10 years ago

"Hyunaaa," an eight year old Taehyung whined, trying to catch his best friend's attention. "Don't be sad now, let's play something, please?"

"Your mom d-doesn't want me t-to stay here," Hyuna sobbed.

"Don't mind her, please. She's never like this. She must be feeling down. Don't cry, Hyuna. Let's...let's play hide and seek!" Taehyung said, trying to cheer her up.

Hyuna had been Taehyung's best friend since pre-school, and there was hardly a week when the two didn't meet up for play dates. This time it had been quite a few weeks, though they didn't know why it had taken so long.

Hyuna's visits to his place had always been rather welcome, his mother preparing all sorts of sweets for the two of them to share. Usually, Seokjin would barge in to play with them, but only if they had his favourite sweets around.

Today, however, Taehyung's mother seemed as unwelcoming to Hyuna as she could ever be. Taehyung's enquiries went unheard, all she did was shout at him to throw the girl out of the house and never bring her in again.

The two of them had escaped to Taehyung's room through the other staircase soon after, for the Kims' Mansion was huge.

Taehyung's father was one of Korea's biggest business tycoons, and Hyuna's father was a significant business partner. Speaking of Taehyung's father, he wasn't to be found in the house today; Taehyung's mother had said something about him being away for an urgent issue. The 'urgent issues' seemed to have increased in the past few weeks, Mr. Kim was hardly to be seen around the house.

Hyuna wasn't entirely convinced, for she had seen the man's shoes when they had entered, and it was her enquiry that made Mrs. Kim aware of her presence. The lady had been in a rather anxious state, nervous eyes darting left to right as if waiting for a mad axe to suddenly swing at her from behind a piece of furniture.

She had shouted at Hyuna, calling her a lot of names the two children didn't understand. She had warned Taehyung to never bring her in the house again, for they didn't want to do anything to associate with the girl's family.

It worried Taehyung to see both his mother and his best friend like this. He wanted to cheer Hyuna up, and suggested they play hide and seek.

"Are you five? Hide and seek?" Hyuna looked at him, smirking. Atleast she'd stopped crying.

"Oh c'mon, we aren't old yet."

And so the two of them, forgetting that Hyuna wasn't welcome in the house, separated, Taehyung hiding first.

Hyuna wasn't exactly a fair player, though she managed to hide it pretty well, considering her age. Even today, she'd not followed the rules, she'd simply followed Taehyung to see where he was hiding without completing her count.

He'd gone towards the basement.

She tiptoed across the hallway and went down the stairs as quietly as she could, finally reaching Taehyung.

"Found you!" She shouted happily, hitting him on the back.

"You cheated!" Taehyung said, looking at her, wide eyed. "You got here right after I hid, it means you cheated!"

"No, I didn't!"

"Yes, you did!"

"I told you, I didn-"

"You're a cheater, Hyuna. Isn't this how you won the other games too?"

The two kept on bickering until they were interuppted by the sound of a cup crashing, and the Taehyung looked right towards the place where the door to his father's secret study was located.

Following his eyes, Hyuna walked towards it, and before he could stop her, she tripped on thin air, being clumsy as she was. And it led to her accidentally pressing the hidden wall panel, opening the door to reveal Mr. Kim, standing petrified, framed against the doorway.

A much louder crash sounded from upstairs, followed by a mingle of frantic and angry voices.

"WHERE'S KIM? BRING THAT BASTARD OUT! TELL THE COWARD TO SHOW HIS FILTHY FACE!" Said a sharp and loud voice, belonging to Hyuna's father. It majorly drowned out Mrs. Kim's scared words and Seokjin's horrified yell.

"I FOUND HIM, DAD! HERE, IN THE BASEMENT!" Hyuna shouted excitedly, hoping her father would hear. She loved to assist him whenever she could, though it wasn't much, because there were a lot of 'secret aspects' to his work that were never disclosed in front of her.

For her, it was a chance to be noticed by a father too busy in building his own empire. She loved him, yes, but she didn't like the fact that her older brother received all his attention. He was trained to do all sorts of stuff by her father, while she wasn't even told what those things were.

She could sense that the man in front of her didn't want to be found, but she was angry at Taehyung. How dare he call her a cheater? Out of spite, she revealed his father's location, not realising the consequences it could have.

Her father burst in through the door with his men, rushing to her and picking her up in her arms.

"Today you've done what I couldn't do for so long, you helped me get my hands on Kim! You'll have your reward," he said, kissing the top of her head.

He put her down and turned out to look over at Mr. Kim, his smirk identical to the one his daughter so usually gave.

"Kim," he said, fingering the revolver in his hand lovingly. "Kim, Kim, Kim. You thought you could hide, huh? Tell me now, who's the more powerful man? For I won this little hide and seek of ours in the end. I had warned you. One word, one word about my work and you'll never live to repeat it out loud. And now, I'll reward myself...by erasing your existence from this world."

He laughed madly, pointing his revolver at the man still standing petrified in the doorway. The two kids looked on, terrified.

BANG.

A scream seemed to echo in the distance, as Taehyung found himself losing consciousness as his father's body slowly dropped to the floor in front of him.

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It amazes me how petty some of us actually can be. What have I honestly written though, don't mind me I'm really sleepy.

Anyway, I've not updated in two days, holy shit. I wonder how people casually update after weeks, I feel like I've risen from the dead.

I technically have, King Agust D had me on the floor the whole day. The album slaps. He told us so much about his life, I'm amazed, and really, really proud of him.

I'll actually be updating tomorrow, I promise. I've edited three more drafts already, it was just this one that took me some time.

Love,
TreasureKoo <3

OKAY BUT JINKOOK FIGHTING IN THE BACK AND THAT BANG PD PAINTING LMAOOOO