Taehyung POV

I came out of the meeting room tugging on my tie to loose it a bit, taking in some of the fresh air. The meeting was hella long but to say the least, we have got one more new investor to invest in our company now which will surely rise the shares of our company in the market.
But today, I had to face embarassment as well...because of my blank behaviour during the meeting. I wasn't able to concentrate during the meeting due to a very known reason....as my mind kept wandering to a particular person in my life.

Walking through the hallways, making my way to my cabin...I came across to one of the employees cabin and heard few whisperings coming out from there...well they were gossiping...most probably about me.
I went closer to the tinted glass door and laid my ears on their conversation.
Woah...I was right, they are talking about me only.

"Actually, the most important thing is that he had been on leave for some unknown reason for a very long time...Mr Kim had never done like that ever before since the very time he came into the company's lead." One of the employees said.

"Yeah that's actually true and also did you noticed he was not in himself throughout the meeting...??...it's really very strange of him" another said.

"Whatever it is...but he's surely a introvert and kinda scary person with a handsome face...all rolled in one!!" The former remarked.

"Yeah...you're right...he always pulls off a long and straight face...I wonder if he even have emotions to express...he makes his handsome face look so dreading and scary." the later said.

" I have heard from somewhere that he had a rough childhood without parents love...if it's true, then it clearly gives an explanation for his sharp behaviour...poor boy." said one of them.

" Whatever behaviour he carries on....I know one thing for sure he's drop dead hot and handsome...if I could get a chance..I wouldn't mind laying my hands on him." one of the women said.

"Oh!!...same here babes!!...btw you know...once I had gone to a night club and there I had saw a man similar in built just like Mr Kim...or should I say he was Mr Kim itself and he was kissing a woman but it seems like he isn't a good kisser cuz the woman left him hanging in there making a pitiful face...keke!!" said one more.

That's enough....it's too much...there's no limit to their gossiping and I can feel my anger boiling up inside me beyond its extent... without thinking much I banged the door open and barged in with an expression of disgust and fury written all over my face. The employees inside got frozed in their place with their mouth hanging open and eyes coming out of their socket. I glared at them fuming with anger and felt myself getting even more infuriated upon seeing their flashed faces.
They stood up alarmingly and lined up infront of me, bowing down 180°. I
bit on my inner cheek so as to control my outraging anger and glared last time at them wrathfully and left from there, surely leaving them in shock.
They sure did provoked me but I decided not to react nonetheless, my presence itself was enough to let them go in frenzy...their expression said it all.
I finally took my seat in my cabin resting my head on the headrest of the chair, facing the ceiling.
I closed my eyes so as to regain my solitude back, but my heart raced in over-delight as soon as Y/n's smiling face flashed in my mind. Her face was completely mapped inside my head and it felt as if she is actually here right now...I took a deep breath sighing in pure blessedness and I felt myself feeling oddly contented and light-hearted. It was all just because of her...her smile, her voice, her gestures and her everything makes me feel beaming with happiness. As if she's a ray of positive sunshine falling on me, giving me positivity to live my life in a more courageous way.

I wonder what she must be doing right now?...

I want to get back home as soon as possible...though I had never felt this kind of sudden urge to go back home ever before as much as I'm feeling right now.

I think....I am missing her!

With this, I quickly wrapped my work in hand and dashed hurriedly towards the elevator holding all the extra files and my office bag in one hand and my blazer in other, the ding-dong of the elevator felt as if it dinged after an eternity and I scurried towards the parking area in a bow. One can obviously determine by my gait that maybe I was at the verge of missing my flight...though for me, it's more important than that cuz I was missing her presence around me terribly and I needed to see her and hug her very badly.
On my way to home, I came across a flower Shop which was fully illuminated with lights and with not so many people in there.
I hopped down the car and decided to buy Y/n's favourite bouquet of blue roses. I know she was sad too when I was leaving for office and little did she knew that I had actually noticed her teary eyes when she had hugged me and some of her tears had even fell on my coat...which I later touched with my fingers brushing on it as an imprint of her physical contact with me until I came back home from the office.

