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The blonde entered his house with a fake smile on his lips as he didn't want his son to know what happened. Though, he knew Taegguk could see through his lies but he still tried. Wiping his face once again and taking a deep breathe, Taehyung walked inside straightening his clothes. His heart was leaping in his chest as the boy didn't know how will he able to hide his tears from his son but he took a breathe of relief when he saw the living room empty.

Its then when he remembered his son calling him again and again when he was recklessly driving towards his home as he wanted to go away as far as possible from Jungkook. He immediately took out his phone and saw some texts from his son asking him to take care of himself as he was going out for a few hours.

Taehyung didn't felt like doing anything so he just walked to his room and lie on the bed looking at the ceiling with blank eyes. Recalling his worst phase of his life, Taehyung's blue eyes started shining like the deep, vast sea as they became glossy and in no time, tears after tears were running down the corner of his eyes as the boy looked at the ceiling unblinking, his mind wandering every possible place.

The boy put his hand over his heart but immediately removed it from there as he had touched something forbidden. The fast thud of his pumping machine inside his chest made the boy regret acknowledging its presence.

He had been living alone since years but he never felt this much pain.

The blonde was feeling like someone has fisted his heart and he is not letting it beat properly.

As if his heart was bleeding.

Bleeding again after seventeen years.

The boy was happy in his small world then why Jungkook has to come back to ruin everything again for him? Why can't he let Taehyung live his life the way he want? Just why can't Taehyung be happy on his own?

The blonde bit on his inner cheek as he didn't want to cry out. He didn't want to get weak again. He had prepared himself for last seventeen years. He can't let his guards down so easily and break down again. He had practiced holding back his tears millions of times then why he was finding it so hard to do that today?

The blonde didn't know what was hurting him more. Jungkook's appearance out of sudden or his own pathetic self on which the boy don't have any control. He thought that he was over Jungkook.

Or maybe he was.

But this sudden appearance of Jungkook made the boy go back seventeen years in his life. He felt like he was standing at the same place from where he started his new journey with a small life taking breathes inside him.

A journey to become strong and independent.

A journey to go away from Jungkook and never look back again.

He thought that he was successful...that he forgot the ravenette, that Jungkook don't affect him anymore but only a mere touch of Jungkook made the boy feel all those emotions again.

He scolded his heart which beated so erratically when Jungkook walked closer to him and held him by his shoulder today. The way he felt himself melting under those black, desperate eyes.

Taehyung couldn't understand why Jungkook's tears were hurting him more than his own.

He couldn't understand why it hurted him when he couldn't see the shine in Jungkook's eyes which used to make Taehyung fall harder for him every time he would see Jungkook smiling or laughing.....or course with his friends.

Those eyes lost its shine, that face lost the innocence, those cheeks were not squishy like always....those hands were not soft now, the cologne was still the same but its fragrance was not as addicting as before....

No...he didn't noticed all this. Why would he? He don't even want to see Jungkook's face anymore. He wanted to run away from there and hide under his duvets so that he can avoid getting hurt again.

Its just that maybe he wanted to see if his absence changed anything in Jungkook's life.

He felt pain that was making hard for Taehyung to breathe.

Taehyung had suffered so much. He had cried all day and night in agony. He had missed Jungkook when his baby kicked for the first time, he had needed his husband when he was in labour pain.....he had needed the ravenette when Taegguk wouldn't let him sleep all night when he would get ill....

But he never told that to anyone.

He kept everything inside and let his soul die bit by bit for seventeen years.

But everything changed eventually. As the time passed, he got used to everything. He didn't need anyone to take care of himself and his baby anymore. He made himself strong enough to fight against anything that would try to harm him or his son.

And he wasn't alone now.

He had his son.

A son who is his strength.

A son who had made him promise that he would always place his happiness before anyone else's....that he wouldn't sacrifice anything for others....

That he will think about himself before others.

And Taehyung was sure that he didn't want to get hurt again. He was happy in his small world. He didn't need anyone else...especially someone who he knew will hurt him again in the end.

The boy wiped his tears determined but they say things are easier said than done. He wiped one tear but a stream of hundreds came running out and at last, when he couldn't control himself....he let his sobs fill the silent atmosphere of his room.

And no one knew when those sobs turned into screams of agony.

No one knew how long he cried, no one knew how many tears he shedded...no one knew how many times his heart shattered.....only the four walls of his room and his soaked pillows were the witness of breaking down of Taehyung yet again.

For thousandth time now.

After crying for hours, Taehyung wiped his tears hurriedly when he heard the door opening. He closed his eyes and acted to sleep. He didn't want his son to hate his father more than he already did....for reason unknown.

''Mumma!!'' The boy called as soon as he entered the apartment making it hard for Taehyung to control himself from sobbing. Its hard to control yourself from breaking down in front of those who you know will hold you until you get your shit together....someone who you know will listen to your cries and let you cry onto their shoulder until you feel light.

The brunette furrowed his eyebrows seeing Taehyung's phone lying on the couch.

His Mumma was home but not replying him?

Taegguk immediately walked into Taehyung's room only to see the blonde lying on his bed with lights switched off. The boy chuckled and walked ahead to cover the blonde with duvets while Taehyung lay in the bed fisting his hands tightly to control himself from making any sobbing sound.

Thinking that Taehyung was sleeping, the boy leaned down and placed a loving kiss on the blonde's temple making Taehyung choke back yet another sob.

''Gguk loves you a lot, Mumma!!'' With that, the brunette walked out closing the door behind him leaving Taehyung to cry silently into his pillows again.

Amid all his crying, he forgot that Jungkook now knows that they have a son. He didn't know what was going to happen but he was sure that now, when Jungkook know it, he was not going to sit back. He would definitely do something to separate Taehyung from his son.

Because he is a sadist.

He love to see Taehyung suffering....just the way he used to do seventeen years ago.

On the other hand, the ravenette was going towards the airport, his face devoid of any emotions. He dialled Namjoon's number who picked up at the second ring.

''Jungkook!!''

''Hyung...file a divorce case.''

''Divorce? Why?''

''I want my son's custody. I am divorcing Taehyung.'' He replied coldly making Namjoon's eyes grow bigger in shock.

''WHAT? HOW CAN YOU DO THAT, JUNGKOOK?'' Namjoon asked from the other side making the ravenette click his tongue looking out of the window.

''That's my decision, Hyung...I am not answerable to anyone. I want my son.'' He replied rudely. Namjoon got speechless for a moment.

''I thought you changed Jungkook!!'' He said when he got his voice back.

''I am selfish, Hyung.....I will do anything for myself...my happiness, my contentment.'' He replied and Namjoon couldn't understand what was true.

The Jungkook he had been seeing since last seventeen years or the one who was currently on call with him?

''Tae will be heartbroken, Kook!!'' Namjoon tried to make the boy understand some way that it was not the right thing but the ravenette wasn't ready to listen anything. He only chuckled sarcastically and looked at the airport departure with a smirk.

''I. don't. care.''

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