Always By Your Side | TAEJINKOOK ✔

TWENTY FOUR

Third Person POV:

Taehyung invites Jung Kook inside his room as he jokingly said they should sleep beside each other on his bed.

Taehyung used a humor on his tone but he secretly meant it and he didn’t expect Jung Kook to agreed on his offer.

Now their eyes was glued on the carved ceiling, a mixed of rusty colors with a touch of little walnut shade at the borders.

Their toes are uncomfortable rubbing, forming a tiny sweats spreading, hands are under their heads as if there’s no pillow to support their heavy heads for having too much thoughts and worries.

Jung Kook finally calmed as he had take a glance of Taehyung’s canvas placed around his room, some are hung at the walls but mostly was on the ground leaning at the cleaned beige wall, some are new and blank.

Some canvas are unfinished and some are just meant the way they were abandoned to just lean on the cold beige wall.

“I'm to be honest not aware that you two are boyfriend’s the time I am hitting on Seok Jin in front of you.”

“And that painting? I’ve painted that when you two got married, but his feature, his clothes, his looks was on the first time I saw him, that everything made my world turned into slow motion.”

“And that’s the night I kissed his hands at the event, remember? I saw your face in there you wanted to throw a punch Jung Kook, admit it.”

Jung Kook shifted on his position and glared at Taehyung. “Yeah, you’re so lucky I’ve held myself up for the party, a-and besides, I don’t want Seok Jin to be upset at me for starting a fight to an annoying man like you, the coat he was wearing was mine by the way, just want to inform you and I must admit you drew it great and detailed by its pattern, cool.”

“But the thought of you being annoying didn’t left my mind, but you are lucky, because this fist of mine couldn’t touch your cocky face.” Jung Kook said with a faint laugh. Taehyung joined as he get up and went on top of Jung Kook.

“Let’s lift the mood up, its too down and I hate it, I hate downsides, I hate losing. I hate unfair judgement.”

Jung Kook was holding his breath, he knows he’s just a soul by the time he was wandering around, but with Kim Taehyung he had felt lots of new things. Which he wish he could’ve had sooner with him, the friendship, the conversation, it could makes him feel better.

“Wasn’t your body being too close to mine? And what are you talking about? I-If it’s an unfair judgement, w-we should discuss t-things about Mr. Choi Yeon Jung and Mr. Kim, J-Jin’s Dad.” Jung Kook stated, nervously and he is aware how he stutter, he was hoping Taehyung will disregard it and continue on saying what’s on his mind whatever it is.

“Sit here, I’ll show you what I got, make sure to smile and fix your face, don't waste it, okay?” Taehyung muttered excitedly as he jumped off the bed and after a minute he was back holding a wooden box and a metal type box on the other hand.

Jung Kook looked at Taehyung, Jung Kook's thoughts became addled. “If we are going to discuss about–“

“This is not about anything regarding to what happened to you, to Mr. Kim, to Jeon’s or to Mr. Choi Yeon Jung, Jung Kook you need to trust me now.”

“And what I meant by trusting me is you have to strike a best view so I could draw you, then paint you to this canvas.” Taehyung pointed his blank canvas after putting it to his easels.

“Smile now.” Taehyung said as he gestures his hands for Jung Kook to get up and move to the clean spot of his room.

Taehyung was doing what he was doing because he wanted to show to Jung Kook that despite him being a soul, he still has a body, a beautiful feature, far from the business man Jeon Jung Kook but so perfect for Kim Seok Jin’s husband.

“I look awful aren’t I? You are doing it to make me realize it thousand times–“

“You look great Mr. Jeon Jung Kook, You are great in everything, You are good as a business man by your own name not through your Dad, you are a good son, you are good at making impossible into possible by changing Yoongi, and lastly, you’re a great husband and you got my respect on that.”

“Now show me your smile please…” Taehyung mumbled when Jung Kook looks down with what he heard from Taehyung. “Being together like this doesn’t mean we are cheating on Jin right?”

“Because I must admit, that you are great man too, don’t think that I am much better than you just because you are known in business because of your father. That’s not true, you have made a remarks by having an aura of annoying COO of you father’s company, you have your own name as the cocky and playful leader.”

“I’ve heard that you’ve met Yoongi with Jin at their place?” Taehyung’s brows was wiggling, his eyes was back and forth to his sketchpad then to Jung Kook’s body details. “Even without Jin, I am meeting him, but sadly he hates me.”

“Yoongi isn’t nice to me unlike to you, I’ve been trying for so long, but it wasn’t working at all even this recent meet up of us, Jin couldn’t do anything about it.” Taehyung let out a deep and frustrating sigh.

“Meet him tomorrow, I’ll be by your side.” Jung Kook said that lighted up Taehyung’s eyes.

But after a few seconds of realization, he considered hearing it from Jung Kook was wrong. Wrong that he had to decline. “I can’t tomorrow, I don’t have time–“

“Don’t lie to me, if its Jin I’m sure you could fix anything just to be updated on things that is related to him.”

“Taehyung, you’ve been working on my case, working so hard for Jin to have a peace of mind and your guts are right, there’s really something that’d happened behind our backs, I mean us as Jeon’s in our own company.”

Taehyung’s ears was open, listening to Jung Kook’s information but he didn’t show it, or at least tried to hide it by simply saying… “Your smile, give me the best one its fading.”

Jung Kook fists his hands on his lap. “But Jin isn’t with me, I can’t give my best.”

“Think of him then, I am so sure he’s inside your heart, just think about Jin.” Taehyung replied as he glued his gaze on Jung Kook. “Just think of your husband Jung Kook and trust me… Your best will show up.”

Jung Kook had listened, his chest felt light, all he has in mind was their happy memories.

It lasts when Taehyung finished the upper part of Jung Kook so he is now moving onto his frame. “Taehyung, I want to inform you that Dad is clean, but I must admit that we also have some responsibilities for Mr. Kim’s death.”

“W-We are responsible for that.” Taehyung slides his pencil on his ears as he locked his eyes to Jung Kook.

Jung Kook had told him that he was there when Nam Joon and him was discussing about the possibilities that Jeon’s might have a percentage of involvement to Mr. Kim’s incident.

And to Choi Yeon Jung’s connection with all of this mess. He’d said that even if he’s weak lying on the floor his ears was listening even if his eyes isn’t fully open.