TaeJin Short Stories

Double Trouble part 2

It's another long one again guys.

For several nights in a row, Seokjin was awakened by some strange noise coming from somewhere in the house. And he would always run back screaming in terror to his husbands arms. The only place he felt safe.

But for Taehyung, it was getting exhausting. He lost sleep every night due to Seokjin's alleged nighttime attacks by a gruesome apparition.

One night, the maid told him of an old superstition that if he slept with a knife under his pillow, he won't have any nightmares about ghosts or evil spirits.

She handed him a knife and said, "I brought this for you. Please keep it under your pillow. At least try it."

Seokjin nodded at her, desperate to try anything to help.

That night as they both slept, the ghostly apparition floated above Seokjin. Angry at him and blamed him for what became of him.

He infiltrated his dreams and made sure he knew that he hated him. The ghost then started to choke him in his dream, which resulted in him fighting for his life.

He woke up and saw the ghost laying next to him, looking like a rotted corpse. He screamed then remembered the knife and when he screamed out loud he woke up Tae.

Who tried to help him, but in the process Seokjin accidentally slashed Tae across his arm.

When Tae screamed out in pain, Seokjin finally snapped out of it and cried when he saw what he did. When Seokjin tried to help him, he was pushed away by Tae and told he was crazy.

So Tae started taking Seokjin to see the professor almost daily, and he would assess his mental stability. He realized that whenever he'd ask Seokjin questions about his brother, and about his death. He would answer hesitantly and sometimes stutter as he replied.

When asked about what his relationship was like with Seokjun, he would answer plainly.

"We had a wonderful childhood. Our mother gave us whatever we wanted and even had a playhouse built for us that was the size of a regular house. We spent many wonderful days and evenings together in that playhouse since we didn't have any friends."

But when he'd ask him about his husband Taehyung, his entire demeanor changed. His eyes shone brightly and his smile wide. He expressed how much he really, really loved him.

When the professor asked how they met and how their relationship was different than from Seokjun and Tae.

"When Tae helped us from the bullying, he started to spend more time with us. And he was always nice to us both, but somewhere along the way, he started to look at me differently.

And when it was our birthdays, he would give Seokjun a card, but he would give me a small gift. He said it was a token of what he felt for me.

When he was leaving, Seokjun refused to go say goodbye to him so I didn't get to see him. But when he called to say he was returning, I swore that I would be there this time.

And I arranged to have the surgery that he wouldn't survive.
So it's my fault...I killed him. It's my fault he's dead." He said tearfully.

At the end of one session, he asked Seokjin to wait outside his office while he spoke to Taehyung.

"Taehyung-ah, I believe that your husband is suffering from terrible survivors guilt. He blames himself for his death and especially since he was the one who insisted on the surgery to separate them. I also believe that the love he feels for you is very deep. To the point of obsession."

Tae chuckles softly at that and replies, "Yes, he loves me. Just as I have always loved him. I still remember the first day I met them and they were being bullied.