Time Skip

Making my way through the lighted compound of my house, I happily walked to the door hopping on my feet in hope that Y/n will come running and open the door for me.
But soon I felt a little bit disappointed, when I saw Miss Min opening the door and letting me in.

"Where is Y/n?" I asked Miss Min while Yeontan came running down from upstairs and wiggled his tail sitting near my feet.
" She's out since afternoon..." Miss Min said looking towards the door.
"Wait??...but where?...she didn't told me that she was planning on going somewhere out today...had she told you??" I asked Miss Min in confusion.
"I don't know much...but she did told me that she was going for a stroll around our neighborhood cuz she was getting bored in home."

I sat on the couch in sadness and confusion as I waited for her to come back home. I looked at the blue roses placed infront of me on the coffee table and then at the door. I felt a little bit anxious too as she should have been back by now if she had gone for a walk in the neighborhood...but she has been out for so long. I started tapping my foot on the carpeted floor getting impatient.
After a few minutes, I started pacing from one corner of the sofa to another constantly looking at the door and then on my wristwatch.
Suddenly, bad thoughts about her well-being started clouding my mind making me even more anxious and worried for her.
"That's it...I can't anymore sit here and wait for her to come back...I must go and look out for her...what If...if she is in danger??...oh no!!" I exclaimed to myself and in a tow ran towards the door to go out and look for her but then I stopped on my heels abruptly on seeing the person for whom I was waiting for so long. I felt my breath rush back to my lungs as a smile crept on my face in relief. She stood at the door full of shopping bags, looking at me with goo-goo eyes. She stepped forward and I rushed to her.

"Oh Taehyung-ah!...you are back. I am sor-!!" She said coming towards me but I cut her off in midst.
"Oh my...I am glad that you are safe...where were you??!...I was freaking worried for you...you know??" I said engulfing her in my arms, burying my face in her soft curly hair....this girl almost got me a panic attack today...uff...but I finally felt my heart beat back to normal as soon as I captured her in my arms, giving me a soothing sensation in my heart and all my tiredness felt as if it got vanished in thin air.

Y/n POV

I felt his warm embrace lock me in its vicinity and it took me by surprise. I hugged him back letting the bags fall down on floor and engulfing the warmth and comfort getting from Taehyung. He put his head in my hair as he mumbled cutting me off.

"Oh Taehyung-ah!...you are back. I am sor-!!" I said walking towards him but he cut me off in midst.
"Oh my...I am glad that you are safe...where were you??!...I was freaking worried for you...you know??" He said in a tone which clearly showed his worry for me.
"Um...I am so sorry Taehyung!...I should have texted you that I will be late but you must be knowing by now that I get engrossed in shopping too easily...keke!!" I said apologising and pulling him closer to myself.
"Um...it's ok but do text me if you go out anytime...I can't explain you how much anxious and nervous I was feeling back then...it felt as if my heart was going to stop beating any minute now if you were going to get late by any second more." He exclaimed looking at me with warmth-filled eyes.
"Taehyung..." I said softly.
He hummed in response looking at me.
"I am sorry..." I said in a baby voice looking at him with doe eyes and pouting, holding my ears.
"Oh c'mon Don't do that... c'mere...see I am home early today just because of you...and now I want to know what you have bought for me...but first give me the pleasure to present you your favourite blue roses madam!!" He said while bowing down and I laughed sweetly at him as I took the fresh bouquet from his hand...inhaling the smell of it. I looked at him adoringly as he was looking at me dreamily and again hugged me like a bear and I happily returned him back the hug.

*Ahem*...*Ahem*...

We immediately turned around to see Miss Min again smiling at us and I quickly pulled away from Taehyung as blood rushed to my cheeks.

"I will put up the table for dinner...get fresh and have it...I've made many favourite recipes for you both!!" She said and turned around walking to kitchen.
I looked up at him and he was smiling back at me, but my mood was something to do funny and so I pinched him on his cheek and ran away upstairs leaving him with the shopping bags lying on the floor.
"Owu!!...hey Y/n...you!?!...I will not let you win... c'mere!!" He winced in pain and ran after me but it was too late as I already was in my bedroom and locked the door, giggling to myself at my silliness.
I could hear his chuckles as well, ringing out in the hallway, calling out my name.
I decided to get freshen up quickly as my stomach had also started grumbling now due to hunger.

