"No! Please, d-don't..." Jungkook wakes up from the sound of someone speaking. He is using the sleeping bag since Taehyung is on the bed. Jungkook glances at the time. It's 5 AM in the morning. His eyes fall on the bed, where Taehyung is curled up in a ball. His whole body is shaking and he is whimpering.

Is he having a panic attack? Or is it a nightmare? Jungkook thinks and quickly gets up. He moves to the bed and wraps his hand around the other boy. He leans closer to his ear and uses his other hand to run it through the younger's hair.

"Hey Tae, are you okay, baby?" He asks tenderly but it seems like Taehyung is far away and his voice can't reach him.

"Please don't kill me." Taehyung says again. He is crying and his state makes Jungkook want to cry too. But he can't. He has to be strong for Taehyung.

"You are safe, baby. I'm here." He says as he holds the younger in his embrace. He wonders what he should do and then he starts rocking him. He starts talking again, "Nothing will happen to you, Tae. You are safe with me. You'll always be because I won't let anything happen to you. Ever. You trust me, right? I want you to trust me."

Jungkook gently wipes away his tears and uses the towel, that he had brought earlier to dry Taehyung, to wipe away his sweat from his forehead. He keeps saying sweet nothings to him and rocking him. After a few minutes, Taehyung calms down. Jungkook feels relieved as he sees the younger relaxing. He pats his head and keeps kissing his forehead.

Although Taehyung was having a nightmare, he started calming down once Jungkook held him. He doesn't know why he had a nightmare after so long. He thought he wouldn't have to encounter them anymore once his treatment was over, but it seems like it's not the case. What triggered the nightmares? Was it what happened in the parking lot? Taehyung doesn't want them back. It took a lot of time for him to recover from them. He cannot afford to have nightmares again. He cannot afford to let his life get ruined.

It's 10 AM when Taehyung finally opens his eyes. The first thing he sees is Jungkook sleeping next to him. He can feel his arms wrapped around his waist gently yet firmly. A smile makes it's way on his face. He stares at the ravenette. He looks so peaceful. Taehyung feels like clicking a picture again. Maybe he can have a whole album of Jungkook's sleeping pictures.

He tries to turn towards Jungkook so that he can see his face properly, but that causes him to wince in pain. Because of Jungkook, he had almost forgotten what happened yesterday. But how can he forget? The pain in his body is the evidence of the dangerous situation he was in.

Taehyung squirms as the pain intensifies. Of course it hurts more the next day. Taehyung out of all people knows that very well.

Because of the movement and Taehyung's whimpering, Jungkook wakes up too. He opens his eyes and sees the younger's eyes squeezed shut. He quickly sits up and looks at Taehyung with concern, "Hey baby, are you okay? Does it hurt a lot?" He cups his cheeks with both his hands and makes him look in his eyes.

"Y-Yes." Taehyung hisses.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine. Let's get freshened up and have breakfast. Then you can take some painkillers and relax, okay?" Jungkook says and Taehyung nods. Even though he is in pain, he is overwhelmed because of Jungkook's care. He might get used to it. He loves it and it seems like he will get addicted soon if Jungkook keeps doing that.

The ravenette carries him to the bathroom and gives him an extra toothbrush. He then leaves and goes to the kitchen to make some breakfast for them. He decides to make pasta because he doesn't have much food stocked here. He didn't come to his studio often lately because he had been busy with the university fest.

He starts serving when he sees Taehyung appearing from the room and sitting on a stool near the kitchen slab. With arms folded across his chest, he stares at the ravenette lovingly. Jungkook cannot take his eyes off him and how can he when the younger is wearing his t-shirt, which of course is very big for him. It's an oversized t-shirt for Jungkook even. He is also wearing a pair of shorts which reaches his knees. Taehyung looks like a kid in Jungkook's clothes but the ravenette finds him adorable. He looks so pretty.

"I hope you don't mind me borrowing your clothes." Taehyung says and Jungkook shakes his head with a smile.

"You can use anything, Tae. Anything that belongs to me." The ravenette says and Taehyung feels as if his heart would jump out of his chest.

