Everything happened too fast, much to Jeongguk's liking. Just a minute ago, he was enjoying the conversation he and Jimin were having, and now, he's got his phone pressed to his ear with a crying Taehyung on the other side of the line. The latter's voice was shaking and Jeongguk knows it was so close to breaking, and that's enough to make him anxious. He couldn't understand what Taehyung was rambling at first because the words were overlapped by hiccups.
"Baby, calm down. Take a deeb breath for me, yeah? I can't understand you if you'll continue to be like this," Jeongguk says softly, hoping that his voice could sooth out Taehyung's distress.
The line went silent for a while and Jeongguk was then met by Taehyung's steady breathing.
"Tae? You there, baby?" He asks cautiously. He takes a glance at Jimin who was also looking at him with concern.
"G-gukkie..."
"Did something happen?" Jeongguk asks too soon, and he really wish he hadn't.
"Storm... Jieun took Storm away... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," Taehyung chants like a mantra. For a split second, Jeongguk couldn't hear a thing but the loud thrumming of his veins and his beating heart. It's as if all the blood in his body had been drained out of his system, the device slipping out of his fingers. Jimin was quick enough to act and catches the phone out of Jeongguk's grasp. He tranfers seat, and he's much closer now.
"Guk? What happened? You're scaring me," Jimin says, hands trailing on Jeongguk's back. He starts rubbing small circles on it, in attempt to calm the younger down.
Instead of receiving an answer, Jeongguk snatches his phone away from Jimin, and the older's eyes widen in horror and disbelief when the words tumble out from Jeongguk's lips.
"I fucking entrusted my son to you and you fucking tell me this?" Jeongguk's tone was harsh. Jimin would understand if Jeongguk does this to someone else, but to Taehyung? Hell no.
"Guk, ple-please let me explain. I-I didn't know that this would ha-happen," Jimin hears a bit from Taehyung. The latter was trying his best to sound clear despite the sobs he was holding at the back of his throat.
"Of course you didn't! Of fucking course!"
"Jeongguk, calm down. Don't say mean things to Taehyung!" Jimin can't help but interfere. Jeongguk just looks at him like he's grown an extra head.
"How can you expect me to calm down when he fucking lost my son?! Jieun has him, Chim! God knows what that bitch might do to him!" Jeongguk was out of control. His language, his clenched fists, his aura... it isn't him.
"Guk, this isn't Taehyung's fault. If he knew that things will turn out to be this way, he had probably protected Storm from Jieun. Taehyung loves you and Storm. He would do anything just to keep you and your son safe!" Jimin argues, tries coaxing him, but to no avail.
"If anything happens to my son, I swear to fucking God I-"
"You swear to God what, Jeongguk?"
And Jimin instantly regrets asking.
"I swear to God I'll never forgive him."
Was all he ever replied before standing up and walking towards the door of the restaurant. But before he could even go out, Jimin catches up to him, grabs his wrist, and says,
"If you blame him, if you fucking think that this was all Taehyung's fault, you will lose him."
Jeongguk's eyes were dull.
"So then be it."
"You'll regret this, Guk. Trust me, you will," Jimin whispers, fingers slowly unwrapping its hold on Jeongguk's wrist.
The younger doesn't listen to him though, now running away towards his car. A part of Jimin hopes that the younger didn't mean to say those words to Taehyung... but knowing his best friend? All hope instantly shatters before it could even form.
Jieun
Today at 13:23
WHERE DID YOU TAKE HIM?
WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU TAKE MY SON?!
Well hello there, Jeonggukie
Nice hearing from you
Did you miss me?
Because I surely missed you
SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH
I DONT HAVE TIME TO PLAY WITH YOUR STUPID GAMES
Aww is Jeonggukie mad?
I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD I WILL KILL YOU THE MOMENT I SEE YOU
I DON'T FUCKING CARE IF YOU'RE A GIRL
IF YOU HURT MY SON, I WILL HURT YOU TWICE AS MUCH
No
No you won't because if you do, Storm will suffer
Now you don't want that to happen do you?
Fuck
FUCK YOU
Don't you dare touch him!
Look at you
All pliant
Like a dog wagging his tail for his master
What do you fucking want, Jieun?
Why did you ever come back?
I want to be part of your lives again, Gukkie
Is that too hard to comprehend?
I'm ready to become a mom now
Won't you give me a chance?
You're crazy
You're fucking crazy
Mhm maybe I am
Now will you be a good boy and do what I would tell you to do?
I am not your fucking puppet!
Hm
What if...
I take Storm away from you
Forever?
YOU WOULDNT DARE
But I WOULD 😉
Just please
Please give me my son back
Please
Break up with Taehyung
No.
Fuck
No
Leave him and come back to me
We'll start anew, Jeonggukie.
Me, Storm and You
Just the three of us
We'll build our own family just like what you dreamt of when we were still young
You'd still want that right?
You'd still want me?
FUCK OFF
YOU FUCKING NEED HELP
I don't
Remember what happens when you reject my offer, Gukkie
Storm suffers
FUCK YOU
I FUCKING HATE YOU SO MUCH
If you're done throwing tantrums and have decided to return to me, I'll send you my location.
Bye, gukkie ☺️
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Randomㅡ taehyung is a daycare teacher who loves taking care of little kids so much, when in fact, he's a 'little' himself. then there's jeongguk, a single dad who's not as straight as he thinks he is. disclaimer: i do not own the pictures (esp. the ones...
