Forever With You

"I don't want a happy ending with you, I want a happy eternity because I can't let this end" - Unknown

I saw him freeze completely, his smile falling off his face. He slowly tilted his head upward to look at me sitting with a very small smile forming on my lips, hair finally away from my face. His eyes widened to tremendous size as his jaw dropped wide, his still small hands coming to cover his mouth as he leaned away from me tracing my face with his wide brown eyes. He looked really surprised and shocked like a comical cartoon character.

"How are you?" I asked now suppressing my urge to burst into laughter seeing his expression.

"M-Mia..." he finally took his hand away from his mouth, my name falling off his beautiful lips softly. "Wha-How-Whe-" he stuttered blinking rapidly swallowing and gulping still trying to comprehend what's happening. "Are you real?" he whispered leaning forward.

I heard Taehyung laughing out loud banging on the table repeatedly, "That was so funny, Saerom-ssi!" he told a completely bewildered Saerom. I guessed he was laughing at Jimin's reaction.

I chuckled, "Yes Jimin. I'm real"

"Oh M-Mia," he breathed now lovingly staring at me. His eyes took every single detail of my face without a word, tears forming in his gorgeous eyes. I could tell he was doing all he can not to jump and hug me right then and there.

I saw his hands twitching trying to reach out to my face but I caught it in mine alarmed by the possibility that someone might notice. I clutched his soft hand and shook it with both of my hands silently telling him not to cry. We stared at each other without saying anything, my hands enveloping his and caressing them.

"I-I'm happy to see you," he whispered his hand in mine clutching tightly.

"Me too," I breathed.

"Please move on, miss" the staff behind him instructed breaking our silence.

I tried to retrace my hands but he held on tighter. I looked back at him giving a silent warning to let go but he gave me a pleading expression.

"Jimin, your fans are waiting," I whispered tugging back my hands.

"But-"

"I'll see you, Jimin" I smiled widely patting his hands, he loosened his grip as I moved over to Taehyung who was smiling broadly but sympathetic expression under it. I looked over at Jimin who was still looking at me longingly but I smiled reassuringly at him and gestured with my head to give his attention to the girl in front of him which he did a little absent-mindedly but I could sense his eyes on me.

"It's nice to see you again, nui" Taehyung spelled.

"It's nice to meet you too, orabuni" I spelled mimicking him.

We call each other that. Told you we are weird!

"So, how was the surprise, hm?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"It was lit," I winked.

"Nui!!!"

I was tackled into a bear hug right away making me almost lose my balance. I chuckled patting his back due to my alien big bro's behavior.

Right after the fan signing event, Jimin texted me to stay behind and told me he'd asked staff to bring me to him and apparently the members. I bid goodbye to Saerom successfully getting her phone number and agreeing to meet up. I waited for everyone to leave, afterwards, a guy in his early forties lead me inside the building, on the way getting some weird looks. I was accustomed to that because I know I'm a foreigner, they don't have to stare at me to make it obvious. Anyway, the man leads me to a cozy room with two sets of wide sofas and workout machines. He went out asking for me to wait and giving a final bow with a smile. I was standing there awkwardly observing my surroundings until a certain person crashed into me.

"Aww...I never got to hug you even after knowing you for years" Taehyng cried out on my shoulder. He's a great actor, you know.

"Yeah, yeah" I rolled my eyes before seeing the rest of the members walking through the door followed by an eager Jimin.

His eyes widened seeing me giving a helpless wave. He immediately walked past his awestruck members and separated Taehyung from my body, standing in front of me protectively by placing his hands against me. I raised an eyebrow at his arm against my abdomen.

"Stay away from my girlfriend, Kim Taehyung," Jimin in an agitated tone with raised eyebrows in his satori Busan accent glaring at the said guy.

"Why? She's my best friend before she became your girlfriend" Taehyung challenged crossing his hands over his chest. Yes, he knows everything about our love story starting from Jimin's being a lost soul and the rest. It took quite a lot of time for him to believe.

