CHAPTER 2

“Thank you for coming Mr. Kim. I really needed that help.” Mr. ha said to taehyung

who smiled while shaking his hand.

“Mention not Mr. Ha. I will take m leave now.” Taehyung said biding goodbye to

the principal of seoul college. Mr. Ha needed some help from him and taehyung was

kind enough to come to the college and help him.

Jungkook studied in the same college and taehyung felt the urge to ask the principal

about Jungkook but he held himself back. He didn’t want to be nosy. And kids

nowadays don’t like people like that at all.

Taehyung went to the parking lot to his car and opened the door. But before he could

enter his car, he heard some voices. He wouldn’t care if they were random voices.

He heard a familiar voice among others.

He closed the car door and walked towards the sound. There was a corner which was

out of the camera range and a few boys were smoking there instead of going to the

class.

Taehyung’s expression hardened when he saw Jungkook among them. The boy was

smoking without any care of the world.

It was one of his friends who noticed him first.

“Opf look what is here?” that boy said while patting his friends’ shoulder to gain

their attention. Taehyung didn’t even bother to look at them. His eyes were only on

Jungkook.

When Jungkook heard his friend, he looked at taehyung. Just like taehyung’s

jungkook’s eyes widened too. He was leaning against the wall but seeing him he

stood properly.

The cigarette stick was still in his hand but he couldn’t throw it away. He was frozen

on his spot. Taehyung slowly walked towards him and stood in front of him staring

at him with a blank face.

One of jungkook’s friends decided to speak,

“Look Mr. Kim…its not your university okay? So don’t interfere in this. College

students are dangerous nowadays mind it.”

Jungkook’s eyes darkened when he heard his friend saying that. He glared at him

making his friend confused. Normally it would be Jungkook himself who would

show their place if someone decided to interfere.

“Get out of here.” Jungkook said to them. They frowned but did what they were told.

Now there was only taehyung and Jungkook. Jungkook lowered his head and waited

for taehyung to say something. But when taehyung finally said something, his heart

broke

“I don’t know what to say Jungkook. I knew that you are not living a decent life but

this? You are not even at your legal age for this Jungkook. How can you do this?

This is basically ruining your life.” Taehyung said with so much disappointment in

his voice.

Jungkook didn’t reply to that. He didn’t know how to. He had been smoking for at

least two years. He started it when he were fifteen, to be exact when he started to

feel for taehyung.

Even though, he was a teenager and wasn’t matured enough, he understood that those

feelings wouldn’t be accepted easily by anyone. He was feeling something for his

dad’s friend. It was not normal.

More importantly, taehyung never saw him like this. It was too obvious. He always

treated him like a kid. Whenever he was around, he showed that he adored him a lot

but that wasn’t something Jungkook wanted. That adoration only broke his heart. He

wanted love, not adoration.

Taehyung took the cigarette from Jungkook’s hand and crushed it under his feet.

Jungkook heard taehyung sighing before the man grabbed his hand and made him

sit on the bench that was nearby. Taehyung crunched down in front of him and looked

at him straight in the eyes.

Jungkook tried to duck his head again but taehyung stopped him.

“No look at me in the eyes and tell me your problem. Tell me why are you doing

this? Did you ever think about your parents?” Taehyung asked trying so hard not to be hard on the kid but he was really disappointed. He didn’t want Jungkook to be like this.

Jungkook couldn’t ignore his questions anymore. It would be disrespectful to

taehyung.

“I needed it.” He said with a small voice. It was true. He needed it. At that young

age, he was lost in the sea of overwhelming feelings. He couldn’t share it with

anyone, not with his parents nor his parents.

He was alone. He needed something to keep himself sane.

Taehyung couldn’t understand though. He was unable to.

“You needed it? Why? Jungkook are you serious? You literally have verything a

person can possibly have. You have a loving family, everyone in the family loves

you and adores you. You study in a good college. You have a bunch of friends.

What’s making you so sad that you have chosen to ruin your life?” taehyung said

and his voice kept raising in the end.

But his expression softened when he saw tears in Jungkook’s eyes. He didn’t like

the tears in the younger’s eyes. He never saw Jungkook vulnerable. Seeing

Jungkook’s tears, taehyung started to wonder if there was something serious going

on with Jungkook.

“Jungkook-

“

Jungkook cut taehyung off before the elder could say something.

“Do you think I cant have any problem because I have a loving family and friends?

You are elder than me. You must know that sometimes ‘everything isn’t enough’.”

Taehyung nodded his head. He knew that.

“I know that but Jungkook isn’t it better to talk to them about your problems rather

than destroying yourself? You know your parents. They love you so much. They will

always try to help you. They will make you feel better. They will solve your

problem.”

“They cant.” Jungkook said with a blank face looking away from taehyung. Even

his voice was void of any emotion.

Taehyung sighed and hesitantly held Jungkook’s hand. Jungkook flinched a little

and looked at him. The elder was looking at him with sad eyes. Jungkook was hurting

thinking that he was making taehyung feel like this.

“Jungkook-ah you know that your family is precious to me right? I am an orphan. I

don’t have anyone in the world. I have lived alone for so long until I met your dad

and suddenly I got a family.

Maybe I haven’t showed it enough but you guys are precious to me. Your are

precious to me. If you cant share your problems with your parents, maybe you can

share it with me?

I wont judge I swear. I will do everything to help you, to solve your problem.”

