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Jungkook walked into the gym where Jeongguk was working out, currently in the middle of pull-ups right now.
He strolled over, leaning against the wall as he watched his identical twin brother pull himself up and down. "Want to know?" He asked.
"Know . . . What?" Jeongguk groaned, his muscles popping every time he lifted himself.
"Why Taehyung left us."
That's when the older Jeon Twin paused mid-pull, taking a moment before he dropped to his feet. He looked to his left, an emotionless expression. "If you know."
"I don't."
"Then why ask?"
"Because we're meeting Taehyung tonight so he'll tell us."
"Oh," Jeongguk grabbed his mini towel, wiping his face and hands. His locks had little curls in them, the sweat beading down his forehead. "And he'll tell us?"
"He swore he would."
"How can we trust that?"
"We can't."
"We're going to look dumb if he doesn't show up, ya know?"
"I know but he showed up yesterday." Jungkook kept a calm and steady tone.
"Yesterday?" Repeated Jeongguk, cocking a brow as he looked back at his brother. "You saw him? Planned to meet up?"
"I wasn't too sure on how bad you wanted to see him and I couldn't wait." The younger answered.
Jeongguk just let out a hum. "I have practice so at what time?"
"Seven."
"That's cutting it close but I'll see what I can do."
"It's not really seeing what you can do, it's more of the question if you want to know or not." Jungkook shrugged. "But he promised to tell us and I want to know so if you could come and find out with me, that would be ideal."
"Of course." Jeongguk had calmed down since Wednesday, he took a bubble bath and drank some tea to relax his body. He knew he overreacted but he's bipolar and it's more than obvious this dude has anger issues. "I'll make it, I'm sick of waiting; sick of this."
"I know. He knows that. If he doesn't tell then I suggest we just cut ties officially." Jungkook watched his twin, Jeongguk dabbing the sweat off his body.
"I'm going to get ready to get going. I'll see you later." He dismissed his brother after their small chitchat about the news of visiting Taehyung.
***
Taehyung, as he said he would, was at the café waiting for the twins to arrive. This was hell. He felt his chest grow tight as the time got closer to seven. He was anxious, nervous that it didn't matter what he said that this was his last day.
He knew he messed up big time, with many things. He was so scared and almost wished he never saw Hoseok and Yoongi the day he did.
"Taehyung." Jeongguk's deep and clearly annoyed voice made it aware to Taehyung that the twins were here now. Two minutes before seven hit.
He looked back, clearing his throat. "Jeongguk, Jungkook. It's nice seeing you guys again." His vocals wavered, god he was a mess. This was going to happen. He had to tell the horrible thing he did.
"Shut up. I just want to get this over with." Jeongguk took a seat, his brother sitting next to him. "So, start speaking." He leaned back, face stone cold with zero emotion to be shown.
"Where do you want me to start?" Asked the oldest, trying to stop any sign of tears or that he wanted to cry.
"On what you did." Jungkook said bluntly, shrugging. "We waited four years, just start. Don't say anything else about whatever."
". . ." Taehyung looked down. "Um, when I turned twenty-one, I decided it would be best if I celebrated and had fun. We had already had fun on my actual birthday but you guys weren't old enough to go out to the bar and drink alcohol with me." He began, keeping his head low. He played with his fingers, not having anything to eat or drink like last time. Taehyung would take in a deep breath here and there to settle himself.
The Jeon Twins listened to Taehyung talk, catching every detail he dared to speak. Jeongguk already felt his heart burn with anger.
"I just wanted to have fun and celebrate that I could now drink alcohol. I, at some point, had two shots of whatever." Taehyung told them. He was recalling as much as he could, pulling at his collar.
"I don't understand where this is going." Jeongguk said, a cocked brow.
"Just wait." Taehyung told him, sneaking a glance upward. "Leehyun was with me because I didn't want to be alone and wanted to catch up since we all graduated at this point and me and Leehyun didn't hang out since then. He also had a shot or two, I didn't keep track of how much he drank that night, all I knew was I drank a lot." A lot to Taehyung was just three shots but it was his first time drinking. He made mental notes of never drinking again.
"Leehyun decided I had enough and I agreed. I wasn't drunk to where I couldn't remember, I was in control of my actions, things were just a bit blurry and everything was funny to me." Taehyung described. "He said that he didn't trust himself driving all the way back so we got a night in a motel. He was running his fingers through my hair and asking if I was okay. Leehyun genuinely was checking on me and I-I was so stupid." Taehyung chuckled but it was so sad and broken. This was his way of trying to hold back. He couldn't look at the twins as he said all of this.
The twins felt like they knew where this was going, feeling agitation build up.
