Heroes ~ Reader X Taehyung

Promise

"Y/N, please stop pacing. You're starting to look like Joonie." Yoongi warns monotonously from his seat in the living room/bedroom.

You stop walking in circles and look at him, your thumb still by your teeth. He gestures to Namjoon and you see that the man is also walking in repeating shapes whilst his brows are furrowed in concentration.

The rest of Bangtan sit beside Yoongi and have done for the half an hour you and Namjoon have been panicking since you found out you have powers.

"What's going to happen to me?" You ask and Yoongi shrugs.

"I should have noticed the signs. We all got sick like that before we acquired out powers." Namjoon mutters to himself.

You look down at your shaking hands that haven't stayed still for almost half an hour now. Your gaze is brought up when Tae slides his warm hands into yours. His smiles encouragingly at you.

"Don't worry about it. We'll figure out something." He says and you can't help but smile back at him, even through all your worry.

"This interferes with so many of my plans." Namjoon mutters again and you see Jin roll his eyes and stand up.

"Would you please shut up? Y/N has just experienced the biggest transformation of her life and you're worried about 'your plans'." Jin scolds him and turns to you. "I'm sorry Y/N, we should have known that being around us too much would affect you somehow."

"It's not your fault but... Namjoon what were your plans?" You ask and the leader looks at you.

He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. "I had hoped that tomorrow a few of us could go and scout your old family home. I want to know what he's planning."

You nod, the idea makes sense. You would have surely been asked to go with them, not that you would want to, ever.

"Maybe Y/N could join us?" Hobi asks and everyone in the room turns to face him.

"What?" Jin says.

"Well Y/N has powers like us now. She could always become like us; heroes, of a sort." Hobi says a little sheepishly.

The idea surprises you, but you find yourself liking it. Whatever your father is planning is has to be big if he wants you back. You'll take any possible advantage that you can have against him and learning to control your powers will definitely be an advantage.

"Absolutely not." Namjoon says sharply.

"Why?" You fire back.

"Because it requires putting you in danger." His reason causes you to scoff.

"I've lived in danger my whole life, if anything this will help me defend myself." You say and Namjoon gives you a hard stare which you quickly return.

"I'm alright with it." Says Yoongi as he stands up.

"Me too." Says Jimin.

"All those in favour of Y/N joining Bangtan, say infires." Yoongi calls out.

"INFIRES!" Jimin, Jin, Hobi and Jungkook say together. You smile at them but realise that Tae hasn't said anything. You look at him and he hesitates.

"...Infires." He says at last and nods.

Your smile turns into a winning grin and you look back at Namjoon with a look that says 'I've-won-and-you-know-it'. He sighs before putting his hands on his hips and nodding. You feel a hand on your shoulder and you turn your head to face Jin.

"Are you sure you want this Y/N?" He asks and you nod. 

Over his shoulder you see Tae looking at you.  You see something in his eyes that you can't quite place but he leaves the room before you get a proper look. You move round Jin and follow Tae.

You find him in his room sitting on his bed. He looks up at you when you enter.

"What is it?" You ask, noticing his strange behaviour.

He sighs and looks away again, mumbling something that you can't hear. You sit next to him and shake his shoulder until he faces you again. "What's wrong?" You ask again.

After a long silence he runs his hand though his hair and speaks. "I don't wan't you to be like us."

You're a little bit hurt but you push it down. "Why?"

Another sigh. "Being a hero isn't like you think. Sure, it can be amazing at times but... it can also be like a nightmare."

"What do you mean?"

He chokes out a laugh, full of spite. "I've done things Y/N. Things that no one should have to do. Things that no one should have to carry with them forever."

Your breath catches in your throat as you listen to him, he's hurting and you can tell. You shouldn't press him yet you still open your mouth. "You've.... killed, haven't you?"

He nods solemnly and sinks further into his regret, head in his hands.

"I've lost count... too many people." He mutters through his hands.

"Surely, they must have done terrible things." 

"They had, but it won't get rid of the pain."

You've had enough, you grab his hands off his face and bring it back so he faces you. You finally see what's in his eyes; fear. He's scared of the memories he has to relive, and scared for you, scared that you'll have to go through what he has. Your hands move up to hold the sides of his head and you lean your forehead against his.

"If you hadn't done what you did then those people would be hurting more people." You say, reassuring him.

You feel his hands rest on yours. "I can't let you do what I've done." He says, his breath ragged.

"I've seen worse. I've witnessed my father kill people in cold blood; innocent people." You feel his frown on your forehead. "I'll make a promise then."

"What?"

"I promise that I'll never kill a human being. I promise to always try and find away around it." 

You pull away and offer him your pinky finger. He looks at it hesitantly and his eyes flick up to yours. You give him a small smile.

"Alright." He locks his pinky finger with yours and returns the smile. "Welcome to Bangtan."

You leave Tae's room and close the door behind you.

"That was so anti-climatic." The voice comes from behind you and you whip your head round. 

Jin leans against the doorframe of the bathroom, shaking his head.

"Where you listening?!" You ask in disbelief.

"Seriously though, that was so adorable, reassuring each other and leaning your foreheads together... and then boom; not even a kiss." He tuts and you feel your cheeks heat up.

"Jin, we're not-"

"Oh yes I know 'you're not together'. Probably because the both of you are about as brave as blueberries when it comes to romance."

"I'm going to bed, goodnight Jin." You say whilst laughing and walking down the stairs.

"Not staying with Tae tonight?" He calls.

"GOODNIGHT, JIN!"

A/N
Sorry, it's been too long since I last posted. I've been feeling really uninspired to write recently so I apologise for the big gap.

Hope you're enjoying it so far!