"Stop please! Don't hurt me!"

Seokjin shouts at Namjoom who has his fist up im the air ready to punch him once more.

"Why wouldn't I? You're a liar! You made a fool out me! Are you such a slut that you keep finding someone else's cock to fuck you?"

Seokjin can see how disgusted Namjoon looked at him. He looks like he almost want to spit on his face.

Namjoon grabbed his collar and lifted him up until their faces meet. He grabbed Seokjin's neck so tightly until the other is choking.

"P-please ... Nam-"

Seokjin can't even formulate his words because of the tight grip that is holding him making it almost impossible to breathe.

He held on Namjoon's hands and begged for him to release him but Namjoon paid him no mind.

Seokjin thought that this will be the end of him but suddenly the door slammed open and Namjoon lost his grip on him because of a fist that landed on his face.

"You don't get to touch my son like that!"

Seokjin saw his father now hovering over Namjoon and throwing him multiple punches, leaving ni space for Namjoon's face to be recognizable.

He saw how Namjoon's nose and lips started ti bleed and that's when he decided to stop his dad from doing something more and end up killing Namjoon.

"Dad! Dad! Stop it!"

But his father was not listening to him, his mind was now only focused on punishing the younger man under him who mercilessly almost killed his son.

"P-please, s-stop, let's go home" Seokjin started sobbing and that's when his father was woken up of the reality once again.

He moved away from Namjoon's body and examined his son's condition.

"Are you okay, Jin? Let's go to the hospital."

"I'm fine Dad. Let's just go home."

"No, I'll get you to the hospital."

Seokjin's Dad lifted his son up. Even if he's quite old, he is not too old not to take care of his son. They drove to the nearest hospital and get Seokjin checked.

Luckily, they found nothing and just prescribed him some pain killers. They went back to the car and just sat there for a few minutes. No one decided to spoke until Seokjin broke the silence.

"Dad, how did you know that I'm there?"

He saw the old man sighed, "I wanted to make sure that you will be okay so I had to follow you, because to be honest, I don't like that guy for you. I don't feel right. I'm skeptical about him and my suspicion was right. The moment you left our house I can sense trouble, I just planned on waiting outside not minding your business but before I leave I heard you screamed and that's when I knew that my son needed me.

Fuck that bastard for hurting you like that. I didn't raised you to be treated like a punching bag!"

Seokjin, for the millionth time in his lifetime, cried again. He was so lucky that he had a father like him.

"Thank you, Dad. I know I can always count on you."

"Don't mention that, son."

Seokjin cried until his tears run dry, letting his thoughts come to life as he finds his father's presence his safe place and comfort.

"I think you need to talk to your mom. I already texted her what happened." His father said and they drove back home.

Taehyun was already sleeping in his room when they returned.

Seokjin saw his mom waiting for him in the living room and tapped the space beside her. His father urged him to seat beside her before saying that he'll go and watch Taehyun as he sleeps.

"I know what happened, son. How are you?"

His mother's voice was enough to make him tremble and hug her tight.

"Mom, why am I always hurt like this? Why is it always me? Is this all my fault? But isn't it Taehyung who started it? Why am I getting all the pain?"

Seokjin's mother pats his head and smiked at him, "Son life doesn't work like that. It's not about who started what. It's about what you decide to do with that situation. I'm not blaming you or Taehyung for what happened to you a while ago.

You've been se driven by your anger that you don't think straight. You decided to do something wrong in order to correct what your husband did. Thinking that if you hurt him, he will learn his lesson. But as you do that, you are only keeping yourself as a prison on your own mistake.

Yes, Taehyung did became unfaithful but it's up to you on what you decide to act upon the situation. You don't get to blame him, surely he had done the shit that made you lose yourself but that doesn't mean you can't choose to be right and do the right thing.

You know that your father cheated on me too, right?"

Seokjin nodded as he remembered the night they talked about it as a family the night he went back home. He can't believe that his parents went through that but what amazes him is they made it worked and that's what inspired him to gave his marriage a shot.

"I'm so mad at him, so mad. Then I found out I was pregnant with you, I felt so lost that I almost aborted you, I was in the clinic with my appointment, but suddenly your father came and begged me to stay and keep you.

I agreed, not because I already forgive him, but for you. I don't want you to grow up with a broken family and I'm willing to gamble once more.

Of course I was tempted to hurt him too because when Everytime we are together all I can see was a cheater. I did, I always drink and stress myself out so you'll die, not because I don't love you, I love you son, it's just that I'm so in rage that I'm not thinking the best decision I can do.

What made me wake up was when I almost lost you, your father cried so hard that time blaming himself because of what happened, he really thought he lost you, but God was still merciful, he let you stay and when I went home, I started forgiving myself and him.

I felt like a bad mother because I almost killed my baby, but I look past it and tried to move on.

Why I'm saying this is because you will do a lot of stupid things but it's not entirely their fault. We have our own weakness too and we need people around us to help us think of the best way to deal with the situation."

His mother cupped his face and looked at him, "It's not your fault too, you just made a mistake. Don't blame yourself or anyone. Let this be a lesson to you to ne careful next time you make a decision. Remember, don't make them when you're too happy or too sad or angry. Let your head cool down and think of the pros and cons until you finally decide what to do."

"Mom, is our marriage still fixable? After all of this?"

"Do you want to fix it?"

He nodded.

"Do you believe that you can fix it?"

"Yes, I hope so, Mom."

"Then if you believe, and you wanted it to work, then it will. But first, take time to heal. Listen to us. Kive yourself first. You're too innocent for this, that's why you make rash decisions and regret it after, but if you took time and learn from everything, you'll be invincible and you can conquer anything."

But Seokjin still has one question.

"Mom, one last question ..."

"What is it?"

"Do you still love Dad, after everything or you are still just staying because you have to?"

"My dear, I stayed because of you, but not just because of you, but because I love him too. I thought my love for him was gone when he fooled me but it was just buried because I'm angry. But as I forgive him every day until today, I can see how that love grew to be something more."

"Did you entirely forget and forgive him now?"

"He never failed to ask for forgiveness everyday and in every possible way. Forgiveness is continuous. It's not a one day process, you need to renew it everyday."

Seokjin fully understand what his mother is talking about.

"Mom, help me heal myself, help me find me again. I want to be a better me and face Taehyung once again."

"Do this for yourself, okay? not for Taehyung."

He nodded. He is determined. He really wants to make a change.