THE HIDDEN ROSE | Taekook

4. Please Protect My Brother |

Somewhere in Daegu

It was dark everywhere. The only light the room had, was coming from a single lamp on the table. There were two shadows, one facing the other's back.

"They are going to attack tomorrow so we have to go back there, that too after so many years. It's time to stop the game of hide and seek", he said to the person behind him looking at the photo in his hand.

"But do you think it's a good idea to go back there? After all, they're still out there looking for him. It can be dangerous for him to be there.", a girl's voice was heard.

"It's time to end all of this, no matter how dangerous it is, and he got you all. He won't be alone like it was years ago", he said, caressing the photo softly.

"Alright! But what will happen if his condition becomes worse? It's the place where everything happened", the girl again said. She didn't want something to happen to him. He is their life, the reason they are still alive and the reason they become strong.

"Heejin, It's not the same place. Jungkook rebuilt it and Taehyung needs him. Yes, we both love him unconditionally, but the only person he needs is Jungkook. They were apart for so long, now it's time to go. So go pack only your necessities"

"But it-"

"Not a word Heejin. Now go and don't tell a word to Jungkook and Hoseok about us coming", then he again turned back staring blankly at the wall and Heejin took this as a sign to leave the room.

She doesn't want to go back there. Of course, there's her boyfriend and cousin brother whom she dearly missed, but the danger that's looming in Seoul waiting for her Tae bear was making her feel scared. She knows she can't go against his words and she also knows that Tae would be so happy to go to Jungkook. Maybe nothing would happen, they can protect their Tae because they're not the same teenagers who couldn't do anything back then. Now they're strong. No, they're the strongest.

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At Taejin's House

Taehyung was humming a song on the balcony, a song his Koo Hyung taught him.

Summer has already spread in the air
Breeze is already blowing
The last cold snap is going out
The days were getting longer and longer
But my days were still going on, and on, and on
I got wet in the sun shower and looked up at the night sky

He was looking at the sky. He is tired. He feels lonely without his parents, without her, without his Hobi Hyung, and especially without his Kook Hyung. Though It's summer, he feels so cold. He wants to be with his Koo. He had never been this far and long without him. He feels like he's like the moon, though there are stars in the sky, the moon still craves the sun. Like he has his noona but he still craves his Kookie's warmth and love. His days are so long that he barely lives through them.

It was quite a lonely night
In the blink of an eye
The dark faded out
Blooming under the sunlight
Memories with me and you

He remembered how happy they was. They had the best childhood. Five of them were inseparable since he was a little kid. They were his strength. She was his best friend, his crime partner. His ggukie hyung was his safe place, he still is. Heejin Noona, she was the one who always got his side even when he was wrong. His Hobi hyung who spoiled him. And his mom and dad, they were the best parents in the world, even when they couldn't spend much time with him, they were always there when he needed them. But what about now? One night, a single moment ruined all his happy memories, tainting them with horrible ones. In the blink of an eye, his mom, his dad and she was gone. He had to separate from his ggukie hyung and Hobi hyung with only his noona. Why did that happened to them?