𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 [DISCONTINUED]

chapter sixty three

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"I'm here! I'm here."

"Fucking god, he's having trouble staying awake." Taehyung crossed his arms, knitting his brows. "What took you so long?"

Seokjin nervously rubbed the back of his neck. "The reason is outside."

"What?"

The older just sighs. "Jeongguk didn't believe me so..he decided to follow for proof."

Taehyung widen his eyes. "He's here? Why the fuck is he here!?"

"Tae, listen, he doesn't believe me because Namjoon wouldn't just disappear on him, he would tell him. Is that understandable enough?"

"Okay whatever." He rolled his eyes. "Where is he?"

"Outside. He won't enter the place because he remembers it. I made him believe it's abandoned but he still won't enter."

Taehyung crossed his arms. "Fine."

Seokjin turned around and started to walk towards the exit, following Taehyung to the door. When they got to the door, pushing the door open, they both saw Jeongguk pacing back and forth in the same spot since he has been waiting for a bit.

"Jeongguk-ah." Seokjin spoke up.

Jeongguk looked at him and walked up to the older. "(Where is he)?"

"He's in the room. Taehyung told me that he's having trouble staying awake."

Jeongguk curled his brows, looking at the door they just came out of. His hands slowly started to shake, remembering those nightmares he has had for a while. He gulped hard, tightening his fists. He slowly started to walk forward into the building.

"Jeon—"

Taehyung placed a hand on the older's chest, stopping him. "Let him."

"But—"

"He's brave." Taehyung looked at him, interrupting him again. "He'll be fine."

"He won't, he'll start to freak out." Seokjin curled his brows.

"If he does, get him out. For now, he's brave and he'll make it though. It's been four years, Jin-Hyung."

The older nervously sighed. "Fine..let's go in."

Taehyung walked back into the building first, letting the older close the door behind him. They walked through the hallway and went straight to his room, seeing Jeongguk giving Namjoon his medicine, opening up the bottle and giving him a pill.

"Thanks." Namjoon mumbled, grabbing his water bottle and putting the pill in his mouth, taking a drink.

"(Are you going to tell him? Jin-Hyung was going to because Tae couldn't understand us)."

"I don't want to tell him."

"(You have to. Before he finds out himself)."

"I'm scared to."

Taehyung knitted his brows. He decided to stop the conversation. "Namjoonie."

Namjoon turned his head and looked at the boy, slightly gulping. "Hey."

Taehyung bit his bottom lip and walked over to the male, sitting right beside him. Namjoon just swiftly put his arm around the boy, rubbing his arm in comfort. Jeongguk just looked at Taehyung, slightly knitting his brows. He's still not the same. Jeongguk thought.

"Jeongguk-ah, look how different he is~" Namjoon put his other arm around him, slightly squishing him. "His hair is all gone~" He faked frowned, rubbing the boy's head, then down to his scar. "Baby boy's battle scar."

Jeongguk just hummed as a reply.

"Jeongguk." Seokjin spoke up, making the boy look. "Are you okay?"

He nods, putting a small thumbs up.

Taehyung looked at Namjoon. "Namjoonie." He whispered. "I need to talk to you."

"What's wrong?" Namjoon curled his brows.

"When they leave..we'll talk."

"Okay." Namjoon put his arms around the boy, pulling him closer.

"(Hyung. You need to go back home. Now)."

"No." He looked at Taehyung, smiling softly at him. "I want to stay here. With him." Then he looked at Jeongguk, smile fading. "I'm not leaving."

"(Hyung, please)." Jeongguk curled his brows. "(I don't want it getting worse)."

"I don't either but I want to stay here with him. I'm in charge of myself—I'm in charge of you." He knitted his brows.

"(And I'm also your friend)."

Seokjin bit the inside of his cheek. It got serious. He couldn't stay and watch. He's just the help. He stepped back out of the room, wanting to leave. Taehyung can't know the truth. Seokjin's nightmare was that, continuing to back up out of the room.

The thing is, Seokjin has been hiding something from Taehyung since he showed up four years ago. It wasn't about Namjoon or anything. It was about Taehyung of what happened to him when he showed up in this whole situation with his father.

Seokjin quickly vanished.

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