fate

bogum

taehyung finally noticed him and smiled weakly. Jimin came and sat next to him. he was seconds away from tearing up but he had to be strong for taehyung. he held taehyung's hand and looked him in the eyes.

taehyung: I'm sorry jiminie. I keep giving you so much trouble, don't I?

Jimin: tae, I don't care if you trouble me... you are troubling yourself...

taehyung: sorry. I just... I just couldn't take it anymore.

they both talked for some time, both consoling each other.

Jimin: bogum is here. I'll send him inside.

Jimin went out and motioned bogum to go inside.

Jimin: he is stable physically. mentally, still very weak...

bogum: I'll handle him.

bogum went in and Jimin sat on the chair. Jungkook went to him and asked.

Jungkook: h-how is h-he?

Jimin: better than before... he is alive... that's all I can say.

MEANWHILE,

bogum went and sat beside taehyung.

bogum: hey...

taehyung: I'm sorry...

bogum: when someone says hey, you reply with a hey...

taehyung: hey...

meanwhile, Jungkook wanted to come inside but was too afraid to trigger taehyung that's why he stood at the door, looking at taehyung and bogum conversing. he still didn't know who bogum exactly was.

bogum: you know the craziest thing happened yesterday. my mom called me out of nowhere, she said she has a proposal for me for marriage. I wanted to refuse but she was adamant.

bogum was trying to distract taehyung and it was working. taehyung was suddenly interested in the story.

bogum: she wanted me to see, go-go uncle and pinky auntie's daughter, cookie... I had decided that I will go, drink tea, eat and then say sorry uncle, sorry auntie but I don't want to marry her. the minute I drank my first sip of tea, cookie said no...

taehyung smiled a little... bogum was happy he made taehyung smile.

bogum: now... on a serious note... when was the last time we met?

taehyung: Thursday.

bogum: exactly. and a lot has happened since Thursday. you couldn't give me a call and tell me what all happened?

taehyung: sorry.

bogum: tae, we had made a deal, the second you feel like cutting yourself, you would...

taehyung: I would come to meet you. or at least call you. even if it is 3 am.

bogum: exactly... so why didn't you do it?

taehyung: sorry. I was just tired of living with this pain. 

bogum: you are going to tell me what happened since Thursday. every single thing. I'm here for you as long as you need me.

taehyung narrated everything, from meeting Jungkook and ji-eun for the first time to the conversation with Jungkook and the conversation with ji-eun to how he felt before cutting himself. bogum listened to everything patiently.

taehyung:

and all of a sudden
I felt really tired.
like the world had drained me,
of everything that I had.

taehyung: the pain is just not going... it's not leaving me alone. am I going to have to deal with it till I die?

bogum: the pain will leave, once it has finished teaching you. 

for the next half hour, bogum continued consoling taehyung. Jungkook had left the door when taehyung was telling them how painful the weekend was for him. he couldn't bear to hear it.

about an hour later, bogum came out of the room. jennie asked jimin if she could go... when jimin nodded, she went in.

jennie: tae, is it because of me? have I done something wrong? why did you do this to yourself?