MASK ||Taekook|| [Completed]

Chapter 9

But after regaining consciousness on a hospital bed, jungkook realized that he had failed this time too.

Seeing the familiar police officer who came running in panic, jungkook averted his gaze because of the guilt of not being able to look directly into those eyes.

He heard the person take a deep breath and sit on the corner of his bed.

"Jeon Jungkook.. right?" Jungkook nodded when he heard the honey deep voice again.

"I'm Taehyung.. Kim Taehyung. A detective of seoul police." Taehyung introduced himself, jungkook raised his eyes and looked at him. As the handsome face without a single blemish filled his heart with strange feelings, jungkook took his eyes off that face again.

"I came to your house yesterday evening to tell you about your mother's accident, but since there was no one at home, I thought to check inside because I felt that something was wrong. Confirming my suspect, you were bleeding and lying on the floor. I rushed to the hospital as soon as possible. You were saved because you were brought by right time. You had to have blood drawn because you lost a lot of blood." Taehyung explained, jungkook turned his tearful eyes towards taehyung.

"W-why did you save me?? I-I want to die." Taehyung grabbed jungkook's soft hand between his big hands as jungkook whispered inaudibly.

"Because.. you are not someone who needs to die. Listen jungkook, not everything in this world happens the way we want it to. And do you think that your mother took care of you for so long to let you die prematurely like this.. eh?? Killing yourself is not a right solution kiddo." Tears fell from jungkook's eyes as taehyung said in a kind voice.

"But.. for whom do I live now? I only had eomma and appa. My parents' family abandoned them because they were not happy with my parents' marriage. But my parents loved each other so much. They did everything they could for me. We.. we were very happy. But about four years ago, appa left us due to cancer. Because his cancer was hidden from both of us, neither of us knew anything about it until it got worse. Neither of us could even imagine a life without appa. But because of me, my mother strengthened her heart. From that day on, she was the one who took care of me. When other kids went clubbing and dating happily, I gave up everything and gave priority to studying because I couldn't ignore my mother's sacrifices. But.. but now.. for whom i do those things hyung?" Jungkook asked crying, taehyung held jungkook's hand tightly as if to comfort him.

"Jungkook.. listen, your mom and dad are not with you right now, but they must be watching you from somewhere."

"They became stars?" A soft smile appeared on taehyung's lips as jungkook asked in a tiny voice.

"Yeah, that's why you have to work hard for their dream. From today you live for yourself. No one can erase the lack of their parents. But, you will definitely find someone who will give you that kind of love one day. Until then, you can work for your dream. Got it, right?"

"But I have no dream now." Taehyung let out a long breath as jungkook said blankly.

"Are you still going to school?" Taehyung asked because he could see that jungkook was still young.

"Yes, this is the last year of high school. I will graduate in two months."

"Hm, what are you going to do next?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, hyung.. Besides.. I won't be able to go to college now. I'll have to find a job first." When jungkook said, taehyung's eyebrows narrowed as if to say that he didn't like jungkook's decision.

"Does jungkook know that the man who caused your mother's accident has escaped?" Jungkook flinched when taehyung asked. He looked at taehyung with teary eyes.