𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐰𝐨𝐬

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Taehyung watched Jeongguk leave his shop, his smile falling flat when the said twin was nowhere to be seen anymore. He sighed, taking his hand and rubbing it over his chest. He didn't expect to see his ex-boyfriend here in Daegu.

He sucked in a sharp breath, bringing his hands to run through his hair. "Jesus . . ." He muttered.

Taehyung felt a bit of pain lace his chest, trying not to be upset about it but he was. He wanted to seem strong; appear unbothered, but it was killing him seeing the twin the way he did.

He shook it off, deciding he needed to get some fresh air after the incident.

Taehyung left his shop and locked the door, putting a 'Will be Back Soon' sign to anyone who passed by. Not that many showed up but he wasn't too sure how long he would be out for.

It was twenty minutes of walking and the young adult had no motivation on returning to his shop just yet, wanting to continue walking even if he were just walking around the block multiple times. He shoved his hands into his pockets as he strolled with his head down, counting the leaves that flew to the ground to distract himself.

Taehyung hummed a soft tune, a weakened smile crawling over his lips.

As some readers may have predicted, Taehyung's shoulder bumped into someone, making him turn to apologize until his eyes met someone certain.

Jimin stared back at Taehyung, lips parted and eyes widened. He, Yoongi, and Hoseok were on their way to get to their car to go to Busan but that was cut short when they seen each other.

Jimin's and Taehyung's eyes didn't go anywhere else by each other, they were both stunned to see one another.

"Why did you block my number?" Jimin asked, cutting right to what everyone wanted to know. "Why did you leave? Why did you ignore us all?" He straighten his posture, tilting his head ever so slightly to the left.

". . ." Taehyung shook his head. "I-I'm not ready to talk about it." He breathed out, barely audible.

"Why? Why aren't you ready to talk about it? Did something happen?" Jimin inquired and stepped forward, blocking anything Yoongi and Hoseok had to say.

"No, nothing happened." He replied.

"I want to know what I did for you to shut me away, Taehyung." Another step was taken.

Taehyung shook his head again. "I said when I'm ready to talk."

"You should be ready right now. Surely you knew this time would come, what's with the sudden bite of tongue? You had plenty of years to think about it and prepare your excuses."

"I'm a little stressed right now."

"And I'm not?" Jimin narrowed his brows, pinching them together. He let out a shaky breath. "Do you know how . . . Angry everyone is at you?"

"Jimin," Hoseok grabbed Jimin's wrist but the younger swatted him off, his attention fully on Taehyung currently.

"No." Taehyung averted his gaze.

"Do you know how upset we are?"

"No."

"Do you know how heartbroken Jeongguk was when he told us he ran into you?" Jimin retorted, a look of rage on his pretty face. He was angered, enraged and wanted to know why he was ghosted.

"Jimin, we need to leave. You can do this another time when you come back to Daegu." Yoongi said but Jimin ignored him.

"Taehyung, I'm not as upset as the twins are and I'm not holding that much anger, I just fail to see why I was shunned away, why you stopped talking to me after everything. It hurts, you know? It really hurts and I'm not quite sure you understand that."

"Hyung," Taehyung let out. "I will tell you everything but you have a long ride ahead of you." He said, opening his arms out. "So, why don't you hug it out with me and hurry before you're late?"

Jimin almost didn't want to take up on the offer but he wanted a hug. He sighed, walking close and wrapping his arms around Taehyung who gave him a light squeeze.

The hug made memories flash in both of their heads, the good days high school brought them and their strong friendship. The hug got tighter but Taehyung pulled away first.

"I have places to go," he said to Jimin, pulling his little business card out that was for his gift shop, handing it over secretly. "I'll answer." Taehyung whispered softly as he added and turned his back to the three who were all pretty dumbfounded.

Jimin watched Taehyung for a second before he looked down at the card. His eyes opened wide. The card held Taehyung's phone number and email and everything a card would have. He shoved the card into his pocket and faced his attention to Hoseok and Yoongi who's eyes still followed the younger.

"Well, do we tell the rest of the group that we saw him?" Hoseok inquired. "Because last time we didn't, I got gripped up. I'm not trying to start a fight this early." He added on, taking a glance at Yoongi and Jimin who both still looked baffled.

Yoongi decided to speak. "Um, I mean, we don't have to. What are the chances of Taehyung going to Busan and saying something about seeing us again?" He asked. "I think this time we should keep this one to ourselves and hope for the best."

"Regardless," Jimin started, giving the two his attention. "We should start going, Namjoon and them already left a bit a go. We don't need them questioning why we were so far back." He said and began walking to the vehicle. "And, if anything, we'll say traffic caught up with us."

The couple followed, Hoseok getting in the driver seat and Yoongi getting in on the passenger side. That meant that Jimin would sit in the back but no one complained.

On the other hand, Taehyung was a bit overwhelmed. He didn't intend or plan on seeing anyone from high school. He had his new group of friends, he had a job and a life, he was doing just fine without them and personally didn't want to meet up or keep the contact.

However, seeing them, or most of them, really helped him notice how much his heart was aching.

Taehyung shook off the feeling, running his fingers through his hair and sucking in a large breath. He could feel his heart pound a bit calmer than what it had been doing when he saw Jeongguk and the other three.

Taehyung did in fact wonder how they all were doing, he wasn't heartless by any means, he just figured most things don't last forever. He wasn't ready to confront why he did what he did, he didn't want to express it just yet and didn't want to be pestered about it.

Yes, they all deserved explanations but Taehyung wasn't ready to give them all one just yet. There were just some things he didn't want to face just yet.

One of those things were the Jeon Twins. He didn't feel the courage of actually coming face-to-face with them; not wanting to look them in the eye. He also rather it this way; keeping his distance.

     Beyond that, he internally was a bit joyous seeing Jimin. Not so much Jeongguk because it was harsh and mean but he didn't expect any less and didn't really care. Hopefully he could fix things. That, or they just all never talk to him again.

He thought that either or, he would do just fine. Taehyung didn't care.

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I'm sorry! A bit of a short chapter and it's a bit sloppy but I needed this scene to happen so other drama could start!

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