A/N: Good luck besties <3

"Why'd you bring me here?" Chantelle asks.

They don't answer, they merely giggle while guiding Chantelle down the corridor. He furrows his brows, but knows better than to question his two friends. They lead him down the hallway for several more minutes until they walk out to the courtyard. Chantelle's jaw drops. Half the school must be here. They're all outside, skipping and playing, dancing and celebrating lord knows what.

"Is there a festival I don't know about?" Chantelle asks. Again - no answer.

His two friends, Taemin and Yuki, shake him off. "Can I be honest Chan?" Taemin asks. Chantelle's only left more confused, but he nods nonetheless. "You're an asshole who'll never amount to anything in life. We're not friends. We never were and we never will be. You're nothing more than the little pet we dragged around to do our bidding," Taemin says.

Chantelle's whole world falls apart with those few sentences. Before he even knows what's happening, Yuki pulls out his wand and shoots Chantelle back on his ass. Right in front of everyone. They all laugh at him, gathering round and curious to see what the fight is about. "You prick!" Chantelle shouts. He gets to his knees as they come over, standing over him in triumph.

"Look at that, we got lil Channie on his knees. You'll never be anything more than just a dumb loner. Horrible grades, shy, no personality. No one wants to be friends with you. You clung onto us and made yourself think we liked you," Yuki says.

Chantelle's eyes widen, "But we've been friends for years."

"Oh look - Chan has imaginary friends now." Taemin laughs, and the school laughs with him.

Then, Yuki and Taemin get shoved out of the way. A single man stands there, holding his wand out. "Leave him alone!" the man yells, standing protectively in front of Chantelle. His eyes expand watching the mystery man defend him. Why him? Why is any of this happening to him?

"Pil-woo, get out of the way," Taemin says with a hand wave.

"Not when you're bullying an innocent man in front of half the school. Honestly, what's your problem?" the man replies.

Chantelle recognizes him now. Park Pil-woo, one of the top students. Top wizards. He's supposed to be like a God at this school. Everyone respects him, but clearly not Yuki and Taemin, otherwise they would've stood down by now. Chantelle feels a bit honored knowing this respectable man is defending him. The top wizard who aces every test in every class is staring down Chantelle's enemies without a lick of fear radiating from his body.

"He deserves it. I'm sure everyone will agree with me there. All this loser does is sit in the back and makes everyone's lives miserable just by existing. We hate him. He's tried to be our friend for years and we were never comfortable with it," Yuki explains. Chantelle's heart pangs. He thought he had true friends. Guess this whole time he was wrong.

"So you resort to this? Bullying him in front of everyone? You should be ashamed of yourselves," Pil-woo says, putting his wand away and turning to Chantelle. He kneels to be eye level with the broken man. "Are you okay?" he asks. Chantelle stares with admiration. The entire school is laughing at him. His only two friends hate him and embarrassed him in front of everyone. The pain hits hard, sure, but all Chantelle can feel is his heart beating faster. That day, Chantelle found out what love is. The only problem is, that same person also taught him heartbreak. Park Pil-woo. The father of Park Jimin.

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You stare at the cave, gripping your wand tightly. Now you're no idiot. You know pretty damn well that this is probably a trap. There's one tiny problem though: you miss your family. Your entire life you've had no love, no guidance, no parents. When you said you raised yourself, you weren't kidding. They left you at a young age. That longing to have them in your life... it hurts. Seeing that fire message brought out a new part of you. The part of you that was trying so hard to hide the pain.

The cave tempts you. It calls to you, screaming out about how you should. You know it's a horrible idea, but the temptation is impossible to resist. While still gripping your wand tightly: you go inside. A rushed breath escapes your lips, your footsteps echoing as you traverse down the stone. Every echo makes you wince. Where the hell is he? He has to be at the entrance, he wouldn't make you walk all the way to the back, would he?

Regardless of your thoughts, you cast a lighting spell and keep going. Eventually you reach the point where you're walking for a full minute, then, you hear a rock fall and snap to your senses. "Dad?!" you call out.

"My dear, you actually came," a deep male voice says. It reverberates around the walls, your spine trembling at the sensation. He steps out from the shadows and casts a spell of his own, shooting an orb of light up into the air, revealing the circular cave room you're in.

You take a shaky step back. This is your father? "I know you probably don't recognize me," he says, taking a cautious step closer. The pitter-patter of your footsteps echoing away make him stare at you expectantly. It's as if he's expecting you to keep moving back. Wait... no. No no no this is such a big trap. You whip around, preparing to attack the first thing you see when a spell bursts out and disarms you.

You yelp as your hand burns, your wand clattering to the ground. Within a blink, you're taken to the ground. "Get off me! No! Dad please!" you cry. He picks up your wand, two people pinning you to the ground. Two others step out of the shadows... your mother among them. Five people total. "N-No! Please!" you yell, "if you want to kill me, just do it! Please leave my friends alone!"

Your mother takes a menacing step closer, "Tell us the back ways into the school and we'll spare the Park boy. Who's your best friend? Ah what's his name? Jeon Jungoo?"

"Jungkook," you say.

"Jungkook, right. We'll spare him and Jimin if you tell us what we need to know."

"You know what I think?" you cough out, the two men borderline choking you that's how much pressure they're putting on your throat.

"What is it dear?" she asks.

"I think you you should go fuck yourself! You're not hurting any of my friends!"

"We'll get it out of you," she says, twirling her wand around.

"We're in for a long fucking night then," you reply. She kneels, and just like that, the pain comes.

Bruises form all over your arms and legs, cries and screams of pain leaving your lips. The men who were holding you beat the shit out of you, not even using their wands. Your body shakes, your hands clawing at the dirt. "Stop," your mother says. You pant, your entire body aching. "Anything to say?" she asks.

