...Flower of Evil...

"I hurt you. A lot. You suffered for nothing. But why are you all doing this?"

Yoongi looked at her and stayed silent.

Iseul,"Why aren't you saying anything?Do you know how hard it is for me now? I'd be grateful if you all could lash out or even torture me the same way I did to you all"

Yoongi still kept silent and watched her.

"I locked you up. I removed your spiritual core. I chained you in a beast den. I chopped off your nails. What else, huh? Oh and I –I let you see Jungkook suffer and let you feel useless —"

"I failed to protect you"

Iseul stopped when Yoongi spoke.

"I deserved everything. As your brother, it was my responsibility to protect you but I couldn't"

Iseul looked at away. "How was it your fault? I'm sure you must have seen the past. It was inevitable. Things happened and it wasn't under your control"

"We all did see what happened. And we saw why you hated us"

Iseul looked up,trying to calm herself down. "Someone told me this. My misfortune is not a freepass to hurt others. You tried so hard to stop me from hurting others that time. You tried so hard to make me realise my mistake. You tried to speak the truth but I never listened", her hands suddenly started trembling remembering the dark time. She hid her hands under the table,so Yoongi won't see her vulnerable side.

Yoongi sighed as he stood up. Dragging his chair next to her,he sat up and took her both hands to his. "That time,I thought I could save you if I said the truth. But when you took the rebirth, we decided to hide everything. Because we knew you would react this", he spoke staring into her eyes and stroked her cold sweaty hands.

"S –Save me?"

Yoongi nodded. "Iseul,it wasn't your fault"

Her eyes were already red but hearing his words,she felt her chest tightening. The words she wanted to hear. And it was more than effective since the words were coming from her brother Yoongi.

"When you were ruling, do you remember what you did to the mirrors inside the Palace?"

"I c –covered them. And ordered everyone to not let me see a mirror"

Yoongi, "Why?"

Iseul thought to the scary incidents which happened to her. Whenever she looked at in the mirror,she couldn't see herself. She could only see a black smoke Whenever she looked in the mirror. It scared her. "It was....scary. a black smoke"

Yoongi sighed. "Iseul,it wasn't you. Sure,you were there. The power belonged to you. You did everything. But that wasn't your will"

Iseul was confused right now. She squinted her eyes. "No. I wanted everything. I wanted that destruction"

"Then why did you spend your time regretting everything? For 800 years,you regretted. You were afraid of getting your soul burnt. The biggest punishment was the regret in here", he pointed at her heart.

Iseul widened her eyes. She had never spoken a word about her regrets to anyone. She always played it cool. She showed how proud she was to be the great villain who destroyed her own kingdom.

"Iseul,you are regretting now. But why didn't you regret that time? When I told you to look back,you never did. You couldn't listen. Because he wasn't letting you listen"

Iseul gasped slightly.

Yoongi, "Yes. It was the demon. He possessed your body that time. He controlled your heart and turned it to black. Staying in your body,he amplified the hatred in your heart. So,you continued to hate. The stronger you hate,the delicious your emotions were to him"

Iseul's chest started to rise up and down,realising what she missed. Her eyes filled with tears as she tightened her grip on Yoongi's hand. She was shaking heavily by now. "W –Why didn't you tell me? When I was reborn, why didn't you tell me sooner? Your highness,I –I hated you all a lot —"

"Would you have believed us if we told you? You didn't know anything and you would have thought we were lying"

He was right. She wouldn't have believed.

Tears continued to fall but she tried her best to suppress her sobs. She shut her eyes tightly and reminded herself those moments she tortured Yoongi. Chained up Yoongi flashed across her vision.

She snapped opened her eyes and looked at his chest. Her trembling hand touched his heart. "I took it away", she whispered. "With my bare hands,I took away your spirit core",she clenched his dress shirt and hicupped as she cried,placing her head on his chest. "I killed you. I killed you all"

She slowly let go of him and got down on her knees. "I'm sorry", she whispered as she cried. "I'm sorry for everything. Even though it was Nian who was in me, it was my wish too,to kill you all. I'm so sorry! I failed you"

Yoongi slowly got on his knees infront of her and wiped her tears as he stroked her cheek. "Dummy. Come here", he pulled her to his embrace. "I'm sorry too. I failed to protect you"

Iseul shook her head but said nothing and continued to cry. For 800 years,she regretted everything. She had no one to ask help. She had no one by her side. She punished herself to her heart content. She went to see how people curse at her. She sat and kept listening to them to torture herself. And to hear something like 'it's not your fault', it was like a bit of heaven landed on her fiery pit.

