53. To Love or Not to love

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TAEHYUNG'S POV

"Uhmm...Why are you talking about that now?" I asked him as he raised an eyebrow at me. Why did he ask me that question when I just escaped death? What a mean guy!

"I got to know a part of it," he said and ran a hand through his hair in frustration, "I read your letter and—"

"YOU READ MY LETTER!?" I yelled and started to cough. Jungkook got up and gave me some a glass of water which I gulped down in seconds.

"Well, I accidently read it. It fell off from the back of the board and—But the point is, I got to know you were forced to say it. Someone forced you, right? Now you tell me, who was that someone?"

"I...I can't tell you who it is. I mean, I made a deal with them that I won't—"

"Okay, I will make things easier for you," Jungkook raised his hand and said, "My father told me what had happened. He told me that he blackmailed you and he forced you to break up with me."

"He did? But—"

"Now, can you tell me what exactly happened that night?" Jungkook asked me. I really didn't want to tell him that, but since he resigned from the company and cut ties with his father, I guess it was safe to tell him the truth.

I nodded and propped a pillow behind me before laying down in a comfortable position. Jungkook shuffled closer to me and let his hand roam through my hair.

"It all started when..."


"I AM GAY!" I yelled and I finally caught their attention. They stared at me and I gulped. Here it goes, "I am gay and I am in love with Jungkook. He loves me too. So...I am not marrying that ghost, okay?"

I heard my mom sigh and saw my dad bury his face in his hands. Oh god! What are they going to say? And why is that fricking cat in the TV staring at me?

"Get the money, loser!" my mom screamed at my father with joy. Huh? My dad groaned and walked to the bedroom and came back with his wallet.

"I seriously hate you," my dad muttered and handed the money over to my mother who snatched it and began to count it. Wait, hold on? I confessed something serious here and this is how they react. Wait, are they ignoring me like before? No way! What the heck!

"I said that I am—"

"WE KNOW!" they both yelled at me at the same time and I jumped in fright.

"So...are you guys going to kick me out?" I asked them and they both let out a sigh.

"Why will we kick you out if you are gay?" my father asked and shook his head, "Don't worry, Tae. We are not those kind of parents who are homophobic and kick our own children out of the house. I mean, who does that?"

"Homophobic bastards!" my mom said as she put the money back in her wallet, "Well, now we know you are gay so you are free to love whomever you want."

"You mean, you guys accept me?" I asked them and they nodded. The heavy burden of being gay was finally lifted off of my shoulders as I ran up to them and hugged them tightly. My parents were sort of confused on why I did that, but they had no clue how delighted I was when they accepted me.

"But, what was the money about?" I asked them. My dad groaned and face-palmed himself, while my mom grinned at him.

"When you first said that you were gay, we were totally shocked," my mom started and leaned back on the couch while watching the drama on TV, "But we thought that it must have been some kind of joke or misunderstanding so we forgot about it.

"Later, when we saw you hanging out with only guys and always screaming in the night saying stuff like 'Zeref! You are so hot!' or something like, 'I love anime boy's abs!'"

"I never said that," I pouted and tried to hide my embarrassed face. My mom gave me the annoyed look and shook her head.

"Anyways, we finally came to the conclusion that you were gay. Well, that's the end of the story."

"That's it. Then what was that money thing all about?" I asked her as she let out a cackle.

"That was a bet in which your father, unfortunately, lost," she said and pointed at my father who was sulking in one corner, "Okay, I am tired of talking. I need to see what this male lead idiot does next. Continue with the bet story."

My father sighed and sat beside me on the couch, "Like your mother said, it was a bet. When we got to know you were gay, we believed that you might have found someone and we wanted to find out who it was. We saw that you were close to Jimin and Jungkook, so then we thought it might be one of them. I said that you were gay for Jimin while your mother said that you were gay for Jungkook. Turns out your mom was right about it."

My mom laughed loudly and pointed at him again, "What a loser! Jimin is his best friend, idiot! Why will he date his best friend? And I am pretty sure Jimin is straight."

