12 Chapter 12 - Candour

"It was an accident. Me and my brother were fighting, it was because I was sick and tired of being overshadowed. I-I think I was about to fall off the balcony..." Her voice became shaky and Jimin noticed she began to appear confused "Yes, that's what happened, I think..." she mumbled, then she continued. "K-Kaito saved me but... I-I... I think he fell accidentally and..." she took in another shaky breath. "...he isn't dead. He's in a coma thought and has been in one ever since and... ITS ALL MY FAULT!" She yelled, crouching down to the ground with her hands squeezing her head hard and her eyes squeezed shut, as if trying to block something out. "I-ITS ALL MY FAULT HE'S LIKE THIS! M-MAYBE I REALLY DID CAUSE THIS, MAYBE IT REALLY IS MY FAULT!!" She crumpled to the ground and let out a hoarse yell in agony, her face full of pain.

"I got bullied so hard for it. They always pushed me down the stairs and beat me up and took my things and threw eggs at my house and criticised me every single day I started believing them and now I... I don't know what's real anymore. That's the real reason why I moved to South Korea. And my brother is in a coma and has been in life support for a while now and every day when I see him I blame myself and I have had severe clinical depression for a while now, along with frequent anxiety attacks and panic attacks. I-I don't know what to do anymore, I miss him so much..." She started crying and Jimin felt so bad for his actions and he slowly crouched next to her and made her sit up. He then let her fall into his arms and she started sobbing, he wrapped his arms protectively around her and pulled her close to him as if to shield her from all the pain the world had brought her.

"Yuuki... no matter what happened to you, no matter what could happen... I will always be by your side. I don't want you to carry this heavy burden all by yourself. So please, let me carry it for you. Or at least... share some of the pain with me so you can rest." Jimin whispered softly into her ear. She slowly looked up and smiled weakly, tears still rolling down her face.

"Th-thank you, Jimin. For being the first one in a long time who was truly there for me... thank you..." Yuuki whispered weakly, her eyes still shadowed with pain but Jimin noticed that hey we're regaining some of their purity and happiness. He sat there on the ground with her in his arms for what seemed like forever.

And for the first time in what seemed like ages, Yuuki finally felt something.