baby shoes
Authour: WordLocker
Retrieved from: Ao3
Words: 5089
Ship: Jimin × Taehyung
Summary:
Everyone kind of expects me to have a baby together some day. taking a break and separating once they learned about the pregnancy? not so much.
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Taehyung remembers vividly the day he first met Jimin - almost as clearly as the day he realized he had fallen in love with him.
When Taehyung first met Jimin - the love of his life, Jimin - he had the exact same expression right now. Only back then it was directed at an asshole who had blurted out something horribly degrading about carriers and what they were "good for". Back then it was not directed at Taehyung.
What's terrible is the dawning feeling of how much he deserves this right now; for indirectly implying that the pregnancy is a mistake, and a mistake on Jimin's part, no less. Taehyung feels his throat closing up as Jimin stares at him, wordless, for what feels like a century.
When he does break the silence, it tears at Taehyung's insides instantly. "I think I need to see you right now."
Taehyung reaches out, and Jimin flinches, his expression morphing into nothingness, which breaks Taehyung's heart even more. "Jimin, I-"
"Clearly we need time apart, so I'm going to stay away," Jimin continues, eyes welling up slowly.
"Jim, please. I did not mean- "
"But you said it, Taehyung. You said that to me. "
Jimin has not called him in full name in years. Taehyung tries reaching out again and Jimin steps back, taking Taehyung's breath with him.
It takes Jeongguk asking him what he's doing and curled up in the foyer on the floor for him to realize Jimin's left for nearly two hours.
And it's been two hours since Taehyung's been crying, his voice shredded raw and his eyes swollen shut, with no one to blame but himself.
*
taehyung
12:48 am
pls let me know if you're alright
jimin, please
jimin
5:35 am
i'm with yoongi hyung
*
Taehyung ducks his head yet he can still feel the weight of Seokjin's glare from across the table. Namjoon seems to notice, and pats him lightly on the back.
“I swear to god, hyung,” Taehyung says, almost choking up again. “I didn’t mean to hurt him. I regret everything I said immediately.”
Seokjin doesn’t even blink. “I seriously don’t think it’s me you should tell that to, Taehyung.”
“I’ve been trying, hyung! He wouldn’t listen to me.”
