A.B.Y.S

Chapter 2

"Tiger, can you give me my shirt, I left it on the bed?" Jungkook half yell from the bathroom drying himself.
Within second the bathroom door open, Taehyung handing him his shirt not without letting his eyes trails around a little bit, but Jungkook couldn't even take it seriously with all the flour on his forehead and hair.
Laughing he peck Tae's lips, using the towel he had in hand to clean up the mess of flour.
"How scare should I be to see the kitchen?" He asks teasingly.
The pout Taehyung arbor every time he does tease him being one of Jungkook's favorite, and within the three weeks they've been sharing Jungkook's house basically living together, he never misses a chance to tease him, just to see him pouting. Today not being an exception.
"I swear, your kitchen tries to kill me every time I step a foot in it" Taehyung answer, hugging him enjoying the contact of his kookie bear chest on his face.
Well, the kitchen was a battle field after a war, after cleaning the mess, out of time they opted for a take out on the way to work.
"Are you going to Kai today?" Jungkook ask as he pull up on the parking.
"Yes, he gathered the few things I forgot there and packed it, I will pick it up before lunch since I have an hour free and then come back to eat with you" he answers getting out of the car.
Jungkook quickly making his way to him, kissing him before they make their way inside.
"Your phone is charged?"
"Yes, you made sure of it"
"You have your wallet?"
"Yes, you have put it in my bag yourself"
"Okay, call me if anything. Oh, and take the car, it will be easier and I will feel less worry" Jungkook add handing him the car keys. Rolling his eyes, Taehyung take it. Pecking once more his lips with a I love you on his lips.
"You should really relax kookie, you will get bald at this rate and yes you are old but I'm not sure the bald style would fit you though" Tae says running away from him.
Jungkook a little bit upset still smile at his tiger antic, oh how much he loves him.

By the time lunch came by, Jungkook met with Yoongi on his way to the rooftop. Entering in the middle of a discussion about Miss Kim, they are welcome by Kai greeting them with a slape on the back of their head for being late.
Looking around to see that they are only the three of them, he sits beside Kai unpacking his lunch.
"Does everything went well with Tae? Did he told you when he will be back?"
"Ugh? What are you talking about?" Kai asks taking a sip of his tea.
"Tae didn't go to yours to take his stuff back?"
But both Kai and Yoongi look at him completely clueless of what he is talking about.
"Who is Tae?" Kai asks finally, really not understanding who Jungkook is referring to.
Jungkook heart beating faster at the question, he takes his phone out dialing Taehyung's number with trembling hands.
"The number you are trying to reach is not in service"
Looking at his phone, he checks the number he entered, even so he knows it by heart, but it doesn't seem he made a mistake, still he tries again to be met with the same voicemail.
"Guys, if it's a prank it's not fun, please tell me if you saw him"
But both of them ask him again who he is talking about.
Grabbing Kai by the collar, Jungkook felt his anger getting the best of himself.
"WHERE IS HE!"
But Kai keeps telling him he doesn't know who is where, and judging by Yoongi screaming at him that they don't know any Tae as he try to separate them, Jungkook can only believe them which scared him even more.
Something is happening and he doesn't know what. Leaving his friends all shocked behind, he run out of the school to his car. But once in the parking lot he realizes he did give the key to Taehyung this morning so he picked his phone and quickly call an Uber, looking upside to the sky while waiting, Jungkook kept praying, calling his father hoping that for once he would show up.
Less than thirty minutes later, Jungkook bold inside his house, running to each and every room calling Taehyung. But the scene broke his heart and his hope.
There is no trace of his lover, it's like he never even was there, even the picture they took together pined up to the fridge now showing only Jungkook. Tae have been erased.
Falling on his knees, the scream Jungkook let out shacked the house completely, breaking the mirror and cups. At his second scream, he let out all of his pain before passing out.
When he woke up, he found himself in his mother's house.
