Seriously Angsty Taehyung Fanfic
Soulmate AU
I seriously made three of my friends cry with this fic. Do not read unless mentally prepared for that possibility. There are two endings to this fic.
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Ever since Tae could remember, he's always had a very...um...vocal(?) soulmate. He wasn't sure if vocal was the right word, but he didn't know what else to call it.
His soulmate was always writing on her left arm, and, thereby him as well. Squiggles, stars, animals, tic-tac-toes, words: sometimes it didn't even make sense, but, no matter what else she wrote, she always started the day off with "Good morning, soulmate!" on his left palm.
Her morning greeting was always written at exactly seven while she always wished him a good night at eleven.
And, although Taehyung almost never responded, being an idol wasn't exactly conducive to writing on oneself, he always looked forward to what she'd write each new day.
But...when Taehyung woke up one fine morning to see no "Good morning, soulmate!" on his palm, his eyebrows furrowed. His soulmate had greeted him every morning since he was four-years-old. She hadn't missed a single day in eighteen years.
So, he was understandably worried...but, after much deliberation, he decided to wait for one more hour before asking if she was all right.
Strike that-Taehyung had waited five minutes, and already he couldn't wait any longer.
So, for the first time since he'd become an idol, Taehyung picked up a pen and wrote to his soulmate.
"Are you okay?"
He waited maybe two minutes before an address was slowly written across his right forearm. His heart skipped a beat. Completely ignoring the fact that his soulmate had written across her right arm for the first time in her life, Taehyung felt himself getting extremely excited.
His soulmate had just told him where to find her! And, even better, it was an address only an hour's drive from where he was now!
Taehyung threw on some clothes and ran out the door. This, of course, attracted the attention of the other six members of the BTS, and they asked him where he was going.
When he explained that his soulmate had finally given him an address so that he could find her, they were all extremely excited for him. In fact, they were so excited that they decided to go with him.
Taehyung's wide grin faded a little when they pulled into a hospital parking lot. He looked uncertainly at his friends before walking quietly in.
He looked around, but he didn't see anyone who looked like they were waiting for someone, and, since no one was waiting in the lobby for him, he had absolutely no clue where to go. So...he asked his soulmate who responded with a room number.
He gazed down at the number, his face falling for a second before his friends quickly consoled him.
"It might not be that serious. Maybe she just got the flu?"
"Yeah...or she might just have needed overnight care?"
"Hey, it might not even be her who's here. Maybe she had to stay with a relative?"
"I mean, she's at least well enough to write to you, right?"
Taehyung glanced gratefully at his friends, especially Namjoon, before striding to the elevator with a renewed sense of purpose and determination. He was going to find her and tell her that he loved her today! All those years of her talking to him...it hadn't taken him long to completely lose his heart to his soulmate.
But...that didn't mean he wasn't nervous. That's why...he paused outside the door to write "I'm outside."
As soon as the first "C" was written on his skin, he'd opened the door to see a girl with brown hair and tears flowing down her cheeks finish writing the words "Come in" on the right arm of the comatose girl on the bed.
Taehyung instantly knew what was going on, and his excited grin fell from his face as he walked over to the hospital bed.
He opened his mouth, but nothing came out. He swallowed hard and tried twice more before he could finally croak out two words. "What happened?"
The blonde girl spoke up as the brunette had started to cry harder and couldn't speak.
"There was a drunk driver...he drove his semi right through a red light...he hit the driver's side of the car...that was at midnight last night." Her voice choked up, and she had to pause for a few seconds to recover.
"He drove off and just left her there! The doctor said that she must have spent over an hour in the wreckage before anyone found her on that deserted road because of how badly her injuries had deteriorated. Because she spent so long in that wreckage, she didn't get medical care in time. The doc-the doctor said that-that she might never wake up!"
Tae's heart wrung with agony at the thought of the girl he'd come to love never waking up.
Trembling, he picked up the pen and wrote, "I found you, soulmate. I love you."
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Angsty Ending to Angst Fic
Taehyung spent the rest of the day with his comatose soulmate. He didn't eat, he didn't sleep, he barely even blinked.
It hadn't taken him long to find out his soulmate's name: Reagan. The other two girls, Pamela and Valerie, had told him story after story about her: good stories, funny stories, stories that only made him fall for her harder than he already had.
Taehyung soon realized that if he wanted to spend any time with his comatose soulmate, he'd have to make some changes to his schedule. So he did. Now, although Taehyung was still extremely busy with his work with BTS, he still always spent every night with Reagan in her room.
And so, one day turned into two, and two days turned into a week, and one week melted away into a month, and before Tae knew it, it was already the two year anniversary of the day he'd first laid eyes on his soulmate.
He sighed, entering the room slowly, placing the bouquet of flowers next to her bed; his hope had already been slowly disappearing, and just yesterday it had been fully crushed by the doctor.
As he sat by her side, quietly telling her about his day and how much he loved her, his mind wandered back to what the doctor had said.
I understand that you love your soulmate, Mr. Kim, but there is no hope. We have tried everything that we can, but there's been no improvement. In fact, if it weren't for the machine she is hooked up to that is literally forcing her lungs to move, she wouldn't have lasted this long. She will never wake up. I am sorry, but you have a decision to make...a very, very difficult decision.
Taehyung's eyes filled with tears as he spoke, ignoring the doctor that had walked in. "Princess, it's our two year anniversary. I can't help falling in love with you more each day, and yet...you've never even laid eyes on me..."
He continued talking even as the doctor disconnected every machine his beloved Reagan was connected to.
Once the doctor was done, he discreetly left, allowing Taehyung to sob his heart out without interruption.