"I don't care. She's mine" Jimin turned around and hugged me with a pout. "Right?" he asked against my neck. I melted into him.

"He's just messing with you, Jimin" I rubbed his back awkwardly sensing all the eyes on us.

"Was he?" he asked leaning back to look at my face his hold still firm on me.

"Aye, still a kid!" I flicked his forehead to which he winced and rubbed it with a pout. "Now, please introduce me to your members. Can't you see them standing there awkwardly?" I gestured my head towards them.

They were indeed.

"Ooh, yeah! Guys, this is Mia Sherin. My girlfriend for 7 years! The girl I've told you about" Jimin hugged me sideways resting his head on my shoulder.

"Hello~" I bowed, nervous about how their reactions might be.

"Woah! Really?!" J-Hope exclaimed right away.

"Aah...no wonder I thought I saw you somewhere. I'd once seen Jiminie hyung doing face time with you" Jungkook nodded to himself while bitting on a cookie he found on the snack table. "I'd my doubts but hyung was so secret"

Jimin just shrugged hiding his face further into my neck leaning into me.

"It's nice to meet you then," RM said smiling at us. "I hope you'll take good care of our Jiminie"

"He can really be a handful," Jin raised his hand. "And a clingy kid"

"Of course, I know" I smiled bowing.

"But how did he even impress you, Mia-ssi?" Suga asked squinting his eyes. "You don't look like you'll be deceived by looks "

"It just happened. And definitely no," I glanced at Jimin who was looking up at me. "His chipmunk face didn't deceive me at all." I grinned nodding.

"Yah!" Jimin shouted.

Everyone erupted into laughter.

"Chipmunk face?! Bwahhahah" J-Hope and Taehyung clutched each other laughing.

"I like her" Suga commented breaking into a gummy smile. "Marry her, Jimin"

"Gladly" Jimin grinned kissing my cheek.

I just blushed.

"I missed you so much," Jimin said while caressing my hand in his while driving. He brought it towards his lips and kissed on my knuckles stealthily glancing at me his eye full of love.

I couldn't get my eyes of this man beside me not just because he is drop-dead gorgeous but because his love for me is like no other and he always made sure that I knew it by treating me like a queen every time.

"I missed you too, Chim" I softened my eyes reaching out to touch his cheek, him immediately leaning into the touch with the same smile. "I missed you so much to the point I felt like dying, sometimes"

He abruptly looked at me.

"I'm not letting you go ever again" he tightened his grip.

We stopped at a simple restaurant for a 'lunch date', he had suggested going to a fancy one and having an extravagant date but I turned him down knowing very well he's tired from both the performance and 2-hour long fan meet. Even though he looked worn out he had that huge smile on his face, I couldn't help but admire him even more after all these years.

Jimin got out of the car after putting on a cap and mask while I unbuckled my seatbelt and was gonna open the door but he beat me to it, opening it for me with a bow, extending his hand out to me. I slipped my hand into his stepping out with a judgemental smile.

"You don't have to do that," I raised an eyebrow when he closed the door for me.

"Let me," his eyes crinkled under the shadow of the cap. "I haven't got the chance to"

"Well...I'm not gonna leave you anytime soon," I said. "You have many chances, Mr.Park"

"Even if you have to," he leaned down to whisper into my ear. "I won't let you, baby"

"Aish!" I slapped his chest playfully, erupting melodious laughter from him.

We were lead to a private cabin by a kind old lady who by the way considered Jimin as her own son considering that he was a regular customer. She was delighted to see him again and was even more glad when Jimin introduced me as his girlfriend.

"Omo! So pretty!" she cupped my face and examined everything.

"Thank you, halmeoni" I blushed, a chuckle coming from behind me.

We placed our orders after a brief conversation with the said lady.

"She's very cheerful" I commented rubbing the cheeks she'd pinched earlier.