Laying on the sofa his head on her laps as she treads her fingers into his hair, he could see the worry frown on her face, wondering if he is the cause of it.
"Mom"
She directly looks at him, sadness taking over her previous worry feature, seeing the state of her son.
"It's okay bun, mom is here, everything will be fine"
But how can anything be fine when his tiger isn't there anymore, closing his eyes to try to keep his tears, it didn't work out and they start to fall again followed by a sob so heartbreaking that his mother felt her heart break at the sound.
"Do something Joonie, don't let him suffer like that please, I can't see him suffering"
At his mother words, Jungkook open his eyes suddenly, sitting up straight. And it's when he saw him, his father after so many years, he was there with them, looking like he came straight from hell but still he was there.
When Namjoon opened his arms in invitation, Jungkook ran to him letting himself be hold by his dad he cried in his embrace.
"Dad, he...no one...I don't" he couldn't even form a proper sentence between his sob.
Southing him, Namjoon holds him tighter.
"It's okay son, first let it all out, you need to let it all out before calming down"
And he did let it all out, crying his heart and eyes out for forty minutes.
When he finally calmed down, Namjoon guides him to sit on the sofa.
A minute later Hana came back from the kitchen with tea then sat beside her son.
Jungkook look at his parents who even worry exchanged tender glance, which made him feel like crying again, even though he couldn't, judging by his headache he is sure he is dehydrate.
"How did I come here, I'm sure I was in my house" he asks after drinking his and his mom cup of tea.
"Well, you must ask your father for that. One minute I was watching my drama, the next your father appear in the middle of the main character first kiss with you unconscious in his arms"
Turning his head to his father side, Jungkook wait for him to elaborate.
Clearing his throat Namjoon look at his family.
"First of all, I want to apologize to the both of you, I didn't know I would be stuck away for so long" he finally told them sadness all over his face as he look at his wife. Hana smile at him with love shaking her head.
"All that matter is that you are here now"
Nodding slowly, he looks at Jungkook.
"When you turned twenty-two, I got scared, scared of you falling in love and not being able to control your power, Seokjin story running around freely in my head day and night, with your personality and pure heart I was afraid you wouldn't handle it or even decide to spend your eternity alone in fear"
Namjoon voice was shaking as he said those words out loud, his pain clearly showing.
"Then why did you left us" Jungkook ask voice barely louder than a whisper.
"I didn't leave you on purpose. I went to meet every god I could, trying to find a way for you to have a normal life, to control or erase your power, anything. I wanted you to have what I have with your mom, I wanted for you to know happiness. Doing so, I ended up in hell, thinking maybe some demons or even Lucifer could help but I found Akane, at first, I was overjoyed, she wasn't dead like Seokjin told me, she was still alive and I thought I could talk to her, maybe she could give me so advice being herself a Nephilim"
At that Jungkook perk up, looking hopefully to his father.
"Did you find anything?"
"Yes and no. I couldn't get anything from Akane, her stay in hell made her really bitter and a very powerful fighter" he says laughing showing the scar on his abdomen.
Extending his hand to touch it, Jungkook retreat it as fast, his father went to hell, fought and got hurt just for him to have a chance at happiness, to love and be love, the god of destruction, one of the more fearless and feared amongst the gods did that for him.
With a glance Namjoon understood his son inner battle, taking his hand in his for support.
"Son, don't feel guilty or even bad. I would go again without hesitation. I would do anything for your mom and you, you both are what I treasure the most in this universe"
"If she wasn't of any help, what did you find love?" Hana asks joining their intertwined hands.
"Well, there is no way to know how Jungkook power will act or if he will be able to control it" he answers seeing the hope fading away from both his wife and son eyes.
"However she tried to bargain with me in a sick way, she told me she could take Jungkook's power away, making him human. I knew better than thrusting her words so I asked her what she would gain from it, well, I'm sure even you know that a pact in hell Is never free. And her answer was all I needed to know. She would gain Jungkook power"
Hana watches him in horror, tightening her hold on their hands.
