Congratulations - Bogum
(Admin: Mitzy, this is not my greatest work, I hope that you still liked it anon)
You hold the award between both of your hands, bowing to the other actors around you. You brush your hair away from your face, taking your seat next to your co-star, Seo Kangjoon.
"Congratulations, you deserve it," Seojoon smiles, gesturing towards the trophy in your hands.
"I thought Song Hyekyo would win," you admit, "Encounter was really popular."
Kangjoon nods in agreement. A comfortable silence falls between the two of you as the show continues. By the time the show is over both you and him are ready to leave. You are stopped in the hall of the auditorium by another actor. You recognize him, anyone could, Park Bogum the "nation's boyfriend" titleholder. You are younger than him despite your earlier start in the industry.
"Congratulations on your award," he blurts, you smile gently humming.
"Thank you, I'm surprised you didn't get one yourself," you admit.
You look around realizing that Kangjoon had left you when you stopped to talk to Bogum. You let out a sigh, not that you expected your friend to wait, he had been complaining about wanting to leave for around an hour. He still could have at least mentioned that he was going to leave first.
"Something wrong?" Bogum asks looking around himself.
You shake your head: "Kangjoon isn't here, I was looking for him."
Bogum hums nodding his head, continuing to look around, in an attempt to find the odd-eyed actor. You pull your phone out of your bag laughing at the text Kangjoon sent you.
"He left, he said he'll take mt to lunch tomorrow to make up for not celebrating with me tonight," you laugh, turning your phone towards Bogum to show him the message.
"Sorry, did he leave because I stopped you?" Bogum murmurs, you shake your head.
"No, he's been ready to leave for hours now," you explain, brushing off his worries, "he doesn't like sitting in one place for a long time."
You can tell that there is another question on the tip of Bogum's tongue that he is pushing away. You can already guess what it is and why it is hard for him to ask. Both of you are actors, both of you get the questions of whether you are dating a co-star are not every time you film a new show. You let out a small laugh, hanging your bag on your shoulder once more.
"You don't have to be afraid to ask, we're not seeing each other, Kangjoon is friends with my older brother," you explain.
"I stopped you because I have been a fan of yours for a long time," Bogum admits, "I still feel starstruck speaking with you right now," the formality in his words feels foreign since he is older than you.
"You don't have to speak so formally, if anything I should be speaking with more formality to you," you trail off, "you're older than me," you remind, "I only started acting two years before you."
Bogum lets out a shy laugh covering his mouth with the back of his hand while he laughs. You hate eating alone and Kangjoon is not going with you anymore, it is awkward to ask Bogum. The words sit at the forefront of your mind, but it takes you longer to ask than you would like to admit.
"Since Kangjoon left me, do you want to get dinner with me?"
"Of course," Bogum rushes, "it would be an honor."
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Just Had to Tell the Truth
Member: V // BTS
Main Plot: They have to get the money before their family can suffer.
Short Summary: All he had to do was confess to her a little sooner, about everything, and the world would have been a happier place.
A/N: Please do imagine me summoning my list from hell and finally striking this piece of art off because yaaaassss!
P.S. Let’s all thank @kawaii-hedgehog for the plot idea~!
Words: 2.6k
/ SeokJin // YoonGi // HoSeok // NamJoon // JiMin // TaeHyung // JeongGuk /
It was late at night when her best and childhood friend had returned home. What was worse was the fact that he came back all bruised and bloodied, already sporting a blue eye from someone’s fist. His lip had blood all over, though already drying and the chips falling off.
Her eyes widened and she flew over to stand by his side as he nearly stumbled to the floor, catching him mid-fall. “Tae, what on earth---?!” her mind could not process anything as her eyes had been flooding with tears that were threatening to fall and never stop. “What the hell happened to you?!” she yelled in hysterics, laying the poor man down on the couch after dragging him to the living room.
In response to her tears the man cringed, trying to settle himself higher to be able to reach up to her cheeks and wipe the salty liquid off. “Don’t cry, now, Honey. It’s all right, just a bit of blood and bruises. I’ll be fine.” He chuckled, but she saw his hand going over his stomach, clutching at the other side.
“Don’t call me that, you idiot!” she yelled, sobbing in fright and pushing him down, hastily lifting his shirt up to reveal what was the problem with his stomach. And problem there was; a gunshot wound about the thickness of one finger right through the right side of his stomach. “Oh my…” she breathed, starting to hyperventilate as her eyes widened even more, the tears stopping in even bigger panic. “What did you do?” she asked with no emotion in her voice, feeling faint.
“Ey, Honey, if you wanted to see my chocolate abs so bad you could’ve just asked, not pushed me down and gone and done it so forcefully.” TaeHyung teased her more, huffing in pain under his breath. “You know what, in order to forgive you, I could use some help stitching this up, you know?”
“Kim TaeHyung, I am going to ask you this only once more before I call the cops.” She said sternly, getting up and observing her bloodied hands. “What have you gotten yourself into?”
