Trusting (KTH)

Chapter 39

Clara collapsed in tears in the hallways almost as soon as the door had shut behind her. Everything was falling apart around her. Now on top of everything else she felt like she couldn't even trust her husband anymore. He had been her rock and now he was like shifting sand. He didn't even try to understand her point of view, too focused on what he wanted instead.

Yoongi happened to be in the hallway as Clara fled her room. He was just leaving a meeting with the managers on a collaboration he was writing with another artist.

Yoongi approached her cautiously. "Hey Clara, what's going on?"

Clara couldn't even look up, she simply shook with tears while the weight of the world held her down.

Yoongi reached down and put a hand under her elbow. "Clara, it isn't good for you to stay in the hallway like this. Why don't I take you back to your room."

"No!" Clara cried out. "Please don't make me go back to him. He-he lied...I just can't!"

Yoongi had no idea what was happening but it was clear that she needed somewhere more private to calm down and going to Taehyung was not an option.

"Ok, we'll go somewhere else then. Maybe to your parents? Or Namjoon?"

"Namjoon please. I-I need his help."

Yoongi helped her down the hallway to their leader's room and gently knocked on the door. It was only a few moments later when Namjoon answered. "Oh hey Yoongi, what's....Clara?"

He saw her hiding behind Yoongi, deep in emotional distress. "Come on inside Clara, let's get you out of the hallway so you can tell me what's wrong."

Yoongi gently ushered Clara into the room and quietly closed the door as he left, wanting to offer Clara and Namjoon some privacy. In the meantime he made his way down the hallway to Taehyung's room and knocked on the door.

A frazzled looking Taehyung opened the door. "Clara?" He called out before realizing it was Yoongi on the other side.

"She's with Joon-ah. In the meantime I think the two of us should have a conversation."

"Oh, hey Yoongi. It's...it's just, it isn't going very well right now."

Yoongi looked at him sympathetically. "I'm sure. You've been through a lot recently. Why don't you tell me what is going on."

Taehyung told him everything. How tough it had been. How he had been trying to be strong for Clara and the twins but was at his own breaking point. How Clara wanted to go to New York and how terrified he was that she would find it more peaceful there and want to stay. How worried he was that she would get sick again and have no one to watch over and support her and the twins. He shared all his fears, all his anxiety, and all his hurt. He shared how much he felt like a failure as a husband, father, and friend to his members. Yoongi listened to everything, acknowledging the realness of where he was at.

"I'm so sorry Taehyung-ah. Really I am. This is more than any one person should have to bear. I can't even imagine being in your shoes.

"And now Clara hates me." Taehyung admitted the truly hardest part. "I really...I want to do the right thing. I hate seeing her so unhappy and I know I'm contributing to it. I keep telling myself that we just have to get through these next few months. Then I'm going to take my family somewhere with just the four of us to recover. After that, when we get back to Seoul we can take as long as we need and do whatever it takes to figure things out."

Taehyung had a pleading look in his eyes. "What do you think Hyung? What would you do?"

Yoongi just looked at him with pity. "I don't know Taehyung-ah. I'm sorry, but I really don't know."