Chapter twenty-four || 스물네 장
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24| Blood on my hands🎲
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"You do know that I am going to kill him, don't you Princess."

"No, you're not."

"I'm almost certain that I am." He stated, grabbing his keys and walking out of the bedroom.

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I sat stunned for a few seconds before I jumped up off the bed and rushed after him.

"Wait!" I yelled and he stopped on the landing. "Taehyung you can't!"

"I fucking can, fucking son of a bitch asks you to marry him and then tells you he won't be your fucking friend because you turned him down. It's time him and I had a little heart to heart."

"I know you're upset but…"

"I'm not upset," He frowned at me. "I'm fucking furious. Eunwoo has been nothing but a pain in my fucking ass since I met you. He can fuck with me, but I won't have him upsetting you."

"Taehyung…"

His face softened and he came towards me. I let him push me back into our bedroom and he kissed me slowly.

"Please don't get any more upset, it's not good for you or the babies. You need to take it easy," he said leading me to the bed and laying me down. He sat by my side and stroked my hair tenderly.

"I love you Princess, so fucking much." He kissed my forehead once, and I closed my eyes happily as he soothed me.

I was surprised when I felt him jump up off the bed and I opened my eyes to see him pretty much running out of the room.

I blinked, a little dazed. I couldn't believe he'd just done that, and I really couldn't believe I'd fallen for it.

"Taehyung!" I shouted as I got my bearings back and ran after him down the stairs, but I heard the front door slam before I even reached the second floor.

"Where the fuck is he off to in such a hurry?" Jennie asked, nodding towards the door when I got to the bottom of the stairs.

"He's going to kill Eunwoo," I said to her urgently.

"Oh, ok," she nodded and started to walk away from me.

"Jennie!" I yelled, "We have to stop him."

"Why?"

"Because! He can't just go around killing people."

"Err… that's what V does," she looked at me like I was an idiot.

"I know, I mean innocent people! Eunwoo might be annoying but he doesn't deserve to die!"

"That's a matter of opinion," she said derisively.

"Jennie, please!" I begged her.

"Fine," she rolled her eyes at me. "Rose!" she yelled, startling me and I looked at her confused, "Drives like a fucking maniac remember."

Rose appeared silently and seemingly out of nowhere with her eyebrow quirked.

"We need to go get V and stop him from killing Eunwoo."

Rose frowned.

"I know, I don't get it either," Jennie shrugged, "but Y/n wants us to stop him."

Rose seemed to think about it for a second before she simply said, "Ok."

"We'll take my car," Jennie said. "Jungkook!" she shouted as she grabbed her keys and threw them to Rose who caught them deftly and disappeared.

"What's up Peaches?" Jungkook came upstairs from the basement.

Jennie explained where we were going and why as we walked out of the front door and jumped into Jennie's car. Rose was already sitting in the driver's seat impatiently waiting on us.

I barely had my door closed when she raced down the drive.

Rose shifted gears and drove like a lunatic while I held on for dear life in the back.

"Fucking Hell Rose, watch my car!" Jennie yelled.

"So, why is V killing Eunwoo exactly?" Jungkook asked as I directed Rose towards Eunwoo's house.

"Uhhhh, Eunwoo kinda said I should go live with him to raise the babies and that we could get married. When I told him he had to accept that I was gonna be with Taehyung, he said we couldn't be friends," I explained briefly.

"Ok, so…. why are we stopping V from killing him?" Jungkook frowned.

"Because he doesn't deserve to die!" I threw my hands up in the air, what was the matter with these people?

With Rose driving, it was no time at all before we were pulling into Eunwoo's driveway

"Oh thank God! He's not here," I said relieved.

Jennie laughed.

"He's here Little Y/n," Jungkook assured me.

"But his car's not here."

"What? Did you think he was gonna pull up on the drive and knock on the door?" Jennie snorted, looking amused.

