38. Only love can hurt like this...

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"Why did you do this Taehyungie?" Jimin asks, standing at the door of Taehyung's room

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"Why did you do this Taehyungie?" Jimin asks, standing at the door of Taehyung's room. He sees the other laying in his bed, back facing him.

Taehyung doesn't answer, just keeps staring at the bracelet in his hands, his fingers tracing the familiar pattern.

"Tae. Please answer me." Jimin's voice wavers, he wanted to cry himself as he saw a perfect relationship break in front of him.

"Jiminie I don't want to talk about it please" Taehyung pleads, his voice choking in the end.

"Don't wanna talk about it? Have you seen Jeongguk, Taehyung... he is devastated. He isn't speaking anything and just like you he has locked himself up in his room..." Jimin says. Last night, Jeongguk called Yoongi and just said one thing, "h-he broke up with m-me hyung... what do I do?"

And Jimin and Yoongi immediately rushed to comfort Jeongguk, but the latter didn't even come out of his room.

"I know... but at least this pain would be less than the pain when I—" Taehyung stops, closing his eyes. At this point, there were no tears left in him.

"Tae—"

"Please Jimin leave me alone for a while... Jeongguk needs his friends right now. Please go and comfort him for me" Taehyung cuts off Jimin.

Jimin stands there for a moment, then takes a deep breathe, trying to gather his composure.

"Alright. I'll go," Jimin says, his voice firm yet gentle. "But as I always say, I am the worst person you can hide things from, Taehyungie. I know you love Jeongguk more than anything. And I'll figure out why you are doing all of this."

He turns slowly on his feet, leaving the room with a heavy heart. As he closed the door behind him, he cast one last look at Taehyung, hoping his friends find happiness again.

"You are right, Jimin... because only love can hurt like this" Taehyung whispers to himself, his voice barely audible. He crumbles into a ball on his bed, the pain in his heart mingling with the throbbing ache in his head.

Alone in the silence of his room, Taehyung clutches the bracelet tightly, his mind a storm of emotions. He knew he was breaking Jeongguk's heart, but he believed this was the only way to protect him from the even greater pain he feared was inevitable.

The memories of their happy moments together played in his mind like a cruel, bittersweet movie that he didn't want to ever forget. Every smile, every touch, every whispered word of love now felt like a knife twisting in his chest. He couldn't bear the thought of Jeongguk suffering because of him, yet he knew he had already caused immense pain.

And like a reflection of Jeongguk's pain, Taehyung suddenly felt an even more striking ache in his head, so intense that he couldn't help but scream, "M-Mom!"

The sound echoes through the empty room. Clutching his head, Taehyung curled into a tighter ball, his body shaking with the intensity of the pain. It felt as if his heart and mind were being torn apart simultaneously, the anguish of losing Jeongguk compounded by the physical agony that wracked his brain.

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