Taehyung's Song • KTH

Thirteen

Jimin and Taehyung sat in the  clinic, Hybe medical staff getting them cleaned up. Taehyung had busted knuckles and bloody scratches on his cheek and nose, likely caused by one of Jimin's rings. Jimin was worse off, split lip, bruised jaw, bloody nose and the first signs of a black eye.

Their manager Sangwon had been furious telling them both off. They should have known better, how were they going to show up in their upcoming public appearances looking like they were street fighters? She banished them from the studio to go get treatment, then suspended them without pay for the next two weeks. It was going to put everything off schedule but she was unwilling to excuse the behavior. The interviews would go on without them, she'd lie and say they were under the weather.

"Taehyung." Jimin's voice held no more contempt or anger. He glanced across the room at his friend. If Jimin wasn't angry anymore, Taehyung was twice as livid.

He turned his body away ignoring Jimin, wincing as the doctor applied liquid stitches to his hand. He wasn't going to speak to him again for the rest of his life. How could he do that with you?

"I didn't have sex with Y/N. I mean we kissed, and we started to mess around, but she stopped me Tae. She said she's in love with you and she couldn't keep going." Jimin watched as Tae turned back toward him, some of the fight draining from his face.

"She said that?" Why did Taehyung's heart feel like it was pounding out of his chest.

"She said in love, not just love. Y/N isn't over you."

"Do you have feelings for her? Is that why you tried to sleep with her?" Tremors of resentment surfaced in Tae's voice again.

"She's one of my best friends I feel protective of her, but no Taehyung I don't have romantic feelings for her. I love Briar." Jimin leaned to the side to try to make eye contact with him.

"Is Briar going to forgive you?" Taehyung suddenly didn't want to talk about you. His feelings were swirling like a tornado in his head and he couldn't sort through them as the flew around.

"She won't care about the physical contact, we aren't monogamous that way. She's going to be mad as hell that it was Y/N, she's going to lecture me on why I'd do that to our friendship. I am sorry Taehyung I shouldn't have let that happen."

"Why did you?" Taehyung wrenched his hand away from the doctor. "Can you give us a minute?" The medical staff filed out, one of the doctors warning them to not start hitting each other again. They'd both be lucky if they didn't scar.

"She was crying about you, I knelt down to talk to her and I kissed her. It escalated from there, and that's sorta your fault too." Jimin glared across the room at Tae.

"How is that my fault?"

"You denied her comfort and physical affection for months. Then the one time you gave in you traumatized her with arguing right after. She didn't kiss me back because it was me, she kissed me back because she needed to feel like she mattered to someone." What Jimin said was resonating with Taehyung and he felt like he'd been punched again. He swallowed hard hating the imagine of you and Jimin getting physical.

"Can I get her back Jimin?" Tae's voice was soft, disgust with himself making it hard to talk.

"I don't know, I think she wants to see you. Should you see her?" Jimin glared at Taehyung, clearly all of the negative feelings weren't gone completely.

"I know I don't blame her for losing the baby. I don't think I ever did, but I don't know yet how to fix what I broke between us. Trying to get her back now wouldn't make either of us happy. I just don't know how to breathe without her." Taehyung traced his finger around his knuckles, you used to do that. You loved his hands, he missed the simplest things about you.