. And soon enough it was their turn to order. Yoongi got a banana flavour and jimin got mango. The boy ate it while humming from the delicious sweet taste. He liked the ice cream a lot, and it distracted him while they walked back to the car through the center, not reacting to the people passing by him.

Yoongi kept a close eye on the boy but didn't notice anything strange, Jimin looked normal at this moment. like nothing was wrong with him. his heart heats up again watching the boy at his side.

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It was an amazing day for Jimin. He had been smiling a lot and even on the car ride home he still looked happy. Yoongi noted the day as successful, he will take Jimin out like that more often so he will slowly step out of the bubble he had put himself in.

"Jimin, i have to meet the boss today. I will see you again for dinner, " Yoongi said as they stood in the hallway. Jimin holding onto the napkin from the ice shop he took with him. He will keep it as a memory of today in his room.

"That's okay, I will wait for you then" Jimin replied and watched the doctor walk off before going to his room. Inside the room he placed the napkin with the shop logo on the dresser. it was a good memory of him, he hoped to make more good memories to think back to. He wanted the memories of Jaesang to disappear and replace them with happy ones. memories with yoongi. but suddenly Jimin thought of something...what will happen if he does get better? yoongi will leave him...yoongi will get a new patient...he wont be with yoongi anymore... the boy teared up. "no..." he whispered, he didn't like that though. the boy grabbed his head and started crying. He didn't want Yoongi to leave him, he dint want to be apart. He wanted to stay with yoongi. he wanted to be with him, he was the only one that cared for him. Jimin's sobs and whines were heard in the room, but these were not tears of panic or trauma. These were tears of sadness, feelings of sadness. He just cried without doing anything bad. pulling his legs up as he pushed himself more in the corner.

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thank you for your patience and reading once again. i hope to see you in the next chapter again!

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