KOOK •ᵗ ᵃ ᵉ ᵏ ᵒ ᵒ ᵏ•

Chapter 18

A tear rolled down Taehyung's cheek and he quickly wiped it with his sleeve.

Jungkook panicked. "Shit, Tae, I am sorry! It's okay. I won't do anything. If you aren't ready to tell me, it's alright! Just please stop crying," Jungkook said, poorly disguised pain and hurt evident in his voice, as he hugged him tightly.

"J-Jungkook don't b-break up with me please! I-I love you! Please kookie.."

"What? I love you too, Tae. I'd never dream of breaking up with you. I love you too much for that," Jungkook said as he patted Taehyung's back.

Taehyung sniffed,"Then what did you want to talk about?"

"It was something else! Completely different!"

Taehyung slowly whispered,"Then why would I ever be mad at you, kookie?"

Jungkook smiled softly,"It's just that I am confused."

"Confused about w-what?" Taehyung asked, his mind thinking negative thoughts again.

They were still hugging. Jungkook nuzzled his nose on Taehyung's neck, kissing it before continuing, "About the bad words thing. I know I am being nosy. But I need you to know that I am here whenever you want to tell me anything. I won't judge you at all."

Taehyung was silent for a minute. He took a deep breath, before saying," You won't judge me?"

"Not at all," Jungkook assured Taehyung, looking straight into his eyes.

"Well, then listen. It's story time," Taehyung smiled bitterly.

Jungkook squeezed Taehyung's hand, reassuring him and encouraging him to go on. Taehyung looked him in the eye before starting,

"Okay, so. Before you, I dated twice. And now I can say that I used to have a weird taste in men. I was always foolish in choosing looks over personality. So yeah, it was horrible.

The first one, well, he used to curse a lot. You can say he taught me bad words. I was inexperienced, didn't even know what love actually was. Love is always portrayed beautifully in books and movies... but I soon learned thay wasn't the case every single time! God, how stupid was I? So stupid! Blind! Too blind to notice what he did to me! He-He used to abuse me, beat me a lot and curse me a lot. I did not do anything, I was scared of him! I never uttered a word about it, until I saw him making out with a girl in an empty classroom. I felt as if I was ripped in half.."

Taehyung paused, taking a shaky breath, meanwhile Jungkook rubbed his back. He tooka deep breath before continuing.

"And then, comes the second guy. He helped me getting over my ex. Jimin and Jin hyung weren't around at that time. So all I had was him. He became a pretty good friend. He used to help me in homework, buy me meals, listen to me whenever I was sad. I felt as if he was the perfect person was alive. How idiotic of me.." Taehyung let out a humourless laugh, before continuing.

"One day, he confessed to me-I don't know what it was...maybe lonliness, that compelled me to say yes.

He was very much against curses and bad words etc etc. He'd say it was uncivilised and all. He was right, by the way, it isn'ta good thing- but- but he used to treat me so badly whenever I cursed.. " by now Taehyung had completely given up the idea of being calm as a sobbed quitly on Jungkook's shoulder, who was hugging him tightly, urging him to go on.

"What did he do, Tae?" He whispered softly.

"-I came to know that after we were dating. And I had a habit of cursing on every little thing. So he set up this 'punishment' thing, where he would cut me whenever I cursed. Soon, I was covered in cuts and bruises.

By that time, I had met Jimin hyung. I had a hard time trusting him, not sure if I should trust him. But I finally opened up my walls. After knowing of my abusive relationship, he immediately told me to break it off. But I-I just couldn't! I couldn't break up with him. I yearned for attention. Looking at other couples, who were all happy, made me wonder, why me? I soon learned that he only wanted me for my face. Apparently, I was beautiful-"

"You are beautiful, Tae. So beautiful. Don't you dare say otherwise."

"T-Thanks. Jimin helped me break up with him and he helped me get over my traumatic experiences. I hated words after that. I hated talking to- but, now I-I have you, r-right? Kookie, you're the only person who knows about this apart from Jimin and Jin hyung.."

By now, Taehyung was a crying mess. Jungkook felt sorry for him. He didn't deserve any of that. And Jungkook'll make sure that nothing bad happens to Taehyung from then on. He promised himself that.

"Tae, you deserve all the happiness in the world. All of it. And you will have your happy ending, and I promise you that I will let no harm come to you. Ever."

Taehyung managed to crack a small smile, and pulled back. Jungkook wiped his tears and kissed him gently, full of love.

"I love you, Tae. And I don't intend to leave you."

"Me too, Kookie."

"And you can curse whenever you feel like it. Hell, you can even curse at me!"

"Yeah, I know. Thanks. Weird how a boyfriend tells his boyfriend to curse..

"Well, like you said, I AM a kook after all. Now, tell me the names of those two dipshits so I can beat the shit outta them."

Taehyung laughed,"Stop!"

The two of them made themselves comfortable in Jungkook's bed, as they cuddled.

Suddenly, Jungkook spoke up,"Oh, yeah. I suddenly remembered. You wanted to talk to me about something?"

Taehyung's eyes lit up, as he remembered," Yeah! Remember the girl with Hoseok hyung that day in the amusement park?"

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Argh, I am pretty bad at writing angst. But I am trying-

Anyways, enjoy!

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