Twisted Life, Thorny Love

40. I-I was so scared

Jungkook told them everything. 

From how Taehyung behaved in the college to how he was sent home early to how he came to know that Junha was hit by Taehyung to how guilty he felt that he couldn't understand his son to how Taehyung forced his way into his house in the evening to how terrified he had been that Taehyung would hurt Junha.

"I-I had no idea w-what to do, hyung. I-I was t-terrified. H-He........he some-......somehow, somehow f-found ou-" he cleared his throat and continued while tears continued to run down his face. 

"H-He found out that J-Junha was i-in the closet. I d-didn't know w-what to do. I w-was scared t-that he would b-bring him out or s-something, so I-I......I s-surrendered, hyung. I didn't know what to do, I-I didn't know w-what to do, I didn't know wha-" 

"Shh, it's okay, it's over now. You are safe, Junha is safe. That's what matters. Shhh" Hoseok said, looking at Namjoon's pained expression. 

"K-Kook.......I know what you went through just now is very horrible, and I don't want to sound like I am supporting him because he is my brother-in-law or anything, but I really want you to know that he was not in his right mind when he did tha-" 

"I know, h-hyung. That's why I b-blame his mind, not him" Jungkook said, wiping his tears. 

"Not that, Jungkook. There is something else you need to know. This evening, Taehyung came to know that he was the one who pushed his husband off the cliff that lead to his death. Even I had no idea about it. I didn't know he had memory lapses either. 

Jin was the only one who saw him at that time. He stopped Tae from jumping off the cliff cause apparently, Tae thought Minho lost his footing and just decided to follow his husband. Jin was scared that it might become a problem for him legally and so he kept it a secret till now. 

That was what I was upset about earlier. We had a long discussion about this after Tae left the house. I was upset that Jin didn't trust me with such a big thing. 

When Tae left, he was visibly very upset. It is understandable, actually. Seeing as he just came to know that he was the cause of his husband's death. That was why he was upset. But we didn't think he would come to your house. 

I am not trying to justify what he did in any way, because I wouldn't even be surprised if you pressed charges on him. But I am just telling you that he really really wasn't in his right mind when he did it" Namjoon said. 

Jungkook listened carefully. "H-He pushed his husband?" he whispered at the end. 

"Yeah. Apparently they were having some argument about his anger issues and Taehyung lost it. He didn't actually mean to push him off, but it just happened, and Tae was the reason for it. After Minho fell, Tae kinda came to his senses and completely forgot what happened and thought Minho lost his footing. That was why he was about to jump right after him" Namjoon explained. 

"Oh my god. So he thought so for all these years as well......" Jungkook said, trailing off at the end. "Yeah. He also came to know today evening. That's why it mu-" Namjoon was cut off by Jungkook's phone. 

"Ohh! It's Jin hyung" Jungkook said. "Answer it" Namjoon said. 

"H-Hello?"
"Hello, Kook?"
"Y-Yeah, hyung!" 
"Kook, is something wrong? Did Tae come to your house or something?" Jin asked. 

"W-Why?" Jungkook asked. "He barged into the house about an hour ago and locked himself in his room and I can hear him throwing all of his stuff around. He has been crying and yelling the whole time. He has been yelling your name, actually" Jin said. 

Jungkook froze. He didn't know what to say. Tears started rolling down again. Namjoon pulled the phone away from him and walked out of the flat to explain the situation to his husband. 

He came back fifteen minutes later, saying that Jin wanted to talk to Jungkook, only to find him eating baked potatoes with tears still running down his face. "Here" he said, handing him his phone. 

"Hello?" Jungkook's voice broke. "J-Jungkookie" Jin croaked out. Jungkook's lower lip trembled and a fresh wave of tears gushed out. "Shhhhhh, it will be okay" Hoseok tried to comfort him again. 

"H-Hyung" Jungkook croaked out, starting to sob again. "K-Kook, I won't stop you if you want t-to press charges" Jin cried. 

"I-"
"......"
"..........."
"..................."

'I don't wanna, hyung. I love him. I know he loves me too. He wasn't in his right mind when it happened. I just want you to do me a small favour" he said. "Sure. Anything" Jin said. 

Jungkook made his request. He asked Jin not to tell Taehyung anything about it. Namjoon and Hoseok were apprehensive about his request, but they let him do it because it was his wish, after all, and they respected his decisions. 

"D-Did Junha eat anything?" he asked after the call ended. "No. He just slept. He couldn't bear to see you cry, but you wouldn't let go. He fell asleep shortly before you fell asleep" Hoseok said. "Ohh" he said and hung his head down as another tear ran down his face. 

"Thank you, hyungs. F-For coming. T-Thank you so much" he said. "Shut up, you don't have to thank us" Namjoon said. They stayed silent before finally speaking up again. "D-Don't you have to go back home? It's getting late" Jungkook said, addressing both of them. 

"Are you sure you can stay alone? I don't have any work. I can stay here" Hoseok said. "You sure?" Jungkook asked. "Yeah. I have no problem" Hoseok said. "Thank you, hyung" Jungkook said, hanging his head down again. 

"Hey, hey! None of that! Don't cry, bun. It's okay. Do you want me to bring Junha?" Namjoon asked, wiping Jungkook's tears. Jungkook nodded vigorously. Namjoon chuckled slightly as he walked out of the room and came back with a tiny creature in his arms. 

"There you go. Now stop crying. Everything will be fine" he said, placing Junha on Jungkook's lap. "Y-Yeah" Jungkook said, bursting into tears once again. "I-I just.......I am s-sorry....I-.....I am just so relieved, I was s-so scared, I-I had n-no idea wha-" 

"Shh, shh, shh, shh, it's okay. It's okay, it's all done now, shhhhh" Hoseok cut him off, rubbing his arms and wiping his tears. 

"Now sleep. We'll take care of everything else later. Just sleep. Do you wanna have a pain killer?" Namjoon asked. Jungkook nodded, wiping his tears with his fist and snuggling Junha close to him. Namjoon walked out again and came back with a tablet and some water. 

"Good. Now go to sleep. Don't worry about anything else. Hoseok will stay with you, okay? I'll go home" Namjoon said. "Okay. Thank you, hyung" Jungkook said. "It's okay. Now sleep" Namjoon said and placed a small kiss on his forehead.