Broken

41] Blood and wine 🥀

" What now? " Jungkook asked supporting himself with the balcony as he took sips of Sauvignon Blanc , gazing at the shining sky with stars covering the darkness like a blanket.

" Didn't I tell you to relax for a while and stop thinking about it. " Taehyung questioned sternly , hugging younger from behind while resting his head on younger's shoulder.

" Then what do you want me to do Taehyung? As I said, I can't go to my past life anymore. I just can't. " Jungkook was serious about this. He could not accept this at all. Not now when he knew that whatever life he lived all these years were just a blind eye to his real existence.

" Hmm... But you can't simply leave your fashion designing now, can you? This won't be appropriate at all. And you have to talk to your parents to. ---" Jungkook opened his mouth to speak but Taehyung didn't let him , by placing his index finger on younger's lips.

" -- You have to do this Jungkook. You can't just ghost around out of nowhere just because you learned about your past life and now can't live in the present one. You have to explain them everything. How you feel, what you feel and what's next that you want. No matter real or foster, they are still your parents and they love you , my dear. You weren't going to know about all the mess from past unless , Maria gave you the keys. So, understand. If you want , then I will be there with you , but you have to do this. You can't just vanish from their life. You have got responsibilities too , my dear. So calm down and talk to them for this is the only way you can handle your life further. " Taehyung spoke softly and suddenly , the dark gray clouds started to envelope the sky , fading the stars away.

Jungkook kept silent before turning to Taehyung. He looked up those dark black eyes , which stared back at him with more intensity. They stood not more than 3 inches away and having the same height, their eyes matched each other's gaze with their breath fanning across lips , gently.

" If you say, then I will. " Jungkook mumbled, " But then there are questions to which only you can answer." He stated making Taehyung smile. " Ask whatever you want. I promise I will answer to them. I will do anything to keep you hap-"

" Is Jimin gay? "

"........"

" Taehyung, I asked something! "

" ...... "

" Taehyung , you just promised me to answer my every question! "

" But I never said that I will answer the truths , either. " Elder shrugged gazing in younger's eyes. " What difference will it make even if he was gay or bi or queer. Because that shouldn't be your concern for you don't know the real meaning of love , dear. " Taehyung's words were rude and harsh , yet he voiced them so sweetly as if caressing younger like a fragile glass."

Jungkook frowned hearing that. He felt as if something just broke. Maybe the wine glass that fell from his fingers in shock.

Elder's words made Jungkook deeply hurt while he stood there in utter hurt.

" D-Did you just say that , Taehyung? " Jungkook whispered looking at Taehyung with a hurt face. " Yes , my dear. You have never fallen in love to understand or judge someone having that feeling. " Elder spoke with a relaxed face and voice but the very opposite was happening with Jungkook. He was restless, hearing his words.

" How can you say that? Don't you know how much I loved Melville? " Younger asked stepping forward, crushing the broken glasses under his naked feet but he didn't wince a bit as blood trailed around the floor mixing with the wine. Now differentiate which red belongs to whom, if you can. ; the blood or the wine.

Taehyung didn't look down and kept on staring in younger's eyes with pure and diligent look. " Do not mix up infatuation and love together , my dear. These are very different things. " He silvered out looking softly at Jungkook who was now starting to feel his blood boil in anger.

" How dare you! How dare you call my love an infatuation! Do you know how depressed I became after she died!---" Jungkook seethed out on elder for the first time in his life and in the corner of his heart, it hurt him doing that, he could not believe that he had increased his voice on Taehyung. He never wanted to that even in his worst nightmares.

" For how long? For how long did you remain sad? A mere week. And let me correct you again, it was never depression, just sadness. But you have a habit of using wrong words, my dear. " He explained looking at now, very annoyed features of Jungkook.

" Stop talking like that , Taehyung! I did love her and how can you say that I wasn't sad--"

" Because I was the one who stayed with you for an entire month even when you were fine. Its just your mind giving excuses that you were depressed when in reality.....nothing like depression even came in the form of wind around you. " Taehyung's words slapped Jungkook in his face like a slap and younger didn't know why.

Billionaire 's words were composed and soft yet they were hurting Jungkook which was totally unexplainable .

Jungkook frowned deeply at the elder before questioning, " How can you so confidently say that I didn't love her when you don't even know the meaning of it! " Taehyung looked at Jungkook in amusement before laughing deeply.

" Now the very answer comes from the question I am about to ask, little boy. " Taehyung said, " Tell me how many people did you know around you , to fall in love with? " His question made Jungkook stand in silence.

" You never knew anyone other than Melville which ultimately made you think that you were in love with her. At first I was not confirmed about this for your secretary was close to you too but then , he was a man and you being " Straight " couldn't let yourself fall for a man, right? " Taehyung emphasized the word 'straight ' with his fingers. "Which means. it was definitely her whom you thought you were in love with. And about me being confident when I say this is because, I do know the means of falling in love. " Taehyung smiled as he spoke , as if dreaming the very moment.

" And to be true, you have fallen in love too , my dear. Long time ago. Its just your ego and this world's norms that are keeping you away from realizing it. " Taehyung stated confidently making Jungkook's heart flip.

Younger's eyes suddenly started to moisten. Taehyung had accused him righteously.

Accused of being stupid and not knowing the meaning of love. He started to feel ugly and started to connect himself with the things he did in the past, such as manipulating his father, making him kill himself in the name of his own peace. His affection , infatuation or whatever, for Melville. His love for his foster parents that almost faded after knowing that they weren't his real parents. And then surfaced something weird.

A feeling.

A very weird feeling.

Too harsh and too painful , that he had to exhale to release that suffocation out of his lungs, but it didn't work.

He started to feel awfully ugly. His heart ached as he looked up at elder with tears brimming in his eyes.

" I....I, how does it feel to love or be loved, Tae~? " His lips trembled as tears chocked up in his throat forming a lump of realization.

Taehyung smiled more softly , stepping on the broken glass with still that handsome smile brightening his face in the darkness as those gray clouds thundered upon them.

The wine and the blood mixed. This time, Taehyung's blood too. Now differentiate if you can. Explain which red belongs to the wine, Jungkook and Taehyung....if you can; the blood or the wine.