Serene Thunder (JK FF)

Episode 40 - The reason

The memory of brown eyes smiling at him with tears occluding her eyelashes misted around his brain making him hard to breath. The woman's lips moved mouthing 'It's okay baby. I love you'. Those were the last words from her.

Those images that he hated jammed his nerves wanting him to kill himself.

A sharp pain throbbed his heart thronging the deep ensconced memories. His hands shoved anything and anyone touching him. His legs blankly moved outside the closet room and momentarily made it out of his room. It was difficult for him to draw air as he slipped to the ground with so much force that the stitched wounds ripped out oozing blood from his flank and his thighs. The pain from the ruptures never affected him as he was lying semiconscious. His orbs blurred with a single drop of tear escaping the corner of his left eye. His ears heard someone calling his name. His name fell on his ears. He knew he had to heed to the sound but his mind reciprocated him with doubts.

What if it was a trap?

What if it was a setup?

What if it was that bastard calling his name?

He followed the echoes of his name. He slowly realized it was a girl's voice and it was none other than his wife. He realized he had to heed to his wife. His insensible body felt pats against his cheeks.

"Jungkook"

He finally heard his wife's voice so clearly that he realized he was brought back to reality from the terrorized nightmare. His half closed eyelids tardily opened, his sight sluggishly unclogged revealing his wife's worried face. His brown orbs moved to the blood that was dripping down her forehead. He certainly understood it was his doing. He could see tears in her greenforests.

"Does she care for me?" His heart rung with doubts.

Her eyes encarved in tears with the tip of her nose little red. As his eyes moved down, her moist pink lips entered his sight. His hands slowly raised as he rubbed those tears with his fingers.

"What the fuck?" He heard another voice right above his head. He knew the owner of the voice. His dark brown eyes waited for the person to approach him. Taehyung's brown orbs enraged in shock and jolt. His eyes moved to Layla's bleeding forehead as it descended down to the red pool in which Jungkook was lying. The blood gushed from Jungkook's ruptured wounds. Just by looking at Jungkook lying on the hallway, Taehyung understood on what happened.

"Again?" Taehyung asked for which Jungkook closed his eyes as an answer.

"Go to Frank and have your wound treated" Taehyung spoke to Layla whose eyes where only on the blood gushing from Jungkook's wound. Taehyung helped Jungkook on his feet while Jungkook's hand pulled Layla up. "Stay in the room and get treated. I'll be back" Jungkook whispered to Layla as he was supported by Taehyung to somewhere.

Layla's fear heightened more on witnessing the event. She didn't know Jungkook had this kind of side. It was overwhelming for her. Her feet unsteadily moved to Frank with bloody hands which was the result of the putting pressure against Jungkook's ripped wound. She took a deep breath. She realized she has already seen Jungkook's sadistic cruel face and now his vulnerability. She understood he is afraid. The thing she was unable to comprehend was the reason. The reason behind the fear and the cause of sudden panic attack he has just yielded. Frank was hell astonished looking at Layla's state. Her brown hair disheveled with blood dripping down her forehead with her palms bloody. Her green eyes looked at the worried face of Frank. Though his face tells he really cares about her he wouldn't ask a thing. He wouldn't speak a thing on the situation that has just happened. Frank removed the old bandage and covered the knife cut again with fresh cotton.

"Rest will help you" Frank told her after everything was done.

For her she didn't wanna rest. Her legs moved upstairs straight to Jungkook's study. The door was half open and this will be the first time for her to be even near the door. Usually, she will always be having distance with him. She won't cross boundaries. Not today, she just wanted to check if he was okay and she will be leaving to her room. Since the door was half open, she raised her fist to knock but stopped in the midway when she heard grunting and stifling voices.

"Done with the stitches" she heard Taehyung spoke.

"For god's sake will you let the wound heal" Taehyung retorted.

She has never seen anyone caring Jungkook like Taehyung. She didn't know what was the past behind them. She just knew that they care each other.

"As twilight burned the sun" she heard Jungkook slowly uttering those words. Nothing made sense on those words but she continued listening. She could hear Taehyung's loud sigh even out of the door.

"The darkness overcame the lights" Taehyung's voice continued those verse of Jungkook.

"The sea roars will be fine" Jungkook spoke with Taehyung finishing the line
"So am I".

Layla could understand nothing on those words but she knew it was something between those two.

"You won't let anyone near you except for me when you are having panic attack. How did you let her?" Taehyung questioned. Taehyung knows except for him Jungkook would never allow anyone near him. Not Juri. Not Frank. Only his voice will bring him out of his attack. Taehyung knew behind every damn nightmare the sole cause was that fucking bastard. Though this situation brought worry, Taehyung was glad that Jungkook allowed Layla to help besides him.

"Tell me what triggered you?" Taehyung asked Jungkook about the panic attack.

"You told me you stopped hearing voices in night" Taehyung told.

After a long pause, Jungkook opened his mouth "She asked me why I was afraid?".

Taehyung's face held confusion.

"She told me that day in the car, when I first checked the messages in my phone, she saw fear in my eyes. She told me I was afraid" Jungkook cleared Taehyung's confusion.

Taehyung's confusion was replaced with appall.

"You were afraid?" Taehyung asked astounded.

Every single thing that was being talked was heard by Layla. She was amazed on how Taehyung's voice also surprised when he heard Jungkook was afraid.

She heard Jungkook's chuckle.

"Even me myself can't believe her statement but then when I remember and came to know the reason I think I deserve the fear" Jungkook voiced.

"The fuck you are speaking. You fear Benjamin?? All of a sudden. What the hell has happened to you?? That bastard's every night sleep is disturbed by you. He will be the one to fear you. Not you" Taehyung enunciated each words in utter bafflement.

Layla was more confused on her decision of eavesdropping. She agreed herself to leave the place first as she looked like an outcast not knowing what was happening. Just when she took a step back her eyes widened on hearing what Jungkook told.

"I never told I was afraid of Benjamin. The moment my eyes landed on those messages that I was in danger, my whole mind flooded with fear"

"Fear that my wife was with me"

"Fear that she will have to see the monster inside me"

"Fear if anything will happen to her"

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I am back guys. I am sorry for the long break. Will be back in track. Many of you started following me. I couldn't thank you guys in private.

Thanks a lot.

Until then take care.

Dark_kite.