5 years ago

Taehyung had been living with Jongin in the small tree house, hiding from the world past 10 days. HaeJin would usually visit the boys 4 times a day, and would sneak them inside the mansion in the nights so that they can sleep peacefully. He assured his little brother Jongin that the case was almost under control, and no one would ever suspect Taehyung being The murderer.

Although the oldest of the three didn't know why this happened, he still helped and chose to ignore the ugly feeling building up inside of him.

The boy- Taehyung was quite creepy, he would talk to walls, giggle at nights and play with knives. HaeJin was spooked out by his behaviour, like- what sane 12 year old would pluck out doll eye's and stab it till the cotton and threads start coming out?

HaeJin didn't want to keep Jongin close to Taehyung, but the bond both the younger males shared didn't let him separate them.

Jongin would often tell him how amazing of a brother Taehyung was, so HaeJin had to comply.

The day Jimin and his father left for a trip in Daegu, he promised his brothers(?) that they'd have a picnic together. Jongin was happy, very happy, but Taehyung wasn't.

So they ended up in the mansion garden, under a tree and over a picnic mat, chewing greasy food and giggling over nothing. Although Taehyung still hadn't showed up, Jongin assured the oldest that he was on his way, probably dressing his toy knife with red sauce.

The younger boy played with his airplane (toy) as HaeJin kept glancing at the gates waiting for Taehyung to arrive. After waiting for over an hour, both the boys found themselves laying flat on the mat, staring at the sky, until a weird smell caught one of their noses.

HaeJin abruptly stood up and started coughing, realising that something was burning he grabbed his younger brother and started running towards the gate, only to be stopped by Jongin "T-tree house."

Tears started welling up in the younger's eyes, and HaeJin didn't find right telling his brother about his pyrophobia (fear of fire) so he decided to keep his brother down as he asked him to call the guards and sprinted inside the bushy garden.

Fuck

He cursed as he jogged further, covering his nose and trying to look through the smoke "Shit"

There it was, the tree house, burning, but that's not what bothered him, the boy sitting inside the house looking directly at him did. He wore a blank expression, probably waiting for the fire to swallow the interiors of the house along with him, or probably for someone who would save him.

HaeJin wanted to climb the tree and save Taehyung, but the fear dwelling in his eyes wasn't helping his situation.

"TaeTae!!"

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Current time
(5 hours before visiting Dr.Lee)

Taehyung jolted up breathing heavily, his vision was blurry due to the tears and his clothes were soaked with his own sweat, it felt like his soul was suffocating due to the stiffness of his body, and he wanted to choke himself to free his body from the pain.

"Saw the reality?" Taehyung knew who the voice belonged to, but he didn't want to believe it, he didn't want to believe that what he saw was the truth, so he covered his ears with his hands and sobbed uncomfortably.

"G-go a-away Kai." He opened his eyes and saw Kai holding a knife against Jungkook's neck, abruptly choking the male with his another hand "P-p-pleasee!!" "Please what Taehyungie? Don't you like seeing blood? Wasn't that your favourite thing?"

"No!! Please j-j-just go away-"

"Taehyung... what is he talking about?" Taehyung choked on his cries trying to not look at Jungkook who looked so worried "Did you really..?"

"He did bunny boy." Kai chuckled as he let Jungkook go, making the latter stumble forward and land on the floor. It didn't affect the raven head much as he steadily stood up and rushed towards the crying boy on the bed.

"Hey! Taehyung! He's lying, isn't he?" Taehyung didn't know what to say or how to feel, he himself was traumatised after witnessing the flashbacks of his past events. But in all honesty, he knew that it was the truth. "...How could you?" Jungkook's broken voice seemed distant, not from the space they were sharing but from his mind and heart.

"I-I-.." Taehyung tried to speak but wasn't able to form words, he felt lost, broken, everything seemed so heavy, his heart, his body, his mind. "..I'm.."

"You broke it Taehyung... something that you have realised but are too afraid to accept."

"No!"

"You know that Jungkook is more than just a comforter..." Kai laughed dryly before bringing back his serious face "...he's your will power to live Taehyung, and you broke it."

"No!! S-shut up.. p-please.."

"You knew that you were guilty because of what happened to Jungkook, and your guilt was so high-"

"Shut up!"

"- that your will power of living was crashing, and Jungkook came, to comfort you, to tell you that it's okay-"  

"No no no no no"

"But shouldn't your guilt rise now? You've brutally murdered 9 people Taehyung..." Taehyung stood up and threw the chair on Kai, only for it to pass through him and crash on the door. "Go away!"

"You were the one who wanted to remember Taehyung, I had successfully pushed it in your unconscious mind, but you wanted to dig your memory, it's not my faul-"

"It is your fault. You. Made. Me. Kill. Them." Taehyung spat, making Jungkook break down in tears, and Kai laugh in disbelief.

"I didn't Taehyung... You wanted to kill them, I'm just an excuse for you to get away with what you did." Taehyung pushed Kai against the door, hitting his head repeatedly on the wood, as he said some incoherent words which weren't audible to him anymore. His vision started to blur, and the last thing he saw before passing out was Jungkook's crying face.

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(5 years ago)
Before Choi and Mr.Kim died

Taehyung's focus

"TaeTae! let's run away, appa and Choi are not going to stop what they're doing." Taehyung sobbed as Jongin applied ointment on his bruises "H-h-hurts.." "I know Tae, HaeJin hyung has a big house, we can stay there."

Taehyung shook his head and kept sobbing until another presence walked into the room, which was only visible to one of them "Such a weakling.."

