"Kim Taehyung." The deep voice calls.
Lifting his brown eyes, his dark hair hangs over them in solemn. Emotionlessly he follows the voice. The blank white walls driving him crazier than he already is.
His dark orbs stay low, afraid of looking at someone the wrong way. He feels like an outsider. An outsider that belonged in a place like this.
"This is your room. You're free to talk to your cell mates in the same hall as you. These are your clothes." The man says placing a pair of neatly folded grey pants and a shirt. "But for now we'll have to complete some orientation."
Taehyung doesn't say anything, giving him a silent nod. He follows obediently to another room. There are a number of people, sitting around in a circle in chairs.
He shuffles a little more behind the large man in front of him in fear of drawing attention to himself.
"My name is Byun Baekhyun." A boy with dark hair says. His eyes are alluring, and Taehyung has a hard time looking away. He can't help but think they look similar.
"Hi Baekhyun." The group replies.
"Hi. I suffer from depression." He says.
They move onto the next person. Taehyung finds himself watching curiously. The man is fit, dark hair, cold brown eyes.
"My name is Jeon Jungkook..."
The rest of his voice is drowned out when the man in front of him turns to face him.
"These are your roommates. Most of them are going through the Same as you. The idea is you guys create a bond and work through your problems together. You'll be joining them tomorrow morning for a session. Any questions?" The tall man gives a dimpled smile.
"No." Taehyung answers simply. Glancing over the guys shoulder. "Thanks mister..." he searches for a name tag.
"Namjoon. Kim Namjoon." He extends his hand.
"Thanks." Taehyung nods.
•THE SUMMER OF 2006•
*RINGGGGG*
The school bell rings causing a flood of students to rush out of the school. Some run to their parents others meet up with their friends.
Except Taehyung did neither of those. Keeping his head low the short boy clutched tightly onto the handles of his backpack. Walking home he hoped alone that no one would be following him.
He was about a few feet away from his house when he heard a voice call his name. It makes him freeze, closing his eyes tightly.
So close. Taehyung thinks.
"Yah Kim Taehyung, where you headed?" The voice says tauntingly.
"H-home." He replies quietly.
"Without saying hi to me? I thought we were friends." The boy says hopping off his bike to stand in front of him.
Taehyung cowers in fear. The boy was much taller than he was, an intimidating look in his eye.
"H-hi Yifan." Taehyung stutters.
"How many times do I have to tell you it's Kris!" The boy says angrily, shoving him making Taehyung fall.
"I'm s-sorry." Tae feels his lip tremble.
"Oh you're gonna cry now little bitch? I'll give you something to cry about!" Kris growls Raising his fist.
Taehyung closes his eyes tightly awaiting the familiar impact.
"HEY! What are you doing? Get away from him!"
Soon enough Kris being pushed away from Taehyung. A sweet little voice cussing him out until he left them alone.
Slowly opening his eyes he's met with an angel. Her pale skin was glowing, light pink lips, perfect hair.
"Are you okay?" Jisoo asks holding her hand out in concern.
Taehyung swallows and takes it, giving her a nod as he stands up.
"Your hands are cut." Jisoo frowns, grabbing a hold of his hand to inspect the scrapped up palm. "We should clean them."
Nodding again, he follows Jisoo into his house. The younger girl has been in it many times before. To the point where Taehyung saw her more than he didn't.
"Jichu? What are you doing here?" A voice says from the living room.
Unfortunately, she wasn't always around here for him. He definitely had a crush on her, but she didn't like him back. How could she? He was a shy person, who only watched anime and played video games.
In fact he probably only had one real friend named Min Yoongi, and even then they only played video games together.
"I wanted to surprise since you were sick." Jisoo smiles giving Jennie a hug.
Jennie was his little sister, less than a year apart (clearly she was an accident) but their parents were ecstatic to be having a girl nonetheless.
She also happened to be Jisoo's best friend since they met in second grade.
"That's so sweet Jichu, this is why I love you!" Jennie grins kissing her cheek. He doesn't miss the way Jisoo blushes with a shy smile.
Just his luck.
Sighing loudly he gains the attention of the two girls. Jennie finally notices him.
"Hi Oppa. You're home early." A ten year old Jennie says.
"Yeah. I was in a rush," Taehyung shrugs.
"Oh I told Tae oppa I would clean his scrape." Jisoo says looking over at him for the first time they stepped into the room. That's usually what happened when Jennie was in the same room.
Before Jennie could say anything Taehyung interrupts. "It's okay Jisoo. I can do it myself." He says.
"Nonsense. I'll do it. Wait here Jendeukie. I'm gonna sleep over if that's okay." Jisoo says.
"Of course you can." Jennie smiles.
"Should we get the air mattress?" Jisoo asks.
