✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

"i can't do this anymore! just, just fuck off!" taehyung snarled, he couldn't stop the gut wrenching sobs leaving his swollen pink lips that tore through his chest. a couch pillow flying before landing on the other male's feet.

"watch your mouth taehyung" bogum retorted back with a rather calm tone, massaging his forehead as he sat on the edge of the bed, now looking down at the thrown pillow.

after the mess he had done, he had the audacity to play a wise man now. taehyung hated it and he hated how he couldn't even loathe him enough to chastise the male, in a way he can't ever forget.

and by that, he meant how he wished to leave park bogum, the man he loved for his entire life. the man he battled his homophobic family for.

the man who doesn't seem to care or love him anymore.

it isn't easy to leave him either. they were freaking married for about four years now for crying out loud! how can he just . . . leave? he could not. and he knows that well.

be that as it may, taehyung felt a desire for love, he was desperate for it. how could he not? bogum would not even sweet talk with him, sex, kissing or just hugging was out of the question here. it felt like bogum didn't fancy him anymore, similar to how he did before marriage, like how he did when they were just eighteen years old boys who did not know what was even love.

now, how could bogum just draw a blank to everything? all the memories they made and the obstacles they crossed to be together?

"why should i watch my mouth? YOU FUCKING SLAPPED ME!" taehyung's voice pulsed through his croaky throat as he cosseted the left side of his face, tears smudging with the constant movement of his head.

"i... i'm sorry... i did not mean to-"

"you didn't mean that? you slapped me because i . . . i took your laptop from you. is work really that important to you?" taehyung's clear undertone was wrecked with constant choking heaviness which resulted him to take small pauses while uttering those painful words. his legs somewhat staggered and eyes blurry to see clearly. to see the apologetic look on his husband's face.

although he's glad he didn't clap his eyes on that face. because he knows damn well that face will be enough for his anger to shatter like thin glasses. and he'll be hook, line and sinker for that deceiving face all over again.

cause in spite of everything, he still loves park bogum.

but he doubted if bogum loves him anymore or not.

he doubts their marriage life.

was all that pain, suffering, agony even worth it?

"i'm sorry tae. . . baby i didn't mean that. please, forgive me" bogum walked to taehyung who flinched away from the male up till bogum wrapped his arms around his trembling body, taehyung's arms pinned to his sides as he let his husband hug him tightly.

taehyung's eyes eventually enlarged feeling the familiar warmth after so long. he didn't want it this way yet he couldn't help but slowly bury his head in the crook of his husband's neck and sob softly.

"i hate you. . . i fucking h-hate you. . . why would you hit me. . . why. . ." taehyung's words muffled on the fabric of bogum's shirt. and in response the male stroked taehyung's back before he kissed the latter's head.

"i'm sorry baby, work's stressing me out. i know i shouldn't have done that. . . forgive me please? please tae" bogum soughed, pressing both of their bodies together.

taehyung nodded his head, not saying anything more as they stayed in each other's warm yet cold embrace.

at least they were on good terms again. that was enough for taehyung, he forced him to concede that.

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"i'm sick of it jimin. everything. . . hurts" taehyung blabbered to his best friend on the other line of the phone.

"divorce him. he doesn't deserve you tae" jimin said for the umpteenth time, knowing by all odds that taehyung won't pay heed to him. again how could he? taehyung loves bogum, even after all the shit he has been through in the past years.

he still loves park bogum.

maybe always will.

or he thought so.

"jimin stop with that divorce thing already. you know damn well i won't do that, don't you get tired of saying the same thing every time?" taehyung gloomed and jimin could sense the tiredness in his best friend's voice so he cut taehyung some slack for being so dumb.

"yeah sure then deal with him, since you don't wanna listen to me" jimin grumbled from the other line of the phone, even though he planned to let taehyung off the hook, he couldn't just bear his best friend's pain like this.

however, jimin didn't know that leaving someone you love was not easy. it could never be easy.

for taehyung even cheating on his husband would be the last thing he will ever think of. he was loyal and a good husband, unlike park bogum. he was sure of it, he was.

"you're so salty chim. me don't likey" taehyung teased the latter male to lighten up the mood as he walked to the window, standing by it he looked outside absently.

haphazardly, his eyes fell right on the truck that was parked in front of the house nextdoor. watching the truck loaders unloading stuff- from the second floor, he wondered who was shifting in here. it had been a while since anyone lived in that residence. not because it was haunted or something, it was just abandoned for a year or two.

so out of curiosity, the chestnut brown head male watched the sight down the streets while talking to an angry jimin, right now who was ranting about how dumb and careless taehyung was to waste his life just like that. taehyung just listened to his best friend and laughed in between by his witty comments about bogum- never getting hurt about how jimin literally called bogum a rat, twat, wissy and so on.