"Uhmm...actually, Jimin is gay and he asked me out a long time ago," I said and there was an awkward silence in the living room. My mom and dad stared at me while I looked straight at the male lead who was running away from a car.

"Jimin...is gay?" my mom muttered and then suddenly, my dad laughed loud and began to bang his fist on the table.

"I TOLD YOU, BIATCH!" my dad yelled at my mom who scoffed at him, "I knew it! Jimin always gave that sort of flirty look towards Tae, so I knew he had a crush on him. Now who's the winner?!"

"But he didn't become his boyfriend. The point of the bet was to find out who he was whipped for and it was Jungkook," my mom argued at my dad who just waved it away.

"But Jimin was first."

"He wasn't whipped for Jimin."

"And how do you know that?" They turned to me and waited for my answer. 

"I rejected him," when I said that, my mom roared with laughter while my dad glared at me.

"Why the heck didn't you date him?" my dad cried out and fell to the floor with his head bowed down low. My mom was wheezing from laughing too much and she too fell down.

"What do you mean by that? I didn't feel that way with him, so that's why I rejected him," I said and he cried out even more. Gosh! I never seen him cry so much.

"Wait a second," my mom stopped laughing and turned to me, "You said that you liked Jungkook, right? Does he like you back?"

"Uhmm...yes. But we still haven't decided to be boyfriends. I mean, today is the day I am supposed to give him the answer."

"Then what are you waiting for?!" my mom yelled and pushed me towards the front door, "Go and say 'Yes' and get my son-in-law back to the house."

"Really?" I asked as I turned around and faced her, "You will really accept us?"

"Obviously," she smiled and ruffled my hair, "As long as you are happy around him, I will accept you both." I sobbed and hugged my mom tightly. She hugged me back and my dad too hugged me from behind.

"Go and get him Tae bear," my dad said and I nodded.

"Kya~" my mom squealed with joy as she twirled around, "My son-in-law is Jungkook. I don't know how he fell in love with a dumb person like Taehyung, but who cares! Jungkook is going to be part of the family. Yippee!"

I softly chuckled and made my way out of the door. I sighed and smiled to myself. Finally! I can finally be with him. My phone buzzed and I fished it out of my pocket.

Kookie babes💞

You know what is today😉


I smiled as my thumbs began to type back to his text.

Me

Your bday?

Kookie babes💞

Want me to kiss you?😠

Yes!

Me

Ohhhh!!
Three days!!!

Kookie babes💞

Yes! So...the answer?

Me

Let's meet!!!!😄

Kookie babes💞

Okay...where?

Me

That cherry blossoms park.

Kookie babes💞

Perfect spot
Waiting for you
😘

Me

Wait, you are coming now?😳

Kookie babes💞

Yes!!
Can't wait!!!🤩

Me

Okay!
I am leaving now
See you there!!!🤗

Kookie babes💞

Love you babe😘

Me

Bleh!😝

Kookie babes💞

Love you too!!!😜


I smiled and skipped down the steps. I can't wait to tell him the truth. I walked with a skip in my step and a huge smile on my face. I was finally going to be with him forever. Just as I turned around the corner, a black car blocked my path. What's this?

I stood still and suddenly my brain began to overthink. Kidnappers? Robbers? Mafias? My stalkers? Or probably they are here to kill me? WHAT?!

I turned around and was going to head back in the other direction when suddenly a person got out and called out my name, "Taehyung."

How does he know my name? I bet it is my stalker! I turned around and came face to face with a man who looked a lot older than I was. Not so old, but he was somewhere around my dad's age. So not a stalker, then the stalker's father!?

"How do you know me?" I asked him and he held out his hand to the side as a person beside him took out a file and handed it over to him.

"You are Jungkook's friend, right?" he asked me and I gasped when he said that. How did he know that? "I am his father, Jeon Sung-ho."

"Jungkook's father?" he nodded and crossed his arms in front of his chest, "Uhmm...so why are you here?"

"We need to talk. Just the two of us."

