#becomingbts

He slowly, carefully, wrapped your hand in his large palm as he brought it closer to his lips. Then, he tried again, “it’s a misunderstanding, baby.”

“You calling your ex and talking to her for an hour doesn’t sound or feel like a misunderstanding, Taehyung,” you whispered, your gaze fixed on the fruit bowl that stood in the middle of the table, eyes slightly unfocused as you swallowed the lump in your throat. You didn’t want to cry, not again. You felt dried up already.

He bit his lower lip, closing his sad, hooded eyes slowly. “You didn’t let me explain. It’s not what you think at a-”

“What the fuck is it then, Taehyung?” you almost yelled, making him flinch at the volume and sudden movement. You pulled your hand out of his grasp, slamming it on the table as you glared at him, confused, angry, sad, disappointed. And yes, great, here it was again - the salty liquid streaming down your face and onto the table as your breath became shaky, your mind dizzy. “You were telling her how she deserved so much, and that it wasn’t her fault that you both had ended - what the heck was it then that you both were plotting, huh?!”

“Y/N, please. Just listen to me,” he said, reaching out to cup your face in his hands as his thumbs wiped away the endless tears. “She called me. She’d been calling me for weeks. And when I blocked her number, she started messaging me on every social media platform. I talked to her to finally make her realize that it was over and that it would stay like that. Baby, please.”

You shifted a little in your seat, head moving to free itself from his grip, but he was determined now, eager to hold you until you finally believed him. Something in his panicked expression told you he was trying to be sincere, and you knew Taehyung. Your boyfriend of several years, fiancé of various months, you knew this man - your man.

You felt the weight of your engagement ring around your finger as you waited for him to continue. The problem wasn’t a friendship with exes per say. You were okay with the fact that partners could stay friends with their former ones as long as no one gave the other a reason to be suspicious. But this woman had tried to manipulate and ruin what you and Taehyung had on multiple occasions, and if there was anyone you hated with a passion as hot as a thousand suns, it was undoubtedly her.

“She’d call me and tell me how much she still loves me, and that she wants me back. She knows I’m with you and that I love you, but she spammed everywhere she could think of. I even got several emails by her.” He shuddered at the thought, remembering how close he’d been to calling the police. “And I unblocked her today to talk to her. I knew she’d try to call again. And when she did, I made sure to tell her clearly to leave me alone.”

“It didn’t sound like it, Taehyung,” you told him again, your voice breaking as you looked up to meet his eyes. His eyebrows were furrowed, the pain clearly visible in his expression as his hands wandered to yours.

“I just want us, you, to be happy. You know that I can’t go into full asshole mode. I tried to reassure her that she deserves better, I just - I really needed to get rid of her. There were a lot of long minutes when I’d just listen and then tell her that there’s no chance I’m coming back. And telling her I was going to marry you, shut her up eventually.” He then suddenly let out a shaky breath, gaze averting you as he looked at your hands. “We’re... still getting married, right?”

Hearing him say that stung so bad, so intensely, your heart clenching in your chest as you processed entirely what he’d just asked. “Why didn’t you tell me about that? Why didn’t you tell her that you’re engaged?”

Taehyung shook his head, tears escaping the corners of his eyes as he answered, “I never gave her much thought. It just got worse in the last weeks, Y/N. I didn’t want to worry you by telling you about that - all I’ve ever wanted was for you to be happy, without struggles.” He looked up, licking his lips briefly. “I promise you there’s nothing between her and me. I love you, and you only. I just want to see you smile. Because as long as you’re happy, I’m happy. And I’m so, so sorry.”

“She’s… gone? She won’t bother us anymore? You’ll be honest to me from now on?” you asked like a little child that was scared of the monster under its bed. Taehyung’s face immediately lit up, his voice rising hopefully as he saw you melt.

He nodded energetically, squeezing your hands in his as he said, “yes. And she’s gone, baby. It’s just you and me.” Then, he let you go, burying his fingers in your hair as he pulled you in, kissing your forehead, nose, cheeks and lips in between every two words he uttered. “Just you and me. I love only you, baby.”

Your heart still ached, the effect of your fight still buzzing in your chest as you came down from your anger, letting yourself relax under his touches, his lips on yours. Taehyung was your man, he’d always be. You knew that.

And under his reassuring words, still cursing this woman internally, you let your worries go, allowing the man you loved to take care of you as he always had.

In the past they may have been volatile enemies (or at least on Jungkook’s part), but at this point of time, that’s become a lot more subdued. just because there’s no point in holding so much anger since it’s a time of peace and not war + their old resentments have washed away with their cycle of rebirths. so now they mainly side eye each other, bicker, but they’re still somewhat friendly lol. 

As for Jin, they’ve pretty much rekindled as you can see in this series and she holds a lot of respect for him (and he, guilt for her). 

As for the whole decision of removing her off the council and going to a lower level of Heaven, there’s still definitely a lingering sense of betrayal and unfairness she feels. But there’s a lot of reasons why the Goddess of the Sky doesn’t really resent Heaven, Jin, or the other gods. For one, she gets to live a lot more freely now. She can be her playful self and exist without facing others contempt and scrutiny on a daily basis. The price for that freedom is her seat on the council + living in the aristocratic-like Heaven - and to her, that’s worth it. 

More importantly, she has Taehyung now. And she knows Heaven wouldn’t so easily accept his existence. But because she lives on a lower part of Heaven, she has way more freedom and jurisdiction for her own choices. Taehyung can exist where she is. So even if she was given the chance to have her status re-instated, I don’t think she’d take it. Taehyung trumps all else in her eyes lol.

As for the Goddess of the Sky and the other gods in general....hmm...I think they’ll always have an underlying fear of her and her powers. But right now, the other gods have become a lot more...accepting (?). Well, more like they leave her alone lol. She’s still outcasted, but I think she doesn’t mind lol. 

She just gets to do her own thing.

((kind of like you know the horse girl that everyone has in high school? the weirdo horse girl that everyone just leaves alone, lets her do her own thing, and be weird in her own space? That’s the Goddess of the Sky lmaooo)). 

The Goddess of the Sky is generally a very free-spirited character who goes with the flow, the tides, and her own emotions (which she feels strongly). She follows her heart. So she’s not a kind of person who puts too much weight into her social status, power, or following the status-quo. She isn’t that prideful either (compared to some of the gods). That’s why she doesn’t hold resentments or dwells on the things that happened in the past. Plus she’s relatively happy now, so she doesn’t want any more changes really.