⇵⠀𝗢𝟭⠀𖥻⠀𝙍𝙀𝙑𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘⠀♢

✜ㅤ──ㅤ﹙𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟔﹚

The room was filled with an eerie silence as Taehyung was done revealing everything. No one uttered anything. Except for the slight door creak noise and their heavy breaths, nothing was heard. Everyone was having a tough time settling everything in their mind. All the gang members were crying silently. They thought it would be bad, but it was the worst, they could never guess. They did not know what to say or feel about it. Just the thought of losing their family gave them a chill, but the ravenette had to witness all those vicious acts of the human monsters right in front of his eyes. Poor soul! How much he suffered.

Taehyung's back was facing everyone while standing in front of a big photo frame of his deceased family. Oh, how happy they all were looking in that photo! He bore his eyes on the frame with millions of emotions displaying in his eyes. He was silent but his eyes were crying non-stop. He still could hear the painful screams and begging echoing in his ears. Yoongi stood by his side and shakily touched his shoulder, trying to give the young mafia boss some support.

Taehyung just gave a slight glance at Yoongi who immediately side-hugged him once he noticed the ravenette's condition while himself shedding tears as well. "Control yourself, Tae. It is okay. You did great. You finally let it out to everyone. Shush, baccha, shush. Don't fall apart, baby bun. Hyungie is here. Very proud of you." Yoongi kept on encouraging the ravenette as he was quite hyped up with the silent crying that he was having a hard time breathing and that it might lead him to a possible panic attack.

"Breath, Tae, breath. Follow Hyung, okay? Inhale and exhale, yes, just like that. That's my boy. Yes, yes, keep going." Yoongi kept instructing as he saw Taehyung calming after a few minutes. The gang came forward to help and console their leader but Yoongi gestured for them not to. He was used to Taehyung's state thus, he preferred to handle the ravenette himself.

[A/N - I do not know if you consider it a panic attack or not, but it happens with me whenever I cry silently for a long time without any noise, my breathing becomes undeniably tough. And of course, this gives immense headaches as well. It is the worst feeling and situation, trust me. And worst is, all my close people only made me feel like that all the damn time.]

Once Taehyung was stable enough, everyone came near him and engulfed him in a big hug. They all witnessed Taehyung's rage, cruelty, and mafia Viper side, but the suppressed miseries of the ravenette, they barely witnessed. Yes, Taehyung was nice and cool to them and pretty much open about certain things. But saying all about his past was difficult for him. "We are s-sorry that you had to go through all this. We all are with you even more determinedly now. It is now our revenge too. We will punish them for every deed. It's a vow!" They all promised in unison, making Taehyung look at them with unreadable emotions in his eyes. He was glad to see how supportive his members were towards him.

They were so busy with Taehyung that they missed the thought of another wrecked-up soul present in the room, Jeongguk. The brunette did not know what to feel about the excessive amount of emotions he was feeling all at once. Surely, he felt bad for Taehyung and his family. But his own messed up emotions were not helping him. More than anything, he felt betrayed. He did not know what to feel about all that happened.

The person he loved was married and had a daughter, who was also a mafia leader with many enemies roaming around them. He had a whole person looking exactly like him only to know that it was his love's first love. Everyone around him, more or less, knew certain things except him. He did not know whether to laugh, cry, or scream about the situation he got stuck in. He just stood there feeling numb. That was the only perfect word to describe his state. Millions of things were lurking around his mind. He was doubting everyone at that point.

Yes, he got that Taehyung had his reasons and everything, but what about him? He was miserable as well. If not everything, he deserved to know at least something. His emotions were being played with, what about that? What should he contemplate about the entire happenings so far? He was doubting Taehyung's love for him. What if Taehyung loved him only because of his face since his deceased husband looked the same? What if everyone got close to him for their revenge only? What if they were going to use him as bait or something? But could we blame him even for thinking like that?