"Uh…." To be honest I hadn't really thought about it, but I wished they would take this more seriously.

"So where is he?" I asked looking around like I might suddenly spot Taehyung lurking behind a tree. I really had watched too many scary movies.

"My guess is he's probably around the back," Jungkook shrugged.

I jumped out of the car.

"Taehyung!" I yelled and I heard the others groan behind me, but I knew if I alerted him and Eunwoo of my presence, he'd have no choice but to abandon his plan.

"Taehyung!" I shouted again as Eunwoo's front door opened.

"Y/n?" Eunwoo looked at me questioningly. "What are you doing here?" He took in the three others as they came and stood beside me.

"Um…." Well Eunwoo we're here to stop my hotheaded boyfriend from killing you. Yeah, I probably shouldn't open with that.

Before I could even begin to think of a reasonable excuse for us turning up unannounced at his house. Taehyung's voice alerted us of his presence.

"What the fuck?" he came charging around the side of the house and was beside me in no time. "Jungkook? What the hell were you thinking bringing the Princess out here?"

Taehyung looked really quite livid, and Jungkook audibly gulped.

"Calm the fuck down V," Jennie told him. "y/n begged me. You don't want her getting upset do you?" she arched an eyebrow at him.

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Go home Princess."

"Not without you," I told him stubbornly.

Taehyung glared at me, but I glared right back.

There was no way I was going to let him kill Eunwoo, with all he had said earlier about Detective Park beliefs about the Kim's in Busan. If Eunwoo were to turn up dead, Taehyung would be the first person they came looking for, and I couldn't have him in trouble like that. I needed him with me, especially now we were about to become a family.

I wasn't naïve enough to believe Taehyung would settle down and get a 9-5 job and become an upstanding member of society. He was in the family now; sworn in and third in command to take over the business and I knew he would still have to work, but that didn't mean I wanted him taking unnecessary risks.

When he was working with Jimin, Jungkook and Yoongi, I was relatively sure that he was as safe as he could be. They went into situations prepared and alert, but this, storming over to kill Eunwoo because he was annoyed wasn't a smart thing to do, and I knew I had to stop him before he got himself in trouble.

"Y/n, is everything alright? Do you want to come inside?" Eunwoo asked coming towards us.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Taehyung yelled. "You keep the fuck away from her!"

"Is that what this is, you came over here to threaten me?" Eunwoo asked cockily, and I wanted to smack him.

"Go on Kim, do your worst. Or are you worried y/n might finally realize she'd be better off with me?"

"Don't fuck with the Princess!" Taehyung warned him as Jennie, Rose and Jungkook all nodded their agreement. It would have been funny to watch them all nodding along to what Taehyung said if I wasn't so concerned that this situation could escalate at any moment.

All of a sudden, another car pulled onto the drive and all our heads turned towards it.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Joy asked getting out of her car and looking at us all warily. She was in uniform and armed, and I hoped that her arrival would be the end of this and we could get out of here, with no trouble, as soon as possible.

"I'll tell you what's going on," Taehyung said eerily calm. "That fucker…" Taehyung pointed at Eunwoo

"Ahh, did my Eunwoo upset your little Princess?" Joy sneered at him.

"Your Eunwoo?" Taehyung laughed, and Joy looked taken aback.

Taehyung stalked towards her and to be fair, she never once looked afraid.

"You can't touch me Kim," She spat.

"Your boyfriend asked my Princess to move in with him," Taehyung told a shocked looking Joy. "Yep, apparently he wants to be the one to help her raise my babies."

"What… Eunwoo... did you…" Joy stuttered and Taehyung smiled.

"Oh he did alright," Taehyung confirmed. "And you know what he did then?"

"Joy, it's not what you think. I can explain," Eunwoo said quickly but she ignored him and focused her attention on Taehyung.

"Your Eunwoo, offered to marry her," Taehyung looked triumphant, and I knew why, although he couldn't do what he planned to Eunwoo, Eunwoo was still going to be harmed although Taehyung wasn't going to have to touch him.

