EMPTY ROOMS AND EMPTY HEARTS

(JIMIN'S POV)

I keep rolling around in bed, thinking about what Taehyung is thinking. I talked with Jungkook before going to sleep and he told me he didn't tell Taehyung what happened. I put myself together before going to his room. I need to talk to him before it's too late.

I put my ear in the door, I don't hear anything. He's probably sleeping, but I can't talk to him tomorrow, it has to be today. I don't know what he knows and it scares the shit out of me.

I open the door, softly. Hoseok did get back after dinner, the window isn't covered and I can see Taehyung in the bed.

I sit on the other side, but Taehyung seems not to notice.

"Taetae, are you sleeping?" I whisper. I don't know yet what I'm going to say if he's awake, but I've to tell him. He deserves to know, if he doesn't know it yet. I would really like to read his mind and know what he's thinking right now, I hope he is not mad at me, but at the same time, he has all the right to be.

"No, I'm catching butterflies. Go away." His voice is cold as the ice.

Oh god, he's mad. He knows something, but I feel he doesn't know everything, and less the details.

"Can we talk?"

"No. Don't you get it? Go away. Are you deaf?"

I take a deep breath. "I don't like the way you're talking to me. Can you look at me at least, please?" I try again. If I don't lose my mind, I can try to have a calm conversation.

"I don't look at cheaters."

"I can explain, I promise. It wasn't my intention, I didn't-"

"Yes, you did. You love Jungkook now, but you could have at least broke up with me before kissing him. I'm not dumb, you know?"

He got everything wrong and I don't even know what he knows and why. Nobody told him anything.

"I'm not in love with Jungkook, Taehyung. I'm in love with you. You're my boyfriend, not him. I know what I did was wrong but-" I try to explain, but he cuts me off.

"I know you told Namjoon you've feelings for Jungkook. You said you knew you had feelings for Jungkook after the kiss." He sits on the bed, finally looking at me. "What kiss, Jimin? The one in his apartment? Or another one? You kissed again, right?" His eyes are red and puffy.

I can't lie to him, it will make everything worse. I nod, slowly. "But it's not what you're thinking. It all has an explanation. I was going to talk to you, but the explosions started." I don't sound as calm as I want to.

"Just break up with me already!" He yells. "If you love Jungkook that much, that much to throw away a relationship of two years, go with him and let me alone." I flinch at his sudden attitude. I understand why he's mad, I would be mad as well.

"It's not what you're thinking, Taehyung." I say, calmly. "Can you listen to me? Communication, remember?"

"Communication my ass, I know everything I need to know. You were my boyfriend, you kissed Jungkook and now you've feelings for him. Did you have fun?"

"Taehyung-"

"I'm not a toy, I also have feelings and you broke them all." He looks at his lap, trying to hold his tears and it breaks me. "I trusted you."

I stop the first tears from falling. "Taehyungie, it's not what you think, really, let me explain." I should have pulled Jungkook away, I should have never let him kiss me.

"You were my everything, Jimin."

"I know." I whisper.

We stay in silence, soft sniffs filling up the room.

"You won't really let me explain? If you don't, you're going to think that I cheated on you and the other things you build in your head."

"You did cheat on me."

"What will happen to us?" I change the topic, I need to know what he thinks, besides the fact he wants me away.

"You were the one who broke this relationship." He scoffs. "Don't act as if you care for it, or for me."

"I care for you. It wasn't my intention. You know our relationship means the world to me. Please let me explain, it's not the kind of cheating you think it is."

He ignores the last thing I said. "You suck at showing it. It was all a misunderstanding, right?" He says, ironically. "Get lost, Jimin." He lays again, back facing me.

I try to hold my sobs. He's right, it's all my fault. I break his heart and this relationship. I should have explained everything to him. I should have avoided kissing Jungkook again. Just if I stopped messing everything up and do the right things instead.

