Tae stood frozen by the door.
Kook was looking at her like he wasn't expecting her.
Mr. Kim looked between them and cleared his throat.
And for the first time in a very long time, he said something that wasn't filtered through pride.
Mr. Kim: "You both need to talk. No doctors. No daughters. Just... Jungkook and Taehyung."
He said gently.Tae didn't speak. She just nodded slightly. Like her throat couldn't form words yet.
Jungkook stepped back, gave Mr. Kim a small nod, and turned to Tae.
Jungkook: "The rooftop's empty this time of day."
He said softly.
And somehow, she followed.
At the rooftop:
Tae stood by the railing, arms folded.
Jungkook stood a few feet away. Hands in his coat pockets.
Not too close.
Not anymore.Jungkook: "I didn't know you were there."
Tae didn't look at him. Her voice, flat.
Tae: "I wasn't supposed to be."
Tae: "But I heard everything."
She said after a pause.Jungkook sighed. It sounded like years of weight crashing down his ribs.
Jungkook: "I didn't say it for you to hear. But I meant every word."
Tae: "You were supposed to fight for me, Jungkook. You were supposed to pull me into your chest and say,
'Let them burn. I have you.' But you didn't."Jungkook's voice cracked before it even left him.
Jungkook: "I thought I was saving you. But I was just... trying to make it less painful for me.
Only for you, I am far away from you, there is no heaven without being ruined, Taebear."Tae turned to face him now.
Eyes sharp.
Wet.
Exhausted.Tae: "But all you did was make me feel like a mistake."
Jungkook: "You were never a mistake, Tae."
Tae: "Then why did I cry every day like I was one?"
She whispered slowly.And god, it broke him.
Because her voice didn't hold anger anymore.
It held history.
Their history,Together.Jungkook: "I don't know how to undo that. I only know how to mean it when I say I'm sorry."
Tae looked away.
The city buzzed quietly below them.
She took a step toward him.Just one.
Tae: "I don't know if I'll ever love you like I did before."
Jungkook: "Then let me love you enough for both of us until you can."
A beat.
Tae: "I'm not saying I'm coming back."
Jungkook: "I know."
Another beat.
Tae: "But maybe... this is our last fight. Or maybe it's the first time we're doing this the right way."
Jungkook looked at her.
Not like a man who won.Not like a man who lost.Just someone who had survived.Jungkook: "Either way... I'll stay right here. Mi amor."

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