𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 [DISCONTINUED]

chapter seventy nine

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"Tae."

Taehyung quickly lifted his head up from the mattress, fluttering his tired eyes to see Namjoon staring down at the boy. "You..you okay? Are you having—"

"I'm not in pain." Namjoon softly spoke. "You seem uncomfortable sitting there."

"I'm not." Taehyung mumbled.

"Lay with me." The older curled up a small smile. "I'm cold. Hospitals are cold and this blanket is too thin."

Taehyung nodded, slowly getting up from his chair and carefully—and he means carefully, getting up on the uncomfortable bed. Namjoon shakily scooted over the edge so the boy would have room too. The younger lied down on the side, softly placing his hand on Namjoon's chest.

"Mmm, much better." He softly smiled, having a low sigh escape his lips, looking at the boy. "I'm happy you stayed with me..even though I didn't know part of my spine was becoming metal." He slightly chuckled.

"Yoongi-Hyung was going to tell you and he knew you'll be mad." Taehyung caressed the older's collarbone.

"I'm..I'm not really that mad."

"How come?" The boy looked up at him.

"I've been suffering with it for two years. It had to go. Yoongi-Hyung was always got annoyed by it and told me to get the surgery all the time. The reason why I kept refusing is because..I really really really, hate hospitals."

Taehyung curled his brows, scooting a bit closer to the male and carefully putting his arm around him. "It must've been hard for you to overcome that fear..."

"My stupid parents threatened me with hospital stuff that they stole..mostly my appa." He scoffed. "My umma just let it happened and watched."

"How come they abandoned you..?"

Namjoon gulped hard. It's been ten years. "Um. I don't..really know the actual reason but..my parents disappeared on me when I was fourteen. The house I lived in, got evicted because they stopped paying for it. I always took cold showers because of that. I tried to cook food for myself..always burnt it."

Taehyung decided to sit up, looking down at the older. "Joonie."

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

The boy put his hand on the side of the older's face. "We're both fucked up." He whispered. "I'm so sorry that happened to you."

"It shouldn't matter anymore. It's the past, hon." Namjoon shakily lifted his arm up, putting his hand on the back of the boy's head. "It's okay."

Taehyung softly placed his forehead on his, brows curled and closing his eyes. Namjoon closed his eyes with him, sighing softly through his nose and caressing the back of the boy's neck.

"Joonie." He whispered, caressing the older's cheekbone. "I love you."

"I love you too."

Jeongguk gulped hard with a taste of blood, making a disgusted face from tasting it.

It has only been a few days. Jeongguk was in the room where Seokjin is resting at. Turns out, he was sitting up on the bed, fiddling with his fingers. Jeongguk was in the room, waiting for his own cousin to give him answers with his arms crossed.

"I don't want to explain."

"(Your Yibo friend said some of it. I want the full truth from you)." The younger signed.

Fuck you Yibo, throwing me under the bus. Seokjin sighed. "It's..It's complicated."

"(Complicated? You've been hiding this for years)!"

"I know."

"(Tell me why the fuck you've been hiding your whole goddamn job from me)." Jeongguk signed, crossing his arms.

Seokjin just looked at him. "I did it to earn a lot of money and to keep you safe. When I saw Taehyung, I..I panicked and I didn't know how to act. I blame myself for your tongue being removed..."

"(You're not giving me a good answer)."

"I-I couldn't leave the damn place! Since my boss died, I was able to have freedom until Yugyeom fucked my life up again! I thought it was a normal job until Taehyung's appa fucked me over somehow!" Seokjin couldn't help to yell but quickly stopped, clutching onto his wound.

Jeongguk stared.

"I-I already fucked Taehyung's life up so you can just go on and abandon me like he did." Seokjin mumbled, resting back down on his pillow.

The younger just stared at him.

Taehyung and him worked together..Taehyung found out the truth about something and then abandons him? What was the truth? Jeongguk fluttered his eyes down to his lap. I don't know what to do. Taehyung's back to normal..my Hyung was trying to keep me safe from his job..Could I try to fix my Hyung's problem?

"He wants Hoseok."

Jeongguk fluttered his eyes up. "(What)?"

Seokjin looked at him. "That's the reason why I keep ending up like this. All Yugyeom wants is Hoseok and I kept making excuses because Hoseok is in a mental hospital. I risked my life so Hoseok wouldn't get hurt by that fuckin' psychopath."

"(That's why you keep getting hurt)?"

Seokjin nodded. "I didn't want to tell you because you'll get hurt but since my boss is dead..it shouldn't really matter anymore..."

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