Gifted•[MYG]

Chapter 10 : All Is Forgiven.

-Narrative P.O.V-

Taehyung was lost for words after listening to what Yoongi had to say. He failed to actually think about why Yoongi was the way he was, he just assumed that he was cold to make him appear tougher.

The two stared at each other. Not saying anything, but they both knew that there were so many things flying around each other's minds right now.

"Yoongi I-I'm so sorry, I had no ide-"

"Save it, Taehyung. It's the past now. There's no going back."

"Who else knows about your past?" Taehyung asks, Yoongi shakes his head.

"No one, and I'd like to keep it that way. I don't deserve sympathy and pity. I've already accepted that what happened was my fault. So just leave it." Yoongi mutters, staring at his feet.

Taehyung sits still for a moment, thinking of how to phrase his next sentence.

"You can't hold yourself responsible for how your father turned on your family. Anger and sadness does strange things to people." He finally said.

"Yeah, but I got the only two people I ever cared about killed in the process." The grey-headed male sighs, leaning back on his bed. He reaches under his pillow and takes out a folded piece of card. The card looked old, it was slightly torn around the edges and there were clear crease lines on it, indicating where it had just been folded. It was a picture of a woman and young girl, along with a younger Yoongi.

Yoongi passes the picture to Taehyung and he scans it. Observing the once happy family. Taehyung then glances up at Yoongi with sympathetic eyes.

Yoongi coughs. "That was my 14th birthday. I had a bad day at school, and I doubted anyone even remembered that it was my birthday. That was until I came home to my mother and sister hiding behind the door, and they jumped out and surprised me with a cake and a present. The present was my first ever CD. It was the Eminem album that came out 2 years prior. Curtain Call: The hits. It had some of my favourite songs, like When I'm Gone, Sing For The Moment and Like Toy Soldiers. I guess my mom remembered when I seen it in a store, but knew that I didn't wanna ask for it because I knew we needed the money for other things."

"That's really sweet. I've heard those songs too, they're good." Taehyung smiles after listening to Yoongi's memory. Yoongi chuckles back.

"Good? Of course they're good. They're even better than good, they came from the lyrical genius Marshall Mathers."

They laugh a bit together but the room falls silent again. That's the first time Taehyung has seen Yoongi crack a smile in a long time.

"Again man, I just wanna say that I'm sorry for accusing you of trying to turn my sister on me and stuff. I guess I'm just paranoid. And I do admit to being held responsible for you being in this dump. The others and I definitely could've went back to save you and Jimin and Kook, but we were afraid. I don't know how many times I can apologize to you on their behalf too." Taehyung sighs with regret as he recalls when Yoongi and the others were taken.

"Well, I'll accept their apology when I hear it come from their mouths. But for the time being, I'll forgive you Taehyung. There's not much use in hating you if we're gonna be stuck here together for a while." Yoongi chuckles and Taehyung looks at him with wide eyes.

"You really do forgive me, hyung?"

"Yes, now shut up about the whole thing before I change my mind."

"Thank you hyung!" Taehyung bounces from his wall up to Yoongi's bunk and throws himself on top of the older in an energetic embrace, his famous rectangular smile making an appearance. Yoongi squirms in the younger's clutches.

"Yah! I feel attacked! Get off me!" He laughs as Taehyung just holds into him tighter. Then Yoongi finally wriggles free.

"You're a weird one, Kim Taehyung."

"There's no one else as odd as me." Taehyung beams with pride. Then, there's a clicking sound on the cell door.

"Keep it down in there!" A guard yells. Taehyung and Yoongi look at each other and attempts to stifle their laughs, clamping their hands over their mouths.

"Ah, just like old times." Taehyung smiles to himself. Glad that him and Yoongi are on good terms again.

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Pretty pointless chapter but hey, everything is grand now whoop whoop~