Tattoos & Temptations [Taekook]

10. Please, let me breathe

Trigger warning ⚠️
Mentions of domestic violence.

Taehyung's pov:

The amount of noise that is currently resonating throughout the house has me dizzy. My father seems to be acting like a monster, as he usually does, just because I chose not to attend one of his imbecilic parties.

"You bloody piece of shit, you good for nothing boy. Today you have ruined my reputation" my father spoke from outside.

"Pfft, reputation you say. Oh yeah, the only thing you fucking care about " if he thought i would keep my mouth shut, he was wrong.
It took only him less than a minute to barge into my room with his hands fisted and nose flaring.

"How dare you raise your filthy voice at me" he spat and here goes the first punch across my jaw,an evident cut appearing on the corner of my lips. I wiped the blood and laughed, yes i laughed.

"Punch me all you want. You wouldn't improve as a man if you did that. You've been a careless monster all of your life, and-" he punched me in my gut for which i groaned

"You eat my food, you breathe the air around me and you better watch your mouth before talking like this boy" a hard slap collided with my cheek which made me blink my eyes to stop my head from spinning.
He continued to punch me until his phone rang. Praise the lord.

Although it hurts, I'm used to this pain. The agonising pain that I withstood for the longest time. Every time he did this, my heart clamped in my chest, both for his deed and for the fact that I hadn't seen my mother anywhere near the scene. How could she ever turn a blind eye to her own child? You might be wondering how a grown adult can still be the victim of domestic abuse. Given how strong my father was, I suppose that once you're in hell, it takes everything you've got to get out.

My breathing was shallow, every part of my body hurt, i hated this, all of it, i hated when i couldn't control my tears-.
My hazy thoughts got interrupted when my phone rang.

Bambi Jeon Calling....

No, i can't deal with him right now. So i cut the call. Guess, his stubborn ass will never learn, he is calling me again and again and again.
I closed my eyes tight and took his call.

"Hey dumbfuck, where is my sunglasses, i know you took it yesterday. I should have kept an eye on it, i saw you oogling it. You better return those. That is fucking Versace you idiot. Go buy yourself one, you rich asshole. I-" he continued to blabber but i just couldn't

"N-not t-today jungkook,bye" i managed to sound through my groggy voice.

"Hey, what happened? Did you cry? Why do you sound so-" and that's it, i cut the call. The way he asked, so concerned and worried. I felt tears forming in the back of my eyes, heart dropping into my stomach. I guess it is true how they say, you can't control your tears when someone asks you what happened.

But my phone beeped the next second.

A message from Bambi Jeon

I will be outside your house in 15 minutes. You better come outside or i will barge into your home. You know me and i will do that. You sounded pretty wrecked to me. You don't have to talk to me or tell me what happened. We can sit in silence. Namjoon hyung always told me it is nice to have some by your side when you are devastated, you won't be so pleased to be with me. But i promise you i won't be an asshole today. Get ready...

I didn't know there was this amount of tears left in me to cascade down my cheeks. Why does he have to be so stubborn? Why now?
The Jeon Jungkook i know is who stands true to his word. So he would do what he said if i didn't go outside. Him barging into my home is the last thing i want in life. I don't want him anywhere near my father nor my family.