"Has someone seen Jeongguk today?"

Taehyung froze by the mentioning of the ravenette's name. It's the next, already 1pm and all six remaining members of BTS haven't seen the youngest member today. Jeongguk was out, without informing anyone.

To say Taehyung was worried was an underestimation. He was beyond that, could start crying any second because he didn't know where Jeongguk is. Or where he spent the night after yesterday.

Because...

Jeongguk just laughed, pulling Taehyung into his embrace. "My love, I know really well that you still love me."

Yes, he sounded toxic, but it was true. It hasn't been 48h since the two had talked about having their own children in the future. Jeongguk can't believe Taehyung lost all feelings for him in a span of not even two days.

Because he didn't. And he knows it.

Taehyung felt helpless. "Jeongguk please... You make it harder for both of us-

"There's no reason for you to make anything this complicated, hyung. You love me, I love you. A-and you always said our love will be stronger than any rule and we are gonna end up as winners. Please stay with your words, hyung. Stay with me, like you promised."

Sobs escaped Taehyung's lips, as the urge to
hug Jeongguk back and tell him that he is right burned inside of him.

"Jeongguk... I beg you.."

No response.

Just a tighter embrace, as if Taehyung would be gone once Jeongguk's let's go.

Funny how this mirrors the truth.

"Bun." He tried to hold his voice more stable. It did waver though. "I'm doing this for you too, okay? For our group, for HYBE and please try to understand that this is the only way for everything to work out fine-

"Fucking hell, Taehyung!" Anger. Boiling anger.

Taehyung flinched when Jeongguk let go of him and just held him by his shoulders. "I fucking love you! And I don't know how you think everything is going to work out fine when you're not with me..

"Jeongguk. I can't pretend anymore, okay? We're shamelessly lying to millions of people on a daily-basis, we have to fear getting caught and we have to pretend like we don't feel something for each other! This pretending and lying shit doesn't feel right, I feel like fucking shit!" That's not true. Taehyung would do anything for their love.

But he can't.

"But you love me!"

"No, I don't!" Both their hearts broke.

Taehyung's eyes widened when Jeongguk suddenly kissed him, holding desperately onto him. Taehyung fought against it, even though he didn't want to. "Let-nghh- go!"

He pushed Jeongguk away from him.

Jeongguk stared at him for a while with disbelief written in his eyes and then, he scoffed. "If that's what you want, then take it. Do whatever the fuck you want, Taehyung. I don't believe one fucking word you just said and you know me well enough to know, that I'm not one to give up quickly."

And he left. With a broken heart, sadness and anger inside of him. The best mix anyone could wish for.

Jeongguk could literally break down a wall right now.

Taehyung watched him leave, tears silently rolling down his cheeks. He did it. He told him. But he didn't succeed and felt like he should've never done it in the first place, because Jeongguk didn't buy it.

Of course not, Jeongguk has more faith in their relationship than anyone else.

But he left.

And he didn't return the next day.

"This is my fault," Taehyung mumbled, almost starting to cry again.

"You did it?" Namjoon questioned, seeing the younger's reaction. Every ones eyes widened and they were quick to by Taehyung's side.

"Wh-when did you tell him?" Hoseok asked, his voice wavering in disbelief. It hurt to know your brothers love ended, when it was so beautiful.

"Yesterday.. evening. That's when he left.."

"How did he react?" Asked Seokjin, who felt so much empathy for the two.

"Well.." Taehyung felt his mouth go dry. "He d-denied everything I said and he kind of got angry and left."

"This is so messed up," Namjoon sounded so concerned. And pissed. At HYBE and everyone else who was for Jeongguk's and Taehyung's break up.

"But where is he?" Jimin questioned, already pulling his phone out to call searched member.

But the mailbox answered as soon as Jimin pressed call. "His phone's off."

Taehyung felt his heart shrink, wanting to cry again, as if he hadn't done that the whole night.

"Tae... Don't beat yourself up about it, you had no choice-

"It is his choice though," Yoongi interrupted Seokjin in a grumble, clearly annoyed. "No one should mingle in our relationships."

Taehyung stayed silent.

"Yes, but only when our partners are not members of the same group.. It's hard to keep a relationship a secret, when one's whole life is being recorded on camera and you're in the same frame with your lover," Namjoon explained, although he found this ridiculous. Love should have no boundaries, if Jeongguk and Taehyung love each other, what's so tragic about it?

Namjoon always supported their relationship and he was unconditionally there for them, hated when the staff would try to separate them and keep them away from each other. Although he also got the task assigned to make sure they're not obvious with their feelings, he sometimes let it slip. Some of them could be easily covered as fan service, or just a interaction between two really lovely brothers. So it's fine.

Never did he think though, that they'd go as far as forcing them to breakup.

Yet, none of the boy group members, minus Jeongguk, can do something about it.

"It's not fair..." Jimin mumbled glancing sadly at Taehyung. "Jeongguk doesn't know about that Taehyung was forced to do this."

"Th-they said... he wouldn't let this happen if he knew, he'd never let a breakup happen if someone told us goo. I need to convince him that I really.. mean to break up with him. You know...how stubborn he is."

And Taehyung loved him even more for that flaming determination that swirls inside of Jeongguk once he makes the decision to achieve something.

"This is so fucked up," Hoseok chuckled dryly.

"Are you okay, Tae?" Jin asked softly, walking towards the male, who looked numb. His expression indicated how much he had cried, his body could slump back any moment due to exhaustion.

"M'not.." he mumbled, letting out a deep sigh. He was worried. So damn worried about where Jeongguk was, if he was alright, what he was doing-

The door opened and all eyes instantly shoot to that direction. A raven haired boy entered, causing Taehyung's heart to speed up instantly. The desire to get up from the couch, run to the raven haired and check up on his well-being was so immense, it began to hurt when he realized he couldn't.

"Where were you?" One of the members asked, while Taehyung trained his eyes to his shaking hands in his lap.

Jeongguk scoffed when everyone approached him. "I was at Got7's Yugyeom, y'all calm down," he told and Taehyung felt a stone fall from his heart hearing that. He was glad that Jeongguk wasn't somewhere alone last night.

"You can't just leave without telling one of us." Jeongguk looked up to Namjoon as he said those words. His eyes moved through the room then, landing on a brunet mob of hair, that didn't move to even spare Jeongguk a single glance.

Jeongguk's heart hurt, when he saw him again. The way the person he loved more than anything else tried to avoid his gaze, felt like glass sliding through his heart.

"I'm not a kid," he responded, making Seokjin scoff. "We know, but we were still worried. Don't give us that attitude now."

Jeongguk stared at him for a few seconds in disbelief, before looking around to his other members. "Y'all for real? Can't you just let me live?" He spat and was gone in the next three seconds.

All eyes watched him leave, Taehyung's filled with immense, painful longing as he watched Jeongguk's back disappear behind the door.