Chapter 44: Every Mark, Etched in Skin ⚠️

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Like I can shield him from all of it.
Like I can keep him here.

Yoongi drops down beside us, arms wrapping around both of us, his face pressing into Taehyung's shoulder, his body shaking against ours.

His voice is hoarse, raw-
"We love you."

A deep, shuddering exhale.
"And I promise-"

His grip tightens.
"I will make them suffer for what they've done."

His breath is heavy.
"Even if it's the last thing I ever do."

It hurts. This is not just a story anymore.

This is a wound, wide open, bleeding out in front of us.

Tae isn't just reliving it.

We are breaking with him.

This is the kind of suffering that doesn't fade. The kind that stains the soul.

And now-now Yoongi is unraveling.

This is not just pain.
This is vengeance waiting to be unleashed.

Yoongi is shaking.

Not just his hands.
Not just his shoulders.
His entire body.

It's not just rage.
It's devastation.

It's the unbearable weight of knowing he wasn't there.

That he couldn't stop it.
That Taehyung suffered alone.

And now-
Now he is suffocating in it.

"I was tied up," Taehyung whispers.

The words barely carry.
Soft.
Quiet.

But they cut like a blade, sharp and brutal, slicing through the air.

"I kept screaming."

Something inside me breaks.

A sob rips out of me, my chest caving, air punching from my lungs.

My hands tremble where they cling to him, but he doesn't react.

Doesn't move.
Doesn't even breathe.

Yoongi makes a low, dark sound in his throat.

The kind of sound that isn't meant for words. Just fury.

"I don't know how many nights passed," Taehyung murmurs, staring at the floor.

His voice is empty.
Hollow.

Like a ghost recounting a life long gone.

"They didn't give me food. Or water."

Yoongi's entire body locks up.
His shoulders rise and fall with shallow, ragged breaths, his fingers twitching like he wants to tear the world apart with his bare hands.

His jaw clenches.
His eyes burn.

"I thought I was going to die there."
The last word breaks.

And that's when Yoongi shakes.
Not in anger.
But in pain.

His entire body shudders with it.

Like the agony in Taehyung's voice is physically crushing him.

Like he's feeling every second of it-
Every wound.
Every starving moment.

"Tae."
My voice cracks. A plea. A sob.
"Baby, no, please-"

But Taehyung just stares ahead.
Fingers flexing over the bear.

Lips parting like he wants to say something else-
But the words are stuck.
And then-
He's gone again.

And then-He's gone again

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