Sacrifices (vkook)

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"Eomma has to tell you something Tae."

I already knew whatever it was couldn't be good, there was never anything good coming from Eomma or Appa anymore.

"What's wrong Eomma?" I ask anyway.

"You do understand that what Appa does to us, Tae, it isn't right. He shouldn't do those things. Do you understand? We don't deserve it." She says, I'm so used to seeing her tears that they don't scare me anymore.

I nod rubbing my arm, Appa just got upset again, but he didn't take all the anger out on Eomma, he gave me some too.

"Eomma's leaving, Tae." She says making me look up at her.

"We're leaving?" I ask, hope flooding through me, are we really leaving Appa?

"No, Eomma is leaving." She says making my spirit drop again. "But, but Eomma promises to come back for you, Tae. After I find a nice job and a nice place for the both of us, Eomma will come back for you."

I swallow the tears forming and look away. "Where is Eomma going?"

"Um...t-to Seoul. You remember Seoul? The place in our book?" Eomma asks brushing my hair down with her hand. "That's where I'm going, Taeby."

I frown at the nickname. "Don't call me that."

Eomma smiles and nods. "I'm going to Seoul, baby. And I'm gonna start a life for us, okay? Everything will be so much better then."

I nod holding out my pinky. "Promise to come back?"

She links her pinky with mine. "I promise."

I lean forward and hug her, my side and my arm hurting but I don't care.

"You can never tell Appa where I'm going, do you understand?"

"I understand. I'll wait for you, Eomma. I'll hold on tight until you come back."

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Taehyung opens his eyes, tears staining his cheeks.

He sits up in bed with a frown on his face as he wipes his eyes.

Dreams of the past have been coming to him more often, especially dreams of his mother.

Her face was blurry in them making him realize he barely remembered the woman's face at all.

He tries to shake the thought as he climbs out of bed to get some water.

"What's wrong?" Jungkook asks, still half asleep.

Taehyung pats his back to say he's fine before continuing out of the room and down the stairs.

Despite the dreams no longer scaring him so much they still made his heart ache at the remembrance of his mother.