Taehyung got off the couch when he noticed that Jisoo is no longer beside him. What happened last night immediately flashed into his mind.
A smile appeared on his face with the thought of it. It felt like he was put on a spell that he didn't know what happened after their intimate moment. He basically slept right after that while hugging her.
He was still naked except for the blanket on him. He immediately grabbed his clothes and put them on and rushed to Jisoo's room.
Soon as he reached her room, he frowned seeing the neatly done bed. To his surprise, her and his son's things are gone, leaving no trace in the room.
They left.
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After knowing that Jisoo left with his son, Taehyung went straight to her place.
Taehyung was knocking at the door repeatedly. After a few minutes, Jisoo finally opened the door.
Jisoo: "What are you doing here?" She asked coldly.
Taehyung: "I came to see you. Why did you leave?" He strode his way toward her and wrapped his arm around her small frame.
Jisoo wanted to free herself from the hug but she can't. He was hugging her tightly. The next thing she knows was the tears that she suddenly felt on her shoulder. He was crying.
Taehyung: "Jisoo, please don't leave me. I'm sorry for hurting you."His voice cracked.
Jisoo's heart swelled in misery. She wanted to hug him back but the pain of the past she was carrying was too much.
What should she do now?
Jisoo slowly removed his arms from her.
Jisoo: "The pain that I felt is not something I can easily forget, Taehyung. You don't realize what I had to go through." She said with tears that started to well up in his eyes.
Taehyung: "Baby, I know and I'm sorry." He answered while gently holding her hands.
Jisoo: "You said you will not leave me. That you will fight for me... for our relationship. But you left!" Her voice raised.
Jisoo started crying remembering the past.
Taehyung: "Ji, I'm sorry okay? I did fight for our relationship. I- I just had to leave to fulfill my responsibilities to my parents first. You know they were preparing me to take over our businesses and leaving the country at that time is the first step." He explained.
Jisoo: "And you didn't tell me that you had to leave that long? You didn't bother to explain to me when we were together?! You left just like that and what? All you did was send a piece of paper with your nonsense explanation!" She yelled.
Taehyung froze as he watched her explain with hatred. No one to blame but himself.
Jisoo: "You said on your letter that you will be back in a year but what? Huh? You never came! You're a liar!" She was yelling.
Taehyung: "Jisoo, please." He started, trying to get close to her but she stepped back.
Jisoo: "You would never understand how I feel when you left. How difficult it was for me especially having a baby. I almost took my life because of emptiness, Taehyung. Do you know that?!"
Hearing what she said made Taehyung's heart ache. He knew that she was hurt more than he do.
Taehyung: "I know I hurt you but I was too. Do you think it was easy for me to live far away from you? Away from our son?"
He said, looking miserably.
Taehyung: "I was a coward I know. I didn't have the courage to explain to you what was about to happen because even I was not ready." He explained.
Taehyung: "Dad did not want me to have any distractions and so he made sure to cut all my communications with you. I tried to negotiate, Ji. You won't believe but I tried."
He was in distress.
Taehyung: "You know my dad right? He controls everything and I didn't had the power to go against him at the time." He sigh.
Taehyung: "All I can do is to arrange for people to look after you. When I learned that you left my place I made sure that you can find a place right away. I knew that you don't want to be a burden to your mom that's why you find a place on your own." He started explaining.
Taehyung: "You really liked this place, right? But you were worried that it will cost you so much so I had to arrange everything. You were surprised that you got this place at a low price with flexible terms. You were even confused that the old lady who lives next to you is treating you so kindly and always offers her help to look after our son without anything in return. Ji, the old lady next door is the same person who took care of me when I was a child. I had to get her here to have someone accompany you."
Jisoo was shocked. She was speechless. She's not ready for this confession.
Taehyung: "Then you got a job from the school, you wondered how you get a job so easily even without a background. The owner of that school is my uncle." He continued.
Taehyung: "I can go on with everything that I had to do to make sure that you are in a good place but it's not important anymore. I did those not because you can't live alone but I had to do it to put my heart at ease. I had to do everything to support you without you knowing it. I knew that I hurt you and telling you these is not enough to make things right."
From looking at him to looking away. It's hard for her to comprehend what he just said.
Jisoo was breathing heavily. She can't seem to process what she just heard.
"So he knows everything? All the good things that happened to me these years was because of him?" Her mind is caught up with a lot of thoughts.
Jisoo: "You knew everything? Then why? Why didn't you just reached out me instead? Why Taehyung?" She questioned him with tears falling down her cheeks.
Taehyung: "Baby, I just can't. My dad.." He sighs deeply.
Taehyung: "I had to abide by his terms, babe. It was not easy. I had to take a risk to find ways to make sure that you and our baby is okay. That's all that I could do since I cannot be physically with you, love."
Jisoo was stunned. Hearing all these makes her dizzy.
Taehyung slowly walked towards her and gently held her face.
Taehyung: "But I'm here now. I'm back and no one can separate us again." He said, looking at her lovingly.
He wiped her tears and then said.
Taehyung: "Let's start over, okay? You still love me, right?"