𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙨 ; 𝙩𝙖𝙚𝙠𝙤𝙤𝙠 [ON HOLD]

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲

tags: kinda angsty, tae is pretty hurt :(, jk is hurting too tho :(, these two are just so emotionally constipated istg, yoonmin are the type of friends that we all need.

the plot thickens
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"Jeon Jeongguk, what did I tell you about your manners?"

The child shifts on his feet, head hanging low with his eyes trained on the floor. He just can't look up at his mother right now, not with the way that she's looking right at him.

His mother may be scolding him with a calm and steady voice, yet he knows that her eyes will say otherwise. Jeongguk has always loved his mother. She has pretty eyes and smooth skin, a soft voice that lulls him to sleep and comforts him on bad days.

She's the best mom in Jeongguk's eyes.

But she can also be really really scary if she wants to be.

Like how she is today, when Jeongguk's middle school teacher had told her about her son's bad behavior at school. Well, he wasn't bad per se, he was just pointedly very... uncivil with a certain kid that he always teased with and picked on.

A certain Kim Taehyung.

"Jeongguk." His mother says sternly.

"M-Manners cost n-nothing, but m-means everything." The kid stutters, pouting and balancing himself on his heels.

He hears his mother sigh, crouching down infront of him as she gently holds his face to look up. Jeongguk obeys, sees his mother's eyes soften at him, although there's a trace of disappointment that shines in those orbs.

"We've gone through this enough times for you to understand that already. You know that Eomma doesn't like scolding her baby, right?" She asks softly, to which Jeongguk nods to, eyes wide.

"So, you shouldn't behave so poorly, you shouldn't go around teasing and picking on other kids. That's only what bad boys do, that will soon become bad men in the future. Do you want to be a bad person, Jeongguk-ah?"

He shakes his head instantly, eyes sad.

"Then you should treat other people with respect, always. No matter where they're from. No matter who they are. No matter what rank they may be. Everyone should respect everyone." She adds, hugging him closely when Jeongguk starts to sniffle.

That day, when he was still a little child, Jeongguk vowed to himself to never let others down. Especially his mother.

Because he still vividly remembers how disappointment shined in her eyes, how bad he had felt knowing it was directed towards him.

He hated that look.

Which is mostly why he has his head in his hands right now, pressing the heel of his palms onto his eyelids until dots and splotches of white appeared in his vision, resting his elbows on his knees as the memory replays in his mind.

Because he's seen that same look on Taehyung's face in his nightmare.

Although his current hangover is begging for him to lay back down and rest, the heavy feeling in his chest screams louder compared to the dull ache in his head.

He awoken with a startle from a horrid nightmare, where he and Taehyung had an argument, causing his roommate to flee with tears in his eyes. A scene that which pained Jeongguk's heart, waking him up instantly.