Jungkook's PoV

I was drowned in the memories of the day when she couldn't stop crying and I had no words to comfort her.

I weakly held his collar and shook him. "You... You wanted to kill Taehee before she was barely someone." My voice was shaky as I acknowledged his dark deeds.

Taehyung held my forearm and pushed it off himself. "I don't wanna talk... Go..." Tears streamed down his face as he desperately tried to avoid eye contact.

Enough. My brain pronounced. I held him by his shoulders and helped him to sit down on the bed. "I'm... Sorry." I inaudibly said before leaving him alone to regret.

"Don't tell Y/N about all this." He said right before I could completely disappear from his sight. I took a glimpse of his pathetic self, preparing to grieve alone, and nodded.

I never knew confrontations were so hard... I never wanted to do all this but I had to, for Minhee.

Minhee's gone...

I was hit by a wave of memories for the thousandth time in a while. The memories that only contained the goods she did while I perfectly ignored her flaws and all the hasty decisions she ever made...

Taehyung's PoV

I see everything... I realize and feel guilty for every mistake I made but I hardly talk about the thoughts that cloud my mind and so they think I am unapologetic.

Every second makes me more and more apologetic but no one knows what goes on in my head other than me.

And so they blame me.

I knew Minhee's happiness was temporary and only I could make it permanent. It came at the cost of hiding my truths so I always wore a mask wove of lies in front of her.

I never imagined that Sora would reveal my dark secrets herself... 

It was hard to meet Sora's hurt gaze and ask her to let Taehee live with us. I buried my face in my hands as I couldn't hold my emotions back any longer. My lungs begged for more air as the surroundings got suffocating...

Flashback...

My lungs begged for more air as the surroundings got suffocating... I saw her crying but couldn't gather the courage to follow her. "Minhee!" She didn't listen, not that I expected her to after the partial truth lied before her eyes. I turned to look at Sora with resentment in my eyes. "Why did you... ruin my life?"

"At least now you know how it feels when your loved ones turn their back on you but trust me, it's even more unbearable with a baby in your belly." She fearlessly spit out the words that triggered me. I wanted to hit her but she wasn't wrong. 

"I... don't wanna talk..." I dropped down on the couch and helplessly tried to stop myself from tearing up when I was failing even before trying. She looked down at my pathetic self with hands hesitantly curling against the handle of her purse.

"I didn't have any other choice—" I scoffed at her words and glared at her through dishevelled locks of hair. 

"Yeah, you definitely didn't." I ran a hand through my hair and tightly grasped the dark strands. "I bought a puppy for her as a gift on our third anniversary but guess I'm getting divorce papers tomorrow." We were supposed to be celebrating three years of togetherness the next day... "Please don't take Taehee..."

"Taehyung, I..." She gasped unintentionally loud but tried to deal with my request while keeping her calm composure. Tears pooled in the corner of her pretty eyes. "cannot."

I sprang in action and got on my knees in front of her who instantly took a few steps back. "I don't know what I can do to convince you. All I have is an unpredictable life you can take pity on. I cannot bear to see Minhee cry because of my mistakes. I'm really sorry but please... don't take Taehee away from us. I'm ready to bring Taehee to you whenever you wish to see her. Just... don't take her." I chanted over and over again until her hand rested over my shoulder. 

Our eyes met again and I feared reviving our lost love story. Maybe she shared the same fear as me which made her look away and draw her hand back. "You have been so mean to me... I don't wanna help you but..." She wiped off the tears that escaped her eyes so carelessly. "Let's never see each other again."

Present...

I took deep breaths to make my heart quit the endless marathon it ran. Steadily, I dragged myself to the ajar door of the guest room. "Are you awake?" I asked the obvious question at 2 in the morning. 

When she didn't respond with any sort of physical or verbal action, I quietly walked past the doorframe to make my way towards her bed. I flinched with fear mid-track when she said in a sleepy voice, "And if I am?" 

"T-then... w-why are y-you still awake?" I didn't expect to get heard back, especially at this hour of the day so I was quite taken aback when she replied. 

"Maybe because Jungkook and you couldn't tone your voices down..." She didn't toss around to look at me. For a second, my heart again skipped a beat, thinking she overheard us. "It was mostly muffled plus I didn't have the energy and right to eavesdrop you so... I don't think I heard you but... I'm sorry if Jungkook snapped at you for my mistake."

"If we look at it sensibly, it wasn't just your mistake... I'm sorry too." I reached to her side of the bed after walking for a while and flinching with every step. She barely tried to keep her puffy eyes open which suggested how sleepy she was. "Were you crying?" 

"Hm..." She muttered and pulled the blanket over her face. I flinched again when she sneezed and said "God bless me." before I could. I just giggled at her silly actions and settled down on the cold floor right next to her bed.

I leaned in closer to her physique, looming in her own blissful world while snoring ever so softly. I couldn't appreciate her to my heart's content during our date because running short of words would be an understatement, I was running short of languages. Even the matching outfits we adorned made her look extraordinary. Everything about her looked stunning.

Scared. It's what I am right now. Scared to be in love again because once you're stuck in this enamouring deadly trap, escaping comes at only one cost that is paid by getting hurt.

My hand extended to brush her hair back but my fingers stopped softly on her forehead. I checked her temperature with the back of my palm and declared that she was a slight hotter than a pan. Maybe she caught a cold. 

I panicked and started running around the bedroom like a mature adult I was, all the while thinking of ways to keep her warm but my brain couldn't come up with anything. Later, it occurred to me and I felt no less than Einstein.

Body heat...

The only answer to my equation.

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A/N:- Ayo~ 
He just cuddled her, nothing else, my pervy rats ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). I took a selfie yesterday and it was nice (I'm as unphotogenic as a mOsQuiTO so...) and suddenly I felt AN urge to do a face reveal but I was too nervous so I dropped the plan lol. I'm stupid... Stay healthy and happy!