Taehyung walked down fifteen minutes later wearing an oversized white shirt paired with black jeans only to find the other sitting on the couch. Jungkook seemed to be lost in his thoughts. The blonde's heart ached for a moment watching him.
Jungkook didn't look like himself.
He used to be so lively.
Its been so long when Taehyung watched him smiling.
He missed it.
He missed the brightness of those brown eyes.
The sound of his footsteps seemed to have brought the other out of his thoughts. Jungkook looked up at the blonde who was walking down the stairs only to stand up hesitantly. The two males stared at each other before Taehyung gave a smile.
''I'll be leaving now....'' He pointed towards the door awkwardly while the ravenette watched him. He waited for the other to say something but when Jungkook didn't, Taehyung licked his lips nervously before giving a hesitant smile.
Glancing down at the mobile and the folder in his hand, he gave a tight lipped smile. ''I'll see you later.'' He said and turned to leave.
With his blue eyes looking into the distance brightly, he counted his steps.
One.
Two.
Three....
The blonde made an impressed face before taking the next step.
Four.
Fi-
''Tae!'' Jungkook's urgent voice pierced the silent air. The blonde stopped in his steps. Hiding his smile, he turned towards the other who looked at him restlessly.
''Don't.... Don't abort the baby, please.'' He pleaded weakly, brown eyes were ready to tear up again. Taehyung hated it. He hated the shimmering eyes. He hated the weakness in his voice and the desperation laced in his facial features.
The man itched to walk over and hold the other close but stopped himself.
Just a little more.
Just a little more, Jungkook and I'll end all your miseries. This is the last time you'll cry. I'll take away all your tears and fill your world with all the happiness, he promised to the ravenette silently and he meant every word of it.
Turning vulnerable, the blonde let out a feeble cry tiredly. "Why are you making it harder for me, Jungkook. It's already difficult. Every passing second is scaring me. Please, don't do this.... I explained you everything, we-''
''Please!'' Jungkook let out a weak whisper interrupting the blonde.
Taehyung bit on his lower lip blinking his tears away.
Smiling sadly, he tilted his head slightly. "This isn't how it was supposed to be, Jungkook. I was supposed to abort the baby and you were supposed to never know about it. This is what I didn't want. For you to feel guilty and compelled to save the baby. My baby doesn't deserve to be taken as a mere responsibility. He deserves all the love. He deserves everything. I will never compromise on anything which concerns my baby.'' He replied shaking his head determined.
''.....Don't stop me if you are not ready to accept him wholeheartedly, as your legal child.'' He deadpanned wiping his tear. Looking one last time at Jungkook who was watching him defeatedly, the blonde turned around to leave.
He wouldn't have took two steps when the ravenette stopped him.
''Tae, Stop!''
The blonde halted in his steps once again but didn't turn around.
Jungkook clenched his fists tightly. Closing his eyes, he looked down defeatedly. "I... I am ready....'' His heart shattered as he worded it out. "I am ready to d-divorce So Hee.''
The woman's crying face appeared in front of his eyes. Her tear filled eyes, complaining gaze and broken self appeared in front of his eyes. The man heard his own heart breaking into million tiny pieces.
Hot tears soaked his long eyelashes. The drops stopped by to swing on those delicate tendrils before flowing down his cheeks as he sobbed silently standing in his place while Taehyung's eyes lit up with victory.
The man smirked.
His gaze hardened as he watched into the distance. Didn't he say he will punish So Hee for every tear he shed, for every tear Jungkook shed?
It was just the beginning.
Jungkook was his from always. His name was written in Taehyung's lines. They were destined to be together in every world and even if they were not, the blonde would have snatched his Jungkook even from the claws of fate and time and would have made him his.
So Hee tried to snatch him from Taehyung. When the blonde was ready to fight against destiny, in no way he was going to spare the woman.
Poking his inner cheek, he tilted his head slightly before looking at Jungkook over his shoulder. The man was now looking at him through the tears.
Taehyung wiped the invisible tears flowing down his cheeks before turning around. Tilting his head in desperation, he looked at the ravenette weakly.
