one week passed in which taehyung didn't see jeongguk, because he didn't come to his house.

taehyung's getting ready for another party.

he wants to go there and get compliments from boys. otherwise he'll be depressed again, suffering because of self hate.

he's too self destructive to be alone for a couple days and get no compliments.

taehyung just got ready and he is going alone.

jimin didn't want to come with him since he has to study and taehyung knew that jimin wouldn't let him go alone, so he told him that he'll just stay at home.

but it's a lie.

because taehyung goes upstairs, looking like a snack, ready to go to the party.

taehyung's parents came back from their business trip, but they went out tonight to go somewhere.

namjoon and taehyung both don't know where, since they really don't talk much to their parents.

it's simply because since they were kids, their parents were never there for them.

when they were younger their grandmother had to look for them and take care of them.

of course their parents bought them whatever they wanted and they still do, giving them more money than they need.

but a child needs love from his parents.

"tae? where are you going?", namjoon asks his little brother as he sees that he's coming downstairs, dressed up and make up on his face.

"to a party."

namjoon frowns.

"why would you want to go to a party after what happened last time?"

"that's none of your business."

namjoon rolls his eyes at his behavior.

"is jimin coming with you?"

"no."

"tae, i really don't want you to go there."

"but i will. can you drive me there?"

"no. stay at home tonight. it's dangerous especially alone-"

"no! i will go!", he says madly and grabs his jacket.

"taehyung.", namjoon calls him but taehyung ignores him, grabbing his expensive gucci bag.

"taehyung!", namjoon says more sternly now, but taehyung doesn't care.

"bye.", he says and leaves the house.

namjoon sighs frustratedly, not knowing what to do.

he is really worried about his pretty little brother, thinking of all the shit that could happen to him at a place where alcohol and drugs exist.

he's thinking about what he could do now and suddenly he remembers something.

"jeongguk!", he says to himself in excitement and remembers how jeongguk told him that he'll go that party too.

he calls him immediately.

"jeongguk!"

"yeah?"

"are you at the party?"

"i was about to go now. why?"

"tae, he just left the house. i told him not to go but he wasn't listening. can you please keep an eye on him? please."

"yeah."

"thank you so much."

"no problem. and i wanted to ask you if i could stay at your house tonight?"

jeongguk has his reasons for not wanting to stay at his own house...

"can you bring tae with you?"

"yeah, no problem."

"okay. see you later then."

"bye."

namjoon sighs relieved, not feeling that worried anymore.

~

one hour later

taehyung is at the party and is talking to a guy called sehun, who seems to be really nice.

they're not flirting or anything, just talking about life, music and different things, making the other laugh over and over again.

taehyung doesn't notice two dark eyes watching him all the time.

"i'll be back in a minute.", taehyung says to sehun and goes to the kitchen to get himself a drink.

but before he can arrive there, he notices two dark eyes watching him. and no, it's not jeongguk.

"who do we have here?"

jackson.

taehyung's heart skips a beat, his eyes wide.

he looks around to see if there's anyone who could help him if anything happened, but all the people around him are drunk or high.

jackson comes dangerously close to taehyung and taehyung keeps on taking steps backwards, but he panicks when his back hits the wall.

"last time you just ran away. left me there all horny... i could just think about your ass, you know?"

taehyung starts to shiver. suddenly he feels jacksons hands on his ass and his heart is about to jump out.

his eyes fill with tears and he's shaking hardly.

"d-don't t-touch me."

"why wouldn't i?"

both of them don't know that a certain dark haired male is trying to reach them, pushing himself through all the people.

he was distracted earlier by his ex girlfriend, who came to him and tried to flirt with him.

but he was annoyed and just told her to go away.

he curses her and himself right now. he was distracted for 2 minutes and after that his eyes quickly searched for taehyung, just to see that he's gone.

"we should continue where we stopped last time, don't you think?", he asks and taehyung is crying by now. he can feel jackson's hard dick pressing against his tummy.

"l-let m-me go.", he says but jackson grabs his wrist, way too harshly, making taehyung whimper in pain.

but his heart skips another beat when the only thing he sees is how jackson gets pushed away quickly, getting a punch in his face.

taehyung watches with wide eyes, still shaking like crazy.

"jeongguk.", he mumbles, but jeongguk doesn't even hear him because he's busy with beating jackson.

taehyung is in shock.

he can't move and he can't cry.

the only thing he sees is jackson on the ground and jeongguk on top of him.

the people around them are so high and drunk, no one is doing anything, not even caring about the boy getting beaten up.

after a few seconds taehyung finally realizes what's going on and calls jeongguk's name.

"jeongguk!", he says, his voice shaking.

with his shaking hand he reaches jeongguk's shoulder.

"j-jeongguk please stop."

jeongguk stops in his tracks, realizing that he should help taehyung right now.

he got so angry by watching the scenario and by watching jackson touching taehyung.

the scared expression on taehyung's face was enough to beat him until he's in a coma.

"come.", jeongguk says grabbing taehyung's waist.

taehyung feels so weak. his vision is blurry and he feels like he could pass out any moment.

but with his last strength he tries to leave the overfilled house with jeongguk's support.

as soon as they're out of the house, jeongguk lifts the sobbing tae up. taehyung just wraps his arms around jeongguks neck and sobs into his shoulder.

"jeongguk.", he cries. he needs someone right nowand the only person there is jeongguk.

"shh, it's ok.", jeongguk carries him to his car.

he wants to let him go so he can sit down on the passenger seat, but taehyung holds on to him tightly.

"d-don't let me go.", he cries.

"taehyung, i need to drive. it'll only be for 10 minutes okay?", he asks. "o-okay.", taehyung says, still sobbing.

he feels cold when jeongguk lets him go. he sits down on the passenger seat, curling up like a ball while crying.

~

the whole drive taehyung didn't stop sobbing.

they just arrived at taehyung's house and jeongguk stands up and joggs to the other side to get taehyung out of the car and lift him up.

taehyung enjoys being in jeongguk's arms so much. it makes him feel safe and it brings him comfort.

"what? tae?", namjoon asks shocked as he opens the door.

"m-my room.", taehyung says to jeongguk and he understands. so does namjoon.

namjoon nods, accepting that he's not the person that taehyung wants to see right now.

the way taehyung clings to jeongguk.. namjoon has seen it and he understands. he understands that taehyung needs jeongguk right now. and he has no problem with that like other brothers would probably have.

jeongguk goes upstairs with taehyung in his arms, who clings to him like his life depends on it.

jeongguk steps in taehyung's room and wants to lay him down on his bed, but he still doesn't let go of jeongguk.

"p-please.", he cries.

jeongguk sits down on taehyung's bed, letting him sit on his lap while his tiny arms are still wrapped around jeongguk's neck as he cries into his shoulder.

"h-he t-touched m-me.", he cries.

jeongguk allows himself to wrap his arms tighter around taehyung's waist. he rests his chin on taehyung's shoulder.

"he got his punishment. even though he deserved more."

"h-he w-wanted to-", his voice breaks. "w-what would have he done i-if y-you w-weren't there?", taehyung asks and the thought of it is horrible even for jeongguk.

even though jeongguk helped him, he feels guilty as fuck.

if he hadn't been distracted by his stupid ex-girlfriend , he could've helped him earlier. he could've stopped jackson from touching taehyung.

"don't think about that. everything's fine. you're fine.", jeongguk says. he feels like he really messed up.

taehyung doesn't response to that and just keeps on crying.