Thirty five
"I can't believe it was all a lie! Their relationship was fake?" Jin muttered with a shocked look on his face.
"We had congratulated them thinking they where a real couple! They lied because of Jungkook?" Namjoon said and eyed the younger who was looking deep in thought, his mind seemed faraway.
"I can't believe this!" Namjoon muttered.
"I can't believe those two" Taemin also muttered.
Hoseok had had enough as he took a deep breath. "It's true. At first, it was a lie. They really put up a ridiculous contract with each other in other to get Jungkook jealous because Jimin was hopelessly in love with him and Taehyung who is his best friend would do anything for the man he was secretly in love with"
There was stone cold silence as Hoseok caught everyone's attention.
"I don't know how it happened but things started to change between them and Jimin finally began to reciprocate Taehyung's feelings and slowly started to forget about Jungkook until he completely fell for Taehyung and the two decided to date for real but now everything is fucked because you had to misunderstand!"
He stared at Jungkook who looked confused. "I thought it they where not really dating and besides, Jimin didn't deny it when I exposed them!"
Hoseok sighed. "That was because he was in a vulnerable position at that moment. He thought Taehyung cheated on him with Nayeon. Her friend even showed him enough evidence to prove it but I don't believe it and i don't know why Jimin would have even thought that Taehyung would cheat on him! Why would he even doubt him?"
"You're sure Taehyung didn't cheat?" Jin asked.
"The Taehyung i know wouldn't do something like that. I can vouch for him but Jimin not so much!"
"Yah Hobi!" Taemin said looking flushed.
"I'm being honest. Jimin is more likely to cheat than Taehyung because he easily gets attracted sexually to people but Taehyung loves being friends before anything else! That was why i was always scared that Jimin would hurt Taehyung because of this side of him"
Jungkook sighed. "They are really different from each other"
Hoseok nodded. "But Taehyung was like a hurricane that suddenly came to shake Jimin's world!"
Jungkook lowered his head. "Now, I'm embarrassed. I had no idea about this. If I knew, i shouldn't have come in like that!"
Jin scoffed. "Yes! That was too dramatic!"
"It was embarrassing man!" Namjoon muttered contorting his face into a pained look. Jungkook looked like he wanted to bury himself deep inside a hole.
Hoseok glared at Yoongi as he tried avoiding his eyes. "I'm sure someone must have told you about the fake relationship. There's no way you would have known on your own!"
"Babe...."
"Don't even speak. People where right about you. You're nothing but a sly fox. Don't even try to speak to me from now on!" He said then turned to the others as Yoongi ran his hand over his head in despair.
"I'm going to see Jimin!" Hoseok said.
"I'm coming with you!" Jin said. The others agreed to go with them including Jungkook while Yoongi remained behind with a sulky expression on his face.
Jimin stood helplessly in the room thinking about what he would do to fix the mess he had created when the door busted open and in came his friends with mixed reactions on their faces while Jungkook lingered in the door way.
He sighed. "I know you're all here to cuss at me and you know what, I deserve it"
They all silently stared at him. "I'm the worst boyfriend in the whole history of boyfriends! I allowed two rotten girls with hidden twisted agendas to destroy what i had with Taehyung simply because of my doubts!"
Hoseok raised his brows. "You mean...."
"It was a set up. Nayeon and her friend Jeongyeong set everything up!"
They where all confused.
"I knew it!" Hoseok sparked, his eyes shining. "But why? I mean i can understand Nayeon's agenda. That bitch had always been after Taehyung but what was Jeongyeong's gain?"
"Revenge!" Jimin answered abruptly.
"It started at Namjoon's party where I kissed Taehyung. I had invited her and she sort of got ideas that i was interested in her. She felt I embrassed her and decided to get back at me"
Taemin rolled his eyes. "Girls!" He mumbled.
"I deserved it. I should have apologized to her!"
Jin shook his head. "How do you know? It might not have made a difference. Girls tend to hold grudges a lot!"
"So what now? You need to talk to Taehyung" Hoseok asked.
