I'm Not Crazy || Taekook

The Elephant In The Room

It's been 3 days and I've stuck to my word. I haven't left the dorm room once. Jimin and Jin bring me food from the cafeteria and I spend my time sulking around the room. The guys have all tried to get me to leave but I've always refused. Once, Namjoon tried to pick me up and drag me out but I held onto the doorframe for so long that he gave up. I'm a very shy person and don't like being around people in general even if they don't know who I am, but the only topic of conversation around here has been about the photos and what Taehyung did to Henry (who we haven't heard about since he was taken to the ICU), and if I walk around, everyone's gonna make fun of me for multiple reasons, I can't deal with that level of embarrassment.

No one's heard from Taehyung since he was taken to isolation and no one knows when he'll be back. I haven't been enjoying this time apart. The longer he's away, the more time I have to think about everything and the more angry I get because certain things start sinking in. I wish I had a chance to talk to him before all this. I have so much bottled anger about so many different things that I don't know what to do or how to start when he returns. I want answers!

"Hey Kook" Jimin said, walking in the room as they had all returned for breakfast, "I got you pancakes and banana milk" He said, holding out a plastic container that had 3 pancakes in it and a bottle of banana milk,

"Ooo! Yummy, thank you" I said smiling, taking the food and devouring it,

"So, should we talk about the elephant in the room?" Jin asked as he sat at the table, opening his water bottle,

Hoseok flinched and looked around, "Elephant? What? Wher- oh, figure of speech, right" He blushed bright red,

Yoongi rolled his eyes at Hoseok and lit a cigarette,

"What are you talking about hyung?" I asked, stuffing my face with pancakes,

"The conversation you've been avoiding for the last 3 days" Jin said, a bit sterner than usual. He got up and opened the window next the table, before staring at Yoongi and pointing to the window. Yoongi huffed and walked over to the window. He leaned against the wall next the window and continued to smoke,

"Come on hyung, why do we have to? We could literally talk about anything else" I whined, looking at him with puppy eyes,

"I'm sorry, but we have to discuss it and I'm not gonna ignore it any longer" Jin said to me, putting his hands on his hips, "Now, what's the plan for when Taehyung returns?" He asked, looking around the room at everyone,

"What do you mean plan?" Yoongi asked, "There's not gonna be a plan. He's our friend and he's been through sh*t, so when he returns, we're not gonna act different, everything is gonna go back to being normal"

"Are you hearing yourself?" Jimin snapped, "That is not what's gonna happen. Taehyung didn't react to or handle the situation well. We can't pretend that his action are ok and that we don't mind them,"

Yoongi rolled his eyes, "You sound like my therapist,"

Jimin scoffed and looked over at Jungkook, "Do you know what you wanna do when he returns Kookie?" He asked me softly,

I put my food down and sighed, "I'm not entirely sure. I definitely wanna confront him but I don't know what to say" I started, "I have so much bottled anger and so many topics to cover, my brain is a complete mess. I can't finish a thought without thinking about something else. Then the moment I finish the original thought, I forget the other one" I said leaning back against the couch,

"You are aware that confronting him the second he walks through the door might end horribly." Namjoon pointed out, "After everything that's happened, he's gonna come back to his friends and you're gonna start yelling in his face while blaming him for everything?"

"Well what else is Jungkook supposed to do? Just not say anything and keep it bottled up?" Jin asked, glaring at his boyfriend,

"Yes" Namjoon said plainly,

"No! That's not good! Bottled up anger is terrible. Taehyung is a perfect example of that" Jin half-yelled, agitated with Namjoon's statements,

"Ok, but in this case, it won't be helpful. Taehyung didn't do anything wrong" Namjoon fired back,

Jin laughed hysterically. He was going from frustrated to angry. I don't think I've ever seen him like this,

"Didn't do anything wrong?" Jin shouted, "Everything he did was wrong! It was just a f*cking picture! He didn't have to go knock Henry out. He didn't have to hurt Jungkook like he did. He didn't have to care about the photo as much as he did. He could've just let it go! But he didn't! He brought this on himself"

"Hey! Taehyung did not over react! Henry had no right posting those photos! Taehyung wanted his relationship with Jungkook to be private and Henry didn't respect that so he had to pay" Namjoon replied,

Jin crossed his arms, scoffed and rolled his eyes in disbelief,

"Excuse me, but since when do you know about my relationship with Taehyung" I asked furrowing my brows,

"Oh don't act so surprised Kook" Namjoon snapped, "I've known Taehyung much longer than you have. I know him a lot better than you do. He's always wanted to keep his personal life private and focus on his external image,"

"Oh, here we go with the 'image' crap again" Jin said, throwing his hands in the air,

"Ok!" Hoseok shouted. Everyone paused and looked at him, "No one has a say in anything because this doesn't concern us, it concerns Jungkook and Taehyung. Jungkook gets to decide what he wants to do based on how he feels when Taehyung returns. We just have to respect that... Now, Jungkook, would you like us there for support if you talk to Taehyung?"

"I'm not entirely sure. I might be embarrassed to have you guys there and listening to whatever I'm gonna end up saying bu-" I started talking but Namjoon cut me off,

"See? He doesn't want his private stuff to be broadcasted. Why is it fine for him but not Taehyung?" Namjoon questioned Jin who whacked him with a pillow,

"Just stop being an ass for 5 seconds and let Jungkook talk" Jin ordered, gritting his teeth. He then looked up at me, "Continue"

"But If we're alone, he might hurt me. Although, he's hurt me in the past with all of you around so there won't be much of a difference" I continued, rubbing my head, "I'll just decide in the moment"

Hoseok, Jin and Jimin nodded while Namjoon and Yoongi scowled at me.

There was a quick moment of silence before Jin looked at Namjoon,

"How could you possibly believe that Taehyung didn't do anything wrong?"

"Because he didn't!!" Namjoon shouted back, getting right in Jin's face,

"Do nothing" Jimin chuckled, "Can't believe you said that" He said to Yoongi, shaking his head,

"Oh shut up Jimin! You know you don't have to get involved in everything right?!" Yoongi replied, angry as he put out his cigarette and walked over to Jimin.

Jin and Namjoon got started fighting with each other and Jimin and Yoongi got into a heated discussion. Shouting and yelling filled our dorm room. Hoseok sighed sat on the couch next to me,

"That went well" He said sarcastically, "How's your face?" He asked sincerely, shouting a bit so I could hear him over all the yelling done by the others,

The side of my face had swelled up quite a bit since Taehyung hit me. My cheek bone and the area around my eye was all bruised a deep purple that almost looked back. Moving that side of my of face was enough to bring me pain,

"It hurts like hell, thanks for asking" I replied. He nodded his head and gave me a sympathetic smile.

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A/N:

Do you agree with Namjoon that Taehyung didn't over react?

Or do you agree with Jin that Taehyung did over react?