Jimin chuckled taking off his mask and hat, the afternoon sun hitting the side of his face through the window sill, few rays picking on his pink hair projecting an orangish glow on them. His eyes sparkled when they met mine, his smile lingered on his salmon lips and his pale skin coruscating in the warmth.

"What?" he chortled.

"You look gorgeous," I said in awe.

"What?" he giggled breaking me from my trance.

I blinked repeatedly. "Aah, forget what I said" I waved my hands.

"Were you entranced by my beauty, Mia Sherin?" he leaned forward with a smirk.

"N-No, I w-wasn't..." I leaned away, flustered.

"Mmm, your cheeks say otherwise" he teased leaning even closer to place his hand on my crimson cheeks. "Since when did you start being all shy around me, mm?" he traced his finger down my cheek to tilt my head up. "So cute" he whispered lightly while his gaze trailed down to my lips. I bit them in slight excitement and nervousness.

He was gonna lean in but...

"Am I interrupting something, kids?"

We immediately separated from each other shifting embarrassed while halmeoni smiled knowingly, pursuing her lips to keep her giggles.

"Here you go" she placed steaming hot samgyetang, bulgogi, and some other side dishes Jimin ordered. "Enjoy your food!" she smiled. "Just call me if you need anything else" she took her leave bowing down.

"I will eat well," we both recited picking up utensils.

I balanced the chopsticks between my fingers and adjusted with another hand, positioning everything by gripping them tightly.

"You still have trouble eating with chopsticks?" Jimin asked, chewing on his food.

"Yeah..." I picked up the spoon and took a scoop of the hot soup to blow on it. "I'm still getting the hang of it" my eyes widened at the taste, "Wah! This's delicious!"

Jimin chuckled, "Ms. Jung has the best meal in the city". He picked up a piece of kimchi and placed it on top of the soup, "Now try it".

"This tastes even better!" I squealed lightly at the flavor exploding in my mouth.

"I'm glad you like Korean food," he smiled, watching me eat struggling with the chopsticks a little. "You really have trouble with chopsticks. Come here, I'll feed you," he patted the seat near him.

"Aye, no need," I swatted him away. "I've to practice anyway" I assured him with a smile.

"If you say so..." he trailed off, pouting visibly.

I raised an eyebrow, "You wanted an excuse to feed me, didn't you?". I chuckled.

"It was worth a try," he shrugged stuffing his mouth. "How're your sisters? I haven't heard about them from you for a while"

"They're doing fine," I said. "Liya's finally planning to get engaged with Vishnu. I still can't believe she ended up with him, but no complaints though, it was a long journey. They're both doctors so, compatible" I nodded. "Then there's Diya who've entered the second year of the college. Haneen is at the same law college so, they're best friends now I guess"

"Didn't Haneen have a little crush on Diya?"

"Yep! Diya has a liking to him too, in my opinion. I've been trying to get them to confess. It's tiring but they're like made for each other, they deserve to be together as Diya finally let go of her superstition of Prince Charming."

Jimin smirked, "Is my girlfriend playing Cupid now?"

I just chuckled shaking my head.

"What about your mom and dad? Are they doing gd in Italy? Or did they travel somewhere else again?" he asked curiously.

"Nope, they're still in Italy," I grabbed a tissue and reached out to wipe the side of his lips taking him by surprise, "My mom'd only retired 5 months ago but they've traveled to almost 6 countries in the meantime. Dad was so cool about dragging her out of her silent retired life," I chuckled when he kept rubbing the place I just wiped with a blush coating his cheeks, "As far as I know they'll take off to France in a week. They're enjoying it, anyway"

I rummaged through my bag to take out my phone and searched the gallery. I showed him the selfie of both my mom and dad holding each other on the Spanish Steps.

"They sure are enjoying life," Jimin agreed, leaning in to look clearly.

"Think so too," I kept the phone away and continued eating. "And they've sent you greetings on getting the Grammys for the fourth time"

"Oh really?" his eyes widened and crinkled afterward to crescents. "It only seems yesterday when we revealed our relationship to them through a video call" he tittered.

