I'm going to become a father

The feeling of somebody strangling the life out of me was back.

I wasn't ready.

But no words spilled out of my lips to convey him my thoughts.

After the dinner was over, Taehyung personally scouted me to the bathroom and handed me the test kit while he watched me follow the procedure and take the test that would determine my ultimate fate.

Every second felt like an eternity as I waited for the result and when the two small lines appeared in the test kit my heart dropped in my stomach in despair.

"Omg, Tia we are going to be parents" Taehyung jumped in his spot clapping his hands in excitement.

"I am going to become a father," he hugged me nearly spilling his tears in bliss, murmuring thank you to the god.

As he was celebrating the news, I was cemented in the spot. Nothing could get worst than this. At that moment I was missing the tenderness of my mother's arm, encouraging words of my father and protective presence of my bigger brother.

Yet another forge smile decorated my lips as I congratulated him with fake enthusiasm.

"We need to celebrate this" I suggested and Taehyung quickly agreed.

He was over the moon because of the news. All I knew about Taehyung was that he was illegitimate child of his mother who had abandoned him with money and caretakers. He had grown up craving for care and attention of his family hence we had agreed to have a big family however that was before he decided to destroy everything we had by killing people I loved.

"I promise we will do something grand tomorrow but for now..." he hastened over to one of the shelves in the living room and took out a bottle of wine and glasses.

"Let's cherish this moment" saying that he placed the wine and glasses on the table and went to bring the bottle of juice from the fridge.

Happily sharing his excitement for our future as well as the plans he had for our child, he filled a glass with wine for himself and then juice for me.

"For our future," our glass clinked with the toast and we chucked our respective drinks in one gulp.

"Our dream is finally coming true Tia" tears welled on his eyes as he took my hand and kissed the back of it.

"I am so happy" he confessed and I gradually stood up from my seat to hold him in my arms as he buried his face in my stomach, snuggling closer.

"Girl or a boy" I threw him the question to which he chuckled and answered "Both, one won't be enough" I giggled softly trying to pretend that we were in an alternate dimension where nothing was wrong between us.

"I won't be taking care of them, I hate kids" I joked as he encircled his arms around me.

Taehyung chuckled shaking his head in disagreement "I will take care of you both. My life, my body, my soul, and every breath I will take will be dedicated to you both, I love...."

*smash*

His hand automatically moved up to hold his head which was now bleeding rapidly due to the impact of the glass bottle.

I quickly took my step back still holding the half portion of the smashed wine bottle I used to hit his head. My breath picked up its pace as I stared his figure slowly plummeting down on the marbled floor due to pain.

Adrenalin hit my system and in a breath, I snatched the keys from his pocket and ran like a bolt in lighting speed. I didn't even look back for once to make sure he was fine after all, I was solely focused on getting my freedom back.

Disregarding my feet that were bleeding profoundly, I sprinted down the concrete path covered with pebbles. The only thing that mattered to me was to escape from the confinement of the devil.

When I reached the main road and saw a car approaching me, without a second thought I jumped in the middle and the car came to an abrupt halt.

I hurried to their window and begged for them to open with tears streaming down my eyes.

For a moment the couple inside the car looked hesitating, maybe because they were scared but nevertheless they slid down the window for me to hear me out.