Unlasting || Kim Taehyung

25: Honesty

You pull back the curtains and see those familiar pair of grey eyes meet yours. You hesitate for a second, but gradually grab the handle and tug the door open. Neither of you speak for a moment, as the two of you get lost in each other's gaze.

"Hi," he breathes out.

"Hi."

He sighs and glances around before returning to you. "I- um, I wanted to talk to you." You can tell he's trying really hard to put up a strong front. You nod and step aside to let him in, and you close the door behind him.

"What did you want to talk about?" You cross your arms and twist around to face him.

"Well, first I guess I wanted to apologize... for the way I talked to you." You shift your weight around as you watch him. "I know I should've sooner."

"So then why are you here now?"

"Jimin came and talked to me... He made me realize I should've been more honest with you instead of just pushing you away."

'I guess Jimin did get through to him after all.' You think to yourself.

"So why'd you do it?" He sighs and looks down at the floor.

"I- I was trying to protect you."

"Protect me from what?!" You don't mean to raise your voice, but you can't help it, you were frustrated with the way he'd been acting, and now he's saying it was to protect you.

His jaw tenses. "What do you think? Y/n, there's a group of demons after you. And not just any demons, extremely powerful and dangerous ones!" he shouts, and your arms flop to the side in irritation.

"Don't you get it? There are people out there that want to hurt you... because of me." His voice falters slightly. "As soon as you entered my world you became a walking target, so... I thought the best option was to take you out of it."

"But that's not your decision to make!" you snap, and throw your hands up.

"Taehyung, I understand why you wanted to push me away, and that you're afraid. But I knew what I was getting myself into when Namjoon asked me if I wanted to back out, so you can't just shut me out now that things have gotten more complicated! I can't just sit back and pretend like none of this ever happened!"

"And I can't watch you die!"

The room becomes dead silent, your eyes refusing to tear away from one another.

"Taehyung..."

"I can't-," he chokes as tears begin to run down his face. "I can't watch anymore people I love die..." You take a step closer and place your hand on his cheek.

"Tae," you whisper. You can tell he's thinking about his family. You pull him into an embrace, and he wraps his arms around you.

"I'm so scared. I'm so scared that I'm going to come back one day and find y- you-"

"Shhh." You stroke his hair as he sobs. "It's going to be okay. I'm not going anywhere."

"But I hurt you... What If I lose control again?"

"I'm not afraid of you Taehyung. Because I know you'd never intentionally hurt me."

"How can you have so much faith in me? How do you know something like last time won't happen again?"

"...I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but I do know that if you're not in it... then it's not a future I want to live in." He pulls away from your arms and brings his hand up to your cheek.