"And his soul, right?"
Nodding in answer Namjoon looks at his son not reacting, just being there quiet.
"Tell me you didn't agree joonie"
"Of course, not" he quickly answers, but as he was going to keep his story, Jungkook stood up scoffing.
"What's the point anyway, without him there is no reason to keep searching" he says pacing around.
Hana looks at him curiously. "Without who" she asks and Jungkook look at her, furthermore hurt that she doesn't remember Tae either.
"So, you don't remember him either" he just says falling on his knee feeling hopeless.
Namjoon quickly going to him grab him by the shoulder.
"What do you mean son?"
And even if he didn't feel like it, Jungkook told his father everything, how no one except himself seem to remember Taehyung, how he disappears without a trace like he's been completely erased while Namjoon listens to his every word attentively.
"Can I see by myself?" He finally asks his son tapping his finger on his head. Nodding Jungkook give him his permission. Putting both his hand on his son cheeks he leans in, joining their forehead closing his eyes.
Silently he watch all of his son memory one by one, with a shaking breath a lone tear escape his eyes, alerting Hana who quickly walk to them, as she find herself just one step away from them, both her husband and son let out the most heartbreaking and powerful scream she ever heard, her house shaking, photography falling from the wall, so powerful that their phone alert when off for an earthquake, then they fell in each other arms, Namjoon hugging Jungkook with all his might, apologizing again and again as Hana watch them clueless.
"You saw it?" Jungkook finally ask in a whisper.
"I did son, I saw and felt it. Your power, your love...your pain"
Pulling away he look at Jungkook, like he was the answer.
"It was your pain..." he says more for himself than anything.
"What?" both Hana and Jungkook ask in unison.
Looking at them he proceeds.
"It was Jungkook pain that pulled me out from the look Akane blocked me in in hell, when he screamed in pain, he let out his power, that's how I could feel him needing me from there, that's why for the first time since I ended up there, I could hear his call" He explain.
Hanna looks at her son with so much pain, falling on her knew holding him.
"What could have caused my baby so much pain" she says to no one.
"Hana, love can I check if Taehyung have been totally erased from your memory or if he is still somewhere in there?"
Looking puzzle, not understanding what her husband is talking about Namjoon quickly add: "Jungkook loved one my love"
Looking in shock at her son, she vehemently nods.
"Of course, but please if he is in there and you can do anything to bring my memory back, do it. If I do know our Jungkookie loved one, I want to remember"
Jungkook quietly looking at his parents wipe his tears.
"Thank you" he whispers to them.
Just as they got in position, Hana leans a little closer to Namjoon.
"Show me everything you saw in Jungkook's memory while you are at it" she whispers to him.
With a single nod Namjoon finally connects their forehead the same way he did with Jungkook.
The process took a little longer and Jungkook was getting anxious, more so that he couldn't do anything but watch and wait. However, his worry got stronger when he saw his mother shaking like a leaf sobbing. Ready to separate them, Namjoon pulled away first.
Taking a minute to regain a composure Hana finally turn to her son to throw herself in his arms.
"Oh my god baby, I'm so so sorry" she sobs on his shoulder before turning her head to her husband.
"Love, we have to find Taebear, we need to, please!"
Scoffing between tears, Jungkook felt relieve when he heard his mom, she does remember Tae, only her would call him like that not knowing the true self of his tiger. He is not alone anymore; he isn't the only one remembering his lover. He isn't crazy, Taehyung wasn't a fragment of his imagination.
Looking at his wife and son crying, Namjoon stood up with determination in his eyes.
"Son, I will go check with some friends to see if we can find what happened and where he is. I won't take long, I promise. But when I come back, we need to talk, there is something I saw inside that we really need to talk about. In the meantime, stay with your mom, take care of her and yourself"
Jungkook look surprise, wondering what his father is talking about but he agree nonetheless.
And in the blink of an eye Namjoon was gone.