Jungkook brings the food for them and takes a seat beside Taehyung before they begin eating. Taehyung keeps praising the pasta saying that this is the best he has ever had and Jungkook can't contain his happiness.

When they are done eating, Jungkook brings Taehyung back to the room and gives him the painkillers. After taking them, the both of them sit quietly on the bed. Taehyung places his head on Jungkook's shoulder and the ravenette wraps his hand around the younger. It feels very normal for the both of them. They can spend everyday like this.

Taehyung plays with the ravenette's fingers. No words are exchanged between them for a while. Taehyung just feels so happy and grateful to have Jungkook around him. It feels as if this is all he ever wanted. A friend. A companion. Someone who takes care of him without getting irritated and thinking of him as a weak person.

"People think I s-seduced you to get into the broadcasting club." Taehyung says after the moments of silence. Jungkook looks at him confused. Well, he knows that not everyone likes seeing him with Taehyung because of jealousy. He knows some people thinking that if they can't get the ravenette's attention, how can some new kid get it. But he wasn't expecting Taehyung to talk about it right now.

"You know it's not true, Tae." Jungkook says while rubbing the other's shoulders.

"They said I s-sucked your d-dick to get the job." Taehyung's lips wobble as what happened last night flashes in front of his eyes again.

"Hey, you and I know that's it's not true. The broadcasting club approached you first because you are talented and you deserve it, Tae. Who said this to you? Is it the boys from last night?" Jungkook asks and when Taehyung softly nods his head, Jungkook feels angry again. How badly he wants to hurt those idiots who hurt his baby.

Just you wait you fuckers. I'll deal with you once my baby is okay. He grits his teeth as he thinks of ways to make those three boys suffer.

"Just forget about them, baby. They are not important enough in our lives. I will take care of them because they dared to touch you. They are not allowed to touch you like that. I'll fucking deal with them but you don't worry your little head with it, okay?" Taehyung notices how venomous Jungkook's voice is when he talks about those three boys but he also sees him going soft when its about him. These little things are enough to make him happy.

"Haters gonna hate, Tae. You can't keep worrying about them all the damn time. Life is too short to take stress. Just let it all go. Those idiots can fuck themselves for all I care." Jungkook shrugs and Taehyung laughs. He doesn't know why but he does.

Jungkook looks so hot when he's angry. Oh no! What are you thinking, Taehyung? Jungkook shouldn't be angry. He remembers Baekhyun and Jimin telling him once that it's better to not make the ravenette angry, because once he loses his temper, it's not good for anyone.

"What's your dream, Taehyung?" Jungkook asks, suddenly curious. Taehyung wasn't expecting this question either but it's not like he's clueless about his dreams. He did think before enrolling in the university and taking music as his major.

"I want to be a songwriter and music producer." Taehyung says and Jungkook smiles.

"That's good. You'll do great, Tae."

"I'm not sure about that. As a kid, I wanted to be an idol but I can't be that anymore." Taehyung laughs but Jungkook knows it's not a happy laugh. The younger is sad and why wouldn't he be? It's six years of his life that got wasted. Six years is a long time.

"I know you will do great, Taehyung. You have the potential to do anything and I have seen it. Effort makes you. You will regret someday if you don’t do your best now. Don’t think it’s too late but keep working on it. It takes time, but there’s nothing that gets worse due to practicing. So practice. You may get depressed, but it’s evidence that you are doing good. You know, living without passion is like being dead." Jungkook says and the younger is completely enchanted by his encouraging words.

"You know you sound like JK." Taehyung says.

"I-I do?" Jungkook remembers the time when he said the same thing he just said on a live and he mentally slaps himself. Of course, Taehyung would notice. After all he is JK's fan.

"Yeah, he once said the same thing on a live. Do you like him too?" Taehyung asks curiously.

"Yeah, he's nice I think." Jungkook says. Please don't say anything else about this. And as if Taehyung heard Jungkook's thoughts, he doesn't ask any further questions.

They sit in silence again when Taehyung suddenly says, "Hey, Kookie."

"Yeah?"

Taehyung takes a deep breath. He has been thinking about the horrible nightmare he had last night and he doesn't want to think about it anymore. He needs to forget and he knows what he wants. He knows what can make him forget.

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