Third Person's P.O.V :-

It has been almost three hours since Jimin set out for Daegu

But he was impatient, he wanted to know what happened right then and there.

He wanted to hear Taehyung's voice, even though it had barely been a day, he had missed him...

But the thing was Taehyung wasn't picking up his phone and it frustrated Jimin to no end.

It made him feel like what Jungkook had said to him was true...

Jimin's grip tightened around the stirring wheel

'No! Of course it's not! He's lying to me! So that I break up with Tae and he can have him'

He took rushed twist and turns as he started to drove towards the direction he remembered Taehyung's house was at.

'Jungkook seemed very confident over himself, what if he- what if they-'

Jimin hastily pressed down on the brakes as the car immediately came upon a violent jerk and stopped still.

He pulled his hands off of the wheels and grasped sharply.

His hands were cold and his forehead was sweaty as his bangs covered his vision.

He ran a hand through his hair and tried to calm himself down.

On the passenger seat he could see his phone lighting up with missed call notifications from his dad who had called him multiple times in the past hour.

But he simply didn't care.

Now that he was no longer driving and finally starting to calm down somewhat, he decided to call Taehyung again

But this time he decided to call the landline number of Taehyung's house.

He never knew he'd need it until now, he now thanked his past self for sneaking in the number in his phone.

Jimin had no idea if Taehyung would pick up the phone but it was the least he could do back then.

So with anticipation he dialled the number.
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Taehyung was still inside Taeri room when he heard the rings of his landline phone ring through the house

Shortly after Namjoon left, he had skidded down the wall and sat on the floor facing the smiling picture of Taeri which tormented him.

He wanted to get out of the room and lock it and never to step inside of it again but the pictures held him back.

He was feeling like he was betraying his entire family as he sat there in that room

Why were things so complicated?

What had he done?

He had no idea...

The repeated rings of the landline added a bit more of sinister aura in the atmosphere

"Noona..." He whispered as he roughly wiped away his tears from his wet cheeks with the back of his hand,"What should I do?" He sniffed and kept on looking at the picture helplessly

"Help me" He whispered again

The landline kept on ringing on the background

It had been ringing for the past five minutes

Knowing very well that the lifeless picture of Taeri wouldn't answer his pleas he tried to get up from the floor

With weak, wobbly legs and a little of effort, Taehyung dragged himself out of the room

He knew Namjoon had forbidden him from stepping outside of the room but at this point he just didn't care.

His mind wasn't working properly to register what was logical anymore
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Jimin was starting to give up. He has been ringing the phone for the past few minutes yet no answer

If no one answered this time he was driving straight to Taehyung's house

The ring was about to end and Jimin was on the verge of hanging up due to frustrations when someone picked up.

"Hello?"

Jimin's breath hitched as he recognised the voice as Taehyung's....

"Ta-Tae?" He asked as relief flooded through him

"Jimin...." Jimin heard Taehyung sniff on the other side of the line.

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[A/n :- boomerang mode on!]
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"Jimin" Taehyung whispered and and clenched his eyes close as he sniffed,"I-I missed you" He said while his nose started to stung

"I missed you too, Tae" Jimin whispered into the phone as he watched cars drove past him,"Why weren't you picking up your phone?" He asked sadly

"My phone..." Taehyung didn't know what to say

He can't say that Jin took his phone away...

"It-...It broke" He finally whispered

"Oh" Jimin sighed in relief,"I was worried something bad had happened" He said

Jimin paused for a moment as he decided how he wanted to approach the matter,"I...I heard that you took a medical leave to Daegu, are you okay?"

"I..." Taehyung started to speak but couldn't finish his sentence as he abruptly stopped

"Tae?" Jimin asked in concern hearing Taehyung's sudden silence

"I need you, Jimin..." Taehyung stated out brokenly,"I want to be with you" Taehyung said and sharply inhaled a breath as Namjoon's words came back to him
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"See if he stays with you after he finds out who you are and what your motives were"
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"And I want to tell you something" He said

Jimin's eyes widened at that statement.

'Could it be...about Jungkook....?' He thought and gripped the phone tightly

"I wanted to discuss something with you as well, Tae..." He said as he stared at the road ahead of him in a daze,"I...I was worried about you so I just drove my way in here, in Daegu, I'm only a few minutes away" Jimin said as he spun the keys to start the engine,"Stay connected with me, I'll be there in no time, Tae"

"Jimin...you'll be with me no matter what right?" Taehyung asked with a vulnerable voice,"You'll not hate me right?" A sob finally bubbled out of his mouth,"N-no matter what...?" He hiccuped

Jimin pressed down on the accelerator with all his might as the car ran 160 kilometres per hour

'It is about Jungkook...' Jimin thought and looked on ahead with strained eyes

"Have you....done something unforgivable behind...my back, Tae?" He asked as he felt his heart beating fast inside his ribcage

More tears rolled down Taehyung's cheeks as he heard the question and just sobbed silently

Jimin's eyes started to water as he heard grasping sounds on his phone, he could see the little hill, behind which Taehyung's house was situated

"Di-...did I do something wrong, Tae?" Jimin asked with a weak voice,"You don't like me anymore?"