"But I need to meet Jungkook now and...I have to go," I said and turned around. So this was Jungkook's father, the one who Jungkook hates a lot. I need to get out of here because that man has one of the most scariest looks in the whole world.

"Kim Taehyung. Son of Kim Bong-Cha and Kim Ji-Ho. Right after being born, Kim Taehyung was kidnapped from the hospital in Osaka, Japan in the middle of the night and—"

"STOP!" I yelled and he looked up from the file and smirked, "How...How do you know that?"

"There was a news channel in Osaka which was infamous for revealing the deep secrets within that place. When they got to know about this case, they began to search more about it, but soon someone shut that company down. It was only spread to Osaka and no where else. I was there when the news came out, so I remembered your name. Who would have thought that the person Jungkook loves is the same boy who got kidnapped and his story was never told?"

"How did you get the information?" I glared at him as he grinned.

"Simple. My men scouted out the people who used to work in that company and I squeezed out the news from them," he smirked at me and waved the file in front of my nose, "This was just a simple kidnapping case, then why would someone shut down an entire channel because of this?Unless—"

"There must be a reason why you got this," I said as I glared at his wicked, dark eyes, "What do you want?"

"Simple. Get away from Jungkook." When he said that, my heart suddenly became heavy and I felt a huge lump in my throat. 

"G-Get aw-away from-from Jungkook?" I asked him and he nodded.

"Yes. That's what I want you to do. I want you to separate yourself from Jungkook and make sure you never ever see him," he replied back. I bit my lip and looked down at the ground. 

I would have refused his offer and ran off to Jungkook, but this is Jeon Sung-ho, one of the biggest business man in the world. If I refuse him, he might do something worse than this and plus, this kidnapping thing was never supposed to be leaked out to the world. Mom said that if the world gets to know about this, then I might die at a young age. 

But to get away from Jungkook, how can I do that? I mean...I...I love him.

"If you refuse, you know the consequences," he whispered into my ear and I gulped. Yes, I did know. But will I be able to survive when I leave Jungkook? What will Jungkook say to that? How will he react to it?

"Can't you give me few more days to think about it?" I asked him, but he shook his head.

"Either tell me now or else this will leak out to the entire world. You don't want anyone to know about it, right?" I nodded and looked back at the ground. To love or not to love...what should I choose?

"Leave him. It is for the best. The world doesn't accept two people of the same gender falling in love. That's why it is best for you to forget him and he will eventually forget you too. If you still want to love, then you both will suffer when the world goes against you. And also, you don't want him to get hurt because of your past, right? Leave him then."

No! I want to stay with Jungkook! That's what I want to say, but I can't. I am... I am scared. Sung-ho is right. If it leaks out, those kidnappers will be after me and they might hurt Jungkook too when they get to know I am close to him. If I need to protect him, then I need to...

"Fine. I will leave him," I said and he clapped his hand with joy.

"Fabulous! You have made the right decision. Now go and tell him you don't like him or say that you like someone else." With that, he walked back to his car and drove away. I bent down and began to cry at the thought of rejecting Jungkook. 

With a heavy heart, I walked to the park and I saw him, his cute bunny smile and his eyes gleaming with joy. He was sure of the answer, but he didn't know the twist. I kissed him one last time before I left him alone. And—


"OY! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING!?" I whacked his head when I saw him chatting on his phone. He winced at the hit and nodded.

"I was listening, idiot. I just told everyone that you were alive."

"Wait, are they going to come now?" I asked him and he nodded. Great! Just when I wanted some private time with Jungkook, he went and called them all. 

"Now that I know the truth, I am really going to cut ties with him," he said and softly chuckled to himself. Even though he looked serious about it, there was a slight tint of sorrow in his eyes. He must be devastated to know that his own father was the one to separate us. 

"You know," I said and he looked at me, "Even though I rejected you, my heart didn't wanted to leave you. That day, I ran back home and cried in my parents' arms...


"What happened, Tae?" my mom asked me as I cried onto her. My father stood behind me and kept patting my back to calm me down, but none of their words or actions could calm my aching heart.

