Love? What is that? || VHope

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"C-can I go out?" Taehyung asked silently. Hoseok had forced him to talk, if not, there would be bad consequences. Hoseok looked up at him and raised his eyebrow. He wondered why Taehyung had the sudden need to go out.

"Depends on where you're going, who you're meeting and when you'll be back." Hoseok said and watched Taehyung who almost trembled with fear. Taehyung was going to lie and say that he was meeting up with his sister and mom.

"My sister a-and my mom..." Taehyung replied. "And we're going to eat at a cafe, then I-I need to help my sister with some shopping... I'll be back by midnight, I-I promise!" He said and looked at Hoseok, who looked rather upset. The reason why Hoseok looked upset is because he wanted to spend time with Taehyung.

"Okay then. I expect to see you here as soon as the clock strikes 00:00. And if you're not back by then, I'll beat you up." Hoseok exclaimed and shushed him away. Taehyung left and ran straight to Jin and Jimin's place. They were a couple and Taehyung thought they were the best couple ever. Jin and Jimin never fought or yelled at each other. They never controlled each other. They were Taehyung's definition of perfect.

"Hello Taehyung! We haven't seen you in so long. How are things?" Jimin asked and walked over to Taehyung to give him a hug. Taehyung flinched as soon as Jimin laid his hands on him, he hadn't been hugged in so long that it felt weird to him. To him, every touch meant pain. "Tae? Are you okay?" Jimin was extremely worried about his best friend at this point since he had never seen Taehyung react this way. He didn't like the way Taehyung flinched or shut his eyes.

Taehyung on the other hand, was close to breaking down. He had missed his friends dearly, but he was also scared of them. He didn't know why, but he was petrified and terrified of them. Maybe it was the fact that Taehyung didn't know who he could trust? Maybe it was the fact that Taehyung didn't know who'd hurt him? Or maybe it was just his paranoia getting to him?

"Jimin, let go of him. It looks like he's gonna panic." Jin called out and walked over to the two boys, looking at them both with a concerned expression. Jimin hesitantly let go of his best friend and couldn't do anything except watch him break down into sobs. Jin and Jimin thought it was heartbreaking to listen to, they both wanted to understand what made their friend so sad, but they couldn't do anything about it until Taehyung had calmed down.

"H-he hurts me..." Taehyung whispered and looked up at Jin, avoiding Jimin's intense gaze. His breath was still uneven after his breakdown. Jin was confused and looked at him, not understanding who he was talking about.

"Who does?" Jin asked, his voice sounded small, yet he was determined to find out who had hurt his friend.

"H-Hoseok..." Taehyung's voice cracked just from saying Hoseok's name, shielding his face the best he could as he didn't want Jin to hurt him for ratting on Hoseok.

"He does what?" Jin's voice was soft and calming this time, taking small steps so he wouldn't startle Taehyung. Jin crouched down next to him, slowly wrapping his arm around Taehyung. He could feel Taehyung's heartbeat, it was fast and quite worrisome.

"H-he hurts me..." Taehyung tried his best to calm down, looking up at his elder. After he realized that Jin wouldn't hurt him, he clung onto him like a koala baby clings onto its mother, his hands gripping the hem on Jin's shirt tightly. Jin wrapped his arms around Taehyung as if to protect him, Jimin just watched, a horrified expression on his face. Never in a thousand years would Jimin have guessed that Hoseok would hurt someone, not like this at least.

"It's going to be okay, you and I both know it will be okay..." Jin said into Taehyung's ear, rubbing his back as it seemed to calm him down. Taehyung sighed out shakily, his grip getting  looser and weaker. Jin knew this meant that Taehyung was feeling calmer, so he smiled softly to himself. "Are you okay now?"

Taehyung nodded and looked at Jimin, he was in tears because he didn't know it would be so horrible. "I-I'm okay now, Jiminie..." Taehyung said and made his way over to Jimin, wrapping his arms around him. Jimin knew this wasn't the case, he knew his young friend was far from okay, as far away from it as someone could possibly be.

The night flew by quickly and it was now time for Taehyung to return to his 'boyfriend' if you could even call Hoseok that. As soon as he approached the front door of the apartment he shared with Hoseok, his hands started to tremble and he felt small. Even smaller than the tiny speck of dust on Horton's flower. Even smaller than the people who Horton knew lived on that very same speck of dust.

He let out a shaky sigh, walking inside only to find Hoseok sitting on a chair with an almost empty wine glass between his fingers. The elder had fallen asleep whilst waiting for Taehyung and he had clearly been drinking as well. Once again, a sigh escaped Taehyung's lips. He wanted to make his boyfriend happy, but he didn't know how he'd do that because everything he did, was seemingly wrong to Hoseok.