"Like father like son. It's true afterall.
Father was a liar and the son is too.
Father destroyed many lives and now the son is doing it too. You are one family indeed."
An accident... I was saved.. But lost at the same time Doesn't matter anyway Cause it's all in .. . . .
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" It was mid-summer, 12 years ago..." Taemin starts reciting the past like some story, being non chalant and Taehyung doubts that he is telling the truth. Both of them are seated opposite to each other in the vast study room, on the sofa. " We lived in Busan, Jimin and I. I had a mother, my parents divorced when I was 10 years old. We lived alone, distant from any relatives. I was 15 at that time and Jimin was 10..." Taehyung interrupts Taemin at that point," Didn't you say that you and Jimin have common father?" "I lied. We were mere strangers...But.do I need to go into details?.." Taemin states before looking at a distance. .
. . 12 years ago, Taemin lived happily with his family. They used to live in Seoul. Happiness was all he felt. His life was a bliss before it got crushed. His father was a businessman, someone who wanted to expand his business, for which he worked day and night, neglecting his family. Taemin's mother was a sensitive lady. Someone who wanted to have a family time. She was middle school teacher in a private school. A job that she loved and a small family was all she had. Both of Taemin's parents rarely had and contact with their relatives due to some family issues. Disputes started to arise slowly after Taemin turned 10 .He was the youngest child. His elder brother was older than him by 5 years. The disputes grew too big to handle and Taemin's parents separated their ways. It was devastating, especially for Taemin's mother. Taemin's elder brother too left with his father. His mother had his custody while his father had his brother's. No one knew, but this incident made Taemin hate his father and hyung. He did a great job hiding it.
Taemin had no qualms being with his mother. They moved to Hocheon Village in Busan. His mother started working in a small school but they were happy nonetheless. It was good and enough to provide for both of them. They cut all the ties with his father but his mother still contacted his hyung. But everything changed after a while for the young boy. His mother fell ill after 5 years. Doctors said it was a tumor in brain and she won't survive for long. They had no resources whatsoever to get her treated properly. It was not only about money, it was about how lonely they were. With no friends, no acquaintances, no contact with other two members with family, no one to rely on. The people they met in these 5 years were not many. They couldn't do much of help. It was hard for a 13 years old to manage it all on his own. . . . " That's when my hyung came to us." Taemin says, pausing a little. Taehyung is listening to the story intently. Wanting to know the real face of the man in front of him.
Taemin was fifteen.That's when he met the grown up version of his brother. His brother took care of everything from then on. He had a lot of resources and most importantly money.
" Even if I hated him..I was glad that he came back to us. A little hope that my mother would survive started to dwell.." Says Taemin while slowly making his way towards the mantle piece where a picture of him and Jimin rested. " Then? What happened next? Where are they now? I mean your family." Taehyung asks , curiosity getting the best of him. Taemin just chuckles before answering," You do ask a lot of questions for sure!"
" Just continue.. please!.." Taehyung exclaims, slowly getting impatient. He can't even trust the man yet and here he is reciting the past as if it never happened. Not even a hint of maybe.. sadness? He doesn't know but the man should show some feelings right? Isn't he a normal human like all? " Mom started to get better. Even though she was weaker than before, she was doing good.We moved in with hyung. To be precise, Hyung moved in with us. He went off to work daily and came back late at night.. He never told us what he did as a work. I was suspicious but ignored it. I had my hyung back.. nothing else mattered. We asked but he just said that he is a vice president of a corporate company. We didn't dig in much and trusted him. Everything was fine..and then I met Jimin when I was fifteen. I once watched him dance secretly, alone at night in the park near our school. He ran away after he felt my presence. He had a great talent in dance but he kept it in. After that I started to notice him more at school. He was a silent kid. Often showed up with burst lip and cuts on fingers. No one noticed but I did. His behaviour was strange in a sense. Slowly I started to get more familiar with him, it took time but... He started to be more open. Warmed up to me in a sense."
After both of them became good friends, Taemin started noticing even more stranger things about the younger. Strangely enough Jimin was afraid to go near stray cats. It didn't make sense to Taemin, seeing how Jimin was a soft kid. He had a special soft corner for animals in his heart but was afraid of getting near cats. More like he was afraid of hurting them rather than them hurting him. It was strange.
" What happened to your family?," Taehyung asks again, snapping Taemin out of his trance. He didn't care how Jimin met Taemin or how strange he was. Now that he knows that Taemin has no kinship with Jimin, he feels dreaded. What if this man secretly intends to hurt Jimin? He can't let that happen. He just wants to know who this man is, who he was, where is his so called family now and why does Jimin not know anything about it. " They died..an extremely, painful death.." Taemin says slowly as he sips on his red wine. Taehyung looks at him with his mouth wide open.
" Are you for real!!? How can you be so calm about it?? They were your family! Hah! I won't be surprised if you told me that you killed them yourself. Cause why not! You seem like that sort of person!" Taehyung shouts out in rage. He hated it, hated how Taemin can be so calm about such a serious thing. Is he joking?
" Tsk tsk..impatient and childish indeed! Listen kid! Neither am I running an empathy show nor do I expect you to react or meddle in this in any way, I am just letting you know so that you don't take away my brother Jimin away from me! " Taemin says through gritted teeth. Taehyung swears that the expression on elder is enough to make him piss his pants but he is brave enough he guess. " Then give me clear answers!" Taehyung demands. " Jimin and I grew closer in a few months only, but I still didn't know who Jimin's parents were or what was the reason that he showed up with bruises sometimes..until that day..the day everything changed.." . . . It had been 6 months since Jimin and Taemin became friends. Jimin was young, too young to know about the world. Taemin guided him, stayed with him and protected him. It all changed when one day Jimin showed up at Taemin's home covered in blood...
Ding~dong~
" Son! Can you please open the door? " Taemin's mother shouted from the kitchen. Taemin who was in the hall, went up to the door to open it. But the scene in front of him shocked him to the core... " Jimin-ah! What happened??" He asked in a worry laced voice as he crouched down to the younger's level and held him by his shoulders . Jimin had blood all over his clothes and face, his hands were shaking and his lips quivered as his eyes watered. He was standing bare foot in late night. " Song..Kwang hyung! I-I..think..I k-k.. I killed a..p-person!.." . . . . ___________________________________ . . . A/N: It is confusing right? Don't worry I will try my best to clear it off in upcoming chapters. Tell me how this was! And sorry if I disappear all of a sudden..I am weird that's a given so it might happen.😅 If there are any doubts you can ask in comments, I will make sure to clear them in upcoming chapters! Annyeong 🙋🙋 Borahae 💜💜 ~ your lazy and dumb author!
