Twisted Life, Thorny Love

50. Confrontation

Three months later...... (Junha is 17)

Jungkook was pacing back and forth in the living room with his phone clutched in his hand. Taehyung was on the couch, looking at him pace back and forth, with a scowl on his face. 

Taehyung's college had given an unexpected holiday that day and thus, Jungkook had applied for a leave too so that he could spend some time together with him. But this was definitely not how he had expected it to go. 

After what felt like decades of pacing around, the front door finally opened and Junha walked in, ignoring both of them and walking straight towards his room. 

"Stop right there" Jungkook said, but Junha just ignored his words and kept walking. "I said stop right there" Jungkook lowered his voice, almost growling at him. Junha froze with his back towards Jungkook. 

"Turn back" Jungkook said. Junha turned back obediently with his head hanging down. "What the fuck is going on with you?" Jungkook asked, jumping straight to the point. Junha once again stayed silent. 

"Answer me" Jungkook lowered his voice further, almost scaring Taehyung as well. But Junha remained silent, staring at his feet. 

"ANSWER ME!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU??" Jungkook yelled. Junha flinched, but once again, he didn't answer. 

"This is the sixth call I am getting from the school in the past two weeks, Junha. Answer me, what the fuck is going on with you?" Jungkook asked, glaring at Junha and waving his phone in front of his face. 

"N-Nothing" Junha choked out. "Nothing? Nothing is going on with you? Then why did I get a call from the school for the sixth time in the past two weeks saying that you have bunked classes? Especially that you have been caught smoking? And no. Don't think of trying to cover it up, I can smell the smoke on you" Jungkook said. 

"I didn't say anything even when I got a call from Jimin saying that you made Jeongyeon cry for almost a week continuously. Because it was your matter after all and completely none of my business. Even Jimin wouldn't have called if Jeongyeon didn't cry so much. But I still let go of it. But this? I will NOT tolerate rebelling. 

And don't think I haven't noticed the way you've been behaving with Taehyung these days. I know how you've been treating him for the past three weeks. He has been trying to control his anger, but I know just how angry he is as well. So tell me what the fuck is going on with you" he continued. 

Junha blinked his eyes hard, trying to control his tears. He wanted to pour everything out, but he knew he couldn't. He shouldn't. So he stayed calm, knowing Jungkook would give up after sometime. But unfortunately, Jungkook was too determined this time. 

"I said answer me" Jungkook said, moving forward and clutching Junha's collar. Junha looked up at him with fear clouding his eyes. "Kook, let go" Taehyung said, getting up from the couch and trying to pry Jungkook's fingers away from Junha's collar. 

Jungkook wasn't lying. Junha had been treating Taehyung like shit for the past three weeks. And Taehyung had been very angry about it, but had controlled it. He had bottled it all up. 

He knew that bottling his anger up was not a good thing to do. That was the first thing he had learnt during his therapy. But he couldn't exactly let it out in this situation. 

He wasn't sure if Junha had some problem and with the way he had been behaving with him, he was sure Junha would either ignore him or snap at him if he asked him about it. 

He was just surprised that Jungkook had caught on. Then again, this man had known him for almost fifteen years now. Of course he would catch on when he was feeling angry or sad. 

"Stay out of this" Junha immediately snapped at him. Taehyung let go of Jungkook's hand and backed away immediately. He had gotten used to this snapping. Though he would be lying if he said it didn't anger him more. Once again, he just bottled it up further, knowing it would burst out sometime. 

It had been almost six years since he had seen 'all red', but fortunately, he had been able to remember what had happened when he saw 'red'. And Junha wasn't there to see him go 'all red' at that time. Right now, he wasn't sure how much longer he could hold on. He had been bottling it up for almost three weeks now. 

But Jungkook couldn't bottle it up. He burst out immediately. "What do you mean 'stay out of this'? He is your father for fuck's sake" he said, tugging his collar harshly. 

Junha's eyes turned dark at that. "That bastard" he said, pointing a finger at Taehyung and making his and Jungkook's eyes go wide with shock, "is not my father. Never will be" he said. 

"What the fuck?" Jungkook said, releasing his collar. Before Taehyung or Junha could do anything, he brought his hand up and slapped Junha hard, making his head whip to the side. "He has loved you more than I have. Shame on you for saying that, no matter what your reason might be" he said before storming to his room and slamming the door shut. 

Taehyung and Junha stayed frozen for a while. They could hear Jungkook pacing around in his room. Taehyung composed himself even though he was close to bursting out. 

"Did I do something wrong?" he slowly asked. Junha grit his teeth and stared at his feet. "Junha....tell me. Did I do something wrong? Why are you doing this to me out of the blue?" he asked again, trying his best to keep his voice even. 

There was silence for some time. It was almost painful, but Taehyung waited, knowing Junha wouldn't be able to hold it in for too long.

"Did you blackmail my father into marrying you?" Junha finally blurted out. Taehyung took a double take. He wasn't sure if he had heard it right. "What?" he asked. 

Junha looked up and stared right into his eyes. "I said, did you blackma-" "No. I get it. Why the hell would I blackmail your father?" his voice shook. His lid was already out and the lava was burning up, struggling to be let out. 

"Oh, I don't know. I don't get why he would love you after what you have done" Junha said. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??" Taehyung yelled, finally letting his lava out. 

"YOU RAPED HIM, DIDN'T YOU??" Junha screamed. 

That was it. Taehyung's eyes widened as he froze. He could feel his body shaking. He tried his best not to see red. But at that moment, he couldn't help it anymore. 

He didn't care that Jungkook could hear everything. He didn't care that he had worked really hard in controlling his anger in the past thirteen years. He didn't care if the last time he lost control was six years ago. He didn't care if Junha had literally never seen him lose control before. He didn't care if he was going to terrify him now. He didn't care if he was going to forget everything afterwards. 

All he saw was red.