THE SILENCE BETWEEN US

Every morning Kim Taehyung kissed his wife like he loved her.

Every night Y/N cried like he had betrayed her.

No one knew which version was true.

Not even her.

Every time Taehyung pulled her into his embrace, she wondered-

Was he holding me because he loved me? Or because he felt guilty?

Every time his lips touched hers- Was he thinking of her?

Every time he whispered her name- Was it really her he wanted?

Then Jeon Jungkook returned. The man who had loved Y/N before Taehyung ever did. The man who now looked at the sadness in her eyes and realized- she was no longer happy.

Jungkook didn't know what had happened but he knew one thing. He wanted her back.

"Come with me."

Y/N stares at him through tears.

"I'm married."

"I know."

"I love my husband."

Jungkook's expression breaks.

"Then why are you crying because of him?"

Y/N has no answer.

Because she doesn't know what hurts more- loving Taehyung... or believing he never loved her the way she thought.

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One night, Taehyung wakes to find her crying beside him.

"Y/N?"

She immediately turns away.

"Go back to sleep."

His hand closes around hers.

"Why are you crying?"

Silence.

"Tell me."

Her tears fall faster.

"What if I can't forgive you?"

Taehyung freezes.

His voice drops to a whisper.

"For what?"

Y/N looks at him and for the first time- he sees something in her eyes that terrifies him.

Not anger.

Not jealousy.

Loss.

"You don't know?"

Taehyung's face changes.

"Know what?"

Y/N pulls her hand away and walks out of their bedroom leaving her husband staring after her- completely unaware of the crime he may or may not have committed.