"I don't like my rules being broken, Lust."

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The quintet seated at the table in Taehyung's room froze in unison.

Taehyung's eyes were glued to Pride, the burn on his cheek seemingly stinging more fervently now.

Gluttony and Wrath's eyes trained on Envy with disdain, and a whole lot of disappointment.

After what felt like years to the ash blonde boy, Pride stepped forward, eyes still lingering on Taehyung.

"I will be speaking to Lust alone now."

His words were strong and to the point, they echoed in Taehyungs head like they were playing on repeat.

Envy's eyes glanced at Pride uncertainly when he said this, a spark of longing shined behind the dark irises. Taehyung noticed this, temporarily distracted from Pride closing in on him.

The rest of the boys sat still, some wondering if they had heard correctly, some wondering if they should stay to defend the newest member.

Pride eyes shone with anger, his head jerked violently to the side.

"I said get out."

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"I SAID GET THE FUCK OUT."

He almost screamed the words, his hands glowing a deep maroon.

Whatever hesitations the other sins had before Prides outburst seemed to fade away as they scrambled from their seats and out the door.

Hoseok and Yoongi paused at the threshold of Lust's room, looking back sympathetically at the poor boy before exiting with the others. Envy trailed behind the rest of them, his head held a little lower than before.

Taehyung's hands shook violently, but he held them under the table so Pride couldn't see them. He didn't want this Sin to know he was afraid.

The raven haired man stepped forward until his knees were pushing against the arm of Lust's chair.

Taehyung tried to speak, but his tongue seemed to be cemented inside his mouth.

Before the blonde could get his words out Pride grabbed his arm, ripping the boy out of his chair and slamming him against the wall.

It happened so fast Taehyung barely had time to process what had happened.

The two sins were quite close together, Prides glowing hands gripping Lust's wrists, burning marks into them, holding them against the wall on either side of his head.

Pride glared into Taehyung's eyes, Taehyung just stared back, too taken aback by how beautiful the lead sin's eyes were to register the burns.

A deep obsidian, with specks of a deep red and and almost purple color lining his irises. It was indescribable and Taehyung almost forgot he was staring into the eyes of a monster.

"Wow." He blurted out, definitely surprising the fuming Sin.

Realizing what he had just said Taehyung's face turned the same red as the deep burns on his wrist.

The blonde's mouth opened and closed like a fish, but no words came out. His eyes tried to focus on literally anything else than the man in front of him.

"Excuse me?" Pride said, glowering at the shorter, eyes demanding an answer to his strange comment.

"I... uh... what?" Taehyung managed, he knew it made no sense but honestly he was just proud he had said real words.

"Are you mocking me, pest?" Pride gripped the blondes wrists tighter, the burning sensation becoming much more apparent to Taehyung as he cried out in pain.

Pride tilted his head, smirking at the apparent pain etched into Lust's features.

But then the hurting sin did yet another thing that shocked Pride. He laughed.

Taehyung started laughing, tears welling up in his round eyes.

He leaned his head back on the wall and continued laughing even harder.

"What the hell?" The head sin spat out, releasing the older's wrists.

Taehyung rubbed his wrists and wiped his oncoming tears with the back of his hands.

He started directly at Pride, defiance shining in his eyes, he was smiling.

"I've been through hell and back to survive my whole life, Ive done so much I hated just to get by and help my family." He said, glaring down the other.

"I have fought tooth and nail to get where I am. And I'm so sorry that I bug you for some reason that's un-fucking-known by me!" Taehyung took a step forward, and for the first time in his life, Pride took a step back.

"I didn't want to be here either, I know shocker right?! I don't want to be some all-powerful deity whose existence is praised, that's not who I am. I'm doing this for the people I love, and guess what?! You can't kill me. Oh sure you can hurt me all you want but I'm always gonna get back up and annoy you some more. So either get over it or you'll have to deal with me using violence, I'm sure you're good at that." Taehyung said, his every word dripping with disgust and fury.

Jungkook took another step back, his facial expression staying stoic throughout the olders speech.

"So what's it gonna be oh all powerful one ? You gonna leave me alone after berating me for literally no reason?" The blonde finished, eyes challenging Pride to talk back.

Pride stared at Lust, an unknown feeling building in his chest.

It wasn't quite anger, it was almost... guilt.

Hating this feeling, Pride simply huffed and rolled his eyes before turning on his heel and storming out of the room.

Taehyung watched him leave, slamming the door. His face still portraying an anger not many had seen.

Once he knew Pride was long gone his shoulders dropped and he collapsed to the floor.

The tears he had fought so hard to hold back rushed in full force.

Taehyung cupped his face with one hand and drew his knees up to his rest, hugging himself tighter.

Oh my god, I was so scared... I was so scared.

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A/N
Can someone spell angst?!

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