She decided then- it was moments like these that she missed her, and his, parents the most. TaeHyung gone for a day, sometimes even more. Coming back with unidentified bags, only later in the day for her to discover that there was a robbery somewhere in the vicinity. And now he comes home bloodied and shot. How good would it have been if the people who killed their parents would have died instead?
“I’ll tell you it all if you help me.” He tried to deal with her, but she did not budge and instead her hands formed into small fists that soon turned white from the force she exerted into them.
“You tell me what is happening right now and I’m calling the ambulance.”
He chuckled nervously then, shaking his head lightly as he spoke, “Ah, ambulance. I don’t think you should, Honey. Instead, pass me the med-kit from my room, I’ll just stitch myself up and we’ll speak, yeah?”
Her resolve shook then. She had no other choice. Looking at his complex expression, she knew that he was probably in a lot more trouble than she could comprehend, and so she gave up, running to his room and turning everything upside down just to find the damned thing.
As she came back and saw him already sitting up and shirtless, ready to start his procedure, she did a double take, regretting her naivety and nearly asking again whether he was sure that him all on his own would be a better choice than an experienced doctor. But then she identified the small scars of different kind, some were long, running from his shoulder down to his elbow, some seemed deeper than others, and the others were the same gunshot inflicted wounds that was now gaping in his stomach.
He had too much to explain.
In the end, he simply dismissed her, passing out as soon as he made the final stitch. She left him on the couch as his dead weight was too much for her to handle, but she did clean up the living room and hall after his bloody escapade.
And that was it towards their conversation. He simply forgot all about it. In fact, he had the audacity to avoid her for a couple of days, or a week, actually. He never even showed up in front of her face, but she knew he was coming back from the extra dishes she had to do left by him exclusively.
And she moved on. She never forgot, but definitely moved on. If he didn’t want to bring it up, fine! So be it! Look at her caring away. No, she decided, it was time to change. She knew she babied him around way too much, and look where that got her to now- a bloody mess, that’s where.
It was because of her care towards him that she had no free time for herself. She was hitting her twenties, and still no experience with a boy. Heck, not even her first kiss was taken. Well, theoretically, not. But factually, it was, by TaeHyung, as well. It was an accident, though, and she saw him as a brother, so she didn’t count that time. Besides, it was only their lips touching, anyway.
Through her aching heart she still dolled herself up, starting to go out with her friends more, relax more, dropping her motherly nature completely and instead giving into the life of a youth who’s seen too much in her life. She finally had the chance to enjoy herself, and she was loving it.
And so it happened; amidst the loud music and sweaty bodies she stumbled into a man- literally- who then ordered her a drink and asked for her phone number. And they met again, and she learned his name- Park BoGum it was.
A month went by, TaeHyung decided to reappear in front of her face and simply apologize as to what happened, being his same old happy and flirty yapp that he always was. She wasn’t the same, however, and TaeHyung noticed that. Even so, he did not comment, and let her do whatever she wanted to. In a way, he was happy for her- his long-time crush finally got to do what her heart had desired her to do.
The thing was, though, he couldn’t grasp what was the factor behind her becoming that way. He blamed himself, of course, and he was right in doing so. However, he could also not bring himself to confess what was happening to his life, either. After what happened to their parents, the gruesome murder scene, and then him joining a gang as he grew up enough to make own decisions. He could not confess the fact that he grew up to be the kind of person that killed their parents. He simply could not. She would run away from him, then, and that was what he wanted the least.
It was better to lie his heart out than be all alone and with an aching heart.
Another month had passed, and to addition of finally forgiving TaeHyung, to an extent, BoGum had confessed his feelings to her. Without dwelling too much, she accepted, over-joyed as she came to talk to TaeHyung and share her happiness together with him.
“Guess what happened, Tae?!” she laughed with pure mirth in her eyes, jumping around the mentioned male in ecstasy.
He laughed along with her, spinning in circles while trying to catch up with her tempo. “What?”
“Well…” she slowed down and felt her cheeks heating up only at the thought of the romantic moment. “I got confessed to today.” She whirled around, completely missing TaeHyung’s shattered and lost expression.
“What..?”
“And I said yes!” she turned back to face him and clapped her hands in joy. “Can you believe that?! Cause I can’t! I accidentally met him in a club and we hit it off so nicely it felt like destiny!” her dreamy voice sang.
“Oh…” his voice stuttered as he fell back and into the couch. “I’m happy… For you?” he faked a big grin, the corners twitching from the heartbreak that he felt. He truly was an idiot. After so many failed attempts to confess, in the end someone got to her first. Idiot. “What’s his name? Do I know him?”
“Well, I doubt you know him, but heck if I’d know. It’s not as if you tell me anything about you, anyway.” She pouted in offense, crossing her hands over her chest for just a second before returning back to her happiness. Though she could not see, her statement pierced right through his chest, leaving a bitter taste in his mouth. “Oh! And his name is Park BoGum! He’s a real sweetheart, I tell you! He’s such a gentleman, too!”
As his friend proceeded to tell him of how the mentioned man confessed, TaeHyun sat in silent shock, his eyes the size of saucers as the name smacked him right across the face.