"I won't let you think what you're thinking because you're not even close to what really happened. If you only let me explain. . ." I pass my hands through my hair, he didn't even flinch. "I don't want you to hate me Tae and I don't want to lose you. I'll accept if you want to break up with me, but first you'll have to hear what really happaned."

He doesn't say anything.

"I'm going to go now, good night."

I walk towards the door. I look at him one more time, we both suck at holding our sobs. "I'll talk to you tomorrow and I don't care if you don't want to listen to me. I'll keep trying until you're ready to hear the truth. . . That it's actually not as bad as you think." I whisper the last sentence.

I walk slowly to my own room, my soul feels heavier than ever, it takes me all my courage to not sit in the floor and cry in the middle of the hallway. My Taehyungie is broken and it's all my fault.

(YOONGI'S POV)

I wake up with the sun caressing my eyes. Fuck. I've to get new curtains, a thick and black one. I turn around to grab my phone on the bedside table. Fantastic, it's dead. We need new charges, too.

I go to the kitchen after spending my good 10 minutes in the bathroom, admiring it. I've never seen a bathroom as big as this one.

"What time is it?" I yawn, sitting in one of the stools of the island kitchen.

"Eleven thirty." Seokjin says.

"Hell, I thought it was eight thirty."

"Shut up and drink this." Hoseok chuckles, placing a cup of coffee in front of me. I murmur a 'thank you' and take the first sip. Delicious.

"I didn't know we had coffee." I start the morning better than I expected.

"We didn't, I buy it this morning at the convenience store. There's one not too far away from here." Namjoon says. "We should go for a walk this afternoon all together, so we can get to know the district. What do you think?"

"With what money?" I ignore the last part. I'm still tired and confused about what happened yesterday, and even more about what we're here really for.

"Mr. Kim knew what he was doing when he decided to send us here. " He smirks.

"Your father-in-law is a genius." I keep going with the joke.

"I'm not used to see him this way." Namjoon says, slightly blushing. I chuckle at his reaction, I don't get to see this side of Namjoon often.

"Start getting used to it." Seokjin says. "We'll get married some day, don't we?" Seokjin stares at Namjoon, with his eyebrows raised. He only smiles as if he regretted what he said and kiss Seokjin's head. He whispers something in his ear and I roll my eyes.

We keep doing our things in the kitchen. Namjoon, Seokjin and Hoseok cleaning while the little monsters and I keep eating.

When I finish my so much needed coffee, I start feeling the tension in the air. Taehyung is sitting in front of me, his eyes are red and puffy. I know something happened yesterday, but I don't know what. I'm sure it's not for the Red Men thing.

"Are you okay, buddy? Did you eat dinner yesterday?" I try to start a conversation with him. Taehyung has never been the type of person to keep his feelings for himself.

He nods and keeps playing with his spoon inside his hot cocoa. I look at the others, they look pretty uncomfortable, but what really catches my attention is that Jimin isn't here comforting his baby bear.

"Can someone tell me what's happening?" I say, tired of being the only one who doesn't know what's going on. I'm used to deep talking conversations with the boys, even if I don't show my emotions as much as they do.

"Jimin cheated on me with Jungkook." Taehyung suddenly says.

I choke on my coffee and Jungkook's cup falls. How the hell did it happened. I look from Jungkook to Taehyung, who takes another sip of his drink.

"I'm sorry." Jungkook gets on his knees to collect all the broken pieces, his cheeks full red.

"For breaking the cup or stealing my boyfriend?" Taehyung says, leering at Jungkook. I've never seen Taehyung this. . . sassy.

"I told you I could explain it, Taehyung." Jimin says. "Can we talk?" He passes his hands through his head. He looks and sounds concerned. I wonder if he really cheated on Taehyung or is a misunderstanding. "It's not what you think. Do you really believe I cheated on you with Jungkook?"

"Whatever." Taehyung takes the last sip and goes to the bathroom.

