Stigma

Ch 4

Chapter 4

DISCLAIMER: SEJIN AND TAEHYUNG ARE TALKING IN CHINESE ( But I'm too lazy google translate them )

KIM TAEHYUNG

Just smile and relax.

It's going to be okay.

No one will hurt.

There will be people who will protect you.

"You ready?" I turned to Sejin hyung, and nervously nodded. I can already faintly hear the crowds outside the area, few are already sneaking a peak, and taking a pictures.

"It's not like I have a choice, aren't I?" I mumbled under my breathed. As the staff members alongside the escorts are already forming a circle around my figure.

I took a deep breath and put up an act. "Let's go!" I smiled as the door opened, screams, blinding lights from the camera, reporter's trying to pass by were filled my eyes and ears.

You can do it.

Just a few minutes.

Everything will be alright.

It was a dreadful minute, left, and right were filled with squealing noises, reporter's kept budging in hoping to get a word from me, photographer's kept flashing their camera on my figure.

Ugh.

Why did I become a celebrity again?

"Just few more minutes, Tàihēng"

I continued to smiled at the growing crowd in front of me. I almost screamed back in relief when I saw the black van few inch in front me. The door slides open, and immediately but discreetly went inside, I continued to smiled, waving and nodding at the people outside.

As much as I want to drop the act, and no matter how tinted the windows are I can't take a risk to drop my image but there are smart paparazzi who managed even with a heavy tinted window can take a photo. How they do that? I don't know.

At that moment as soon as the van moved away from the massive crowd, no more than five minutes later, the screams were slowly fading away, so does my smile on my face.

I slumped down on my chair, breathing grew heavy than usual, eyes blinking tiredly. "You might want to use your inhaler, Ttàihēng" Sejin hyung called out from the front.

"I-I know.." I heaved from the pain, stress, and exhaustion. It was antagonizing, trying to inhale medicine to calm down, a few minutes after that I finally pushed myself down head touching the window, feet stretching. "You alright?" I nodded from him.

"Please tell me, we're going straight to the condo? I could barely move" I whined, eyes dropping slowly. Sejin hyung chuckled, "Don't worry, we are. We already hold off any schedules for today, so you go and rest now, Ttàihēng"

I smiled gratefully at that, the car hummed, radio sounds slowly fades aways, Sejin hyung, and Hyeon hyung, my driver and boyguard's voices were starting to slur down in my mind.

I'm so tired.

...

JACKSON WANG

"Shut up! This isn't true!"

"Stop messing with me, Jackson ah!"

"This isn't funny!"

I flinched at their exclaims, trying hard not to run away from them. I sneaked a glance only to see their furious and disbelieved expressions. While the others looked at me skeptical.

I gulped down my nervousness. "It's just an assumption.." I mumbled, shrinking down at Jimin ah and Jungkook ah cold stared.

"You're assumption is bullshit!" Jungkook growled, eyes narrowing down to mine. "Do you think is funny? That you're trying to mess with us with him!"

I whimpered and shook my head. "N-No.."

"This is something we are not keen to talk about, Jackson! And you of all people should know that!"

"I-I know, I know but none of you really know where he went! I-I just thought he looks like him! He even has the same name as him!" I rambled, edging my seat far from them.

This is bad

I don't like this!

Why did I even do this?!

"What?" I looked at Jin hyung, trying to haul the two of my space, and slowly sat on my side. "What did you say about his name?"

"I researched him out of curiosity, it was flooding my newsfeed, then none of his autobiography are actually opened to public some says his actual name is Kim Taehyung"

I continued to stared at Jin hyung's, eyes wavered in surprised and hesitation. "B-But it was just an speculation that—"

"Then how did you conclude that it's him?" Yoongi cut me off, arms calmly rested on his chest.

"Well..uhm, like I told you. His autobiography are all private, none really knew where he came from or who he really is! From what I knew his name could be staged since It's really popular for celebrity to stage their name, age is nineteen but other than that his birthday, where he grew up to, yadda, yadda, isn't open to public"

"Jackson ah, give me all the othe details relating to this boy"

"You seriously can't believed him?!"

"Are you stupid, hyung?!

Jin hyung glared at the youngest, Jungkook, Jimin, who furiously stared at my way. I flinched trying to inch closer behind Jin hyung's back, hoping to hide away my whole being from them.

"It's not bad to hope, right?"

"Hope?! What are we even hoping for?! He left! So what if he is him, are you even going to forgive him for what he is done?!" Jungkook exclaimed.

"I'm with Jungkook with this one, hyung" Namjoon chided, who were one of the people who were silently listening to the conversations. "What are we even doing? It's not like we're going to open our arms and welcome him back"

"What he did is still unforgivable and worst, he even run away from it! I don't even know why you're telling this to us, Jackson. It's like we're going to care and even bat an eye for it"

I stared at them, lips bitting down nervously. "I-I'm sorry, I thought—"

"It's true but doesn't mean I want to know why he did that, I'm not going to welcome him but I want to know why, isn't that what we're trying to know for the past three years?" Jin hyung explained, the three scoffed at that then walked away from us, eyes turned harsh when they glanced at my way.

"I-I'm sorry, hyung!"

Jin hyung shook his head. "None of that, Jackson ah! Don't mind those idiot, alright? You were just trying to help" I looked at Jin hyung hesitantly but otherwise nodded. "How about you, Hobi?"

"I want to find out both side, if you don't mind" Hobi hyung explained, quiet and unnerving because of his cheerful personality wasn't seen as of now, just stiff and more like timid. Yoongi hyung nodded at Hobi hyung's answer and turned his head to mine.

"Alright, Jackson ah. Let's see what you know about this kid"

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