"Why are you doing this, J-Jungkook? Why are you going so hard on y-yourself? You don't have to do this. I'll just go and abort the baby and you can live your life happily with your wife....'' He suggested.
A silent drop of water escaped his blue eyes.
Jungkook shook his head. "P-Please.... I... I beg you, Tae...'' He pled powerlessly.
Taehyung's offer was tempting.
He could go back to So Hee and continue his life but he couldn't find it in himself.
He couldn't make himself overlook the facts.
He couldn't make himself to agree to take an innocent life.
He knew if he let the blonde walk away today, he will never be able to forgive himself. He will never be able to sleep peacefully. Every time he will close his eyes, the cries of the baby in Taehyung's belly right now will take up all the space in his mind.
He won't be able to live his life normally.
He lost his first baby because of So Hee. He couldn't save him but he can save this one.
It was in his hands.
If this baby is aborted, Jungkook will be the only one to be blamed. It was his mistake that the baby was formed in the first place. Now snatching the right to live from him appeared to be the biggest sin.
He would hear this baby's pain in the cries of every kid he will come across.
He won't be the same Jungkook anymore.
In fact, he wasn't the same Jungkook anymore.
He was dying inside slowly.
The pain of losing a baby, the betrayal from his wife, the anger bubbling inside him for So Hee and his breaking heart for the kid in Taehyung's belly, all of them were suffocating him from inside slowly.
His insides were crying. His ribs were squeezing his heart. The lump in his throat seemed to have become permanent. The man was thrashing in pain. He wanted it to go away. The reality was prickling his skin like thousands of needles.
He was torn between his heart and his mind. Between love and responsibilities. Between guilt and shame.
He was crying for a relief but there was none.
The only way he would be able to breath again was saving the kid. He was ready to do anything for it, even if it meant divorcing his wife.
Tears of pleading and helplessness kept streaming down his face as he looked at Taehyung desperately. He felt like his life was in Taehyung's hand. It was in his hand if he wanted Jungkook to live or die out of guilt, regret, shame and sleeplessness.
His world was turning upside down and he could only watch it crumbling.
The man couldn't take the overwhelming emotions. He fell down onto his knees closing his eyes defeatedly making a gasp leave Taehyung's lips.
The blonde couldn't watch the heartbreaking sight.
A curse left Taehyung's lips.
Throwing the folder as well as phone in his hand, he walked over to the ravenette. Sitting down on his own knees with his heart racing in restlessness, the man hugged the other close to himself.
A silent sob left Jungkook's lips.
Taehyung cupped his face with one hand while the fingers of his free hand found Jungkook's raven locks. Resting his chin on Jungkook's hunched shoulder, he looked into the distance in a trance.
Twenty four hours and he witnessed Jungkook breaking for the second time and this was the second time Taehyung's heart was crying.
He had never been so affected by someone's tears or vulnerability. Watching the ravenette in this state, it... it made him restless.
Powerless.
Weak.
Caressing the ravenette's cheek, he stroked Jungkook's head gently. "It's okay, Jungkook.... our baby... he isn't going anywhere.'' He spoke trying to make the other better.
Jungkook sat there crying silently for a few moments before he raised his shaking hands to hug the other. A tear rolled down the blonde's cheek when he felt the other hiding his face in Taehyung's neck before pulling him close only to sob out.
He should have been happy. He should have celebrated.
Jungkook was holding onto him. He was hugging the blonde but all Taehyung could feel was his heart breaking.
The man could feel the intensity of other's emotion in the tightness of Jungkook's hold around him, in the desperate attempt to keep himself from crying, in his feeble trials to speak and his struggle to form words.
He was saying something but nothing was clear.
Jungkook was apologetic. He wanted to say sorry. He was grateful. The man wanted to thank Taehyung. There was so much within him but everything came out in the forms of tears only. His words ditched him.
He had lost his voice a long time ago.
While Jungkook cried in the mix of relief, happiness, pain and heartbreak, Taehyung stared into the distance lost in his trance. He didn't know why he was feeling the way he did. The man left Jungkook's hairs and touched his cheek where another fresh tear just found its way out of his blue eyes.
