Web Of Lies

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"Why didn't you accept hyungs proposal," Taehyung, who was done with his artwork, asked Namjoon. Namjoon, who was not ready for such a question, was surprised by the younger's words.

He just smiled and asked back. "Why did you decide it was best to stay further away from Hobi and Kook." Tae kept quiet for a bit before he answered.

"Why are you changing the topic? That's two different things," He pouts. "I was not, you thought it was easier to hide it from them because they can see right through it at the rate things escalated...  same with me. If I had accepted his proposal that time, he would have found out a long time ago and would definitely get himself involved in it." He says.

"Knowing what happened to his sister, things might be worse than it is now. He might be rash with his actions and cause himself a lot of problems."

Taehyung looked down, not wanting to meet Namjoon's eyes. Everything he said was true, that night the reason why he didn't try to fight for his loyalty when Hobi misheard their conversation was because he knew that it was a matter of time before they found everything out.

He didn't want them to be involved in this kind of mess. He didn't want them to face the pressure that he and Namjoon were facing.

So he decided to accept the claims that were wrongly thrown against him, the hurtful words and disappointed gazes, the ignorance from his loved ones, all to keep them safe.

"What's wrong with you? You seemed down since you stepped in here, did something upset you," Namjoon asked, noticing the youngers solemn expression.

Taehyung had thought that he had masked his expression well, and no one would have noticed it, but the conversation he had with Hoseok before coming was still running in his mind.

He can't be selfish and expect them to treat him the same after what he said. But he didn't want them to be up on each other's throat all the time.

"It's nothing..." he says, playing with Jimin's cute little fingers, measuring the size and squeezing the soft flesh. Namjoon looked at him and did not wish to push further, but the way Tae looked made him a little worried.

"Did you fight with Hobi and Kook again." He asks, more like stated. It was silent until Namjoon heard the broken sub from the younger.

"H..hope called me a slut." He says, trying his best to hold in his sob, but found it rather difficult as he went full on crying, holding onto Jimintightlytryingto supress the cries, but couldn't. Namjoon stood up, going to his side and bringing the younger in his embrace.

"He doesn't mean it." He says, rubbing soothing circles on the others back to try and calm him down. "How would you know you weren't there..." he sniffles the words out, his voice merely above a whisper.

"He's just angry, and when we are angry, we say and do things we don't mean." His voice low and soothing wanting to calm the younger one who was shaking because if how hard he was crying.

Taehyung let out all the emotions he had been holding on for the entire time. The brave font he had been putting on and his strong walls came crashing down. He was not that strong. He was only human after all. All the bravery was nothing but a facade.

"I don't like this... I don't want their hate..." he says, hiccuping. "They don't hate you, there just mad, its just a phase another hurdle we have to pass. We will face this hardship together like we always do. It will come to pass, okay?" Namjoon motion on his back didn't stop. His face normal, not betraying any of the emotions he had.

"I want to be with them again... I want everything to be the way it is. I don't want Jiminnie to be afraid of anything... I want my cute and fearless Jiminie back." He had now calmed down, but his nose was red, eyes swollen and his temperature a bit high after all the crying.

"It will... everything will be okay, just a matter of time and we will all be happy again."

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"Where did you get drug from," Tae, who had finally calmed down, asked Namjoon, looking at the clear bottle containing the white pills. His voice was still a bit hoarse from all the crying.

"Jackson told me about his cousin who was into industrial pharmacy, I told him I wanted a drug that would make someone feel like he was penetrated for an entire week." He said like he was talking about the serenity of the weather.

Taehyung looked at him bewildered, how can he be so carefree saying such absurd words, what type of person thinks it's normal to normal to have such thoughts about someone, so Taehyung word out his thoughts.

"How did you convince him to give you the drug, knowing well that your intentions were bad," Namjoon looked at him confused.

"What do you mean by how I convinced him to do it. I just told him that Hoseok had some unsettled business he needs to use it for."

Taehyung was speechless. He didn't know how to reply to such a claim, how does one have such a thought and deem it normal, share it with another person and still go ahead with it. All the respect he had for Jackson went down the drain.

"Wow, and I thought Jackson hyung was cool, the saying that one can only be himself in the presence of his friends was true. I would have been okay not knowing this side of you guys." He says, not forgetting to give an eyeroll at the end.

Namjoon chuckled at the younger's words, shaking his head, "it's not like you and Jimin are not going to do it to each other if it was in a different circumstance." He says.

"Why do you always have to be on point." Taehyung groaned out. The said man laughed. They talked for a while, and not long after, they both fell asleep.

Namjoon woke up early and told Tae to wait for him in the car while he waited for Jimin to wake. Tae groggily went to the car, not appreciating being woken up early in the morning.

He went to the car and sat down as instructed. Namjoon came there after leaving Jimin with the threat,and they went back to the dorm

The first thing they met was the cute scene of Jungkook and Hoseok, but as always, they had to exchange the bad words. Namjoon could feel the way the youngers mood spoilt, but it was not his place to speak any further.

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