RED STRINGS || VMINKOOK

Talk

Its been 3 days since Jungkook and Yoona came home yet they didn't talk once about what Taehyung said in their hyungs' home. No matter what Taehyung did he can't get it off his mind. Its eating him up like a plague. Crushing him slowly like a boulder. He didn't know how to bring it up again so here they were, in the same office yet it felt like they were seas apart. They were both so close yet so far at the same time. Taehyung lost count of how many times he opened his mouth to say something but ends up closing it with the lack of words to say.

In the end Jungkook beats him to it "We should probably talk about it huh" honestly it shocked him. He didn't expect for Jungkook to be the one who wants to talk about it. "Yeah.." There's a pause, an invisible fog of tension filling up the room, making it harder to breathe.

"What did you see that day?"

What did he see? He wasn't even sure anymore. It happened so quick yet the world seemed to stop around him and the man in the café. It was a blur of words, faces, and a gush of emotions. He was hit again, like a wave rippling through his veins, it both burned and cooled him at the same time. It seems he took too long to answer and now his fiancé was standing right in front of his desk, carrying a worried look over his soft yet masculine features. Huh, his soulmate was one beautiful being.

"-ae? Taehyung? Are you okay? We don't need to talk about it if you don't wanna-"

"No! I mean, no we need to talk about it" Jungkook seemed taken aback by that but understood completely. Instead of going back to his own desk, his fiancé took a seat directly in front of him. "I saw... I saw, him" Jungkook's resolve quaked at this but he caught himself before he fell into the rabbit hole of little space. The younger nodded, ushering him to continue. Taehyung gulped down the lump on his throat then gathered up the courage to keep talking.

"He was at the café we used to go to and... and he still had the same look on his face whenever he was relaxed, or more so contented. He seemed happy... happy as if he just forgot everything. He even called me 'dude' can you believe that? me? his soulmate. Doesn't matter, anyways I was so shocked I didn't really notice him leave, didn't try to follow him or anything. I was too much of a coward. I just stood there, letting him walk out again like the idiot I am.."

By now he had streams of tears flowing down his cheeks, feeling cold against his burning skin. But to his surprise Jungkook just had a poker face on, blank and nonchalant as if what Taehyung had just told him wont affect their life drastically. If anything Taehyung felt hurt, betrayed, confused and most of all guilty for feeling those things. Jungkook was trying to forget yet here he was ridiculing him for looking as if he didn't care at all. Taehyung wanted to confront him, ask him why the hell didn't he care but he couldn't bring himself to do it 'cause he knew what the truth was. He knew Jungkook cared way too much to just look like that without arguing with himself.

After the incident  Jungkook had turned into this dismissive person that just put a façade whenever something serious came up. He had tried to seem 'stronger' more 'mature' but in the end if things get too pilled up he ends up running away, afraid of the bigger problem. Everyone knew this about him already, had dealt with enough moments Jungkook ran away after- well after Jimin. They want to tell him this isn't healthy but what's healthy anymore right? Everyone related to Jimin basically developed a non healthy way of coping after what happened, so it would be hypocritical of them to try and stop Jungkook. They were all kind of broken in some way or another huh? but they still fix each other in the end so it should be fine.

Right... everything would be fine in the end... like it always was... fine.

"You have a meeting in 5 minutes, so you should get ready for that. Here's the material" What? He didn't understand? why was Jungkook just Ignoring it. He stared at his lover who was now standing upright, holding out an arm towards him, nodding at him to take the papers. "Right, right okay I'll be in there"

"Mhm I'll get going, oh and Tae? We'll be okay" A smile, huh Taehyung wasn't expecting that but it makes him smile back "Yeah, yeah we'll be okay" He says while wiping his tears with his sleeve. He hears the door open and close before a much louder thud catches his attention.

"Mr. Jeon!"

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Here they were again, back in this dreadful hospital. Memories tried to make they're way back to Taehyung's head but they were blocked by the doctor stepping out of the room.
"Mr. Kim?"

"Yes, that's me"

"Well it seems that your husband passed out due to stress and dehydration. He also has low blood sugar. It isn't too severe so he can go home when he wakes up. All you need to do is make sure he drinks plenty of water, manage stress levels, and keep check of his blood sugar. Shouldn't be too hard but have him back here in a week so we could do a check up" Taehyung thanks him then proceeds to enter his soulmate's hospital room.

Feeling dread as he walks into the all too familiar room. Well of course it was familiar, he spent months in here, just lying around and doing some physical therapy. To be honest he absolutely hated it here, yeah yeah that was a generic thought but after all the time he spent here it should practically be his second home but it wasn't. It didn't feel like a home at all. He felt so strangled everytime he entered the glass double doors of a hospital. It was absolutely draining. He was tired, oh so very tired of being here. Having the thought that what happened would replay scared him too much. He can't lose anyone else or he would have no one. No one to lean on, no one to count on, just an empty space filled with the cold void of loneliness.

It made him feel crazy that he felt so uneasy going here but after what he's been through what isn't crazy anymore. Everything was messed up yet still here they we're, fighting to finish until the end. Sure it's a long walk ahead of them with lots of rocks littering the road but those just makes you stronger.

Wrong, he felt weaker every time, felt that his body and soul was getting swiped up of whatever they had. The color that once filled them were now getting drained of life. But really what scares him more than losing himself is having their daughter go through the same thing they did. He can't have his Ray of sunshine lose her beam or he would just be another corpse roaming around.

He hadn't realized he'd been stuck standing in the middle of the room for 20 minutes. By this time Jungkook had woken up and asked him the normal questions.

"Where am I?"

"What happened?"

"Is everything alright?"

He answered with generic answers, and soon enough Jungkook remembered. He had apologized for putting a halt to the meeting and waisting the business man's time. However, Taehyung didn't care for any of those. He just wanted to know if his lover truly was okay. Surely for him to end up at the hospital then things must have been hard already.

He didn't mean to pry but he asked the same question over and over again whenever Jungkook tried to change the subject.

"Why didn't you tell me"

Another change in topic. Honestly Taehyung was getting tired of it and was so close to snapping at him. He knew it wasn't the right thing and it would only bring Jungkook's stress levels higher but he had to know. They were a team, not some solo act.

"Jungkook, answer my question. Why didn't you tell me" finally, a sigh erupted from the younger as he slumped his shoulders. "You're very persistent you know. Well I guess I can't run from it any longer. I was scared, I didn't know what to do and I thought that if I told you how I really felt we would just crumble. I saw how hard it was on you so I didn't wanna add to it..."

Taehyung expected that exact answer, doesn't make it any easier though. So quickly, he scoops Jungkook up in his arms. Apologizing profusely for putting him in this position and thanking him for being strong for them both.

Soon, they both go home. They need to talk about "it" again. Hopefully it doesn't stress Jungkook out as much.

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I know I know, I've been gone for a long time ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ but I've had really bad writers block and me and my family got covid on August up to September plus I still have online class so that sucks. But I'll try to update more!