SOULMATE | HYEWON | EDITING

thirty-two.

jaehyun walked over to taehyungs casket, staring at his lifeless body. he was silently crying as he touched his face gently. "why did you....wh-why did you have to kill yourself?" he barely whispered as he broke out into sobs. "jae?" jaehyun slowly turned around to see somi behind her. he wiped his tears quickly. "you don't have to hide your sadness. it's okay to cry he was your brother." jaehyun shook his head. "no. i'm so mad at him. i just don't understand why he had to do this." somi walked up to him. "maybe he couldn't handle it. he fell in a trap made by your father. he thought jungkook was using him to get to you and dahyun. he killed him with the thought that if he didn't he'd lose you....h-he just didn't want to face anyone anymore probably..."

jaehyun looked up at her. "don't you hate him? he killed jungkook. i'd hate him if i were you." somi shook his head. "i don't hate him...koo wouldn't want me to and i know koo didn't die hating him. he died confused and full of love for him. i'll continue to do the same. i-i just wish he would have let him explain himself causing knowing the time of his death he definitely didn't." jaehyun reached for somis hand. "i'm sorry...i'm so sorry somi i know he was all you had left." somi weakly smiled. "it's fine. i'm fine. i mean i lost my mother...and i was fine." somi let go of his hand and walked away. "but i can tell you aren't.". he whisped to himself.

dahyun was sitting on one of the chairs in complete silence. she hadn't said anything during the whole funeral. she was heartbroken. she had lost her brother and somi had lost hers as well. dahyun felt her hands shaking. it was all too similar to their mothers funeral except taehyung was by her side comforting her. telling her eveything was going to be okay. telling her that he would always be here for her. that he wouldn't leave her behind. dahyun wiped her years. it seems that exactly what the older had done. "hey dahyun?" dahyun glanced to the person sitting next to her. it was jisoo. "dahyun-ah? you haven't said anything at all. please talk to me? if not me then jaehyun at least."

"what am i even supposed to say? how much i miss him? how i wish he was here, how i wish he didn't fucking kill himself? why would i state the obvious when it's clear what's going through my mind right jisoo." jisoo sighed. "it's still important to say how you're feeling. if you keep it inside for too long it'll build up and explode and it will be even more worse." dahyun scoffed. "i don't think things can get even more worse than it already is. i lost mom and now i lost taehyung. i mean who do i know if you and jaehyun are just going to leave me too." jisoo held her hand. "we aren't. we're hear for you i swear." dahyun gulped. "i don't understand why he's here."

jisoo looked over to where dahyun was looking and saw taecyeon sitting in a chair far away. "i don't know either...he is our father." dahyun sniffed. "a father who killed his own son. it's all his fault...because of his pointless vendetta. why couldn't he have just left taehyung and jungkook alone? is it that bad that they love each other? i just don't understand."

jaehyun noticed taecyeon sitting at the chair next to him and walked up to him. "what the hell are you doing here?" taecyeon crossed his legs. "am i not allowed to come to my own son's funeral?" jaehyun balled his hands into fists. "not when you're the cause of it! YOU are the reason why he's dead! you're the reason why they're BOTH dead!" taecyeon stood up and walked close to him. "don't you think taehyung killing himself isn't his own fault? did i tell him to do that?? it's his fault that jungkook is dead as well! he's the one that choked him to death!!" jaehyun pushed his father onto the ground. "YOU MANIPULATED HIM INTO THINKING THAT JUNGKOOK WAS EVIL AND USING HIM!!! YOU KNOW HOW HE FELT ABOUT JISOO DAHYUN AND I AND THAT HE WOULD SO ANYTHING TO PROTECT US AND YOU USED IT AGAINST HIM!!!"

dahyun got up and rushed over to jaehyun, pulling him back. "jae calm down-." "CALM DOWN??? HE'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE EVEN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE." jisoo walked over to him and pulled dahyun behind her. "jaehyun i know you're pissed off and everything but you need to calm down. calm down before you do something you'll regret. i know it's horrible and i know it hurts that taehyung isn't here with us anymore but you BOTH need to calm down and stop building up your anger. now go sit down."