Web Of Lies

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Author's pov

It has been 10 days since the incident, and Taehyung was discharged three days ago. They were now seated in the living room. They needed to adress the issue because they couldn't ignore it again.

"I know that you all have a lot of questions to ask. You are all curious, and it's understandable. I'm gonna tell you all that has been happening from the beginning, and I want you to know that none of it was your fault." Namjoon started.

"I don't want any of you to feel guilty or blame yourselves for anything. Nobody is to be blamed. We were all led on by that man." He continued.

"Jimin... instigated or not what we did can not be justified, I said it before, and I'll say it again. Given the chance I'll do it again, I would rather have you here than have you gone..."

"Can you go straight to the point for crying out loud... who the fuck is that man?... what the fuck does he want?... why Jimin?" Yoongi cut him off.

"Jimin... that man... he's your father." He said. Gasp fill the room as all their attention came back to Jimin.

Jimin held onto to Yoongi who was sitting close to him, he can't remember the last time he spoke to his father. Since he came to Seoul and debuted he has stopped talking to his father.

He couldn't even reach his brother who has stayed with his father after he left. He was tired of being sexually harassed by his father.

They both lost their mom to cancer when he was ten. She had been bedridden for two years before her death. She was diagnosed with cancer when Jihyun was just two and he was five.

She was fine for a year and then bedridden for two. The abuse was subtle when she was still alive but it became more open after her death. It was never something serious because he wanted to wait till he was of age.

Knowing of his father's intentions towards him he ran away when he was seventeen and came to Seoul. He has been in contact with his brother and knows that his father habours no such feelings towards his brother.

Jimin looked more like his mother, he was the male version of his mom. He inherited all her features and even her body type. Maybe that was reason why his father liked him so much.

He had been away from home for more than five years now. He thought his father has completely forgotten about him. He was now scared. Why all of a sudden.

"He approached me two years ago when came here to Seoul for some business. I thought he wanted to see you but I was wrong. He told me that he wanted you  back at his side, I was confused at first but he had no intention of hiding his motives." Namjoon spoke after the long moment of silence.

"He told me about the kind of relationship he wants with you and threatened me to force you back to his place, I was furious and told him off threatening to file a report if he came back. He left with a warning but I payed no heed to it."

He looked at Jin, "Jinnie, I'm sorry about Hyejin, if I had listened to him at first she would've still been here with us." He said a tear rolled down his cheek.

"W..what do you mean..." Jin says his own tears flowing down his cheek, remembering his sister.

Namjoon took a deep breath before he spoke. "It was all him. He set it all up, he called me after her death with a warning. 'Make Jimin hate, make him run back to me the way he left me, make sure he has no reason to come back to Seoul or his brother will be next, and if you choose to protect him, every single one of you will die and i will still have him for myself. I dont care how you do it but make sure you send him back broken, mentally and physically, beat him and fuck him up or I'll do it myself' those were his words." Namjoon said.

"I had no other choice, I tried reaching out to the police, but he caused Yoongi hyung to have an accident resulting to his shoulder injury. I didn't want to loose any of you. I didn't want Jimin to live with the guilt of being the reason of someone's death."

"I couldn't do anything but follow his wishes. Along the way Taehyung found out and was unwilling to let me shoulder everything by myself. I didn't want him to get hus hands dirty like mine."

"I wanted to atleast make you stop beating Jimin up like I instigated you into doing it, that was why I mentioned about not knowing the reason why we beat him."

"I knew you'll stop and apologise, I know it will take longer for him to forgive you but I atleast wanted to wash you off the sin. Taehyung was not having it though, he said he also had a reason to fight by my side. Call me selfish, but I was happy that at least I was not alone."

They were all crying by the time he was done. "It was all my fault, I started everything, if only I had listened to him at that time, if I had trusted him none of this would've happened... it was all my fault." Jin said, holding his face in his palm as he sobbed.

Namjoon hugged him as he cried, "It was not your fault, if anything I am to be blamed, I shouldn't have taken his word lightly, because of me we lost Hyejin, Suga hyung hurt his shoulder, and Jimin was traumatised all because of me. I failed as your leader I..."

He was cut off by Jin, who kissed him to stop his words. They both broke down. No one was to be blamed. They had no other choice, none of them was sane.

"I'm sorry hyung, you had to go through that alone. You had to face that ruthless man all on your own..." Jimin said. "You could've told me hyung, I would've gone back. Now, because of me, you had to go through that, We all suffered, and I was the reason behind it. I'm sorry."

"We all have guilts, and it cannot be forgiven unless we forgive ourselves. Every one of us has something to blame on himself. There is nothing we can do now. What was bound to happen has already occurred. We should all learn to forgive ourselves, and then maybe one day we will forgive each other. The wounds are too deep, but it'll heal overtime. They might be scars left, but that will show how much we've grown." Yoongi says.

They all agreed, knowing he was right. No matter how much they blame themselves, it's not going to change a thing. They needed to live with it till they can forgive themselves, then maybe one day everything will go back to normal.

The following chapters will explain the past, about how Namjoon was approached by Mr Park, the death of Jin's sister, and how Taehyung found out.

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