Right Beside You || Jungkook X Reader •

Chapter 24: Someone I Know

Chapter 24:

"Y/N, talk to me please."

Tae kept his head glued to the ground. I lifted his head up asking him to stand up, but he still wouldn't bulge.

"I'm sorry... for whatever I did that made you mad." Tae whispered softly.

"N-no! Don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong... It was just me. I was being petty." I admitted, my voice shaky. I couldn't believe my pettiness would make Taehyung do this. He faced me and stood back up. "What's wrong? What happened? After that day, you just left. And that was the last time you talked to me. You didn't reply to any of my messages. I was worried...." He said in a low voice, I could see the sincerity in his eyes as he said that.

"I... I was- I don't know. The moment you said Julia is your ex, something inside me snapped and I didn't want to talk to you. I didn't want to see your face. It felt like... the Taehyung I got to know, I got along with, was all a lie." I muttered, my voice still shaky as my eyes started to water. His expression turned into a frown and he looked disappointed, "What does my past have to do with this? With us?"

"D-did you do it? With her?" I managed to croak out.

"W-what?" He asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Just answer me! Did you do it with her?" I bit my lower lip in an attempt to prevent my tears from falling. His frown turned into that of an anger as his brows arched.

"Well what do you want to hear?" he uttered, his expression now looking gloomy. Tears welled down my cheeks and I hurriedly took all my stuff and walked towards the door.

"I didn't, okay? Nothing happened between us." I hear Taehyung say from inside our room. I stopped walking but didn't turn to look at him.

"That is why we broke up. I didn't want to do it with her. But I guess you won't believe me, I have no proof anyway." He explained further. I turned around to look at him, he had a disappointed look on his face.

"I can't believe you judged me based on my past, what happened to the Y/N I know?" he let out a soft chuckle. He still had that sad look on his face. "Or is this not all the reason why you're mad? You're not that shallow, Y/N. There's something else."

I kept my mouth shut and stared at him blankly, tears still streaming down my face. Guilt forming inside my heart. He knows me too well.

"It's because of Jungkook, right?" He managed to ask as a tear escaped from his eye. My eyes widened as tears welled down from my eyes one by one. He flashed a faint smile and asked, "You like Jungkook, right?"

"I... I don't. J-Jungkook is like a brother to me." I lied, my heart breaking into pieces as I speak. I turned my gaze away from him, my eyes would tell him I'm lying. But deep inside, I know Taehyung already knows.

"I could tell... from the way you look at him, the things you do for him, the things you sacrificed for him, the way your face brightens up whenever we are with him, the way you smile whenever we talk about him..." Taehyung muttered, his voice low and shaky.

"And the way your smile turns into a frown knowing he's dating someone else, knowing he wouldn't like you back... even when you've been right beside him the whole time." Taehyung continued. I turned to face him and opened my mouth about to defend myself, but stopped the moment I saw the look on his face.

"It reminds me of someone I know. Someone I know very well. This someone I know likes a girl. He first saw her in their football practice, he was too exhausted that time that he couldn't walk, but that girl came to take care of him. In that moment, he thought she looked like an angel..." Taehyung smiled brightly talking about his friend, which sounded familiar.

"He managed to become close friends with her, it took him a year, but now they're really close. He became a part of her circle of friends. She even saw him naked." He chuckled. Wait is he talking about-

"They even held hands and hugged, even though it was just a game, he was really happy about it. And then they became lunch buddies. They even went on a date. Before he knew it, his simple crush on her turned into love." He walked towards me and brushed my hair.

"Sadly, that girl likes another guy, she likes her so much. He even had to witness the things she had to do for him." He said as he cupped my cheek, wiping my tears away.

"And now, that guy is standing in front of her, hoping she would forget about that guy and maybe fall for him. But, it looks like she won't. She's deeply in love with him, as much as he is deeply in love with her." Taehyung let go of his hand on my cheek and walked away. He had his bag swung around his arm, his figure slowly disappearing from my sight.

How did it lead to this? My selfishness has hurt Taehyung, I pushed the blame on him when it was just my jealousy all along. He did nothing wrong. It was all me. I was too busy looking at Jungkook that I pushed away the only man who truly values me. The only man who truly loves me. While I'm here drowning in sorrow waiting for Jungkook to like me back, I forgot Taehyung was on the same boat as me. But here he is, doing everything he can to support me and lessen my burden, while he's out there suffocating all alone.

I ran after Taehyung, calling out his name. My footsteps are getting heavier and heavier as I approached him. He stopped walking and I grabbed the opportunity to hug him from behind.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I sobbed as I hugged him tighter. He held my hand and gently pulled away from my hug. He turned to face me and looked directly into my eyes. He then pulled me into a hug, his hand caressing my hair, whispering "It's okay, I told you I'd wait, right?"

I sobbed harder as my grip tightened on his shirt.

We stood still, hugging each other for minutes, but we felt we could stay that way forever, in each other's arms.

To be continued.

A/N: Jungkook? Sorry who's that? LMAO