in middle of jimin calling bogum a fart knocker and taehyung laughing, he abruptly halted his laugh as he settled his coffee colored eyes at the person that got off a car parked behind the truck after it was done unloading.

taehyung's eyes glazed with something unnamed, his love shaped lips parted slightly with his laughter dying out.

his eyes watched a man who seemed like the same age or younger than him getting out of his red sports like car, numerous amount of tattoos painted on his left veiny arm, his long jet black hair mixed with blonde extensions tied up in a man bun, the black t-shirt that he wore clamped tightly around his chest, showing his abs in a more obscure way leaving taehyung breathless and curious of how he would look shirtless. but what he found the most attractive was the silver ring on the stranger's lips that he then and now nudged with his tongue peaking out.

the way the stranger's denim blue ripped jeans tightened over his thighs giving taehyung so many ideas even without his knowledge, his white sneakers clicking against the ground as he walked towards the house nextdoor.

"tae? bro? you there?" jimin kept calling for the mentioned male who was too lost in shamelessly staring at his probably new neighbour to even reply or cut the call.

"damn he's so hot. . ." the brown haired male absently spoke his thoughts out loud leaving jimin dumbfounded.

"hot? who? is bogum back? no way he is hot bro, he's not even- lukewarm! pfft" jimin mocked but taehyung was too drown into the sight before him.

however, his eyes trailed to the car again when he heard a female voice boom in from there. taehyung's heart sank when he saw a girl wearing a very tight short maroon red froak running to the tattooed stranger guy, wrapping her arms around his neck and sulking about something taehyung couldn't hear about.

and what the unknown male did next shouldn't have made taehyung disappointed but it did. the unnamed guy tilted his head down and kissed the girl passionately until she was out of breath. words of adulation leaving his smirking pierced lips that once again taehyung couldn't hear.

he caught the way the stranger had his veiny tattooed left arm wrapped around her tiny waist, her body pressed against his sideway as the male opened the door for them. the girl kissed his cheeks and went in first while the male talked to the truck driver.

"what am i even doing. . . he must be committed" taehyung breathed out, not knowing why the hell was he feeling so shitty anyways. maybe incidents that happened this morning was giving him mood swings.

yes, this stranger perhaps was the hottest man he ever saw in his life but it shouldn't bother him in any way. poor guy just moved in and he was already preying on him? even though he was damn married to his supposed to love of life?!

"dude, who the hell are you talking about?!" jimin questioned again and again, taehyung snapped back to reality this time, ready to reply to his impatient best friend when suddenly,

the extremely hot tattooed stranger directly looked up at taehyung, his round sharp eyes falling on taehyung who was too stunned to even look away from the male who was now smirking while staring at him.

the fuck! the fuck! he's looking at me??! and why the hell is he smirking?? should i smirk back? what the fuck no taehyung! maybe wave hand? or smile? fuck fuck do something!! taehyung panicked inside, while calmly looking back at the male who seemed to just gaze right back at him, the distance and taehyung being on the second floor didn't stop the stranger from just plainly stare at him- something about his hypnotizing gaze on taehyung seemed like he knew him since forever.

after a while of staring, the stranger seem to blink his eyes and swiftly move his head at front, probably responding to his girlfriend/wife before he again turned his head up at taehyung, giving one last sly look at the flustered male, he went inside, closing the door behind him.

a few seconds passed by and eventually taehyung stepped back and pushed his body against the wall, sliding down as he dropped on his butt. biting his nails, his cheeks flushed red with heart beating fast in his ribcage. what the hell just happened. . . he wondered to himself before he again heard jimin on the call, oh right. jimin.

"uh yeah, you were saying something?"

"saying something?! you fucker, i'm screaming my lungs out for the past five minutes! have you gone deaf?!" he shrieked which made taehyung put the phone away from his ear and squint his eyes.

"calm down calm down. i'm sorry, i was. . . umm distracted"

"and who's this hotshot who got you, kim taehyung who's oh so whipped for his lilly willy husband- distracted?"

"oh cmon chim, don't lilly willy my bogumie. he's a jerk but still, have mercy" taehyung chuckled. "and no one, it was just a. . . random stranger"

"i don't buy that crap, tell me-"

"trust me chim. i'm too drained to lie right now"

"hmm ogay then, ya better not hide anything from me, got it?"

"mhm. talk to you later, i've classes today in an hour"

"kay bye, love you"

"love you too"

hanging up the call, taehyung lazily put the phone against his forehead, flexion arms resting on his bent knees as he sighed. still feeling his heartbeat fast as if he ran a marathon, recalling those dark keen eyes on him, it almost felt like that stranger was undressing him under his intense gaze.

taehyung couldn't get it out of his mind.

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imagine tae smirking back at jungkook, like this ↓

++ pretty boring for the first chapter i know, next chapter will spice up real quick ;)