>>> Chapter 7 <<<
(Trigger warnings ⚠️)
Without spoiling anything, from this chapter forward please be wary of reading as there will be triggering situations and narrative (toxic jealousy, domestic abuse, etc)
PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!
THIS IS PURELY FICTION
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On Tuesday night, Jungkook once again stayed over at Taehyung's dorm.
The new couple has been spending a lot of time together, but mostly they stay the night at Taehyung's dorm.
Taehyung reasons out that he has early classes so he would rather stay at his dorm than in Jungkook's apartment.
"Kookie..." Taehyung pouts as he begins.
"I know I promised you that I'll have my Saturday only for you, but this week I can't." Taehyung sadly tells him.
"Why?"
"My hyungie's coming from Japan on Thursday, he'll be here until next week Tuesday. So over the weekend, we'll go back to Daegu." Taehyung explains.
"Okay," Jungkook nods,
"When will you be back?" Jungkook asked rubbing Taehyung's back as they cuddle in Taehyung's small bed.
"Sunday noon. I have classes on Monday and hyung's going to see some college friends." Taehyung tells him.
"You think you can ask your hyung for dinner? On Sunday night maybe?" Taehyung smiled fondly at Jungkook's offer.
"Really? You'd do that?" Taehyung asked with bright eyes.
"Of course, ask Jimin to come as well, we can do it at the bar before we open up? Sunday's not busy but I don't know when Hoseok's gonna get better." Jungkook tells his boyfriend.
"Hoseok Hyung" Taehyung playfully corrects Jungkook.
"I hope he feels better soon poor hyung." Taehyung pouts as he worries for Hoseok.
"He'll be fine." Jungkook pulls Taehyung closer, placing a soft chaste kiss on his forehead as he closed his eyes, the couple both falling asleep.
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"Hoseok's still sick?" Jungkook asked Mingyu who's getting the bar ready to open in half an hour.
"Yeah he feels better, maybe he can come tomorrow," Mingyu tells Jungkook.
The thing with tiger flower is, they have enough staff waiter and cook wise but for bartending, it's mostly just Hoseok and Jungkook.
This is because Jungkook doesn't seem to trust anyone when it comes to bartending other than Hoseok.
Tiger flower's signature is their unique and amazing drinks. He can't let anyone ruin that reputation.
It's a Wednesday night so it's not that busy, Jungkook checks up on Hoseok who told him that he's feeling better and will be back tomorrow.
A few hours later, Jungkook's eyes suddenly searched for Taehyung realizing it's already 9 pm and his boyfriend has not made an appearance at the bar yet.
He continuously looked around in wonder as his boyfriend usually hangs out at the bar around this time.
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Taehyung's stressing for the entire day as he has one more deadline to be finished and he needs to get it done by tonight.
He then realized he needs Bogum's help in one particular topic, so he decided to ask for help.
~ Tae texts Bogum ~
Taehyung: Hi hyung 🤗
Bogum Hyung: Oh hey Tae!
Bogum Hyung: Haven't seen you in a while how are you?
Taehyung: I'm great 😊
Taehyung: But I need your help 😔
Bogum Hyung: Deadlines? 🤔
Taehyung: Yes 🥺
Taehyung: Hyungie's coming back and I have to finish this before we go back to Daegu 😭
Bogum Hyung: Oh I didn't know Seokjin Hyung is coming back
Taehyung: He is! 😍
Bogum Hyung: Come anytime at the cafe we'll get this deadline done tonight! 🙌🏻
Taehyung: Yeyeyey 😍🙌🏻
Taehyung: Thanks hyung!! 🤗
Bogum Hyung: Anytime Tae 😊
Bogum Hyung: I'll get your favorite hot choco and cheese croissant ready 👌🏻
Taehyung: Thanks hyung you're too kind to me!! 🥺
Bogum Hyung: Don't mention it okay? 😊
Taehyung: See you later hyung!
Bogum Hyung: See you Tae
It's almost midnight, since the bar is not that full and Hoseok's not in to help around, Jungkook decided to close the bar early for the night.
He felt restless as he still hasn't spotted his boyfriend.
He couldn't check on him earlier as despite the bar being not as busy as usual, the customers are still a lot and Hoseok's not there to relieve him of bartending duties.
When he finally catches a break, he pulls his phone out to text Taehyung.
~ Jungkook texts Tae ~
Jungkook: Baby
Jungkook: Baby where are you?
Jungkook: Tae?
Jungkook: Are you home?
Jungkook: Why didn't you come tonight?
Jungkook: Baby where are you?
When Taehyung didn't reply to him within 10 minutes Jungkook decided to call the other.
A few rings after Taehyung finally answered.
