Past

Everyone's heads were hanging low as the dark perfectly polished coffin was slowly put down to its final destination, underneath the ground.

I shut my eyes close letting more tears escape while Taehyung cradled me against his chest slowly rubbing my back in a soothing manner.

All dressed in black, Eunwoo's mother was wailing her eyes out while her husband was attempting to give her some form of solace.

The magnitude of despair in her eyes was so enormous that it even consumed me as a whole.

The entire event was placid and painfully slow but the thing that hit me the most was the lack of empathy in his father's eyes. I knew he didn't have a close bond with his son but I never expected him to be so unaffected by his child's demise.

Disgust flooded my gut and looking up to Taehyung I requested him to take me away because I felt suffocated. At that moment all I could think was about Jisoo. Traumatized by the news of Eunwoo's death, she wasn't even able to attend his funeral.

Taehyung quickly complied with my request and as we were retracing our steps toward's Taehyung's car, a familiar voice called me out making me halt on my track.

I turned around to find Jimin in a black suit jogging his way toward's me.

"Hey" he breathed out halting right before me.

"I will be waiting in the car," Taehyung announced in a deadpan voice then placing a soft kiss in my head, he climbed into the car giving me some privacy.

"Are you all fine?" Jimin's voice was filled with tenderness as he inquired me about my well-being.

I opened my mouth to respond but nothing came out so I shrugged my shoulder letting more of my tears to drip down my chin.

Everything still felt unbelievable. Just a week ago we were laughing and fooling around having the time of our life and today I had bid my best friend a final goodbye as he was buried underneath the ground.

Jimin wrapped his arms around me and leaning his head on my shoulder he shedding tears. He was very close to Eunwoo as well, after all, we all knew each other since middle school.

Returning his hug, I joined him in mourning our friend's death.

An urgent sound of car honking signaled me that Taehyung was getting impatient but I couldn't blame him. Everyone around us was well aware of Jimin's feeling's towards me as he never kept it a secret.

Parting away from his embrace I gave him a sorry smile to which Jimin patted my head saying it was all fine. He was the most understanding person I ever came across with as he never hesitated to give me support whenever I was in need of.

Kissing in the crown of my head, he hunched down to wave at Taehyung then walked back to the funeral as I hopped inside the passenger seat and we drove to my house.