Liability (VSOO)[18+]

The Darkest Side

A sense of disbelief washed over him, like a wave crashing against his soul.

Slowly, he turned his head towards his father, who sat huddled on the floor in the shadowed corner of the meeting room. As their eyes locked, a tear slipped from his eye, a silent testament to the shattered trust and disillusionment that now clouded their relationship.

"Who are you?"

"WHO ARE YOUUUU??!!"

"Tell me, who are you?" Jihoon cried out, his eyes filled with tears of agony. Cradling his uncle in his arms, the man he had looked up to since his childhood, along with his father. They had always been his role models, the ones he aspired to emulate for the rest of his days. All he ever wanted was to be just like them one day...

Taehyung gazed at his eldest son, his expression one of utter disbelief. Jihoon had never spoken to him like this before, never looked at him with such disappointment. As he watched his son, a sense of dread began to creep over him, realizing the extent of what he had done, and the person he had transformed into.

"For so long, I've had this nagging feeling that you were changing into someone else!" Jihoon's voice cracked with emotion.

"I was terrified of losing you, father!"

"To lose the man who inspired me to be a Soul Reaper by blood right!" Jihoon's words trembled with emotion.

"I could never comprehend why those on this side of the spectrum feared us!"

"But now I realize why... because we are raised and molded to be monsters."

"I tried to cling to the hope that you would remain a sane and just man... but you've become exactly what I've been fearing for the past three years."

"All those years of you training and teaching me and my late brother to control our anger, our emotions, our outbursts, our insanity towards the world were for nothing... because you, the very man teaching us, could not control your own rage towards your own cousin!"

"You allowed this other side of you to take control... to turn you into this dark and abhorrent entity!" Jihoon's voice echoed with anguish as he screamed at his father.

He then covered his eyes with his hands, letting out a heart-wrenching sob. Inside, he felt shattered and numb.

The idealized image of his father in Jihoon's mind shattered into countless pieces. Taehyung felt a tight grip of fear constricting his chest as he watched his devastated son weeping on the floor beside Jungkook's lifeless body.

"What have I done?" Taehyung's mind raced as his wide eyes took in the scene before him. He was struck with paralysis as he watched his son approach him. Jihoon grabbed his father's clothing and pulled him up closer.

"Soonjin would have never allowed you to become this man!" Jihoon's voice quivered with emotion.

"He would have intervened and brought you back to your senses... He knew how to manage you right from the start!"

"And now I understand that he behaved that way towards you because he saw this other side of you that I never noticed before my eyes!"

"You're a monster!" Jihoon spoke with disgust, then pushed his stone-cold father. Without hesitation, Jihoon turned and walked back to pick up his uncle from the ground before swiftly disappearing from Taehyung's sight.

>>> 5 weeks later>>>

"Jihoon?" Hara's voice held a touch of concern as she watched him come into her room, setting her meal down before preparing to leave.