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-Gargi (A)

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Jackie was still smiling after Suga left. He was the one of the very few who could match her banter. It was hard to leave Jackie speechless or struggling for a comeback. He was a challenge, and she didn’t mind one after a long time of self-alienation. She sipped her drink lost in thought, when she saw someone from the corner of her eye sit next to her on the bar stool. She turned to look at him, and her eyes met the blond hair and deep brown eyes she never wished to see again but still made her heart jump.

“Jackie.” Kai said softly, raising his glass to her.

Jackie didn’t know what to say. Kai was the other one. He took her words, her rationality… her breath away. She hated it.

“What do you want?”, she asked him warily.

“Just that you don’t look at me like that…”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“You know what I mean Jackie. You hate me. And I get that. I also know we can never have what we had…”

Jackie huffed and took a swig of her drink. “Yeah, so why are you talking to me?”

“Who was that guy?” Kai asked, his eyes narrowed in the direction Suga disappeared in.

“Why do you care Kai? And you didn’t answer me, your attention span toward me is still limited as before, isn’t it?”

Kai’s eyes clouded over. “I can’t believe you said that. You know…you know how much I beat myself up over how I treated you in the past, and how I wish a million times I could go back to change things…and you…attack me with the one thing I hate the most about myself, something that took the one right thing in my life away from me…wow, Jackie.”

Jackie swallowed. She looked away. “I want you to leave, Kai. I don’t think I can forgive you, and even if I could I can’t have you around me.”

“Why? You’re going to throw away everything?”

Jackie finished the rest of her drink and stood up. “I can’t be around someone who makes me want what I shouldn’t have. Not again.”

Kai’s eyes widened and his hands reached forward to hold Jackie but she stepped back and walked away, he fists clenched and tears threatening to spill.

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Gemma hugged herself as she sat on the pavement, her legs dangling over the bridge. This was one of her favorite places in the city, and her father used to yell at her because of how dangerous it was sitting on a freeway bridge, with cars zooming past behind her and a 40 foot drop in front of her. But it was something about the city noise fading away at the height, the cool air blowing across her face and through her hair, and the thrill of watching her feet dangle over the rushing water below. Today she had forgotten to grab her jacket, and her arms were the only source of minimal warmth. Her golden hair blew around her tear-stained face, and her red lips were cracked. Mascara streaks ran down her cheeks, and her nails were chipped because she couldn’t stop chewing on them due to nervousness. I am such a trainwreck. Gemma hated herself. And Jimin’s glare made it worse. She choked back on another sob as she heard footsteps. She hoped it wasn’t Kelly. She couldn’t bear to hear Kelly’s positivity right now. Kelly was a wonderful best friend, but she was delusional sometimes when she struggled to make impossible situations seem positive and solvable. Some things are meant to be left broken.

Gemma let her hair frame her face so the person couldn’t see her. She must have failed, because a voice broke the silence.

“Gemma…? I… I am sorry. I’ll leave.”

Gemma’s head whipped around to meet Taehyung’s guilty eyes. She gasped before she could stop herself. She stood up hurriedly and put her arms around Taehyung and pulled him close.

“Oh my god, oh my GOD. You’re better!!! I was so worried! Taehyung! Oh my goodness, you are so much better!”

Her hands ran softly over the bandages covering Taehyung’s forehead.

“Yeah, noona. I am better. Are you okay? I can leave you alone…”

“No, no. I know you love this place too.” Gemma said with a pained smile.

“Noona…” Taehyung looked quite uncomfortable, and before Gemma could ask him why, her eyes answered her question.

Baekhyun had walked up to stand behind his little brother Taehyung. His cheeks were flushed with embarrassment, and he looked like death. His cheeks were hollow and his dark circles were prominent and deep purple. Wow, we both look like . It’s just not my day, is it? Gemma wanted to run away and never look back. But she didn’t want to drop on either side of the narrow pavement so she stood there awkwardly trying not to meet anyone’s eyes.

Taehyung broke the silence. “Um, hyung, let’s go. We can come another time.”

“No, no, don’t worry about it…I was about to leave anyway.” Gemma picked up her heels and began to walk past the brothers, her gaze fixed to the ground. I need to get away. Now.

“Gemma…” Baekhyun’s voice froze Gemma in her tracks. It had been so long since she heard his voice. She hated how it made her feel better instantly. Please, don’t say anything Baekhyun.

“Do you…do you have a way to get back?” Baekhyun asked, his voice regretful and full of embarrassment.

“I will be fine,” Gemma squeaked, and without looking back, she hurried off. Taehyung looked at his brother apologetically, but Baekhyun just gazed at Gemma as she disappeared down the pavement.

“Let go, hyung.” Taehyung whispered, but he knew his words fell on deaf ears.