TWENTY SEVEN: THE BOY WITH NO TEARS

JANUARY 10, 1999

Kim Taehyung was no ordinary guy. Well, he used to be ordinary.

His mother was a prostitute in the shady alleys of Itaewon, the party place of Seoul. His father was unknown to him, but all he knew was that he was taken abandoned at the age of 2.

Two years later after being raised as an orphan, he was then handed off to a businessman, telling him that Taehyung was supposed to call him "father" from now on. Promising him a good and beautiful life with him.

Yes, SAN. It was the most famous company even in the years of 1990s. Technologically the most advanced company in South Korea. Yet, Taehyung was so young to still know about this.

Because he thought that he was able to have a more comfortable life awaiting him.

The man was named Choi Namsan. The eldest brother who is aged 22 years old and is part of the current SAN family, With Choi San at this time currently only months old.

"Tell my father that I'm not currently filling him in for CEO. I'm more of a lab type of man, who prefers to be busied in research and chemical reports," Namsan said as he tapped his secretary.

"Yes sir, is there a possibility that you are willing to have young master San, as the CEO instead?" His secretary asked.

"Of course of course! Little San, is still innocent. We should never have him into these adult things until he is one himself," Namsan said as he rubbed the head of the little four-year old Taehyung.

Year 1999, that was the year where the unknown drug, LIVV was created.

To live, is to create mistakes, to be the mistake. To live, is to live in a hell where people rip each other's throats apart.

What is the reason to live? Is it to impress? To live for someone? If you are living for the purpose of someone, isn't that not living for yourself anymore?

What is it to live, if you make mistakes that people will keep shaming in the end?

The purpose of LIVV, is to create a perfect life with no mistakes.

That was what Namsan wanted.

A world where people cannot shame other people, a world where people have a fair share of the perfection they desired.

Afterall, perfection is what everyone wants, right?

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"Make it stop! Please help me!" Little boy Taehyung cried as the syringe was injected into him, it was the first ever created dose of LIVV.

"So far the only effects is the increase of intelligence, although there may be some side effects present. Mind control... will be a little bit of an after effect, taking place once we do more doses to him," one of the scientists said and Namsan nodded.

"Taehyung, are you alright? Try to hold on more," Namsan called out, Taehyung, who was only a child, could only say yes, afterall.... he considered Namsan as a father.

Taehyung had tons of pain, his neck was swollen because of those needles they put him him everyday, he wriggled and screamed in pain whenever the scientists tried to even do more experiments on him and even took videotapes of him for scientific purposes.

Those were all the pain he experienced in his childhood, and it proceeded to do more in another 4 years.

2003

Taehyung ran, he bolted out of the iron door when he noticed that Namsan had left the door open while he was getting supplies for his experiment, trusting Taehyung wouldn't leave after years.

But Taehyung, never erased those experiences out of his mind, he wanted to end it all.

So he bolted out of the iron door, leaving that huge lab, leaving all those pain behind.

But his memories are bound to chase him forever.

He didn't care if those people saw him, he wanted to get out of there. His 8-year old self was screaming for help. Those people behind him ran after him, wanting to pull him back to the lab.

"Taehyung! Come back here! We promise we'll do good! Now be a good boy!"

Taehyung hated being called like that, he hated being watched.

He hated being an animal, being caged everyday to someone he used to call father.

It was a rainy night when Taehyung running for his life, the footsteps never stopping as those people behind him never stopped chasing him.

He was lurking inside the dark alleys of Seoul, and they chased him all the way there.

As he went to turn a corner, his eyes widened when someone suddenly pulled him to the side, he silently screamed but his mouthwas closed off by a huge hand.

"Shhhh....," a calm voice said and Taehyung immediately went silent.

"Where is he?!" The voices said as they slowly disappeared, and they both sighed in relief as the hand was released from his mouth.

Taehyung faced the woman, the woman wore a lace bathrobe with a lingerie inside, and she wore heels as she faced the boy silently.

"You were scared, weren't you? Don't worry, they won't get in the way anymore," she said as she stood up, and Taehyung silently followed her as they went to a small building with a neon sign attached to it.

SWEET LADIES HOSTEL

Taehyung, he was innocent. But he knew this woman would do no harm to her as he followed her inside.

There was a very weird smell inside too, mixed with perfume and bubble baths.

"Seoyoung unnie! Welcome back! And who's this little boy?" A lady said as she walked towards her, wearing the same outfit as this mysterious woman.

"I found him being chased by some suspicious people, thought he'd need to hide so we have this place for now," she replied as she covered herself even more.

"Ohhh! Then he's welcome to be here! Does he have parents?" Another lady asked and Seoyoung looked at the boy.

Taehyung, shook his head slowly, before looking down at the ground.

"Poor child, and he looks so thin! He needs some food!" The lady said as she brought over some food she got from the bar near her.

"What's your name?" She asked.

"Taehyung...," the boy replied, and the ladies smiled softly.

"This may be a hostel in which many non-child friendly things happen, but I can tell you there is an extra room upstairs," the lady smiled.

"By the way you can call me Johee noona, and that's Seoyoung noona, the eldest here... and that's Gahee noona...," the Johee noona trailed off and Taehyung smiled softly looking at the people around him, his heart in ease.

Taehyung grew up assisting with condom machines and the smell of lube waving around the place, and he grew up using pink towels and unscented shampoos. Seoyoung was who he treated as his mother, and his noonas were all good to him, making sure he was never exposed to very... explicit stuff.

"Taehyung! Be good at school! I made kimbap for you! Don't fight!" Seoyoung always said to him as he went to school.

"Taehyung! Our customer has trouble operating the shower, can you help him?"

"Taehyung! We're out of pink towels, can you go out and buy some?"

Taehyung, raised and loved by his noonas was also a courteous delivery boy, and it made him happy.

He felt needed, and he felt ordinary again.

Until, a certain point came into his life where he joined the criminal gang, Bangtan.

PRESENT

"Hyung, is our operation still ongoing?" San asked, and Namsan took a sip of whiskey as he stated at the window.

"I'm... at the age where I fulfilled my role, to make this world different," Namsan said, and another person walked in.

"What are you both talking about? LIVV.... is all about change, and the drug is still ongoing to be better, I suppose our operation can wait a bit more," he said.

"That's a nice way to put it," San said.

"Although I am not sure about how Jungkook will be responding to that."

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(UNEDITED)

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