Chapter 32 - 아침 (A-CHIM)[Morning]

Roxi P.O.V

"Roxi. Roxi. Roxi."

My eyes fluttered open and I shoved my face back into my pillow."5 more minutes."

"Come on wake up!"whines Jimin, softly tugging on the blanket that covered me."We're leaving soon!"

"Ugh..."I get up and rub my eyes."Alright alright, good morning."

"Ah ohayo~"smiles Jimin."I already packed our bags."

"Ah then why'd you wake me up?"I groan, getting up and noticing the bare hotel room.

"I was lonely."he pouts, jumping onto his spot on my bed."We're leaving in an hour too."

"Alright."I sigh."I'm gonna take a shower."

"Okay, I'll just go back to being lonely again."he sighs, exaggerating his sadness by huddling into the blankets like a cave.

I giggle and shake my head at his antics before taking a quick shower and changing into a black sweater and light grey ripped skinny jeans. I tied my hair quickly and put it up in a neat bun and decided to be lazy and put on my glasses instead of my contacts. I put on some nude makeup before heading out of the bathroom. Jimin turned from his phone to me and smiled.

"So you ready?"he asked, "We can head to the gift shop in the lobby so we can stretch out before getting on the plane."

"Sure."I say, taking my luggage with me as he does the same.

It was still pretty early in the morning so we made sure to keep quiet as we went to the lobby. Luckily there weren't any staff members down here to tell us to go back to our rooms. Jimin led me to the gift shop right next to the front desk. It was pretty small I'll say that, but there was a bit of a homey feel as we passed by random knickknacks. The worker at the front desk was missing, maybe this store wasn't even open this early. The tall shelves were stacked with plants and beads as well as fortunes. Just as Jimin and I passed by a few books he stopped and looked over at some Pokemon figurines.

"Jin-hyung and Taehyung-ah would love these."he observed."Too bad we already have so many plushies."

"True that."I say, looking at some with him."But they don't have a Chancy here, that one's my favorite."

"Really? That's really cute."he chuckles."I'll make sure to remember."

A comfortable silence lingers in the air, the sound of windchimes from the front of the hotel vaguely echoed into the shop as Jimin broke the silence.

"Roxi...we're cool right?"he asks."You know, from...yesterday?"

I thought about what happened, blushing a bright crimson as I nodded."Y-Yeah of course."

"What about the others?"

"What?"

"You know the other members. Have they been hitting on you too?"he asks, reading my expressions for any sort of answer.

It must have shown how I felt about the subject, just the thought of the incidents between Jin, Namjoon, and him made my knees weak."I mean...Yeah...some of them have been making moves. But I doubt they'll continue."

"What makes you think that?"Jimin asks.

"Well, they're going to get tired of me sooner or later. After I show that I have no interests in them they're going to stop."I explain, slightly doubting my logic.

"And if they don't stop...If I don't stop...what then?"

"I'll confront them about it. I know I might seem like a pushover right now, but that's only because I'm confused...why would most of you be attracted to me? It's uncanny."I grumble."To be honest, I just wish we could all be friends. I don't want to ruin the relationships between the members. Yoongi-oppa and Namjoon-oppa seem to have a few problems between them ever since I came around."

"Are you kidding?"sighed Jimin, shaking his head."It isn't your fault. If they don't think being friends with someone as special as you is enough, then they're idiots."

"...What about you?"I ask, gazing over at some red and blue fortunes hanging by the left shelf."Are you alright...with being my friend?"

It was like my ears deafened and all that surrounded the two of us was complete, painful silence. Jimin looked down, his eyes shaking as he sighed. I didn't know how he felt; confused, rejected, depressed, maybe even all that at once.

"To be honest...no. Seeing you with anyone else...it just hurts, knowing what could have been. I know I said someone who can't accept just being your friend is an idiot. I know that. And that's why, I'd fall for you no matter what, I'll tell you 'I like you' over and over again. I'll be an idiot forever, just to wake up to you every morning...just like today"

Jimin was near tears at this moment, trying his best to keep all his emotions to himself. All his pent up frustrations and feelings were like a bubble ready to burst. And at that moment, he turned and threw his fist to the wall, punching it multiple times with so much force I worried for him.

"Roxi...please don't say you like me back out of pity. I just...need some time, away from all of this. I'm sorry."he mumbled before walking away from me, taking his luggage and leaving the gift shop.

Flesh sprinkles of blood were stained against the wall where he had stood and they seemed to drag me down. Lower and lower in confusion and submission.

'Jimin...you don't cause problems...I do.'