STEP-BROTHERS (BTS FF)

-ˏˋ Episode 53 ˊˎ₊❏

Recap

"Who is she?" Seokjin hyung asked Jisoo, making her startle.

"Hyung, be easy," I whispered, and his eyes softened.

"Jisoo, please tell us about that lady," Seokjin said, and Jisoo shook her head.

Recap Ended

Present Time

Taehyung's POV:

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I've just heard about her. She is indeed the wife of Aerin's late dad..." Jisoo continued. "Aerin's dad was the best friend of your dad. He had no children..." Jisoo mumbled.

It was like the ground slipped away from beneath my feet, and I stumbled.

I saw Seokjin hyung palming his face and Yoongi hyung sighing in frustration.

"Why didn't we know about this?" Seokjin said.

"That means Mom didn't die because of cancer?" Yoongi hyung said, making me shiver.

"She died... giving birth to Aerin?" As those words slipped from his tongue, I screamed.

"Dad!" and hit the wall so hard.

"Taehyung!" Seokjin hyung yelled and held me back by my waist. This is not happening. How could Dad hide this? All the things that have been happening lately—him marrying a woman all of a sudden, Aerin entering our life, her resemblance to Jimin, and her attachment to him and us—all make sense now. She is our blood-related sister! It all makes sense. She had been kept in the dark; her real step-dad died because of cancer, and our mom died while giving birth to her. Her real dad is our dad, and her now mom is no one to her except for the fact that she is now our stepmother.

I hit my fist on the wall until it bled and my flesh was visible. It hurts, but not more than the information I just received.

I felt betrayed. I felt like I was no one to my dad.

Why did he do this? Why did he take our sister away from us? Why did she have to go through all the pain all alone? Why didn't he marry that woman earlier and bring Aerin back to us at the time when his best friend died?

Why, why, why????

"Oppa," I was stopped from hitting my fist by Aerin's voice. Seokjin hyung and Yoongi hyung pulled away from me, and I turned around to face Aerin, who was standing beside Jimin while holding his hand.

Aerin ran up to me and hugged me instantly as she cried into my chest. I wrapped my arms around her and cried with her in sobs.

She pulled away, listening to my cry, and cupped my face in her hands, wiping my tears away with her thumb. I caressed my cheeks in her palms as I kissed them one by one while holding her wrist.

I sobbed and sobbed as I looked at her face. She grabbed my hands, and a loud whimper escaped her lips as she stared at them.

"Does it hurt too much, oppa?" she said. I shook my head and pulled her into a tight hug, crying.

I felt weak in my knees as I pulled away and dropped to my knees while holding her waist.

She knelt down in front of me and cupped my face. I saw Seokjin hyung also crying as he rested his head against the wall beside him. Yoongi hyung sat on his bed and cried softly, keeping his hands beside his legs.

"It hurts, oppa. Don't cry, please," she said, staring at everyone.

"Hyung, please get a hold of yourself. Tell us what happened that made you all cry like this?" Jimin asked us, and I shook my head.