Chapter Nineteen

...Past Timeline...

Warning: This Chapter contains strong language. Post traumatic stress. Abuse language against mental illness. If it triggering please don’t read. ⚠️

"Come on, pick up the damn phone" Mrs. Jeon was close to screaming as she was trying to reach Jungkook's number for the past few hours.

"Your son isn't gonna pick up. Leave him alone ''Mr. Jeon, who was seated at the dining table, responded with a paper in his hand. Clearly trying not to be annoyed and angry.

Mrs. Jeon turns towards her husband with anger "my son? What is he to you then? Jungkook hasn't come home since yesterday and you still don't care about him. What kind of a father are you?" she asks in her voice almost as if she gave up on her husband.

"A father who knows his son's wrong doing unlike his mother who goes around denying that her son is a bret who does nothing better then to create trouble" this time Mr. Jeon doesn;t hold because he becomes tired of his wife's ignorance.

Before she would speak Mr.Jeon conutines "and this "protecting my son imagine" isn't gonna last long. What makes you think you can keep on hiding your son's mistake for so long? Everyday there have been complaints about him going around and creating problems while you sit back and cover for him. Instead of teaching your son to behavior or punish him for his wrongdoing you Encourage him more. One day your son is gonna get into something deep that it will be too late for us to even fix it" he now on his feet about to leave the house for work but stops when the door to their home opens.

Both the couple frowned when they saw the offferices making their way in the house. "Mr. and Mr. Jeon" the officers greeted the two with a bow.

"I am officer Moon young from Seoul police deperemtn and we have arrest warrant against your son Jeon Jungkook for sexual aasualt against Kim Taehyung" offericer Moon Younger said.

The color in the older couple's face drains as shock filles them when hearing the news. "W-what?" Mrs. Jeon managed to speak but Mr. Jeon was still with no words.

"We are here to arrest Jeon Jungkook for assault against Kim Taehyung now if you don't mind please bring your son out because if we have to be the one to search him then it wouldn't be very pleasant" "officer Moon said staring deeply into the woman.

He knows Mrs. Jeon more then anyone because it wasn't the first time her son was charged but every damn time he came to arrest Jungkook Mr. Jeon always protected him and found ways to save her son from going to jail but now he knows she can do nothing. So the satisfaction of telling that Jungkook was going to jail was exciting.

"W-what nonsense are you saying?! Do you know who you are trying to point fingers at!-"

"We are not pointing fingers at anyone Mrs. Jeon" Moon Young said calmly "we have the victim come to us with report-"

"So what? A random boy comes to your station and says the son of Jeon's raped him and you belived him? Do you even hear yourself! Know how stupid it sounds? Have you heard of a man who has been a victim of assault?" Mrs. Jeon glares at the two officers.

Like what were they thinking coming to her house and accusing her son on raping another man! How riders!

"Look ma'ma we are trying to do our duality-"

"Duality? Rescuing my son over something that is impossible is your duality? And against who? That foggot son of Kim? That boy is someone who loves to throw himself on my son. How do you believe in that gay-"

"Mrs. Jeon we are not here to discuss who someone is or what they like? Your son has been reported for an assault in case you forget. It doesn't matter who they are, assault is assault. So if you please cooperate with us and let us do our job, or else we have to be taken into custody for not letting us do our job" officer Moon said, being done with the woman's bullshit.

"Fine but Jungkook isn't here" Mrs. Jeon said, crossing her hands together while whipping her tears.

"Mr. jeon is Jungkook not here?" Moon Young asks the man who was silent throughout the conversation.

The three turned their attention towards the older man but the man had his face down and seemed to be thinking. His face reading disappointment and shock "Mr. Jeon" they called him again, this time catching his attention.

"Jungkook isn't here, officers. Hasn't come home for two day we been searching for him as well" Mr. Jeon's voice showed hints of hestion along with something else.

