REWRITE THE STAR

CHAPTER 23

The revelation hit Yugyeom like a physical blow. He staggered back, his eyes darting from Taehyung’s pale face to Jungkook, who was now hiding his face in Hainie’s small shoulder.

The silence in the room felt like it was vibrating with the weight of the truth.

"Their child?" Yugyeom’s voice came out in a strangled gasp. "Hainie is... V-hyung’s son?"

He looked at the baby, then back at Taehyung, his confusion turning into a sharp, jagged demand for the truth.

"Then why are you here, Taehyung?" Yugyeom stepped forward, his voice rising in an aggressive demand. "If Hainie is V’s son, and Jungkook was his boyfriend, why the hell are you the one married to him? Why have you been living this lie for two years?"

Taehyung tried to speak, but Yugyeom didn't let him.

"Did you steal him?" Yugyeom shouted, his eyes wide with shock. "Is that why V-hyung has gone insane? Because his own twin brother stole his life, his lover, and his child? Is that the 'accident' everyone is talking about? Answer me!"

"It wasn't like that!" Jungkook’s voice cut through the air, sharp and desperate. He looked up, his eyes flashing with a mix of pain and defense. "Taehyung didn't steal anything. He saved us!"

Yugyeom turned his gaze to Jungkook, his expression hardened.

"Saved you from what, Kook? From the man who loved you? You let me believe this whole time that Hainie was Taehyung’s blood. You let our whole family believe it! You made me love this baby as Taehyung's son, while his real father was living in the shadows of this house, rotting with jealousy!"

"Yugy, listen to me!" Taehyung grabbed Yugyeom’s arms, forcing him to stay still. "V didn't love him. He possessed him. It was an obsession that was destroying Jungkook. If I hadn't stepped in, if I hadn't given Hainie my name and protected them, V would have ended up killing them both back then. I didn't take V's life..I saved Jungkook from a monster!"

Yugyeom ripped his arms away, his breathing heavy. He looked at the three of them his brothers, his family and felt like he was standing among strangers.

"So this whole marriage... this whole family... it's all built on a secret that turned V into a murderer?" Yugyeom whispered, a tear finally falling down his cheek. "And now he’s come to take back what he thinks is his. He’s not just a psycho, hyung.... he’s a man who thinks his own brother robbed him of his soul."

He looked at Hainie, who was blinking innocently at him.

"Does he know? Does V-hyung know that Hainie is his?"

Taehyung looked at the floor, his silence giving the most terrifying answer of all.

Yugyeom let out a bitter, hollow laugh when Taehyung couldn't meet his eyes. The silence was louder than any confession could have been. He began to pace the small hospital room like a caged animal, his hands buried in his hair, tugging at the strands in sheer frustration.

"Silence? That’s your answer?" Yugyeom’s voice trembled with a mix of fury and heartbreak. "You’ve lived under the same roof as him, Taehyung! You sat at the same dinner table, looked him in the eye every single day, and played the part of the 'happy family' while he was burning alive right in front of you!"

He stopped and pointed a shaking finger at the door, toward the direction of the mansion.

"You kept a father away from his own son! No wonder he’s lost his mind. No wonder he’s turned into a ghost of a human being. You didn't just take his girlfriend, you took his legacy! You took his right to hear that child call him 'Dada'."