"Fuck... you..." you whisper, coughing up blood.

She sighs, "Resume." However, they don't. Instead, a beam of light enters the cave.

It momentarily blinds everyone, you wincing and covering your eyes. "Get the fuck away from my girl!" Jimin's voice yells, the sound of spells whipping out around the room. A 'thunk' is heard from besides you, the blinding light finally dimming. You gasp when you realize that one of the men is on the ground next to you: unconscious. You snap up in time to see Jimin there, narrowing his eyes as four people form a square around him, boxing him in.

Your eyes widen, "No! Jimin run! Please!" He doesn't even glance your direction. Jimin keeps his wand raised, then, he snaps out another spell and downs the other man who was on top of you. "Jimin!" you cry. Again he doesn't listen. It's too late: your mother disarms him within the blink of an eye. His wand clatters to the ground, and your father tackles him. "NO! Please! Please don't hurt him! P-Please!" you beg.

No one listens to you. Your mother wipes a bead of sweat off of her forehead and chuckles. Your father makes Jimin kneel, standing and grabbing his wand, backing away from the Slytherin. Jimin has that look of defiance on his face that makes you fall in love. Why the hell is he here? Why did he come after you? Your gaze softens. The fire note... he must've seen the fire note. Ugh this is bullshit! Jimin doesn't deserve this!

She kneels in front of him, "I'm going to give you two choices. The first one is tell us where a back entrance is, or we kill her right in front of you." Jimin looks at you, and you rapidly shake your head.

"Don't! Please!"

His eyes go back to your mother's. "There's several back halls, you can enter from under the bridge leading to the forest."

"No! Jimin!" you cry. Why the hell would he do that?! Why?!

"Second... we can't have you following us. So that leaves us one option. Either kill you both or kill one of you and leave the other unable to move and too emotionally damaged to go anywhere," she says, "so, I imagine you prefer the option where one of you comes out alive?" Jimin nods. "You or her Mr. Park. I'll give you the choice."

Those sick fucks, they want you to suffer. They could easily leave you both alive and it wouldn't change anything, but they want one of you to live and the other to die just to see your reaction. "Me! Please!" you scream, "please kill me! Leave him alone! I'll do anything! Please!" Jimin gazes at you with tears in his eyes. Everyone knows what he's going to choose. Even you. "Please," you whisper, your voice cracking.

Jimin keeps his eyes on you the whole time. "Do it." And without another word, they start beating him.

"NO!" you screech, your throat burning, "STOP!" Of course they won't listen. If they didn't before, they won't now. "P-Please... no... Jimin please," you beg, "let them kill me! Please let them kill me!" The word 'please' leaves your lips more times than you can count. They kick him until he's coughing out blood. But throughout it all, he doesn't look like he's in pain or sad. He looks rather complete. They stop their brutality for a moment, Jimin panting.

"Jimin!" you shout. He shakily brings his eyes up to yours. "Let them kill me! Please let them kill me! Why are you doing this?" you desperately ask.

Jimin doesn't take his eyes off yours. He coughs up more blood, then, he weakly smiles, "I love you." The words process in your head, and all at once it happens again. The kicking, the beating. Jimin gets beaten until you're sure he's never going to recover if he doesn't die in the next few seconds. And as soon as that reality hits: you scream. The scream gets ripped from your throat, your vision going black for a moment.

When your vision comes back, you're surprised to see chaos. The Daunted members are running around, spells being casted, everything looking like a mess. Soon enough, they run out of the cave, leaving you and a dying Jimin there. He's heaving, blood pouring out of his mouth and nose, his arm bent in an unnatural angle, same with his leg. "Jimin," you whimper, crawling over to him. His eyes are shut, his breathing sounding painful. It's like there's something inside his lungs and every breath is strained.

"J-Jimin?" you ask, stopping once you're right next to him. He opens his eyes, the two brown pearls dark, the white around the brown more red than white. He tries to speak, but no words come out. You place your weak hand on his cheek, "Min..."

"I l-love you," he chokes out.

You cry, placing your forehead on his. "I love you too. Min please stay with me, I love you so much, please stay."

"Please," he mumbles, "kiss me. Please baby, just one last time."

"No, don't talk like that. We're getting you out of here-"

"Please," he interrupts, his eyes meeting yours, "please honey, one kiss." You grant his desire.

The copper taste fills your mouth, your hands going to his locks to brush them out of his face. His glasses are broken and on the ground somewhere, nothing constricting you from his beautiful face. The kiss is filled to the brim with passion, every emotion he's ever felt for you shown in the way his lips move over yours. It almost scares you. The amount of passion he gives you: it's like he put all his remaining strength into this one action.

When you part, you place your hand on his cheek. "I love you. I've always loved you... and I always will," you say.

He cries at that, rapidly nodding. "I love you so much," he whispers, "I-I'm so glad... that you're the last person I get to see. And you loving me... is the last thing I..." He starts to trail off, so you shake him.

"Jimin? Jimin stay with me!"

"You love me," he mumbles with a soft smile. He looks into your eyes as more tears fall. "This is what it feels like," he weakly says, "I finally know..."

"What? You know what?" you ask.

Jimin gives you one last smile, "I love you baby girl." Without another word, he closes his eyes.

"No! N-No Jimin open your eyes! Please stay with me! Please!" you shout, shaking his limp body. You sob, placing your head on his chest. "Jimin! Please! I love you... I love you..." You cry and hold him, trying to bring some life back into him. Your sobs and screams are cut off by the sound of rapid footsteps coming near. Snapping to your senses, you barely stand and hold up your fists, preparing to fight off whoever's there. Two men come in, both holding up their wands. Your breath gets caught in your throat. Taehyung and Jungkook...