You Never Walk Alone [1st Draft Ver.]

Chapter 79

The party had ended near about eleven in the night.

Everyone had gone home, and most of the Baeks were already asleep.

The only ones awake? The birthday twins.

They were snuggled up on the bottom bunk of their bunkbed with their childhood toys that Jin and Hosu had given them back.

"Hey, Tae," Jimin whispered, "You know about... Mochi but I don't know about your... plushie. Where'd it come from?"

Taehyung looked at the worn teddy bear in his hands, "Well, back at the orphanage... they had this giant box of donated... plushies that you could take from... to take with you whenever you got fostered... like a little friend. I always took this... one with me. It was like... this comfort plushie. I thought I had... left it at the last house, but thanks... to Hosu hyung, I have it... back again." He smiled.

"Ah," Jimin spoke, "What about your birthdays... there? Yoongi hyung said that the... orphanage didn't celebrate much."

"Yeah, they didn't. Mostly because... most of the kids there didn't... remember their birthdays, and also... because they didn't have enough money." Taehyung confirmed, "It was mostly just... a gathering with a birthday... song, we'd get a candy... if we were lucky."

"And at the foster homes?" Jimin asked.

"We didn't stay at most foster... homes for longer than a few months... but at the last one, we were... there for three years. M-master celebrated... our birthdays, but it wasn't really... a celebration." Taehyung replied, his voice growing smaller at the end.

"Right." Jimin mumbled, remembering the things his twin and hyung had told him, "Did you have fun... today?" He asked, changing the topic.

"Yeah." Taehyung smiled, "I had fun... It was good to have... a birthday which didn't have pain... How about you, Jiminie?"

"I had fun too," Jimin answered, "I finally felt... complete again."

"Well," Taehyung grinned, holding up his skeleton necklace, "Looks like you'll... be complete for a long time."

Jimin laughed, holding up his skeleton necklace as well and connecting the two skeleton's hands.

"That's good. I like being... complete." Jimin muttered, his eyes drooping.

Taehyung went silent for a few seconds before snuggling closer to his twin, "Happy birthday, Jiminie."

"Happy birthday Taetae." Jimin sleepily smiled back.

And as the clock struck 00:00, the birthday twins finally fell asleep.

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The twins were woken up by a loud banging sound.

"Wake up! Wake up! It's a... brand new day~!" Jungkook sang loudly, a spoon in one of his hands that he banged against a plate in his other hand.

"What the—" Jimin sat up, eyes half-opened as he glared at Jungkook.

"Everyone's already ready for... school~!" Jungkook sing-songed, "Get ready or else... we'll be late~!"

"We're skipping scho—"

"Absolutely not. It's Jin hyung's orders." Jungkook cut Taehyung off and then skipped out of the room.

"Yoongi hyung called us... menaces?" Jimin grumbled, "Has he seen Jungkook?"

"He's a biased bastard." Taehyung muttered, glaring at Jungkook's desk as if had been the one ruining his sleep.

"Yeah. Even gave Kook a hug... after he asked once." Jimin added.