FORGOTTEN FIRST LOVE // TAEJIN

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Another two months went by so quickly in Taehyung and Seokjin's lives. Since that dinner, Taehyung has made up his mind to really fight for Seokjin and this time, there is nothing in his mind that can stop him. Yoongi also stayed connected with him, at first, it was a bit awkward to him, but slowly, the bitter feelings went away completely, and he can fully say that he is healed, and he has forgiven Yoongi already.

Aside from that, he also quit work and decided to stay in the States for a while. Luckily for him, his uncle has a business out here in the US too and Taehyung got an offer to start working for the company as his uncle's representative, so he doesn't have to travel back and forth from Korea to the US. Taehyung thanked him and accepted the offer. His papers are currently being processed so that he can work here continuously with the hidden agenda to take back what is his.

Everything is going according to his plans, even his friendship with Seokjin is going great. No one can say a word against Seokjin whenever he decides to invite Taehyung over because they know that once they try to stop Seokjin, questions will arise, and they can't answer him completely. Yoongi is also a big factor why he can come close to Seokjin. Taehyung was made aware that Jimin always makes lies saying that he already invited him to the occasion, and he turned Jimin down when it's not the case. The invitation didn't even reached Taehyung. So, what Yoongi will do, he will tell Jin that Taehyung had a change of plans and he is already on his way.

And that made Seokjin a bit happier.

That's what Yoongi said.

As soon as he reached the place, he is always greeted by glares especially from Jungkook and Jimin most especially when Seokjin would give him a hug once he arrives. Taehyung wanted to smile smugly at them, he wanted to take pride that he can make Seokjin smile like that just because of his presence alone, but he refuses to do so. He doesn't want to look boastful because aside from just being a friend, Taehyung is nowhere to be found in Seokjin's life.

Unlike Jimin.

The mere thought of Jimin holding Seokjin at night haunt him one time when Yoongi asked him, "What if something happened already between Jimin and Seokjin? Will you still pursue my friend? Or you're just in because of sex? I need to know, Taehyung. Because from what I heard, you're a Grade-A asshole and now I am having doubts whether I did the right thing by encouraging you to run after Seokjin."

Did it offend Taehyung? Yes.

Does he have a choice to complain? No.

He understands why Yoongi will have hesitations, so he truthfully answered, "I love him. it may not seem like it by how I treated him, but I do love him. Long before I convinced myself to love you, I already had these feelings for Seokjin. And if Jimin and him already slept together, what is it to me? I can't accuse Jin of cheating when he doesn't even know that by that time, we had something. Just thinking about it, I already feel so much hate for Jimin, he is feeding Seokjin lies just to quench his selfish desires. How can he sleep at night? It's like having a time bomb ready to explode any minute. Doesn't he feel scared that one day Jin might remember everything and hate him for what he is doing?"

Yoongi looked at him with pity in his eyes. "If you loved him like what you claimed, then why? Why hurt him like that? I forced Seo Joon to tell me about what happened because you won't talk to me about it and I myself wanted to kill you."

"I was filled with hate and fear. I cheated on him with Seoyeon so I will prevent myself from falling harder. I did horrible shits to him because I wanted him to walk away from me because I wanted to blame Jin for leaving. I want to prove to myself that no one stays permanently in my life even though they say they love me they will end up hurting me."