Knives | VKOOK [C]

🗡️ Chapter 23

"where is he?" the couple asked in unison, standing in front of the reception counter.

"who?" the nurse asks, staring confusedly at the couple.

"Kim Taehyung. he was brought in earlier." the lady responds.

"oh. third floor. room 365."

the couple nod, hurrying to the elevator. th elevator does the funny sound and then opens on the third floor.

they find seokjin standing and waiting for them, pacing anxiously.

"son." the male calls out, making seokjin halt as he now hurries towards them.

"mom, dad, we need to get you to the lab asap. tae needs blood and..." he trails, weeping.

"hey, don't cry. he'll be fine alright?" his mother comforts, rubbing his hair as seokjin leads them back for the elevator.

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"tae, forgive me alright? I've been a bad brother m would you forgive hyung?" hoseok asks, caressing taehyung's pale palm.

"hyung, I'll say it again. it's not your fault that I have such bad luck." he giggled, muffling the sounds with his palm and then groaning.

hoseok smiles fondly.

taehyung was one of the strongest persons he knew. he still smiled when through his pain.

"this headache is a bitch." taehyung mutters, closing his eyes.

"you're so strong love. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you again. I thought- I thought we finally had the right crowd. I was so wrong." hoseok says, squeezing taehyung's hand gently.

"it's not your fault Hobi."

"that's exactly what you said to me the first time! but it is my fault. I should have been around. I shouldn't have gone to America. I should have stayed and protected-"

"look, you needed that time away from me. you're glowing now. you had no stress you only had to-"

"what do you mean no stress? are you calling yourself my stress?" hoseok asks, his eyebrows furrowing and glaring at taehyung.

"i-i-" taehyung stuttered, his eyes snapping shut as he looses consciousness.

"tae!" hoseok shrieked, pressing the green button above the bed.

nurses hurry into the room and usher hoseok out.

there, he sees seokjin and his parents.

"ma'am, sir." hoseok acknowledges but gets ignored.

"what do you mean?! tell me the whole story!"

"seokjin you-"

"the whole story!" seokjin yells, clenching his fists.

"we were always so busy. there was no time for a second child. your mother and I couldn't handle another baby."

"while you were growing up, we weren't always around. there was so much to do in the office. you always looked so lonely and we thought maybe if we adopted and taehyung came along."

"so... he's... he's not related to me by blood?" seokjin whispers.

Mrs Kim nods slowly, "I'm so sorry-"

"that was why it was so easy." seokjin mumbles, "that's why it was so easy for you both to disown him last time! you knew I was gay too but you disowned him because you didn't birth him!" seokjin yells.

"we-"

"save your fucked up excuses. I hate you both. I'm going to find a blood donor for my brother." seokjin mutters as he walks away from the couple.

hoseok scans the couple, having no words and running after seokjin.

"seokjin! wait!"

"what do you want hoseok?"

"woah, relax. we're both worried for tae."

"can you believe them?" seokjin scoffs, fiddling with his phone.

"this is not the time to worry about your parents. tae needs us right now-"

"you think I don't know my brother needs me? he's lying in there, waking up and going to sleep without even knowing. if something happens to him, I'll never forgive myself."

"nothing will happen to tae. our taetae will be fine okay?"

"how do you know it? he's my brother not yours."

"what the fuck is wrong with you? can you stop being bitchy and pushing everyone away? now is not the time! we're all here because we care for tae. you're not the only one who's worried as fuck!" 

seokjin sighs, his lips wobbling at the confrontation.

"I'm- I'm so sorry. I'm just so stressed right now." he says, hurriedly wiping his eyes.

"I'll call in my parents. they might be a match."

"we should do that." seokjin nods, hurrying to the bathroom.

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so!

hi!

how's it going y'all?

now we know something new.

tae isn't related to jin by blood.

did you guess or expect it?

I bet not.

lololol.

sorry for these chapters that are boring.

hopefully, it'll get interesting soon enough.

see ya!

'peace out 💟