DESTINED LOVE

Chapter 62

“You what?” Jimin yelled, making Tae flinch hard. Kook immediately hugged Tae closer and shot Jimin a sharp glare. Jimin mouthed sorry quickly, sinking back into the couch.

Kook turned back to Tae, brushing his cheek softly. “Okay… you had a dream. What was it about, hmm? Can you tell us?”

Tae nodded slowly, eyes darting around to everyone, who were all settling in with tense, worried faces.

He looked at Kook, who was giving him the gentlest smile, like he was trying to hold him together with just that look. “I… I want to hold you before I say it,” Tae whispered, voice fragile.

Without a second thought, Kook nodded and shifted onto Tae’s lap. Tae wrapped his arms around Kook’s waist, burying his nose in his shoulder and letting out a shaky sigh.

“So… I had this dream… it felt so real… like it was our real life…” Tae began, voice low and heavy.

“In that dream… Kookie was… he was assaulted by his stepmom and Yuna ever since he was a kid. He never had any friends… no one to protect him… nothing.” Tae’s voice cracked.

He swallowed, tightening his arms around Kook. “We met at a business party. Our fathers arranged our marriage. My father told me it was just a business deal… that it would be good for the company. So… I agreed without even thinking.”

“And Kookie… he said yes because he thought it was the only way to escape that hell. So we got married…”

Tae paused to catch his breath, glancing down at his hand shaking against Kook’s side. “And then… so much happened…

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(Think tae was explaining everything, I can't write everything pleasuuuuuuuu 🥺🥺)

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…And then…  when I went out for the icecream, and when I came home… you were gone.

Tae’s eyes filled again as he went on, voice rough. “…I found your diary… and the letter you left… where you said you were pregnant… and you were leaving because you thought you were protecting me and our baby.”

“…And Yoongi helped you leave… and I didn’t even know…” Everyone sat frozen, the air too heavy to breathe.

Tae’s hand pressed over his chest as if trying to stop the pain tearing through him. “…And while we were all trying to process it, Yoongi got a call… saying the flight you took to the States had exploded mid-air… and… and there were no survivors.”

His voice fell to a broken whisper.
“And after that… I screamed, and everything went black.”

He finally looked up at everyone, his eyes hollow. “…That’s…that’s what I saw. It felt real. Like I was really living it.”

Kook hugged wrapping his hands around tae's neck and said " it's just a dream hyungie. Don't scare. You are strong. my bear is strong" tae nodded and hugged kook and sighed.

" Ok guys, we’ll continue this tomorrow,” Kook said gently, looking around the room. “Let’s just go to sleep for today. Tae needs rest."

Everyone nodded, understanding, and quietly slipped off to their rooms. Taehyung and Kook walked together to their own.

Kook helped Tae settle onto the bed and then crawled in beside him with a soft sigh. He pulled Tae into his arms, and Tae immediately nuzzled his face into Kook’s neck, breathing in his scent.

“You know…” Tae whispered, voice small and raw, “I was so scared. I thought I lost you. It felt like my heart stopped beating, and I couldn’t live on this earth another moment.”