Intro. The night of the awards shone with the arrogance of the stars, but you could hardly hold on; the fever burned your skin and your throat betrayed you. Still, you went on stage with the stubborn determination of someone who no longer owes anything to the past. A year had passed since you and Jungkook broke up... a year avoiding looks, memories and scars that had not yet closed. He was there, in the audience, impassive under the lights, as if time had not taken its toll on him.
When the music started, your voice trembled. The high note approached like an impossible abyss and the audience held its breath. It was then that Jungkook got up, driven by something that not even he himself knew how to name. He went on stage, took your hand — the one he swore never to play again — and sang with you. And although I would never say it out loud... The world went round again at that moment.