Just One Day [Taekook]

61) Home Sweet Home?

"What the fuck, Taehyung? Why did you let him leave like that? Why didn't you tell them the truth?" Jimin bursted out in anger as soon as he stepped into the room.

"Jimin, calm down. Eunie is sleeping. Lower your volume." Yoongi said, hushing Jimin.

"How can you tell me to calm down, Yoonie? This is why I didn't want you to fall for him. You thought I was being mean to him when in reality I was trying to look out for you. I was afraid of something like this happening and see, my fears have come true. Why are you not speaking now, Tae? You fought with me so much for your Bunny, so now what the hell happened? Where did all your anger go? Why did you let him go without a fight? Answer me." Jimin yelled at his best friend, who was still looking out the window.

"And how dare he? He promised me that he won't let you go, no matter what and will always stay with you. Then how dare he break that promise? How dare he hurt you and Eunie? I won't forgive him for this. I won't." Jimin said, breaking down in tears as Yoongi held him close.

"Tae, I'm sorry. I was the one who encouraged you to follow your heart, but if I had known something like this would happen, then I never would've asked you to give him a chance. I should've stopped you when you first came to me. If I had, then you wouldn't be heartbroken today. I'm so sorry, Tae. Please forgive me if you can." Hobi said, feeling guilty and broken, seeing his friend's state. He blamed himself for the current situation. But there was nothing he could do to make everything right.

"You shouldn't apologize for something that was my choice, Hobi. And even if you hadn't encouraged me, I still would've fallen for him. Because falling for him wasn't a choice, it was my fate. It was inevitable. And I don't regret it one bit. He proved to me that my heart wasn't frozen. He showed me a love that is more powerful and more beautiful than anything I had ever known. I never knew that I could love someone more than myself, that someone's mere presence would mean more to me than my own existence, but he proved me wrong. So, tell me, how could I ever not fall for someone like that and how could I ever regret loving someone like that?"

"And what about the pain he left behind, Tae? You say that you love him more than yourself. Then why the hell did you let him walk out of your life? Why didn't you stop him if he meant so much to you? Why?" Jimin asked with tears in his eyes. He was feeling heartbroken, not just for Taehyung, but for all of them. Knowingly or unknowingly, Jungkook had become an important part of all of their lives and even though he didn't like the idea of Jungkook and Taehyung together in the beginning, he had come to love him as a younger brother and to think that they may never see him again was unacceptable to him.

"It is because I love him, that I had to let him go, Chim. I know he loves me and if I had asked him to stay, he would stay with me. But at what cost? He will lose his family, the people who love him, all for me. And I can't do that to him. I can't ask him to choose."

"Why, why can't you ask him to choose? Why can't you be selfish for once in your life, Tae? And, who told you that his family won't accept your relationship? You didn't even try before making that assumption." Jimin said, frustrated with his friend.

"I don't have to tell them about us to know that they won't ever accept us. They are the Jeon's, Jimin, the richest people in Korea and whereas I'm just a doctor, who is also a widower and a single parent. And if this reason isn't enough, then there's Minjae, who is Jungkook's fiance, who has a far better standing in society and in their lives than I could ever dream of. Don't you get it. I'm no match for him. He is like a shining star in the sky. You can look at him, admire him, even love him. But you can never have him. I was a fool, playing house, living in a fantasy world, not realizing that it was just a fantasy, a beautiful one, but still a fantasy nonetheless. And the fact about fantasies is, they end, sooner or later. And mine ends here."