SAVE ME ||A Kim Taehyung Fanfiction||

⫣56⫦ All that I Gave up

Ahhhm, little trigger warning ahead.
This one is a tough one.
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I wake up with a killer headache.

This is not new to me.
I've woken up like this almost ever day for the last weeks.

But what is new is the dark room and the bed I lay in.

Someone has wrapped me with a grey, thick blanket and changed my clothes.
I shoot up when I remember the last thing before I passed out.

Seo-Joon.
My brother is here.
In England.

Why?
What does he want?

I get out of bed, my stomach recoiling.
When was the last time I've eaten?

I ignore it as I stumble to the door.
The room is small, the walls painted a sickly green.
There is only the bed in the room, nothing else.
I try the door knob, but of course it's locked.
I bang against the iron door.

"Hello? Park Seo-Joon? I know you're there! Open this fucking door!"

I wait.
I bang again.
Nothing.
Only silence greets me.

I turn back and scan the room.
There is nothing that can help me.
I glance at the bed.

For a moment I wonder why I am even resisting.

This is perfect.
An empty, small room where I can be alone and live out my misery.

But then I remember.

What would my father do if he found out I am no longer at the school?
What if my teachers already contacted him that I went missing at the gallery?

I turn back to the door, banging with my fists until my knuckles are raw.
No... I can't let it have been for nothing!

"Seo-Joon!" I yell, my voice echoing off the walls.
"Let me go! What are you getting out of this?
My father will freak!
I thought you always did what he wanted?
Why are you doing this?"

Or maybe my father did want this.

But why?

He already won.
He already trapped me in my hell, avoided charges and could continue playing his crooked tricks.

I let loose a wild scream.

I have to get out of here.
I have already broken myself to keep them safe.
I can't fail because of this, or all would have been for nothing.

Suddenly the door opens and I stumble forward at the sudden absence of a wall.

And I land directly in Seo-Joon's arm.
I draw back like I burned myself.

He is taller than me by a lot, his chest broad and his arms thick.
I stand no chance to fight my way out.
No- I have to use my wits.

"You're awake," he breathes, his expression almost dreamy as he looks me up and down.

I shudder but more because of disgust than fear.

He can no longer scare me.
I've been through too much.
And my father already showed me what true fear is.

"Why am I here, Seo-Joon?"

I keep my voice neutral, calm and composed.

He steps into the room, closing the door behind him.

It falls shut with a bang and I feel like a trapped animal.
No escaping this predator in front of me.
At least not with strength.

"Because I wanted to see you, of course."

"See me? You could have just called.
You're my brother after all, right?"

His eyes widen and his face becomes a mask of glee and joy.

"Yes-" He breathes like he's in a dream.
"I am. I am your brother. Father didn't tell me that you knew."