• Take My Hand • | A Taekook fiction|

(Chapter 22) • But Why Me? •

Narrator's POV

"You seem stressed. What's up, Tae?"

Taehyung, who was lost in his thoughts, flinched slightly at the mention of his name. He turned to Seokjin, noticing all the five pairs of eyes on him now.

"Uh? Ah.. it's just, Halmoni's sick right? I'm just worried about her being alone at home. She just wouldn't let me stay to look after her for more than two days." He replied, worry lacing his voice.

"She's a stubborn one, we all know that. Hey, how about we visit her after today to cheer her up a bit?" Namjoon suggested, munching on his chicken nuggets.

"Sounds good to me, it's been a while since we've seen her anyway." Hoseok replied, earning a bunch of 'yeah's from his friends.

"Are you guys gonna be free after uni today then? I think she'd like some fun company of her 'favourite boys', as she describes you all." Taehyung asked, chuckling when he mentioned his Halmoni's nickname for his hyungs.

"I think I can take a leave from my shift today, I'll try calling my boss."

"Pretty sure she'll grant you that quickly Hobi hyung, she is whipped for you after all." Jimin replied, sneakily taking the last meatball from Hoseok's plate.

"Not as whipped as you and Oongi boongi are though."

"Oh shut up Seokjin." The said boy replied, both his, Jimin's and Hoseok's cheeks flushing pink.

"That's hyung to you, Oongi boongi brat."

"Does it look like I care?"

"Why do I feel like this convo has happened before?" Hoseok asked, quietly munching on his apple.

"It has?"

"Of course, Tae. You wouldn't know because you were too busy being busy in your head."

"I guess, yeah."

They went on like this till they finished their lunches, finalizing their plan to visit Halmoni after classes. And just to make sure she wasn't uncomfortable with the idea, Taehyung had called her to ask her if it was okay, as Namjoon and Seokjin had suggested.

And she had agreed happily. She sounded excited when they said all of them were gonna come. One odd thing was, she had specifically asked them to make Jungkook tag along as well. Which was, well, confusing for all of them. Especially since she knew what was going on between the two younger boys. But they decided not to question her wishes and told her they'd ask him too.

Taehyung was a little bit uncomfortable with the idea of Jungkook being there, but he figured it would be best if he just stayed put and did his own thing even though the said boy would be there. He could handle that, he'd just stay distant with him. He hadn't really seen him around after that.. incident. He was probably with those jerks. But it was for the best, he had thought.

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Uni hours had been done now. And instead of them hanging out in their little spot as usual, they decided to head straight to Taehyung's place, to visit their Halmoni.

And yes, Jungkook had tagged along as well. Even though he was hesitant at first when Hoseok told him about the visit, he agreed when he heard that they were going because she was sick and they wanted to cheer her up.

After all, he loved the old woman just as much as the rest of the boys did too.

But that didn't mean he wasn't nervous as fuck, especially because of the fact that she'd specifically asked for him to come along with them. He felt a little sad that he wouldn't have been invited if it wasn't for her, but he couldn't blame them. He was the idiot after all.