Blue and Grey || Taejin

Chapter 19

"V!"

Seokjin practically threw himself on V when he entered the bedroom. V, although caught off guard, managed to wind his arms around Seokjin while his back collided with the door harshly. Seokjin heard V whimper, and immediately jumped off him. Instead of an apology, he grabbed V's wrist and dragged him to his bed, making him sit down before settling behind him to massage his shoulders.

"Better?" Seokjin squeaked as his excitement was too overwhelming to be contained.

V whined in response and swatted away Seokjin's arms before flexing his back muscles, which shifted under Seokjin's palms, and glancing back to throw an inquisitive look.

"V! V, Yoongi, he- his hand! His hand moved! I went to the hospital yesterday even though I wasn't supposed to and his hand moved! He's coming back! V, he's coming back!" Seokjin squeezed V and buried his face in V's shoulder. V felt small in his arms right then.

When was the last time he indulged into such happiness?

V veered around and made Seokjin get off his knees. He grasped Seokjin's hands to keep him in one place and tilted his head to convey the question mark. Momentarily, Seokjin stopped to admire how V's larger hands had nearly covered his, before offering V the brightest smile he could afford without hurting his cheeks too much. V blinked in surprise, which Seokjin understood because V had only seen him painted in blue and grey.

"Yoongi got into a carcrash five months ago. We were two months away from ending our first year at university. It was... It was raining heavily that evening and Yoongi was coming here when...when he lost control over the stirring wheel and crashed into the lanes and... Well you can imagine what happened afterwards." Seokjin paused to close his eyes at the memory of the phonecall; V immediately squeezed his hands as a sign of comfort and also to continue. Warmth seeped backed into Seokjin and threaded towards his face.

"He... He went into a coma and it has been five months now. V... V, he was the only one I ever had. You've seen how my... family are. And outside, nobody wanted to see me beyond my family's wealth and..." Seokjin cleared his throat before muttering, "...and looks."

"But that's not the point!" Seokjin said hurriedly.

"The thing is...after Yoongi went into a coma...it was so hard for me to just simply go on. And, I started to lose my mind, started to do all these things I would've never even imagined of doing..."

"And it'll be alright now. Everything will go back to normal," Seokjin concluded, although hoping he was not jinxing it, with a soft smile.

His eyes searched for V's but they were somewhere far, staring blankly over Seokjin's shoulder, a million thoughts swimming in those gorgeous brown orbs.

"V?" Seokjin freed a hand and touched V's arm.

V's gaze returned to him. His brows were knitted as he scrutinized Seokjin's face as if he was looking for answers to unspoken questions. Gradually, his frown melted, but so did his grasp on Seokjin's hand. V smiled, rather mysteriously, before pushing himself forward to connect their lips.

Even though the gesture was nothing unfamiliar, Seokjin was not expecting to be kissed. He did not mind, but he did not want celebrate the occasion with sex just yet. However, before he could pull away, V circled his arms around Seokjin and continued to deepen the kiss, slowly luring Seokjin into giving in.

Seokjin deciphered that this was not going to lead to anything carnal. On other days, he would flow along with V with ease, but right at that moment, he could not find a rhythm, a common ground for him to follow V. Yes, he definitely felt every inch of his skin tingling as V's lips moulded against his, but he felt guilty for enjoying it.