Twilight of Itaewon | Taekook ✔

67. Our Little Thing

The noisy cafeteria makes them angry, exhausted and torn. They sat down in silence. Since Taehyung was asleep, and there was a nurse to take care of him for some minutes, Jimin said yes when Namjoon called them to go out and discuss something. The necessary talk. Tension oozing from each face as they sat next to each other, gulping down their coffee. The worried eyes sharing glances and other than a pair of black orbs which were in a mess of abyss and staring at the evening hue. Even after destroying the pure white of the vast sky, the sun looks happy and content. What a strange world, finding bliss in chaos.

Namjoon cleared his throat and everyone concentrated on the male. Eager eyes and shivering hands waiting to hear something positive from the man. The said black-haired male peeked at Jeongguk. The awfully quiet state of the younger one scares him. He tapped on the table with his fingers showing his nervousness to speak out loud. Sighing, Namjoon said.

"Taehyung... because of the severe injury on his head, some of his nerves are weak and he... he doesn't remember a few things..."

Namjoon paused because of the gasp of his friends. He stared at them and they held their heart tight and were fearful to break. Jin was the one to break the silence by asking a relevant question.

"Don't remember what...? Is his memory..."

"His memory is fine for some point. Remember, the accident Jimin went through? the doctor said Taehyung thinks that he's the one who had that accident. Not Jimin. He lost his memory from there to the present."

Namjoon said. He reminisced about the talk with the doctor before. At this point, Taehyung thinks that the accident happened to him and he doesn't remember the things that happened later. A part of his brain was struggling with damage and that's why he couldn't recall what happened with him. It can be possible. Taehyung doesn't remember things that happened after Jimin's car crash which now he thinks happened to him, not to his soulmate. Yoongi was the first one to lean back, letting out a deep sigh and pulled his hair in frustration. They all looked the same, emotionless and tired of their fate.

"A part of his memory is in a blacked-out state. He doesn't remember a thing regarding Seojoon and... "

If something was keeping Jeongguk sane at that point, then after the ellipsis of Namjoon, he lost that too. It was clear as a day. Taehyung did not remember him, them, and their love. Jin covered his mouth with his hands, gulping down all the cries he had, Jimin clutched the glass in his hand almost like he was ready to break it, Hobi and Yoongi were in a terrible state too. They didn't dare to look at Jeongguk who was looking outside. He swallowed the coffee and stood up. Jimin held his hand to stop Jeongguk from whatever he was gonna do. His broken eyes were pleading something to the young officer. It showed fear. The fear of Jeongguk giving up on their love, walking out of Taehyung's life. When the younger shrugged his hand and released the hold, a tear dropped from Jimin's eyes and drenched his torn beliefs of love.

Jeongguk opened the door and walked inside. He sat next to Taehyung on the bed who was actually in deep sleep. A fond smile lingered on his lips as he traced Taehyung's soft features. He gazed at the boy like the first time his eyes stuck on the portrait on the wall of 221. Pure and beautiful. The long lashes closed and hiding the purple galaxies. The pink wounded lips forming into a pout and the cuts on his face sparkles under the dim lighting of the hospital room. The cute freckles reminding him of the constellation of Capricorn. Even after all the scars, Jeongguk will say Taehyung looks like a freshly bloomed African Violet, aesthetic and stunning; in his own world of ecstasy.

Jeongguk's fingertips traveled to touch the dainty fingers of Taehyung. He can see the heartbeat of his lover on the monitor varying but don't know why. Is that because of his touch or because of the pain Taehyung silently suffering? Jeongguk took a moment to think about their past. The nights he met Taehyung, the nights he uncovered the tales, the nights he realized he's falling deep in Taehyung's cologne, the nights they promised to stay with each other as lovers. His forevers were falling down, shattering into pieces like a broken moon.