Twilight of Itaewon | Taekook ✔

48. Us.

"Tae...

Tae...

Tae..."

To hell with it, the first thing V wanted to do when he got the letter was to crush it and burn it to ashes. But he couldn't. The handwriting. That pulls him towards the broken but beautiful portrait named Jeon Jeongguk. The man's heart eyes and bunny smile. The words, the letters, the tear stain, it's all because of Tae. And V thought it's him. No. Oh, crap. He's a fool.

The male stood up and walked towards the house. Yeonjun was standing at the entrance, leaning on the door frame but V didn't acknowledge the man's greeting. His head was low as he stormed inside. His eyes were red because of two reasons - the cries and the anger. He hates the world, he hates the moment, he hates everything that made him read the words that are not for him. He hates everyone and everything that made him weak and played with his heart. It breaks him, but he's angry more at this moment. As he entered inside, he found Jae sitting in the living. He ignored him with broken eyes and walked to the hallways. As soon as Jae found his friend in a shattered state, he walked behind the male. V was silent but steps are strong making the man behind him shiver. Jae was asking him what happened. But he didn't open his mouth. When V didn't stop in front of his bedroom and walked towards a certain male's room, Jae gasped. It's all destroyed. There's no way out. It's broken in a way that can't be joined by anyone or anything. The reason for togetherness- that was lost.

Jae pulled V back and tried to talk to him. But the male wasn't listening to him. His harsh steps halted in front of the officer's bedroom and Jae tried to stop him. The next moment he witnessed the way his friend pushed the door open and slammed it to the wall. The voice made Jeongguk turn to look at him while sitting on the bed. Yeonjun and Soobin were there, looking concerned at their senior and V. It's the first time they're seeing both like this. Face to face- one painfully destroyed and another devilishly broken. Jeongguk passed a small smile. He stood up from the bed and walked slowly towards the male with a tissue in his hand. His steps tired of holding the pain of his heart. His eyes were done with the game fate played with him.

The room was silent. Midnight was cold, with no wind brushing them to ease the hurt flowing through their weak veins. The snowflakes melting down under the dark gaze of burning stars above. The winter was really passing. But somewhere they were stuck. Freezing Busan nights coming to an end welcoming the blooming spring. But not for them.

"What's this? What the hell is this?"

V broke the silence with his deep and wounded voice. His hand holding the paper Jeongguk gave him. His birthday note. Oh, his birthday note for someone else.

"What's what Tae? Didn't you read it? Happy Birthday..."

Jeongguk sounds calm and sweet. His hand extended to wipe the tears of V and the other pushed him away. He's not even flinching or stiffening at the tone change and harsh look in V's eyes. But it was sudden. They all gasped. Other than V and Jeongguk. As soon as the words came out, they all looked at Jeongguk with worried eyes. He's really destroying the last thread of fate. Jeongguk looked at V whose eyes are hurt and angry.

"Shut up. Just shut up. I'm not your Tae. I'm not your---"

V screamed with a cracking voice but Jeongguk stopped him. His sweet voice turning into something they never heard. Not even Yeonjun and Soobin. It was dominant enough and they felt shivers running down their spine.

"You're not my lost lover? Oh, yeah... The Tae I know is... Is not you...

He was there in you, but you killed him."

Jeongguk doesn't know what he was saying. He doesn't care. He doesn't care if his words hurting someone or not. He doesn't care if his heart shattering to pieces. Because the Taehyung he knows or he read is no more. Because the male himself killed his existence.