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THIRD PERSON POV-

The night was cold, dark and scary. No one was in sight and the park was silent. A light far away illuminated the place just a little. No one will even know if anyone get murdered there brutally.

Whole world was sleeping in the warm embrace of their loved once while Taehyung sat hunched on a bench in that scary park alone.

No silence scared him then the silence within himself.

He didn't even realise when Jimin came running to him in horror. The way his soulmate has asked him to come there in emergency and the blankness in Taehyung's voice had terrified the silver haired boy.

''Tae? You okay?'' He asked putting his hands on his knees and he inhaled unevenly. Jimin's voice brought the blonde back to his senses and he looked up at his soulmate.

The silver haired boy was still huffing but he immediately came forward to stand in front of Taehyung when he saw his best friend's dead eyes.

The same blankness he had witnessed in those blue orbs seventeen years back.

''Tae? Are you oka-'' He didn't even finished his sentence when Taehyung hugged his waist and started crying. It left Jimin stunned. His hands went to pat the blonde's head lovingly as he looked into nothingness.

''Tae...what happened?''

''I....I am not fine, Chim. I-Its hurting. I feel like....l-like someone is pricking needles in my heart....as if m-my soul is dying slowly.... Its h-hurts so much, Chim...Please help me, I beg y-you....please....p-please take this pain away from me. I can't take it a-anymore...'' Taehyung vailed in agony, his pleading voice echoed in the silent park and as if crickets were crying along with Taehyung, whole atmosphere turned gloomy and Jimin didn't realise when his own eyes watered.

Wasn't it what he feared?

Wasn't it what he wanted to save his best friend from?

Wasn't it what he dreaded?

Witnessing his soulmate breaking down in his embrace for the millionth time now.

But everything seemed to be fine. Wasn't Taehyung happy just a week ago? Wasn't what Jimin witnessed in Taehyung's eyes last week a true feeling of contentment and happiness?

Then what happened so suddenly?

Jungkook's face flashed in front of his eyes and he saw blood.

If that person was behind Taehyung's tears, Jimin will kill him this time without giving a fuck about consequences.

''W-Why it always has to b-be me, Chim? Why can't I be happy for o-once? Am I that undeserving? But I never hurted a-anyone intentionally, I never did wrong with anyone, then why am I b-being punished?'' The blonde asked bringing Jimin back to reality.

The blonde tightened his hold around Jimin's waist as he cried his heart out, not caring how many tears fell on the grass and turned into nothing, not caring if stars were witnessing his breakdown, not giving a thought to how child like he looked right now....Not even realising that universe was also watching him falling apart.

Was it what they call the punishment for loving someone?

Why some love stories have to be so heart breaking? Why some people have to lose themselves to find the true love? Why there is always something that can keep two lovers apart?

History has been the witness. No matter how much two lovers love each other, no matter how deep their admiration for each other has been......true love has always been separated by circumstances even when both of them had been ready to go through harshest of punishments for falling in love, they had to give up in the end when they couldn't take the pain of kept apart.

They gave up on their lives and created examples that love is undying, that feelings never dies...what dies are just two bodies because at the end, two souls find their way to each other again.

Not alive, better dead!

Taekook were also going through that test which will determine the fate of their love story.

Will they able to face everything and conquer their fears or will they fall apart and wait for their death, it depended only on both of them now. They came close but the distances between them kept increasing, Taehyung felt like his love story will never get complete.

He wanted to step towards Jungkook, like earth keep approaching the sky hoping they will meet someday, but they never does. Taehyung also want to step ahead and choose his happiness but there were so many hurdles in the way that it scared the boy to even try.

''Calm Down Tae....T-Talk to me, Okay? Talk to me, baby....I am here.'' The silver haired boy patted Taehyung's head lovingly encouraging the boy to talk it out of him. Jimin didn't even know what the matter was. Taehyung hasn't received his call since last week.

''Why C-Chim?''

