⭐ You're Gonna Love Me [Vk]

Epilogue

Four Months Later:

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"Alright Mr. Kim, you're all set for this weeks check up. I'll see you again in two weeks, okay?" The doctor tells Taehyung as she hands him a slip.

"Does everything look fine?" Taehyung bites his lip with anticipation.

"Yes, oh yes! The baby is looking super healthy. We're seeing no complications and you have already gone through half of the process. Just about five months left and you have yourself a new child." The doctor beams happily as she signs a few documents off.

"It's gender?" Taehyung asks curiously.

"Mr. Kim, I thought you didn't want to-"

"I do now. Is it a boy or girl?" Taehyung interrupts.

"Hold on I'll be right back with those papers and I'll show you the pictures from this weeks ultrasound." The doctor informs him before she exits the room and closes the door behind her.

Once he hears the sound of the door closing, he takes his phone out and immediately dials his number.

"Please pick-up, please pick-up, please-"

"Hello?" A voice speaks through the receiver, interrupting Taehyung's whispering pleas.

"Um, hi. . .it's Taehyung."

"Oh! Tae! How've you been."

"I've been well, you?"

"Busy as ever, but still fine."

Taehyung gnaws on his bottom lip before he asks, "Can I ask you for a favor?"

"Anything for my best friend, what is it?"

"I need a lawyer Jimin and I know you've just graduated law school. . ."

"Say no more. May I ask what this is for?" Jimin prods a little, hoping to not strike a nerve in the sensitive younger.

"You know exactly what this is for." Taehyung retorts, eyes narrowing as if Jimin were standing right in front of him.

"Yeah, yeah. The case. I still can't believe you're going to testify against him. Weren't you the one that wanted to help him in the first place?" Jimin asks, immediately forgetting his rule to not prod Taehyung for information. 

Taehyung pinches the bridge of his nose as he looks up to the ceiling and closes his eyes, sighing as he says, "Please, not this. Not now Jimin, okay?"

There were certain things that Taehyung did not want to mention or discuss about when it came to him. He had told his friends, family, and any police officers and hospital staff that he didn't want to hear the name for a while.

Although, the news anchors didn't get the message. They announce the case and his name every so often. Reminding Taehyung of what happened nearly four months ago, what could have happened to him had Jin didn't come, and what he failed to do. 

So he'd resort to no entertainment. Maybe a streaming platform of some sort or an occasional visit to the movie theaters, but otherwise those options, he would stay home and do nothing.

But when those nights, the nights when his self-pity would kick in and he would scorn himself for everything he's ever done. He would never resent him, he would just never find a way to forgive him.

He knew what the older was going through and he wished - he wished he could have helped sooner. Get him the help he needed before all went to hell.