taes anatomy

chapter 7

Taehyung POV

I remeber say... seven years ago, when ive just come out to my mother. she was so accepting about it. that alone, the support of my mother meant the world to me.

The rest of the world could go fuck themselves.

I remeber going to the mall with my mother. it was valentines day and i decided to take her out on a date because i had no one else worthy enough to take.

I remember walking to the womans department of a clothing store to fetch the correct size of a blouse my mother wanted to buy when a woman and her six year old son approached me.

Id never forget what she told her son that day.

She said to him: "son, if i ever see you shopping in the womans department of a clothing store, id disown you"

i think that day was the day id almost killed a woman because of her ignorance of a changing world and ability to judge a book by its cover. i wanted to take that top and shove it in her face.

I wanted to take a hanger and wack her with it. i was having thoughts that i had to go do a confession for at church the next sunday.

I remember my mother walking up to us and asking whether they had the size she was looking for or not.

The woman looked shocked. she started immediately apologising for jumping to the wrong conclusion, thinking that i was gay. i told her to stop apologising and i also told her that i was infact, gay.

I remember her stringing a bunch of curses at me. the anger and fury was just building up inside of me.

Just as i was going to raise my voice and say something, my mother tapped me on the shoulder and smiled.

"if you be nice to her, she'll get more pissed off about it." she told me.

So i did exactly that. i said nothing while she she yelled and yelled. i just smiled and smiled. some might even say that i looked like an idiot but indeed, it did piss her off.

Her son, who seemed to not even be taking note of the whole situation, tugged on my shirt and signaled for me to bend down.

So i bent down to see what he wanted from me. he took his two index fingers and poked it into either sides of my cheeks and Told me:

"mr uncle, i want to smile like you."

I remember him giving me the sweetest hug a child has ever given me. he even gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I giggled at the little boys cuteness and got back up to look at tge woman.

"anything else youd like to say?" i smiled cutely.

She shook her head and yook a hold of her sons hand, leaving the clothing store.

My mom and i giggled as we walked back to the checkout point. while the cashier was ringing our things up, my mom turned to me and took my hands in hers.

She told me: "son, lifes always gonna throw things in your path and it may not always be good. what you need to do though, is remember your virtues. no matter what the situation is, no matter how hurtful the things are that people might say, you remain the nice one. kindness is a dangerous weapon. use it"

"Tae guess what." jin snorted.

"what?" i asked, unamused.

"your shoulder smells like cat burp." he said and  started laughing like a mad person.