remember me - k. taehyung

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She fell asleep on my shoulder. I stared at her, admiring her features while she was asleep.

I began silently talking to her sleeping figure.

"You know Soujin, before I met you, I was a mess."

"I used to be so caught up with my image, that i would go as far as to bully you."

"Yeah. Being the kingka of this school isn't easy, seeing, you have to keep your head in the game, because if not, it's game over."

"Yes, I had to act cold and rude around certain people, like you."

"But the thing is, I never really wanted to hurt you."

"Sometimes, when you eat alone at school, I really just wanted to ditch my friends and go over to your table and eat with you. But sadly, my dumbass was so attached to this kingka image that I didn't dare to go near you."

"So the only thing I could do to get close to you was, well, bullying."

"You know my group, we call ourselves BTS. I used to be such a loner before in high school. Almost everyone knew about my past, my father being a murderer while my mom was a drug addict and dealer. Then, I met the oldest in our group, Jin hyung."

"He was very nice, he offered me to stay at his house one night because my parents got into a fight that day. And when my parents fight, there's always violence included."

"Me and Jin hyung became closer everyday. We then found the maknae of our group, Jungkook."

"We found him sitting on the streets one day, after school. He was fiddling with his tie and looking down on the sidewalk. We approached him and asked him if he wanted to join our group. He eagerly said yes."

I chuckled.

"He was such a joker. He and Jin hyung would make up jokes. Well, mostly Jin making the jokes. But Jungkook? He's a living meme. And still is to this day."

"The reason Jungkook was out there was because his parents got a divorce. His mom and dad wanted him to live with either of them. And, they got into a fight because of that. His parents were violent, too. Just not as bad as mine."

"So, that's when he decided to run away from home and bum around. But, of course that didn't happen seeing me and Jin hyung found him. He was sure a charmer."

"Then one day, we were walking going to a nearby ice cream shop near the school, when we spotted, the one and only, Jimin."

"He was inside the shop, fiddling with his ice cream, hood up and head down. His cheeks were stained with tears."

"We went over to ask him what was wrong. He hesitated at first, but eventually gave in and broke down. We tried our best to comfort him, seeing he really was hurt out of the three of us."

"Basically, his parents died in a car crash that day. They were going to pick him up from school to eat out at a fancy restaurant, since it was his birthday. But, they never made it and he later found out the news and decided to get some ice cream for his birthday"

I started tearing up.

"Yeah. We asked him to join us too and he gladly said yes. That same day too, we went out to eat at a fancy restaurant, for Jimin's birthday. Since, he couldn't get to celebrate it with his family."

"We tried to make that day special for him. Poor guy didn't deserve that. He's very soft and caring on the inside. Everyone thinks he's the resident fuckboy, but no. He never slept with any girl. He would only go as far as to make out with the girl."

"We found Namjoon hyung at the fancy restaurant. He was all alone at this one table, he didn't seem to be alone before we saw him because of the 2 other plates that was also on his table. We approached him and asked what was wrong. He broke down instantly. He was having dinner with his parents when they told him they were moving out of Korea and never coming back for him."

"They basically, aborted him. Or whatever leaving a child behind means. They said they weren't happy with Namjoon and decided to make a new family somewhere else."

"Then, there was Hoseok. The guy who had it worse out of all of us."

I sighed.

"We found Hoseok hyung in an alley, covered in blood. When we approached him, he held out a knife and threatened to kill anyone who would come close to him. He eventually gave up and broke down real hard in front of us."

"He had killed his parents that moment. They were both very wealthy people. They treated Hoseok like a slave and would abuse him for not doing what they wanted or, for just no reason at all."

"He was also a sex slave. Yes, a sex slave. He would be raped by his mother and sometimes his father. He didn't want to run away from them, seeing they were the ones sending him to school and giving him money."

"He killed his parents with a knife. Stabbed both his parents more than 10 times in the heart and the head. He had successfully led them into an alley, convincing them that they could have sex with him there. But, he brought the knife and started stabbing them uncontrollably, but landing on his aim."

"Yeah. We have pretty messed up pasts. Which is why we're the bad boys in school now. We don't want people to know of our pasts."

I sighed again.

"The only way to not get bullied is to bully."

"And, i'm sorry for not trying to make you remember me the last time this happened"

"I'll try my best to get you back, Sourae."

I said, and drifted off to sleep.

Little did I know, she was listening the whole time.