"Did Jungkook reject you?" my dad asked and I cried out even more. My mom glared at him and slapped his hands away as she hugged me back.

"Tae, why don't you sit down and tell us everything?" she softly spoke to me and I nodded as we all sat down on the couch, except for my dad who was made to kneel on the floor as a punishment for making me cry. After some time of calming myself, I spoke up and told them what all had happened. In the end, their faces were masked by anger.

"That Sung-ho dog! I am going to kill him," my mom yelled and was about to go out, but was pushed back to her seat by my dad who shook his head.

"That guy is literally dominating the entire business segment and if we fight at him, he will just crush us with his immense power. Unless we use your—"

"Nope!" my mom interrupted and shook her head, "I won't allow it!"

"Allow what?" I asked them.

"Uhmm...n-nothing. Your father was just...was just talking bullshit. Right?" my mom said and looked at my dad who nodded after meeting her eyes.

"What is it? Tell me!" I begged them, but they simply shook their heads, "Please tell me! I will do anything to get back to Jungkook."

"Anything?" my mom asked and I nodded. Oh my god! Did I say anything? Shit! I bet she is going to tell me to ditch anime. 

"Then study," she said and I tilted my head in confusion. Study? The heck?! 

"If you study hard, then maybe you can beat Sung-ho," my dad said.

"But how is that even possible? I mean, will he even agree to write exams with me and—"

"DUMBASS!" they both yelled at me and slapped their foreheads. What did I even say?!

"We were thinking of beating Sung-ho in the business sector," my mom said and my dad continued, "If you study hard and choose to take business, then maybe you can bring down Sung-ho using your mother's company."

"Why my company?" my mom asked, but my dad ignored her and continued, "Sung-ho is one tough opponent to defeat. Also, that guy is one cocky bastard who has been bankrupting companies and buying them. Since your mom and I don't like him, we are willing to help you."

"Really?" they nodded and I squealed with joy, but I groaned when I realized something, "Do I really need to study?"

"As if I will allow you to become the C.E.O of my company like that itself. If I do that, then everyone would think that I am doing this just because your my son and then we won't be able to do it," my mom said and patted my shoulder when I sighed, "You want to get back at him? Then study!"

"Fine," I said.

"I heard his son is even worse than him," my mom suddenly said and I looked at her with confusion. Son? Isn't that...? 

"Exactly!" I turned to my dad who had his annoyed face on, "That brat is going to take over the company soon. I heard that he is a playboy who has flirted with thousands of girls." I stifled a laugh when I heard him say playboy.

"Even worse, I heard he is getting engaged to Leishi," my mom said and shook her head with disbelief, "Such a pretty girl with a guy like him." Okay, I think this should stop.

"I heard he was twenty seven years, but he still goes to school," my dad said and I gaped at him. What the heck are these rumors?

"This will happen to you too if you don't study," my mom said to me and I slapped my forehead.

"Do you know what is his son's name?" I asked them and they tapped their chins.

"I guess it is Jungle book," my mom said and I internally wanted to knock some sense into her. Jungle book? Seriously?! "Or maybe is it, Justin Bieber?"

"Justin Bieber is a singer, dumb lady," my dad said, "I guess his name is Justin Seagull."

"Justin Seagull is also a singer, idiot!" my mom barked at him and continued to think, "I guess his name must be—

"It's Jeon Jungkook," I said and they stared at me with shock, "Jeon Jungkook. Not Jungle book or some other shit."

"WHAT?!" they both yelled and I closed my ears when they began to scream.

"IMPOSSIBLE! SUCH A SWEET GUY IS SUNG-HO'S SON!?" my mom screamed and buried her face in a pillow. I thought you said he was worse than his father.

"OMG! NOT JUNGKOOK! HOW IS SUCH AN INNOCENT BOY A SON TO THAT DUCK-FACED GUY!?" my dad cried out and kept slapping his forehead. Innocent? You said that he was a playboy.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US BEFORE?!" my parents yelled at me and I sighed.

"I told

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