New Horizons

part 28

Taehyung is inside the kitchen, preparing dinner for his husband. Maids have already prepared for others so now he is completing his other responsibility by cooking for his husband.

He is preparing prawn curry and steamed vegetables which are Jungkook's favorite dishes.. just as he pours the curry inside the bowl he hears footsteps behind him. He slightly turns around and finds Minho taking out something from the fridge.

Taehyung ignores him and keeps doing his work. But then he feels someone standing so close to him. He turns his head a bit and sees Minho standing behind him and staring at the food bowl.

"This looks bad. Do you even know how to cook?" Minho comments. "Look at the amount of spice..."

"It's not spice. Besides it's for your father. Maids prepared your food. Go sit. They will serve soon." Taehyung comments ignoring the boy as much as he can.

"Why do you act like you belong to this family?"

Taehyung closes his eyes. He can sense this boy is here to make trouble. Until now seojin was the one who mostly caused problems. Now this boy too.

"I'm just doing my work." Taehyung simply answers without bothering to look at the boy.

"You are trying so hard to be a member of this family. But I just want to tell you to quit trying. You will always be an outsider."

Taehyung doesn't answer. He has heard it tons of times since his marriage. He picks up the bowls of curry and vegetables and turns to his back to go to the dining table.

But to his surprise minho grabs both of the bowls from his hands and throws them on the floor. The food splashes on the floor and the bowls break into pieces.

"Oppsss...sorry." Minho says with a smirk.

Taehyung looks at Minho with gritting teeth. He tries to be calm as much as possible.

"Pick them up." Taehyung says looking directly at Minho's eyes.

Instead Minho kicks one of the broken pieces and says, "make me my dear step mother."

And taehyung hates it. Before he can say anything, everyone comes there including Jungkook.

"What the hell is happening?" Jungkook asks with a frown. Seeing the scene Jungkook knows Minho has done something. His eyes move between the scattered foods, broken plates and the unbothered look of Minho.

Jungkook's face darkens dangerously. "He did this?" He asks. Taehyung nods his head. "He said I was trying hard to be a family member and threw the food out of nowhere." Taehyung says.

Jungkook's eyes darts to his son. "Why did you do this?" He asks with a cold voice.

"I was just making a point that you can marry whoever you want but I will never accept him."

"Did you just throw the foods on the floor like spoiled brat?" Jungkook speaks with clenched jaw.

"Doesn't matter dad. The food is garbage.. just like him." Minho speaks.

The air turns suffocating. Everyone in the kitchen goes completely silent.

Taehyung flinches slightly at the words but doesn’t react. He only looks down at the mess, then slowly turns to leave.

But Jungkook isn’t letting this slide.

“Minho.” His voice is razor-sharp, filled with barely contained rage. “Apologize. Now.”

Minho scoffs, his defiance growing. “No.”

That’s the breaking point. Jungkook moves so fast that Minho barely has time to react before his father grips his wrist tightly, his voice deadly.