The look on Joy's face told us she was going to be the one to damage him.

Joy's eyes went wide and she stormed over to Eunwoo and kneed him right between the legs before she slapped his face hard.

"You son of a bitch!" She yelled as Eunwoo doubled over in agony.

"Ohh, that has got to fucking sting," Jungkook laughed, before being silenced by a glaring Joy.

"Get the fuck off my property," She yelled at us and I didn't have to be asked twice.

As I turned to grab Taehyung's hand and drag him off to the car, he pulled himself out the way.

"No Princess,'' he said, "You go with the others, I need time to calm down on my own."

Shell Shocked, I stared at him for a second as he jogged towards wherever he had left his car, before reluctantly turning and making my way to the others.

"Y/n," Joy called as I got into the car, "stay the fuck away from us, and when Seoul PD finally bring the Kim down, and trust me they will, I'll make sure they take you down with them," she warned me.

I ignored her and slammed my door.

"Well, good luck with that," Jennie scowled at her, jumping into the drivers seat and peeling out of the driveway, barely missing Joy.

"Fuck me, I don't believe in hitting women, but I think I'd be willing to make a fucking exception for her," Jungkook laughed, while Rose and Jennie chuckled quietly.

The drive home was quiet, I was worried about Taehyung and I think everyone else knew I wasn't in the mood for any banter. As soon as we reached the house, I jumped out of the car and made my way up to our room to get ready for bed and decompress.

Nervously, I waited for Taehyung to come home. I wasn't sure if he'd be angry with me for ruining his plans, and I desperately hoped he hadn't decided to pay Eunwoo another visit after we had left.

After lying in bed for what felt like hours, I heard the loud booming laugh of Jungkook and I knew that Taehyung had finally arrived home. Moments later, Taehyung crept through the bedroom door.

I flicked on the light and he froze, startled.

"Oh, uh, I thought you'd be asleep," he said.

"Did you honestly think I was going to just ignore what happened tonight?" I asked.

"No, but, um, I kinda hoped to avoid this conversation for a least a week or two," Taehyung stated seriously.

"You wish."

"Look Princess, I know you're not happy with what I did tonight, but I'm not gonna lie, that fucker needs to die."

"I'm not upset that you wanted to kill him, I understand that, well I don't understand it, but..." I shook my head to clear it, in order to get out what I needed to say to him.

"My problem tonight was I don't want you to get into trouble by acting impulsively."

"So if I plan it out, you'll let me kill him?" he smirked at me while walking towards the bed and I rolled my eyes at him.

"No!" I threw my hands up in the air. "Taehyung I'm serious."

"I know Princess." He said sitting down on the side of the bed to strip out of his clothes, I may have got momentarily distracted from the conversation as I watched him.

He climbed into bed and pulled me into his arms, I went willingly and he kissed my forehead.

"I don't want to lose you." I whispered, while I traced my fingers along the muscles in his chest.

"You won't," he assured me, pulling me closer his hand wandering up my side until he was cupping my breast.

Not willing to let him avoid talking about it, I pulled back a fraction, but it didn't deter him.

"Taehyung, what happened tonight at Eunwoo…"

"Fuck Princess, don't say his name while I've got a hard on, that shits fucked up!" He groaned and rolled on top of me, careful not to put his weight on my stomach.

He ground his hips against mine and my eyes rolled into the back of my head.

"I want you," he moaned before crashing his lips to mine. I got lost in him for a moment, my hips automatically rising to meet his, until I remembered I wanted to talk to him.

"Taehyung, I really think we should…" I gasped unable to finish my sentence as he pulled down my panties and his boxers and thrust himself into me.

I happily shut up after that.

The following morning, Taehyung was up and out of bed before I had a chance to approach the subject again. If he thought he was going to get away with not discussing this, he was wrong. Unfortunately, it was Monday morning and I had school, meaning the conversation would have to wait for now.

