The Dusk Gallery | Taehyung x BTS

The Hard Truth

"No!"

"Taehyung"

"No!"

"Taehyung!"

"Take me back"

"You literally said the same thing last time. Stop it" Daehan sighs out.

Taehyung falls to his knees in the middle of the gallery, head hung low as he begins to feel tears stinging his eyes.

A tear drop falls to the ground, but it quickly changes into a golden colour and then disappears. Taehyung doesn't even question it, instead he wipes at his eyes and lets out a few shaky breaths

"Gosh this one got you that emotional huh?"

"I want to go back" Taehyung says once more.

"Taehyung". The brunette kneels down next to his younger cousin and places a hand on his shoulder. "I can't take you back. That isn't your life. It's our there but it isn't yours. You can't have that life. You can only have the person if you choose him"

"I choose him"

"Why do you say that?"

Taehyung looked up, eyes red and cheeks stained with diamond like paths. "He wanted to marry me. He asked me to marry him. I was so in love. I loved him"

Daehan nods and purses his lips. "I can see why you'd want him then. Was he cute?"

"Beautiful. I don't care what I'm shown. I choose Yoongi. Doesn't matter who else I have a life with. I will choose Yoongi"

"What about Namjoon?"

Oh god.

Oh god Namjoon. Taehyung remembered him of course, even in the life with Yoongi but the love someone got... almost erased.

That was until now.

"Taehyung you need to know something. Being back in the gallery...  well the gallery is nice enough to erase the memories of love for you when you go. But when you come back it gives them back and it can kind of be..."

Taehyung yells out in pain suddenly, falling to the floor fully with his hand clutching his heart.
"What's happening!" He groans out in pain.

"It can be a little painful" Daehan finishes, watching with no worry on his face.

"I'm having a heart attack"

"Very unlikely since you're not alive right now"

Taehyung lays on the floor, groaning in pain with his hand still on his chest. It feels like his heart is being squeezed together, or stabbed. But luckily soon it eases. And he can stand to his feet, although shakily.

"Christ"

Daehan stands too and crosses his arms over his chest.

"So. Namjoon?"

"I love him" Taehyung blurts out, his fingers threading through his brown hair. "I love Namjoon. I remember now. I love him. We... we had such a good life. He treated me so... and he was so..."

"And Yoongi?"

"I love him too" Taehyung finds himself saying. The complete and utter confusion in his face makes Daehan grab him by the shoulders.

"Right don't panic. Don't be freaking out. This is normal. This is the process. You have to compare all of the loves and see who you really want at the end"

"This is so evil" Taehyung breaths out, eyes rushing around like he was trying to make sense of the world.  "You make me love them both and I can only have one"

"Hey it's not me. I'm not really here. Your brain put me here. I'm part of your subconscious little cousin. I'm here to help you. To guide you. I'm not really responsible for any of this".

"I don't want to do this anymore" Taehyung announces whilst shaking his head. "I can't do it. I can't find more men to fall in love with. Only to have my heart broken when I'm back here. I can't. It's too much"

"So you want to give up, is that what you're saying? You want to die"

"That's still what I want to do yes"

Daehan hisses and shakes his head once "See that can be an option. After guy number six. Until then you have to keep living those lives and loving those loves"

This Daehan really didn't sound like the real Daehan. But Taehyung doesn't question it. Not anymore. Not now.

"You can't let me die now?"

"Sorry"

Taehyung lets out a small whine and covers his head with his hands, trying to think back to the two lives he has already had. His heart has been so full both times. "Can't believe you're making me do this"

"Taehyung believe me. If you choose someone at the end of this... you will be the happiest you've ever been. You'll be glad to have gone through this. I know it's hard but consider what you can have. If you truly want it".

Taehyung gathers himself and with no prompting from his cousin, walks back over to the decision painting.

He doesn't hesitate and glides a finger over the following sentence.

If I had moved seats in school to be next to the cute guy.

Once more his eyes follow the letters, and then the painting that is presented to him. The gold frame is the same, but this canvas is a light metallic grey. He closes his eyes and waits.

And suddenly he can't breathe.

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