Letting go. The concept Taehyung always had a problem with ever since he first graduated from high school. He thought college would be a fresh start, where he can finally take baby steps into starting a new life, and maybe, finally breaking free of walking in the dark shadow of his sister. It was a promise, all until Jimin came.

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Two years since Joy killed herself. Two years that she could've used to create her future. The thought of it still haunted Taehyung, almost to the point where he couldn't focus on the fact his best friend called his name at least three times.

"Since when were you interested in law?" Jungkook came through the door, smiling at Tae's started expressing as he sat down next to him in the empty seat.

"I wasn't. My dad signed me up for this shit while he let Sumi choose whatever." He sighed, looking at the abnormally long syllabus that was handed out. It looked like a waiver that almost guaranteed mental suicide, which was definitely not appealing towards the 19 year old at the time.

Taehyung could barely get through the first half of the cover without wanting to throw the entire packet across the room, but then the teacher walked in with a new student, taking his full attention off the miniature makeshift contract, and onto the student with silver hair. His head was down, with his eyes waivering around the classroom, avoiding eye contact with everyone.

"Listen, I know this isn't high school, but it would still be pretty polite if we could welcome him into the class. He's a transfer student, so treat him well."

Jungkook was barely paying attention to the professor, until the silver haired boy walked towards the back of the classroom, and sat in the seat right across from him.

"You gonna talk to him, or are you gonna let your gaydar continue to go off?" He knew Taehyung was teasing him, but truthfully, he did find him quite intriguing. He wanted to know his name, and hopefully, get to make a new friend. It was a fresh start, right?

Before he could even muster up the courage to go over to him, the teacher started his welcoming lesson, shooting down any idea he had of even doing a simple wave at him.

Even after the class ended, it was clear the new student wanted to leave as quickly as possible, most likely because he was uncomfortable in a new setting. But as time went on, negative connotations started to become attached to the new boy.

Walking through the hallways, he heard a loud screech, and a bunch of students running over to see what happened, but within the scene, he managed to see the a few strands of silver hair, and what seemed like his ex girlfriend on the floor.

"STOP, YOU'VE HARASSED ME ENOUGH!" From what he could see when he got closer, was a cup of coffee spilled all over the floor, and on her clothes, while Jimin was simply picking up his, or her papers.

He knew Sumi was beyond insane, manipulative, and just another definition of a she-devil. He was beyond pissed off that Joy was dead because of her, but based off the scene, it was a very minor situation that could easily be fixed.

But knowing her, it had to have a lot of drama before she could be satisfied.

"I-I didn't mean to bump into you Miss, I'm sorry-"

"Get the fuck away from me. For a new student, you're a piece of shit for that."

Ironically, Jimin was having far from a good day, and just from hearing that set him off. He dropped all the things he managed to pick up off the ground and dropped them in front of her. He shot her a glare, stood up and swung his bag over his shoulder.

"Ungrateful bitch."

The crowd went silent as he walked away. No one had ever dared to stand up to her like that, as they know how much power she truly had due to her family's reputation around Korea. However, among the people in the back was Taehyung, who truly couldn't believe what he saw. He only managed to catch Jimin's short sentence, but after he got home, his hatred towards the new boy fueled up quite quickly.

Only if he knew, what he had believed was true.

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"So all the shit Jungkook told me...about Joy, Jimin...and my sister?" Yugyeom looked at him sympathetically, as it really took him an extra three years to truly process how blindsided he really was all this time.

"Everything isn't all your fault though, Tae-"

"Did you not forget the fact that I tormented the hell out of him ever since? For fucks sake, I even heard he tried attempting this year in a hospital. In a fucking hospital."

Yugyeom knew he needed to calm him down before he ended up suffering another major panic attack. He could visibly see was struggling to breathe, as his chest fell at an unsteady pace while walking back towards the bathroom.

"I can't take back what I did..." Taehyung was struggling to calm himself down, but grabbed his half-full bottle of water from off the bathroom counter, and took a sip.

"You're right, you die do a lot of emotional damage to Jimin. But you can do one thing Tae."

Taking another tissue to dry his eyes, he looked at Yugyeom with a very small spark of hope. Taehyung nodded, signaling for him to continue.

