~The prettiest smile hide the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears. And the kindest hearts have felt the most pain~

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     "If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine, Jungkook. I can't force you. But know that I'm here if you want to say what's bothering you. " the man in the suit breaks the noisy silence between them, and the other looks out the window. 

    After what happened half an hour ago, Jungkook decided it would be better if he went home, especially since Taehyung had returned. He wanted to call a taxi, but the other insisted that he drive it.

    "I don't talk much to others about my problems. I don't want to bother them. " the bunny boy's warm voice causes Taehyung to move his gaze away from the road for a few moments, and to look at him. 

    "You know very well how to avoid talking about what hurts you, hm? " the older boy asks, then sighs briefly. "But that's not good, Jungkook. The fact that you prefer to suffer alone, in silence, is not good at all. "

     Yes, Taehyung really wants to know what happened to the other one. He would like to know how he can help him, how she can support him, but he can't do that. At least not until Jungkook tells him what he made him cry so hard. Good thing Young You can sleep when it's noisy. If he been woke up, neither of them would know how to explain what had happened.

    "I kept hiding my problems all the time, Taehyung. I may not be afraid to share them with anyone else, but I am afraid of being looked at with pity or compassion. I hate when someone follows me like that. " Jungkook says and the other stops the car on the right side of the road.

    He then turns his full attention to the younger one. His eyes are still red, his nose and cheeks are also redder. If he didn't consider why he looked like that, he would say that Jungkook is even cuter than usual.

     "You can trust me. It may sound strange, we have known each other for a few days, but both Yoonhyo and I have become attached to you, Jungkook. So you can tell me what's hurting you, what's pressing on your soul. I swear I won't look at you any other way after I hear. "

     The curly-haired boy looks at him intently, then closes his eyes for a few moments. Maybe it's time to tell someone else what's been bothering him for years. Except for Hoseok, no one else knows about his parents. It's no secret, but Jungkook didn't want this to define him. However, he feels he wants to tell Taehyung. For most, maybe it's incredibly weird. You can't tell you some of your biggest secrets to a person you haven't know for for even two weeks!

     But sometimes the people you only have know a few minutes ago can become the ones who will stay with you until your last minute. Trust is not sold to someone you have known for many years- at least not all the time. It is given to the one who had the power to cover your soul with something else than pain, with the smallest gestures. It is given to the one whose voice has managed to tear down the high walls around your heart.

     Time does not define the price and quality of a person, but our actions or do. And Jungkook knows, he can have full confidence in Taehyung. Maybe because he was there after a drunken night. Or maybe because he managed to cheer him up all the time. Or maybe because he hugged him and was there, for him, when he fell completely into the pit of despair.

     "My father died because of cancer." he begins to starts talking after a few seconds, and tears immediately fall on his cheeks, while the other one remains speechless. "I didn't have a father who was there for me every time I felt confused, but my mother was always there. " he says and then a faint smile rises on his pale face. "But after a while, I realized that some people are sentenced to more pain than they can bear. " he whispers and Taehyung feels something in his soul break, because damn Jungkook looks more than destroyed right now.

      "Why Kookie? Why you say that?" he wants to know. 

   He needs to know. Maybe he can help somehow. 

       "I know all too well how my mother took care of my father when he was in hospital. I know all too well that she was smiling in front of him, only to cry around the corners later. Yes, I was small, but I knew what was happening. And now it's my turn to pretend I'm fine in front of her. It's my turn to cry every time I'm alone, because I don't want to worry her more. "

     Other silent tears fall on the younger boy's porcelain face, while the other blinks a few times. It is real. This moment is really real, and damn painful.

      "Your mother is—"

      "Another victim of the cancer." Jungkook cut him off and then glance at him. "It seems that this disease really loves to take away all the people who I care. " he tries to jokes but his voice is way too broken for that. "My mother has been battling this disease for more than two years. For more than two years I have had to watch her torment herself, how the pain slowly grips her. And it hurts, Taehyung! It hurts so much to know that she's in pain and I can't do much to help her! All I could do so far was look for as many jobs as possible and take care of college at the same time, because it made me promise that. But now they even the money can not keep her in the hospital, because the management wants to kick her out! And I ... and I'm damn scared, Tae. If they don't let her sit on the appliances anymore, she ... she ... "

     His tears starts to fall much more, and his words are destroyed by the loud and not very nice crying. Taehyung feels himself drowning in his own sadness. Hell, it's true that the strongest people hide the most painful secrets. How the heck can someone suffer so much, but always pretend to be okay? Jungkook lost his father at an early age, and now his mother? No, that can't happen. Taehyung can only imagine how painful it would be for the bunny boy. Yes, he doesn't have the best relationship with his parents either. They haven't had much contact in recent years, but he still knows that they both care about him, and that they would support him when needed.