Just then the door opens wide with the sound of bottles drinking and heavy footsteps. The four frown upon seeing Jungkook who walks in with wobbling moments. His clothes were messy, hair flying all direction while a large alcohol bottle gripped in his hands.

"M-y lov-e is gon-e gone" he sings in a loud and messy tone. His body giving up on him and falling on the cold ground.

"Jungkook" mrs. Jeon jumps onto holding her son in her arms while Jungkook just laughs.

"E-omm-a" Jungkook's shaky voice calls. His eyes are teary but smile on his lips. "S-she is gone....Ji-Eun l-left me," Jungkook says with wide eyes. His finger gripped onto the bottle.

Mrs. Jeon looks at her son helplessly, seeing her son so broken. "J-jungkook baby what happened to you. Why are you like this?" She tries to make him stand but he pushes her hand.

"W-why am I like this?" he asked hic-cupping "y-you ask me why? Ji-Eun l-left me Eomma! She l-left me!" He laughs but tears come behind.

"Sshh baby get up, let go to your room and sleep okay-"

"Sleepy-you tell me to sl-eep when Ji-Eun is g-gone? N-no it no time to sleep" Jungkook pushes his wobbly legs to get up with the help of the door behind him.

"I-i go find ji-eun. I f-find her!" He tries to walk out of the door but his legs have other plans as he falls on his bottom.

"Jungkook!" his mother cries. "Oww" Jungkook let out.

"No no Jungkook. Baby let go to sleep, we will look for her tomorrow" Mrs. Jeon tries again to get hold of Jungkook but Jungkook pushes her hands away.

"No-no! Tomorrow will be too late! She will go far from me" Jungkook's voice becomes small and painful as his body gives up on him.

Jungkook's body lies on the front of the door step. His eyes staring at nothing. Suddenly silenced covering over them. The officer looks at them confused while Mr. Jeon moves closer towards Jungkook.

"Ji-eun" he whispers her name. A smiling face appears in front of his eyes.

"Jungkook" Jungkook hears the soft voice of Ji-Eun and the corner of his lips wobbes.

Suddenly the quiet room begins filling with Jungkook sobs ''I-Am sorry" he whispers, hugging the bottle in his hand.

"I d-din't mean too" he cries this time catching the attention of the officers.

"I didn't mean to touch him....." his eyes hid emotion that couldn't be said. "D-don't want to h-hurt him" alongside the face of Ji-Eun another face appears in front of his eyes.

But that face wasn't smile....far from the grace of ji-Eun smiling one. A face that was holding pain...tears that turned those beautiful orbits into a bloody one. That beautiful face of his once a friend covered in a stream of cries....and morley the fear from what Jungkook did could easily be read.

"I didn't-mean to be a m-monster to my fr-reind" he sobs. His shaking hands letting go of the bottle and gripping on his chest. Jungkook's body was shaking all of a sudden and something was scaring him.

"B-but I am a monster...mean worse.....I hurt him Eomma" Jungkook eyes search for his mother who looks dumbfounded and freezed in her spot.

"H-he must b-be scared....h-he p-probably crying right now." he reached for his mother's hand but his mother was in no place to see or hear her son because of the shock.

"I-r-raped him Eomma...I touch-"

A hard sound of slap shocked the rest, the stunned face of Jungkook was left hanging as a flush of pain felt in his right side of the face. And the shaky hands of mrs. Jeon caught in mid air. Her eyes wide, maybe in shock herself but with a hint of anger flashing in them.

"E-eomma" Jungkook calls but with no reples Mrs.Jeon was on her knees. No reaction or emotion was written on her face but a wave of disbelief that for the first time she hit her son.

"Ryen!" Jungkook's father came to his wife's side to hold her. The touch of her husband has Mrs. Jeon look at him.

"T-take him away p-lease" she managed to speak facing away from Jungkook. No matter whatever storm was raging inside her outside she was a blank face.

She turns to her husband's arms and speaks "take him away now" this time loud and clear.

