IN THE NAME OF LOVE | TAEGUK

eleven.

—jeongguk's perspective.

"i regret this marriage." those words that left past my dad's lips, not only sounded like venom but also felt like a knife, stabbing my thirteen year old self's heart again and again and again.

beside me i felt my mom flinching at those harsh words as well but when our eyes met, she, and as always, sported a sweet smile towards me, pulling me towards her shaking form and trying to cover my ears with her trembling hands but i heard his next words anyway and i couldn't stop the tears from brimming in my eyes.

"you both are nothing but a burden!" his words were sharp and they echoed in the luxurious car. they echoed in my whole body, making it tremble. "you both are nothing but useless pieces of shit!" he continued shouting in the car, making me flinch in my mother's arms. "all i asked for was a heir! an alpha child! but there you have it again! you cursed me with an omega again!"

as he continued shouting, i felt one of my mother's arms leaving my shaking form and wrapping around her visible baby bump as silent sobs escaped her trembling lips. but that didn't stop the man that i unfortunately called my father from shouting at her. telling her how much of a disappointment she was and how much he regrets marrying her and bringing a useless omega child to this world and how much of a disgrace we both are.

"you fucking ruined my-" before he could continue, i felt my body harshly jerking to the side. my head hit the door and what happened next was all blur. all i could feel was the world spinning and the car toppling with a loud screech.

all i could see was red, red and red and then i felt warm arms pulling my dizzy form towards a warm body and when i looked to the side, my eyes were met with my mother's teary ones as she held me in her arms, as if she was trying to protect me.

"m-mom-" i sobbed, watching as her warm eyes now filled with tears started to flutter close but her lips tried to smile a broken smile. "mom!"

"i am here." she slowly placed her shaking hand on my rapidly moving chest, caressing it softly. "i'm al-always here." she softly took my hand and placed it on her baby bump, making me look down and i cried out even more, caressing it softly. "we-we are always here." she looked at me as if she knew it was her last time seeing me and those warm eyes fluttered close as she slipped into a deep slumber. but this time as i looked at her face, she looked at peace, finally.

a tear cascaded down my cheeks. then two. then three. and a sob escaped my trembling lips as her warm hand slipped off my chest, taking away all the warmth from me, leaving me to shiver in cold. "mom no-" i cried out, shaking her, trying to wake her up so she would engulf me in her arms and tell me that it's just a bad dream and nothing else.

but she didn't open her eyes. i turned around and found my dad bleeding as well, laying on his seat, unconscious. "dad! mom-mom isn't opening her eyes!" i tried to shake him but nothing happened and i was left all alone to drown in my misery.

"don't leave me-" i cried out and looked at my mother, shaking her again and again, feeling the world spinning around me as well and before i could know anything else, everything turned black. "don't leave-"

my eyes shot open as some really loud noises resonated in the apartment, seeming to come from the hallway. i looked around, scanning my surroundings only to be greeted by an unfamiliar room which i assumed to be taehyung's. but before i could proceed any further, another loud sound from outside the room caught my attention again, making me flinch as my eyes widened. "a burglar?" i panicked, removing the blanket from my body as i stepped out of the bed and was about to storm out of the room but halted in my track all of a sudden. i looked around the room, searching for something useful in case if it was really some burglar.