SEVEN SOULS [Discontinued]

[Chapter 13]

"He got into a fight."

Namjoon eyed the younger in front of him, hearing Seokjin's answer to his question. Taehyung's head lowered, looking at his fidgeting fingers, feeling Namjoon's stare burned a hole through his head. The leader had caught Taehyung who was walking towards the kitchen when the leader had just arrived from his school, noticing the bruises and cuts on his face and arms.

"Are you crazy?" Was the first thing that Namjoon said after that. Taehyung shivered, lowering his head even more. "Were you even thinking? Wanna bring another disaster to the group?"

It wasn't a secret for all of them. If someone in the group got into trouble, it would threaten their position in Bang PD's eyes. They already had a hard time covering the commotion between Yoongi and Jungkook, the one when the oldest rapper hurt the maknae. They couldn't come up with anything anymore if one of them got into trouble again.

"You're not just gonna ruin our group's reputation, but also the agency's!" Namjoon scolded him. "Do you want that to happen? Do you want to destroy us?!"

Taehyung shook his head, shifting his weight between his feet.

"They why did you do it?" Namjoon asked him, crossing his arms on his chest, trying to hold back his anger. "We already had a hard time trying to cover up what Yoongi hyung did to Jungkook, we don't need any addition, thank you so much."

Taeyung shifted uncomfortably. He really wanted to tell them the real reason behind the unintentional fight that he got himself into, but Namjoon's harsh words and tone, along with Seokjin's cold demeanour were enough to shut his lips tight.

"Answer me, Kim Taehyung!" Namjoon's voice went up an octave, watching as Taeyung flinched by his voice. "Answer me!"

Taehyung gripped the hem of his shirt tightly, trying to form a word. He had no idea what to say. He had his reason, yes, he had his reason for creating such a scene in the locker room earlier before the lunch break. But somehow, Namjoon's words had sewed his lips tightly with fear, afraid that his reason would cause another string of painful words from the leader.

"What's his school give him?" Namjoon asked the oldest without breaking his eyes from Taehyung.

Seokjin sighed, running his hand on his hair. "He got suspended for a week."

"What?!" Namjoon snapped his head towards Seokjin, his eyes grew wider. "What the- dammit- how bad was- Kim Taehyung! What did you do?!"

Taehyung flinched again as he took a step back. He was frightened. Yes, it wasn't his first time seeing Namjoon mad, but it was his first time to be the reason.

"Answer me!" Namjoon raised his voice again, but Taehyung wasn't able to form a word. He was scared, his knees were about to give up, his chest and throat tightened, his palms got clammy.

"Fucking answer me, Kim Taehyung!" Namjoon wasn't that calm anymore, he was mid-yelling. His voice rang through the halls, slipping into the small crack of every door in the room and certainly reached the other members' ears.

Taehyung's body shook silently, it went noticed by the oldest. He shifted his eyes to the leader, looking at the way Namjoon's jaw clenched as he stared at Taehyung's head. Yes, he was mad at what the younger did, but something inside him was trying to tell him that Taehyung had his reason.

Taehyung had always been the kindest and purest kid he had ever met. He knew by heart that Taehyung won't do anything to hurt people on purpose. He was about to tell Namjoon to calm himself a bit and talk with the cold head when Namjoon spoke up. "Go to your room."

Taehyung nodded his head weakly, but Namjoon grabbed his upper arms harshly when he took the first step. "And bring all of your game to me. You're not allowed to play with it."