I See You (kth)

Chapter 13

Taehyung's pov

17.... 18.... 19.... 20 beads. I held my mother's favorite chain in both of my hands and closed my eyes, the image of her wearing the chain flashing behind my lids. She always wore this chain, never taking it off even for a single moment. But that day, I found her chain in my backpack. Was this chain something like her good luck charm? Would she have not suffered such a tragic end if she had worn this chain? These thoughts always occupied my mind whenever I saw this chain she treasured.

"Mom, it's really hard for me to cope up right now. How can father forget that I am still a young boy? Is it because of your absence that he had turned into someone I can't even recognise? If I run too fast, I might break. Why is my world too fast? Even Yoongi hyung loaths me. Everyone hates me." I took a deep breath and blinked away my tears.

"Father doesn't even see me as his son anymore, mom." I said, remembering the conversation I had with father.

(flashback begins)

"Stay here" I said to Jae Rin and entered the room leading to my biggest fear. As expected, he came in a business attire. Perfect in every nook and corner, not even a single misfold in any part of his suit. Not even a single hair out of place. A man who everyone dreams to be like. Yet, he is my biggest fear. He has changed ever since mom died. All the happines along with the crinkle of his eyes whenever he smiles.... all gone, buried in the depths of his soul. Now all that remains is a stranger who calls himself my father, seems more like a mentor in a work place.

"How have you been son?" just formalities it is, making me nervous with what he has planned to do this time to make my life more miserable. "Good, father" I replied, not expressing any emotions in my voice. "You have been doing well in college I hope." he said, not a question with a 'no' as an answer. "Yes father" I kept my blank face steady. "Let me get to the point Taehyung" he said, intertwining his fingers and bringing them forward to rest his chin in them.

I didn't dare interupt so he continued "I want you to take over the company after me. My secretary will provide you with all the training you need after I finish my business trip."

My blank face gave away as I processed this in my head. "B-but father, I just entered college." I said. My lungs refused to take in air as his eyes locked with mine "I know Taehyung. You can keep going to your college till your training begins. But after that I'm afraid you might have to drop your studies."

No. This is NOT happening! It's the only place where I can be free!

"Father please. We can talk about this with Yoongi hyung and-"

"DON'T EVEN UTTER HIS NAME BEFORE ME TAEHYUNG" I flinched, hearing him raise his voice like that. "You are taking over the company and that is my final decision." he said sternly. I opened my mouth to oppose him but was stopped when he held one his hand up saying "I should get going now. You may leave."

I got up and bowed, turning to leave this hell for now. "And Taehyung. Don't dissapoint me" he said as I left saying "Yes father".

(flashback ends)

Crack

I snapped from my thoughts and realized that I was gripping the chain too tight. No no no. It cracked! I held the cracked dollar in my hand and hoped that it didn't break completely. Shit. One of piece slipped and fell to the ground.

My hands fumbled under the desk till I found the other half. Sighing in relief, I bought it up and looked at it closely. Something white was sticking out from the half I retrieved from the ground. A small paper I figured.

Taking it out cautiously, I opened it to see four numbers written in a rush with a pen. It took me awhile to figure out the numbers but I made it out at last.

5979

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Jae Rin's pov

"Jae Rin-ah! Get down here and help me clean all the mess in this house!" my mother's voice bellowed from downstairs. According to her, I came home during a small 'break' from my training. Actually it was Taehyung who told me to go on a break. I can't blame him, I felt like he would need some time alone after the encounter with his brother. "Yes ma, I'm coming" I headed downstairs to see my mom dusting the store room.

"Jae Rin-ah can you clean your father's room? I'll take care of this store room." she said with a sad smile on her face. "Sure mom" I said, heading upstairs again, taking a stick duster on my way. Mom has always been too sensitive when it comes to dad. I always remember the times when she would breakdown, crying whenever she was reminded of dad.

The door opened with a creak and I stepped inside the room. Nothing special. Just books decorating one side of his room, with a large table in the middle. I started dusting the place from one corner to the other.

Why do cobwebs form so soon? I sighed and dusted the rack at the top. Ow what? I moved away as a pile of papers and small books fell from the top rack. Ah today really is a bad day for me.

I bent down to take the books and arranged them back. I took the papers and sorted them out when I came across some photos. Him and his colleagues smiled back at me from the photo. I brushed my fingers against the part my father occupied in the photo. I flipped them and took a look at the other pictures. All of them were the photos of my dad with his colleagues.

One picture caught my attention. My dad had his arm slung over a woman with a very familiar beautiful face. I have seen her somewhere. I racked my brain hard. Where have I seen her before? My eyes widened as I recognised her.

A beautiful lady and her family smiling back at me from a photo frame hung high in a room came to my mind.

Taehyung's mother.

A/n

Was it really destiny that Tae and Jae Rin met?

I wanted to highlight the personality of Taehyung's father in this chapter!

There is more to uncover from now.... and yeah... remember 5979.

Biggest sorry for typos and grammer mistakes. As I said before, english is NOT my first language.

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