heal me ➣ taegi

08: birthday

Taehyung kept a distance as he followed Yoongi through the gate of the cemetery.

Although the air was thick, Taehyung remains light-hearted. He doesn't judge people so easily, maybe Yoongi is going through something..

Yoongi stops in front of one of the gravestones and slowly sits down in the grass. Taehyung also stops and wonders what he should do.

He didn't want Yoongi to freak out again, so he stood a few meters away as he watched him by a tree.

It was so quiet. Well what did Taehyung expect? It's a graveyard.

There were a couple of kids playing around one of the many colorful trees as the leaves fell down. Taehyung thought they were cute and smiled as they ran around hitting each other.

Taehyung laughed when the little girl pushed down the boy. Okay maybe they weren't just playing, but it was still cute in Taehyung's eyes.

"Hey ahjushi!" The little boy yelled.

Ahjushi?

'Is that kid talking to me?' Taehyung thought.

"Why are you laughing at me~" he cried. Taehyung felt kind of bad for the kid.

"Cause you just got your ass whooped by a girl." The little girl says with her chest puffed out.

It made Taehyung laugh so uncontrollably, he's holding his stomach in pain.

"Oh, please...You're killing me!" He says hunched over on the verge of tears.

"Look! It's that weird ahjushi!" The girl points in Yoongi's direction.

"No, stupid! He's not weird," the boy says.

"Mmmhmm! Then how come he doesn't talk to me??"

"Because no one likes a bitch like you." The boy says and Taehyung gasped.

"Where are your parents?" They both shrug at his question and continue fighting. "Hey guys, you know Yoongi hyung?"

They both nod causing Taehyung to be curious. "How?"

"Who doesn't know that ahjushi? Where have you been dude?" The girl asked in disbelief as she threw her hands on her tiny hips.

"He's weird, but he's our hero too! He helped catch a murderer!"

"He what?" Taehyung scratched his head trying to wrap his brain around it. "Really?"

"Yes! He saved a lot of people, including us. He's amazing~" the girl threw her hands up in excitement as she ran to where Yoongi was crouched down.

Taehyung followed and the little boy tagged alongside him.

"Do you know why Yoongi doesn't talk?" He asked. The boy shrugged his shoulders as a hint of confusion plays on his face.

"He does talk."

"When?" Taehyung raises his voice a bit.

"You have to be reeeeally quiet, and patient, but he doesn't like to talk when other people are around."

"Mmm...but do you know..why?" He asks again.

"Umm, I'm not sure? Maybe you can ask him yourself?" Taehyung facepalms.

"Thanks.."

"He's crying again...hey I know! You should hug him, he likes hugs." The girl giggles and the boy smiles at her nodding.

"Yeah, who doesn't?" The little boy says. Taehyung looked down at Yoongi who was crying quietly in his folded arms.

Yeah, why not give it a shot, I guess..

The two kids left holding hands laughing in joy as he kneeled down behind Yoongi, gently wrapped his arms around him. Yoongi gasped, and jerked his body forward, but he didn't move away.

Taehyung looked over his shoulder to see the name carved in stone...

Park Jimin, October 13, 1995- Septemb- 13...

'Hold on...today is October 14th. Is this why he's so upset?' Taehyung thought. He also thought about the first and only word he's ever spoken, 'Jimin'.

I see now...

"This is my fault.." Taehyung says, and Yoongi notices it's actually Taehyung holding him and stands up abruptly. "What's wrong?"

Yoongi grinds his teeth before pushing Taehyung onto the grass and climbing over him.

"I would say ouch, but this is actually kind of turning me on." Taehyung smirks as he brings a hand to Yoongi's face and caresses it gently.

Yoongi almost let him continue, almost found it comforting, but wanted to punch Taehyung in the face instead.

Taehyung acted fast and grabbed Yoongi's fist flipping them over. "You're really violent, babe, but I won't become your personal punching bag if that's what you're suggesting."

At the last word, Taehyung strikes Yoongi in his jaw. He groans in pain as tears well up in his eyes.

Yoongi doesn't cry because it hurts, he knows he deserves it. For a lot of things...

For taking his anger out on Taehyung.

Forgetting Jimin's birthday which he promised to spend with him every year.

For letting his parents down and resorting to alcohol to solve his problems.

Letting Jimin die..

Yoongi's finally getting what he wanted, what he deserves.

Taehyung can't help but feel guilt as soon as a tear rolls off Yoongi's face. He starts to get up when Yoongi grabs his thighs stopping him.

"H-Hey.." Taehyung feels his buddy down there move when Yoongi's hands move up, unknowingly of course. "Why?!"

Yoongi wanted so badly to be punished, hit, anything, it didn't matter. He just wanted to make himself suffer.

Taehyung hisses as he got up slapping Yoongi's hands away...someone probably saw..

"Yoongi, please. We're in public and I have a reputation, but not to that extent. I'm discreet too you know!"

Yoongi just lays there until Taehyung pulls him up with difficulty. "Jfc, are you made of bricks or something?" Yoongi falls back onto his knees and he faces the ground.

"Ugh, so are you just going to sulk here..? How about I make hyung feel better?" Taehyung coos, but Yoongi ignores him.

Taehyung sighed and sat down for awhile on the grass.

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It was getting pretty late and all Yoongi does is stare at Jimin's name. Taehyung would ask him questions, like 'was he your boyfriend? How did he die? Are you really famous for catching a murderer?'

Oh my gosh, he really wanted to know, but he knew he wouldn't get answers, so he didn't ask.

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Happy late Jin day ;-;