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".... it's your loss," Jihyo left.

"See... Jimin... look at them... !! I don't know who spoiled who... both are spoiled...hey stop!! Is this how you talk to your professor... ??!!" Tae got mad at Jihyo, pounding on the door while Jimin held him back. The echoes of frustration and shattered trust echoed in Tae's voice... Tae continued  to rant on looking  at leaving Jihyo and Kookie

"Jimin!!! Stop her... god...!! at least ask her to take him to the hospital... he needs sutures.... he's going to get an infection... he has a competition tomorrow..." Tae sighed, dropping down on the couch, unable to scream anymore.

" Call her!!" Tae sighed

"Why do you care... ?? You go back to your homophobic self and argue you are right.. and others are just stupid.. Whatever may happen to that boy... you no need to care..." Jimin sighed, dropping beside him.

"I hate him... that doesn't mean I want him to die..." Tae answered.

"He won't die because of a small cut... that brilliant manipulator knows how to take care of himself... you don't have to pamper him..." Jimin yelled

"I love him, Jimin??!! My love is true... unlike his." Tae voice  dropped down several octave and he cried...

"You lost him... don't talk about him anymore..." Jimin said rubbing his tears aggressively

"Fine.... I don't want him either... you all leave me alone..." Tae sighed, burying his face in his palm. Namjoon pets out a big sigh hearing this...

"Jin??!!! Whose house is this??!!" Namjoon asked, settling down on the opposite couch.

"Ours??! Its our home..." Jin answered.

"I mean whose property??! Under whose name is this house was registered, and who bought this house...?? " Joon asked.

"Yours!! And...You bought with your hard earned money.." Jin said..

"Good!! Do I need approval from anyone to live with you?? Or love you??! Spend my time with you?? Or run our university together??!" Joon  asked

"No...." Jin said

"Jimin?! Are you going to dump your fiance Yoongi because your  friend is not going to approve your love for a man??!"

"Huh?? I... no..." Jimin hesitantly murmured, unable to hurt Tae.

"Louder!!!" Joon yelled

"No...!! I love Yoongi."

"So why were you looking for his approval??"

"I don't want to lose my friend... but... I wouldn't have dumped Yoongi because he is the love of my life..." Jimin said clearly.

"So that little girl is smarter than everyone in this room.. tell your friend the world doesn't revolve around him... " Joon indirectly mentioned Tae.

"Talk to me directly like the man you are..." Tae stood up.

"Like the man I am??!! No, dear... I don't want you to know the man I am... I'm afraid,  You cant stand me...  what do you want to know from me, huh??! Did I plot against you to get back your approval? Honestly... I don't know what made you think that I would spend my precious time to plot against you for the approval I never need..

I don't even know that boy personally before a week... and that girl... what's her name?? Jihyo?? Why did you think she helped Jungkook?? She did Because she valued his friendship... you mean nothing more than a professor to her..

And Jimin... he has been in love for like two years, right?? He just hid that from you... because he doesn't want to lose you.. that doesn't mean his love depends  on you... one day he would have come to you to invite you for his wedding... he is not going to turn Yoongi down, got you...??

we love you... that doesn't mean you are the world to us... the only person for whom  you mean the world to is... that boy Jungkook.. and you failed to see the love in his actions... you rather chose to see betrayal when all others around you chose to see pure love in his actions... the problem is with you... You lost him...

I think he gained a life... I hope he sees a life apart from you and starts to live, from now on..... You did a good thing losing him off your hold... " Joonie said, and all others, including Tae, were dumbstruck.

"Jinie!! Let's make lunch... we have a life to live.. this is how much time I can spend on this issue.. he has no right dragging us into this... but I forgive him because he is my son... just let him know I will be happy to accept him, but I have no need to do that... come..." Joon said and dragged Jin along with him, leaving Tae with Jimin. The weight of Joon's words hung in the air, echoing the complexity of the relationships entangled in the aftermath.

Tae stood there speechless, and Jimin didn't know how to handle the situation with heart broken Tae. He couldn't think about giving another lesson to Tae like others did; he thought Tae only got him as of now.

"Tae Tae??? Let's go to your room..." Jimin pulled the dumbstruck Tae to his room.

"Tae... what you did to Kookie is wrong... but he is equally at fault.. I am at fault too... Not like Joonie hyung said , I really wanted your approval.. but I didn't help him, I swear... !! You are important to me Tae... what we did is wrong... but you gave the maximum punishment to Kookie in front of your fathers.. that's really bad... enough Tae... don't punish him anymore... he is a good kid..." Jimin tenderly talked to Tae on their way to his room.

"Appa is not wrong though... I am a bad person..." Tae said, recalling Namjoon's words.

"Yes... no no! I mean.... look!!!  how he handled the issue... he didn't say anything in front of your students... he kept quiet despite you insulting him... he valued your respect... but you lashed out on everyone... talked very badly to your father...?? Me??? I'm OK.. I'm at fault for not letting you know about Kookie... but the way you revealed about Kookie... ?? he is just a small kid... that's the worst thing you can do to a boy who looked at you like his world... he got what he got just because he loves you??! It's unfair.." Jimin said.

"Yeah.... I made a mistake... I love him... but I could never trust him like before... it's better we part ways.." Tae said, recognizing his mistake but still adamant about his decision.

"Trust is a big word... I don't think he lied to you or pretended to be someone who he is not... he observed you...  learned things about you... moulded himself  for you.... isn't that what all people who date do before falling in love?? He didn't hire a detective to learn about you... he did it himself in two years of time.. that effort shows his love!! he adored you every second and admired every word you said.. isn't it what you did this past week... I've caught you staring at him almost all the time... were you not roaming near the men's dorm like a stalker?? Were you not obsessed with him?? Didn't you help him with the last test.. ?? You did it for a week, and he did it for years... is the time he took is the real offense?!" Jimin asked.

"I didn't do anything behind his back.." Tae said.

"Then imagine admiring a person without him knowing, and falling in love without the courage even to approach him... he has been through a lot already... you are giving him a hard time in addition to that..." Jimin said and looked at the silent Tae and said.

"Not being on the receiving end hurts more... and for the person like you ,who has always been on the receiving end, won't understand the struggles.. " Jimin said. Tae dropped a tear, realizing the weight of his actions and the pain he caused to someone who genuinely loved him.