"Do everyone a favor, and put your goddamn pride aside for one fucking day. The answers right in front of you sometimes and yet you still refuse to see it for yourself, you can't let your no offense, bitch of a sister control your mind. You're a puppet, so rip the shitty strings off and confront Jimin yourself."

Even Yugyeom was shocked by his sudden outburst of pent up anger, to the point where he couldn't imagine how Taehyung was forcing himself to absorb all of it in. He watched him throw on his shoes, and put on his windbreaker before grabbing his dorm key to most likely head out.

"Where are you going now?"

He turned towards him, giving Yugyeom a half-assed smirk.

"Seems like I'm not the only one with half a brain sometimes." With that sentence, Taehyung was put the door, leaving his friend inside his dorm, both worried yet interested if his words actually managed to get past his thick coating of narcissistic pride for once.

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The moment was perfect. Fall was always just a great time for couples to roam around in nature, admiring the different shades of leaves as they began to wither out and die out for the winter.

In this case, it was almost like another dream for both Jungkook and Jimin as they walked through the wilderness, hand in hand while having a very small conversation about random topics that came to mind.

The weather was cold enough for them to be slightly bundled up, but still be able to move their arms freely without the restriction of a heavy jacket which they appreciated.

"Hey. look at that baby." Jimin nudged the other and pointed towards a pile of leaves, which the other smiled fondly at his childlike sense of playfulness.

"It's a pretty big pile...hey, is anyone around?"

Jimin turned his head to scan the area, but was swept off his feet by the much stronger boy. Within a few seconds, the same pile of leaves he was admiring from a distance was ruined by Jimin's uncontrolled rough landing into the colorful bush, which as usual, results in a smiling bunny baby gleaming at his contrasting pouty face.

"Now it looks even more beautiful no that you're in it." Jimin couldn't help but feel flustered by that comment, and picked up a small pile from.the bush and threw at Jungkook, managing to cover his hair in the abstract leaves.

"It suits you more, Kookie." Standing up from the pile, he brushed himself off, and continued to walk, along with the younger following behind.

The atmosphere was very peaceful, but soon they spotted another figure walking in the opposite direction towards them. Jungkook saw the male first, and ran up to Jimin and pushed him behind him in a protective manner, and stared down the very familiar adult giving the same amount of intensity as they locked eyes.

"Taehyung..." As he finally reached them, he stopped dead in his tracks and pulled down his mask.

"Don't freak out. I'm here to talk to Jimin." He looked past Jungkook, to the smaller male who was climbing onto his boyfriend's arm.

"Whatever you have to say in front of him can be said in front of me too." Jimin noticed the aggression in his voice, and rubbed his arm.

"It's okay..." Looking up at Taehyung, he noticed his eyes were just starting to turn white, showing that he was definitely crying before he came.

"Jungkook? Is it okay?" Jungkook looked down at Jimin's now pleading eyes, then sighed.

"Touch him and I swear I'll break your fucking neck Taehyung."

He slightly chuckled and shook his head.

"Don't worry, I have no intentions of the sort." He started to walk towards a nearby tree, hoping Jimin would follow, but before he could even move a step, Jungkook grabbed his wrist.

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" He couldn't help but melt at his lover's protectiveness, and gave him a soft peck on the lips.

"If there's an issue, I'll just scream your name." Jimin didn't have any time to rethink his choice of wording before Jungkook face a sly smile.

"Don't you do that enough when your underneath me in bed baby?" He face palmed, and hit the youngest arm in secondhand embarrassment.

"You're too much sometimes. But I should go see what he wants."

With that statement, Jimin walked to the same tree Taehyung was leaning on, with his pockets in his hand. His eyes were closed, most likely zoning out in his own world until Jimin slightly coughed to make his presence known.

"Oh, you actually came..." His voice was dangerously low, which Jimin would definitely be lying if he said it didn't freak him out one bit.

"What do you want anyway?" Watching Taehyung straighten his posture, he faced him, looking him straight in his eyes. His eyes started to become puffy once again, with tears threatening to slip once again.

"I'm not asking for forgiveness..." Taking a deep breath in, he fought the incoming choked up sobs crawling up his throat.

"Jimin, I'm sorry for everything."

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