Jungkook looks at his mother with scared eyes and tries to come near her but before that Officer Moon steps between him and his mother "I think we have heard it enough to let go!" he grips onto Jungkook's arms pulling him to stand.

"N-no Eomma! Don't look away from me please! Don't Eomma!" he cries, hands reaching for his mother as officer Moon dragged him out of the house.

Mrs. Jeon holds tightly onto her husband's hands and cries but refuses to look at her son because he can't. However officer Young stops a little by the door and turns to look at the older couple.

"They say that most of the time the way a child becomes is based on his parents' teaching. Maybe if you had slapped Jungkook the first time he misbehaved then maybe today Taehyung wouldn't have gone through that." She grabbed the couple's attention.

"An innocent boy was wronged because of you" she glares at mrs. Jeon.

"Jungkook did the act but you were leading him to this. Maybe if that day when he misbehaved with me you could have slapped him and said "No!" instead of saying "he is just a child" then he couldn't be a rapist now." she said calmly before walking out of the door.

Leaving a shamed husband and regretful wife.

"No! No!" Taehyung cries in his sleep as the images of that night flashes in his nightmare. Taehyung's body jerked to the side, his body drowning in sweat and tears spiking from his closed lid.

"Tae wake up" Jimin who was by his side was trying to wake Taehyung from his nightmare but he couldn't and it was breaking him.

Taehyung suddenly screamed as if he was in great pain and loud cries as if he was trying to break free from. Inside Taehyung was the feelings of being touched and the fear of Jungkook. His mind, his body was not in his control, all he could see was the man who was touching him wrongly and painfully.

"Yoongi hyung! Eomma!" Jimin yells with tears as he tries to hold Taehyung. The door to Taehyung's room opens, relieving a worried looking Yoongi and scared mrs. Kim

"Tae" Yoongi ran to his side and held Tae.

"Tae woke up" his mother cried seeing her son like that.

"Tae" Yoongi calls loudly and shakes him to wake him. It seems like forever the crying dies down and Taehyung's body calms down.

"Tae open your eyes please baby" Yoongi calls for his brother but he gets no responses from him.

"Minnie brought water," he said but Jimin was frozen on the spot. His eyes were only on his best friend who was laying helpless next to him.

"Jimin" Yoongi calls again, this time a little louder.

"Huh" Jimin looks like someone woke him from a shock. His eyes followed Yoongi who was staring at him depsterly.

"Water" he said and Jimin slowly nodded. His feet come to stand but he doesn't leave Taehyung.

"W-water" he said and finally came to his senese. He goes out of the room but stops when he sees the other person holding a glass of water in his hands.

"H-hyung"

Hoseok wipes his tears and walks towards the room. He had come early in the morning to check up on Taehyung because he knew Taehyung was having a hard time but when he arrived in the house the loud screams and cries had alerted him. Hoseok had run to Taehyung's room but was frozen on his feet seeing Taehyung's condition. He was about to go near Taehyung but hears Yoongi asking for water. Jimin didn't hear him so he went out to bring water.

"Yoongi" Hoseok calls and Yoongi is surprised to see him.

Hoseok doesn't wait for his reply and walks near Taehyung's body. He holds back all emotion because he knows the people around him will go insane if he starts panicking too. "Tae" he calls the younger boy.

Hoseok wet's his hand and splashes water on Taehyung face "Tae wake up please" he touches Taehyung face and frowns worried when the burning skin comes to his contect. "Tae" he calls again, this time he hears a wimpy voice from Taehyung.

"Taehyung come on wake up" a sigh of relief graces upon them when Taehyung eyes slowly open them.

Hoseok chest pain seeing the red swollen eyes of Taehyung ''h-hyung" it was painful for Taehyung to speak since all the screaming and crying had stretched his throats.

But seeing Hoseok in front of his eyes his body comes to a sitting position. "H-obi hyung" he lets out his trembling hands wanting to reach out for Hoseok.

