A "Little" Surprise

Make It Right

"Babe?" Loud footsteps pounded over to him, Taehyung's deep voice resounding through the air out of nowhere, blanketing the panic in Jungkook's chest and reducing it to nothing in an instant. Taehyung sounded slightly out of breath, and very concerned, but he was here and Kookie was safe because TaeTae would never let anything bad happen to him.

Warm hands hesitantly tilted his head up, and Jungkook found himself face to face with a Very Worried Taehyung.

Taehyung's eyes widened in shock as he realized Jungkook's mask was no longer covering his face, and he quickly pulled the maknae's thumb out of his mouth and pushed Jungkook's mask back up to cover his face. Pressing their foreheads together, he whispered urgently, "Jungkookie? Are you little right now?"

"Yes. No. Don' know!" Jungkook cried, reaching out and clinging onto his hyung's sweatshirt like his life depended on it. "Saw the toy store 'nd got distracted... but Koo needa be big hyungie! Needa be big!"

Taehyung thought quickly, his gaze darting over to the saleswoman who was eyeing them curiously.

"Bun, I need you to be honest with hyungie." He murmured in Jungkook's ear. "Did anyone see your face?"

Jungkook shook his head frantically. "No! Koo was already hiding when the strange lady comed over."

"Good boy." Taehyung let out a sigh of relief, already formulating an excuse to explain to this woman. "Can you tell me what happened, darling?"

"Koo was walkin' but then he saw the toys 'nd Koo loves toys stores 'nd then he falls and his head got an ouchie."

Taehyung examined Jungkook's head, brushing back his bangs and relaxing slightly when he found no bruises or bumps. "Does your head hurt now?" He asked, pressing a kiss to the younger's forehead.

Jungkook shook his head. "No ouchie now." He sniffled and wiped his nose on Taehyung's sleeve.

Looking around for what might have caused Jungkook to fall, Taehyung barely suppressed an exasperated chuckle as he noticed his boyfriend's shoe was untied.

Leave it to Jungkook to get so caught up in his mind that he neglects his own body. He thought fondly.

Reaching out, Taehyung quickly double knotted the maknae's shoelaces. "I'm glad you feel better, bun."

"Koo is sorrys." Jungkook looked down at him sadly. "He broke the rules. Didn't tell hyungie he was feelin' little, and he called out hyungie's name. Koo is a bad boy."

"Don't you worry your precious head about it." Taehyung wrapped his boyfriend in a quick hug. "You're not a bad boy, Kookie. It was my fault for leaving you alone in a place where you could have slipped. I know there's a toy store in the mall, but I forgot. Can you forgive your hyungie?"

"Koo always forgive TaeTae!" Jungkook whispered in Tahyung's ear, careful to keep his voice low. "Koo loves TaeTae!"

With a fond smile, Taehyung brushed his hands on his pants and prepared to stand. "Do you think you can stand up, lovie?" He asked Jungkook. "We have to get Jin hyung his bath bomb, remember?"

Jungkook nodded seriously, wiping his eyes dry. "Koo wans ta help, but he needa be big!"

"I know, sweetheart, I know." Taehyung weaved his hands under Jungkook's armpits and hoisted the maknae to his feet, sliding his arm around Jungkook's waist to keep him close. "I'll help you come back up, bun, but first I need you to help me with something. Can you help hyungie?"

"Yes!"

"I need you to play along with hyungie, okay?" Taheyung looked Jungkook in the eyes, praying that the little would understand. "We're going to play a little game. I'm going to be named Taejoon, and you're going to be named Woohyun. We need to pretend that we were filming a movie here, and now we're going home to our hyung, who's waiting for us, so we have to hurry."