With Taehyung, things changed too, over time.
No one could say whether it was for the better or the worse.
The breakdown he had after Jungkook left was the worst his family had ever witnessed.
It wasn't loud in the beginning—no shouting, no immediate destruction. It was quiet, terrifyingly so. He stopped sleeping.
Stopped eating properly. His eyes lost focus, his body moved on instinct alone, and the fire that had always defined Kim Taehyung burned too violently, consuming him from the inside.
His parents didn't know what had happened.
They only saw their son—once vibrant, sharp, and unapologetically alive—reduced to someone hollow, bruised, and mentally exhausted. They asked questions, but got silence in return, Or Namjoon and Yoongi being his shield.
Soon Taehyung, became what he was before he met Jungkook but time, more fierce and unapologetic. And this time no fear of death.. and thats what his parents was worried about the most.
And then, slowly, Taehyung disappeared.
What came back was someone familiar... but darker, and more fierce.
He was now—only sharper, more ruthless, and stripped of fear. This time, death didn't scare him. Pain didn't either. Nothing did.
He threw himself into the violent side of business, into gang disputes meant to protect his father's political career and the family's power. His fists became a language again. Blood, a consequence he no longer cared about.
Soon, Kim Taehyung was back in the headlines.
The hot-headed youngest son of the Kim family.
Too wild. Too reckless. Too dangerous.
One day it was about late-night parties and underground clubs.
Another day it was whispers about illegal street racing—the young rich of Seoul chasing adrenaline like it was the only thing that could still make them feel alive.
But no headline ever mentioned the truth.
That every fight, every reckless night, every risk he took—
Was just Taehyung trying to outrun the emptiness Jungkook left behind?
Post some month, Kim Taehyung was "back."
The old Taehyung. The one everyone remembered from before Jungkook ever entered his life. The sharp smile. The controlled temper. The effortless confidence. The man who never let emotions show beyond what he allowed.
His family thought that whatever happened was now fine.
But only Namjoon and Yoongi knew the truth.
That this wasn't healing. It was a burial.
Taehyung completed his degree the following year without incident.
No delays. No scandals. No visible cracks. From the outside, his life progressed flawlessly. He shifted his focus fully to business and began standing beside his father more actively in political circles.
And that was when people started to change the way they spoke about him.
Kim Taehyung grew colder.
Meaner.
Ruthless.
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FanfictionIt was an unspoken rule for jungkook to stay clear of those creatures to stay clear from men and boys alike. Coming from a loving family. He was protected from evilness due to his condition, for as long as he can remember. The only male interaction...