''What Why Baby?'' The silver haired boy asked. The blonde pulled back and looked up at his best friend who nodded encouragingly.

''You r-remember the day when w-we came to know that I w-was pregnant? When...W-When I had fever?'' The blonde asked and Jimin could only nod hesitantly.

''I needed him so b-bad, Chim.....I needed only him. Only a glimpse of h-him could have m-made me feel better. I loved him, C-Chim...even when he was ignorant, I loved him w-with my everything. I waited for him..... I hoped that he w-will come to me and talk sweet nothings into my ear holding me close to himself.....w-was that too much? Was I asking f-for too much, Chim....tell me!'' The blonde asked crying, hiccupping every now and then and Jimin shook his head biting on his lip to control himself from crying with his best friend.

He needed to be strong for Taehyung.

''No Tae....T-That was your right. You were not asking for too much.'' He replied, hands turning into fists remembering how Jungkook had ignored his calls when he tried to inform him about Taehyung's fever that day.

''Then why d-didn't he come, Chim? W-Why did he made me suffer so much? I was only asking for a l-little....just a little from him. We had been a happy family...Me, him...our love...our T-Taegguk....Why Jungkook is so heartless, Chim? Why does he has to make my life more and m-more miserable?'' The blonde cried, his words becoming unclear as he cried everything out of him.

Jimin came and sat beside Taehyung and held the blonde's hand.

''What happened, Tae? Did he say anything again?'' The silver haired boy asked making the blonde shake his head.

''That's the thing, Chim....When I wanted him to say nothing, h-he never shut up and now, when I want him to s-say it, to tell me what he want, he is s-silent. Its frustrating me, Chim.... Its like I don't understand him. I d-don't know what goes in his head.''

''Tell me from the start......tell me everything.'' Jimin asked making Taehyung nod. He took a few moments to calm and gather himself but didn't wiped his tears.

What's the use? They will appear again.

''Before the six m-months that court gave us were over, he t-took the case back. He isn't divorcing me, neither he want Taegguk....''

''What?'' The news was shocking for Jimin.

If Jungkook wanted none of them, then why the fuck he filed that case in the first place?

Didn't he had entertainment in his life that he has to bring Taehyung back and play with him again?

''He s-said he just wanted to spend some t-time with us...to e-earn our forgiveness. H-He also said that he wanted me back when he brought me back to Korea from P-Paris b-but now, he want me to stay happy....to choose my o-own happiness. He a-apologised for what he did in past and....and....and that's all! He didn't say anything after that, Chim...he left it for me to d-decide. W-What should i decide now? What's left for me to d-decide here?'' He asked looking at his best friend weakly and Jimin swear that Taehyung was going to die if he didn't came out of this.

He could see how blank those eyes looked right now.

He could see the shaking of Taehyung's body as he cried, he could feel how his best friend held his hand tightly....as if he was looking to hold onto something.

''T-Tae.....I don't know what to say!''

''That's what I am saying, Chim....I d-don't know what to say. Gguk loves him so much, how can I take him away from his father who he got after so many years? How can I snatch the shadow of a father from his head?''

''Tae...this isn't about Gguk!''

''I k-know.... I know this isn't about my son. Chim, I swear I must have done some very good things in my past to get a son like him. He is so understanding even when he is just sixteen....Sometimes I wonder how can he be s-so mature....Why isn't Jungkook like him?'' The blonde asked hiccupping.

Jimin gulped the emotions that stirred in his throat.

He couldn't even imagine what Taehyung must be feeling right now.

''Let's talk about what you want, Tae....that's more important that questioning anyone else right now.''

''Everything is s-so messed up, Chim.... Whenever I want to step away from him, I f-feel myself dying in every s-step and when I think about walking towards him.....all the pain he gave me come and stand in between us. He had left me broken, Chim..... He did everything worst possible with me yet I can't stop myself from loving him.....I t-think I always loved him even when I cursed him for not being with us....My hands I-itch to touch his face, my body crave for h-his warmth, my s-soul crave for his love.....I know my happiness lies in him, Chim.....I can't live away from him. Just thinking about it m-makes me shake to the core......''The blonde's words were desperate, his eyes were pleading, his hands were shaking, his heart was bleeding.....

