While I Sleep™ • ✓

12: Fight

Things are worsening with time and everything has fallen pathetic.

The atmosphere at their home has turned dark and vile, and their relation with Jungkook has dropped atrocious-ly (or maybe it's just their thoughts).

They are afraid to confront Jungkook. Very very afraid. Their minds can't process anything and the stinging fact of them (purposely) giving Jungkook a panic attack, makes them feel no lesser than some flagitious tormentors.

Jimin has become stroppy, and Taehyung can't help but curse himself day and night for (forcefully) taking Jimin and Jungkook to the movie a few days ago. Jimin's attitude towards everything has changed drastically and unlike before, Jimin finds it difficult to look at Taehyung without an expression that says 'I should not have believed you'.

Both, Taehyung and Jimin are extremely worried for Jungkook and the abject truth of Jungkook not coming out of his room since the movie night, kills them cruel-ly.

Jungkook has been locked up in his room ever since the movie night, and not even a single sound has been heard from him ever since. Jimin and Taehyung regret going to the theatre few days ago.

The only thing that has kept Jimin and Taehyung still breathing, is that Jungkook is alive and has not yet (hopefully) thought of throwing himself into death's hands. It gives Jimin and Taehyung a little peace of mind when they think that it's not only them who are living in pain, but it is their younger roommate who is facing more pain than them.

Every-time Jimin approaches Jungkook to ask whether he is going to eat or not, he just seems to shake his head in a small 'no' and then softly closes the door to his room.

Jimin can see the grim (here means gloomy) look in Jungkook's eyes every-time he looks at him. Jimin had finally got the chance to discern Jungkook's brown, doe eyes, curve into crescents when he would smile, but that chance has been stolen away from him and he thanks Taehyung for that.

Jungkook has become inexorable and that pierces right through Jimin in an excruciating manner.

The apartment has turned dull and doleful. Taehyung and Jimin have gone down on awkward terms. Taehyung knows he was wrong and a repentance fills him more than needed. Even though Taehyung has found out what causes the loath-ly panic attacks, Taehyung has not yet been given the chance of informing Jimin about it.

Jimin is not ready to listen to Taehyung yet, at least not about the same agenda of Jungkook's godawful panic attacks.

Taehyung is feeling the abject guilt and stress, and frustration has taken over the jolly male.

Jimin feels the stinging arrow pierce right through him whenever he goes to Jungkook's room to call him for any of the meals of the day. Jungkook just rejects the offers and gives a titchy and grim (here grim means gloomy) smile and shuts the door to his room, abandoning himself from the only two people he has learnt to mingle with.

Jimin feels like a vile and cruel tormentor - who has no idea that pain is something that kills people.

Jimin sits on the kitchen island, playing with his coffee mug as he blankly stared at the steam that the coffee produces.

His heart is killing him and he, himself has no idea about what is happening.

"Jimin." A dull voice attracts his attention towards itself.

Jimin's head rises and his eyes - which were till now fallen into sadness - now stiffen and turn harsh and rough. His jaw finds a reason to clench itself and he sits up straight at his presence.

"What?" Jimin spits the word in a harsh way, which causes Taehyung to look at his friend with plea in his eyes for not behaving so rudely. Jimin's tone is barbarous and his expression of ire and disappointment is lucid.

"We need to talk." Taehyung hardens at Jimin's ignorance. It is brutal of Jimin to behave so unbelievably with his childhood friend, but Jungkook has a different effect on Jimin - which causes Jimin to do things in the bad of the mind.

Deep inside, Jimin is conscience-stricken for behaving this way with Taehyung, and he is well aware that Taehyung isn't whole-ly to blame here. But he finds it difficult to completely forgive Taehyung for what happened a few days ago.

"No we don't." Jimin replies stiffly, voice and tone piercing into Taehyung like a rusty, blunt and painful needle.

Taehyung tries to keep his calm and goes further, nearing Jimin while he (Jimin) stands in front of the kitchen counter, packing things up and clearing up the black graphite slab.

"WE.NEED.TO.TALK." Taehyung says again, this time stressing the words harder than before.

Jimin places his hands on the counter as he lets his head hang in irritation. His shoulders relax as he huffs as Taehyung's presence irks him. He turns around, palms still pressed against the black, graphite slab and body leaning on the counter.

Jimin flicks his hair to the side and crosses his arms over his chest, lips twisted while he stares at Taehyung. His ghastly look makes a sudden shiver run down Taehyung's spine.

Taehyung is struck with Jimin's sudden mood change. Taehyung understands what kinds of effect Jungkook has on Jimin because Taehyung's feelings and thoughts towards Jungkook are just as same as Jimin's, but he holds on to his shocked self and says, "I'm sorry."

"For what?" Jimin scoffs. "Purposely causing someone a panic attack? You shouldn't be sorry for that." He says.

Taehyung feels disappointed in Jimin for being so rude right now. Jimin is being extremely immature, and that is not what he is. Jimin is a mature and thoughtful man, who thinks before he speaks and knows what he does. But now, this is not how Jimin is and Taehyung is finding it incomprehensible.

"Jimin, I know things are bad and that I shouldn't have done something like that but stop talking so harshly." Taehyung says, trying his best not to burst out at Jimin.

Jimin sighs, the final realization hitting him in the face.

Taehyung sits on one of the stools of the kitchen island, head dropped in agony. The air is weird and the awkward silence between the two men jeers at them rudely.

"I know I am wrong here..." Taehyung starts, looking up at Jimin. "-but don't be so sadistic. Talk to me, and yell at me if you want, but don't ignore me that way." He says, eyes sombre and conveying a strong sense of plea.

It's hard for Jimin to stay angered by Taehyung. Jimin feels as if he is over-reacting on the subject and that he should just run up to Taehyung and just give him a warm hug.

"Oh just come here." Jimin says, spreading his arms wide, signalling Taehyung for a hug.

Jimin feels like a fool for being angry at Taehyung. Nothing exists in this world that can make Jimin rope-able (in context of Taehyung).

Taehyung smiles widely, the then serious atmosphere cascading into a jolly and lively one.

Jimin and Taehyung hug each other tightly, squeezing each other as if they are some soft and squishy plushies, or some extremely huggable and cuddly soft toys.

"Bro, I'm sorry." Jimin mutters to Taehyung.

"It's okay bro. It's all fine." Taehyung says, reassurance in his voice as both (Jimin and Taehyung's) hearts beat in unison.

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A/n:
Unedited.
What a trash chapter!
I am so pissed off with myself.

What in the bloody hell was I thinking while writing this?

My capacity of writing has flown down the sewers and my (currently) 56 word vocabulary has been paralyzed right now.

I beg your pardon for this trash.

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