Jungkook’s heart throbbed when he heard taehyung. He wanted to say it badly. He

wanted to let everything out. He wanted to tell taehyung everything he wanted to say

and wanted him to at least give him a chance.

“You don’t know what you are saying taehyung.” Jungkook said while trying so hard

to keep the hope in his voice hidden.

Taehyung sighed and wiped away the drop of Jungkook’s tears from his cheek.

“I know what I am saying. I want you to be happy and make your parents happy. I

don’t want to see you like this Jungkook-ah.” Taehyung said softly while caressing

Jungkook’s knuckels.

“You want me to be happy? You wont hate me if I say everything to you?” Jungkook

said now staring at taehyung’s hand which was touching his. His voice was filled

with hope.

“Of course not! I will never hate you I promise.” Taehyung said happily because it

seemed like Jungkook was convinced to share his problems with him.

Jungkook looked at him again and stared at his face for a few seconds. His vulnerable

eyes showed too many emotions and taehyung felt the urge to protect that boy

forever.

Jungkook then gave a small smile a nodded his head.

“Ok I will tell you everything. But not today. You will have to come when I call

you.” Jungkook said smiling at taehyung.

Taehyung smiled too and nodded his head. He got up from the floor and made

Jungkook also stood up.

“Now throw away all the cigarettes. Come on.” Taehyung said taking Jungkook to

the dustbin.

Jungkook hesitated a little but opened his bag to take out all the packets he had with

him. Taehyung’s eyes widened when he saw many packets inside Jungkook’s bag.

Jungkook bit his lips in shame and threw away all the packets into the dustbin.

“Good boy. I am proud of you.” Taehyung said patting Jungkook’s head. Jungkook

gave him a smile again because he liked how taehyung was proud of him.

“Now go to your class. Don’t skip it again.” Taehyung said again before walking

away. But before he could go far Jungkook stopped him.

“Taehyung?”

Taehyung turned around and answered,

“Hmm?”

Jungkook walked to him and wrapped his arms around the elder man. His eyes

immediately shut down when he felt the warmth of taehyung’s body slowly invading

his skin ad warming up his whole body. When the warmth reached his heart, he

showed a small smile on his face.

Soon he felt taehyung’s arms around his body too. Taehyung put his right hand on

his lower back and hugged him softly.

Taehyung got the smell of cigarette perfectly from this close and it made him tighten

his hold, he needed to fix it. He couldn’t let Jungkook do that again.

He broke the hug but Jungkook’s arms were still on his shoulder and he didn’t care

about that. He only smiled and said,

“Call me okay? I will wait for your call. Don’t hesitate. I will be there for you.”

Jungkook nodded his head and finally let taehyung go. Taehyung ruffled his hair and

walked to his car. Jungkook stared at him until he left.

He wrapped his arms around his own body and hugged himself. He was feeling so

many things at that time. After years, for the first time he felt that close to taehyung.

Showing one of his faults and vulnerability made him feel closer to taehyung.

When he first met taehyung, he was only mesmerized by taehyung’s look. He was

twelve years old at that time when his dad brought taehyung home for the first time.

A twelve year old boy was having a hard time believing that the man who came with

his dad was real. He looked too handsome to be real.

But it was only for a few hours until taehyung left. Taehyung was in his head only

as a handsome friend of his dad.

Time passed by, taehyung started to come to their house frequently and he started to

talk to the young cute boy of his hyung. That boy looked cuter to his because of his

poker face most of the time. Because even with his poker face, he looked so cute

with big doe eyes and shiny black hair falling on his forehead.

He used to bring many things for Jungkook. When he learnt that Jungkook loved

video games, he gifted as many as he could to him on his birthday.

Jungkook started to open up a little but it was only for a few days.

Jungkook started to observe him from the shadow. He watched all the little things

the elder did but the best thing that caught his attention was his smile.

He didn’t even realize when he started to crave to see taehyung’s smile. He didn’t

even realize when he started to listen to his parents’ conversation just to know when

taehyung was gonna come to their house next.

He only realized something deep when he started to call taehyung from a private

number just to hear his voice when he missed him too much.

He was only fifteen at that time when he recognized a love same as the one between

his parents.

He was terrified when he realized that because it was not just a mere crush. It was

deeper than that. He started to think about losing taehyung, being hated by him and

it teared up his heart whenever he thought about it.

He wasn’t a fool. He understood that it was not appropriate to fall in love with his

dad’s friend. He knew it and he tried to get rid of it. He avoided the elder for months

and it only made him miserable. He even tried to date a girl but nothing worked.

He was already heartbroken. He didn’t even get the chance to be heart broken by the

person he loved. It was the society status and its invisible rules that broke his heart.

Jungkook accepted it but the need of confessing his love to taehyung never

decreased. He wanted to do it so badly.

The only fear that was stopping him was being hated by taehyung. He knew he

wouldn’t be able to take it. He thought that he wasn’t that important to taehyung.

The elder would be disgusted at him.

But today he saw something in taehyung’s eyes. He saw the fear in taehyung’s eyes.

Taehyung was scared for him.

It was giving him hope that at least the elder would understand him and give him a

chance. A chance was the only thing he needed from taehyung. He only needed to

show his love to taehyung.

That’s why he took a decision with beating heart and shaky hands.

That night when he went home, he called taehyung and told him to meet him the

next day.

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