..MAN in Three piece..

18-(◠ᴥ◕ʋ)

Jungkook's pov

I BARKED AT MY DRIVER to head to Gangdong district before I even knew his father's address. Luckily, there was only one Kim Ho-sook in that street, or I would have been knocking on doors. My gut told me his visit was not going to go well.

Arriving on eighth block down away from the station as Taehyung had hinted in his talk, I had no idea if he was inside or not or in which house, so I settled in the back of my town car and waited near the curb. It wasn't long before the front door of third house from my side flew open, and Taehyung was barreling down the walkway toward the street. I barely made it out of the car in time to grab him; he clearly hadn't seen me. The haunted look on his face, I wasn't so sure he was able to see anything at all.

He struggled in my arms at first. "It's me, Tae."

His eyes seemed to come into focus. I watched as they filled with tears and then he melted into my arms. His full weight leaned on me as I tightened my hold around him. "I have you, baby. I have you." He made a gut-wrenching noise and then his body began to shake, tears streaming down his beautiful face. It physically hurt my heart. Seeing him like that, hearing that sound of pain come from deep within, it felt like someone had cracked open my ribs and gripped my beating heart in their hands only to nearly squeeze the life out of it.

I held him as tight as I could for a few minutes while we stood in front of the house. When I lifted my eyes and saw a man standing in the doorway watching us, a man who from the looks of him was without a doubt Kim Ho-sook, I decided it was time to go. "Come on, let's get in the car." Taehyung never looked back as I helped him into the backseat. But I did. His father simply nodded and watched us pull away.

The ride from Gongdong was quiet. When his crying finally subsided, he kept his head on my shoulder and his eyes closed. I hated that this was all my fault. I'd fucked things up between us royally. Not only had the situation with Ga-yun thrown a wrench into our relationship, but it had brought Taehyung's old demons back to the surface. Now he was relating who I was back to a man who had disappointed him for most of his life.

Stroking his hair, I finally broke our silence. "I'm sorry. This is all my fault."

"I don't know why I went to see him. What was I expecting him to say?"

"It's only natural. You're trying to make sense of his choices because of everything going on."

"I guess..."

"I know you left upset, but did he tell you anything that helped?"

"No. He said he couldn't tell me if he would have stayed with my mother if he hadn't met Mrs. Hwasa."

Fuck. I shifted in my seat so we were facing each other. "Whether I have a daughter or not, even if I had not met you, there is no way in hell I would be getting back together with Ga-yun."

"But you loved her at one time."

He stared down at the floor. "Tae, look at me." His head lifted, and eyes returned to meet mine. "The woman cheated on me with my best friend and then didn't tell me that I could possibly have a child. For four years. Trust and loyalty are important to me. I wouldn't even hire someone to work in my business who I couldn't trust, no less build a life with. We are not getting back together, no matter what." My next words came out slow, each one given careful consideration, yet I was still cautious about saying them. "Your father could have been involved in your life while he was married to another woman. People do it all the time. He made his choices. And if you ask me, he made poor ones. I am not your father."

Just then, Sam, my driver,interrupted. "Mr. Jeon? Are we heading back into Cheongdam or to Seocho street? The exit for the Belt Parkway is coming up."

"My place or yours?" I looked to Taehyung.