39. Moving On From You

*Matty POV*

"Taehyung this is husband Thomas. Thomas this is my brother Taehyung,"

I introduce the pair to each other properly as Taehyung was busy sweeping the glass of the piggy bank off the floor with a broom while now dressed in Luca's old clothes. With my hand around my husband's waist, I could feel him tense up just seeing my brother.

Taehyung puts the broom down and walks up to Thomas slowly with his hand open as a truce.

"My apologies, I'm afraid I didn't know you were married to my brother. This is quite the complicated mess you see. I'm here to protect the boy who I now know is my nephew, Mika Ji," Taehyung explains, his right shoulder now bandaged from the bullet wound Thomas created.

Thomas quickly smacks my brothers hand away and grips the front of his shirt. Without his suit, Taehyung's toned body was no match to my husband's powerful force and I didn't try to stop him.

Because my husbands' judgments and opinions will always come before anyone else's. I didn't choose Taehyung as my half-brother, but I did choose Thomas and Luca as my husbands and I am bonded to them for life.

"Oh yeah? I'm also here to protect him because I'm his father. So you're going to tell me right now what the hell is going on and why you thought you had every right break into my home, terrify my children, and try to kill me." Thomas demands and Taehyung looks to me for help but I wasn't getting him out of this. He deserved it.

"Thomas, please calm down. I swear on my life that I will never try to harm you again. You're family," Taehyung says as he gently grips Thomas' balled up fists.

"I don't care what you see me as now. That wasn't my question." Thomas repeats in an intimidating manner that had me overwhelmed with the amount of testosterone just roaring off his body right now.

I love my teddy bear and I never see him as a scary guy, but this man definitely isn't the nerdy teen I first fell in love with. The boy who couldn't do a single push up to save his life.

No, my baby's a giant ass man, his lankiness at a little over six feet tall is now taken over by his rippling muscles fueled with power when he was in a rage. He might have lost his legs and his family but that never stopped him or held him back. Now he's strong enough to protect all of our children from danger, can lift all four of our babies without a problem, and defend his husbands with his life.

Fuck, he's so hot right now that I'm actually swooning over my own husband. When I peeked over at Luca, who joined the other side of Thomas, I could tell he was doing the same.

"Your son, Mika Ji, was born and blessed as a Mahu. That's is a child born of both genders, therefore, goes unassigned as neither. There's only one Mahu born on the island and blessed every one hundred years. There is a legend, that claims the child will become a prophet once the last Mahu dies and the full moon takes over the sky. He will possess extraordinary powers that people all around the world are paying billions just to have him kidnapped and taken to them. The last Mahu died just three days ago and tomorrow night is the full moon. That is when your son will be the most valuable," Taehyung explains in simple terms and Thomas pulls him even closer, even going as far as lifting him up onto his tiptoes so the two were eye to eye.

"Are you one of those hunters?" he asked and Taehyung quickly shook his head.

"No, if I was I would be here during the full moon, he's useless now. I'm an undercover agent for the Island of Bridgeport. Protecting its citizen's, culture, and way of life is what I do. I was sent by the King to protect the golden Mahu at all cost. Even if it meant I had to stop anyone who got in my way," Taehyung explains further but I break in.

"Hold up, hold up, hold up. So Finley has known you were alive this entire time," I asked but Taehyung shook his head.

"No, he knows I am the best agent out of five under his command with the most experience and I always get the job done. To him, I am just an agent with a barcode as are the others whose names shall not be spoken. He's never seen my face or spoken to me in person. It was too risky," Taehyung chokes and Thomas finally drops him, getting all the answers he needed.

"He knows Mika Ji is the Mahu and his family, that's why he sent his very best agent here. If he had known it was me, he probably would have sent someone else. Now there are too many emotions involved," Tae catches his breath and grips his wounded shoulder.

"Taehyung, why did you do this? Do you know how distraught Dad and Appa were when you two died? Dad tried to kill himself and Appa went into a deep depression for years," I pointed out and my brother turned his cheek to me, choosing to stare at the busted wall instead that he made a dent in when he decided to go against my Thomas.

"I try not to think about it, Matthias. I can't think about it. I've seen and done a lot of things, my brother. The work I do is very important but it requires me to stay undetectable and that means I have to stay 'dead'. My God, I'm only sane because they let me keep Aiden by my side. Other men and women aren't as lucky," He continues into greater detail before going back to the mess he made.

"We all miss you Taehyung, your daughter is trying to follow after her daddies footsteps at the Paris ballet school but she doesn't know your entire dancing career was just a cover-up. She needs you. Our parents hang your stalkings every year at Christmas and every holiday has to have two empty places just in case you do show up. And I needed you Taehyung! I was the only boy after you left!" I cried out, letting go of Thomas and getting wrapped up in my own emotions as he just looked at me. His gray eyes didn't sparkle like they use to and his smile wasn't genuine. He was a sad shell of the strong man my brother used to be or at least how I remembered him.

"Matt Matt, I never would have done what I had done if I didn't think this was more important than my own life. I can't come back now." He says and I shake my head, Thomas wraps a loving arm around me and I take it.

"You've missed so much Tae Tae, I got married twice, you have five beautiful nieces and nephews, Elias now transitioned from male to female and her name is now Kailani, Clara owns the largest high-end fashion brand in Paris, London, and New York, your daughter is a gifted ballerina. I just wish you were here for it all. Every holiday, birthday, family dinner. Fuck it Taehyung, I wish you were there to guide me because when I was a teenager I had no one to turn to for advice from their older brother and you know I loved you like crazy," I told him and his warm smile faded with every word I said.

"Loved?" He asked as if the past tense word hurt him more than any bullet wound.

"Of course I said loved! You've been gone for ten years! I don't know who you are anymore!" I told him the truth and he sighed. Rubbing the bridge of his nose as he did so.

"But you go out there and save the world Taehyung. You can leave your entire family behind but what are you going to do tomorrow? After helping us protect our son from those despicable people? You're going to disappear again and the Gods only know IF I will ever see your face again, so why should I love someone who's going to be just a blip in time?" I threaten, hoping if he's that touched by my lack of love that maybe, just maybe, I'll see him again in the future.

"Think, feel, and do as you please Matthias, I've told you all I know and I will complete my mission to protect my nephew with everything I have. Then you can go back to pretending I'm burried in a mountain turning into a fossil with my Aiden," He says and turns around, snatching the broom off the couch and going back to sweeping up his mess.

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*Author wipes the sweat off his brow*

Two days left to write...hoping I don't leave you on a cliff that bad but I can't help it if I do.