Yours For Eternity (Taekook)

39: Smiles & Tears

was worse. Worse than he thought. Namjoon and his dad never let a chance go to waste where they could tease him. Poking him here and there, wiggling their eyebrows with constant smirks, suggestive words and smiles.
But their friends, they were totally another story. All together Taehyung just wanted to bang his head on the wall. He still hadn't let the others know about him remembering things. Later...
For now. He just wanted to run away and hide or he might end up doing something he'd regret later. So he did the most reasonable thing he knows. Hiding himself on Jungkook's chest.
"I hope you weren't so rough on that baby brother of mine yesterday..."
"Uh..." Both Jungkook and Taehyung turned red.
"Well considering how loud Tae was. I guess he enjoyed it a lot... Didn't you baby boo?"
"The fuck! Hyung..." Taehyung whined into Jungkook's chest. He was this close to killing his brother.
"Not denying I see... That cute little blush on your face screams everything." Namjoon smirked.
Taehyung lost it. "Oh shut up alright hyung!" He snapped, lifting his head up and glaring at his brother.
"FUCK!"
"Namjoon!"
"Oh shit!"
"Dude your ass is on fire!"
Namjoon twisted around. His eyes widened in horror as he saw the small flicker of flame.
"AAAAHHHH! MY ASS IS ON FIRE! HELP!" He screamed and started running around.
Taehyung and Jungkook stood there staring blankly.
"You did that?"
"I did that?"
Meanwhile Jin ran and started beating Namjoon on his ass with a cushion he found. Both running around the place as the others fell all around laughing their guts out.
After the little chase and making sure Namjoon's ass was as perfect as before, unharmed. The mates sighed in relief.
"Thank god!" Both panted and fell on the couch.
"You little shit! I'll kill you!" Namjoon screamed as he jumped up, lunging towards the laughing boy on the floor.
"Namjoon... I don't think you'd want a r-round two of that now... Would you?" Hoseok asked between his laughs. That brought Namjoon back on the couch though he still glared at his brother for making a fool out of him.
Slowly the laughs died down.
"Seriously that was cool Tae!"
Taehyung smiled sheepishly "I don't know how I did that though."
"Maybe it happens when you're angry?" Jungkook suggested. He remembered when Taehyung got angry with him last time.
"Maybe..."
"Woah! You're cool." Jimin said staring at Taehyung in wonder.
"Nah... I think you can do it anytime. You just need to learn how to control it. Maybe a little practice can help."
"Well not on living people!" Jin said folding his hands over his chest. "I don't want to run around saving people."
Taehyung pouted "... sorry hyungie"
"Good or-" He stopped and gasped "What did you just call me?"
Taehyung widened his eyes and bit his tongue. That was a slip. He simply smiled and shrugged.
"Oh my god Tae!" Jin threw himself at Taehyung, squeezing the boy as he shredded tears. "You remember don't you... Don't you?"
"I guess..." Taehyung mumbled.
Now it was the other two's turn to gasp.
"Holy shit!"
"Fuck! Tae!"
Now the other two joined on crushing Taehyung.
"Uh... Will someone enlighten me on what's happening?" Namjoon asked scratching his head. He had no idea what's happening or why those three just got so excited.
"I don't know much. But apparently those five knew each other before... years ago."
"Huh?"
Jimin just nodded.
"Okay now I feel like an idiot. Someone tell me what's happening!"
And that's how they sat around and began the tale. By the end all were in tears again.
Though Namjoon found it difficult to understand he knew what they told him was true. It was clear in their eyes. The pain and suffering.
And Jimin, though he'd been told about Taehyung. He never knew the whole story. He had goosebumps all over as he sniffed, hugging Yoongi. There's no way he can survive without Yoongi. And five hundred years of that pain... He would just go and die.
"Same goes for me too mochi." Yoongi whispered in his ears.
Jimin just shivered. How the hell did he know what he was thinking?
"It was clearly written on your face babe."
"Oh..."
Others smiled at those two.
"Hey wait, what happened to my sister? Last time I heard of her was when... when..." Taehyung couldn't finish that. His once lovely sister, who had faced all those horrible things, because of that selfish rat.
"We found her, in one of the rooms... but don't worry, she was healed up and in a few months she found her mate, nice man he was. Let me tell you, she had a very happy life and three adorable kids."
"Oh... That's a relief." Taehyung smiled. He was happy that his sister was happy.
"So in short, Tae died and now he is reborn?" Namjoon asked.
"Yep."
"How? I mean how did he got reborn. That's not something that usually happens."
"Soulmate bond." Yoongi started "Once the souls have connected to each other, no matter what they'll always try to stay together. So even though Taehyung died that day, his soul wanted to return back to it's other half. It will do exactly that, even if that takes years. Just like his did. In the end they'll be together some or the other way... Wow. Now I feel intelligent." He finished with a slight smile. He wished he could have that with his mate, but still he was happy. Happy that he have him, soulmate or not he'll be with that idiot always.
Taehyung twiddled his fingers. "Well... to be honest. My soul wasn't actually supposed to. I was supposed to be a captive for that demon, forever."
Everyone turned towards Taehyung. Eyes filled with worry.
"Then how..." Jimin started.
Taehyung tensed at that. He bit his lips and kept quiet. Trying not to start crying again.
Jungkook understood and pulled Taehyung onto his lap, who gladly snuggled against him, hiding himself from the world.
Jungkook took over and explained what happened which earned a mother set of gasps and a few more tears.
"That's... That's, oh god Tae! We never knew."
"No one did. Only Tae and Maryl did. Both were unable to tell us."
"I never thought my baby brother would have gone through all that. And that sick bastard... What the fuck happened to him? Where's he?"
"What really happened... No one knows. But, apparently the guy got what he wanted and before we could do anything the entire team vanished. We've been searching for them ever since. Never did they ever came on sight again. Nor was there any clue." Jin explained.
"He got what he wanted? How? My soul needs to be sacrificed for that. I should have been that demons captive if he'd got what he wanted."
"Then how the fuck did he get all those powers? I was knocked out for ten days because him."
"I don't know. Something happened. Something we don't know." Taehyung was getting worried now. Many things still remains unknown after all these years.
"They're back again now. It's them, those evil, our elder talked about. And once again they're coming for my Tae."
"Fucking hell! Not again! I won't let that bastard near my brother ever again."
"Don't worry Namjoon he won't. I'll make sure of that." Jungkook said pulling Taehyung closer to him.
Taehyung could feel the rage rising through the bond. He sat up straight on Jungkook's lap and cupped his cheeks.
"Hey, Kookie... Tell me what all you did for all these years. What did I miss? I want to know everything... Will you tell me?" He whispered slowly.
At that Jungkook looked directly into Taehyung's eyes. The raw emotion in his eyes made Taehyung gasp. The harsh wound inflicted upon his heart, the way it destroyed him, the way he only wanted to die and get rid of this loneliness and pain, they way he'd let his tears fall and be weak not caring if anyone would see or that he was supposed to be a strong ruler. And how in the end he'd shut himself up.
Jungkook watched as his pain turned to tears in Taehyung's eyes. He let his head fall onto Taehyung's shoulder and snuggled up into his neck, breathing in his scent and feeling alive again.
"You don't want to know." Jungkook murmured on his neck.
A sad smile formed on Taehyung's lips. He held Jungkook closer to him and soothingly caressed his hair. "I want to. Every single part of you belongs to me Kookie. That includes your pain. Let me know. Please, let me own that pain..."