Time Skip
After Dinner

"Taehyungieee?!...where are you?
Ugh!!...where am I going to find you now In this big mansion??" I called out to him. But it was all in vain, as there was not any response as he was planning to play hide and seek with me.
I roamed around the living room looking around every corner I could see and at last I whined in defeat... crashing my body on the couch near the lying shopping bags.
Suddenly, I felt a hard flick of finger on back of my head and I quickly turned around alarmingly. Taehyung ran behind the coffee table giggling and making funny faces at me.
I put my sleeves up and placed my arms on either sides of my waist, looking dreadfully at him.
He stopped giggling on noticing my demeanor.
But too much to his surprise I ran towards him attacking at him, not even giving him time to react as I fell on the floor with him in tow.
We both groaned in unison as pain rushed through our body by crashing on the cold floor.
I slowly lifted up my gaze only to see him already looking at my direction as our eyes met. I shifted in my position to stand back up on my feet but our legs had got tangled with each other. He coughed avoiding the gaze as my heart was already racing at thousand miles per second and he then motioned me to stay still as he somehow pulled himself in sitting position and helped me do the same.
He again pulled me up from the floor as if I was a toddler and made me sit on the couch beside him... looking at me adoringly.
"So what have you bought for me??" He said suddenly.
"Ok let me show you instead..." I said as I went near the shopping bags rummaging through them when I finally found what I wanted.
I took the cake box out from the bag and placed it on his lap.
He looked at it in anticipation and then looked at me as for permission to open it. I nodded eagerly at him and he swiftly opened it one go, revealing his favourite Vanilla Strawberry Cake.
His expression was priceless and it didn't failed to make me look at him in awe and to say exactly I couldn't take my eyes off him as he digged into the cake with the nearby spoon lying on the table. He ate a spoonful and closed his eyes as the flavour settled on his tongue and he licked his lips in delicacy. I laughed looking at him and as he was busy eating the cake, I went to take out more things which I bought for him today.
I placed the set of Kakao Plushies on either sides of his sitting figure whilst his eyes were closed feeling up the delicious taste of the cake.
He opened his eyes and looked at me widening them. I wonder what happened but then suddenly he pulled me softly by my hand making me sit on the coffee table itself,facing him. I looked at him in confusion but then he reached out his hand with spoonful of cake directing towards my mouth and I understood what he wanted and I opened my mouth to let him feed me. He raised his eyebrows to ask me as if I liked it or not and in return I have him double thumbs up.
But then his eyes fell on the plushies placed next to him....and he looked at me in bewilderment. I smiled to myself looking at his cuteness and in a split of seconds he jumped up on his feet to engulf me in his warm embrace.
"Omg!!...how did you know that I love plushies??" He exclaimed with utter astonishment.
"Well, why have you kept so many different plushies all around in your house huh??!" I asked laughing slightly at his face.
He showed off his boxy smile and squeezed me in his arms as if I was a plushie myself.
"Oom... Taehyung I am not a plushie... you're mistaken...they are there on the couch waiting for you..." I said almost out of breath as he squeezed all the air out of my body. Aish!!
He pulled away quickly slightly blushed but then pinched my cheeks making me wince a little in pain.
"Who said you're not a plushie...you are more cute than any other plushie Y/n-ah!!" He said making me blush this time. I turned around and sat on the couch with him. He kept squishing and squeezing all kinds of plushie I had bought for him whilst I showed him my pictures that I clicked today.
After I finally finished showing all pictures to him we rested on the couch itself with silence enveloping both of us.
"Well, how was your today at the office??" I asked him to break the silence.
"It was all ok...the meeting with the foreign clients was successful." He said while holding a number of plushies in his arms happily.
Suddenly my eyes fell on the parcel which I had received on his behalf this afternoon.
"Taehyung, didn't you saw this parcel??... actually I had received it on your behalf...maybe you should check it..." I said as he turned his head towards me.
He looked at the parcel which I handed to him and narrowed his eyes while reading the details written on the parcel. Suddenly, his eyes frowned and his happy face fell into a dull one, making me worried.
"What happened TaeTae??" I asked him softly.
He didn't said a word as he continued looking at the box with expressionless face.
"Nikki...." He whispered to himself suddenly.
I looked at him trying to figure out what he was thinking but it seemed to be difficult at the time.
"Who's Nikki Taehyung??" I again asked him softly.
"Umm...uh...hm!!" His voice trembled as he tried to find words to speak.
I felt as if he didn't wanted to share about it cuz maybe it's actually personal for him.
"Umm...it's ok...I will go upstairs...I think you need to have some alone time..." I said and stood up and turned to leave but then suddenly I felt a hand holding onto my hand from behind and stopping me on my heels. I turned around to see Taehyung looking at me with twinkling and hazy eyes.
"Please don't leave...I want you here with me...please stay!!" His voice was unmistakably feeble and I felt a jolt of dismay run down my spine. I rushed back immediately to him and sat beside him holding him by his arms.
He gulped the lump which had formed in his throat as he tried to speak up something. I rubbed his back making small circles on his back to soothe him up.
In these past few days, this was now a known fact to me from all the conversations we had that Taehyung's childhood was unbearably traumatic for him...though he never did mentioned in detail about his childhood to me and neither I ever asked for it. His one of the sentences still rings through my head which he had said when once we were talking while star gazing as usual...."I used to be so lonely"
Suddenly he spoke.
"Nikki was my childhood friend and she was daughter of my Appa's friend too....Nikki and I were in contact until the car accident befell my family and after that I cut off all kinds of contact from her and her parents...since then we both have not heard from each other...I don't know what she wants now??" He said trailing off still looking at the parcel.
"Whatever it is...but you should give it a try, atleast you should open it and see what she has send for you, that's also after so many years of loss of contact. But it's your choice afterall..." I said softly placing my hand on his shoulder.
He looked up at me and then to my surprise, he started unboxing the parcel.
I sat there in curiousity and a little bit of tension so as to why Taehyung was so reluctant to not open it...but nonetheless, he's doing it on my suggestions, I wish I don't regret later on.
After Taehyung fully opened it, we got to see two envelopes and a cute Kawiian ceramic cup with an elephant and a panda printed on it.
Taehyung's eyes fell on the cup as he holded it with utter caution, looking at it nostalgically...I can make it out from his expression itself.