"And tell him what?" Jimin cried "I don't even know how to begin. I didn't trust him because I still had doubts. I even kissed Jungkook in front of him and in front of a lot of people. Deep inside, i was unsure of myself! I didn't think i was good enough for someone like Tae. I was feeling confused thinking if he was really the one? "
They all had lost expressions on their faces.
"Are you sorry for what you did?"
"Then what the hell are you still doing here?" He said roughly and Jimin started to leave but Jungkook stopped him by grabbing his arm. Jimin looked at the dejected look on his face.
"I'm sorry about what happened earlier. Hoseok told us the whole truth. I was so adamant thinking you where mine but that wasn't so. It was stupid of me to kiss you like that in front of everyone..."
Jimin smiled painfully. "It's your nature to be dramatic. I don't blame you. I only blame myself. For the fake relationship...for everything!"
"I wish there's something i can do!"
"For now, there's nothing anyone can do. It's up to me and Taehyung so let us handle it"
Jungkook nodded and slowly released his grip on his arm before Jimin turned and left the room. At that moment, he recalled the down cast face of Yugyeom who had watched him from the crowds when he had kissed Jimin before he ran off. He wondered why he felt so guilty.
****
The room was cold and quiet as the two men sat numbly on top of their respective beds, none saying a word.
Taehyung remembered how those two foxes had deceived him. He was driving on his way to his date with Jimin when he received a call on his phone. He looked into his phone and saw it was Nayeon. Sighing, he answered the call.
"Nayeon, What's it? I'm driving!"
"Help me...please help me" She suddenly whispered in a frail voice that gave him goose bumps all over his skin. He immediately parked his car on the side of the road to speak to Nayeon much better.
"Hold on, tell me what's happening?"
He could hear rapid and heavy breathing at the oother line "I'm so afraid"
Taehyung's heart hammered in his chest as he gulped.
"Tell me where you are. I'm coming to get you."
Nayeon sent him an address which turned out to be at a hotel. Taehyung wondered why Nayeon was at a hotel but he couldn't think of that right now. He had to help her first so he sped to the location. He was hoping this wouldn't take so much of his time. He had to make it to his date with Jimin.
When he finally arrived, he was shown to the room Nayeon was staying. When he saw her, he was alarmed. She was lying on the bed, her clothes where torn and she was bleeding from the side of her mouth and her hair looked dishevelled.
He quickly rushed to her side.
"What happened? Who did this to you?"
"My ex!" she whispered crying softly. If only he had known it where all crocodile tears at the time.
"I wanted to forget about you so I met up with him here at the hotel but he became violent when i refused to sleep with him. He even raped me"
Taehyung balled his fist "What? This can't do! We have to report him to the police!"
Nayeon held his hand looking pleadingly.
"No...no police. I'm ashamed and embarrassed. I should have known what he was up to when he invited me over. This is all my doing"
She began to tremble again. "This is all my fault"
"But you can't let him get away with this. He deserves to rot in jail.... "
"No! No I'm fine. I called you because i feel safer with you but please don't tell anyone else about this. Not even Jimin"
Taehyung shook his head. "I can't keep things away from my boyfriend"
"This is my private matter which I'm confiding in you and no one else. I trust that you will be discreet"
Taehyung reluctantly agreed. "Fine! But let me get you some clothes and treat your wounds. You must be hungry. I'll get you something to eat!"
He left the hotel room leaving his phone behind. Nayeon immediately switched it off. It was a while before he returned with clothes, food and some ointment for the wound on her lips. She dressed up quickly and ate the food then Taehyung helped treat the cut on her lips.
"I have to apologize to Jimin. We where supposed to have a date but...."
Nayeon faked a smile. "It's okay!"
He took out his phone and was surprised to find that it was switched off.
"Did i switch off my phone? Jimin must have called a lot"
He called Jimin's line but he didn't pick up. Taehyung knew right there that he was in trouble so he decided to leave. "I'm sorry Nayeon but i have to go!"
"It's okay but can you just drop me off?"