"I . . . He didn't start anything, I was the one to climb on his lap and I started to kiss on him. He told me that we shouldn't do this, something like that anyways, and then I told him I wanted to do it. He asked me if I was sure and I told him I was . . . I mean, I'm sure it's easy to say what I did afterwards." His voice cracked. "Me and him had sex. I woke up the next morning and remembered not too much but the more I looked around, the more it came to me. Leehyun was still asleep, I was sore, I felt so sick. It was all coming back to me. I cheated. I not only hurt you guys but I hurt Jimin. I was freaking out."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Jungkook interrupted. "Why didn't you tell us that in the first place? Things could have went different if you just told us from the start instead of ghosting us."
"Really?" Taehyung met Jungkook's eyes with his own teary ones. "You can look at me and tell me we would still be together after I came home and told you I cheated on you with the one guy you hate most?"
Jeongguk tongued his cheek. "You were drunk, or, well, drunk-ish and so was he. I'm not saying I wouldn't be pissed off, none of us said we wouldn't have ended things but I think I prefer you tell me to my face than to cut everyone off, run off to Daegu, and pretend we never existed." His voice sounded angry; irritated. "You wasted so much fucking time over some disgraceful shit you decided to pull."
"You both would've been more than just pissed I feel." Taehyung told the two. "You got mad at me when you found out Leehyun was my first kiss but you wouldn't be mad finding out I cheated on you with him? Not just mad, like . . . And Jimin, I couldn't look him in the eye and tell him I slept with his boyfriend. I don't know how I would even begin to tell him I slept with Leehyun. It would kill me looking at him and describing what I did."
Jeongguk sighed and rolled his eyes. "But what makes it hurt less is knowing we didn't drive you away. Like, fuck, Taehyung, you don't get it. We really sat day and night wondering where the fuck you went! We were left in the fucking dark! All because you got tipsy and slept with someone else?" This is where it really started to hit Jeongguk that Taehyung cheated on them. "We bought you a dog, took you on dates, was there whenever you wanted us and you just up and left without a word? That's just so ridiculous. We felt like we were giving you the world! You will never fucking get it!" Jeongguk leaned forward, arms pressed securely on the table.
"If it helps, Yeontan is at my parents' house . . . He's a sleepy dog." Taehyung's bottom lip quivered. "But, I'm sorry. I couldn't deal with it and I thought that if I escaped what I did and covered it up with a new life, I wouldn't have to ever deal with the fact I cheated. I didn't need to look you in the eye and tell you, I didn't need to tell Jimin. I'm surprised he didn't say anything when he saw me."
"Fuck your dog." Jungkook rolled his eyes. "And Jimin doesn't know it was you who Leehyun cheated on him with. He just knows Leehyun cheated on him and so they broke up. You can find another way to tell him on your own time. We're not doing your dirty work for you."
Taehyung sighed, looking down once more and rubbing his head. He didn't know what more he could say. He felt a tear go down his cheek, wiping it away before it could be noticed.
"You seriously don't know what you've done, you don't know the half of it. You act like you're the victim and should be cared for." Jeongguk said bluntly, making it clear he didn't feel bad. "I would love it if you went through what you put us through but your pathetic ass little excuse of a heart wouldn't be able to handle it."
"I'm not doing it intentionally, Gguk. I- I really am sorry. I know that no matter how many times I say it, nothing changes what I did, it was stupid of me. I'm sorry to the both of you. You guys were one of the best things to ever happen to me and I threw it away because of a drunken night." Taehyung wanted to cry in embarrassment and guilt but that would be humiliating since the Jeon Twins clearly didn't care how upset he seemed to be. They would laugh at him if anything.
"Well, you're right." Jungkook started. "No matter how many times you cry sorry to us, it will never change the shitty things you did. It won't take away you cheating, won't change you never telling us until now, and it won't change how you left us hanging. You can try all you want to run away from your issues, rewrite your life, but you won't be able to do any of that, won't be able to escape what you did." He stood up. "You'll always have to live with the fact you were a whore one night and thought cheating was great."
"Wait!" Taehyung reached his hands out to them, making Jungkook sit back down and Jeongguk not move. His eyes were flooded with tears. "C-Can we at least try to be friends? I will do whatever I can to make it up. I-I want to try to do better! I do miss you guys, I miss my friends! I fucked up, I know, I want to try to make it better! As much as I can!" Taehyung cursed and had tears roll down his soft cheeks. He couldn't hold it back.
The twins looked at one another, both giving two different looks that shouted two different answers. Both clearly not on the same page on what they wanted to do.
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AUTHOR ' s NOTE :
1. If you say you called it, you only got it because of the scene where it mentioned when Leehyun and Jimin broke up. :(
2. Are you surprised?
3. Which twin did what? Who wants to keep the contact and who doesn't want to?
ps: (edited) hopefully this is a bit better!
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