Taehyung went to see Jennie in her flower shop.

She opened her own shop a few months after she got released from the hospital.

“These flowers are really pretty..” said Taehyung smiling.

Jennie was making a bouquet for him.

“Should I send it to the same address?” she asked as she showed him the finished product.

Taehyung nodded.

He sends a bouquet of flowers to his ex in laws’ house anonymously every month.. 

Although he doesn’t know if they’re throwing them away or not.. even though by doing so, he’s aware that they will never forgive him..

“Thank you..” he said to Jennie. “I’ll go to the company now.. Jimin and Jhope said they’d have lunch with me..”

Jennie smiled.

And before he could walk further away from her..

“You can stop now oppa..” she said still smiling. “You can now stop coming to check on me.. I am fine now.. and it’s all thanks to you..”

Taehyung turned back to her slowly.

“I know you stayed by my side because you felt bad for me.. I know you did it for her..” Jennie continued. “You can now free yourself of me.. you have done more than enough.. so please.. go on with your life.. and find your love again..”

Taehyung smiled a little.

“I’m sorry Jennie.. it was all my fault..”

Jennie shook her head.

“No.. it’s me who’s sorry..” she said sighing.

It was her who begged Jisoo to leave him.. it was her who asked her to let him go..

Taehyung has never left her side ever since she got into the accident.. he helped her pay for her hospital bills.. helped her open her own shop and build herself again..

He helped her even though he was hurting.. 

“I.. am really fine and happy now..” she said looking into his eyes. “So please.. you should also be happy now..”

Taehyung took a deep breath.

“I also wish I could be happy..” he said to himself. “But my happiness isn’t here.. she has gone far from here..”

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Taehyung was talking with his mom as he opened the door to his office.

He found Jimin sitting on the couch as he looked into his phone.

“Mom.. I’ll call you again.. I have a guest in my office..” he said hanging up and sitting across him.

Jimin put his phone back in his pocket.

“You were talking with your mom?” he asked smiling.

Taehyung nodded.

His mom is always calling him everyday.. asking him what he’s doing.. where he is.. how he is.. if he has eaten or not..

She used to be like that before he got married.. no.. maybe she was way better before.. these days she keeps treating him like a baby.. she’s always sending him food and clothes and she even sends him gifts everytime as if spoiling him..

“Aunt has been asking me a lot these days about your ideal type.. she must be trying to set you up with someone..” said Jimin laughing.

Taehyung also laughed.

“But do you know what’s funny?” he said suddenly looking serious. “She can’t seem to like anyone else either.. after meeting Jisoo..”

Jimin became silent.

He knows it well.. his cousin is still in love with her.. he doesn’t say it but his actions are enough for one to understand..

Taehyung’s eyes started to water and he wiped his tears right away.

He misses Jisoo.. and he misses her more today because they were introduced for the first time this day.. a year ago..

That meeting he once hated.. that woman he didn’t want to have to do anything with.. he’s missing her the most today..

He wishes he could go back and be a better man for her.. but she’s left him already.. she’s gone..

Jimin was remaining silent.

Then he heard him speak to him..

“You.. have stayed in touch with her, haven’t you?”

Taehyung slowly lifted his gaze to him.

Jimin’s throat moved fast. He couldn’t answer him right away.

But he knew lying to him would do nothing good..

He nodded his head.

Taehyung sighed as he wiped his tears again.

“Is.. she doing fine? Is she healthy?” 

Jimin nodded again.

Taehyung smiled.

“That’s good.. that’s enough for me to know..” he said to himself.

Jimin clenched his hands tightly.

He doesn’t know who is more pitiful between the husband who doesn’t know about his wife’s giving birth today.. or if it’s the wife who gave birth today without a husband..

Jisoo has just sent him a message to tell him that she has given birth to a healthy baby boy..

He badly wants to tell his cousin about it.. no.. he has been trying hard to refrain himself from telling him since the first day he ever got to know about this..

But Jisoo begged him not to say anything to anyone.. she said she’d tell him herself one day..

Jimin heaved a long sigh.

Then the door opened wide and there entered Jhope.

“You must have been talking about me, right?” he said as he sat awkwardly beside Jimin.

Taehyung chuckled.

“Why are these cousins always talking behind my back?” Jhope shook his head.

Jimin laughed at him.

“You got it all wrong..” he said standing up. “Let’s go and have lunch now..”

Taehyung took a deep breath.

“It’s my treat today.. let’s go..”

Jhope smiled widely.

“I’m glad I came to join you for lunch today..”

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Taehyung came home after a long day at work.

A long day again.. everyday seems like one for him.. it has been like this since the day he signed those divorce papers..

He went inside the bedroom.. the same bedroom which he and Jisoo used to share.. this room that holds a lot of memories to him..

He wasn’t able to leave that house.. even after their divorce.. he waited for her.. he thought.. she might come back again.. that maybe.. she would like to see him again.. but she never did all these months.. she must be doing great in Rome.. without him.. without the person who hurt her the most..

He opened a cabinet and found the box where Jisoo kept her needles and yarn to make sweaters..

Even this.. he thought she would retrieve it.. he believed she would come back to take it.. 

He sighed as he sat on the bed.. 

he misses her a lot.. he wants to see her.. he can easily go to where she is.. he can go when he wants but.. he’s afraid that she’d push him away again.. that they’d hurt each other again..

And so he