With no words Hoseok gently brings Taehyung to his arm. Taehyung's face rested on his shoulder while he sobbed. Hoseok calmly rubs his back while trying his best not to shed tears because he has to be strong for Taehyung. "I am here, '' he repeats.

Mrs. Kim looked at Yoongi and her son was by her side. The relife seeing her son in Hoseok arm and how calmly her teraffied son was resting sends calmness inside her one. Jimin, who watches them from the door, blinks away his tears.

If only he was able to take his friend's pain away.

"Jeon Jungkook, someone here to meet you," the office outside says. Jungkook who was taken into jail for a week now was kept away from the rest of the criminals because of his uncountable behavories. The loudly shouting coming from Jungkook stops hearing the voice.

You think being behind the bars has changed Jungkook but it's been the complete opposite ever since. He was worse than when he  was brought. For the two day he was brought in he was quite sure no words would come out of his mouth even when the officers asked him a question he didn't speak.

But after those two days Jungkook completely became a psycho like. He wou;d scream, shout and create basically any noise. He could cry like he was in long pain at one moment then laugh as if someone told him the funniest joke. If not that then he would bang on the wall and break whatever was next to him.

He didn't touch any food for the past week and whoever brought him the food he could beat that person until he was bleeding dead. For that reason he was kept in a special room where he was changed to the ground. His legs were captured with large metal rings which were attached to the wall. His hands tried the same clicking chains which were around his legs.

Jungkook sits up from laying on the cold ground and stares ahead waiting for whoever comes before the bars. A sudden smirk plays on his face hearing the footsteps he well recognized. "Eomma '' he calls.

The woman who was hesitant to come before her son covered her mouth to let out her sobs. Even without seeing Jungkook is able to know who came to see him. "Eomma '' he calls out again with a laughable tone but the moment his mother comes before his eyes the smirk falls itself and that teasing tone is gone.

"Eomma" his voice was shaky and tears came tears. His mother dying inside seeing her son like that. Her son who never once sat on the floor even when it was a marble floor was now on his knees in this dirty cold ground.

"Y-you came to see me" there was a small one in the corner of his lips. Mrs. Jeon tried to come near Jungkook but the large walls of iron bars separated the mother from her son. "J-Jungkook" she calls.

Jungkook crawled towards her but the chain limited his reach. He pulls towards his mother as she watches him painfully. He struggled trying to break the chain and touch his mother but he couldn't.

"Don't" jungkook hears his mother. He looks back at her and frowns.

"I don't want to be near you," she said, avoiding eyes from Jungkook. Jungkook gittes his teeth at his mother and glares at her with a killing look. But his smiles return to his face and change his appearances.

"Are you scared I look like this?" Jungkook asked and mrs. Jeon shook her head. "Do you feel dirty if I come near you because I am not clean?" he asked patiently. The sadness in him could be heard through his voice but he couldn't hold back long.

"I can't never think you to be dirty-"

"Then why are you stopping me!" Jungkook suddenly outburst and screams at his mother. She was shocked because Jungkook never raised his voice at him.

"What happened to you? Why are you like this? You didn't stop them from taking me! You let them take me and made me this! You are my mother but you betrayed me" Jungkook screams while his hands itches to grab his mother.

Mrs. Jeon, stunned by her son's behavior, had no words or movement "you always saved me! You never let anyone take me! You said I always had you but you turn you back on me! You are not my mother!" he cries loudly, his feet moving to break free.

Mrs. Jeon looks at her son and something in her hit. She sees it all now.....all her mistakes...her judgments and her upbringing. The person in front of her was her son but the words he spoke were her doing...

How did she let this happen......how did she turn her son into a monster...she let her son lose himself all because she was scared......she ruined her son.

She falls on her back seeing her son struggling to break free "you did this to me! You" Jungkook screams at her with anger and rage.

