POV.

Jungkook groans as Taehyung's phone buzzes against the coffee table, turning around on the couch to see the brunette fast asleep.

    "Tae." He says trying to wake him up, he doesn't budge.

Jungkook rolls off the couch, landing on the ground with a thud before grabbing the phone off the table.

He blinks a few times before recognizing Mr. Kim's name on the screen.

He clears his throat before answering. "Secretary Jeon."

    "Good morning Secretary Jeon." A woman says from the other line. "This is Mr. Kim's secretary, I'm trying to get in touch with Taehyung. Is he available?"

    "Oh um, no. He's not. Can I take a message?" Jungkook asks, his eyes getting heavier.

    "Yes. Tell him to call his father's personal cell. He needs to speak with him about rescheduling his appointment with his mother."

Jungkook sighs, he didn't understand why Taehyung's father was so adamant about Taehyung seeing his mother. Did he not know how hard it'd be for Taehyung? Especially after his ordeal.

    "I'll make sure he calls him." Jungkook says, checking the time on his phone.

    "Alright then. Take care, Secretary Jeon."

    "You too."

Jungkook sighs as he ends the call, pushing himself up from the ground.

    "Taehyung?" He tries again.

    "Fuck off."

    "Get up, V. You have to go to work." The younger says pulling blanket off of the brunette.

V groans, turning away from Jungkook on the couch. "I don't go to work."

    "You have to. Taehyung and Hajoon do so why don't you?" Jungkook asks, pulling V's arm. "It's only fair~"

    "Fuck off, Jungkook." The brunette says, pulling his arm away. "Leave me alone. I don't feel good."

    "What's the matter? Do you feel sick?" Jungkook asks, kneeling down beside the couch. "Are you hurting anywhere?"

V sighs, keeping his back to the younger. "I just don't feel good. Leave me alone, alright?"

    "Maybe you should eat something." The younger says.

    "I don't want to." The brunette says. "Just leave me alone."

    "Alright." Jungkook says, sighing softly as he stands. "I'll be around if you need me."

    "Whatever."

Jungkook drapes the throw back over V before turning to go upstairs.

He showers quickly and changes into some day clothes before going back downstairs, not leaving V for too long.

He grabs the medication from the main room before heading down.

When he gets downstairs the brunette is exactly the way he left him.

"V? You have to take your medication." He says standing there for a moment and getting no response. "I'll leave it here. Take it, please."

Jungkook shakes one pill from the bottle, sitting it on the coffee table next to a water bottle.

"Thank you." V says, his voice is small and Jungkook almost mistakes it for Taehyung's.

"You're welcome." The younger says walking to the kitchen.

He goes to the refrigerator and grabs one of Hajoon's meal preps to make for V, hoping he'd want to eat after taking his medicine.

He puts it in the microwave before sitting at the table to get some work done.

Only a few minutes go by before Taehyung is walking into the kitchen.

"Good morning, Jungkook." He smiles softly as he walks over to the log on the counter.

"Hey, Taehyung." The younger smiles back. "Are you okay? V said he wasn't feeling very well."

Taehyung scrunches his eyebrows as he marks the log. "I'm not sure why he wasn't feeling well but I'm fine." He says looking over at Jungkook. "Are you busy?"

"No." Jungkook says closing his books. "What's up?"

"Do you want to go out with me?" The brunette asks. "I have a few errands to run and Hajoon made a list of things we need for the house."

"Sure. I'd love to." The younger nods.

"Great. I'll get dressed and meet you in a minute." Taehyung says heading out of the kitchen. "We'll grab breakfast while we're out. Okay?"

"Okay." Jungkook says, smiling as Taehyung leaves the kitchen.

He waits until he's sure Taehyung is gone before he walks over and reads Taehyung's mark on the log.

Time: 7:44am
Name: Taehyung
Feeling: Optimistic
Note: Ask how V is doing if you get the chance please. And fold your clothes before putting them in the laundry room.

Jungkook kind of laughs at Taehyung's request to fold the clothes, who folds dirty clothes?

But he still can't help but to worry about V and what was making him feel bad.

Taehyung comes back downstairs dressed in a pair of jeans and a red button down shirt that was way too big for him.

"I like the red." Jungkook chuckles. "Jongun must be close."

Taehyung smiles. "Yeah. He is actually."

