"Jinnie-hyung! How have you been?"
"I've been great, Tae. How are you? You seem... too skinny. Have you been eating? You know you can talk to me, baby."
Taehyung looked down. It was time Jin knew. Before he could chicken out, he shook his head. Blindly, since tears were coming to his eyes, he reached out for Namjoon's hand, whom he gripped for support.
"I just got out of living with mom and dad.."
Jin furrowed his brows. He didn't know that. After moving out, it just seemed like Tae didn't like him and didn't want to talk to him, which made him sad. But as someone who was an up and coming model, along with starting a photography business, he hadn't had a lot of time to worry about personal matters.
But now, he was a part time model, and only accepted few jobs from the most high end offers. His business was booming. Photography was a hard thing to stake a claim in, and individual photographers can never get their work out there very often. So he made a company where he took them under his wing, giving them an office and equipment, and they were hired for various events. All he asked when it came to watermark was that the company watermark was on it, as well as the photographers name in their style. It was much easier to find a great, trustworthy photographers this way as well.
"They.. they never fed me, hardly ever. Only enough to keep me alive. They said I wasn't good enough for a job, a-and hardly let me leave the house!"
Jin's eyes widened. Had this seriously been happening? He felt awful that he hadn't noticed. His littler brother was his favorite person!
He kept speaking.
"I was basically a punching bag. They kept tearing me down, all the time. It was awful. One I graduated, I knew it would get worse since I had no where to go, and Joonie was leaving for college. I couldn't call him, I had no phone, and I couldn't use the house phone. I couldn't mail him either, or I would get hit for using paper and a stamp. One night, though, I had pumped up my confidence and went only the computer and filled out an online application, one I wasn't even qualified for, but I submitted it anyways. I checked back on my school email a few days later and I was accepted, which surprised me, and then I panicked. I didn't know what to wear. None of my clothes at that nice. But when I got there, guess who it was? It was Namjoon. He's stupid. He let me live- no, he forced me to live with him. And he keeps buying me stuff! It's not that I'm not thankful... but... I don't know how to accept them! I've never- I've never gotten gifts.."
He was crying by the time he finished, and Namjoon pulled the small man into his arms, running a hand through his hair, shushing him quietly. Slowly, but surely, he calmed down.
Sniffling, Tae reaches out to grip Jin's hand, "I missed you so much. Like so much. How have you been?"
Jin took in a deep breath, enlightening him on he wonders and horrors of modeling and running a company. Just as he was about to finish a story, Namjoon's office phone started ringing abruptly, causing Taehyung to flinch at the sudden sound.
Namjoon, of course, got up from his office couch, and answered it, putting it on speakerphone.
"Namjoon-hyung~~ tell Tae to come meet me in the lobby! We're going out to dinner. And before you get all grumpy and refuse, stop being a pig and let the boy socialize. It's late, and the office hours are over now. If he's not down here in five minutes, I'm going to have a problem. Okay, see you later, bye~"
Namjoon made a face as he heard the tone signifying that he hung up.
"Jimin. Tch. Alright, I guess, Tae baby. You go on and have fun. I'll see you later tonight."
Taehyung's eyes were wide, but he nodded. He stood up, and gave Seokjin the biggest hug he could manage, and kissed his cheek, "I'll get your number from Joonie. See you, hyung!" He said with a smile, then skipped over to Namjoon, giving him an equally as big hug, and kissed him on the cheek as well.
As the boy left the room, Jin turned to Namjoon with a dark look on his face.
"You like my little brother."