"Hello?"
"Where are you?" Jungkook asked sharply.
"I'm at Bogum hyung's cafe, why?" Taehyung answered making Jungkook's blood pressure go to an all-time high.
"You've been there all night?" Jungkook grips his phone harshly as he waits for Taehyung's answer.
"Yeah, hyung helped me finish my last deadline i'm so relieved!" Taehyung cheers on the phone but this just made Jungkook even angrier.
Especially when he heard Bogum in the background.
"Tae, I'll be going in half an hour, if you can wait we can walk back together," Bogum calls out making Jungkook clench his jaw.
The nerve of this jerk, Jungkook thinks.
"Stay there, I'll walk you home," Jungkook instructs Taehyung coldly.
"But I don't wanna bother you, I know Hoseok's not there and-"
"I'm going, stay there." Jungkook cuts off Taehyung before ending the call right away.
"Everything okay?" Mingyu worriedly asked.
"Yeah, can you close up for me? I have to get Taehyung." Jungkook asked Mingyu who simply nodded in response. And with that, Jungkook made his way to where the cafe is.
He continued walking until he saw Taehyung sitting down in the chair by the tables outside the cafe.
"Kookie!" Taehyung greets as he throws himself on Jungkook.
Jungkook hugged back but when he saw Bogum watching them from inside the cafe, he pulled away from the hug, and instead, he held Taehyung's face pressing their lips together.
He kissed Taehyung hard, as he felt Bogum's gaze on them.
'That's right, he's taken jerk'. Jungkook thinks.
"Let's go." Jungkook grabbed Taehyung's bag pack, as his hand intertwines with Taehyung's pulling him lightly, they start to walk to the dorms.
The walk to the dorm was quiet, an eerie quiet, and Taehyung didn't like it.
As soon as they got insider the dorm, Jungkook started pacing around the small room.
"Are you mad?" Taehyung asked as he sits on his bed watching his boyfriend pace back and forth in front of him.
"Why were you there Taehyung? Just why?" Jungkook begins.
"I needed hyung's help," Taehyung answered with all honesty.
It's true Taehyung needs Bogum's help and he can't understand why Jungkook seems so angry about it.
"Taehyung you can't do this! You're with me, I'm your boyfriend do you not understand?" Jungkook tells the other as he finally stopped pacing, facing Taehyung this time.
His height over Taehyung who is sitting down is intimidating to Taehyung.
"Why can't I go to hyung's? I was just getting help from him, it was an important deadline Kookie, I need to get it done before tomorrow because my hyung's coming home." Taehyung explains further.
"Why can't you do that yourself? You used to do it at my bar all the time!" Jungkook raised his voice making Taehyung back down.
"Stop yelling please," Taehyung whispered he knows that the walls are pretty thick but Jungkook yelling at him is making him feel so small.
"You need to understand this is not okay! When you agreed to be my boyfriend we're exclusive Taehyung, I don't do the same shit I used to do because of you." Jungkook couldn't even if he wanted to, all he can see is Taehyung.
"I'm not doing anything wrong." Taehyung defends quietly looking down as tears began to form in his eyes.
"Then don't pull shit like that again!" Jungkook yells again.
Jungkook doesn't want to yell, he truly doesn't but this insane fire in his chest, the insane jealousy can't seem to keep him on his feet.
With an exasperated sigh Jungkook lifts his hand, Taehyung closed his eyes as he flinched preparing for the blow.
But it never came, as he opened his eyes, he saw that Jungkook is running his hand through his hair with wide eyes.
Jungkook's blood turned cold.
The realization pulled him back to reality, out of the insane state of jealousy he was in.
"Did you just flinch?" Jungkook asked with a trembling voice.
"I - ah no." Taehyung lies not wanting to make Jungkook any angrier than he already is.
"Did you think I was going to hit you?" Jungkook asked his voice cracking as he felt a lump on his throat.
"No, I was just scared..." Taehyung admits.
"Of me?" Jungkook backs down realizing what he has just done.
"No, no. Please don't think too much about it, it's just an instinct." Taehyung tells him, it's true it was on instinct.
'But why would he have that as an instinct?' Jungkook wonders.
Jungkook kneels in front of his boyfriend to be leveled with him, carefully, he reached for Taehyung's hand.
"Baby, look at me," Jungkook whispers as he held his boyfriend's hands in his.
Taehyung looked up, as he blinked away the tears as fast as he could.
"I will never hurt you, not like that." Jungkook's heart completely broke as he saw Taehyung's tear-filled eyes.
He can't believe Taehyung thought or his first instinct to Jungkook raising his hand to brush his hair is that Jungkook will hit him.
