hey taekoos💜

"i'll be your high beams in the rain."

It was as if the mafioso had been waiting for Taehyung to permit to call whenever. He called every chance he gets, for every small thing. Even the things that didn't even concern him. Like where the salt was placed in the kitchen.

Taehyung was confused by the other's behaviour. he was the one who had broken the relationship, then why was he doing all this. This question taunted Taehyung endlessly in the past two days every time the younger called him for something as absurd as the Sun's position during the night.

But more than confused, Taehyung was now concerned. It had been a long while since his husband had called him to ask anything at all. That was the only way he knew the younger was safe, and suddenly not knowing what was happening with the other was kind of bothering him.

"Only a few more hours and you will be able to see him." Taehyung convinced himself. He had been repeating this over the few hours that he had received no call. Four days and all the meetings and necessary arrangements were all over.

He could finally go back home. He wanted to tell the other but he wouldn't call on his own. He was now only a few minutes away from boarding the plane. Even though he repeatedly tried to convince himself that everything was fine, at the back of his mind he knew something was wrong.

Seeing Taehyung tensed as he is, Nayeon approached him. "What happened Tae?" she asked as she placed her hand on the younger's shoulder.

"Nothing noona. I think I am worrying for nothing." Taehyung said, sighing and shaking his head. He didn't know how to tell his concerns to his noona at the moment.

"I know something is wrong. Tell me what are you thinking about. I might even be able to help, you never know." This was when Taehyung understood how Nayeon noona always got her way with the clients. She had a way with words that no one had.

"I cant hide anything from you now. it has been a while since Jeungguk called and I am worried that something might have happened." Taehyung finally confessed, rubbing his temples a little. Since this was bothering him for so long.

Nayeon just smiled at him. She knew everything about their past and she had also concluded that her boss's husband did have an unspoken valid reason for his sudden disappearance.

"Don't worry your pea-sized brain over it. he might've just gone for a mission." Nayeon exclaimed. It did bring relief to the latter's face but then realized what she had said.

"Did you just say that your boss, the owner of one of the biggest fashion trends company, who just accomplished in expanding it abroad, has a pea-sized brain?" Taehyung questioned her, his eyes narrowed as he folded his arms up.

"Well, you heard what you heard." She said nonchalantly before entering the flight. They had been waiting in the boarding line for quite a long time now. Taehyung chuckled at letting it go. For now. she wouldn't hear the end of it once they get back to their office and have their time for bickering.

The flight journey was rather short for Nayeon who had no worries and slept through it all. But a certain silver hair was on his toes the entire time. he tried sleeping, watching movies or even listening to music to distract himself from the aching uneasiness.

Nothing seemed to work as he dashed towards his car to get back home at the earliest. Once he reached home, he entered to see Yunha and Hyera rushing back and forth.

"What happened?" Taehyung asked. Hoping it wasn't too bad.

"Jeungguk sir is not well. He is running a high fever and the doctor told him to reduce his temperature within three hours or he might have to be hospitalized. But sir hates hospitals and is being stubborn on reducing the temperature." Hyera almost cried out. It was half worry and half irritation. Being a maid to a stubborn-ass mafia was not an easy deal.

"I will take care of it," Taehyung said. Not letting his actual worry show on his face, he took the medicines and the tub of water with the wet cloth with him. "You both seemed tired. You can go rest for a while. I will take care of him and make sure that stubborn-ass gets well before he is hospitalized."

"But sir-" hyera started to say something but hushed herself when she saw Taehyung shake his head in negative. Both the maids sighed as they made their way back to their room to get the much-deserved rest.

Taehyung entered the bedroom to see Jeungguk lying in the middle, panting at his high body temperature. But he was also freezing to the fact that he couldn't let go of the blanket. "This is going to be a long night. " Taehyung muttered to himself as he made his way to Jeungguk.

He set the medicines aside and took up the wet cloth first, before placing it on the other's forehead. "I told you two to not touch me." Jeungguk whisper yelled. He didn't have much energy left in him to scream.

"I will touch you all I want. Do what you can." Taehyung challenged the other, as he made his way to rub the other's palm in hopes of providing some warmth to the frozen hands.

"Taehyung?" Jeungguk called out. His voice sounded desperate and hopefully, it struck something, deep inside Taehyung's heart. "yes it is Taehyung. Now lie down properly and let me do my job."

Jeungguk sulked at Taehyung's still cold voice as he pushed himself back onto the mattress. "At least he is taking care of me," Jeungguk told himself as he let the other continue to dab the wet cloth on his forehead.

After a while of dabbing, Taehyung let the cloth stay there. He went into the bathroom to get a towel. He got the tub of water and started wiping down the exposed part of Jeungguk's body. It wasn't much though, only his face and hands were exposed.

"it isn't going to work this way," Taehyung muttered to himself, as he forced the other to sit up straight. He went ahead to pull the latter's t-shirt off when the younger mafia stopped him.

"what are you doing?!" a panic-stricken Jeungguk asked. "Move your hand and let me do what I have to Jeungguk!" Taehyung, maintaining his stoic face and cold voice.

Jeungguk didn't budge though. A half pout now placed on his lips at the sterner tone that Taehyung used. he was sick for god's sake, the elder could be a little soft with him at least now.

