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The first rays of sun hadn't even touched the earth when Jungkook woke up and got ready to go to the Gym. It was Sunday but he has a worm of exercise in his mind that keep biting until the ravenette doesn't sweat it out so he went out and walked straight towards Taegguk's room.

The door was left open as usual making it easy for Jungkook to just go and disturb his son's beauty sleep. He walked over to the bed and switched on the lights making Taegguk squint his eyes and groan in his sleep. Jungkook chuckled when the brunette covered his face with his pillow and went to sleep again.

''Gguk...wake up!'' He called pulling the pillow.

''Its Sunday, Mom...lemme sleep!'' he whined and went to sleep. Jungkook gasped and looked at his son.

Did he sounded like his Mumma?

''Gguk.....wake up.'' He called again snatching away the pillow from the boy who whined turning onto his stomach and hiding his face in the mattress.

''Gguk...I said wake up!'' Jungkook said again pulling his son by his arm. Taegguk struggled to get free but his father was stronger. Both of them were tired after a hectic day so Jungkook knew that his son will not wake up that easily but he wanted to spend this day with his son.

''Dad? What's the problem?'' He asked pouting as he sat up. Jungkook chuckled excitedly making the brunette look at him in disbelief.

''Dad! Did you hit your head somewhere?" He asked again lazily rubbing his sleepy eyes. The boy looked so cute right now that Jungkook couldn't stop himself from cooing at his son's cuteness.

''Nope...I am totally fine.''

''Then why are you dancing on my head first thing in the morning?'' Taegguk asked boredly offending Jungkook.

''I am not dancing. I am going to Gym and you are coming with me.'' He replied smiling extra sweetly.

''Was that all?'' The brunette asked looking at his father blankly for a moment making Jungkook confused.

''Huh?''

''Is that why you were waking me up?'' Jungkook nodded cluelessly.

''Alright....Good night.'' The brunette replied and immediately fell back covering himself with the duvets. Jungkook gasped at the ignorance but he was also Gguk's father so he pulled the covers making the boy whine.

After what felt like eternity, Taegguk walked inside the Gym making a face with his father who walked behind him holding his son by his shoulders, too afraid that his son may run away again.

''I swear I am gonna complain it to Mom!'' He tried to scare his father who chuckled.

''He is enjoying sunrise so don't disturb him right now. You can complain later.'' Jungkook replied making Taegguk look at his father.

''How do you know?''

''I went to look for him before I came to you.'' The ravenette replied without missing any beat. The brunette kept looking at his father blankly as Jungkook took out two pairs of boxing gloves.

''Catch!'' He said and threw a pair towards his son who caught them at the right time.

''We need to warm you up before going towards actual exercise...Okay?'' Jungkook asked again making his son nod.

''C'mon....hit me.'' The ravenette instructed taking his position. Taegguk wore the gloves and looked at his father before starting throwing punches which his father dodged without much efforts.

He had been doing this since years.

''Hit harder, Gguk!'' The ravenette scolded his son who huffed before throwing angry punches at his father.

''Good.....try other angles.'' And Taegguk complied. With Jungkook praising his son every now and then and Taegguk getting harsh with every passing moment, both of them ended up sweating within a few minutes. While Jungkook's focus was on to dodge the attacks, Taegguk's mind was somewhere else.

He needed to know what was actually going on between his parents.

Why Jungkook was behaving so caring towards his mother if what he actually wanted was divorce from him in the end?

Things didn't look the way they should be.

Something was off with how Taehyung and Jungkook behave around each other.

Throwing the last punch, the boy stopped making Jungkook pat his shoulder. The brunette walked over to the beanie and plopped on it. Jungkook chuckled and walked over to him and took the other beanie.

''Tired?'' Taegguk nodded.

''Already?'' The brunette nodded again. He was tired of his parents acting like nothing affect them when in reality it does. He knew that too well now.