     The man in the takes a deep breath, trying to gather himself. He must be strong for Jungkook, even if it hurts a lot to see him in that state. And that scares him. Because it hurts him more to see the bunny boy so hurt than it would hurt if he saw a friend or Namjoon. And that immediately makes him think of the conversation he had with his brother and Jimin a few hours ago. 

     Maybe to fall in love with someone in just a few days it is not so impossible as it look. Maybe the heart and soul can feel when they are ready to let a person into their rooms. Maybe love doesn't have a start or end date. It is something that cannot be premeditated, prepared in advance. It's something that happens when you least expect it. And maybe you've been hurt in the past, maybe you've lost confidence in love, or the feeling of loving. But then, someone will come into your life and spread away all the painful memories, while turning them into some beautiful ones. You will immediately know that that person means more than you think. More than a friend, or an acquaintance. Maybe a second chance.

      Because he tried. Yes, he was trying to forgot what happened that night when Jungkook was drunk. But he did not succeed, he failed. He was not able to get out of his mind the sweet taste of his lips even though Jungkook had vomited before, or even if the alcohol was much more than it should have been. That night has haunted him every moment since. And even if he tried to pretend everything was a mistake, he has to admit. It was a mistake he liked.

     Taehyung closes his eyes and lets all thoughts go out of his mind. Now he has no time to think about all this, now is the time to be there for Jungkook. So he gets out of the car, while the other boy looks him confused with tears still on his cheeks. He becomes even more confused when the CEO opens his door as well, urging him to come down. He has no idea what is going on, but he does what Taehyung asks of him. The older boy then takes off his jacket and places it on Jungkook's shoulders- he noticed that the younger boy is not very well dressed, and he doesn't want to catch a cold. The bunny boy forget instantly how to breathe, or the fact that a few seconds ago, he felt his heart cracking because of the pain.

     "Kookie, we will always encounter thousands of steps in this life. Some will pick us up, and some will tear us down so much if I don't think we'll ever be able to pick up again. " Taehyung says and then gets closer to Jungkook. "And we will say that it is unfair, that life intentionally hurts us. But do you know something? I once read that the greatest pain is given to the strongest people. " he continues and then smiles weakly, while the other feels something strange in his stomach.

     "Re- Really?" the younger one stutters without any proper reason, and the older one nods. 

     "Of course, Kookie. And you know something else? You are very strong. One of the strongest people that I knoe, Jungkook. You have suffered so much, but you still have the strength to fight for your loved ones, for your mother. And this must be viewed with admiration, not with pity or compassion. " he then replies the next thing he does, urges Jungkook to forget everything he thought before and to feel how everything takes on a different meaning.

     He wipes Jungkook's tears from his cheeks as his fingers walk gently on the younger man's soft skin. The moment seems to be blocked in time, and everything that happened seems to be forgotten. The pain in Jungkook's soul, the storm in Taehyung's heart, nothing is between them at the moment. Now, only the silence of the night, the moon and the stars can have a word to say, between the eyes of the two.

     "Taehyung, what are you—"

     "Jungkook, all the humans struggles with the demons within them. " the man in the suit cuts his line, while the bunny boy feels the other's warm breath caress his nose. "But we can all choose whether we want to fight alone, or have someone by our side, so as they can help. " he continues and can swear that the youngest's cheeks have become even redder than before. "And maybe it's weird, because we haven't known each other for a long time, but Jungkook ... can you please let me ... be the one to stand to your right, to help you? " he finishes the series of thoughts, noticing how close his face is to the other one man.

     Just an inch or two and their lips—

      "Not the moment, Kim."  he quarrel himself in mind, then glance again at the bunny boy.

      Jungkook blinks. Once. Twice. 

      He has no idea why he feels that he can fully trust the man in front of him. He doesn't really why the fact that he's only known him for a few days, it doesn't seem to matter anymore. He only knows that his heart is beating much faster than it should, and his stomach is giving him some strange palpitations. And then he feels like he no longer has full control over the words. He can then hear his voice, as the silence of the middle of the night get destroyed again: 

      "I really ... would really appreciate your help. "

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