On Your Way ?

Chapter 10.

All he had said was, "I can't keep these in my phone but I want to save these memories for a long... long time."

He was brought out of his train of memories when seonghee came back, she took a glance at the picture in his hand but didn't say anything and resorted to take care of the matter at hand as she sprinked some water on taehyung's face which did make him frown in unconsciousness.

"Taehyung-ah. Get up. Please." Seonghee tried incase the man could hear them and jungkook sighed as well as he said his name too, "taehyung.. wake up." And that did get a reaction out of him as his eyes started fluttering.

Seonghee shook his shoulders a little and soon, Taehyung was slowly opening his eyes, barely open but open nonetheless as he looked at the woman before his eyes shifted to the man beside her and he closed his eyes again but this time it was jungkook who shook him again.

"Don't close your eyes again, get up taehyung." He tried but taehyung shook his head and let out, "don't.. don't.. call me that.. please.. I beg you.." his voice was slurred as he went in and out of unconsciousness for a few minutes before he could finally open his eyes properly and seonghee made him sit up immediately and handed him a glass of water.

"Seonghee.. I'm sorry.." his voice was barely audible as he looked down in his lap with his shaking hands barely holding the glass of water.

"I know. I know you're. Tell me since when have you been laying there?" She asked, holding the glass of water back from him seeing as he was struggling to hold himself up, she put the back of her hand on his forehead and pulled back immediately. "He's burning.". She whispered under her breath.

"Since yesterday morning."

"Oh god. Stay here I'll bring you some soup and medicines." Seonghee was about to get up when taehyung held her hand and shook his head.

"I'm fine, you don't have to. I'll go and do it myself." The guilt he was feeling was heavy enough already, he didn't need more of it if he lets the woman take care of him after how badly he had wronged her.

Before she could argue, taehyung got up on his feet and even though he had no energy in his body he held onto the walls and went inside the room to get some medicines.

"Taehyung, wait." She was about to go behind him when Jungkook held her hand asking, "can I?" And seonghee nodded right away and jungkook quickly ran behind only to see the man about to fall down with the box of medicines in his hands.

"Taehyung." He called out as he held onto his shoulders and helped him stand up, only for the elder man to look up at him.

"K- jungkook.. I.. you don't have to. I'm sorry for acting the way I did the other day, I wasn't in my right mind." Taehyung said and walked out from the room, while still clutching onto the walls and towards the kitchen but jungkook walked behind him again and threw taehyung's arm around his shoulder and took him to the kitchen where seonghee was already preparing the soup. Taehyung had no energy to say anything so he didn't and just sat on the table with his head in hands, trying to stabilize his breath.

It didn't take seonghee to serve him the soup and jungkook to take out the medicines and taehyung quietly took it as seonghee went outside to attend a phonecall and jungkook just stood in the corner while leaning against the kitchen counter, just observing everything and not saying anything.

Even though taehyung had to hold himself back from throwing up, not at the taste but in general he ate some of it and took the medicines before he rested his forehead against the table between his arms.

He was hoping he would get the energy back soon atleast so he could stop being a burden on the two people in this house right now. Taehyung sighed loudly and flinched when the sound of his phone blared in the kitchen, jungkook went to grab it where seonghee had put it on the charge in the kitchen itself and handed it to the elder man.

"Mom?" He answered the call, holding it to his ear.

"What am I hearing, taehyung? Seonghee is filing for a divorce? What did you do?" The woman sounded beyond angry and taehyung had half a mind to cut the call in the middle. He wasn't surprised to hear that even though he himself hadn't heard about it yet but he knew this was coming especially after what happened 2 days ago.

"Mom, leave my personal matters alone I'm almost 30 for fucks sake."

"How can I when every single minute I'm afraid that you're going to turn out to be a fag? How can I when I can never know if you too, are just like your father? Tell me is that why seonghee is filing for a divorce?" The woman questioned him and taehyung released a shaky breath.

"Please leave me alone, mom. Maybe I really am just like my father. I can't do this anymore." And with that, he cut off the call and chucked his phone away. Her words ringing in his ear that he had to cover them with his hands but it wasn't working.

Jungkook could hear everything the woman said and what the man replied even though he felt like he was intruding but he was flabbergasted. Was that the same woman who treated him like his own son whenever he'd go over? Was that the same woman who treated taehyung so sweetly during the time period he was with jungkook.

What..?

Soon, seonghee came back inside and this time with a file in her hand which she placed before taehyung.

"I know you're not in the right state right now but please sign this, taehyung." She handed him the pen and the man didn't have to be told twice, he didn't read over the document either, he knew what it was about so he signed it immediately and handed it over to her.

As jungkook saw that happening, as much as he wanted to blame himself for it, he couldn't. A relationship that was never meant to happen could never work anyways.

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