Black and White

Part IX

Taehyung's POV

As my jaw connected with Hoseok's face, I began to scream out, "Yeah, but what you don't know is, I was able to see little flickers of color thanks to Brooklyn. She changed me, and made me love myself again," the sight of my previous self harm projects in my mind, "I saw her in her most vulnerable states, when she would cry out for her parents, but they weren't there. And where were you? You don't know her like I do, so quite frankly, you're irrelevant to the both of us." As I saw the anger grow inside of the nimble boy in front of me, he pushed my body to the ground, hitting me in return. "Okay, 'Taehyung' where exactly were you when she was crying her eyes out when she found out that you were dating the school slut? You weren't with her, were you? But I was, I was with her, even though I had work to do. I stayed up and made sure she was okay."

Out of anger and sadness, you couldn't bring the tears from falling down your face. Damn it, I wish I didn't cry when I was mad. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Brooklyn. Maybe I don't deserve her," I stop hitting Hoseok and fall to the ground, "I don't want to give her up, but I know that you can do more for her than I could. I was insecure and didn't know when exactly to confess my feelings until it was too late. But you, you were there for her. Maybe you should be the one to love and protect her, not me..." What am I saying, I love her but she deserves the best, and that isn't me. Inhaling a deep sigh, you sit down with your head in your arms. Hoseok stands up and approaches you. "Look man, I totally understand your feelings towards her, she's amazing and beautiful. But what I don't understand is why you would torment her the way you did?" Tears reflecting in your eyes, you slowly lift your head up and reply to him, "I don't know either. I got jealous and it transformed me into something that I'm not. I love Brooklyn with all my being, I really do, but I know that I'm not the one for her. It's evident. I cannot move on though, I don't like Scarlet. She was just a distraction, which is bad, but losing Brooklyn was the worst thing I've ever experienced in my life and I don't want to go through that again. I'll stay her best friend, but it's pretty obvious that I won't ever be her boyfriend or even her husband-" you couldn't finish your thought before the sadness engulfed your mind and you started crying again.

By this time, Brooklyn was running toward the park, looking worried and saw the both of our bloodied faces. Shit. "Brooklyn! I'm so sorry," Hoseok yells out to her. She overlooks him and our eyes connect. I can't even look her in the face, so I face my eyes to the ground. Her soft hands take a hold of my face and she asks me what happened. Why isn't she asking about Hoseok?

In a few short words, I explain that the both of us fought over what I had done earlier that day. She stares blankly at me and then looks to Hoseok, who is staring at her with a worried expression. "Are you mad at me," he asks, "please don't be mad, Brooklyn. I just had to make sure you wouldn't be hurt again." She stalks over to him and takes his face and examines it for a second. "You're going to need an ice pack when we get home," she mutters. "And you," she states while staring me in the eyes, "I might as well bandage you up too since you're hurt too."

Scarlet was still at the park, and the three of us forget about it until she got jealous and pushed Brooklyn into the ground, this time initiating the fight. "What the hell," Brooklyn angrily yells at Scarlet. The girl snickers and before you know it, I'm pushing her into the cold, hard ground as well and helping my best friend up. "Be mad at me all you want, Scarlet, but don't you dare hurt Brooklyn. She didn't do a damn thing to you!" Rolling her stupid little eyes, she picks herself up and walks away, flipping all of us off.

Surprisingly, Brooklyn chose to ride home with me. I figured she hated me, but Hoseok said that he was going to the store to get medical supplies in case we were low due to our intensive injuries. Man, did he hit good. Anyway, she asked me why I chose to do all of those bad things to her, which, in my defense, I wasn't too harsh, but still, I was pretty mean. "I have no idea. I thought I was going to lose you and I guess my animalistic side came out and I got aggressive, whether it be toward you or Hoseok. I'm so sorry for what I've done and if I could take it back, I would." She slowly nodded her head to my answer, and after that, silence swallowed us whole. There were a few sniffles and coughs here and there, but thankfully it didn't take long to get back to her house.

"Hey, Taehyung... I really did miss you. Hoseok is just a friend and I really wish that you and I could've dated but-" she says as he walks in. "Thanks for that, Brooklyn. Guess I was just something to get your mind off of Taehyung then. We didn't cuddle for no reason, did we," he asks, pain filled in his voice. They slept together? Okay, now I'm starting to get upset. Is she just playing the both of us? I mean, I've known her all my life and see she has no reason for this, but who knows. She may have changed her mind through my absence.

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A/n- Hi! So I've been back from my vacation since Sunday, but I had to catch up on a lot of school work. Thanks for understanding and I hope you enjoy this chapter! Next chapter will be longer and more detailed, thanks a lot and I love you all!