VENOM | TAEHYUNG

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"I got - drumroll", jungkook said loudly and joon drummed against the little coffee table in the living room. "NAMJOON!", he chimed and joon stood ,clapping in relief. He prayed it he someone good who picked his name for secret santa.

"What you get me?", he rushed to where kookie stood. Anastasia's eyes shift from the two to taehyung who was seated on the single couch. He seemed so unbothered. He reminded her of the grinch. The second his eyes met hers , she turned away. "I love it-", joon admired the necklace. "Glad", jungkook gave him a hug. Taehyung stared at them giving each other sibling love. Affectionate made him sick. He was into warm ,fuzzy feelings.

"Anastasia-", they called out and she went to grab her wrapped gift from under the Christmas tree. "I got -", joon began to drum and she laughed. Taehyung gawked at her unreal beauty. The way she wore that vintage dress as if she were royalty. Her heavy brunette curls bouncing each time she swayed or made those cute hand gestures. He hadn't seen her in 2 weeks. He didn't expect to see change but she looked happy. Being away from his toxic world made her happy.

"Mother ", she waved the box but carefully, not wanting to break the ornament. "My word !", She chimed and went up to collect the gift.  "I have to open this -", she ripped away the wrapping and peeked inside the brown box. "No", she gasped,  removing the elephant. "Would you look at that-", Harry grinned. "You complete my collection-", their mother whispered, pointing to the 2 elephants above the fireplace. "I needed this -", she placed it beside the baby elephant and smiled ,turning and embracing Anastasia who felt like sobbing. "I know you did much more than the ornament", she whispered into Anastasia's ear and she knew exactly what she meant. "Thank you ", she gave her a squeeze before parting.

Jungkook had a proud smile plastered on his face. He was proud to call her his. Seeing her bond with his family made him the happiest.

"I got dad -", joon called out. "Oh I hope you didn't bring me a heart from surgery ", their father joked. "Funny but no. I got you a soccer shirt and some new car parts. Mother mentioned it broke down last week", he handed his father the gift bag. "Thank you son-", they hugged. "Who's next? Tae? Who did you get?", joon was eager to see what gift taehyung would buy someone. "Taehyung wasn't here when we picked names-", kookie interrupt. "I picked a name before you all could-", taehyung spoke and they turned to him. "Who'd you get?", Kook asked. Anastasia watched tae's eyes shift to her.

Great.

"I didn't get anything. It slipped my mind besides I wasn't going to come for the supper-", he trailed as her eyes went dull. She didn't expect him to buy her anything. Why would he? Jungkook cleared his throat,  "You dad?". He shook his head,  "I didn't pick ". Their mother stood,  grabbing the little box she had bought. "I got tae", she was excited to give him the gift. "It isn't new but it's something of good memory-", she handed it to him . They all wait patiently as he slowly opened the box. He went blank for a second before furrowing his brows and pulling out the little brown bear. Jungkook and joon passed glances at each other while their father smiled at the sweet idea his wife had.

She got down on her knees , hands resting on his knees. Anastasia smiled , knowing it was probably meaningful because taehyung was dumbfounded. His hands clutching the bear. "Mr cotton socks", she whispered. "He was your favorite-", she gave his knee a squeeze. Anastasia watched his blank expression turn into a deep frown. "Are you trying to piss me off?", he snapped,  flinging the teddy bear aside. His mother on her feet in a heartbeat as he stood. Infact , they all were on their feet. "No baby, I just thought-", she tried to explain but he was too far gone to come back. "What? You thought what?  This is fucking insane. Why the fuck did I even bother coming here. Everyone in here is fucking fake-", he hissed , glaring at each one.