Taehyung nodded his head and they left the hotel together. Before they entered the car, Nayeon hugged him. "Thank you so much for being by my side today"
Click click
"It's okay. We are still friends right?"
Nayeon nodded and they eventually entered the car together and drove away. He dropped her off at her dorm and he headed to his where Jimin had planned a small date for the both of them. When he entered his room, his heart melted when he saw his boyfriend asleep on his bed. On the ground was a small table with a cake in the middle, surrounded with red scented candles, a bottle of wine with pasta that had already gone cold. Now, he understood why Jimin didn't pick up his phone. He had fallen asleep. He went to him and tapped his shoulder. Slowly, the other purred as he opened his eyes and Taehyung swore that was the most adorable thing he had ever seen.
"Tae... You came back late!"
He looked at the pasta on the table and pouted. "It has gone cold and soggy"
"I'm sorry Jimin. Something held me back"
"I was so worried. I thought something bad happened to you!" Jimin said cupping his face as he stared at him.
"I'm fine!" Taehyung said in a warm voice.
Jimin sighed. "What do we do now? We can't eat the pasta..."
"We could eat the cake!"
Jimin smiled. "Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
Jimin pecked his lips softly. "Okay then, Cake it is!"
He grinned. "If you're up for something else, that's fine with me"
Taehyung chuckled. "I'm always up for something else with you!"
That night was beautiful but then Nayeon started bothering him a lot. She started complaining of getting stalked by her ex. Taehyung tried to help by suggesting they go to the police but she refused claiming she was terrified. This thing with Nayeon was starting to put a strain on his relationship with Jimin because he was starting to suspect him of cheating. Though, he hadn't said it outright, Taehyung could tell from his body language that he was having doubts.
He reached his wits end when Jimin quarreled with him over his strange behavior and stopped talking to him for two whole days until he begged and cried.
"I can't do this with you anymore. Look for someone else to help you!" He said to Nayeon when they where standing outside a tall building where Nayeon suggested they meet.
"But...i really need you"
"You don't want to go to the police. You don't want to tell anyone else. I've tried to help you but you're not helping matters!"
He sighed "I argued with Jimin over this and it took me two days of constant pleading before he started talking to me again so I'm done! Leave me alone!'
Click click
Taehyung perked up after hearing the sound of a camera.
"What was that?" he muttered, bit eyes scanning the environment.
"What?" Nayeon said looking slightly panicked but Taehyung's eyes kept roaming around till it fell on a figure hiding behind a tree, camera placed in front of his face as he took another picture of them
"What the hell!" Taehyung cursed and immediately ran towards the figure who noticed his movement, put on his hoodie and took off in the opposite direction. He could hear Nayeon's voice shouting his name but he ignored her and continued chasing after the strange fellow who was surprisingly so slow. Taehyung thought it was perhaps the stupid ex who thought taking pictures of Nayeon was kinky. What a psycho!
He finally caught up with the figure and pulled him by his hoodie. He turned him around and found what he wasn't expecting. It was a girl! A very familiar girl. His head tried to figure out where he had seen her before until it hit him. Jimin's date to Namjoon's party.
"It's you!" he muttered. He didn't remember her name but he certainly remembered that she and Nayeon where friends. They had come together for Namjoon's party. Nayeon finally reached them panting heavily
"What are you doing here and why where you taking pictures?" Taehyung asked her.
She remained silent and Taehyung just grabbed her camera and started to look through the pictures she had taken. He gasped. They where questioning images that looked too intimate.
He glared at her. "What the hell did you plan to gain with these pictures!" he yelled but then noticed the guilty looks on their faces and it hit him."
"This was a set up! You both where setting me up!"he screamed at them.
Nayeon's bitchy character returned. "Yes we where!" she smirked.
Taehyung couldn't believe it. "Why?" he shouted.
"Isn't it obvious? I want you and well Jeongyeong wants to take revenge on Jimin because of what happened at the party!"
Taehyung scoffed. "The kiss? You both are insane! Now hand me that camera!"