Jungkook chuckled once again but raised his eyebrow when he saw his son looking at him like he wanted to ask something.

''You wanna ask something, Gguk?'' he asked encouraging his son who looked down for a moment before looking up at his father.

''What's going on, Dad?'' He asked making Jungkook confused.

''Where?''

''Between you and Mom?'' The question made the smile falter on the ravenette's face and he sighed defeatedly.

''There is nothing going on between us, Gguk.''

''Don't lie to me, Dad....I can see everything very clearly.'' Taegguk asked sharply and Jungkook smiled to himself before getting up. Taegguk kept his eyes trained on his father's back who came back with a towel.

''So my son has grown up....Hmm?'' He asked sitting in front of Gguk and wiping the sweat from his son's face and hairs.

''Are you trying to change the subject now?'' The brunette asked again making Jungkook look him in the eyes before sitting back on the beanbag.

''When I filed a case to get your custody and divorce from Tae..... I never wanted to separate both of you, Gguk.....'' Jungkook for the first time admitted it to his son but when Taegguk didn't react even a bit shocked, he looked at his son with confusion.

''I kind of knew that, Dad....'' The brunette clarified making Jungkook chuckle.

What else he should expect from Taehyung's son?

''Seventeen years ago, when I committed the biggest sin of my life, I never knew my life will become a living hell. Saying Taehyung to leave wasn't easy for me too, Gguk...It may sound like a joke right now, but that's the truth. I didn't know that at that time, or maybe I didn't want to accept it that I love him...but I loved him so much....I still do, even more than before. I was an asshole, a person who didn't know how to value someone. I was raised with unlimited money in my hands and I forgot everything.....'' Jungkook paused to look at his son who was listening to him attentively.

''I didn't have parents who had lot of time for me. They were very good people. They loved me very much...always wanted me to be happy. Every kid in this world want to spend time with his family but I wasn't a normal kid. I wanted money, money and money to bring me more luxuries, more fake respect in my friend's circle. I was a spoilt brat who wanted to show off. I never cared for anyone's feelings.....I became so numb to every emotion.....but everything changed when I married to your mother.'' The ravenette paused for a moment.

''In reality, I didn't want to marry him. In fact, I didn't want to marry anyone at that age. I was just twenty but my parents forced me to marry him by blackmailing me. It offended me and I tried to punish Taehyung for what my parents did with me. He wasn't what I wanted my partner to be.....he was much more than what I could have even imagined but sometimes, we become late in realising that. He was just a simple boy who was too innocent for this world, too kind for this cruel society, too good for a boy like me. In his baggy clothes and simple life style, he kept putting efforts in our relationship hoping I may change someday.....In a hope that better days will come soon....''

There was a silence for a few minutes as Jungkook remembered the old times while Taegguk waited for his father to speak ahead. He wanted to know what actually his father feel about what he did years ago.

''I used to think that all the poor people were gold diggers. They would do anything for money and I did the mistake of taking Taehyung to be one of them. We were living together under the same roof but we hardly talked in the starting. I remember him waiting for me at the dining table and trust me, seeing him sleeping on the chair as he waited for me at night, it did things to me. His care, his attention, his efforts, his determination....it was making me weak for him slowly. I didn't realise when I fell for him.....''

Jungkook smiled remembering their first kiss and Taehyung's flustered face after it happened.

''I finally let myself feel for him even when I wanted to keep my distance from him. My ego was coming in the way. I wasn't ready to accept a simple, shy boy who wear baggy clothes as my life partner. I wanted a bold, hot and confident life partner......girls were my preference. I fought everyday within myself. My mind and heart were always in a battle.'' Jungkook tsked at the end.

Taegguk kept looking at his father blankly.

He knew his mother's side of story so he wanted to hear and understand his father too.

He can't just let things be the way they were even when his father repented everything, even when he wanted to make things better...even when he knew what his mother's happiness lied in.

