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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
• ɢᴏᴏᴅʙʏᴇ •

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You open the door to the house and Taehyung walks into the foyer.

"Daddy!" The twins yell in joy.

They run over to their father and Taehyung kneels down to hug them. A hurt smile makes its way up to your face.

"Babies, go play with Tanie." You tell your kids. "Mommy and daddy have to talk about big people stuff."

The twins nod and you smile as you watch their tiny figures run down the hall and into the living room. You turn to Taehyung and he stands up, dusting off his knees.

"I have decided I'm going back to Japan." You inform.

"And you're taking the kids?"

"Of course." You answer. "You can visit them whenever you want. You have the money for it and flying over there is only around two hours."

"Why can't you just move somewhere else here in Seoul? Why do you have to move to a different country?"

"Because I like Tokyo and I lived there for three years." You remind. "That's the only place that really felt like home."

Being with you felt like it too... until we destroyed that home.

"If that is what you want."

"No, Taehyung, that's not what I want." You snap. "What I want is to live with you forever. To wake up next to you every morning. To watch our kids grow up together," You sigh. "But we have ruined that."

Taehyung looks down at his hands and says nothing. You take a deep breath in and compose yourself.

"I should start packing."

You begin to walk away, but Taehyung stops you.

"Thank you."

You turn around. "For what?"

"You're taking this very... maturely."

"Well, we're adults so,"

"I know," Taehyung says. "But if I was in your position I don't know what I would do."

"I'm no better than you are."

"What do you mean?" Taehyung questions.

"At Isao's party, Isao kissed me and I kissed him back," You apprise. "And when you left that day you made us dinner, Isao kissed me again. I let him touch me and if I wouldn't have stopped it, it would've gone further."

Taehyung feels himself getting angry, but he knew he shouldn't let it show. He slept with Nari. All you shared with Isao was a kiss and something else you stopped. You were innocent in his eyes.

Taehyung clears his throat. "Good to know."

"Yeah." You answer softly.

You turn around and walk up the stairs to the room you and Taehyung share. You take out the large suitcase in Taehyung's closet and begin to fill it with your clothes. After filling your suitcase you grab the other one and begin putting the twins' clothes in it.

Taehyung knocks on the door frame and you look up. "I'm going out with the twins. I want to spend their last day in Seoul with them."

"Okay." You respond.

Taehyung leaves and your phone vibrates. You take it out of your pocket and unlock your phone when you see it's a message from Isao.

Can I come over? I want to talk to you.

You sigh and quickly respond.

Sure.

Minutes later you hear a knock on the front door. You get up and walk down the stairs to open it.

"Hey." Isao greets.

"Hey. Come in."

"Can I hug you?" Isao asks and you smile.

"Stop being so awkward." You say before you pull him into a hug.

Isao didn't hug you back but after a few seconds, you felt his arms wrap around you.

You both walk into the kitchen where he sits around the island as you grab him a cup of water.

"How have you been?" Isao asks. "Ayana told me about you and Taehyung."

"I'm fine." You lie. "I'm moving back to Japan."

"Cool!" Isao exclaims. "We can be the Japanese trio again."

"Japanese trio?" You chuckle.

"That's what I secretly always called us," Isao admits.

A comfortable silence takes over the kitchen before Isao interrupts it.

"Do you think you could ever give me a chance now?"

"I'm just about to get out of a marriage, Isao." You remind him.

"Right, right. I'm sorry. Very stupid of me to ask that."

"But," You say, feeling bad after making Isao feel bad. "Time changes things. I can't promise you anything, but maybe future me would give you a chance."

Isao grins. "I guess I'll have to wait for future you."

• • • •

Taehyung arrives back with the twins and you greet your kids.

"It's time for us to go." You tell Taehyung and he nods.

You kneel in front of your kids. "Can I tell you both something?" You ask and they rapidly nod their heads. "But it has to be a secret, okay?"

Taesung and Saeun act as if they sealed their lips.

"Do you remember I told you how we left daddy because he had very important things to do?" They both nod. "Well, that has to happen again."

"Why?" Taesung questions.

"Because he needs to do very good things in the world and we can't be there. It's too dangerous for kids." You explain and they whine. "But don't worry, daddy will visit a lot. He's only two hours away."

They both turn to Taehyung.

"Promise?" Saeun sticks her pinky out.

Taehyung kneels down to their size and his boxy smile appears. He wraps his pinky around his daughters.

"I promise. I'll visit so much that it'll be like you guys never left."

"I wuv you," Saeun says.

"I wuv you too!" Taesung chimes.

You and Taehyung chuckle at their mispronunciations.

"I love you both so so so much," Taehyung says as he showers them with kisses.

You stand up and grab the suitcase and Taehyung knows it's time for you to go. Taehyung stands up while carrying Saeun and Taesung on either side of him.

"Are you sure you don't want me to drop you guys off?"

"Yeah," You answer. "Ayana's already here anyway."

Taehyung nods and you open the front door. You walk down the steps and towards the car. You open the trunk and put your suitcases in.

Ayana gets out of the car and grabs the kids to seat them in the car. She doesn't even bother to say hi to Taehyung. You close the trunk and walk over to Taehyung.

"So this is it." You say.

"Yeah," Taehyung answers sadly. "It is."

"Uh, the divorce papers will get to you sometime soon." You inform awkwardly.

"Okay," Taehyung says quietly.

"Take care of yourself, Taehyung."

"You too, Y/N."

You give him a gentle smile before turning around and getting into the car.

"Bye daddy!"

"Bye Bye!"

The twins yell and wave out the open car window. Taehyung scrunches his nose and smiles as he waves back. He waits outside until the car is no longer in his view. Taehyung sighs and tears fill his eyes.

"Goodbye."

The small teacup Pomeranian runs out of the house and starts jumping on Taehyung. He smiles and scoops his friend into his arms.

"Guess it's just us again, huh Tanie?"

Yeontan barks and licks Taehyung's face.

• • • •

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Ayana asks as you stand in the middle of the airport.

"That wasn't the Taehyung I left behind three years ago." You try to smile. "So yes, I want to do this. I need to do this."

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