School was exhausting, and the teachers were all pushing us due to finals fast approaching. Senior year was tough, but my schoolwork and preparations for finals was made easier with the help of Taehyung. I was still determined to graduate, and on the up side Mr. Kim had written a doctor's note that managed to get me out of gym for the rest of the year, so I didn't have to suffer through that anymore.

Taehyung and I still hadn't discussed what happened the night he went to kill Eunwoo, but if he thought I had forgotten, he was greatly mistaken. School had just taken priority at the moment. But I needed him to know how worried I had been that night. With the babies coming, I was so afraid that Taehyung would do something in the heat of the moment that would end up taking him from me, whether it was because he got incarcerated or worse, because he got killed.

As Christmas approached, my waistline was increasing rapidly. It was only that the weather was so bad that I was still able to hide my pregnancy from people at school by wearing baggy sweaters. I knew that once word got out, I would be gossiped about, possibly mocked or taunted, and I wasn't looking forward to it.

Not because I was embarrassed, I wasn't, but spending several hours a day with people staring and whispering about you isn't anyone's idea of fun.

Taehyung and I had finally chosen a new doctor, one that Mr. Kim assured us, was much more pleasant, more professional and due to Taehyung's insistence, more female.

We'd had two appointments with Dr Lee, and she assured us that my pregnancy was progressing wonderfully and so far without complications. We were due to have a second ultrasound the week before Christmas and I was excited to check that the babies were fit and healthy and to find out what we were having.

Taehyung was fascinated by my ever-increasing bump, I often awoke to him pushing my t-shirt up and kissing my belly. It was sweet, right up until he pushed my top and his hands further up to caress my breasts, moaning as I pushed back against him. Because of my stomach, he often just took me slowly from behind, using his fingers to send me over the edge as he gently rocked in an out of me.

I found most mornings I got out of bed and went to school with a big smile on my face. Hormones had made me almost as horny as Taehyung and that was saying something. Luckily Dr Lee had assured Taehyung again, that as long as I was comfortable, it was perfectly healthy to continue our bedroom activities, so he was more than happy with my increased libido.

The week of finals, I was mess. I had 3 days of back-to-back finals, and on Thursday we were finally going to find out the sex of the twins.

Somehow, I managed to stay awake through all my exams and I think I had managed to scrape through in all my classes. But it was a relief when I met Taehyung after school on my last day before Christmas break. I was ready for a rest, I wanted to sleep in, enjoy some relaxing time and I was looking forward to a Christmas spent with the Kims.

I slept like the dead that night and woke up bright and early looking forward to my doctors' appointment. Having two successful appointments already under our belt, Mr. Kim was happy to let Taehyung take me on his own. Taehyung had grumbled that he "didn't need a fucking babysitter."

But Mr. Kim and I agreed that after what happened with the last doctor it was a good idea for him to accompany us to our first couple of appointments.

We sat anxiously in the waiting room; I could almost feel Taehyung's nervous excitement. To say he had a tendency to be overprotective would be an understatement and that had only got worse since he found out about the twins.

I'm sure if he thought I'd let him get away with it, he'd keep me locked in his room, as it was he never let me do much. He wouldn't let me lift anything, he demanded I rest all the time, and he once tried to stop me from helping JaeIn cook dinner, but I quickly nipped that in the bud. I was pregnant, not an invalid.

Dr Lee took some blood and did a quick exam; she was a little concerned about my blood pressure, she said it wasn't serious, but was a little high. Although she assured me it was a quite common condition and could possibly be put down to nerves and excitement about the ultrasound.

I almost laughed when she suggested I try not to stress myself out. I mean, I lived with the largest crime family in South Korea there was no such thing as stress-free.

I lay down on the bed and she squirted some gel on my protruding stomach. Taehyung held my hand anxiously looking between my face and the small screen.