Jeonyeong smiled. "Really? Do you want us to do that?"
They shared conniving looks and Taehyung stared at the two of them unsure of what they where getting at.
"How about you use this as an opportunity to test how your dear Jiminie really feels about you!"
Taehyung placed his hand on his waist nervously. "What are you talking about?"
Nayeon smiled. "You always talk about your devotion to Jimin and how much you love him but does he really feel the same because I've seen him and Jungkook together and trust me, there's something going on between those two!"
Taehyung gritted his teeth. "Shut your mouth"
Jeonyeong giggled. "Should we? Really?"
Nayeon continued. "Don't you want to make sure that you aren't the only one in a one sided relationship. Don't you want to make sure that your love is really reciprocated"
She laughed. "You rejected me because of Jimin. Don't you want to be sure that you indeed made the right choice because i don't think you did. I think Jimin doesn't love you as much as you think he does. You will do anything for him but will he do the same?"
"I don't need to test him to find that out!" Taehyung said in a low voice.
"Oh you do Taehyung because i feel sorry for you!"
Taehyung gulped. His resolve was weakening. Was testing Jimin the right thing to do? He was sure of Jimin's love for him but it wasn't that long he had been pining over Jungkook. Doing ridiculous things all because of him. Was Jimin really in love with him or was he just confused? He bit his lip hard as Nayeon continued.
"I will leave you alone once and for all. I will give up on you as long as you do this and find out for yourself! You deserve that at least!"
Taehyung quietened for a while before he spoke again. "I believe in Jimin! He won't fall for those stupid pictures..."
"Or the recording!" Jeongyeong said bringing out her phone. Taehyung widened his eyes.
"What recording?" he said.
Jeongyeong played the record and Taehyung was shocked to hear it was his voice.
Jimin has a lot of problems. He has a lot of baggage which i really can't handle. When he got interested in me, it made me to look at him again but i had already lost my interest!
"But I never said any of that!" He exclaimed.
Jeongyeong smiled. "Here is the original record!"
She played it. The first voice was Nayeon's
"Why do you always talk about Jimin whenever we're together?"
"I can't help it. I worry about him all the time. Jimin is so fragile. He has a lot of problems. He also has a lot of secrets and he probably thinks that i can't handle them, that they are all a lot of baggage but when he finally got interested in me when i had almost given up hope, I told myself that I will take all of his pain. It made me look at him again but not just as a friend but as someone I have a romantic interest in. Someone i want to protect for the rest of my life"
Taehyung widened his gaze when the recording stopped "How did you do that?"
"Technology!" They answered.
"You two are crazy! I can't believe i fell into your lying scheme!"
Nayeon frowned "So what's it going to be?" she said and it was there Taehyung made his decision.
****
"How could Jimin do that? In front of the whole school!" Yugyeom said breaking into his thoughts.
Taehyung huffed. His eyes where red and swollen from over crying and now, he was just tired and exhausted.
"I guess it's my fault!" He murmured.
"How is it your fault?" Yugyeom demanded harshly.
"I put in too much faith in what Jimin and i had. I thought he loved me enough to trust me!"
He lowered his head willing himself not to burst into tears.
"But i guess i was wrong!" He murmured under his breath and finally gave into another fresh set of tears "I shouldn't have tested him!"
"Well if you didn't, you wouldn't have known what sort of asshole he really is"
His voice was harsh and when Taehyung turned to look at him, he was surprised to see he was crying.
"Hey, Yugyeom, you're crying!"
"It hurts! When I saw them kissing!"
Taehyung was confused. "Jimin and Jungkook? I don't understand"
Yugyeom told him everything about his relationship with Jungkook and the latter was surprised. Even more so that Jungkook was aromantic.
"I'm transferring to the medical school at Yangpeong! I can't stay here any longer!"
"But you have three more years to finish before your residency!"
Yugyeom sighed. "I don't care if it will stress me out or if i have to repeat another year. I just can't stay here anymore!
"Are you sure that's the right decision!"