Taehyung seemed to have gotten the thoughts in the other's mind. He leaned down and pressed his cheeks on the other's forehead to check if the temperature had decreased at all.

It had decreased by a bit, but there was still a long way to go. He sighed as he held onto Jeungguk's t-shirt hem tighter. He softened his voice and his gaze to Jeungguk. "I don't want to see you in a hospital just as much as you don't want to go. Let me remove the t-shirt and dab the wet cloth. It would reduce your temperature. Would you let me do that for you bunny?"

Bunny. The word struck a feeling that was all too familiar in the younger. The elder had constantly always called him that back when they were dating. He let his grip on Taehyung's hand loosen as Taehyung finally took off his t-shirt and laid him back down on the bed.

Taehyung gently started dabbing the wet cloth over his exposed torso now. he had been doing it for half an hour continuously while changing the cloth on the forehead also constantly.

"The fever is going down faster now," Taehyung said when he checked while changing the cloth on his forehead. "Jeungguk, don't fall asleep!" he told Jeungguk, who was slowly falling under the spell of Taehyung's care. He hasn't been this comfortable and cared for in a long time.

A sound of whine left Jeungguk's mouth when Taehyung told him to stay awake. Taehyung chuckled when he heard Jeungguk whining. He didn't want to believe that this is the same man, who kills people as a profession.

"you haven't eaten anything and neither have you had your meds. Stay awake!" Taehyung ordered this time. he left Jeungguk with no choice but to stay awake. When the temperature had gone down considerably, Taehyung got up.

He felt someone grab his hand and saw that Jeungguk's fingers were wrapped around his hand, preventing him from going any further. "Don't go. I am still sick!" Jeungguk complained. This was the only time Taehyung stayed by his side while he was awake to take care of him. He wasn't going to let him go that easily.

Taehyung chuckled at the young mafioso's complaints. "I am going to get something for you to eat. Preferably soup, since you seemed to like it a lot the other day."

"But I would be alone!" Jeungguk whined further. He persistently held onto Taehyung's hand. Not willing to let go.

"Let go Jeungguk. I would come back in half an hour. I will have to just brew the soup and I will come back." Jeungguk only shook his head. "I will also come with you!"

"If you are going to be stubborn, then I will personally drag you to the doctor bunny!" Taehyung threatened this time. he knew the other wouldn't come. He was always so reluctant to come to the nurse in college.

Even the mafioso feared something and that was hospitals and doctors. "Fine! Leave me all alone and go." Taehyung smiled at the childishness of Jeungguk. "I will be back you big baby!" he said before making his way to the kitchen.

After a while, Taehyung came back with a hot bowl of soup to find Jeungguk sitting in the middle of the bed the way he had left him. "Here drink this up and take the medicines. Then I won't force you to stay awake."

"If staying awake means staying with you like this, then I'd rather stay awake!" but unfortunately, Taehyung couldn't quite catch what he said. He didn't bother asking him again, since taking care of him at the moment was important.

"come on, finish it up before it gets cold." Taehyung urged Jeungguk to take a sip of the soup. But Jeungguk was stunned. It was the same soup like the one his maids refused to make for him, but they made for Taehyung?

He couldn't let it go unquestioned. So he slurped the soup up until there were no traces of any food particles on it, before turning to face the elder.

"Looks like you do like this one a lot," Taehyung said when he saw with which fervour the other was having the dish.

"Yeah. It is really good. You must have already had it since the maids made it when you asked, but they didn't make it for me a few days ago." Jeungguk sounded salty right now. all symptoms of sickness vanishing along with the warm soup.

Taehyung laughed at that. "You think the maids made it? they went to sleep two hours ago, Jeungguk." He exclaimed as he went back out to leave the dishes.

Wait, if the maids didn't make it then who made it? Jeungguk was wondering. Just then Taehyung stepped in. "Wait, so you are telling me, you made it?" Taehyung ruffled the other's hair and commented, "Smart!"

He popped two tablets in the ravenette's mouth before pouring water. As Jeungguk swallowed the contents in, he looked back at Taehyung. There was determination in his eyes right now. this brought curiosity to Taehyung.

What is running in that small brain that you have? Taehyung questioned from deep within his mind, not wanting it to be heard outside. "So, you are the one who made the soup every time I returned from my missions?" Jeungguk asked.

The determination in his eyes only grew with the latter's nod, confirming his suspicion. "So, you do care about me?" Jeungguk asked boldly. The question he has been dying to ask the other.

But did he get an answer this time? no. "Sleep," Taehyung said in a sharp tone and went out of the room. He didn't want to answer the other's question. Of course, he cared, why was he stupid enough to show it to him.

Stupid Taehyung, running your mouth over everything. Taehyung was cursing his mouth within himself. But the same running mouth was being blessed by the young husband who was now left alone in the room.

"I wish you would just accept that you care for me. I wasn't going to shoo you away. Heck, I would never do that." Jeungguk sighed sadly. But now, not only did he know that the elder cared for him, but was also restless without taking care of him.

this book is more gonna be about how taekook's relation progresses. the rest of the characters are literally only supporting!

also, does anyone know which song the first quote of this chapter is from?

~ice💙