"Gone. She is gone."

"Why would she leave Tae all alone? They have children together for God sake-..."

"Jungkook. Judy is dead."

The raven head was hit with a pause both in his brain and in his heart. This was not the explanation he anticipated to roll out from the older. "She is..." He couldn't even finish the sentence.

"Yes Jungkook, Judy is no longer alive. She passed away when she gave birth to Luna. A beautiful baby girl."

"Luna." Jungkook whispered the name and waited until it sinks into his mind. "Where is she now?"

"Luna is in Spain. With her maternal grandparents. Taehyung visits her whenever she calls for him. There was never one instance in which Taehyung has ever missed the phone call from Luna and never flies to her immediately."

"So when Taehyung left urgently after the phone call in the meeting, it was from Luna?"

Namjoon nodded at the younger. "Whenever someone addresses a phone call to Taehyung as an important phone call, it has to be Luna. Luna is the only one who has the liberty to interrupt Taehyung in a meeting without unleashing him into a beast mode."

Jungkook smiled weakly when he heard how loving the man is towards his daughter. It warmed the raven head's racing heart and pinched it with agony when he can't be on the receiving end as well.

"Thank you so much Joon, you have explained so much to me. I appreciate it."

"Jungkook, you don't have to be formal with me, you know this. In one way or another, I am also a brother to you Jungkook. Although you're not with Tae anymore, I have considered you as my brother since the day I heard about you."

"So, this is like a delayed bonding huh?" Jungkook chuckled lightly trying to lift the mode which undoubtedly turned sombre along with the topic of their discussion.

"You can say so buddy. I am always here as a friend, a guide or even a brother for you Jungkook. You're someone dear to me right now. Not to sound creepy but I wish you well and hope we can be good friends for a long time."

"I give you my word Joon, this won't be the last coffee I make you spend on me."

"Are you still planning to go back to Sydney?"

"Namjoon, this chat won't change the fact of how I feel at the moment and my reason for returning to my home. I'm really confused right now and I think I need to have some space for myself."

"Does your confusion equals to you're considering to forgive Tae by any chance?"

Jungkook paused for a second when he noticed a glimmer of hope dancing in the brown orbs of the older.

"No. I didn't say that Joon. Whatever you informed me is enough to answer many of my questions over the years. Taehyung can't even recall who I am. He doesn't know what have we been through and how much I loved him. I don't think so someone in that condition needs my forgiveness. We are strangers right now."

The raven head knows one thing for sure. There isn't a space for him in Taehyung's life. The sooner he agrees with his stubborn mind, the best it will be for him to recover from his broken heart. 8 years have passed and Jungkook finally needs to move on.

In the span of those 8 years, Jungkook has fooled around a couple of dates and limited his fucking to one or two in the period, but nothing excited him more than the time he spent with Taehyung. The silver head was truly someone who rocked his world upside down.

"You know Jungkook, someone needs to tell you that you're a terrible liar. I'm a terrible actor but I will pretend that I don't see you lying through your teeth on this."

"Namjoon, I don't-..."

"You don't have to explain anything to me Kook. You're doing well so far and I hope you will continue to be well."

Jungkook nodded slowly. He finished the final sip of his coffee before bidding Namjoon goodbye with a good old hug. The more the younger get to spend with Namjoon, the stronger his respect and care grew for the older.

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"Jungkook? You're home early but I didn't see any packed bags." Jimin came in a little later after wrapping up some works on behalf of Jungkook and himself.

"Buddy, if you want to slack off, at least let me know. I was working off my ass for you man!" Jimin throws himself on Jungkook's bed while the younger stepped out of the shower.

"Sorry Jimin, I had something else to take care of."

"Don't lie to me Kook. Miranda told me you walked out of the office with Namjoon."

"Who is this Miranda? I need to report a stalker." Jungkook chuckled as he wiped his hair with a dry towel.

"She is the office receptionist for god sake, I interrogated her to know why you left earlier. Now tell me, I need some gossip injected into my bloodstream to continue living." Jimin rolled to his side with his palm supporting his head as he watched Jungkook getting dressed.

"Perv."

"Shut up, my body looks nothing lesser than yours and no thanks I won't fuck you. That's another story for another ship."

"What?" Jungkook scrunched his brows in confusion as he continued to get dressed with Jimin's eyes bearing a hot torch into his skin.

"Why did you left the office early with an excuse to pack but you went with Namjoon?"

"You're worse than a detective Jimin. Nothing slips past your hawk eyes huh?"

"That's right. Now come here, have a seat. Entertain me please."

Jungkook sighed as he threw the towels into the sack before flopping on the bed beside Jimin as he spilt all the beans to Jimin who listened to his every single word without blinking.

"Are you kidding me? Judy passed away? That's a tragic news Kooks."

"I know Jimin, I know. I can't even imagine how Luna and Tae must be feeling. I don't know how to understand the whole situation anymore."

Jimin watched Jungkook's face painted itself in sorrow and confusion. The blond can see how disturbed the younger looked with information overflowing from his raven head.

"Jungkook, there is no need to overthink about all these. Yes, you had a few sparking moments with Taehyung after returning to NYC, but you mentioned yourself that you want to properly move on after getting your closure. You got it now and I think it's best if you bury the past away."

Jungkook agreed to Jimin with a single heartbeat. The raven head knows that his heart chased for closure and by the grace of Namjoon, Jungkook knows what happened to Taehyung and why is he behaving so strangely since they met at VANTE's HQ weeks ago.

"I won't say Taehyung can be excused on what he did, he slept with Judy before he suffered from WKS Jungkook, so that says something." Jimin smiled weakly, trying his best to not sound mean but for some reason, he truly felt bad for saying such things.

The raven head nodded. "I'm not denying his fault Jimin. I just felt a little bitter with the violence he exhibited towards me a couple of weeks ago, I was shocked. I guess it was part of his syndrome and the consequences of it. I hope he gets better soon."

"This memory loss of Taehyung's...is it reversible?"

"Namjoon mentioned that it might be possible with consistent treatment and observation, but for Taehyung, it's been 8 years and he showed no sign of recollection of his memories. Flashbacks of certain bits and pieces are common but he doesn't know what they meant. I guess that was how he behaved with me too. He could say something from the back of his mind, but he is unable to recognize it."

"I guess then it's a gone case?" Jimin shrugged his shoulder.

Jungkook nodded again feeling his heart sank.

"Don't worry Kooks, at least he is being a better father to Luna and in the absence of Judy, he is not forgetting their child. I just wish he could have behaved a little nicer to the others just like how he is soft for his child."

The raven head and Jimin chatted for a little while longer before the night crawled in and finally signalling Jungkook it's time to pack his bag home. There is no indication of how long he will remain in Sydney, Jungkook hopes that it will be long enough for him to get a breather.

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"All packed Kook?"

"Yea."

"Do let me know if you need me to help you with anything from here yea? Not that you can't juggle remotely, you're a machine." Jimin laughed as he hugged Jungkook goodbye the next morning at the airport.

Hoseok was there too to send off his favourite employee with Jimin who insisted he can use some time out from the office.

"Take care Kooks, I will keep Mr Kim informed on the progress thus far when he returns. I will give you a con-call when you're ready."

"Alright." Jungkook nodded at his boss and bid him farewell too.

Jungkook finally gets to kiss NYC goodbye for a short period leaving the toxic city as he sat on his business class, ready to spend the next hours in peace. Within 3 weeks, so many things have transpired and Jungkook swears he can even write a book about this.

Not even a single second later...

"Well hello there bun."

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Well. Let's hope what happens in
Sydney stays in Sydney then.