In Your Hands

Reunion

Taehyung

*Nervous*

Taehyung

*Hadn't seen his mother since he was thirteen*

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And well that was ten years ago😒

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Oh Sorry😨 I didn't introduce myself Hello myself Bunny😊 The author of this story. Hope you all will enjoy this story 😊

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So let's continue to story..

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Ten years without the person most people would say is the most important in your life.

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A mother is supposed to care and love you always.

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What a joke that is.

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He had been living with his father and his wonderful wife, Nora, who Taehyung considered more of a mom than his own.

Nora

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But unfortunately, fate didn’t have his best interest in mind.

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His mother needed him, and for the first time, he needed her.

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His father had recently gotten very ill—lung cancer, stage two. He wasn't rich in money, but growing up, Taehyung and his stepsister, Soojin, had the best childhood.

Soojin

Mr Kim

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Taehyung's mother, on the other hand, was extremely wealthy.

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She left his father all those years ago for a man who could only satisfy her with material things.

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In fact, she married the richest man in Seoul, a man known for being ruthless: Lee Minseok.

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The name itself was enough to make anyone run the other way.

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But the one thing they couldn’t buy was Taehyung.

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Until now.

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His mother needed him for publicity, she said, and Taehyung quote.

Taehyung

The world will eat it up at our reunion!

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Taehyung, of course, denied. But she offered to fully pay for his father's medical bills and get him the best treatment.

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How could Taehyung deny the chance to give his father's life back?

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Here he sat in a luxurious limo his mother had sent to pick him up from the airport.

Taehyung

*hands were folded in his lap*

Taehyung

*twirled thumbs around each other*

A habit Taehyung had most of his life.

The Arrival

Taehyung

*Feeling legs stick to the slick leather seat*

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Even with the air conditioning blasting, it does nothing to calm Taehyung's nerves.

Taehyung

**It’s summer in Seoul, and the humidity is suffocating. Back home in Busan, the heat is dry—never this sticky or unbearable.**

Taehyung

**I’ve only been to my mom's house once, ten years ago.**

Taehyung

**She invited me for Christmas when I was thirteen.**

Taehyung

**I went and regretted it immediately. We spent no time together after returning from some extravagant Christmas gala she had dragged me to that night. She only used me to paint the illusion of a perfect family.**

Taehyung

**She has one child with Minseok, my half-brother. His name is Joonho, and I swear he’s a carbon copy of his father. He’s only four, so I don’t hold any ill feelings toward him... yet.**

Driver

Mr. Kim 😑

Driver

*glancing at Taehyung through the rearview mirror*

Driver

We’ve arrived.

A familiar stranger

Taehyung

*nods*

Taehyung

*ready to open the door but someone beats him to it*

Taehyung

*steps out of the car and quietly*

Taehyung

**The house—or rather, the mansion—looks exactly the same.**

Taehyung

**It’s beautiful, gigantic, and cold. Nothing about it has any character. It’s perfect, but in the worst way.**

Taehyung

*walks up the stone staircase to the door is the soft*

Taehyung

*Rushing sound of the water fountain behind him*

Taehyung

*knocks once and the door opens almost instantly*

Taehyung

*steps inside and the bags in his hands are quickly taken from him*

Taehyung

**This isn’t home. It never was.**

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The clicking of Taehyung's shoes echoes in the vast, silent space. The interior is stunning. Not a single detail seems out of place.

Taehyung's Mom

Darling! ☺️

Taehyung's Mom

The voice draws Taehyung's attention upward.

Taehyung's Mom

**standing at the top of the grand staircase and smiling down at him**

Taehyung's Mom

Taehyung

**The house hasn’t changed, but she certainly has.**

Taehyung

**Not even the best botox can fully hide the signs of aging.**

Taehyung's Mom

*walks down the staircase gracefully*

Taehyung's Mom

*Heels clicking against the marble*

Taehyung

*Can’t help but notice how much they look alike*

Taehyung

*Inherited her thick, dark hair, her almond-shaped eyes, and her full lips*

Taehyung's Mom

Darling, we have a gala to attend tonight.

Says, as if no time has passed between them.

Taehyung's Mom

The Suit you’ll wear is already hung up in your room.

Taehyung

**My room?** *thinks*

Taehyung

**I don’t have a room here. This was never my home.**

Taehyung

**She doesn’t even ask about me.**

Taehyung

**Ten years of silence, and she can’t bother to catch up. She doesn’t know about my life—how I graduated from college, how I put my career on hold to take care of MY father. Nothing.**

Taehyung

**To her, I am just another business deal, a pawn in her game.**

Taehyung

Where is that exactly? *trying to keep voice neutral*

Taehyung's Mom

*Looks surprised*

Taehyung's Mom

*Expression a mix of confusion and faint irritation*

Taehyung's Mom

Oh, you don’t remember? *says lightly*

Taehyung

*Fights the urge to roll eyes*

Taehyung

**If I remembered, why would I ask?**

Taehyung

No.

Taehyung's Mom

Milly!

The name rings a bell.

Taehyung

**I remembers Milly, my mother’s loyal housekeeper. She had been with my mother since she married Seungwoo.**

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Taehyung had always been fond of Milly. When he was younger, she was kind to him during his brief visits. Over the years, she was the one who sent him pictures of his younger half-brother, Joonho.

Taehyung

**At least one familiar face in this place might make things bearable.**

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Hope you guys are enjoying this so far.😊

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