Taehyung sobbed harder,"I-I love you, Jimin, mo-more than anything"

"The-then why, Tae?" Jimin asked vulnerably as he let some tears roll off

"I-I'm so-sorry, Jiminie..." Taehyung hiccuped,"I-I'm so sorry, I ne-never meant hurt you, yo-you are my eve-everything"

This was too much for Jimin, somewhere in the back of his mind he was thinking of hanging up, pulling the car back, retuning to Seoul and just forgetting that there was someone named Taehyung in his life

Jimin sniffed as he tried to keep on looking in spite of his blurry vision,"But I-...I'm hurt, Tae" He sniffed again,"It hurts too much"

"Ji-Jimin..." Taehyung just whispered his name

"Was I no-not enough, Tae?" Jimin stuttered,"You could have just told me...I wouldn't have sho-shown you my face eve-ever again..." He sniffed

"Ji-Jimin, please" Taehyung took a sharp breath and wiped away more of his tears,"Yo-you were en-enough, mo-more than enough" Taehyung shook while speaking,"Jus-just come to me, I-I need you, please"

Jimin exhaled sharply,"Just tell me that you love me and all of this is a sick joke, Tae" He asked with a lump in his throat

Taehyung gripped the phone tightly and closed his eyes,"I lo-love you but I'm so-sorry..."

"What if I say that I want to break up with you now, Tae?" Jimin asked in painful voice

Taehyung's breath hitched in his throat,"I-...I.." Taehyung bit down his lips,"I-if tha-that would make you happy again the-then please bre-break up with me" Taehyung grasped desperately for air after saying

With wet and blurry eyes Taehyung looked around and hallway of his house.

Dark and empty...

'I can't offer him anything in this relationship except false promises...He's in love with the Taehyung he saw in the school, he'd never love me who was using him and his friend for some meaningless plan...'

That thought brought new tears to his eyes but somehow made his heartache less painful

"Please stay a-away from me and be ha-happy, Jiminie" Taehyung smiled brokenly at the end of his sentence

All kinds of emotions were swirling inside Jimin's chest when he heard that sentence,"Taehyung..."

"It..It's fine, Jiminie.." Taehyung sniffed and proceeded to wipe away his tears,"This relationship....it was bou-bound to break anyway" He stuttered,"Maybe I wasn't the o-one for you..." Taehyung took another sharp breath,"It's better to bre-break up"

"Taehyung! Please don't be like that!" Jimin exclaimed in the phone,"We can make it work again, I know it, just tell me that you're ready to leave everything behind and run away with me" He asked desperately

Taehyung sat there with shock written over his face,"Then why did you say-...bre-break up...?" He asked with frowned brows

"I don't know! I was stupid to say that! Just come to me, I can't stay away from you, we'll make everything better together, we'll be happy together, Tae" Jimin said with desperation

Taehyung was still in shock when he heard the sound of car engine pulling into his driveway

"Jimin...?" He whispered into his phone

"I'm in front of your house, just come running into my arms, Tae, I don't care if you cheated on me or hid away something, I just know that I love you"

And those lines were enough to make Taehyung run down the hallway and the stairs of his house in a rush

Jimin hurriedly parked just beside the gate and jumped out of the car

Taehyung pushed the main entrance door with all his might but it was locked from outside

From the glass surface of the door, he could see Jimin running towards the door

In desperation Taehyung pushed the door again but it didn't budge

In frustration he gripped his hair tightly and pulled it as he looked around, that's when he saw the metal vase standing on the table

He remembered Taeri always told him that she kept a spare key in that vase in cases of emergencies

Taehyung's eyes widened as he grabbed the vase and turned it upside down, resulting in the key colliding against the marveled floor

He quickly grabbed the key and threw the metal vase against the glass surface of the door creating enough space to just put his forearm through it

He quickly put the key into the lock and tried to turn it around as the door unlocked with a 'click'

Jimin was running up the front stairs by the time the door opened and he saw Taehyung running down towards him before they both engulfed each other in a hug

Both of them was breathing heavily as they rested their chins on each other's shoulders and clenched their eyes shut

"I-I missed you" Taehyung whispered

"Shush" Jimin drew comfortable patterns on his back,"It's ok, Tae, I'm here now, it'll be alright"
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A/n :- Sorry I'm late, I was facing a little author's block centering this chapter :(

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