This is the rule of nature, everyone deserves a second chance.

There is always scope for reformation.

''Things became better between us. We started talking at the dinner. Everything was going smooth when my parents again ditched me. They wrote everything in Taehyung's name and died. That day, Namjoon Hyung came home to give those papers to me but I wasn't home so he gave them to Taehyung to pass them to me but maybe he forgot that in the funerals and mourning of my parents. I thought he wanted to keep it a secret from me. I took over the company and started running it but for every small thing, I had to take his permission. A person who never looked for someone's permission, he had to get Taehyung's signature on his own expenditure or else he couldn't withdraw the money. I became frustrated. He took care of my every small need but I started seeing his every small action as a mere show off. I believed that he wasn't as innocent as he looked but I was confused too. If he was a gold digger, then why was he still there even after he got everything.'' Jungkook stopped again looking down.

He didn't had it in him to look into his son's eyes as he narrated his shameful deeds.

''My mountain sized ego, confusion, frustration and add to it my own feelings for Tae.....they made me feel like shit. I didn't know who was right and what was wrong anymore. His blue eyes always used to get oceanic whenever I used to vent out my anger and frustration on him but his tears used to make me feel even more shitty. His smile always used to make me drown towards him while my own ego and helplessness used to make me want to just shout everything out. I was tired of keeping everything inside me. I felt like I had no one to talk to...like no one will understand me. With time, misunderstandings between us got stronger and I lost it.'' Jungkook accepted closing his eyes in guilt.

''That day, when I got home, I was a little drunk. Alcohol used to help me keep my sanity, Your mom was so happy. His eyes had a different sparkle but it irritated me, it irritated me because I was loving it even when I wanted to hate myself for it. It was confusing. I already had a lot on my mind and when I got the chance to yell it out, I didn't realise what I was saying anymore. I said every word that now shook me to my core. He was crying, I was crying.....with us was crying our relationship. Even before I could confess what I feel for him, I sent him away from me for the sake of my sanity because I was going crazy bit by bit.'' Tears formed in Jungkook's eyes remembering the moment when he had to let Taehyung go.

''I was shocked when he told me that he was pregnant. I didn't know how to react to it. It was too much for me to digest. Of course I was happy....but I was scared too. I was very scared because I didn't want to give you a life I had. I was broken and a broken person can never give happiness to anyone. I was scared what if I left you like my dad did.....with so much messed up things. My fear overrode my happiness and I turned my back on you......''

A tear finally rolled down Jungkook's eyes as everything flashed in front of his eyes again.

''I am sorry, Gguk.....I am really sorry for giving you childhood without father's love. I am sorry for not been able to be there with you when you cried for the first time, when you opened your eyes for the first time in this world, for not been able to hold you when you fell in your way learning to walk on your little feet, not dropping you school on your first day, not been able to cheer you up on your first match....I am r-really sorry.'' The ravenette apologised desperately making Taegguk also tear up.

''I have so many regrets that sometimes I want to die because this burden is too much for me. Seventeen years, this guilt didn't even let me die. I always begged for your forgiveness every night. Your cries used to wake me up from my sleep and then, I would search for Tae beside me but I only found coldness. Whenever I tried to blame it on my parents, my conscience came and slapped the reality on my face. I thought if they hadn't forced me to marry Taehyung, maybe Tae wouldn't have had to suffer but deep inside, I knew it was only my fault. My parents always thought about my betterment. Maybe they knew that Taehyung will change me fully, maybe they saw the light in your mother that was capable of erasing the darkness in me but I snatched his light and pushed him into a well of darkness......'' Jungkook paused and wiped his tears.

The brunette also blinked away his tears and looked at his father.

