Web Of Lies

12

Jimin's pov

The bullying or assault or whatever it is has more or less stopped completely. I'm living my life just like any other person, waking up without thinking about getting on anyone's nerve or being almost beaten to death.

I'm sitting on the kitchen stool eating ice cream while looking at Tae, who is in the living room scrolling through Netflix looking for what to watch.

Some of the members were in their rooms while others went out. We were the only two that were there. We just had lunch not long ago, so maybe some of them were taking a nap.

He did not apologise to me. He and Namjoon hyung are the only ones who did not apologise. In Namjoon hyung's case, he has to apologise to me because I kinda deserve it,  and if he doesn't, I will not know if he's over it or not, so I'll still be careful around him.

But with Tae, we can literally fight to death and then smile at each other the next minute. The apology will surely come, but that is after we made up.

"Are you fighting with Kook and Hobi?" He turned around to look at me before nodding with a hum.

"Why?" I asked him. He just kept quiet like he'll not reply at all. "Come here." He said, motioning the space next to where he was lying down on the couch.

I went there and layed beside him. He immediately cradled me closer, putting his head in my neck, sniffing it, before exhaling.

"Let's watch a movie." He says, totally ignoring the question I asked before, I didn't push it. Maybe it wasn't a bad fight, or he's not ready to let it out.

We were watching the movie completely oblivious to our surroundings, we watched more than four movies, just snacking and lazing around throughout the movies. Sometimes, we forget about the movie completely lost in our own worlds, playing and teasing each other.

Jin hyung later called us for dinner. When we went to the table, there were only three empty seats, as we entered together with Yoongi hyung. I sat in the middle, thinking Taehyung would sit beside Kook, but he pushed Yoongi hyung, who was about to sit next to me and sat there.

Kook had a hurt expression and just lowered his head playing with his food, while Yoongi mumbled something along the line of 'yeah shoo the dog so it won't bite' while rolling his eyes before going to sit next to Kook.

We had our dinner, and we all returned to our rooms to rest for the day. This was the last day we could laze off until after our concert, so we have to get the much needed rest.

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Hoseok's pov

Kook has been down since the fight with Tae. He has been blaming himself. Apparently, he went to apologise but got the cold shoulders. He did not cry because the baby always wanted to act tough.

I decided to intervene because I didn't want to see them like that. If Tae still wants a break after that, we are ok with it, but he should at least speak to us.

After dinner I decided to go and speak with him, kook wanted to tag along but I was against it, they last thing I wanted was to have the opposite of what I'm going there for, I asked him to wait for me in the room and I'll be back. With a lot of whines and pouts, he later agreed.

I made my way upstairs to his room about to knock when I noticed the door open. There were two voices in the room: he was with Namjoon. I was about to let them know about my presence, but what I heard made me stop midway.

"...you know it will break them when they find out right..." came Joon's voice.
"So what? we've been doing it for months now, and they are still clueless about it." Tae said.

"...you know you can stop now, and nobody will know, pretend like nothing happened and be happy with them..." Joon said again. "What's the point in it, we are already deep into it. When it gets out, the worst that can happen is that we break up," Tae said.

I'm starting to put two and two together,  but I want to prove myself wrong. It can't be what I'm thinking. I don't want what I'm thinking to be true. Maybe it is about something different.

My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach, I don't want to believe it, but the more I hear, the more my points are being proven right. The room was silent for a long time before Joon spoke again, I wished I had left before that and kept on deceiving myself that all I heard was just my illusion.

"...don't you regret it." The room was silent for a moment before Tae answers, "...no... I would do it again and again if I have to... I don't regret it. I won't regret... never,"

My body was shaking, making it hard for my legs to hold my body weight. The door was pulled from the inside, making my already limp hand fall to my side.

Namjoon came out, and the expression on his face made me realise that I'm just fooling myself, made me realise that everything was true, made me realise that I could not call Tae mine again, made me realise... that he really... cheated on us... with Namjoon...

"What's the matter, hyung?" came Tae's voice when he noticed that Namjoon was not moving, only for him to have the same expression when he saw me.

"H-hope, it's not what you think I..." he says while holding my hand desperately. He only calls me hope when he's afraid, hurt, or anytime he doesn't know how to express himself, he calls it a desperate plea.

I looked at him dead in the eye, my eyes saying a lot, but my mouth was not able to form a single word. I want him to deny it, I'll believe him, as long as he denies it, I'll go against the world and believe.

"I-is it t-true?..." My voice was choked and hoarse, but I want to hear it from him, "Hobi, please, lis..." he started, but I cut him off. "Is it true, Taehyung? "My voice sounded firm but defeated.

He nodded his head, looking at the ground, I couldn't believe it. I limply took my hand, that he's holding using my other hand, and walked away, I could hear him calling me back, but I didn't turn back. I didn't want to.

I went to my room, bursting into tears the moment I made eye contact with Kook. He looked worried but still hugged me tightly without a word,

I could hear his erratic heartbeat. He was scared, I didn't know how to tell him, so I just let myself cry.

This part was actually deleted, so I had to write it twice and edit immediately so i could publish it. Please ignore any errors. It pained me honestly at first, but this one is better written than the previous one, so I won't complain.

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SpadeZ