Chapter 43: The Stigma of a Perfect Flower Part 2

BTS FANFIC: Run With Me

 

This is the story of a so-called perfect family. The Kim family is known to be one of the idealistic family in the city. Mr Kim is a businessman working for the government under the Ministry of Civil Defence while Mrs Kim is a beautiful housewife that every man in the alley had eyes on her. The couple had 3 children, 1 elder son and a pair of fraternal twins - a boy and a girl. The age difference between the eldest and the youngest are 5 years apart. Their relationship between each other are good and the whole family love each other.

 

They were only perfect in the eye of the public. At home, it was a 360 degree turn. The Kim family were an unhappy family. You must know that Mrs Kim is a good lady and so does the children. The problem lies with Mr Kim. He was the reason why their home is a living hell. Every night, he would come home drunk and started to beat his wife violently for no apparent reason. Mrs Kim will try not to cry out loud because it will bring suspicion to the neighbours which might bring the family name down. It

 

Another reason, was to prevent the children from waking up in their sleep. That turns out to be a failure because the eldest child had already seen it with his own eyes. Instead, he makes sure that his siblings don’t see what was going. If one of them wakes up and ask, he would say that the ‘Lady in White’ is roaming around the house to keep them safe. Eventually, they will just go back to sleep. It was a secret deal between him and his father. Any word goes out to the public, Taehyung will expect a beating.

 

The very next day felt like nothing happened. Mrs Kim will just cook breakfast as usual and serve Mr Kim his usual black coffee. The children will sometimes stare at their mother, wondering where does she get the new bruises on her body. Taehyung had to prevent their curiosity by constantly feeding them and preparing them to go to school. His eyes, however, observe the relationship between his parents. They never talked to each other. Not a thank you nor asking how is your day. No kisses or hugs. Just silence. The day will start as Mrs Kim had to Mr Kim out of the house while he was on his phone. Soon, the cycle repeats all over again at night.

 

In company events, the Kims will attend as a family in dashing and modest outfit. They have the people’s eyes and the whispers from mouth to ear. The adults were amazed at how discipline and close the Kim Children are as they are always behaved in a formal event, unlike their own children, who were making lots of troubles. Taehyung knows it is the only way to keep out of trouble at home as they not dare mingle with other children and let the member of the public say good things about them. Mrs Kim will always show courtesy as she stands beside her husband while making conversation with the other ‘important’ people. Little did the public know that Mrs Kim have been hiding her bruises and scars under her long sleeves and dress.

 

The days becomes weeks, the weeks turn into months, and the months turn into years. People started to notice something is going on in the Kim household. The twins were already growing up and attended primary school. The age range where children will become curious about everything. Bruises became visible on their mother's face and the twins had to wonder why she had them and not before. They see other children holding hands, hugging and even kissing their parents which led to the twins why their family has no culture of such.

 

Whenever children become curious about something, they can't keep it to themselves. They hardly see their father unless it is either breakfast or an important event. However, they were afraid of his bad aura. Their mother chooses to remain silent. The only person that they can turn to is Taehyung himself.

 

Taehyung: Forget about it. Nothing for you to know.

 

It was the same reply every time they tried to seize an opportunity despite him being either in bad or good mood. It frustrates them especially when other children brag about their parents. The twins don’t remember saying and hearing “I love you” at home. They didn’t understand what is love. Being the cunning twins, they planned to sneak out in the night to find out who is ‘The Lady in White’. It was one of the biggest regret they had.

 

Right in front of their eyes, they saw their father beating up the eldest son while their mother already laid motionless on the floor. Broken glass bottles were everywhere. The twins just stood there and started crying. It was another mistake made by them as Mr Kim was too drunk, that he walked up the stairs, with broken bottle in his hand, unable to recognised his children.

 

It was the final cry of the twins in the so-called perfect Kim family.

 

Never to be heard or seen again.

NOTE: I hope you like this chapter as this is the short introduction on V's background story. If you need some explanation, you can drop me a message or a comment. I will do my best to answer them. I can promise you that V's story will gradually grow and you might get more hints on the 'truth ' of this book. Remember that the events that happen in the past leads to where they are in the present. 

Another news is that I would to congratulate the real BTS for winning TOP SOCIAL ARTIST AWARD in BBMA 2017! *fireworks* I feel like it is another new chapter for them as bigger opportunities are laid out for them.  It is all THANKS to the ARMYS! You deserve the award as well for suppporting your hereos and inspiration. They have come this far because of you. Continue to love them and be kind to each other. 