Oh, I clearly remembered the day we did. They were shocked to the wits when we explained to him how we met and all. My mom believed right away considering her belief in the supernatural but dad and sisters took some time to digest the news. Liya'd shrieked when I told her that BTS's Jimin was my boyfriend, even great her eyes bulged out of her sockets after seeing Jimin in video call too yet accepted him as her brother-in-law already. She'd thrown a tantrum as to why I hadn't told her sooner. Nevertheless, my parents approved immediately knowing how my behavior changed after meeting Jimin but was concerned about how we'll maintain our relationship, nonetheless, Jimin convinced them even promising he'd never leave me. His English has improved past these years so language was not a barrier anymore.

The same happened to Jimin's parents too but the version was a little altered because he was adamant as to not spill the supernatural stuff to them, because they don't believe in those. So, he said that we both met through a concert and started dating. Surprisingly they believed and as they were very open-minded people, getting their approval was easy. His mother was super friendly that she'd call me once in a while to ask me how I was and all, she knew I'd a hectic job but was proud of me. She'd asked me to visit them together with Jimin after I arrive in South Korea. I love his family just like mine.

"Yeah..." I twirled the steel spoon through the milky soup and glanced up at my soulmate who was already staring at me. "So many things changed"

"Yes," Jimin smiled taking my hand in his, stroking my skin with his thumb. "But nothing changed between us. And that's the only thing I care about"

"Me too," I agreed, returning his smile.

"Here you go!" Jimin chirped handing me my chocolate-flavored ice cream.

I accepted it with a smile with the sea breeze blowing on my face, my loose hair flying behind me. After we had the lunch date he decided to bring me to the beach as a part of showing me around. We kept talking a lot, literally about everything we missed past the years even though we'd talked through the phone a million times. The effect when we say it to face is quite different, I guess.

We stood facing the sea and silently ate the ice-cream enjoying the upcoming spring warmth.

"Finally we are together, right?" Jimin suddenly asked.

"Yeah, after long hard seven years," I licked ice cream off my lips, "But it was worth it. I told you right?"

"You were right" he breathed, "The joy and excitement I felt when I saw you was unexplainable. It was like one of the dreams I used to have every day. Still, you could've told me"

"You just told yourself, Chim" I chuckled lightly, "I just wanted to see how you would react"

"I wanted to reach up and kiss you so bad," he said looking at me smugly.

"Yeah, and would've raised up a huge tsunami" I shook my head at the wild thought.

"I don't care. They're gonna know about us anyway" he took the empty ice-cream cup from me and threw it off to a bin nearby.

We started walking but stopped at a very familiar cliff. At least to me.

"Chim?" I called to which he hummed, "Do you remember that time when I had a nightmare and woke up to you shaking me awake?" I got a nod.

I explained the dream to him.

"That cliff in the dream really looked similar to this" I looked down to the thrashing sea.

"What do you think it means?" he asked looking in the same direction.

"I think that dream symbolizes both of our lives. Both of us had problems separating ourselves from each other but we overcame that by holding onto each other. We healed each other's wounds through the divine medicine called love" I looked up at him. "That same love has bought us together again. We're one right now, nothing is separating us. Maybe it was just one of those meaningful insightful thing"

"Then..." his hands slithered around my waist and held me close to him. He tilted my chin up to meet his deep gaze, "Let's continue this love. Let's not let anything get between us. Let's always remain one"

I smiled up at him placing my hands around his neck seeing the black necklace I gave him still there, "You know I'm more than willing to do that"

"So, let's start this journey ahead? Together?" his orbs stared into mine with intensity.

"Together" I affirmed.

We smiled before our lips sealed the promise.

You see, sometimes you just have to leave it to fate.

Let the universe work its magic and orchestrate your life.

Somehow, it already knows what's waiting for you in the end...

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