He was hurting in the most beautiful way.

He was again crying for someone who snatched his happiness from Taehyung all those years back.

''Isn't it so hilarious, Chim?'' Taehyung asked after a moment of silence. Jimin wiped his tear and looked at Taehyung.

''My happiness lies in a person who snatched my everything from me!'' The sarcasm in that voice made the silver haired boy shake his head but he couldn't form words, he felt like no word will be able to make his best friend feel better.

''He married me because of money, he humiliated me e-every hour of the day, he claimed his rights on me against my wish, he made me laugh at my own self and then, when I got pregnant with his child, he threw me out of the h-house! I was not left with dignity yet my happiness lies in him! How much more pathetic I can be, C-Chim? How much more low I can go for chasing my love?'' The blonde chuckled sarcastically at the end of the sentence giving a pang to Jimin's heart.

He was so helpless right now that he didn't even know how to console Taehyung.

''When I left Korea, I promised myself that I will love myself more than anything and Taegguk made sure I always valued my happiness more than anything. I became distant from my true self and adopted a professional attitude with everyone else other than you and Gguk.... I didn't know what watered my self respect every day that it has became to big that I don't know how to step over it....and w-why should I? Why am I even thinking about putting everything aside and go running to him when he didn't even once asked me to stay? Will his ego hurt if he held my hand and ask me to not leave, Chim?'' Taehyung's question made something click in Jimin's mind and he looked into blonde's eyes for a few moment making Taehyung lick his lips.

''What made you think that he want you to stay, Tae?''

''W-What?''

''I mean if he really want you to stay, wouldn't he had asked you once?'' Jimin asked making the blonde look down into his lap.

''H-He asked me.....many times. To give him a last chance. I d-didn't agreed coz I was scared first. Tears are always not true....and I couldn't trust him that easily....then he asked me again and I wanted to know why he want a second chance but his answer couldn't convince me. I thought he just wanted that chance coz he was guilty and didn't actually mean anything. I t-thought that he just want to g-get free from his guilt so that h-he can live happily....and when I can't live happily, how can I let him?.....'' The blonde asked making Jimin furrow his eyebrows.

''I k-know I sound stupid but I was mad at him. He g-gave me so much pain, I had all the rights to make him suffer even if it was just guilt but he d-didn't stop trying, Chim....He always took care of me, always did small things to make me happy and when he asked me the same thing again in Jeju....I couldn't hold myself back. My feelings f-for him have became so stubborn that I c-cant supress them anymore....and since then, he had been constantly making me feel special....s-something in his eyes makes me blush, C-Chim.....I know this is idiotic but when I see him now, I don't see anything from seventeen years back....he is a t-totally different person now.'' The blonde explained, Taehyung didn't realise but Jimin clearly noticed that weak smile that danced on the corner of Taehyung's lips.

He thought for a moment before looking up at Taehyung.

''Are you sure what you see in his eyes isn't guilt alone? You think that h-he loves you?'' The question made Taehyung's heart race. The boy bit on his lower lip and looked in front on him into the darkness.

''He gave me a bouquet of flowers which had three crimson roses....which means confession of deep, pure and u-undying love. I know I am thinking too much but do you think it was just a coincidence o-or he actually m-meant that?'' The blonde asked unsurely, he didn't know why he wanted Jimin to tell him that it wasn't a coincidence. He wanted his best friend to tell him that his Jungkook loves him.

The silver haired boy sighed deeply before looking at Taehyung.

''Did he ever tried to tell you about his feelings directly...or indirectly?'' Jimin asked dodging the question successfully. Looking at Jungkook's past records, he can't side with the ravenette but he has also noticed the way Jungkook look at his best friend now is totally different.

He look at Taehyung as if he want to observe every little detail about the boy.