''Now I understood why my father gave everything to Tae....maybe because he knew how big of an asshole I was. Maybe he thought that I'll treat Taehyung better if he will have all the property for the sake of money but I crossed all the limits of being cruel. Whenever I think about talking about it to someone, I feel like they won't understand me because if I say I never wanted Taehyung to be gone, it will sound funny because I was the one who asked Taehyung to go away from me. But trust me, Gguk... My own heart broke that day when Taehyung left. I wanted to run to him and hug him when he was slowly stepping away from me, his blue eyes looking at me desperately......I felt like he also didn't wanna go but I couldn't find it in myself to stop him. Everything was over... I was lost...'' Jungkook didn't know how to control himself from crying.

That day, he was crying as much as Taehyung. He was battling inside. Everything was crumbling down in front of his eyes and he was helpless. His tears were also shedding, he was also broken, he was also lost......he was also devastated.

When he couldn't take the amount of pain, he had handed himself over to alcohol.

''A week later, I woke up in a hospital only to get the news that Taehyung had left after writing all the property in my name. I was stunned. A gold digger would never do that and when I realised what I did in my anger and frustration, I felt so dead.....a-as if....as if someone had snatched my soul from me and I couldn't even react. I couldn't cry...I couldn't show my want for my husband and child because I didn't want this world to laugh at me. Everything was over for me. I was left with regret and repenting so I slowly let myself die everyday.....'' The ravenette looked at his son smiling through his tears.

It felt so good saying everything he had been feeling since ages.

''If Namjoon Hyung wasn't there, I would have lost myself in that dark world of depression but he made me realise that I could search for Tae and beg for his forgiveness. For next seventeen years, I kept searching for him not knowing I had a son too.....'' He paused again.

''You wanted to know why I filed divorce case...right?'' He asked making Taegguk nod.

''When I met your Mom in Paris after so many years, I went to meet him in the museum where his exhibition was going on. There, I saw the hate in his eyes that made me shiver in fear. He didn't want me in his life and in his anger, he told me that I have a son too who h-hate me... I couldn't believe my ears. For years, I have been crying holding your clothes that Taehyung left behind him and when I came to know about you....I w-wanted to see you, to meet you....to give you all my love....to earn your forgiveness but deep inside.....Taehyung's words have left an insecurity within me....'' Jungkook raised his head and looked at his son.

''I was afraid w-what if you didn't want to meet me? What if y-you hated me?''

''I never hated you, Dad!'' Taegguk replied making Jungkook look at him with teary eyes.

"I never hated you. Yes, I was angry at you... very angry for giving me a broken family but i never hated you." The brunette replied in his broken voice making Jungkook smile sadly.

''But I didn't know that. After what I did with you, your hate towards me was justified. I was desperate to meet you, to spend some time with you, to earn for your forgiveness and on the same time, I didn't want to snatch you away from Taehyung because I knew that he is the only one who can take the best care of you. I wasn't only your culprit, I wanted to earn your mother's forgiveness too and at that time, this was the only option for me to bring you guys back to Korea.'' Jungkook stopped making Taegguk curious.

"I am sorry, Gguk..For everything once again. Please forgive your father." Jungkook said in a pleading voice making the brunette shake his head.

"Don't do that, Dad...a father doesn't look good crying for forgiveness in front of his son. I won't say that I had forgotten how i lived without you, neither I'll say its okay coz its not okay....but I think sometimes, you need to let go of the the past to be happy in future and I am very happy to get you in my life back." Taegguk replied holding his father's hand.

"T-Thank you so much, Gguk....I am the luckiest father in this world to get a son like you. These six months will be the best days of my life." Jungkook replied making the brunette frown.

''And now?'' He asked observing his father who smiled.

''Now nothing.....I got to s-spend some memorable time with you, I will always cherish it. I can live the rest of my life with these memories. I am going to take back the case as soon as these six months are over. I want you to always stay with your mother.'' He replied standing up and walking away to hide his pain from his son.

Taegguk looked at his father's back and stood up only to walk over to him.

''You will let him go?'' He asked his father who nodded after a few moments of thinking.

''Even when you love him?''