Pushing the lump in his throat, he stared at the pearl on the pad of his finger.
Why was he crying?
Another tear rolled down his cheek before his vision blurred completely. Taehyung pushed down the lump in his throat and hugged the other once again.. Pulling Jungkook more into himself terrified, he closed his eyes and let himself feel all the pain Jungkook was going through.
They didn't realize for how long they were sitting like that.
Holding onto each other, they cried for different reasons. When the tears dried out, Taehyung pulled back slightly only to cup the other's face with both of his hands. The ravenette seemed on the verge of losing his sanity.
His raven hairs stuck to his face while cheeks still have the remnants of tears he shed ages ago. His lips were chapped. Taehyung could only imagine when was the last time Jungkook took a sip of water. The way his head lolled as the blonde held him, Taehyung could see there was no strength left in Jungkook.
The ravenette struggled to keep his eyes open.
The blonde wiped the other's cheek worried. Pushing the hairs out of Jungkook's tired face, he caressed the ravenette's neck. "Shh... Its okay, Jungkook.... see, baby is here....'' He told putting the ravenette's hand on his own belly. "He isn't going anywhere. E-Everything is okay.... Don't worry. Come on... we need to get you to bed.'' He urged making the other nod.
Jungkook's vision was darkening.
Weeks of sleepless nights were crashing down on him. Each fibre of his being was giving up. He felt like if he tried to stand up, he will fall down.
Taehyung got up helping the other.
The ravenette didn't know how he managed to walk to the bedroom.
As soon as his back hit the bed, his eyes closed on their own but the sleep was nowhere.
So Hee's face flashed in his mind and so did the baby he lost and followed the rest of the things. His head was already heavy. The man felt like it will explode any moment.
When Taehyung saw the painful expressions on the other's face, he cupped the other's face. "Jungkook. What happened?''
''Head... Headache.'' He mumbled holding his head with both of his hands.
His own voice rung in his ears.
He promised Taehyung that he will divorce So Hee.
But he love her.
How was he going to fulfill his promise? But if he didn't, he will lose the baby. He had made a decision but nothing inside him was supporting the conclusion.
He was craving for So Hee.
He wanted to hug her.
So Hee... He needed her to sleep.
In a feverish state, Jungkook's mind kept running in every direction.
He needed So Hee but... but she killed their baby.
As soon as he remembered it, his anger resurfaced. So Hee killed their baby. She murdered him. She gave him the slow poison.
The ravenette let out a painful groan as sharp pain shoot from his mind.
Taehyung, who was till now watching the other worried came in action quick. Running over to the nightstand to get the painkiller, the blonde opened the drawer. Taking out a tablet, he turned around closing the drawer but stopped.
His eyes went to the other bottle placed in the drawer.
He glanced at the tablet in his hand. Thinking for a moment, he threw it back inside and took out a tablet from the bottle which read sleeping pills.
Closing the door, he picked up the glass of water and ran over to the male still fighting with his thoughts.
''Jungkook!'' He called sitting beside the other. "Take this medicine. It will help you.'' He told the other.
Help.
That was what the ravenette needed.
The man opened his tired eyes against his will.
Taehyung placed the glass of water and helped Jungkook to sit up slightly. Putting the tablet in the ravenette's mouth, Taehyung helped him in drinking water. The man gulped down all the liquid in the glass. Once done, the blonde placed the empty glass on the table and helped the other in laying down.
Jungkook closed his eyes again while Taehyung sat beside him fisting his hands tightly as he watched the medicine taking over the other slowly.
The ravenette fell into much needed sleep shortly after that while the blonde's figure shook with anger.
His Jungkook looked so lifeless.
All because of So Hee.
He wasn't going to go easy on her.
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Kim Taehyung got what he wanted. Or not? What do u think? But whatever, he made it appear so easy... He is such a natural... Isn't he?
Also, he made Jungkook's life so miserable. What do u think he will do with So Hee??
Your thoughts?