The locket

I ran, without a pause. I finally reached his office and walked in.

I walked to the room where I did the seminar. I looked around and it was not there.

"Is.... is Jin here?" I asked, catching my breath.

"Sir left 15 minutes before."

"What?"

"D-do you know his address?" I asked.

"Yeah." She wrote it in a piece of paper and gave it to me.

"Thanks a lot." I said and ran outside.

'Now, which way do I go?' I thought. I ran for a distance. But I got exhausted.

I called a taxi and asked him to take me to the address. I reached soon and I paid my fare and got down.

'Now, which floor?' The apartment was so tall and looked like it had more than 10 floors.

I spotted the security guard and asked him which is his house number.

"It's in the 12th floor, house number 305." He said.

I got in and pressed the lift, but there was no response of it.

"Excuse me." I called someone, nearby.

"Does the lift work?" I asked.

"It's out of order." He said.

'Gosh! Gotta walk 12 floors and search for his door number. Why is everything going opposite?' I sighed and started walking fast.

*at 8th floor

'Gosh! This is really tiring.'

After a lot of climbing, I was at the 11th floor.

'Y/n' just one more floor and it's done.' I said to myself and finally reached the 12th floor.

I searched for his door number.

"Here's 304 and.... here is 305."

I knocked on the door, resting my body on the wall. The door opened, revealing, a lady.

"Is..is Jin here?" I asked.

"Yes, he is. Jin-ahh, someone's here to see you." She shouted from the door and he came.

"Y/n? What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I... I..." I was breathing heavy. And before I could talk further, everything turned black.

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Seok Jin's POV

I was at my room, going through some files and some new designs. As I was getting to another file, the bell rang.

"Noona, can you please look into who it is?" I asked, the maid. She cooks and cleans my house. She leaves by 7:30 or 8:00. And I was all alone later.

She opened the door and shouted from there, that someone was there to see me. I was confused as to who would come. I got up and walked to the door and was quite surprised to see Y/m.

"Y/n? What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I... I..." She said breathing heavily. She was resting herself on the wall.

'Did she run all the way?' I thought.

Suddenly, she was about to fall, but I held her, before she could hurt herself. I shook hr, but there was no response.

"Y/n?" I called her, still no response. I carried her and took her inside.

"Omo! What happened?" Noona asked, worried.

"Guess she fainted." I said and took her to my room and put her in my bed. I sprinkled some water on her.

She responded to it and opened her eyes slowly.

"Y/n, are you ok?" I asked. She got up, suddenly.

Our foreheads, hit badly.

"Ouch!" We both said in pain and rubbed our foreheads.

"Are you ok?" I asked her, again.

"Where is it?" he asked, out of nowhere.

"What is where?" I asked, confused.

"Uh.... sorry. I just came here." She said and looked around.

"Why am I in your room?" She asked.

"You came here, but then you suddenly fainted. So, I put you in bed."

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Y/n's POV

My phone rang. It was unnie. Jin attended it and put it on speaker.

"Hello unnie."

"Y/n, where are you? You ran out without telling anything. And you haven't eat anything from morning. Where are you?" She asked worried.

"Unnie, I am-" Before I could talk, Jin took the phone from me and replied to her.

"Hello noona. This is Jin, Y/n's friend. Actually she's at my home."

"Thanks for informing. The weather doesn't look good. Looks like it might rain today and it's late. Can you please let her stay at your house for a day?" Unnie asked.

"Unnie, it's not-" I said but Jin stopped me and said,

"Ok sure. I'll take care of her." And the call ended.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Stay here. I'll get you some food." He said and left.

"Hey! Wha-" I paused when the same lady I saw at the door.

"Child, are you ok? Feeling better?" She asked.

"Ne. Are you..... Jin's mother?" I asked, out of curiosity.

"Ani. I work here." She said, smiling and left.

"Oh, sorry noona." I said, feeling embarrassed.

"Here." Jin came in with a plate of food. He sat beside me and started feeding me.

"I can eat, by myself." I said, with my mouth full.

"You are weak, so let me just do it." He said and continued.

I finished eating and he came back and sat down.

"So tell me, why are you here?" He asked. I totally forgot the reason why I came here.

"I forgot about it. By any chance, have you come across a locket, in cirlce shape?" I asked.

"Is it this one?" He asked, showing a locket.

"Oh my god! Thank you so much." I said and hugged him, tight.

"Thank god you found it." I said and opened the locket and looked at the picture.

"What is special with this?" He asked.

"This is a locket gifted by my mother, on my birthday. A picture of her along with me and my sister. This is the only thing I have left, from her. I literally lost it, but thanks to you." I said and kept it in my pocket.

"Won't you wear it?" He asked.

"I'll wear it on the day of my mother's death anniversary. If I wear it on other days, I always tend to cry, looking at it."

"I came here to get it."

"By running all the way from the bakery?" He asked. I nodded my head, slightly.

"If you would've called and asked, I would've given it to you the next day or at the bakery. You didn't need to run all the way here."

"I just lose my mind if I don't. If I don't see it, I feel like.... (a tear drops) I feel like I lost her again." And more tears flowed.

"Sorry, just making myself a mess." I wiped my tears and smiled.

"It's ok. I'm sorry for asking."

"It's fine. Did you eat?" He shook his head saying no.

"First, you go eat. I am fine. Let me accompany you." I said and we headed to the dining area and seated ourselves.

I served him some and he ate.

"Where is noona?" I asked.

"She left. She leaves home at 8, mostly."

"You stay alone, all by yourself, from then?"

"I don't think I can."

"Why?"

"I'm scared if something might happen. Since childhood, my sister was my protection. She was always protecting me wherever we went and if I feel alone, I have this feeling that something might happen to me, and sometimes, what if my father comes back and drags us back home and does the same thing he did to our mom."

"Do you want to leave from here?"

"No. I don't want to leave the bakery, nor Sung-ho oppa, nor Jungkook, nor you. I have got great people in my life. And I wouldn't like to go back and live that drastic life."

"You really consider me as a great person?" He asked.

"You are my new best friend now. And I can't miss you out, for your sweet and caring nature." He smiled as I said.

It was raining outside and we were sitting by the balcony and sipping on our hot coffee, talking and laughing. I had a good time, with him.

TBC~