JUNGKOOK'S POV

"He is not picking up his phone," I said to Namjoon who was busy scrolling through his contacts.

"Even Hobi can't seem to reach him." I sighed and leaned back on the couch in Namjoon's house. I tried to call Taehyung at least thirteen times, but he either didn't pick it up or he cut the call. Namjoon had called the rest and asked them to call Taehyung, but like me, none of them succeeded. He was obviously avoiding me and the rest of us.

"I think you should go and search for him," Jin said as he came out of the kitchen with a glass full of water. He handed me the glass but I just shook my head.

"What about Jimin?" I asked Namjoon and he sighed.

"Even Jimin couldn't get a hold on him. I called them all to come here," he said and I got up and headed to the doors.

"Hey, where are you going?" Jin asked me.

"I am going to go and find Taehyung," I said and opened the door and walked out. I ran to my car and started the engine. Where will Taehyung go to? His house?

I made a turn and drove to his place. However, when I reached there, nobody responded. So he is not here. Then...the office? No way will he go there. That place must be a cursed region for him.

The mansion!

I jumped into my car and headed straight to the old, ruined mansion. I quickly got out and ran inside the place.

"TAEHYUNG!" I shouted hoping to hear him call my name back. But it was silent. Only the rustling of leaves and the hush wind could be heard inside. 

"TAEHYUNG! WHERE ARE YOU?" I ran to my room and flung it open. It was empty. I banged into every room and checked, but there was no one. 

Where are you, Taehyung?

I bit my lip and raked a hand through my hair. Shit! SHIT!

"DAMN IT!" I kicked the worn out sofa and watched as it fell backwards. I ran out from the mansion and sat inside the car again. I drove to various places where Taehyung had visited before and even went to the mall, but he wasn't there. He had just disappeared. 

I heard my phone ring and I picked it up hoping it was Taehyung, but it was Namjoon. I groaned and answered it.

"Did you find him?" he asked me and I sighed.

"Nope. I checked everywhere, hyung, but he is not there at all. I even went to the mansion."

"Jimin checked his parent's place, but he is not there either. Do you know any other place?"

"I don't know," I whispered and I could feel myself tremble, "I-I am scared."

"Hey, hey. Don't be scared. Come back to my place and we will discuss about it. Okay?"

I nodded and cut the call. Oh wait, he didn't see me nod. I slapped my forehead and headed back to my car. I got in and drove back to Namjoon's place.

It was almost evening. The sun was slowly setting down and the darkness was slowly emerging. It will be dark soon and Taehyung...I need to find him fast before he gets engulfed by the night.

I reached Namjoon's place and walked inside his house. I saw the entire gang there, all staring at me as I entered. There wasn't anger in their eyes, but sadness and disappointment which hurts a lot. After all, it was my fault that Taehyung had disappeared.

"Any luck?" Hobi asked me and I shook my head. They sighed and all looked down at the floor.

"Do you think we should go to the police station?" Jin asked and Namjoon shook his head.

"It hasn't been a day since he went missing and plus, it is not like he is kidnapped, right?" he asked and we all nodded. But what if something bad happens to him? I wouldn't forgive myself at all. I hope he is safe and—

Suddenly someone punched my face and I fell to the ground. They kicked me and I groaned from the pain in my ribs. I looked up and saw Jimin glaring at him, his hands  balled into fist as he tried to punch and kick me again, but was held back by the rest. Namjoon helped me up to my feet and I clutched my side as the pain started to make me dizzy. Just how strong is he?!

"Why the heck did you even do that, you asshole!?" he snapped at me and I just looked at the ground, too ashamed to look up, "If you hadn't done that, none of this shit would have happened."

"I know," I mumbled and my hands clutched the hem of my shirt, "I did something that I never intended to do. I...I am sorry."

"Why the f**k are you saying sorry to me, you piece of shit?!" he yelled and I bit my lower lip as I felt him glare at me with hatred, "What if something happens to him, huh? What if he won't live to see another day? What if—"

"Don't say that," I interrupted and looked up at him, "I will find him and bring him back."

"Huh? Bring him back?" he let out a dark, menacing chuckle and glared at me, "Don't say shit! Don't say things you don't even f**king mean. I let you have him because I f**king trusted you to love him and take care of him. I still loved him and seeing him with you everyday f**king pained. But I believed in you. I believed that you will be there for him every time and every day."

He smiled, but that smiled turned into a straight line as he gave me death stares, "No! You didn't even stay with him till the end. I fricking thought that you two will end up together, but like a coward, you ran away to America. I was a shit ass jerk to believe that you were a nice guy. You left off to America leaving that guy behind. You never knew how much he suffered that f**king day you left. He f**king loved you and when you left him, he cried for days and weeks. I just stood outside his door, to useless to even comfort him. Now do you feel happy?"

I looked down at the ground, unable to think, unable to act as I tried to digest the new information. He cried? All day? But...wasn't he the one who rejected me, then...why? But, did he feel the same pain I did?

"Are you happy now?!" he yelled at me and I tugged at my lower lip with my teeth, "Are you happy that he is gone now? All because of you. You only know how to make people suffer. You only know how—"

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW, HUH?!" I suddenly yelled, startling the others, "Every time we fight or something goes wrong, you always look from Taehyung's perspective and never mine. You all blame me for making Tae cry, but have any of you thought about me? Thought about how I never shed any tears or show any fricking pain? HAVE YOU!?"