She pressed the wand down on my stomach and I gasped in awe as I instantly saw a baby. I was shocked by how large it looked, while I had initially struggled to make out the babies when I'd had my last ultrasound, this time it was so clear.

Dr Lee smiled as she took in mine and Taehyung's matching expressions.

"Ok, this is twin A," she said, taking some measurements before moving the wand over my tummy and picking up our other baby, "and here's twin B." Again, she took some measurements, before turning back to us and pronouncing both our babies healthy. She adjusted my due date yet again and said that she thought they were due around the 4th of May, making me 21 weeks pregnant.

"Did you want to find out the sex?" she asked and I nodded eagerly. I didn't care what sex the babies were, but I knew JaeIn was desperate for some insight into how she should decorate and Rose and Jennie wanted to start buying clothes. I was just happy to know my babies were healthy.

"Well, let's see," she peered pressing a little harder into my stomach and moving the wand at different angles, "Twin A is definitely a boy." She showed us on the screen and my eyes widened as Taehyung blurted.

"Fucking hell! Is that its di… uh," he trailed off.

"That's his penis, yes Taehyung." Dr Lee chuckled as he blushed.

She moved the wand again finding 'twin B' and she looked at us both.

"Another boy?" Taehyung said wide-eyed as we both took in the very obvious part between our baby's legs.

"Congratulations," Dr Lee beamed. "You have two baby boys."

Sons. We were going to have sons.

Somehow, phrasing it like that made everything more real. In five short months, I would become a mother, two tiny boys who would depend on Taehyung and me for everything and I would have sons. I wiped the tears away as Taehyung helped me up.

"Happy tears right Princess?" he asked me looking unsure.

"Really freaking happy tears," I assured him and he put his arm around me, pulling me into his chest.

"I love you Princess," he whispered against my temple before kissing it.

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I watched from a careful distance as they walked hand in hand out of the hospital, they both looked so fucking happy I wanted to throw up. Y/n clearly adored V, and he, well it was fucking ridiculous how devoted he was to her. Almost overnight he had changed, well, around her he had, I knew personally, just how cold and heartless that fucker could be. But when it came to Y/n, V was like a different person, it was truly sickening, but he would soon learn it was his biggest weakness.

V and Y/n would make a beautiful family; I had no doubt about that. What with the good genes of their parents and the birthright of being Kims, those babies would be afforded the luxury of having the best of everything. I knew once the twins arrived, V and Y/n would be the perfect happy family.

Of course, that was before we ripped it to fucking shreds. V and ultimately the Kim family would be destroyed once Kai had finished with them. I wasn't sure of his exact plans, but he wanted V, he always had, but in the last three months it had become an obsession. Having had nothing but time on his hands as he recovered in Italy, he had spent it plotting.

Kai was almost beside himself with glee when I called him with news of Y/n's pregnancy, I'd always known he wouldn't hesitate to use Y/n to exact his revenge, and I knew the same thing applied to their children.

I couldn't fucking wait.

By the time we were done with him, V would be on his knees, desperate and pleading for the lives of his beloved Y/n and their children, begging for his own death.

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"So have you thought of any names?" Jennie asked as we sat around in the lounge, the news that we were expecting boys had gone down well. Taehyung had phoned Jin and Yoongi who were both overjoyed.

"Not really, I guess we'll wait and see what they look like?" I shrugged.

Taehyung and I had talked a lot about the babies, and renovations for them to be accommodated on the third floor with us were in full swing courtesy of JaeIn. But we'd never really spoken at length about naming them.

"Well, you have to have Jungkook Junior," Jungkook said looking serious as Jennie and I stared at him incredulous.

"Uh, Kook, I think that might raise a few questions regarding paternity," Jimin snickered.

"Ohh!" Jungkook jumped up and clapped. "How about Kyle and Kam?"

"Ohh!" Taehyung mocked him, "How about Fuck and no?"

"What the fuck?" Jennie looked horrified. "Kyle and Kam Kim. That's bordering on child abuse. Remind me not to let you name our kids."

