TWO FOR ONE.

十四

"Jimin." Taehyung called out.

He found Jimin curled up in a corner of their room with his knees brought up to his chest while is hands tugged at his thin, black locks.

"Jimin." He repeated as he closed the door behind himself and advanced towards him.

Jimin slowly lifted his head to make eye contact with Taehyung, and he suddenly begun to shake as violently as he did when he first awoke from his terrorising nightmare of a memory.

"B-baby I'm- I'm sorry... I'm so so-sorry." He mumbled as he fisted his hair, tugging harder than he already was.

Taehyung sunk his teeth into his bottom lip. He knew exactly what Jimin was talking about. It was that night with him. The thought of the terrorising memory made him shiver with disgust as he brought his large his up to his arms and rubbed over them gently to warn himself up.

The worst part of that night for him wasn't what he did to him, but what he did to Jimin and how he caused his mental state to deteriorate at a rapid pace. He made Jimin believe it was his fault he was being used and abused when really, they all knew that it was the fault of one sick person and that sick person alone. He hated what it did to Jimin. He would have night terrors that mostly revolved around that night when he was stressed from trying to cope with all the trauma of what he put them through.

Jimin could regress to deal with his overwhelming emotions but he couldn't allow himself to. He felt that if he did, he would be betraying the promise he made to Taehyung to protect from all and any harm. With him being in little space, he could barely protect himself let alone Taehyung. Even though they had Jeongguk and Seokjin, Jimin's guard was still up as he would never allow himself to become too comfortable with them. After all, the people you least expect to turn on you are the ones who turn on you and flip your world upside down.

That was something both Jimin and Taehyung learnt a very long time ago, and it begun with their parents.

"Jimin baby, come here. Please. Let- let me in so I can be there for you." Taehyung begged with teary eyes.

Jimin could only shake his head vigorously as he still shook hard with his hands tangled in the disheveled mess his black locks had become.

"D-do- don't. I'll- I'll only hurt you." Jimin managed to spit out.

Taehyung sucked in a deep breath and took brave, rash action as he saw it was something he needed to do for himself, but mostly Jimin in his time of need. He crouched down to sit on the floor and engulf Jimin in his long arms. He pulled his boyfriend onto his lap and cradled him like a baby, and rocked them to calm him down before he got himself too worked up and passed out.

"Shhh Jimin-ah. Calm down. W-we're- we're okay. 'Member? He is not here, so- so we'll be fine... just fine."

Jimin was able to calm down in Taehyung's hold and with him muttering words that made him feel so safe, and so secure that he was able to forget about the guilt he felt because of him. Jimin had now stopped shaking and tugging at his hair and instead, his arms were wrapped around Taehyung's neck as he buried his head in the crevice of his boyfriend's neck.

"Tae tae.. I'm sorry..." Jimin rasped.

Taehyung gave a small smile and patted Jimin's back as he pressed a soft kiss to the man's neck.

"No you're not because you don't need to be. Nothing is your fault. We're fine, I'm fine and its all because of you that we're okay. If you weren't so brave and good for the both of us, God knows where we'd be now. I'm so proud and glad to have a boyfriend like you Jimin-ah. You're everything the world needs and more because if you wanted, you could save the world from all of its corruption and chaos and hatred. You could- you could make the world as it once was when God created the Garden of Eden for Adam and Eve without the forbidden fruits. We'd all be pure and happy and full of kindness. We'd have all the qualities and values you have. You're so inspirational Minie. You're amazing, and- and you love me. You love me and I'm the luckiest person in the world to have the antidote to all of the world's problems. You're my saviour, Park Jimin so don't go and doubt yourself because all the bad things that have happened to us are not your fault. O-okay? They're not..."

"I'm sorry-"

Taehyung placed his hand on Jimin's thigh and squeezed to cut him off. "And stop apologising. You don't need to. Not ever."

Jimin could only nod into Taehyung's warm neck.

"I- I love you Taehyung. Thank you for- for being the light of m-my world." He spoke with a small smile playing on his lips before he sniffled a few times.

"I'll always be your light. But, you should try to be your own light Minie. I know you can. You're so brave, and smart and capable of doing so. I believe in you."

Jimin lifted his head from Taehyung's neck and stared him in his eyes with his wet, red and puffy eyes.

"Then I want you to be your light."

Taehyung nodded. "Lets agree to be each other's light as long as we're our own. Do you- do you think we could do that?"

Jimin gave a small smile. "I think we could be."

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at the part where taehyung said i'll always be your light, promise just begun to play

& listen yh, if i could i would've been crying the fattest, ugliest tears