A/n : I'm so happy T-T 500+ votes is my dream come true :") And I love it when guys wear bracelets *blushes* 

~ Seeing Each Other Is Now More Difficult ~

*TAEHYUNG'S POV* 

I think I would've killed her if he hadn't stormed in that very moment. 

And maybe also because of the strong pair of arms rearing me in, which probably belonged to Yoongi hyung. 

"Tae...what are you doing?", he asked as he stood transfixed at the entrance. 

"Jungkookie! What are you doing here!?", Jimin asked as he edged towards him, his gait cautious. 

"W-Why are you strangling Elle-ssi?", he asked as his expression turned cold and distant, the warmth and trust from his eyes faltering. 

My hands dropped from her throat, a series of coughs resounding in the air. 

"JK...you've got it all wrong...", I grimaced slightly. 

"T-Tae...I thought...you were different...", he said, words getting stuck in his throat. 

"I am, JK! I am...it's a misunderstanding...", I finished lamely. 

"You didn't answer my question, Taehyung-ah.", he said formally. 

"I wasn't strangling her...I was-.", I began but was interrupted by Elle's venom filled voice. 

"He was strangling me, Jungkook-ssi! He was! I was so scared!", she wailed as she rushed to him, with pretense exuding in leaps and bounds from her words. 

His eyes snapped to mine, mistrust and uncertainty visible in them. 

"W-Why would you do such a thing, Taehyung-ah?", he asked me, cluelessness prominently portrayed in his tone. 

I hung my head low, not having a plausible answer for this, unless I dragged each and every story of my past from my subconscious. 

"He was trying to force himself on me and when I refused, he threatened me!", Elle said, covering her face with her hands and shaking convulsively. 

"He did not! Don't believe her poisonous words, Jungkookie!", Jimin screamed in protest against her falsified accusations. 

"Jungkook, if you have even an ounce of sense in you and the teensy smallest bit of trust in Taehyung, you wouldn't believe her.", Yoongi hyung spoke in a low voice, accentuating each and every word clearly. 

"I-I...I should leave. I need some time alone...", he said before he bolted, leaving us all behind, including Elle. 

I slumped down on the ground, as the devastating turn of events came crashing down upon me. 

"You little bitch!", Yoongi hyung yelled as he punched the wall, drawing blood from his knuckles which trickled down slowly, adorning his hand in red. 

"Cursing me won't help your cause.", she said, mocking our predicament. 

"WHY!? WHY!? WHY!? WHAT HAS TAEHYUNG EVER DONE TO YOU!? WHY JUNGKOOKIE!?", Jimin yelled at her, tugging at his hair, probably making a few of them tear out of his scalp. 

 She laughed an evil laugh, not holding back the malice within her. 

"Because I will not let you have your happily ever after, when I haven't got mine! I will ruin you, Kim Taehyung! Just wait and watch.", she said before flashing us a smirk and turning on her heels, she walked out, leaving destruction in her wake. 

I looked up at Yoongi hyung and Jimin, to find hyung staring at his bloodied knuckles, the blood slowing down to a grotesque smear and Jimin at the door. 

I knew...

That one day...

It would all crumble down...

But...

I didn't expect it to be so soon...

And...

That you would be walking out...

With a piece of my heart...

Was also...

Something that I didn't envisage...

* TIME SKIP TO TWO DAYS * 

Rain. In winter. 

How fortuitous...

Stopping in the middle of the road, I looked up at the sky, the rain drops making it a tad bit harder. 

"Kim. Move.", a hard voice said behind me. 

I turned back to see Sookyung and Jungkook standing underneath umbrellas. 

My eyes widened. 

It had been a while since I had had close contact with JK...

I stood rooted to the spot, unable to form a coherent sentence. 

I wanted to say...

So many things...

"Let's go the other way, Soo-ah.", he said gently, tugging her by her arm towards the opposite direction.

My heart stopped beating at that sentence. 

I knew he was avoiding me.

But, hearing it loud hurt. 

I guess the price for keeping secrets was a lost love. 

My entire being felt cold, the rain not helping my cause. 

Sookyung, shooting one last glare at me, turned to walk off with JK.

I watched them disappear, into a mass of oblivion, the rain shielding them from my gaze. 

Why was it that I always hurt the people I love? 

Did I not deserve love? Was it a far fetched dream for me? 

"Taehyung. Namjoon won't be happy with you catching a cold.", Hobi hyung's voice said from behind. 

"Let me be, hyung.", I said, looking at the puddles which were forming on the ground. 

"I know that you're hurt, Tae. But right now, you need to focus. Focus on the show next week. Think about the countless people you'll be helping. So, sort out your priorities before it's too late.", Hoseok hyung said as he held an umbrella overhead, safeguarding the interests of the band. 

I wordlessly followed him to the minivan, where the rest of the members were waiting. 

As soon as I reached, Jimin rushed towards me and covered me in a humongous towel. 

"You're an idiot! Is catching a cold worth it!?", Jimin shouted as he bundled me up and pushed me inside the van. 

I slightly frowned, but kept shut. 

"Drive, Namjoon.", Hoseok hyung said, as he shut the door with a loud bang, the sound vibrating in the air, the repercussions being felt in the seats beneath us. 

"Roger that.", hyung said as he pressed hard on the gas and drove to our haunt, the garage. 

I wrung my hands together, looking at the rain-splattered window, my mind running through the passage of time. 

Were we...

Not meant to be...

How did this innocent reverie, turn into the most horrible torment? 