"Holly shit. Did you really cheat on him?" I finally say, I need to know what's going on. Cheating isn't in Jimin's vocabulary and less in his actions.

"It wasn't our intention!" Jimin raises his voice. I wonder how you can cheat on someone without wanting it, but I keep that to myself. He sits in front of me.

Instead, I say something that may or may not make Jin angry. "Wow. I thought Taehyung would be crying in the corners, but he turned out a sassy bitch." He needs to know how to stand for himself, if he doesn't want to be stepped on again or in the future. Obviously, Seokjin glares at me. I understand in less than seven seconds that he wants me to shut up.

"He already cried yesterday." Hoseok says, sitting next to me. However, he looks kind of angry. Does it mean Jimin really cheated on Taehyung?

"I didn't want to kiss Jungkook, it was an accident- No, it wasn't, but. . ." Jimin looks at Jungkook, not finishing his sentences. He looks at him, the guilt on his face is water clear. I've more questions, but I decided to shut and mind my own business.

"You don't need to explain it here, guys." Namjoon says. "We tried to help you, but it's not our business, you can keep it to yourself. I know you'll do the right thing."

"But if you need help, you can ask us. We're here for you." Seokjin adds, quickly.

"You know something I don't." I say, looking at the lovebirds of the group. "What happened between you two?" Both of them look at me with puppy eyes. "If I can know, of course. . ." I should be softer, they look like they could break at any moment. "I won't judge, you know that." Maybe it isn't the best moment to talk about it, but I'm getting worried.

"I'm polyamorous and I like both of them. It's all my fault, hyung." Jungkook sits next to Jimin, hiding his face in his hands.

I understand what Jungkook may feel right now. I'm not polyamorous, but I kind of have open relationships with people, if I can call it that way. At some point, I think Charles and I were in a relationship. An open relationship, but I can't let myself open up that way to him and I think I won't be able to be with one person. You can't be in love forever with someone, everyone will end up breaking some day in our world, or break up and get back together one hundred years later.

I scratch the back of my neck, before paying attention again. Jimin's arm is around Jungkook's shoulders in a comforting way.

"Please stop talking to me, it's so embarrassing." He wines.

"Are you embarrassed because you like them? You should be proud. You don't only like one perfect little man, but two." I say, but that's not good for Taehyung. I hope they make up soon or I'll be forced to talk to him. I don't want him to do something he'll regret.

"Did you just called me 'little man'?" Jimin says.

"That's what you're."

"I will never be proud. They break up because of me." Jungkook says. It looks like he hadn't bad intentions, but it's true, they break up because of him (I also keep that to myself).

"No, no, no." Jimin shakes his head. "We didn't break up yet, Taehyung is still my boyfriend." I raise an eyebrow, questioning what he said.

"But I have the feeling you're not his." Hoseok says. "But everything has more sense now." He clears his throat. "Anyway, you should really talk to Taehyung and explain it before he finishes all this film in his head." I analyse Hoseok's face, he knows something we don't.

"You can try to talk to Taehyung again. Didn't he understand what a poly relationship and to be polyamorous is?" I ask, the problem has to be there.

"He doesn't even know it. I tried to talk to him yesterday night, but he didn't want to listen. I'll keep trying, though. He needs to know the whole truth."

"It's all my fault Jimin. You should hate me as Taehyung does." Jungkook pouts, looking at his thighs.

"I don't hate you and we can still be friends," Jimin says. "But I need to fix everything with Taehyung first. Can you wait?" Jungkook nods.

"I'll also talk to him. If he doesn't try to kill me first, I would really like to tell him I'm polyamorous."

Jimin nods. "You deserve to tell him that." He messes Jungkook's hair, playfully.

I actually never liked traditional relationships because of this. Everything works better if you can chill and have fun with that person with or without feelings in the middle. Traditional relationships are a waste of time. It works better in an open relationship, because, even though there's the possibility of Charles having feelings for me, I could still do whatever I wanted with whoever I wanted. And so could he.