He then proceeded to read the letter which was very similar to that of a Love letter in its look...like what I have seen in those Romantic movies and all.
He gulped hard looking at the letter, and then to my amazement handed it to me, looking at me with vulnerable eyes.
"Can you please read it for me...?" He said with great strength trying not to let his voice crack up.
His condition was making me feel bad from the bottom of my heart and I wanted to do anything possible in this world to make him feel happy and goofy all again...but for now it seemed not possible at all.
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and took the letter from his hand hesitantly, not sure of myself.
I unfolded the letter and cleared my throat before I started reading it...
It was in the following manner...

Dear Taehyung-shii,

I hope this parcel reaches you in the best of your health. I now you're doing all good there In Seoul...I am also doing good here in Daegu and have taken up the lead of my Appa's company now as the new CEO....Appa is getting old and it's difficult for him to handle the company's matters now and so he wanted to hand it over to me as soon as possible. Appa always talks about your success and whereabouts. I often get to hear about you from my managers and other clients too. I am so happy for you Taehyung-shii. I truly am...I am sure you've not forgotten about me... neither I have. You must be thinking why am I contacting you after such a long time...well, since the day you cut contact with us, I had always yearned to meet you and hold you the way we used to when anyone of us was down and when everything was alright in our life....but Appa always stopped me from doing so cuz we knew you were passing through a hard time and for a very known fact, you didn't even wanted to be with us. I can understand...after the accident,not only yours but our lives changed a lot too. We always wanted to come to Seoul and meet with you but afraid of your sufferings and wrong perceptions for us,it always made us feel troubled to do so...I wish if you had given us a chance but when I put myself at your place, then my heart aches at the thought itself and I feel that maybe I would've did the same thing if I was in your shoes...I can't even think of the ways you may have suffered all along in your life all alone, with no one beside you. But Taehyung-shii, now I can't let you live like this anymore...you will have to give us a chance to change your wrong assumption about us. I hope you will not let me down...your bestfriend....your friend with whom you always used to share everything after your parents and not even Michael. But, I feel sad that our bond was not strong enough to let you feel that how much I missed you...after you were gone, there was no one to be by my side as a friend. But, I am not sure if I should blame you even cuz I know you were broken at the time and you did what you thought was right to do at the time...but, it's all our past now.
So, for your kind consideration, I invite you to the #Reunion Party of High School Batch 2009, held by one and only Miss Jeon Nikki.
Many of our classmates will be there, it would be a good feed to meet up and click photos with our old besties....I am so excited for the nostalgic evening and it will become the best if you will be present there as well.
I have send the invitation card along with the parcel, you can refer to it for further details and also your Favourite Mug in which we used to drink Hot Chocolate together when we were small kids...you had left it with me as your only souvenir to make me remember you by.
I hope you will come Taehyung-shii, I'll be waiting for you...

See you Soon,
Nikki◉‿◉

I finally completed reading the letter, and lifted up my gaze to look at him.
But his expression made me clueless, his face was expressionless and not showing even a bit of emotion....he was deep in thoughts, continuously gazing somewhere in blankness.
I gulped as I softly shook him from his shoulders and he quickly jolted back to reality, facing me with his sorrow-filled eyes.
"Are you Ok... Taehyung??" I asked softly looking in his eyes.
He just hummed in response and took away the letter from my hand... throwing it on the coffee table and later looking at it with unknown eyes.
