Hotel? Taehyung.

Epilogue

Taehyung went inside the dorm and could immediately smell a familiar smell.

Jin hyung's cooking.

"I'm home~" he said as he took off his shoes and wore slippers, a very common thing to do there in Korea.

"Oh Taehyung-a, back already?" Hoseok was the first to greet him. He gave him a small smile and mumbled "hmmm" while sitting on the sofa and putting all his luggages aside.

He felt exhausted, his back and feet were aching. He looked around, the place did feel familiar to him but there was just somethimg missing. He sighed internally.

This was his home right? But why did he feel so much emptiness? As he was silently wondering in his thoughts, Hoseok, being the angel he was, knew exactly what to do. He sat beside him on the couch and slowly pat his back. Trying his level best to comfort him. Though he knew too well that nothing he did would remove the pain, he still tried.

"It's okay Taehyung, this is how the life of an idol is. I'm sure you'll f—" just as he was about to finish his sentence someone interrupted him, it was Jin, coming out with a spatula in his hands.

"Oh! Taehyung, when did you reach here? And why didn't you tell me you were coming home? I could've made something delicious for you." He said as he approached them. As Jin was still wearing an apron, and at that Taehyung realised how close they were. How he knew, that he was the one cooking. He felt lucky, lucky to have such great friends like them. But he also felt selfish.

Why? Because he just wasn't happy with what he had, he wanted more, wanted more than the idol life he's been living.

As Jin talked rather loudly, the others heard that Taehyung was back and began coming out of their rooms one by one.
Soon they were complete again, the seven of them, also known as BTS.

'But why?' Taehyung wondered. 'Why does it feel like someone is missing? Like a piece of my heart is still missing. Like I still have so much to do but I'm supressed.'

Soon the room was filled with something they haven't felt in a long time. Awkwardness.

No one, even Namjoon was able to strike up a conversation. Not because they grew apart or anything, but because none of them were able to bring out the topic.

About her.

Jimin noticed the silence and finally couldn't take it anymore so he decided to speak. "So Tae, did you buy me anything? Like some Paris souvenirs." he showed Taehyung his world renowned eye smile and also sat beside him.

At that, the mood brightened up a bit and Jin decided to speak again.

"If you bought something for Jimin, then I expect sometging as well." He said as he crossed his arms. Looking like a typical pissed mom with the apron.

Taehyung scrached his head, realising that he had not bought anything for his hyungs and Jungkook."Sorry guys, I was so caught up with the whole situation that I forgot." he looked down at his feet and sighed. He felt bad for forgetting about them.

"What!? How coud you forget a face like th—" before Jin was able to finish his bragging and nagging. Namjoon came a bit front and pat Taehyung's right shoulder.

"Taehyung-a, if you want to talk about it, we're always here. You know that right?" He said in a very calm tone.

Taehyung stood up immediately and all their eyes were on him. He thought about it for a second.

"Guys, I'm feeling a bit tired so I'm heading up to my room to wash up." With that he walked past them slowly walked up the stairs.

The members, noticing that he didn't want to talk about it at that moment, didn't say anything and just watched him leave.

When they thought he was already in his room, they began to sigh. But little did they know, Taehyung was able to hear everthing as he was still outside his room.

"He looked pretty tired, like he had huge eye bags under his eyes." He heard Yoongi saying.

"Should I go check on him again?" Now it was Jungkook. Even he was worried about his hyung, who was always so cheerful and bright.

"I don't think that's a good idea Jungkook. I think he needs some time alone." Namjoon said. "I'll call Pd nim tonight and ask him if we can cancel some of our schedules for this week. He needs some rest for now."

Taehyung felt useless. He felt like a burden. But most of all he felt guilty.

He thought all he gave his members was a hard time when all of them were being so supportive of him. Supportive of them. He couldn't believe he blew it up. Just like Hyungsik had told him.

You're still not capable of dating and handling a relationship.

Taehyung kept thinking about that sentence. His hyung was right, he still wasn't mature enough to handle a relationship. He layed in bed after a long flight and a long day. But he still wasn't able to sleep. One question kept on repeating in his mind which was

'If I weren't an idol, do you think we could've pulled it off... Jinju?'

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This fanfiction was written in celebration of Taehyung's 23nd birthday. Happy birthday Taehyungie💜 May you live long and prosper in everything you do

-thlathlai