SMOKE RINGS | VMINKOOK [ ONGOING ]

CHAPTER-10

(Disclaimer:- All the stunts tried in this chapter are done under Maddie's supervision. Do not try these with your patner. Thank you🤡👉👈)

Taehyung shuffled in his place and squinted his eyes open. He could hear Jungkook's little snores near his ears that brushed his hair. Jungkook had pulled him into a bear hug and dissolved into a deep sleep.

His eyes shifted to Jimin's side to find it empty. He furrowed his brows as he looked at the clock. It was past midnight and the boy wasn't in the bed.

Where did he go?

Taehyung gently took Jungkook's hands off him and got up from the bed. He walked towards the small balcony to search for the tiny male. Once he was at the doorframe, he simply stood and observed.

Jimin stood there taking puffs of cigarettes and crushing them beneath his legs after using them. He blankly stared into the darkness without any emotions and sighed multiple times.

"Weren't you the one who said smoke rings were bad?" Taehyung spoke as he stood beside Jimin.

"So?"

"Are you acknowledging that you are doing wrong or are you trying to justify your actions with that 'so'?" Taehyung asked.

Jimin blew another puff before he threw the packet away. Taehyung tried to read the boy's expressions.

He wasn't able to read him.

He wasn't able to comprehend what Jimin was currently feeling.

The same pain shot through his head and Taehyung clutched his head. He didn't utter a word to make sure Jimin doesn't know.

Because he knows Jimin is very sensitive when it comes to him.

He takes all the blame when it isn't his fault.

And Taehyung didn't want the elder to take this burden as well.

"You...aren't going to talk?" Taehyung asked gulping down the pain searing through his system.

"Taehyung," Jimin began as he leaned over the railing, "Do you think we could have a life too? A life where we are allowed to be happy too. A life where we are protected. A kind of life where we don't have to stake our lives for food. Can we have that?"

Taehyung pulled the male towards him and let Jimin lean over his chest instead, "You once defined what smoke rings are. Haven't you? But Jimin, your definition of smoke rings holds good for greed. For a need that's beyond your control. For a wish that's beyond your boundaries," Tae slowly placed his hand under Jimin's chin and raised his head to meet eyes with him, "But have you ever thought that if I had admitted my fate to be with my abusive father. Would I ever get an opportunity to meet you? If Jungkook hadn't shown the courage to jump out of his house. Would he have met us? If you hadn't shown the bravery to step out of your house all alone and search for food. Would you have stayed alive?"