Yoongi smiled as he stroked her hair. He looked up when he felt like tears were about to fall down. He didn't want to look weak when his sister needed him.

After  Iseul stopped crying, Yoongi brought her home. She received an earful from Mr.Cheon for not coming home last night.

When she was going to her room,Taehyung was already in the room. He was eating an apple while leaning against her table.

"How was your night? I only want nephews,alright?"

Iseul widened her eyes. "What in the fucking world! You dirty minded bastard. Get out"

Taehyung shrugged his shoulders. "I was just reminding you in case"

Iseul fiddled with her fingers and smiled slightly. "...you already had a nephew",she mumbled.

Taehyung looked down. "Wangxi"

She hummed.

Both of them fell into a silence.

"Sorry. I didn't want to make you sad", Taehyung mumbled. "I'll get going", he past her and walked towards the door.

"Brother!"

Taehyung paused in surprise.

"I'm sorry"

She didn't want to make her apology long. All she wanted was to apologise to every one of them. Her simple words held her pain and regret.

"I'm sorry too"

They all needed to apologise to one another. To recorrect everything, they should begin with their apology. To mend their broken hearts.

Iseul knew how much they were broken. Or maybe she didn't. She couldn't imagine how much she broke their hearts. Yet,they still loved her with those broken pieces of their hearts.

On the other hand,she was wronged too. They couldn't protect her. They failed as brothers.

Everyone was a failure as a sibling.

Taehyung looked back and smiled. "Jungkook and Jimin are bickering in the gym. Wanna join them?"

Iseul smiled genuinely feeling happy.

Taehyung grabbed her wrist and ran towards the gym room. He barged opened the door with a wide smile.

Jungkook and Jimin were bickering inside but as soon as Taehyung made his loud entry,they stopped and looked at him.

Taehyung stepped away and revealed Iseul.

Iseul was a bit hesitant. Suddenly, Taehyung nudged her and pushed her forward. Iseul slowly approached the two brothers and stood infront of them.

Iseul gulped hard and looked back at Taehyung. He nodded giving her some encouragement.

Iseul looked at Jungkook first. "I –I," ,she took a deep breath. "I did come that day. Hoping to see the sun rise together with you. But I was late"

When Jungkook was dying, he asked her to come out. She did come out. He was the only person she had with her that time. She wanted to watch the sun rise.

Jungkook smiled and pulled her to his embrace. "We can still go and watch the sun rise"

While staying in his embrace, her eyes shifted onto Jimin. She stretched out her hand to him. He smiled through hid tears and took her hand before hugging Iseul with Jungkook. Taehyung also joined them.

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Iseul finally had a talk with Namjoon and Hoseok in the library. She properly apologised to them.

"So,that day,I took your pup and went away. He was a bit fierce at first but soon got used to me. Then when I felt like I was close to die,I let it go to forest",Hoseok said as a reply to Iseul's question.

Iseul,who was sitting on a couch,nodded.

Hoseok,"Iseul,that say,I really came to kill you", He said bitterly.

Iseul smiled slightly. "I understand. You had no choice"

Namjoon spoke. "Yes. But it's not because he hated you. It was the only way to save your soul from Nian. He had started to eat your soul that time"

"Like his highness Yoongi. He let my mother die to save her soul?", Iseul asked.

Hoseok nodded. "Yes. When brother Yoongi was alive,he sent a letter to me privately asking me to find a way to save your soul. If it cannot be helped,then I must kill you. He desperately begged me to find a way to save you but I couldn't. The demon was powerful"

Namjoon stood up and sat beside her. "Alright. That's enough for today. You are exhausted"

"No! I have to go and find brother Seokjin too! I need to apologise to him too",...."But to be honest, I'm scared of him now. He –He—,"

Hoseok,"He's changed"

Iseul nodded with a bitter face. "He's cold and distant"

Namjoon sighed and stroked her hair. "Things affected him in a bad way. You should go and talk to him. Maybe,you can melt him again"

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