"I don't know but it's over for me here!"
Taehyung watched him quietly but his attention got diverted as a message entered his phone.
He opened the text and read it.
Please come out, I'm outside the dorm. I'll wait here all night if I have to until you come out and talk to me
Taehyung felt worse than anything. He felt terrible but he knew they had to talk. They couldn't avoid each other for long. So he put on his jacket and left the room leaving Yugyeom who was already fast asleep.
His breath hung in his throat when he saw Jimin leaning against the wall, hands in his pocket, his eyes closed as his forehead furrowed in deep thought. He took a deep breath and approached him
"Jimin!" he whispered and the latter opened his eyes and saw him. He unfolded his hands and reached for Taehyung but he backed away and shook his head.
"I'm sorry..." Jimin started.
Taehyung hung his head "I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have tested you. I gave you reasons to doubt me...."
"But i shouldn't have fallen for Nayeon and Jeonyeong's schemes. I should have believed you!"
Taehyung nodded "You should have. Though testing you was wrong, I discovered that if I hadn't, I wouldn't have found out that we aren't right for each other!"
Jimin stared at him. He didn't want to believe this conversation was going towards the direction he wasn't anticipating. "What? What are you saying?"
Taehyung sniffed. "You say you love me but it wasn't enough for you to trust me. It wasn't enough for you to ask me if what Jeongyeon and Nayeon said was true or not. To hear from my side. Instead you kissed Jungkook in front of me!"
"I was hurt! I thought you cheated on me!"
Taehyung laughed. His laughter was full of pain and it struck Jimin to the very core.
"Cheated on you? Did you think i was joking around when i told you that i loved you? Did you think it was all a joke?"
He ran his hands over his hair in anguish, tears streaming down his face. "God, I confided in you. I told you things i never ever told anyone! I told you about the heart problem I had when i was young. I told you about...Sulli!"
Jimin started crying too.
"Maybe i overwhelmed you because of my feelings. Maybe you felt pity for me or something. It doesn't matter anymore. I just realized that i shouldn't have let myself fall harder than i should. I shouldn't have told you about my feelings"
"No Taehyung, I was wrong! Stop saying things like this!" He choked out.
"Remember when I asked you if you where in love with me, you told me you didn't know what love was but that you felt strongly for me. I didn't know what to think after that. Did you love me or did you not? How deep did your feelings really go?"
"I guess i was too scared to know the answer which was why when Nayeon and Jeonyeong presented their scheme to me, it was a sweet temptation that I couldn't refuse so I gave in to it and now i know..."
Jimin shook his head fervently "Know what? Listen Taehyung, I love you..."
"You don't know what love is Jimin. Things wouldn't have turned out like this. I'm sorry but it hurts so much. We can't go on with this!"
"Are you breaking up with me?"
"I'm not breaking up with you because i don't love you. I'm breaking up with you so you can have space to figure out what you really want. There are some things bothering you, things that are holding you back. I don't know what's going on with you Jimin but i guess this is all i can do for now!"
Jimin grabbed Taehyung's hand squeezing it gently.
"Please don't let go. I'd be lost without you!"
"I was always there for you. Right by your side every step of the way but now, I think you should be your own light. You should figure out if you really want me in your life or not"
He withdrew his hands from his.
"I'm sorry but it ends here"
He took a step back and wiped the tears in his eyes before turning round and running into the dorm before he could break down further in front of him.
Jimin stared blankly into space. He came back to the past hoping things will turn out well for his future but he hadn't been prepared to experience this searing pain that seemed like it would tear his heart in pieces. If he had known, he would feel this shattered, he would stay right where he was in his time line going through with his boring life and not having to come here, fall for his best friend and get dumped by him so harshly. This was the first time since he came here that he wished he was back home to his own reality. He really wished it!
Love is not just happiness and perfection, love is pain!
To be continued. I just want to point out that this is a point of self realization for Jimin. This is his story, his life. His journey to discovering about himself. Everything all depends on Jimin. You'll begin to understand as the story progresses and we move closer to the end!
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