FATE // vminkook

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Taehyung sat under the tree in last period with a book in his lap. He has had this book for years, but was always too sad to read it. He's officially given up on thinking he will make friends in his stupid P.E class. He leans against the trunk, so invested in the book that he doesn't hear someone approach him.

His book gets ripped out of his grasps, a small gasp leaving his lips. He looks to see Yoongi looking at the book.

"I hate this book," Yoongi says, lowering the book from his face, making Taehyung able to see him.

Taehyung gasps, standing up.

"What happen to your face?" Taehyung asks, his hands coming to tend his wounds, but stops when Yoongi freezes.

"Nothing. Got into a fight," Yoongi shrugs, handing the book back to Taehyung. Taehyung takes it and frowns, "Are you alright?"

Yoongi nods, "I am. He isn't, though."

"Yoongi," Taehyung sighed, "why would you get into a fight?"

Yoongi shrugged again, putting his hands in his jacket pocket, "I just didn't like what he was saying," Yoongi says. He sits down and leans against the tree, Taehyung doing the same.

"Oh, well," Taehyung mumbles, "you can't just fight people who you don't agree with."

Yoongi looks over at Taehyung who sat criss cross, and looked at him with somewhat doey eyes. It wasn't so much his looks, but his personality and mannerisms that was identical to his brother. Yoongi was sadden to be around Taehyung since it just reminded him his brother was gone, but at the same time he couldn't stay away. It was like he was here with him for a short amount of time.

"You're right," Yoongi mumbles, a little smile coming through. He didn't feel like explaining that it wasn't a difference of opinion.

Yoongi closed his eyes and leaned against the tree, just pretending that it was his brother sitting beside him.

"Do you want me to put ointment on the cuts?" Taehyung asks, looking over Yoongi's bruised face.

Yoongi opens one eye, "You carry ointment on you?"

Taehyung giggles, "No," he says, "but I have some. I'm familiar with it."

Yoongi nods. He looks over at Taehyung again and his nose crunches up a little. He couldn't imagine Taehyung getting beat. He didn't think someone like him could handle the pain, but from the stories, it looks like he handles it very well.

"How did Ralph almost kill you?" Yoongi asks, suddenly curious. He's talked to Ralph a few times and he has heard him tell lies about that day. He was telling people that Taehyung tried to touch him, so he started to beat him because of that. But Yoongi knew that Ralph was just a horrible excuse of a human being.

Taehyung's hand reaches up towards his neck, "He was choking me."

Yoongi's eyes widen for a second. What the fuck? That's kinda crossing a line, isn't it? That's not a "fight" that attempted murder.

Yoongi frowned, "That's horrible."

Taehyung nodded and swallowed hard, "Umm, y-yeah."

"What's wrong?" Yoongi asks when he notices Taehyung's mood change.

Taehyung shakes his head, "Nothing. It's just... I still have nightmares of that and of my father."

Yoongi understands. He still gets nightmares of his brother getting ran over like a rag doll.

"Maybe you should tell someone in detail what it was like," Yoongi suggests, "it helps you get out everything."

"How would you know?"

Yoongi smirks, "I went to a therapist. I hated it, but it did help."

Taehyung nods, "Okay. Can you be mine?"

Yoongi shrugs, "I guess. Why me though?"

Taehyung sighs and squints in the sunlight, "If I told my boyfriends details they would just do something stupid. Like, go to the jail my dad is at and kill him there."

Yoongi chuckles, making Taehyung smile in surprise, "They are stupid asses."

Taehyung giggles and agrees with him.

Yoongi starts to get up, "Okay, well I guess the park again, huh? This Saturday?"

Taehyung smiles and nods happily, "Thank you so much, Yoongi. I'm glad you decided to be my friend."

"Who said we were friends?"

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The next day at school, Jungkook wanted to walk Tae to class. They were heading towards first period when Jungkook spotted Taehyung's former bully, Ralph, across the hall.

Jungkook airily laughed, "Wow, look at his face! Looks like he got what was coming to him," Jungkook tells Taehyung.

Taehyung looks to were Jungkook pointed and saw Ralph with a beat up and bruised face. It was really bad, and you could tell he was mad about it as he glared at people who looked at him for too long.

When he started to pass Taehyung and Jungkook he saw Taehyung's shocked stare and glared at him.

"You!" He seethed, pointing at Taehyung.

Before Taehyung could ask what he was talking about, Jungkook tugged Taehyung behind him.

"Keep walking before I make your face worse."

Ralph just clenched his cut up fist and continued his way down the hall.

Taehyung was very shocked. He wasn't dump. He can connect the dots. Taehyung just wondered what on earth Ralph said for Yoongi to beat him up that bad.

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HEY HOES

I hope you liked this even though nothing really happened. What do you think is up with Yoongi and Ralphly boy?

Thanks for all the comments, you guys are sweet💜