Learn To Be Real | KTH

Chapter 22

"Just go away. All four of you. You broke the trust I had with all of you and that's not something fixable. I don't want any of you around anymore." I mutter, tired of all the back and forth they're doing.

"Tae, please. We wanna apologize and we want you to come home. We've been worried sick about you since the moment you left. We wanna fix things, Tae." Jungkook speaks up softly, concern in his voice like he's had since that night we'd spoken in our room.

"Please, Tae. I... I'm sorry for all the nasty things I said and how rude I've been to you for the last few months. You have no idea how much I regret how shitty I treated you." Yoongi adds in, sounding saddened and hurt as well. I scoff quietly though, shaking my head.

"Three months, guys. Three fucking months of being put down and treated like shit from every fucking person I've known, and even those I don't. You six. Manager Nim. The media. All the fucking haters. None of you have any idea just how much you fucking hurt me. Just how low you all pushed me." I breathe out, trying not to snap again like I did yesterday in front of Miyeon. I don't want to let her down and I want to be strong for her.

"Tae, we understand that we hurt you-" Jimin starts. I shake my head though, cutting him off.

"You don't. Okay? You don't have a fucking clue what all you fucking did to me. You didn't just fucking hurt me. You all let me down. Every single one of you. We were a fucking team and you all abandoned me the moment the media turned their nasty fucking attention to me." I snap, squeezing Miyeon's hand in mine tightly in attempt to help ground myself. She looks over at me, moving back in the booth a bit so that she's closer to me before leaning into me. Closing my eyes lightly, I let go of her hand and wrap my arm around her waist as I lean into her as well, letting her rest her head on my chest.

"Taehyung, please just come home with us. We all want to apologize and fix things with you. We've already spoken with Manager Nim too." Jin hyung says in a gentle tone, seeming to still be the calmest one.

"No. I'm not going back there. You shattered any sort of trust I had with any of you. You let me down and fucking abandoned me when I needed you all the most. Miyeon's been the only one who's been there for me since I met her. She's been the one helping me and supporting me. I'm staying with her, she's not leaving like you want her to, and I'm not going back with you." I growl, glaring over at them. It's only now that I see just how concerned and desperate they look, surprise masking it though from my response.

"Tae, please. We all need to talk things out and everyone would like to have their chance to apologize. At least hear us out." Jin requests, seeming to be struggling not to lose his cool like the others already have. Miyeon looks up at me, leaning up and kissing my cheek lightly.

"Baby, maybe you should just agree. They clearly have things they'd like to say and get off their chest. It might be good for you to at least get some closure with everything that's happened between all of you, even if you aren't able to fix things with them. Besides, maybe if you agree then you can at the very least get them off your back and get them to leave you alone if nothing else. Just... maybe you should give it a try." She murmurs softly in my ear, pecking my lips gently before pulling away completely. I sigh quietly, seeing the hopefulness in her eyes as she awaits my answer.

"I don't wanna do it without you. You're the only reason I've been able to remotely pretend to be strong, and I won't make it if I go at it alone. And you're supposed to be getting back to work right now too." I mumble quietly, leaving the boys to simply watch and wonder what the hell we're discussing. She gives me a small smile, reaching up and ruffling my hair lightly.

"I can always leave early. My boss is still trying to wrap her head around the fact that I'm finally dating someone and is trying to push me to spend as much time with you as possible. It wouldn't be an issue for me to leave now and come with you, baby." Miyeon informs me, a light smile on her lips. Sighing softly, I shake my head at her.

"Okay. Fine. Just to get this over with and to be done with it all though. Just for you."