The melancholic silence started feeling creepy to me and so I decided to break it as usual...
"Will you go to the reunion party??" I asked softly.
"No!" He spat nonchalantly taking me by surprise.
"Why??" But me being me couldn't hold curiousity building up inside me and again a Why slipped out of my mouth. Though it seemed Taehyung ignored my question as slowly he picked up the cup sent by Nikki, looking at it with livid and pale eyes.
I don't have any idea what he is going through right now but I don't want to see him like this...I wish if he could share it up with me, cuz I know it's the dam of feelings and emotions for so many years that he has locked up inside himself, not sharing it with any other living person, except for his heavenly parents. Suddenly, he let looses his hold on the cup allowing it to fall from his hands, but being too much alarmed by his sudden change in behaviour, I quickly leapt up from my seat and grabbed a hold on the cup in mid-air itself, before it crashed on the floor and shattered into pieces. I released a sigh of relief as I was able to save the life of an innocent mug. I lifted up my eyes to look up at Taehyung, but I got flinched by Taehyung's sudden outburst, making me frozen at my place looking at him with mouth wide agape.
"I can't...I don't want to face t-them...I don't want to see their faces again...it will break me a-again...all of my a-awful and unbearable past memories will again r-ruin m-me!!...all the securities that I have known and all the walls I have made around me with so much pain and hardships will all get ripped away, leaving me with nothing but blurry past memories, depressing loneliness and fretting sorrow!!....I am not yet strong enough to get back to them and fight them, I don't want my past to come again in existence and replay itself, burying me in pit of dark emptiness and monochromatic dullness.....with no-one beside me...I don't want to lost myself again somewhere in darkness...by letting them again in my life...n-no!! H-hell No!! I can't let them...I just can't...I am missing you Appa and Eomma...please come back !!!" Taehyung screamed with his heart's out as his deep buried wounds started to get alive again... drowning him in desolation and tormenting past misery. His lips started to quiver as his hands started trembling and his whole body started receiving jerks with each deep sob that left his salivating mouth. His face red and wet due to trickling tears and his continuous crying. The whole scene infront of me made me deeply shook, blurring my mind with dizziness of overwhelming sorrow for him.
I was still frozen at my position, holding the cup still in my hand without a single movement in my body, when suddenly my reflex action reactors stood up in alarm when I saw Taehyung's body collapsing infront of me and I right away moved with a speed of lightning towards him and gathered him up in my embosom, burying his face in my chest, holding his sympathetic hunching figure in my clasp.... hugging him tightly. His sobs turned into loud cries as he let himself drown in my embrace, wrapping his arms around my waist tightly, so as to support his feeble figure. I closed my eyes tightly so as to control my tears as well but fail miserably in doing so and in no minute I was crying too silently holding him in my arms... caressing his cheeks and softly crisp hair, patting his back delicately...biting on my lips so as to stop letting out any whimpers. The strongest person I had ever witnessed after my father was falling apart infront of me, the only person capable of holding me in my bad times after my father was tearing apart infront of me, surrendering himself to the evils of his life... seeing Taehyung in this state was making me feel teared up and shattered somewhere as I started to feel weak, watching one of my only support in this cruel world shagged out infront of my eyes. No!!...I can't see him like this, he can't be like this, he will have to fight the evils of his life, he can't let himself surrender like this, not atleast for the sake of the person I have known as Taehyung...I will not let him loose himself up like this... he will have to come up again and stand on his feet facing the world the same way as he has always did!!

