Jimin sighs in frustration and worrisome as he grabs his coat, a hat, and a mask before heading down the hall, he softly knocks and waits until he gets permission to come in, he runs his fingers through his hair "can I borrow your car" he softly asks, the other raises an eyebrow but searches for the keys and throws them to Jimin "where are you going this late, Hyung? the younger one asks, Jimin shakes his head "to pick up taehyung, he's at a bar" the other ticks his head "a bar?" he hums "he doesn't drink." jimin nods as he rubs his face "the disbandment is taking a toll on him, ggukie." he begins to close the door "ill be back soon, ill call if need anything." Jungkook turns back to playing overwatch "please be careful, Hyung"
Jimin puts on his shoes and heads out, he shivers from the coldness as he rushes to the car and gets in quickly, he turns on the ignition and rushes off to the city of Seoul.
It was quiet, a silent night as everyone was asleep in their beds at home, the blinking red and green lights shining off the ground as Jimin speeds to bring home his best friend. A little drive and he makes it there, he parks in front and hurries out as he puts on his mask and hat, hearing the music becoming louder and louder as he gets inside, he looks around and sighs when he sees no sign of taehyung. he grabs his phone from his back pocket.
Jimin grunts in annoyance as he shoves his phone into his back pocket and heads to the stairs quickly. he speeds up the stairs and takes a breath of air once he reaches the top, he enters the second-floor area as he scans the room filled with people, his eyes stop at the figure sitting at the bar and make his way through the loud music and drunken people.
"Kkot-bukkumi"
He shouts the nickname he always called Taehyung since young children, knowing they were public and still considered bts, he must keep low and not draw attention...
"kkot-bukkumi!" he gets closer as Taehyung looks behind him, his infamous box smile appears as he sees the other "heyyy!" he hugs Jimin "are you coming to drink with me?" he slurs out his words, Jimin sighs "no, let's go" he yells over the music "you're drunk, you need to come home" he softly grabs Taehyung's hand but the other pushes his hand away "no, I'm not going anywhere" Jimin groans and grabs taehyung "let's go, I'm not saying again," this time Taehyung pushes Jimin, causing him to stumble backward. grabbing attention and heads begin to turn. Jimin sighs and whispers "we can't make a scene here," his voice cracks "we are still considered bts and we can't be seen like this. please just come home" Taehyung laughs, in a mocking tone "we? bts? there is no such thing" he shouts, its the final straw for Jimin when he finally gives up, he looks at the bartender "how much is the tab?" he asks nicely, the bartender smiles "248,359 won" Jimin nods as he searches for his wallet and grabs some cash as he places it on the bar "keep the change, sorry for the disturbance" he says right before picking up Taehyung and throwing him over his shoulder and hurries downstairs and out of the bar, not caring to listen to whatever nonsense is pouring out of his best friends drunken mouth, he gets out the bar and heads over to his car, he opens the door and leans down to put taehyung in the passenger as he accidentally bumps his head on the way in "ow!" Taehyung whines "sorry," Jimin says before shutting the door and rushes to the driver side, he starts up the car and makes a u-turn in the middle of the street as he begins to head home "hey, when did you get a car?" taehyung chuckles "its Jungkook's." taehyung gasps "woow, the kid drives?" Jimin stays silent as drives home, too annoyed and upset to answer his best friend.
A little drive and they arrive home, Jimin parks the car, getting out and heading to the passenger side, he opens the door and helps Tae out and gets them inside, he takes them to his bed and lays the other down on the bed "you're sleeping here tonight" he sighs. taehyung chuckles "I always loved sleeping in your bed!" Jimin nods as he rubs his face "we will talk in the morning, Taehyung, go to sleep." he sits on the edge of the bed, face in the palm of his hands. he hates this, everything. the disbandment, his career, his dream, coming to an end. and now his best friend is losing control and drinking, he hates it, all of this. when did things become hard? when did things become stressful and dangerous? maybe it always has been, they were strong and ended up hitting the breakpoint, it was time... Jimin takes a deep breath as he wipes away the tears from his cheeks, throwing his phone and car keys on the nightstand as he slips into bed next to his sleeping best friend.
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The next morning, Jimin was woken when he felt Taehyung jump over him, rushing to the bathroom. he rubs his eyes sighing as he hears the other begin to get sick to his stomach, he tiredly gets up and heads to the kitchen, getting a glass of water and some pills. he hurries back to his best friend "here, take these and drink some water" he softly says before he grabs a wet cloth and wipes the others face, Taehyung breathes heavily as he swallows the pills and takes a sip of water "thanks" he sits against the wall quietly. Jimin sits against the sink with his arms crossed "what has gotten into you, Taehyung" the male asks curiously Taehyung shakes his head before taking a sip of his water "I'm fine" he lies "you don't drink, this isn't you." Jimin adds, Taehyung scuffs "sometimes you need a drink every now and then" Jimin rolls his eyes "please stop lying to me" taehyung groans as he gets off the floor "it doesn't matter Jimin, just let it go." he makes his way passed the other and out into the room, "it does to matter, Kim Taehyung" his Busan dialect slipping. he grabs taehyung by the wrist, stopping the other from leaving. he snatches away from Jimin before he swings at his best friend, Jimin dodges "nothing matters anymore, Park Jimin." he tries to hold back his tears "I lost my dreams as a singer, Jimin" he swings at Jimin again, this time not missing, the other stays quiet as he lets taehyung go "we promised" he hits him again "we always said we would forever seven" he throws anther punch, he watches Jimin wipe the blood from his mouth "we promised we do this for years, what happened?" he takes the final punch before Jimin grabs him and pulls him into a hug, he tries and struggles to get free "hey, Taehyung stop!" he shouts "just take a breath and stop, Taehyung please!" Taehyung stops struggling as he begins to cry into his best friends shoulder, Jimin pats his head, whispering calming words. "wha-what happened to us, Jimin?" he hiccups "where did we go wrong?" Jimin sniffles as he holds onto his best friend "we got older, Taehyung" he inhales "we were exhausted, you know you were hurting." taehyung stays quiet for another moment. "you still got me, KKot-bukkumi" taehyung smiles when he hears his nickname "I'm hurting too, Taehyung. we all are" Jimin wipes his cheeks "Taehyung, do you remember the promise we made when we were five years old?" Taehyung hums "I promise I would never leave you, no matter how tough it gets. we have been through hell together, we have been through so much together, we got to achieve our dreams and became worldwide singers," Jimin sniffles then chuckles "but at what cost? our health was on the line, we weren't okay anymore." Taehyung squeezes his eyes shut, trying to stop himself from crying anymore "bangtan was my home, you know?" he says softly, Jimin nods "I know, KKot-bukkumi" he sighs "but unfortunately things don't last forever." taehyung hiccups "but we promised.." Jimin sniffles "our bodies were breaking" he smiles a little as he gets an idea "how about we go back to Busan and see our family, hm? get away from everything, how does that sound?" Taehyung sighs, finally pulling away from his best friend "I'm not sure" he wipes his tears as he grabs a washcloth "lets first clean up your face, it's ugly" Jimin chuckles, causing the other to smile "well you decided to hit me"
Taehyung hums "you could have blocked, but you didn't"