"I'm sorry I stayed so late at Hyung's cafe" Taehyung apologized cautiously as he continuously blinks tears away from his eyes.
Jungkook couldn't take it, he was jealous, he was angry but he couldn't bear the sight of Taehyung sitting down on his bed looking like a helpless puppy with tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry for yelling." Jungkook apologized as he placed a soft kiss on Taehyung's lips.
That night, after changing out of their clothes, they cuddled with each other as Jungkook continued to say his apologies to his boyfriend until they both fell into a deep slumber.
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(FLASHBACK)
⚠️ Mentions of domestic abuse and violence, please read at your own risk. ⚠️
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"You are so damn stupid aren't you!" Taehyung's dad yelled as he lands another hit on a 12-year-old Taehyung's back with his cane.
"You think you can act all brave pushing me off like that? Huh?!" Another blow to Taehyung's face making him hiss in pain.
"Why were hurting mom?!" Taehyung yells back as he tried to back away, but before he can do so his dad yanks him back and throws him to the floor as he slapped Taehyung harder this time.
"SHE MADE ME MAD TAEHYUNG, SHE MADE ME ANGRY" his dad yells before landing another hit on Taehyung's stomach.
"Stop it!" Taehyung's mom yelled helplessly as she watches her husband hit their youngest multiple times.
"Hyungieee" Taehyung cries as the pain finally took its effect in his body.
"What's going on?!" Seokjin asked as soon as he arrived home from his part-time job, his eyes scanning the room in panic as he saw his mom and brother on the floor both bruised and crying.
"Dad what are you doing?! Stop!!" Seokjin yelled as he runs to Taehyung's side.
He covered Taehyung with his body to block another hit. Seokjin yelped as he felt the cane landing on his back, he hugged Taehyung in his arms protecting his younger brother from all the blows.
"You! Where's the money you made? We have bills to pay!" The father yelled throwing away his cane as he walks to the kitchen before going to his and their mom's bedroom.
"I already settled them," Seokjin answered shakily as he bears the pain of the repeated blow from the cane.
"Good! Now one of you go make dinner, you're all useless son of a bitch!" With that, he slammed the door closed their mom following after him as the siblings remained on the floor.
"Hyungie it hurts." Taehyung cries still in his brother's hold.
"I'm so sorry Tae tae, Hyungie came home late," Seokjin whispered his apology as Taehyung continues to cry.
Tears from Seokjin's eyes begin falling freely not because of the pain inflicted on him, but of the pain that his younger brother is suffering from.
As he tried to calm his brother down, he continued to let his tears fall.
"We're going to go far away from here Tae tae, I promise you." Taehyung looked up with tears in his eyes.
"Hyungie will never let anyone hurt you again," Seokjin promised.
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(END OF FLASHBACK)
"It hurts Hyungie" Taehyung cries in his sleep his chest heaving waking Jungkook up as Taehyung tossed around crying.
Jungkook shot up panicking when he realized Taehyung's still asleep and is having a nightmare.
"Hyungie" Taehyung continues to cry in his sleep.
"Baby, baby" Jungkook whispered calming his boyfriend down as he sat up slightly and pulled Taehyung closer to him.
He continues to rub Taehyung's back his heart aching at the sight.
Taehyung sobbed hiccuping as he slowly wakes up his eyes finding Jungkook's immediately.
"Kookie" he hiccups, as he fists Jungkook's shirt crying harder.
"Please don't be angry with me Kookie." Taehyung cries on Jungkook's chest.
"Baby I'm not angry." Jungkook whispers.
"What happened? What did you dream about?" Jungkook softly asked wiping Taehyung's tears away.
Taehyung rapidly shook his head no as he moved away, his back hitting the wall, he curled up away from Jungkook, like he was trying to protect himself.
"Hey" Jungkook cautiously removes Taehyung's arms that are shielding him.
"It's okay you don't have to tell me." Taehyung nods moving closer to Jungkook once again.
"Wait here okay?" Jungkook goes up to grab some water.
"Here baby, have some. Then we'll go back to sleep okay?" Taehyung nods as he downs the water carefully.
As soon as Jungkook puts down the glass on Taehyung's bedside table, he joins his boyfriend back in bed, wrapping his arms around him once again.
He's worried for the other but he didn't want to push it if Taehyung doesn't want to talk about it.
Jungkook's not that awful.
Taehyung on the other hand tried his best to sleep, as he mentally prepares himself for his hyung's arrival and their trip back to Daegu.
He doesn't want to go back there, to that house that caused his nightmares.
But he has to, for his mom.
His mom refused to leave his dad.
His mom seems to have endured all this.
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(End of Chapter 7)