Taking a deep breath, I caressed his cheeks as I spoke softly.
"Taehyung...Please look up at me!" I said holding his still hunching up and down figure. He didn't responded but then I cupped his face with both of my hands, making his face look up at me but his eyes were tightly closed as he bit down on his lower lip.
"TaeTae...please look into my eyes...!" I again spoke softly.
He slowly opened his eyes full of redness and puffiness, with still some tears dripping down on his cheeks from his gloomy eyes.
I wiped away the tears from his face using my sweater paws and looking directly into his deep filled eyes...as I spoke.
"Taehyung...I don't know who they are or who is Nikki or what kind of relationship you had with them back then...but if they are the reason behind your gruesome past and lonely present, then please, don't let your guards down infront of them...don't let them think that you are afraid of facing them again...if you think that running away from your past is the remedy to your wounds or it is going to let live your life peacefully then you surely have a wrong perception, instead of running away...you should face the truth of your life and put a full stop to the past so as to not let it ruin your present and future, cuz as, much as you will run away from it more they will follow you...and please, don't underestimate yourself, you don't know yourself how much of a wonderful and great person you are...you know, you're the strongest person I have ever known after my father cuz a very few children are prepared to endure the hardships and sacrifices in their life when they are of your age when you lost your parents. Taehyung it's a great accomplishment of your life and your parents teachings that you had grown into a well-cultured, caring, and loving gentleman even though there was no one to guide you through the most crucial pathways of your life. Whenever, I look at you, I can always feel a glimpse of my father in you...he was very much the same like you and for what coincidence, my father had also lost his parents at a very young age, but indeed he turned into a great human being breaking all standards of success and discipline...just like you. Indeed the hardships in your childhood and your life, you're successful in whatever you did and most importantly above all you're a great human being...for me, undoubtedly, you're an angel Taehyung...a kind hearted and caring man. But, the only demerit you have is that you have undermined your strength and self-confidence...and the only way to bring out your underlying strength out is to let yourself shine and live your life to the fullest, not afraid of anyone and showing all around the people all over the world who you are and what you're capable of doing...what you've achieved despite the struggles of your life and what you can achieve more...you can be inspiration to millions of those children's who are deprived of parent's love, and think there's nothing left for them in their life but on the contrary they can shine with much more brightness in the universe...don't let the walls that you've built around yourself suffocate you and stop you from loving the life the way it is...life is very beautiful Taehyung and it always have something to offer...sometimes it offers us bad times to take lessons from and sometimes offers us good times too, to not stop loving the life and continue walking ahead and exploring the wonders it has to offer.
And last but not the least, I would like to let you know that from the day I came into your life, you should be very well aware that now I am not going to leave your side ever and from now on, I'll hold and support you in your bad times just like the way you did for me...I trust you Taehyungie...And, I believe in you, that you're not that kind of a person who will let himself fall like this...now, stop crying and Be a Good Boy,just like you are..." I completed giving my oh so long speech, wiping away some more tears that had trickled down his face... looking at him expectantly.
He was and still looking at me with doe-like dreamy eyes, not Blinking for a second with his swollen lips trembling a little, looking at me devotingly as he tried to speak up...
"I..I... Y/n..I..I...-" his voice cracked up bitterly and was only able to let out broken deep whimpers as he surrendered himself in my embrace, melting and sinking his body in my enveloping arms closing his eyes, wrapping himself around me.
