VENGEANCE

25. Spilling a few beans

"Three bottles of beer, please. Strong ones" Yoongi ordered as he sat on a bar stool in one of the bars close to his apartment. "Here you go, sir" the bartender placed the bottles and a glass in front of Yoongi. 

"I don't need the glass" Yoongi said, drinking directly from the bottle. He looked around for a while before downing the first bottle and a half of the second one. 

He was getting sick of all the couples around him. He downed the second bottle as well and decided to go back home and finish the third one. 

He got up and stumbled as he walked out of the bar with the third bottle. 

"Sir!! You did not pay for the bottles!" one of the workers ran after him. "Huh?" he asked. "Payment! You are supposed to pay for the bottles" the worker explained. "For what?" Yoongi slurred. "For the bottles" the worker said again. "Huh?" Yoongi said and looked at the bottle he was holding. 

He then looked back up at the worker and back at his bottle again. He pointed to the bottle and then at the worker, and finally understood that he was supposed to pay for the beer. 

"How much?" he asked. "30 dollars" the man said. Yoongi reached into his pocket and managed to pull out his wallet, but he couldn't concentrate enough to bring out the money required. He struggled for a while before the worker offered to help him. 

"Sir, I advice you to stop drinking. You already drank two of those bottles and they are really very strong. You won't be able to reach home at this rate" the worker said as he took the money and put the wallet back in his pocket. 

Yoongi simply lifted his hand at the worker as a gesture of 'good night' and walked away, stumbling all the way to the entrance of his apartment. 

He sat down at the entrance of the stairs and downed the other bottle as well. "Ahh, m-my lifffffee ss-ssuckss" he slurred as he laid back and started mumbling incoherently about his 'strange life and strange friends'.

"Ohh! That's Yoongi hyung! What the hell is he doing over there?" Taehyung asked. The three of them were walking back from the cafe when they saw Yoongi sitting on the stairs. 

"Yoongi hyung! What are you doing? Wake up! Oh god, he is shit drunk! Now what?" Jimin asked. "What is he saying?" Jungkook asked as the three of them bent closer to understand what he was mumbling.

"B-Best ffffrien'......my fffoot......noooo one kame......aaaaaall alone in jail......n-no one......lonnnely.....n-nobody in liffffe........hurtsss....." Jungkook looked up at the other two with tears in his eyes.

"I'll take him to his flat. You guys go on" he said. 

"You sure? Don't you need help?" Taehyung asked. 

"No, it's fine. You guys go" Jungkook said, lifting Yoongi and placing one of Yoongi's arms around his shoulder and holding it tightly, while placing one of his arms around Yoongi's waist. "Let's go, hyung" Jungkook said and took him to his flat. 

It wasn't an easy task as Yoongi literally put zero effort in walking. "I don' wan'  ss-sssleep......b-bad dreams..." Yoongi slurred. 

Jungkook felt bad for Yoongi. "Let's sleep together, then" he said, but did not receive any reply. "There you go. I'll inform the guys and be right back, okay?" Jungkook said, helping Yoongi onto the couch. 

Yoongi simply nodded and Jungkook ran to his flat to inform them that he would be sleeping with Yoongi for the night. 

Jungkook heard sniffles as he walked back into Yoongi's apartment. "Hyung? Hyung! Why are you crying?" Jungkook asked, frowning at him. Yoongi flinched at his voice. "P-Please don' hit m-me" he stuttered.  

"Why would I hit you, hyung? Get back to your senses! I would never hit you!" Jungkook said, not understanding why Yoongi was talking like that. He tried to shake Yoongi's shoulders. "N-No! I am ss-sssorry. P-Please leavvve me alone. Pleasssse! D-Don't hit me!" Yoongi suddenly cowered on the couch, crying his eyes out. 

"Hyung! What's wrong with you? Why would I hit you?" Jungkook asked, slightly panicking. He reached out to slap Yoongi's face, hoping that it would sober him up a bit. Thankfully, it did. Enough for Yoongi to realize where he was and what he was doing.

Tears welled up in his eyes as he apologized to Jungkook. "Hyung! Stop! It's okay! You didn't do anything wr-......I mean, it's okay, please stop crying" Jungkook said and hugged Yoongi tightly. 

"He was the guard to my prison. They put me in a separate prison, without any other inmates. And he was my guard. And he tortured me everyday for killing his daughter. I couldn't do anything but apologize. He kept hitting me, whipping me and none of the officials cared about the abuse either.

 And I thought Namjoon was my best friend. He didn't come even once. He simply ran away. I would have slowly forgiven him if he came and visited me in the jail. 

But he didn't do it. I was completely alone. Even my parents abandoned me. I had no one in this world. Except for my anger. That was the only thing left with me. And the strong desire to kill him" Yoongi said without breaking the hug. 

Jungkook didn't know what to say and so he silently patted him and let him talk. Yoongi suddenly broke out of the hug and took his shirt off. "This is just a fifth of what he did to me" he said, showing the scars on his torso. 

Tears ran down Jungkook's face as he reached out to feel those scars. "The old ones faded away a long time ago" Yoongi said with a lump in his throat. 

"Why are you telling me about what happened?" Jungkook asked. "Because I want to believe you. I told myself that I don't need friends anymore, but it hurts. It hurts a lot to be lonely" Yoongi said, crying again. 

"It's okay, hyung! It's okay. I am there for you" Jungkook said as he hugged him again. "Can I tell the others about what you told me?" Jungkook asked. "Your wish" Yoongi replied. "Let's sleep" Jungkook said. "Okay" Yoongi said and both of them went to sleep.