Will I ever find the answers...

To my questions...

"We've reached!", Hoseok hyung bellowed in my ear, jolting me out of my trance. 

"Huh? Yeah...", I said as I took in my surroundings, a dull realization settling down upon me. 

Hoseok hyung literally dragged me inside, and giving me a hard push in the direction of the microphone. 

"What was that for!?", I yelled, irritated at the reiterating efforts of the older male. 

"To knock some sense into your head, Kim Taehyung.", he said his tone harbouring an internal anguish and anger. 

"I'm perfectly fine, thank you.", I said sarcastically. 

"Don't give me that 'I'm fine' crap, Taehyung! Because I know that you're hot under the collar due to Jungkook's attitude towards you!", Hoseok hyung stated. 

"I-It's nothing like that!", I said, my ears turning red due to the pressures of the stares of the other members. 

"You don't fool people, Taehyung! I've had enough of you sitting and wallowing in your sorrow! If you want to talk to him, then go and do it!", Hoseok hyung said with finality in his tone as he walked off and took his position between Namjoon and Jin Yoongi hyung. 

"You don't-.", I began, but I was interrupted by Joon hyung's voice. 

"Shut up, you both! This is a practice session and unless you both can keep your private disputes out of this, you both can leave. The door's that way.", Namjoon hyung said in a tone that meant strictly business. 

Everyone's eyes snapped to him. 

No matter what, he had never ever asked anyone to leave practice. 

I let out a sigh and said,"I'm sorry. For neglecting it all." 

Dislodging my microphone from the stands and asked,"Are we taking it from the top?" 

Namjoon hyung nodded as Yoongi hyung began playing the harmony on his piano. 

"You give me a reason, something to believe in
I know, I know, I know
You give me a meaning, something I can breathe in
I know, I know, I know
It's a bittersweet feeling
Longing, and I'm leaving
I go, I go, I go
But I wish I was there with you
Oh, I wish I was there with you" 

I finished with a low bass, drowning all of my sorrows in those lines.

Jungkook...

I wish I was there with you...

- TIME SKIP TO THEM PACKING UP - 

"Great going, guys!", Jin hyung said as idle chatter filled the cold damp garage making it homely and warm. 

I smiled slightly at the praise. From the corner of my eye, I saw Hoseok hyung do the same. 

At least we still agreed on something...

"So, what was the set list again?", Jimin asked as he held a clipboard in his hand. 

"I suppose we can do Homesick by Dua Lipa.", I put forward my input. 

"Yes...but something with a bit more of pop in it would sound well.", Joon hyung said. 

"How about Fix You by Coldplay?", Jin hyung suggested with a small sparkle in his eyes. 

Jimin quickly noted it down, looking at the rest of the faces for further inputs. 

"First Love.", Yoongi hyung said suddenly. 

My breath hitched in my throat. 

Both Jimin and I looked at him and then at each other. 

"First...Love?", Jin hyung asked, surprised. 

"Yes. It's an original.", he mumbled, shoving his hands into his pockets. 

"I'd like to hear it.", Joon hyung said, interest evident in his features. 

"T-Tomorrow...6 pm.", he said as he put on his beanie and walked off, but not before sparing me and Jimin a glance. 

Should I go after him...

Or should I not...

I looked at Jimin for an answer. 

He shrugged, indicating that I might just do it. 

After all...

It was a really personal song...

 "Hyung!", I yelled, my voice being masked by the thunder. 

He stood under the shade, looking forlorn and lost as he stared at the raindrops falling on his shoes. 

It seemed as if he wasn't there and had taken no notice of me. 

Or so I thought until I heard his low growl. 

"What is it, Taehyung?", he said. 

I smirked slightly as I abandoned my dry comfort zone and ended up getting wet again. 

"Nothing, hyung. The rain getting to you?", I asked as I stood beside him. 

"You know how cats die when they get wet, right?", he asked out of nowhere. 

I raised an eyebrow in his direction. 

"I am a cat, Tae. Because I died on a wet day like this.", he said, his voice hollow and far off. 

"How so?", I asked. 

"There are things...things I haven't told you...or anyone. There are reasons...why I wrote First Love...why I chose music...", he trailed off. 

"Hyung...you don't have to force yourself to tell me.", I said. 

"No Taehyung. You have a right to know.", he said as he took of his beanie and leaving the shade to stand in the rain, the water running down his face, soaking his clothes. 

With hair sticking to his face, he smiled a ghostly smile. 

A smile which bespoke of the horrors he had within him. 

A smile which bespoke of immense sadness. 

A smile which bespoke of earth-shattering secrets if they were ever disclosed. 

"I saved Jungkook and his father from the mafia's wrath. I saved Jieun from her mother's schemes. I am the renowned Y of their tale. The Leader of the Blood Riders, Min Yoongi.", he said as he stood in the rain, letting it cleanse himself of everything his past was. 

My eyes became wider and wider till they had reached their limit. 

"Y...?", I asked, the syllable leaving a bitter aftertaste. 

He tilted his head and smiled. 

"Why didn't you tell him...or me...", I questioned. 

"Some things...are meant to be left unsaid...but only until it becomes too hard to take it to the grave. Feel free to tell him...he has a right to know...", hyung said as he walked off without another word, leaving me in the rain. 

It was raining...

Both inside and out...

A/n : Not me just revealing Yoongi's secret all of a sudden :)

P.S : The chapter's 2021 words lol... 

- Logging off for now...

- 💕Moonie💕