"Th-hank Y-you S-so m-much ..*sob*...y/n-ah...*sob*... thank y-you for c-coming *sob* in-to m-my l-life..." He finally said catching his voice back in his sore throat. A few tears fell from my eyes on his head, but I quickly wiped them off cause' I need to be strong for him, I want to let Taehyung know that he's not alone, but from now on we are two paths running parallel to each other in this world...giving each other support and our back whenever we need each other in our bad times...I wish I could cherish him like this forever in my arms...I softly kissed the side of his head, as I rubbed the side of his neck and his back drawing small circles on it.
I held up his head cupping his face which was buried in the crook of my neck, warming it up with his hot irregular breath...
"Let's go upstairs..hmm? ...you need to rest...you must be tired!!" I said standing up and reaching out my hand to him to hold it on. He forced himself up on his feet holding my hand, but soon was about to lost his balance on his knees but I instantly held him up in my arms, supporting his heavy yet frail form... somehow, I managed to walk him up the stairs as his body weight was too heavy for my petite figure...I took him to my bedroom itself as it was nearer to the stairs and also I didn't wanted to let him sleep alone in his room in this condition...
Cautiously, I laid him on the bed, helping him take out his slippers and covered him with the duvet...I quickly ran to the bathroom and came back with a warm wet towel to clean up his swollen face. Silently, I reached my hands to his face with wet towel holding in it and dabbed it around his face gently. He was coughing a little and sniffling too as his eyes were tightly closed together and his hands were clenched into a fist.
I ran downstairs to grab a water jug and a pair of glasses and came up the same way, running.
I poured down a glass of water for him and slowly holding his figure, I made him sit up and made him drink it up. He tried to gulp it down in one go but failed as regular hiccups were leaving his mouth...not letting him drink the full glass of water, resulting in spilling of the water out of his mouth. I consoled him telling him that it was ok, and letting him again go back in rest position. I climbed up the bed, making myself sit on the other side of his lying figure...I averted my gaze to look at him only to see him looking blankly at the ceiling with his tired yet dreamy eyes.
I softly reached out my hand to his hairlocks, caressing them and his forehead softly, as my other hand involuntarily interwined itself with his hand.
"TaeTae... should I sing a lullaby song for you??" I cooed sweetly at him.
His expression changed as he quickly averted his gaze towards me, looking at me with misty eyes, a little cute smile crept on his handsome face as he pulled himself closer to my propped up body, laying his head on my lap looking at me directly into my eyes earnestly...I even pulled him closer to my tummy as he wrapped his arms around my waist using my lap as his pillow and interwined our hands together even more tightly...placing it on his chest.
I got his assertive and so I started to sing the song I always used to hear from my father when he used to put me in bed after coming from office...

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He looks like a blue parrot
Would you come fly to me?
I want some good day, good day, good day
Good day, good day
Looks like a winter bear
You sleep so happily
I wish you good night, good night, good night
Good night, good night

Imagine your face
Say hello to me
'Til all the bad days
They're nothing to me
With you

Winter bear
O

oh, ooh, ooh
Sleep like a winter bear
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Sleep like a winter bear
Ooh..ooh..ooh

I witnessed him slowly drifting to his dreamland, as I sang the song to him...seeing him closing his eyelids slowly and softly letting the peaceful sleep take over him, made him look even more ethereal and angelic...his heart was beating rhythmically against our interwined hands and I could feel his regular rising and downing of his chest. I softly ruffled his hair, as I placed a tender kiss on his forehead and on the mole under his nose, which I always wanted to do. I smiled to myself in contentment and bliss, as I watched him sleep so peacefully in my arms...this was one of the most beautiful moment of my life that I want to cherish for the rest of my existence...

"I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."

~ John Green
The Fault In Our Stars