Chapter 53- Taehyun

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A loner.

An outcast.

More tears dropped onto the carpeted floor. Tears coming from Taehyun.

I hate this place so much, yet I came here! Shouldn't I be proud of myself for coming to this place?? I could've turned down the mission, but I didn't!

More shouts rang through Taehyun's ears.

"HOW CAN WE TRUST YOU?? YOU LIED TO US!!"

"WHAT IF YOU LED US HERE TO KILL US?!"

"DID YOU HELP THE ROBBERS DESTROY THE PALACE??"

"YOU LIAR!"

"I thought we were friends..."

The last comment hit Taehyun the hardest.

All I ever wanted was someone to understand me.

A friend.

Is that too much to ask for??

Are my parents right???

Shouts still echoed off the walls.

Taehyun felt himself spacing out. It happened often, he knew that.

Taehyun squeezed his eyes shut and waited for the awful memories to invade his mind.

(Flashback)

~~Blood.

All Taehyun could see was blood.

Blood stained his clothes, hair, face, and hands. The walls of the room he was in was also splattered in blood.

The blood of another person.

He tried to feel a hint of accomplishment.

Anything.

Instead of feeling proud, guilt seeped through his bones.

He cried.

He cried his lungs out.

"I just killed someone!" little Taehyun said under his breath.

He didn't want to do this, but he had no choice.

Taehyun crumpled onto the floor, his tears joining the blood on the floor.

The door of the room slowly creaked open. A man and a women stepped into the room.

"A-are you proud of m-me?" the little boy hiccuped.

The man's nose scrunched in distaste. "Why are you crying little boy?!? There isn't anything to be sad about!"

Taehyun looked up to meet his parents eyes. "I just k-killed someone, y-you said I would feel proud, but I d-don't."

His mother scoffed. "Pah! Crying is only for the weak! Get up little boy, you'll have to get used to this 'cuz this is only the beginning."

Taehyun wailed. "M-mommy, I don't like this! I d-don't wanna kill!"

"THEN YOU'LL NEVER FIT IN WITH US! YOU JUST BECAME A ROBBER LITTLE BOY, YOU HAVE TO MAN UP AND GET YOUR HANDS A LITTLE MESSY!" his father shrieked.

Taehyun couldn't stop the tears. They just kept flowing and flowing. He glanced at the body slumped against the wall.

The person Taehyun just killed.

The person was no older than five.

The same age as Taehyun.

Through his blurred vision, Taehyun could still make out the horrified expression on the little boys face.

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