Twisted Life, Thorny Love

44. Fixing my mistake

"Hey, stop here for a second" Taehyung said, making Jungkook pull up outside a small shop. Jungkook looked at the shop and realized why Taehyung wanted to stop there. "White chocolate" he said. "What?" Taehyung asked. "He likes white chocolate" Jungkook said. "Ohh. Thanks. What about you?" Taehyung asked. "Anything is fine as long as it isn't dark" Jungkook said. "Okay. I'll be right back" Taehyung said and got out of the car. 

Jungkook sighed as he watched Taehyung disappear into the shop. It had almost been a month since Junha saw Taehyung, excluding the time when he heard him from the bedroom closet. He had no idea how he would react to him. He hoped it wouldn't be bad. 

Because no matter how much he loved Taehyung and wanted to forgive him, he wouldn't be able to do that if Junha didn't want to be around him. He really wanted everything to settle and go back to normal so that he could live peacefully again. 

Jin was right, therapy worked miracles on Taehyung. Of course, he got irritated more easily now, but it was easier to cool him down in the starting stages of his anger. Hopefully, that would change too. It was too early to expect that. 

But they had a whole life ahead of them to work on it. And they would work hard. Everything would turn out good. Or that's what Jungkook hoped. 

Taehyung got into the car soon, placing the cover of chocolates on the dashboard. They didn't talk to each other much. But the silence wasn't awkward or uncomfortable. 

After about ten minutes, Jungkook pulled up outside his parent's house. 

"You will have to drive on the way back home. I'll sit with Junha in the back seat and try to convince him as much as possible" Jungkook said. 

"Okay. Are you picking him up right away?" Taehyung asked. "Yeah" Jungkook said. "Okay, I'll wait here then" Taehyung said, getting out of the car and walking towards the driver's seat. 

He waited for Jungkook to get out before he climbed in. "Go get him" he said. 

Five minutes later, Taehyung was driving towards Jungkook's house with Jungkook and Junha sitting behind him. Junha looked scared, but he didn't cry the way he did a month ago. He held his father tightly, showing him just how scared he was. 

"Listen to me, tiger" Jungkook said gently, placing Junha on his lap so that he was sitting facing him, dangling his legs on both of his sides. He wrapped his hands around him, holding him tight and stroking his head with one of his hands. 

Junha was looking at him with big, scared eyes. But the fact that he wasn't crying the way he did a month back meant that he would listen to him now, right?

"Uncle Taetae hit you, right?" Jungkook asked, noting how Taehyung tensed up behind the wheel. Junha nodded, pouting once again. "So that day, Uncle Taetae's mommy scolded him and didn't give him any chocolate. That's why he was angry, okay?" Jungkook said, hoping it would pass through Junha's head. 

Children didn't hold grudges for long after all. "He loves you so much, right? Remember how you, me and Uncle Taetae played all the time?" he continued. "He never beat you that time, right? That day Uncle Taetae was also sad. That's why he didn't want you to cry, okay? He is a good boy, okay? He won't beat you ever again. He is a very good boy" Jungkook said, watching as Junha took in everything while still staring at him with those cute, huge eyes of his. 

"So repeat after me, Uncle Taetae is a good boy" Jungkook said. "Taetae good boy" Junha said, making Taehyung sob in the front. It was almost very hard for him to pull up and run up the stairs and wait for the father and son to catch up along with the bag of chocolates that he had bought for them. 

Junha still hid behind Jungkook's legs as he opened the door. Jungkook picked him up and brought him to the couch and sat him down before handing Taehyung the cover of chocolates. Taehyung fished out the bunch of white chocolates he had bought for Junha. 

He knelt right in front of the couch. Fresh tears ran down as he noticed Junha backing a bit on the couch and looking at his father for help. 

"I am very sorry for beating you, Junha. I am very sorry. Please. Uncle Taetae is really very sorry. I will be a good boy from now on. I am sorry, tiger. Play with me, please" Taehyung cried, looking at him directly. 

He held the chocolates on his hand, right in front of Junha's face. Junha's eyes flickered from a 'crying Uncle Taetae' to 'yummy choc'ates'.

"See? I told you. Uncle Taetae is a good boy. He even bought chocolates for you, see? Come on, now, say 'friends' " Jungkook said. Junha looked from his father to Taehyung. 

Right now, more than the fact that Taehyung had hit him a month ago, the fact that he was crying in front of him bothered him more. And the fact that he didn't know if he could eat the chocolates yet bothered him. 

"Don't c'y" he said, scooting forward to wipe his tears. That just brought a fresh bout of bigger tears in both Taehyung and Jungkook's eyes. 

Junha's lower lip trembled as he noticed his father crying. "Papa, don't c'y" he said, finally starting to cry. "I know you are a good boy" Jungkook said, rushing forward to pick him up and engulf him in a hug. He gestured to Taehyung to join the hug, which Taehyung gladly did. 

"Choc'ate" Junha suddenly said, making the elders chuckle through the lumps in their throat. 

"Here" Taehyung said, tearing off the wrapper and holding the bar of chocolate out for him. Junha beamed at that, immediately leaning away from Jungkook's arms and stretching his arms towards Taehyung, asking him to take him. 

"What about your hand?" Jungkook asked, pointing to his cast. "It's okay. Not a problem" Taehyung said, taking Junha away from Jungkook. 

"I missed you so much. I am sorry again, tiger" Taehyung said as he held Junha in his arms. 

"Iss othay!!" Junha exclaimed loudly, holding the bar right in front of Taehyung's mouth, asking him to take a bite before stretching the same bar towards Jungkook. 

Taehyung tightened his arms around him before placing a kiss on his temple. Junha grinned widely, showing his tiny, less-than-half-a-centimeter, chocolaty teeth. He immediately placed a very wet, chocolate filled kiss on Taehyung's cheek, making him cringe slightly at the wetness. 

Jungkook chuckled slightly before taking Junha back, asking him to go and wash his face. Taehyung let out a breath and thanked him before running to the bathroom. 

Jungkook looked at Junha before kissing him on the cheek. 'Children NEVER hold grudges' he thought.