“Park Bo… Gum?” he asked unconsciously, his hands fisting the leather of the couch underneath him.
She hummed in agreement, “Yeah. Do you know him?”
“Do I?” he asked back. He certainly hoped that he didn’t know him, for if he did, his Honey could certainly not date him. In fact, she should stay away as far as possible from that man. Park BoGum, the one TaeHyung knew, anyway, was a no-good man. A gangster low-life. Just like TaeHyung himself. “I don’t think so…” he fixed himself after seeing her confused self.
“I see…” well anyway, he’s taking me out tomorrow, so I’m not going to be home after about eight in the evening. Just a warning.” She smiled in his direction, storming down the hall and locking herself into her room, seconds later he could hear music blasting through her speakers, and some thumping noises as she was probably jumping and dancing from joy.
“Come on, TeHyung, there’re loads of Park BoGum’s in Korea. It must be just a coincidence.”
It was not a coincidence. His Honey was gone. She never returned from her date, and TaeHyung was near tears as he received a message with a sum of money and a photo attached; she looked beat, her face swollen and bruised.
It was his fault. He needed the money. He had it. He was sure he had it. And after lifting the floorboards from his room, he was greeted by a welcoming smell of money, and the sight made his heart calmer as he saw the bags upon bags of theft and his previous near-convictions.
He had asked for an address then, quickly sending it off to Park JiMin, his friend-in-crime, another gang member, and hurrying his ass over to the address he was provided with to drop the money off.
It was his fault. He blamed himself over and over. It was his fault. God damn him and his idiocy. It should’ve been obvious even to a fool, still. Park BoGum was an enemy to their gang. The scene from two months ago flashed before TaeHyung’s eyes. It was specifically this man that shot him in the stomach and cause a conflict between him and his Honey.
“That bastard!” TaeHyung yelled as he ran with all he had towards the plaza, empty as it was midnight.
“Now that’s not a very nice way to call an old friend.” The familiar smooth and youthful voice of BoGum chuckled from the shadows, slowly dragging himself and the girl in his hands into the moonlight. “Missed me?” he mocked the younger, bending the girl in his arms at such an angle TaeHyung thought her back would snap.
“Stop it!” he yelled in rage, taking a step closer to the perpetrator and stopping himself just before anything crueller could happen. “Don’t hurt her…” he whispered in the end, his pupils shaking as the bag of money fell by his feet.
“It’s funny to see you in that state, Tae.” The man laughed, tossing the girl to her knees and only holding her by her hair. “It was funny to be with her, as well. She’s quite resilient. So quiet, too. It’s no surprise you love her.”
“Let her go, BoGum.” TaeHyung begged, falling to his own feet as he saw her crying face, twisted in pain. “Please, I’m begging you, let her go! I’ve got the money so just take it and let her go..! Please!” his yells got louder as the elder twisted and shook her head more and more, having fun in his own twisted way.
“Not till I get a reassurance that your men won’t shoot me as soon as I let her go.” He smiled calmly, picking at his nails as he spoke.
“It’s not as if you don’t have your own men all over the place!”
“Watch that mouth of yours, TaeHyung. It’s me who has her life in my hands. So, how’s it gonna be? You going to call them off?”
Without thinking twice, TaeHyung dialed JiMin and called the whole team off, his eyes sinking with tears as he heard her wailing in pain.
“There, happy?! Now leave!”
“Tch. You’re no fun.” BoGum commented off-handedly, making her stand up and pushing her away from himself all at the same time as TaeHyung kicked the bag of money in the direction from where she was stumbling. “And just so you know, Tae…” the man began in a casual tone, “I might have let you off easy, these two past times, but the next shot I’m going to fire is going to be not through you, but through her. You got that?”
TaeHyung’s head fell up and down as tears of happiness and relief flowed down his face, his hands opening for her to fall into. Everything was going to be fine now.
A loud crackling noise resounded throughout the plaza, and she fell to the ground as a pained cry elicited from her mouth, her hands clutching her ear as even more cries of torment were emitted from her.
“You fucking bastard!” TaeHyung yelled, running towards her slumped form and prying her fingers away from the gunshot wound. Though not much, a part of her ear was missing and it was bleeding profusely. “You promised me to let her off fine!”
“I promised you to give her back. Be happy that she’s alive. Let this parting gift serve… As a reminder not to mess around. I hope you got the memo, Tae, and I’ll see you around.” With a frilly wave of his hand and wriggle of his fingers, the man stepped back into the shadows, and TaeHyung was left to tend to his Honey, crying and wailing from pain.
As he later found out, all that she had suffered from were some punches to the gut and slaps to the face, additionally the shot to the tip of her ear, which was already healing.
She was informed about TaeHyung’s activities by BoGum and some of his henchmen, but still decided to stick around her childhood friend.
To clear up the misunderstanding completely, he also decided to spill the biggest burden on his heart, and was completely rejected. But it did not matter. She didn’t leave and didn’t make things awkward between them. His heart wasn’t even aching, for as long as she stayed by his side for longer.
Nothing mattered to him.
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