In a patch of morning sunlight on the floor, Rae and Jungkook sat eating apples. Rae tucks his hair behind his ears, they'd grown quite a lot since he hadn't cut it recently. Jungkook does the same and she smiles.
"I..." Jungkook was about to say it randomly out of nowhere like he does sometimes.
"Hate you! I hate you" Rae interrupts him by pushing a piece of apple into his mouth.
"You've got no idea how scared I was. It could've been so many things. You should've told me you were in pain, we would've somehow managed to book you a checkup during one of Seol's naps and someone could've come over to help with her" Rae says while she keeps putting more apple pieces into his mouth as soon as he finishes one to keep him silent but he grabs the last one and puts into her mouth.
"I didn't want to stress over it. Until I didn't knew what it actually was I could just delude myself into thinking it was something more ignorable" Jungkook says, "I didn't knew I would start to vomit suddenly"
"Promise me you'll schedule the surgery within the next month. I read that leaving gallstones unattended can even turn into cancer." Rae says worried about him. It hurt her to think that he was hiding the pain and going through it all silently for so many days, and she's very well aware of the kind of stress he's been in for the past month.
"Look I love you but I'll leave you if you don't take care of yourself." Rae tells him gravely.
"Okay, I promise. But please don't talk about leaving... Rae in all honesty I'll literally fall apart if you leave" he keeps a hand on hers that rests on her thigh.
"I know Kook it's kinda the same for me. It's really nice and it makes me happy and brings me peace that we've accepted our feelings and informed each other about them also that we don't have expectations out of each other. You know I really can't give you anything right now because this past month has been so hard. I know you're also through a tough period of your life. I know that you know and understand. I can't even sleep without the pills. Lying idle in boredom just makes me so restless. All I can think about is..." she pauses then purses her lips, even talking about it makes her get goosebumps, Jungkook instantly pulls her into a hug.
"Baby I know... I'm right here... always here and I love you" he tells her and kisses her, caresses her.
"Don't leave me" Rae says holding him, her fingers in his hair.
"I won't Rae... I won't" he pulls her closer and kisses her on the lips. It's passionate the way he does it. Lately he just can't hold himself back when he finds her so close.
Slowly the kiss turns into more, ignites a desire in him and he finds her sitting on his lap. He pulls away because he knows this can only get so far. She chuckles as she pulls herself back with a whisper of "sorry"
"Would it really hurt even if you're on top?" He jokes. She was about to nudge him in the abdomen but stopped midway then pulled his cheeks.
"It's just a few more days" she sighs.
"I just need something to reduce the stress. And my heart..." he smirks at her.
"What about your heart?" Rae asks trying to control herself from blushing.
"You should know since you're the one holding it. It's not mine anymore" he cringes at what he just said but feels better watching her burst out into laughter.
"Okay fine" Rae keeps a hand over her stomach feeling achy after all the laughing.
"Fine what?" Jungkook asks realising what the topic of conversation was, his heart beats faster unable to take the anticipation.