Jungkook huffed and looked at her sulkily, "What do you like then?"

"I've always liked Javier and Fernando," Jennie winked at me.

"Oh Jennie, I love those names," I said totally straight faced and they all turned to look at me. "You like those right Taehyung?" I looked up at him with big eyes.

"Uh, um" He cleared his throat. "Sure Princess, whatever you want," he said while shifted uncomfortably.

"For real, you'd actually let her name your kids Javier and Fernando?" Jimin laughed, "You are one totally pussy whipped motherfucker."

Taehyung gave him the finger, as Jennie and I both collapsed in giggles.

"I was joking Taehyung," I told him eventually.

"Oh thank fuck," he sighed relieved. "I mean they're nice enough names but I don't really see myself with a Javier and a Fernando. Shit, just think of the fucking awful nicknames Jungkook would come up with for them."

I nodded; Jungkook's strange nicknaming logic was something we were going to have to take into consideration when we did choose names.

After a very pleasant evening spent with the family, Taehyung and I made our way to the bedroom.

Taehyung was over the moon that he was having sons, I knew he wouldn't have cared either way, but knowing we were expecting boys seemed to have lightened him up a little.

With him being in such a good mood, I thought it finally might be time to bring up what I'd been worrying about since Thanksgiving.

Taehyung picked up his mail that someone had left on my desk and handed me a couple of cards that had obviously been redirected from my dad's house.

He started opening his letters and I sat down on the bed.

"Taehyung, I... we need to talk about what happened that night with Eunwoo," I started.

"Uh huh," he replied and I was surprised by him being so open to discuss it finally, so I jumped in with both feet.

"Well, I mean, it's just, we're going to be a family, we're gonna have two little boys that will depend on us for everything and I'm just worried that if someone upsets you or me, or you lose your temper, you're gonna run off and get yourself arrested or killed and I can't…. I'm so scared. Taehyung, I need you, I can't do this on my own, I…" I looked over at him to check his reaction to my panicked speech, to find him far more focused on his mail than he was on what I was saying.

"You're not even listening to me!" I yelled.

Taehyung looked up from what he was reading, nostrils flared and jaw set. I knew that look.

"What is it?" I asked.

"That fucker sent me a Christmas Card!"

"What?" I frowned, "Who?"

"Kai, he sent me a fucking Christmas Card."

"No!" I gasped, shocked, I hadn't thought about Kai for a while, not since Yoongi had said he had left the country to recuperate from his injuries. "What does it say?"

He blinked, and looked at me. "Uh… Merry Christmas," he lied, badly.

"Don't lie to me Taehyung!" I glared at him.

"I'm not lying…" he sighed and ran a hand into his hair, "…well I am, I just, I don't want you to worry, the babies and your blood pressure and shit, stress is not good for you Princess," he said.

"I'm gonna be a lot more stressed if you don't show me that card right now," I told him.

He eyed me warily and didn't look convinced, but reluctantly handed it over.

I opened up the card to read the message; I recognized the handwriting as the same as the card that Taehyung had got at the hotel that first weekend we spent there.

Seasonal Greetings Taehyung

I was delighted to hear that you and the lovely y/n are adding to your family,

I will be anxiously awaiting the safe arrival of the newest Kims

and look forward to meeting them in person

Best Wishes

Kai.

I felt my breathing get short and Taehyung grabbed me and pulled me onto his lap as he sat on the bed.

"Shh, Princess, it's fine, I won't let him hurt you or the babies, you know that."

I gasped and spluttered for air, I was trying not to panic, but I was getting dizzy and still struggling for air.

"How…. How does he know," I managed to get out eventually.

I don't know, but I plan to find out," Taehyung said firmly. He pulled out his phone and made a call, I don't know whom too, but he had a brief conversation, before hanging up.

