They all stood there silently for a second, then Taeyang went to the couch with his blanket, lay down, and closed his eyes. The others took their cue from him. Top and Seungri went to their room, while GD went to his.

Taeyang waited until his was alone to open his eyes. He sighed. This has been such a weird day. He thought.

"Yeah. Tell me about it."

C'mon Daesung. It didn't have to be like this. If you'd just talked to us —

"I couldn't. I wanted to deal with it on my own, without people thinking I was a murderer.

We never thought you were a murderer

"But I did."

Taeyang shook his head violently to rid himself of these thoughts. He closed his eyes again, imagining Daesung sitting in front of him, grinning at him. He waved, and Daesung waved back, but something was wrong. There was a gun in his hand. There wasn't supposed to be a gun in his hand. With an apologetic smile, Daesung raised it to his head and pulled the trigger.

"NOOO!" Taeyang awoke with a start, writhing around on the couch, getting tangled in the blanket. He fell off the couch with a loud thump, bringing the other members running out of their rooms.

"Young-bae!" Top ran forward and grabbed Taeyang by the shoulders. "Stop! It's okay!"

Taeyang was crying out, making no sense, "He did it in front of me! He shot himself!"

At a loss, Top looked around at GD, hoping for some help, but the leader just stood there helplessly, amrs dangling at his sides.

Top turned back to Taeyang just as his eyes focused on him. He gradually stopped moving until he was limp in Tops arms. Top let go of him hesitantly.

"Young-bae?" Taeyang nodded, avoiding all their eyes.

"Sorry." he muttered, then got back on the couch.

"Are you —"

"I'm fine."

"Ok." Seungri said quietly, then turned to go back to bed.

Taeyang heard them all leave, one by one, until he was alone again. He to his back. He wasn't used to being alone at night. He didn't hear Daesung shifting around across the room, kicking the covers off. He didn't hear anyone else's breathing, or more recently, stifled sobs. Nighttime was the only time Taeyang actually saw how deep Daesung's anguish really went.

Daesung. He thought. How could you do this?

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Poor Taeyang's really taking this hard. But it moves the story along, so I'm okay with it.

Keep on reading!

=) Aiko