"Ah! Ouch!" Taehyung jumped when Jongin pressed the cotton on one of his deepest wounds "I'm sorry.."

"I-i-it's o-kay." Taehyung sadly smiled at his brother before diverting his gaze at the new presence "J-Jongin?"

"Hmm?"

"If you had a twin, what would you like to call him?" Jongin stopped and looked at his brother with a raised eyebrow "I mean, if you would've been given a choice to call him by any name. What would you call him?"

"That's a weird question since I don't have a twi-"

"Can you answer the question without bickering so much?" Taehyung rolled his eyes making the older boy pause and gulp.

"I don't know.. like, I have two names in my mind.." "Go on." Jongin stared at his brother before nodding and continuing "If he would be nice to me then I'd call him nini, but if he were bad then I'd call him Kai."

"Kai?" Taehyung stared at the smirking male standing near the door "Kai, is it?"

"Yeah! But why'd you ask?"

"Nothing, it's nothing." Jongin continued applying medicine on the younger's bruises, as a huge smile spread across Taehyung's face as he kept staring at the smirking male before winking at him.

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"P-p-please.. I beg you." Taehyung chuckled and stared at his bully before walking in circles around the older boy's weak and bloodied body.

"Isn't that what you said when he stole your lunch box?" Taehyung's gaze turned dark as he glanced at Kai, who was seated on the teacher's chair like a king who owns the place. "He didn't listen to your pleads, he laughed while seeing you beg like a coward."

Don't..

"I'm sorry." Taehyung looked back at the boy, who looked so small with his hands joint together "I-I'm sorry."

"Remember how he insulted you Taehyung, he called your mother a retarded whore, he and his minions broke your finger and beat you like you were their punching bag. He made you feel so small about yourself, everytime his hands came in contact with your body it only left bad memories and-"

Bang

Taehyung's breathing increased, hot red blood splashed on his face as soon as the metal rod was smashed against his bullies head, making the older male drop unconscious, or say.. dead.

"Fuck... what did I do?" He started shaking and tears left his eyes without him realising "No! Fuck fuck fuck.."

"Listen to me Taehyung, people cant find out what happened." "What did I do? Why? Oh my God!" Taehyung grabbed a handful of his hair as he fell down on his knees, sobbing. 

"This bitch is fat, his meat would be sufficient for all the street dogs."

"Are you fucking kidding me?!?!"

"He deserved it Taehyung, he did wrong to you. Now do as I say, you don't wanna go in Jail, right?" Taehyung shook his head and stood up, wiping off his tears, making the other male smirk in satisfaction "Good"

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"Why are you doing this?" The 17 year old boy sobbed while clutching onto his dead parents.

"Neighbor neighbour!" Taehyung clicked his tongue while staring at the meat cleaver in his right hand "You heard everything, didn't you?"

"H-heard what?" He asked as he tried to free his legs that were tied with a plastic lock, only to find it tighten around, making him flinch and sob harder.

"What happens in my house, but oh.. why would you help? It's non of your business, right?" Taehyung asked mockingly as he stood up "You are the reason for our misery, for my mom's death."

"What are you- NO!" His breathing hitched as he saw the younger boy chop his feet off, making him yelp in pain "I'll see you suffer, I'll be here to witness your last breath." The boy used his hands to move away, dragging his body along the floor as blood kept coming out of his chopped legs.

"No one will help you, everyone are selfish." Taehyung chuckled as the boy suffered and did his very best to get away.

"Kill him before someone actually comes Taehyung." Taehyung obliged and moved forward until he was in-front of the older boy, his right hand flew in air before going down and cutting the boy's head with the cleaver.

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"Honey- oh my god! nooo!" The lady cried as she saw her husband pinned against the wall with nails inserted in his hands, forehead and neck.

"You're finally here." She flinched and looked back at the boy who was locking the door. "Isn't he the son of that retarded abnormal bitch?... isn't that what you said?" She recognised the boy from her locality and instantly screamed for help when she saw a hammer in his hand.

"No one's here, just you, me and Kai."

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Taehyung sat emotionless beside's the dead bodies of his father and Choi, staring ahead until someone came running inside the house.

"TaeTae~" Jongin's smile dropped as he saw his father laying unconscious on the floor and Taehyung sitting emotionless beside's him and Choi "Oh my god! Taehyung." He instantly ran towards his brother and engulfed him in a hug "What happened?"

"They're dead. I killed them." Jongin flinched and looked at his brother with disbelief "Y-y-you're lying."

"I'm not." Jongin felt tears running down his cheeks as he backed away from his brother, before realising a long sigh "I don't believe this.. I-I" he closed his mouth with his palm, trying to control his sobs "I- you can't go to jail, I'll do something."

"You don't have to, I can-"

"Your mother, she's in there.." Jongin pointed towards the mini cool container before running towards it, he opened the lid and tried to remove the body that was wrapped with thick plastic. After succeeding in what he wanted to do, he gave a last hug to his brother before muttering a 'it's okay' and dashing out of the front door.

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"There can't be two of us Taehyung, you choose Jongin or Kai." Taehyung sighed and nodded. "To get rid of Kai you kill yourself, and to get rid of Jongin you-"

"I know." Taehyung looked out from the window of the treehouse and saw his brother playing happily with HaeJin, his fists clenched automatically, and that's the moment when he made his choice.

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There's a lot in this chapter, so if you find any element confusing then ask it off.

I actually got goosebumps while writing it, I hope I don't regret it in future.

And.. If you find any grammatical/spelling errors then please tell me.

Thank you for reading this book and sorry for the late update.