"Someone must be giving him information, several people probably know you're pregnant, very few know it's more than one baby. Kai obviously has a very high up informant." Taehyung ran his hand over his face looking stressed.

"Who?"

"Well if I knew that Princess, I'd fucking kill him," he rolled his eyes at me.

He tucked me into bed and I know he stayed until I went to sleep, but when I awoke alone and the space next to me was cold, I knew he hadn't stayed all night.

I didn't see much of him in the following days, as he was tied up with Jin and Yoongi who were staying at the house for Christmas.

I tried to smile and join in with the joyful mood of JaeIn, Rose and Jennie as we decorated the house festively and wrapped gifts, but it was the first Christmas without my dad.

Although I hadn't always spent this time of year with him, he'd always called and sent gifts in the years I'd lived with my mom, so this year was different.

I knew that he wouldn't have been over the moon to discover I was going to have twins at eighteen, but I knew he would have been there for me and he would have loved my sons. It was bittersweet that they'd never know what a good man their grandpa was.

I didn't want to wallow through Christmas, but with Taehyung missing for much of my day as well, it was difficult not to dwell on things. I knew all the Kim men were desperately trying to work out who was feeding Kai information, and the chances were it was the same person who had told Kai where I was that fateful day we were ambushed at my dad's, so I was all for them finding out who it was.

JaeIn insisted that the men stop talking business after dinner on Christmas Eve, and told them firmly that it was off the agenda for the next two days. Everyone seemed to embrace this and we spent an enjoyable evening, watching cheesy Christmas movies and eating too much.

Christmas morning, Taehyung woke me in his usual manner; a kiss and caress of my belly, before gently cupping my breasts and sliding inside me, loving me.

We showered, separately, despite Taehyung's protests, and joined the rest of the family for breakfast. Jungkook was a mass of excitement and as soon as we'd all eaten, he all but dragged everyone to the living room where there was a huge pile of presents situated under a beautifully decorated tree.

It seemed like Taehyung and I were opening up a thousand gifts for the babies. There was two of everything, from identical onesies, to changing tables and the most beautiful cribs I had ever seen. Our children would have the best of everything and while I knew that material things weren't as important as a loving family, my boys were going to be blessed with both and I couldn't have been more grateful.

After the gifts were opened, the women all migrated into the kitchen to prepare our Christmas dinner feast, while the men were left in charge of cleaning up the mess. Taehyung tried to get me to take a nap but a simple glare in his direction had him retreating back to the men and me joining JaeIn in the kitchen.

Dinner was wonderful, the company, as always, was fantastic and Jungkook kept us all entertained with his ridiculous stories.

After dinner was cleared away, we lazed around, chatting and watching TV with full bellies until we were all yawning and decided to call it a night.

The following days passed quickly, eating leftovers, setting up the things we'd been given for the twins and playing with the gadgets and games everyone had received for Christmas.

Taehyung had given me a state of the art camera and two albums with spaces for notes so I could record everything the babies did in their first year. I couldn't have been more touched and I took shots of everyone enjoying the holidays, practicing, so that by the time my boys arrived I would be an expert with my new camera.

New Years Eve came almost too soon and it seemed like everyone had plans to go out except Taehyung and I. Of course with me being pregnant, there weren't many options for us, so we ended up spending a quiet but lovely evening at home, just the two of us, curled up on the couch watching the ball drop and drinking non-alcoholic champagne.

Soon after midnight Taehyung took me upstairs and showed me how much he loved me, before we fell asleep in each other's arms. As I drifted off I couldn't help thinking that the next year was going to be my happiest yet.

I had a loving family that I adored, a boyfriend who treated me like a Princess, and two beautiful boys on the way. I was excited for the future, hopeful that most of the drama was behind us.

Looking back, I realize I couldn't have been more wrong.

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(a/n)
– so, I hope you enjoyed it.
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he next chapter really shouldn't take so long, I hope, I really don't mean to keep you all waiting.

would love to know what you thought about this one. xx