They all looked at me, eyes widen open as they heard every single word I had to say out from deep within me. I continued, "All of you think that I am the reason Tae cries or suffers and everyone blames it on me. But what about me? WHAT ABOUT ME?! I SUFFERED MORE THAN HE DID! I CRIED MORE THAN HE DID! I F**KING HAD TO SUFFER MORE THAN HE DID WHEN HE REJECTED ME! HE F**KING REJECTED ME FOR NO GODDAMN REASON!

"I waited for him. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for him to come and tell me it was all a lie and that it was just a joke, but it wasn't! It fricking wasn't!" I glared at Jimin who was staring at me, emotionless, "I lost it. I lost my mind from that f**king thing called heartbreak. You were right when you said it pained. It f**king did. It broke me slowly and I am still breaking. Even now I am breaking, piece by piece I wither away into devil knows where."

I breathed heavily from all that shouting and then I realized something. I just let the cat out of the bag.

"Hold on," Suga said and looked at me, "What do you mean by 'he rejected me'?"

Shit! Shit! SHIT! This wasn't supposed to happen. I went all emotional and poured out the shit from within and now they know. They all know! All eyes were at me as they watch my eyes flick from one face to another, trembling with fear and fidgeting with my shirt.

"Uhmm...nothing?" I said and they squinted their eyes at me and I gulped, "Okay, okay. Fine. You caught me. I...I do have some-something to tell...I guess."

"What is it?" Yoongi asked and they surrounded me. I sighed and looked at all of them or maybe just at Yoongi who was in front of me, "I...I asked him to be my boyfriend."

"Hold on," Suga raised his hand and stared at me, "Can you repeat that sentence again?"

"I asked him to be my boy..." I stopped and they stared at me, "My boy...boy—"

"Boy what?" Jin asked me and I rolled my eyes, "Are you going to adopt him?"

"What? No!" I said and slapped my forehead, "I asked him to be my...my boyfriend."

"YOUR WHAT?!" they all yelled at me.

"I TOLD YOU TWICE, CHICKEN HEADS!" I yelled back and they turned silent.

"If you asked him to be your boyfriend, then why the heck did you get engaged to Leishi?" Hobi asked me and again they stared at me for answers.

"You didn't hear the entire story," I said and they all inched closer to me, waiting to hear what comes next, "I asked him to be my boyfriend and told him to give me the answer in three days time. However on the third day, he came up to me and he was like 'NO!'. So that's practically everything."

I looked up at them and they were all gaping at me. I fiddled with my finger, waiting for a response from them.

"He..." Jimin broke the silence and buried his face in his hands, "He rejected you?"

"But I thought...," Yoongi said and ran a hand through his hair, "He said to me that he liked you."

"Even I heard him say that," I said and they all had their eyes wide open, "I mean, I heard him say that to some lady and that's another story to be told some other day."

"Wait, was it that day when Jimin threatened Taehyung to come back fast or else he will make lose his virginity to a stick?" Yoongi asked and I nodded. 

"Yeah, I guess."

"Okay can we talk about the rejection part?" Jin suddenly asked and received a death glare from Hobi, "What? Taehyung is still missing and we got to discover why these two hate each other."

"I don't know why he rejected me, but he said that we were never meant to be with one another and—" I stopped as I felt a lump in my throat and the tears urging to burst out. I try to gulp down the heavy lump, but it pained a lot.

"He...I—him and I...We..." the words were muddled in my head and I couldn't speak it out at all. I was about to cry again when suddenly I felt a pair of arms around me. I looked down and saw Jimin hugging me. He was crying and his tears stained the front of my shirt.

"Jimin?" I whispered and he looked at me. His eyes were glassy and his nose was...disgusting! Gross! All the shitty mucus must be on my shirt.

"STOP GIVING ME THAT DISGUSTING FACE, IDIOT!" he whacked my head and I winced in pain.

"Sorry?" I said and he buried his face in my chest. I could feel someone glaring at me and I didn't need to look up to see who it was.

"I should be the one saying sorry," he snorted and pulled away. He wiped his tears with his sleeves and continued, "I always thought you were one of those guys who would use a person and then throw them away. I was scared of letting Taehyung near you, but lucky for me, he hated you a lot. But after that one kiss, you guys seem to get closer and closer and my fear began to grow more and more.

"I was scared he would get hurt because of you, but some part of me wanted to believe that you will take care of him. That was the reason why I got pissed at you when I saw Taehyung lifeless for two months. I did not know that...that this happened between you both."

"It's okay, hyung," I smiled and hugged him back, "You are his friend and I understand."

"I AM SORRY, JUNGKOOKIE!" he wailed and began to cry even more. It took us half an hour to calm him down and also to rip him away from me.

"I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry..." he kept muttering and I forgave him probably a million times.

"I need explanation from Jimin afterwards about him and Taehyung," Yoongi said and turned to me, "Time to go find Taehyung."

"YES!" we all yelled except for Jimin who was still chanting those three words.

"Okay, let's make a plan," Namjoon said and we formed a circle and listened to him, "There are seven of us. So we need to come up with a plan. Hobi and Suga will check the north, Yoongi and Jimin will check the south, Jungkook will look wherever he wants to and Jin and I are going to the west."

"So, I have to go east," I said and they nodded. Why the shit did he say 'wherever' instead of east?

"LET'S GO!" we all yelled and headed towards the door when suddenly I felt my phone vibrate. I took it out and stared at the Caller ID.

TaeTae🖤

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