Tae reached into his pocket. "Don't worry, Princess. I won't let you be alone for long."
He raised the gun to his head with a peaceful smile.
*Bang!*
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Extended Ending (still angst)
The BTS members raced to the room their Tae had spent so much time in, but their steps faltered as a loud gunshot resounded throughout the hall.
Faces pale and filled with fear, they sped up immediately and threw open the door, tears coming to their eyes at the scene before them.
The familiar sounds of Reagan's machines were replaced by a systematic, insistent, dripping sound. The familiar sight of Reagan's pale face and comatose body was now obscured...by Taehyung's body.
Although the back of his head was completely gone, there was a peaceful smile on his face, and his left hand, the one where his soulmate's handwriting had always appeared, was holding her right hand, while his own right hand held the gun that had taken his own life.
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Happy Ending for Angst Fic
Taehyung spent the rest of the day with his comatose soulmate. He didn't eat, he didn't sleep, he barely even blinked.
It hadn't taken him long to find out his soulmate's name: Reagan. The other two girls, Pamela and Valerie, had told him story after story about her: good stories, funny stories, stories that only made him fall for her harder than he already had.
Taehyung soon realized that if he wanted to spend any time with his comatose soulmate, he'd have to make some changes to his schedule. So he did. Now, although Taehyung was still extremely busy with his work with BTS, he still always spent every night with Reagan in her room.
It wasn't long before Tae knew the name of every doctor or nurse that had any connection to Reagan at all. Whether they were the overnight nurse, just in charge of cleaning her room, or her actual doctor, Taehyung knew them all.
It took even less time for the hospital staff to get used to the famous celebrity walking in with flowers or stuffed animals or books and heading immediately to his soulmate's room.
Sometimes, a doctor or a nurse would have to come into her room while he was there, and it always broke their hearts to see poor Taehyung clinging to her hand, reading to her or telling her about his day, and how much he loved her and desperately wanted her to get well so she could talk to him.
Days passed, and, although Taehyung was sometimes alone, most of the time, he had at least one of his friends or hers with him throughout the long night. One of those nights, all of the BTS members and both of her friends joined him in Reagan's room.
During this time of sorrow, his friends were, of course, worried for him, but they also began to be worried for Reagan's friends when they realized that these two girls never had anyone else with them. It was always just these two who alternated taking care of Reagan in the day.
So, they made conversation with them, learning that the three of them had only been in Korea for a little over a month before their friend had been put into a coma because of the car accident. Confused, Jungkook asked why the three girls had moved to Korea in the first place. The girls' answer shocked them.
Valerie smiled sadly. "Well, all three of us have soulmates who are Korean. When our parents realized that the foreign language our soulmates were using was Korean, they had us learn Korean so that we could talk to our soulmates freely."
Pamela tried desperately not to cry, "Reagan was the one who suggested that we move to Korea so that we could meet our soulmates. She had planned to ask her soulmate to meet her on her birthday, but...that can't happen now."
Taehyung was already crying, and, to change the subject, Jimin asked, "Do your soulmates know about what happened here?"
Valerie shook her head, "Not yet. We just-we just couldn't-" She choked, but continued shakily, "We just couldn't write it out. It just would have made it too real."
The boys all nodded in understanding and sympathy. They sat in silence for a while before the girls asked, "Do any of you have a pen? Our soulmates should know."
The boys searched, and, eventually, Yoongi found two pens.
Both Valerie and Pamela took a pen, and, after taking a deep breath to steady themselves, began to write to their soulmates.
As the boys sat in silence, Jin gasped. "Namjoon, Hoseok, look!"
Everyone's eyes followed his pointing finger to see that on RM's and J-Hope's arms were Valerie's and Pamela's writing.
The two newly revealed soulmate couples locked eyes, and in tacit understanding, left the room together to avoid causing poor Tae more pain.
However, it was just a little too late as Taehyung sobbed his heart out, wishing more than anything that his beautiful soulmate would open her eyes. Realizing quickly that Tae did not want company, the others also left.
Tae knelt by the hospital bed, holding Reagan's hand and leaning his head against the side of the bed. "Reagan, my Princess...please, please, please, wake up soon. I don't think I can live without you again. Not now that I've found you."
His closed eyes opened in shock when he felt her hand tighten around his. Even though it was just the barest squeeze, his heart still leapt up in his chest. He turned to stare at her, quickly getting up, and leaning over to stare hard at her face, looking for any sign that she was waking up.
After five minutes of nothing, the hope that had rekindled in his chest began to dwindle again. He slumped down, "I guess it was too much to hope that you would wake up today."
"Why can't I wake up today?"
He heard a weak voice speak, and his head shot up. He turned to see that Reagan had opened her eyes, and was smiling weakly at him.
A grin broke out on his face even as tears poured down his face. "Reagan! You woke up!" He wanted to hug her tightly to him but knew that would do more harm than good. Instead, he leaned over and placed a gentle, barely there kiss on her forehead.
She blinked up at him, "You know...if I hadn't been able to hear everything you've said to me while I was in that coma, I would have been extremely angry that some random boy just kissed me. You're lucky that I already know that you're my soulmate."
She grinned feebly at him, and his answering grin lit up the room.
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Extended happy ending
Hearing the commotion in the room, all the members of BTS and both of Reagan's friends burst into the room.
The familiar sound of the machines keeping Reagan alive had been covered by Reagan and Tae's happy laughter. The familiar sight of Reagan's comatose body and pale face had been replaced by a girl, who, although still weak, was awake and glowing brightly.
The grins on both Reagan's and Tae's faces were enough to let them know that everything would be all right.
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Hopefully the happy ending makes up for the other ending. :)