Love Me Again |TAEKOOK|

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Kook's POV

Yoongi Hyung's words barely register in my mind because my entire focus is on her.

Taehyung.

She's avoiding my gaze, looking everywhere but at me. It's frustrating. It's painful. It's exactly what I deserve.

I want to talk to her. I want to say her name. I want her to look at me the way she used to.

But I know she will but I don't want her to look at me like that because I don't want to be an obstacle in her life again. And I don't blame her.

Jimin whispered something to Yoongi, and his eyes widened slightly before nodding in understanding. So now he knows. Everyone knows. That we were once something. 

That I was once hers. And she was mine.

Before I can say anything, Tae finally, finally, looks at me.

Her eyes meet mine, and for a moment, everything else fades.

Her expression is unreadable. Her lips parted slightly as if she wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

My fingers twitch, wanting to reach for her, to touch her, to do anything to bridge the distance between us. But I don't.

I lost that right a long time ago.

And now Jimin called all of us for dinner, speaking something in Tae's ear, making her flinch a bit but throw a glance at me.

The hall was becoming clear as all were busy chit-chatting and making friends.

That bastard Bogum ruffled Tae's hair before going to the dining table. I stood up to leave cause I didn't want to hear her voice again.

The desperation in her eyes to prove she is too wrong and know the truth. To make things right.

Tae's POV:

I can't breathe.

The moment my eyes lock with his, the world tilts on its axis.

Kook.

He's here. Right in front of me. After four years. After everything.

I knew he was back in the city. We met three times before this. Three painful, frustrating times when I tried to talk to him, tried to tell him what happened.
But every time, he walked away.
Every damn time.

And now, here we are again.

I swallow down the lump in my throat and step closer.
I don't care about the people around us.
I don't care if they notice the tension.
I don't care if they hear.
Even when they are going towards the dining room I know all of them know about us.

I just need him to listen.

Tae: "Kook."

His body stiffens, but he doesn't respond. He doesn't even look at me.

I take another step, standing right in front of him. He's looking anywhere but at me. At the floor, at the ceiling, at the people around us. Just not at me.

Tae: "We need to talk."

Kook: "There's nothing to talk about."
His voice is cold. Distant. Like I'm nothing to him.

But I know that's a lie. A part of me is saying that is true too,

Tae: "Yes, there is. You've been ignoring me every time we met. You walked away every time I tried to talk to you. You don't get to do that today."

He exhales sharply, shaking his head.

Kook: "Not here, Tae."

Tae: "Then when? When are you going to stop running from me?"

He clenches his jaw. His fingers twitch at his side like he's holding himself back.

Kook: "Just drop it."

Tae: "No!"

My voice comes out louder than I intended, Lizjen glances in our direction. But I don't care.

Tae: "You think I cheated on you? You think I wanted to hurt you? Kook, I never—"

Kook: "It doesn't matter anymore."
I freeze. His words hit like a slap to the face.
It doesn't matter?

Tae: "How can you say that?"
I search his face, desperate to find something, anything, that tells me he still cares.

But all I see is a carefully built wall.

Kook: "Because it's over, Tae. It was over four years ago."
Lies.
I know it. He knows it.

Tae: "Look me in the eye and say that."
He doesn't. He just scoffs, runs a hand through his hair, and takes a step back.

Kook: "I don't have time for this."
He turns away, and I feel the same crushing pain I felt the day he left me.

No.
Not this time.
I grab his wrist before he can walk away. His body tenses, but he doesn't pull away.

Tae: "You owe me the truth. Kook"
For a second, just a second, I see something crack in his expression.
Guilt.
Pain.
Regret.

But then it's gone, and he yanks his hand away.

Kook: "I don't owe you anything, Taehyung."
And with that, he walks out of the room.

Leaving me standing there. Just like he did four years ago.

Dining room:

Everyone sat there and was eating. Sometimes they were speaking, sometimes they were not.

Tae was not looking at anyone and eating her food.

Jimin decided to speak to Kook about his shitty behaviour towards Tae and ask him to listen to Tae. Maybe at least for once.

Yoongi: "Hobi, where is your sister?"

Hobi: "She will be here by tomorrow afternoon."
He says with a smile.

Jin: "When are we going to shop?"

Lisa: "Tomorrow right, Minnie."

Jimin: "Yes, tomorrow. At 9 be ready."

Kook: "I might not be there because I have a shift tomorrow."
He says with no tone and shrugs.

Jin: "You brat, you said you kept leave for a week."

When Kook did not reply anything they continued to eat.

Everyone went back to their rooms. Kook was on the balcony of the living room and was staring outside.

JImin: "It's better if you give her a chance and not just run away from her like a coward, Jungkook."
She says standing behind him.

Kook: "You don't have to tell me what to do, Jimin."
Saying that he just leaves from there.

Jimin sighs and leaves from there going to Tae's room.

Tae's bedroom:

Tae is sleeping on the bed, looking at the ceiling with a blank mind. And Jimin knocked on the door and came in.

She slept beside Tae to ensure she was not alone and did not speak anything.

Tae: "Maybe he needs time, Minnie."
She says with a sigh.

Jimin: "He freaking took 4 years Tae, are those not enough."
He mumbles with a scoff.

She stayed till Tae fell asleep and left from there before pecking at her forehead and covering her with the comforter.

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