You couldn't believe what you had heard. All this time, you had gone through hell because of people's jealousy?

What about your classmates who spit those words and supported those claims of yours?

"Why were they so jealous of me? Because of you? That's just insane.. why did everyone else turn their backs against me in the class then?" your voice quivered due to shock and uncertainty.

You didn't know how to handle the information that your boss had given you.

"I guess there are many two faced people in the world.. at that age, people would do anything just to look cool in front of others and save faces, even if that meant hiding what they truly thought of someone. They were nice in front of you because of me and.. when that narrative didn't fit, they showed their real face" jimin concluded.

They were probably indifferent to you and pretended to be nice because of him but once he went against you, they took that as an advantage to openly despise you. Just typical high schoolers.

After a long silence, you asked the question you never thought you would ask him ever.

"W-why didn't you believe me?" your voice cracked due to the dryness of your throat. You felt suffocated by everything but you stood strong.

This wasn't the time to back away. You didn't know why you wanted to know his answer but you did.

You knew your mother acted impulsively because of your father. She went through so much hardships because of him and she felt pushed back by this incident.

Unconsciously, she might have thought that your father's blood was running inside you but somehow her action mode sense. But Jimin? You couldn't find an answer.

He was your best friend of many years. He knew you, he was supposed to know you......

"I've always trusted you more than anyone else, more than myself" Jimin stated immediately without a quiver of doubt in his voice.

By his answer, you only let a small smile which was way faker than your professional smile and this didn't go unnoticed by him.

"If you had....you would have defended me or atleast stayed silent. You wouldn't have questioned my c-character. Why did you get angry at me? You were so......furious and disgusted at me. You threw away our friendship without a second thought your mouth started to voice out your thoughts aloud without you knowing and you couldn't stop it!!!"

You were throwing all the anger that was slowly rising inside you, you didn't know if it was because of the actions of the people who you thought were once your loved ones or it it was because of the meaningless words that your boss uttered but your mind wanted to let that anger out and you were taking it out on the person in front of you who you avoided sharing space all this time.

"That is my biggest regret in life, y/n. If only I had kept my anger in control, I wouldn't have said those vile words that keeps haunting me wherever I go, at every corner. You know about me, you know I say things without thinking twice.." he said exasperatedly.

"No, I actually don't know you. You saving things without thinking twice.doesn't work as an excuse when you degraded me with your words. Why couldn't you keep your anger in control? You claim to trust me but your action said otherwise. You only are saying it now to get rid of your regret." you answered back calmly.

You didn't know where you got the courage or confidence to speak more than a word to him, when you couldn't even look into his eyes properly an hour ago.

All the frustration that had tented up inside your was finally getting out in the form of realisation.

You didn't get the opportunity to have this conversation with him before but you did now.

After knowing everything, you realised that he was living in regret. He wasn't the one of fault.

Were you disappointed by him? Yes.

You expected your best friend to stand up for you or at least stand up next to you.

But you realised that the only thing he caused was the uproar inside the classroom which let you see your 'classmates' true faces.

You would have gone through the social media humiliation whether your friend defended you or not so you couldn't take that against him.

You couldn't let your classmates jealousy which was formed because of him hold a grudge against him either because it wasn't his foult.

But you couldn't.excuse the words he told you that day. Even if he believed you and tried to find the truth before even knowing anything, his first reaction said a lot to you. It spoke volumes.

He falled as a friend to you that day. "I forgive you, Mr. Park. I truly do so you don't have to regret about the words you told me that day....I don't take that against you. You doing all of this is already more than enough for me, I really appreciate what you have done for me. I really don't take it for granted. You don't have to regret about it anymore."

if you could forgive your mother then you could forgive him as well......

Forgave but didn't forget, Definitely not.

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