"So where are we going first?" The younger asks, standing from the kitchen table.

"We need to go pick out the decorations Hajoon wanted to get for the room he's making for the littles." The brunette says pulling the list up on his phone. "He was going to do it when he fronted but he left us the list for us to start."

"Okay." Jungkook says. "I'll drive."

"Okay." Taehyung smiles.

At the home decor shop Taehyung complains about how little detail Hajoon included in his list.

"He should've decided the colors already. Now we're doing all the work." He says looking around the store. "And what even is a wall decal?"

"Aren't they those wall tattoo things?" Jungkook asks walking alongside him.

Taehyung frowns pushing the cart. "Wall tattoos?"

"Here, I'll ask this guy." The younger says pointing at one of the employees.

"No." Taehyung says stopping him. "We'll just find them on our own."

"Why? He's right there." Jungkook says. "He can just tell us."

"Let's just look around some more." The brunette says looking at the list. "He also wants us to get toy cubbies."

Jungkook hums. "They're over here."

"I wish he would've been more specific about what he wanted." Taehyung sighs.

"Maybe he wanted you to have some fun decorating." The younger shrugs.

"I hate decorating." The brunette says.

"Is V co-conscious or are you just being extremely negative today?" Jungkook says nudging the brunette playfully. "I thought you were feeling optimistic."

"Hey, you're not supposed to read the logs." Taehyung laughs. "And I was until Hajoon gave me this half-ass list."

Jungkook gasps dramatically, stopping in his tracks. "You swore."

"What?" The brunette asks stopping with him.

"You swore." The younger says again, trying to hold back a laugh.

"It's not my first time swearing." Taehyung chuckles.

"Yes it is." Jungkook laughs. "Where's V? Is he close?"

"No. Stop being weird." The brunette says walking again.

"You've never swore in front of me before, can I have a moment to recover please?" The younger says following him.

"Yeah, yeah. Go ahead and recover." Taehyung says. "I'm looking for toy cubbies."

Jungkook chuckles softly as he follows him. "Anyways, I say we go with a blue and yellow theme for the room. Since Hajoon didn't pick we can."

"Blue and yellow?" The brunette asks. "Okay. But maybe add a some pinks and oranges. So it isn't so one dimensional."

"'I hate decorating.'" Jungkook mimics under his breath.

"What?" Taehyung asks leaning towards him to hear.

"Nothing, nothing. Let's go get these cubbies." The younger chuckles. "I'm thinking mint green cubbies."

    "Order, Jungkook. We need some type of order." The brunette says. "We already picked colors so stick with them."

    "You're right. Blue cubbies then." Jungkook says walking over to the shelf area.

When they get to the cubby area Taehyung gasps excitedly, his reaction surprising Jungkook.

    "Wow!" He says walking away from the cart and pointing at a sky blue cubbies with pink butterflies on it. "Look!"

    "Yeah. I see." The younger chuckles, watching Taehyung closely as he squats down in front of the cubbies.

    "Wow! Look, Kook." The brunette says pointing to another set of cubbies. "Birds. And duckies and flowers."

    "Hey, Tae? Look at me." Jungkook says kneeling next to him, Taehyung looks at him in confusion.

    "What?" He says tilting his head.

    "Are you feeling okay?" Jungkook asks, lowering his voice and examining Taehyung's brown eyes.

    "Mhm." Taehyung hums, nodding his head. "I wanna get the blue one."

    "Are you sure, Taehyung?" The younger asks. "You're not acting like yourself."

    "Can I get it?" The brunette asks pointing at the blue cubbies. "Please?"

   "That's fine. I'll get it." Jungkook says standing and grabbing the box.

    "Joonie will like it I think." Taehyung says walking ahead of Jungkook, a playful skip in his step.

Jungkook is one hundred percent positive that something's off with Taehyung now.

    "Tae, look at me." He says again, making the brunette huff and face him with a pout. "You're acting strange."

    "What do you mean?" Taehyung asks, shifting his weight from foot to foot like an overexcited child.

    "Are any of the littles close?" Jungkook asks quietly.

    "I don't know, I don't feel any different." The brunette says turning away and walking ahead. "C'mon. Let's get s'more stuff."

Jungkook follows him, keeping a close eye on him as they walk around getting more stuff from the list.

He isn't sure what's going on with Taehyung but he makes a mental note to ask when he's acting more like himself.

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