Chapter Fifteen: Letting Go

Before we say goodbye, let go

But I'm lost in the maze of my heart

From stereo to mono

That's how the path splits

In order to release your hand right now

I gotta let you know that I need to let you go

Hard to say goodbye

But I can't run

_Let Go

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Taehyung Pov

"Wake the hell up you both."

"Tsunami has hit us."

"Open the fucking door before I go crazy."

"Taehyung-ah!"

"Jungkook-ah!"

A sudden banging of door and yelling of Jimin snapped me out of sleep. I groaned in frustration as Jimin didn't feel like stopping at all.

"Hyunggg please quiet him down."

Jungkook grumbled in sleep as he snuggled deeper into my arms, annoyed by the noise.

"Shut the fuck up Jimin. I'm coming."

I cried out in exasperation as I nearly jumped out of bed. I tugged the blanket back on Jungkook, as he was back to sleep as soon as noise came to halt.

I was met by perplexed Jimin as I opened the door. I scowled, giving him a glare for disturbing mine and Jungkookie's sleep.

"Whattt the hell you want?" I cried out stepping out of the room and shutting the door behind.

"Taehyungie you both are in trouble.. No, no I mean, we all are in trouble...No, Actually No, we're doomed. It's over. We're finished." Jimin blabbered incoherently without a pause.

"What the heck are you saying? I can't understand a thing."

"Y.Y..You..need to see this." He said while handing me his phone with his shaky hands.

And what I saw next, snatched the ground beneath my feet. My eyes widened and my hands trembled. It wasn't just a Tsunami. It was a bomb, a suicide bomb that me and Jungkookie blasted together with our own hands unknowingly.

It was a picture of me and Jungkook kissing. And from what I could see, I could tell it was from last night, when we kissed after fight. We were so drawn into emotions that we didn't think that we were outside.

"It was all over Internet whole night. You both are trending over twitter, Facebook and other social sites. There're tons of news articles on you being faggots. They're talking crap about you." Jimin rumbled nearly snatching his hair out of his head in fury.

It felt like someone had stole my voice. Cause I didn't have words to defend myself. I didn't know what to say or what to do. I was still in shock of what just happened in one night. We were so happy last night that hyungs were supporting us, but we didn't know that our trial  had started already.

"Wake Jungkook up. And pack your luggage. We're leaving. Bang PDnim has called for us. He was so furious. So hurry up, hyungs are waiting." Jimin said before leaving me bewildered.

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"You both listen to me carefully. Just stay quiet and listen to whatever Bang PDnim say. Don't rebel. Don't even think of it. Cause it'll make things worse. Right now, situation is not good so, you both need to stay put. And we will see what we can do after that. But for now, you both have to stay composed for us to speak for you when things calm down. Okay?"

Namjoon Hyung indicated as we were about to enter our conference room. Me and Jungkook nodded in unison cause we were depending on our hyungs after what we had done.

As we all made in, Bang Pdnim was already sitting in his chair, with his head in his hands. There were some layout of our picture on the table. His notebook was also there that was showing the social updates.

My heart squeezed in my chest and my hands got sweaty as I walked to him with shaky legs. Beside his good sides, He was nasty boss. I could tell from his body language that we were in great trouble right now.

As we all settled down in our chairs, he raised his head. Frustration and fury was all over his face.

"What the hell is this?" He yelled throwing the layouts of our picture on the table aggressively.

We all gasped, nearly jumping in our seats.

"I asked WHAT THE F**K IS HAPPENING IN THIS PICTURE?" he roared as all of us kept silent. I knew, our silence was getting on his nerves, but there was no use of reasoning and defending ourselves.

"Did I put my years of hardwork in you to get this in return? I made you, I got you up on your feet. I gave you wings so you could reach the sky. I faced every hardship along with you. There was no one to appreciate us, to compliment us. We were hated, criticised and blamed for things we never did but I didn't give up on you, on us. I knew one day, our hardwork would make our dream come true. So it did. Finally, we were on the top of the world. People started to trust us, love us and appreciate us. It was like our hardwork paid off.

But just one picture, just one fucking picture ruined everything. Your image, your career, bts future and even our future is at risk now. I'm stunned by your selfishness, you didn't even consider your hyungs, your families? Do you want to know what's everyone saying on social media? Do you want to hear what shit they're throwing on you, on us and on your families? Tell me?"

Bang Pdnim cried out, banging the table fiercely.

"You can't even afford hearing it. So forget it and listen carefully to what I'm saying next. Jungkook and Taehyung, you both get your acts straight and whatever fantasy you're living in get out of it for your own good will. Otherwise, I'll be left with no choice and have to disband you all." He warned me and Jungkook, giving us a deadly glare.

As word disband left his mouth, my gaze went to Jungkook who was sitting beside me and then to Jimin and hyungs. Everyone was as shook as I was. A pang of guilt hit my chest. I never had any idea that it would turn out like this. Everything that Namjoon hyung predicted last night was coming true in front of our eyes.

And what was more worrying for me, was Jungkook who was literally at urge of breaking down into tears. I knew how sensitive Jungkook was about his hyungs, family and fans. He would rather get hurt than to hurt others.

"We're in process of taking care of this issue right now. And we'll issue a statement regarding it to be fake. But this is the first and last time. I won't tolerate any rubbish like this in future. And Namjoon put some sense in their heads before I'll have to give up on you all." Bang Pdnim voice soften a bit and with that warning he left.

And as he left, Jungkook burst into tears. My heart ached cause I couldn't see him crying. I scooted closer to him while other hyungs nearly ran to us.

"Stop crying Kookie. No one will get hurt. Believe me." I tried to soothe him but he yanked my hand away.

"It's okay Jungkookie. Nothing will happen. We're here with you." Jin hyung said ruffling his hair like a baby.

Others hyungs also surrounded him, petting him and hugging him, trying to stop his crying.

But he kept pushing all of us away, and suddenly stood up from his seat. He turned to me, wiping his tears away. I stood up too now facing him. The way he stared at me cause my heart to sink in my stomach. Something felt strange about him.

"V hyung.." he paused, and took a long sigh before speaking his next words, that I didn't want to hear in my whole life.

"Let's break up." he declared out of no where, causing me to stumble back in shock. My heart stopped beating and it felt like the whole sky fell on me.

"Wh... What?" I stuttered while trying to get hold of myself as his words hit me harder than a bullet.

"I can't hurt them or our families because of our love. This love is our fault, so we should be paying for it, not others." he said pointing towards the hyungs who were staring at us completely perplexed.

"How... How could you say that so easily? We can find another solution. Don't do that Kookie. This is torture for both of us." I nearly begged him grabbing his hands as I broke into tears.

"No. I can't do this anymore hyung. I'm sorry." he replied bluntly, letting go of my hands harshly, he left the room.