Chapter 6: Taehyung's point of view

Taehyung was arranging what he will give to Jungkook. He can't help but blush when he was thinking about it. He was just waiting for the perfect time to sneak out of the house.

"Do you think it's a good idea to escape again?" His maid asked nervously.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he won't find out." Taehyung retorted.

"But you're not allowed to go alone." His maid replied.

"I won't take too long there, I won't wait for him. I just had to do something important." Taehyung insisted.

"But make sure you will come back here safely and early. I'm scared of what might happen to you."

"I will be fine." Taehyung smiled.

"I'll leave now, I have to finish my chores."

Taehyung hums in response and continued to do what he was doing.

He flinched when he heard a knock on the door. He immediately hid the bottle in his drawer. He stood up and opened the door of his room.

"What is it, dad?" Taehyung asked biting his bottom lips.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" His dad asked with his usual poker face.

"I-I will sleep now, dad. I-I just did something." Taehyung retorted looking down at the floor because he was scared to look into his dad's eyes.

"Sleep now." His dad simply said and leave.

Taehyung sighed in relief, he closed the door and sat down on the bed.

It was already 12:00 am, and he was sure everyone was sleeping. He took out the bottle from the drawer. He tied three blankets to climb on the window. He pulled down the blanket once he landed on the ground. He hid behind the vases of his mom's plants. He ran faster, excited to give the bottle to Jungkook.

He went to the riverside, he was holding a bottle with pictures and letters inside it. He went near the tree and dug some soil to hide the bottle.

He put it inside and cover it back. He saw a stick on the ground, he picked it up, and carved his name on the tree trunk.

He smiled and leave the riverside to go back to his house. He wants to hear Jungkook's voice.

He was humming while going inside the house.

"Where did you go?"

He flinched when he heard his father's voice. He nervously turned around and saw him glaring at him.

"I-I just look for something." Taehyung lied and fidgeted his fingers.

"Liar! Whom are you meeting with, huh?!" His father yelled.

"No one, dad. I just went outside, that's it." Taehyung retorted nervously.

His eyes widened when he saw his maid beaten up and kneeling on the ground.

"What did you do to her?!" Taehyung yelled scared and worried.

"Stop lying! You are not like this, you never go outside this time! Do you think you can hide everything from me with this stupid maid of yours?!" His father exclaimed.

"So what?! I'm not a kid anymore! I can do whatever I want! Why are you doing this? You shouldn't hurt her! She did nothing to you!" Taehyung retorted while gritting his teeth.

"You're being a rebel, you were not like this before! Who's brainwashing you, huh?! Tell me!" His father fired back.

"No one, no one brainwashing me! I'm just tired of living like this! You keep on controlling me as if it's your life! You even want me to marry someone whom I don't love! I'm tired of that sickness! I want to have my freedom! I want to be me!" Taehyung yelled and finally let out his anger.

His father slapped him across his face, it was loud causing Taehyung to almost break his neck.

"Freedom? You should be lucky I'm raising you! You never gave anything to me and you should pay me! You want to be you? Who do you think you are? You're nothing without me! I'm your father and the only thing you need to do is to listen to me!" His father retorted while pointing at him.

"But I don't want to, I don't want to listen to you! You ruining my life! Yes, you are right you are my father, and raising me is your responsibility! I can be me without you! I can pay you back but let me do what I want! Stop controlling me! I'm not a puppet, I'm a human! Stop treating me as if I'm just a thing! I also have feelings dad!" Taehyung fired back.

"Where did you get that confidence to speak to me like that? I'm not ruining your life, I deciding what's good for you! Is that hard for you? You just need to marry her, that's it!" His father continued.

"Why it's hard for you to understand that I don't want to marry her? I told you, I don't love her! I can't love her! You're the worst father I've ever encountered in my life! I wish you were not my dad!" Taehyung growled.

"Love? There's no such thing! Love can't feed you, but her money can. You should think about what can make you alive! Love can't do anything for you!" His father added.

"But she can't make me happy! Love can do, stop acting like this just because mom doesn't love you! You're the one who cheated first and that's your fault why our family is like this! You should blame yourself for why mom hates you so much! Stop controlling my life and mom's life!" Taehyung yelled while his hands were balled in a fist.

"You will marry her whether you like it or not! That's my final decision! Don't argue with me if you just going to speak nonsense! Also, don't do stupid things again if you don't want to regret it." His father declared and left him.

Taehyung ran to his room, he started crying while leaning on the door. He really hates his life, this is not what he wants. He deserver to be happy because he did everything to be a good son but his dad only sees his wrong side.