As if he want to remember that image for forever.

''He said he find s-solace in me and t-that his happiness lies in me.''

''Then we a-''

''And Taegguk also said something about Jungkook loving me since last seventeen y-years!'' The blonde interrupted the silver haired boy whose eyes widen in surprise.

''WHAT?''

''Y-Yeah....I guess they guys talked. Gguk knew about the withdrawal of case from before.'' As he talked the words out, he was also slowly seeing through things.

''I don't know what's happening, Tae.....Your husband is impossible to understand.'' Jimin stated holding his head with both of his hands. Jeon Jungkook was giving him surprise after surprise.

The tears have dried and now the blonde giggled watching his best friend cursing at nothing.

''If he really love you then why isn't he stopping you?'' The silver haired boy asked in disbelief.

''Because he think that my happiness lies in staying away from him.''

''Is he crazy or what?''

''N-No...actually I said that I am leaving after divorce and don't wanna see his face again. I was mad at him and b-because he is too guilty, he isn't finding it in himself to a-ask me to stay...'' Taehyung replied looking down in shame. He now scolded himself for saying that to Jungkook.

''Do you wanna stay, Tae?'' Jimin asked getting serious.

''Should I want to, Chim?'' The question was said weakly and Jimin nodded.

''I don't know what's right and what's wrong. My conscience tell me to just run away while my heart k-keep holding me back. I don't know anything other than crying.'' He teared up again and Jimin immediately patted his hand assuringly.

''You know what I think Tae?'' He asked making the boy look at him.

''I think that if you were really thinking about leaving, you wouldn't have been crying. You would have just packed your bag and left. Nothing would have affected you....'' The silver haired boy started while Taehyung kept looking at him blankly.

''The hurt, betrayal and humiliation you went through all those years back, that were the only things which were deciding your options, it would have not been that hard....You don't wanna leave actually....You are just trying to find an excuse to stay here...." Jimin continued making the blonde look at him terrified.

No...Jimin has no right to expose him like that.

"To be honest, I can see you not thinking about what happened in past as much as you are thinking about future....and honestly, I am very happy seeing that.....Ask yourself, Tae.... Ask yourself if you will be remembering the time you spent with Jungkook during these months or will you be cursing him for doing all that years ago in future....Place yourself somewhere twenty years in future and see what will matter more to you.....'' Jimin said making Taehyung look at him blankly for a moment.

''C'mon Tae....I am here. Imagine yourself twenty years later.'' Jimin encouraged him again making Taehyung nod.

Twenty years later.....

He didn't know what to feel. Seeing himself sitting under the window which will be letting the sunlight caress him softly while he read a book in a house where he will be alone as Gguk would have been gone to a vacation with his family, it made Taehyung shrug his thoughts away.

It was scary.

What happened in past won't even matter then.

Everyone would have moved on, only he and maybe Jungkook would be stuck in their past where they will cry everyday for each other.

The way Taehyung's face went pale made Jimin smile.

''I hope you got your answer, Tae.... Your happiness is what matter to you the most right now. I am not asking you to compromise your self respect, you never should.... See, I will not lie but I feel like murdering your husband every time I see him for some reason but it won't change the fact that he has brought back the shine to your eyes. As you just said, your happiness lies in him then give yourself a chance, Tae....Go and talk to him. Maybe he will ask you to stay and if not, then you can walk away....at least you won't regret that you didn't try to follow your heart once. It should not be you walking to him, it should be him wanting to follow you anywhere you go....It will be the true make up of his past actions....'' Jimin told him and Taehyung wondered for a moment before smiling at his best friend who nodded assuringly.

Hugging each other, both of them left to their homes.

Taehyung now knew what he want.

Now It was Jungkook's chance to hold his hand and stop him from walking away.

Jeon Jungkook will not always get what he want without doing anything....

Jeon Taehyung will never sacrifice his dignity and self respect again. He will only stop if Jungkook respected that too.

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