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BilliePark #1
You’re back! Take your time hun. Glad your are doing your best on all of life’s challenges.
BilliePark #2
Chapter 46: Okaaaaayyyy~? The boys are getting more mysterious. I am even questioning Uncle Amos's stand, whether he is against or actually part of the clan. Hmmmm...
Regarding the topics you tackled, one thing is universal. That is, stereotypes. You have yours, we have mine. I'd like to think positive about this and do hope that we will overcome it fully. I think it is because our cultures have a preset of ideals that eventually led to the birth of such stereotypes, which is a big challenge for our cultures, especially the very traditional ones, to accept intermingling/immersion of differences. Child abuse is unacceptable and unforgivable, however, it does exist. My biggest unanswered question is Why? Why must people like them exist? Why must there be conflicts? We all wanted a world of unity, peace and harmony. So why? Is it really that hard to open our minds and hearts to acceptance?
BilliePark #3
Chapter 45: Poor babies! Shocks. His father was terrible. It would be a very traumatic experience that could take a long time to recover from. Glad how he was able to cope in the present. Still! His father deserves to suffer!
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#4
New reader here! Im looking forward to the flow of the story. Fighting!!,
BilliePark #5
Chapter 44: Oh gosh. I foresee something bad.
On an entirely different note, I agree with this chap. Tae really is a baby, still. But for me, it will always be Jimin. Hahaha.
Snow is slowly unfolding who they are. They have yet to figure out who she is too.
BilliePark #6
Chapter 42: So i guess, among them, only Yoongi knows abt the clan. And he had suffered the worst. I wonder how Uncle Amos would break it to the others. Snow's family might be dealing with the clan back in their town. They had to 'do something' when Snow left anyway. I hope nothing bad happens to them. Also going back to the present, their new classmate may be linked as well.
BilliePark #7
Chapter 41: Okay, this chap proved just how gullible I am. I may already be around kidnappers and I'd fall into their trap. Gosh. *facepalm*
Anyway, Mike where are you? Save Yoongi please!
But I feel like it's Uncle Amos who's gonna come out. Some questions are being answered now. And I think I also know now they reason behind Uncle Amos gathering these boys together. This feels like Xmen, tbh. Haha.
BilliePark #8
Chapter 40: What? Mike? I'm having trust issues with Yoongi's acquaintances. As for Ms Ivy, I see her as a good counselor actually. Perhaps Yoongi was just being stuck up because he isnt ready to release his demons just yet. He cant be blamed for being apprehensive though, he had trust issues himself. And that was mainly because of his teacher. Aside from that, he has a lot of bottled up feelings from the sudden death of his parents and theres no one he could actually hold onto for support aside from the playing the piano; which was supposedly be a healing experience for him was ruined. He was being prideful, and I totally feel for him. I am the same, and keeping to myself is my defense and coping mechanism. It makes me able to gather and hold myself together more firmly, in turn makes me a tough, brand new and braver person to face harder challenges. On the other hand, people easily misunderstand our way of healing. Because they care, they force themselves in. And when we dont let them in, they get mad and leave. In fact, we refuse because we hate to burden others. We have our walls that we built high, so we'd appreciate if friends not break through them but instead, we are reassured if they stay on the other side. Back to the story, I feel like theres going to be a reunion between Suga and his teacher. Looking forward to the next. ^^
BilliePark #9
Chapter 39: His teacher was such an a-hole, I wanted to cane him myself. Did the town not know he lost his parents in a fire? Because they seemed indifferent about it. I feel for him here, can totally relate. A failure is bad enough and then people would just have to make it worse instead of giving a helping hand. Suddenly I want to give free hugs. Haha. I remember one of RM's vlive where he talked about his friends and how he had been hesitant to reach out because he hasn't done so in a long time. Until he gained enough courage to send a 'how are you', to which his friend replied 'you should have reached out sooner'. I find that very touching. Time may make us grow apart from our old friends, while we gain new ones. Although that doesn't mean the new are better than the old. We just grew apart, and our selves are to blame. And then RM said, 'you should not hesitate, text them first'. That was spot on. Sometimes, the 'how are you's' are taken for granted for merely greeting and not actually meaning the phrase. After watching that vlive, I sent a text to my old time friends and told them how much I missed them and that they were always in my heart. We don't know what each of us are going through, sometimes, a one-line text makes such a huge impact to cheer up a friend who's at rockbottom. That's how I felt for Yoongi here. I wanted to be his friend and tell him he's not alone.
BilliePark #10
Chapter 38: Is his teacher the homeless man? Sorry, got a little confused there. Finally a snippet into his backstory. Hihi. I love Yoongi!
His first love died in the fire :( but it will always remain in his heart :)