Nghe không rỏ shouts đi kèm với mùi mốc của rượu thêm ngày đáng kể vào sự sợ hãi lan rộng khắp cơ thể của mình. Gritting răng của ông, Taehyung quickens của mình tốc độ, flinching lúc mỗi scream vang thông qua nhà. Tôi đến mẹ. Đi thôi, tôi đang đến đây. Ông không phải là ngạc nhiên bởi những cảnh mà chào đón ông khi ông đến phòng, nhưng nó vẫn còn làm cho sôi đủ cho anh ta để lấy một chai bia và phá vỡ nó vào các cạnh của bảng máu của mình. Các mảnh vỡ nhỏ thủy tinh bay ở cánh tay của mình và cắt da của mình không faze anh ta, và không phải không thực tế rằng đó là cha của ông, mà ông có thể đi vào tù cho điều này, bởi vì ông đã có đủ.Không. Namjoon, chúng tôi đã nói chuyện về việc này. Điều này không thể đi.""Hyung, xin vui lòng. Chỉ cần xem xét nó, ít vì lợi ích của chúng tôi."Seokjin thở dài và đặt xuống các món ăn mà ông đã xử lý. "Bạn biết rằng tôi làm tất cả mọi thứ với tất cả các lợi ích tốt nhất của bạn trong tâm trí, Namjoon. Sáu của bạn là tất cả tôi có. Nhưng điều này... chúng tôi đã tại quá sâu. Bạn biết những gì sẽ xảy ra nếu chúng tôi đi vào tình trạng lấp lửng không bạn? Vâng, chúng ta sẽ quên tất cả các lo lắng của chúng tôi. Có, chúng tôi có thể sẽ rất nhiều hạnh phúc hơn. Nhưng bạn có biết nó là nguy hiểm như thế nào? Nó là quá nguy hiểm."Namjoon drags his fingers through his hair and drops himself onto the nearest chair. “I know, hyung. But…Tae. He called me yesterday. His parents’ projections had appeared again. It was that exact same scene, his dad getting drunk and hitting his mum, him grabbing a broken bottle and stabbing the guy… When I found him, his hands were covered in blood and he was shivering so badly. I can’t…I can’t let him go through that again. And the others too. You know it hyung, I know you’ve seen all the problems coming back, and they’re all getting worse. That’s reality catching up with them, and the only way to escape is to go into Limbo. Please, hyung.”And Seokjin does know. He’d seen Namjoon carrying Taehyung back that day, the latter refusing to talk and spending the rest of the day wrapped in a bundle of blankets with a dead look in his eyes. He’d also noticed the increasing number of hours Jimin spends in the toilet as freezing cold water seeps out from beneath the door, the new sets of garish purple bruises blooming on Jungkook’s skin everytime he comes home at night, the new marks and tears on Yoongi’s wallpaper and the scrawled words underneath that make no sense to anyone else but mean the whole world to Yoongi…Yoongi’s habit of flicking his lighter on and off has also returned, and so has Hoseok’s habit of pouring out his pills and fumbling with them for no particular reason. And Seokjin knows that Namjoon, too, has started to have trouble staying away from the stash of cigarettes hidden at the bottom of his wardrobe. The lollipops just don’t do the trick for him anymore. These dreams, like the lollipops, are just substitutes of the cruel reality that would catch up with them each time, sooner or later. But Limbo, on the other hand…Massaging his temple, Seokjin squeezes his eyes shut, considering the options. But there’s no point, really. He already knows what he would choose. Those kids deserve all the happiness in the world, and who is Seokjin to deny them that? Turning on the tap, he let the cool water caress the faint red marks on his hands and sighs for the umpteenth time.“Fine.” ----- “Hyung.”Seokjin looks up and and is greeted by the sight of blood staining the boy’s cheeks, hands and clothes. He hates how this isn’t even shocking anymore, hates how it’s becoming a constant occurence, and he understands how Namjoon feels. An ache settles in his chest as he takes in Taehyung’s shaking form, shoulders slumped and lower lip quivering. Wrapping an arm around him, Seokjin leads him to one of the couches.“Guys, Tae’s here.” All of them turn around, and it takes less than five seconds before Namjoon rushes over and settles down next to the shivering boy, wrapping a blanket around him. Pulling Taehyung’s bloodstained hoodie off, Seokjin hands him a denim jacket to change into. “Let’s do it earlier today.”The others are more than willing to oblige, and they all settle into the seats. Seokjin feels a head resting on his shoulder and turns to see Hoseok already starting to fall asleep. Smiling fondly, he pulls up the blanket to cover both of them properly. “You did it to protect her. It’s ok.” Namjoon rubs Taehyung’s arm and presses a soft kiss onto his forehead. “It’s not ok, hyung. The police are after me. They’ll come and catch me.” Taehyung’s voice breaks a little and tears spring into his eyes. “I won’t let them.” Namjoon reaches over and wipes his dongsaeng’s tears away. That one simple sentence seems to put Taehyung’s mind at ease as his lips curve into a small smile and he lets his eyelids flutter shut.“It will be better when we get there. I promise.”
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