Yes! She did this to her son. Her way of letting her son have his way now ruined his life. Her eyes everytime and protecting her son has him chained behind these bars. Because she was scared of people while pointing fingers at her son and calling him psycho.....but she didn't know she was the one slowly turning her son into something she didn't want.

"Eomma" Jungkook's rage dries down and cries again. His eyes that were full with anger turn soft and pain "eomma" he cries like a little boy.

Mrs. Jeon cries along with her son as she sees the little boy who was begging for her. "Eomma please take me out of here. I am scared. They yell at me, they he-hit me and tutor me. Please take me away. They are very scary" Jungkook weekly brages his mother. His hand pleading towards her. His legs are painful pulling on his chain.

Mrs. Jeon couldn't do anything but stare at her son. How did his little boy come to this place...how did she let this happen. She sees her son past himself. From the little baby who cried for his mother's attention, to a young boy who scaredy looked at his mother when he broke a vase, to this now 17 year old who was chained up miserably.

"P-please take me away eomma, it's really scary here" he lets out even more tears. He bows before her and rubbed his hands together in pleading.

"I-i didn't know trying to keep you safe and unharmed by people who are monsters. Those people who shamed you for what you couldn't control. Those who said you were mental ill because of what you were born with. Those who teased and bullied you for being different and sick. I try to keep you away from those who wanted to murdered you even before you understood what life was" she lets out.

"Your son is a psycho" Jungkook grandma screams at Mrs. Jeon who was trying to cover his ears.

"You son has a mental issue, he should be captured and thrown into a mental asylum," an older man who sold flowers in front of their home said.

"Haha! Look at the boy, he is crazy" other kids laughed at the 4 year old Jungkook who stood listening to them with tears.

"We can't admit you child in his school mrs. jeon" the principle whisper "everyone knows your son has issues  and it scares the other children here we can't have him" Mrs. jeon broke looks at her 5 year old son who was standing by the principle widow and smiling seeing the other kids play together.

"I heard her son was unstable. He almost killed another child today because of that Kim's son.'' The older lady speaks, staring at Jungkook and his mother who walked from the supermarket.

"If I knew my son was a psycho I would have killed the moment he opened his eyes' 'an older man spoke loudly and spat towards the mother and son.

"Eomma, why does no one like kookie? Everyone is so meanie....they say kookie isn't bad...kookie have m-metal-I don't know the word eomma but I don't like it" the 5 year old runs to his mother with teary eyes.

"Kookie isn't bad. Kookie is the best baby ever" Mrs. Jeon tries to cheer her son on.

"Then why grandma said I shouldn't be born....am I bad baby? Grandma doesn't like kookie." Jungkook's wide doe eyes stare at his mother.  He brings his tiny eyes to rub his tears but Mrs. Jeon stops him when seeing the big bruise on his little wrist.

"Baby what happened? How did you get his mark?" She looks worried and looks at her son.

"I go to play with yeommie. We play police and I tie him up because he steals money" Jungkook excitedly thought of how fun it was to play with his younger cousin. "But aunty Jun came and yelled at kookie" suddenly the happiness in little jungkook's face disappeared and sadness covered it.

"She said I hurt Yeommie and hit me. But I didn't hurt him we play" his words were unstable but she stood clearly and it hurted her how his son was treated.

"She tied Kookie's hand...it hurt. I cried but she hit me. Eomma why everyone hit kookie" the little one asked.

How do you explain to a child that because of his health problem people think he is a monster and keep hurting his little baby. How can a mother tell her son how cruel this world was to put such a big claim on a child. How evil it is to give a child such a big title of "psycho" when that child beary can say the word.

"It's okay baby" she pulls Jungkook on his lap and hugs him tightly. "From now on no one will ever hurt you baby. No one." she said with determent.

"Trying to keep you away from all those hate....those mean words I turn you into what they wanted you to be.

"How did I let you be a gukkie.....I am so sorry" she cries loudly wanting to hold her son but she is scared.....she is scared.

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