"There's no point. You just end up sleeping in my bed anyways." Jennie chuckles looking at her with a dreamy smile.
Taehyung hates the way light pink blush covers Jisoo's cheeks.
"Come on Taehyung, lets get you cleaned up." Jisoo smiles taking his hand leading him to the kitchen. "We'll be back Jendeuk." She says over her shoulder.
His hand fits in hers, it gives him a warm tingling feeling in the tips of his fingers. He never wants to let go.
Unfortunately for him Jisoo does. "Sit here I'll get the first aid." She says.
After grabbing the kit Jisoo sits on the chair next to him. Opening up his hand he reveals a pink scraped palm that makes Jisoo grimace.
Gently holding it, she lifts the cotton swab to it. "This May hurt a little." She warns.
Taehyung's face scrunches in pain the moment he feels the burn of the alcohol cleanser.
"You okay?" Jisoo asks softly.
Nodding frantically, it's not really convincing but Jisoo doesn't question it.
Quickly finishing up she bandages is it up. "Does it still hurt?"
"A little." He admits. "Thanks for helping me though."
"Anytime." Jisoo smiles. "Does he always pick on you?"
Taehyung gives her a timid nod.
"What's his name?"
"Wu Yifan." Taehyung says quietly.
"We should report him." Jisoo says.
"No!" Taehyung opposes immediately. "Sorry it's just...it'll be worse." He whispers.
"But Maybe it won't be," Jisoo offers. "Don't you want help?"
"You helping me is enough." Taehyung says. The eleven year old cant help the heat that rises in his cheeks noticing how close they've gotten. "Have you ever kissed anyone before?" He whispers.
"No." Jisoo giggles at such a silly thought. "Have you?"
"No." Taehyung shakes his head. "I heard that it's nice."
"Me too. My eomma says she misses my Appa's kisses sometimes." Jisoo smiles, her feet swaying back and forth as she wonders what it'd be like to kiss someone she loves.
"C-can w-we try? I want to see what it's like." Taehyung says shyly.
"But we don't love each other. My eomma says you have to love someone to kiss them." Jisoo frowns.
It's breaks Taehyung's heart in two.
"But I want to feel happy again." The boy says looking down at his feet.
"You will be happy if you kiss me?" Jisoo asks.
"I think so. Think of it as a thank you for taking care of me." Tae says.
"Okay," Jisoo shrugs.
"Okay?" His eyes widen.
Jisoo gives him a nod, turning to face him. She closes her eyes and waits.
Taehyung can't believe it. The moment he's been waiting for was finally here. Hesitantly, he leans forward closing his eyes. The intoxicating scent of Jisoo growing stronger as he nears.
Just before he could touch her lips with his they're interrupted.
"Jichu! I have something for you in the tree house!" Jennie's voice rings through the house.
Popping her eyes open with a bright smile Jisoo hops off the stool. "Yay! I love surprises!" She cheers running to Jennie.
And just like that he's forgotten by her all over again. All because of Jennie. He loves his little sister, but he envy's the attention and love she receives from Jisoo.
What he didn't know was that Jisoo would go to that treehouse and share her first kiss with someone she loved.
Kim Jennie.
•PRESENT DAY•
*RINGGGGG*
"Hey you Okay greenie you seem a bit lost." Someone pats his shoulder.
Looking up from his tray of food he realizes that the bell signalled the end of lunch and his food remained untouched.
"Yeah..." He lies.
"I'm Jeon Jungkook." The boy says offering a hand.
"Kim Taehyung." He exchanges.
"Are you not gonna eat or something?" Jungkook motions to his tray.
"I'm not hungry." Taehyung says.
"Okay Greenie. Suit yourself."
He watches as Jungkook scoops some of the food into his mouth until his cheeks are full.
"Why are you calling me greenie?"
"Cause you're new, and that's what we call you guys." Jungkook says between chewing.
"How long have you been here? You seem young." Taehyung asks.
"None of your business Greenie." Jungkook says.
"At least tell me how old you are. I may be your hyung." Taehyung says.
"You really think I care about honourifics in a place like this?" Jungkook looks at him for the first time since he started eating.
"I care." Taehyung frowns.
"You must be one of those rich boys that got everything he wanted." Jungkook rolls his eyes, turning back to his food.
"You don't know me."
"I know enough." Jungkook says.
It gets Taehyung thinking (unfortunately), Maybe Jungkook was right.
His whole entire life he had gotten everything he had ever wanted. The perks of having loaded parents like his own.
But then he found something he couldn't have. Something he couldn't buy because she was priceless to him. It drove him mad not to have her. To have her slip away from him.
Kim Jisoo.
His life. His love. His everything.
Or as others would say.
His obsession.