In Love | K.TH & J.JK

Chapter 5

That familiar stranger was none other than Taehyung.
"Don't" he screamed.
Jungkook turned to look at him and his eyes widened.

Taehyung wasn't particularly having a good day, he somehow submitting the manuscript he had been working on for weeks and was rather relieved but not satisfied and a bit concerned because he needed to find a new psychiatrist for Woo Jin, the kid never complained but Taehyung knew him better.
He was usually not paid enough for his work, he always struggled to pay his rent on time and there were days when he would resort to just eat bread and butter.

But apart from all these struggles he knew he had Woo Jin by his side and for his sake he would never give up. He went to a nearby grocery store to buy sweet bun for Woo Jin , something that always made him smile.
While he was walking out of the store with a bag carrying sweet bun, his eyes fell on a guy who was walking towards the bridge. At first he didn't kind much about it but the guy seemed to be shaking and crying. So he decided to walk towards the bridge, his steps become faster when he saw the guy standing at the edge.
He shouted "Don't" , he was a foot away from jungkook.
When jungkook turned around, Taehyung was surprised to find that the stranger was none other than jungkook. It had been a week since they met, and he could barely imagine what drove jungkook to such a vulnerable stage for him to try to take his own life.
He dropped the bag of cream bun from his hands and quickly took careful but big steps towards jungkook.
"P-lease don't c-ome near me" jungkook said in a shaky voice.
"No , don't. This will only cause you and your loved ones harm"
Jungkook just cried in response.
"Please understand. He is not a right choice I don't know what happened but everything has a solution"
"Why are you even trying to save me? Why don't you just leave m-me alone I don't want to "he paused looking away from Taehyung

"1-ive anymore" Jungkook finished with a weak voice. He cried even more while talking between hiccups.

"Huh, I don't need a reason to stop you, no one deserves to die, just get down this instant I won't leave you in this state" Taehyung said softly looking straight into jungkook's eyes.

Jungkook doesn't look convinced, he closed his eyes letting his tears fall.

"You have helped me once. Now is my chance to pay back, Please get down. I promise to help you in any way possible" Taehyung said as calmly as possible sincerity dripping from his eyes.
Jungkook still didn't look convinced.
"For Yuna, you need to live Jungkook, please "
Taehyung pleaded
Jungkook opened his eyes, his teary eyes staring at Taehyung's brown ones.
Something about Taehyung made him want to trust him, let him help and comfort him.
He was so selfish, to get rid of his guilt for not being able to save jin he totally forgot about yuna. His Yuna. What would she do without him?
He grabbed onto the hem of his shirt crying harder, this time for not thinking straight and taking a wrong decision.
Taehyung understood that and he slowly moved closer to jungkook and held out his hand.
Jungkook looked at Taehyung's hand with a blurry vision. After staring at it for a few seconds his gaze shifted to Taehyung's eyes. He couldn't pinpoint exactly what it meant but something about the way Taehyung was looking at jungkook made him feel so comfortable and safe. He felt as as if he could solve any problem if Taehyung was by his side. He internally laughed as he barely even knew Taehyung. Yet this feeling of sincerity and comfort made him want to believe Taehyung.
When jungkook didn't grab his hand, Taehyung removed his jacket and held it in his hands.
Jungkook hesitantly took hold of Taehyung's jacket and let Taehyung drag him off from the edge.
Jungkook was crying again. Taehyung wanted to comfort him he wanted to give the boy a tight hug but was reminded of what happened when they first ,met how jungkook panicked when he slightly touched Taehyung's hand.So he just rather patted Jungkook's head. Jungkook felt comfortable in his touch and kept crying.
There were on a road sitting near the bridge with one guy crying endlessly and the other cimdiruing him. People gave them all kinds of Stares. But Taehyung couldn't care less he was soo relieved that jungkook believed him and decided to get down.
After a few minutes when Jungkook's cries had died down Taehyung guided him to a taxi. They drove off to Taehyung's place.
Jungkook looked hesitant but somehow let Taehyung lead him to his House.
Jungkook looked really weak and had a headache. His hand was Still bleeding from the wound he had when he broke the mirror.So Taehyung asked jungkook to wait in the bedroom till he gets him a medicine for headache and a disinfectant to make sure his wound doesn't get inflected
Jungkook felt bad for causing Taehyung so much trouble. He did not want to burden him with his problems. His eyes landed on a poster of a colourful butterfly.
Butterfly
It reminded him of jin. He first met jin at the age of 6 while he was chasing after a butterfly and got lost. Jin found him and comforted him till his mother was found.
That was not the Only time jin had helped him, infact it was always jin who helped jungkook to get out of any troublesome situation, comforted him and let him know that he was by his side.
He also remembered how Jungkook had jokingly asked Jin to be his kid's god father.
He cried at the memory. He didn't realise that Taehyung was already back and was looking at jungkook with concerned eyes. Jungkook wiped his tears.
Taehyung walked towards him with a smile and sat on edge of the bed that jungkook was sitting on.
"Take this, for your headache"
Jungkook nodded and took the medicine.
"Do you mind telling me how you got hurt?" Taehyung asked with concern pointing at jungkook's bleeding hand.
Jungkook felt nervous and when he didn't respond. Taehyung scoted a little close to jungkook opening his first aid kid.
"I need to disinfect the wound and cover it" Taehyung said,
He was about to touch jungkook's hand but paused,
"Is that alright?" He asked looking at jungkook who gulped but nodded moments after.
Taehyung's hand was rather soft and his movements were gentle. It made jungkook feel warm inside.
"Umm if you feel comfortable can you tell me what happened?" He asked still applying the an ointment on his wound.
Jungkook said nothing for a while so Taehyung continued.
"It's alright if you don't feel comfortable telling m-"
"Seokjin" jungkook said looking at his wound.
"My friend since childhood, he h-e committed suicide"
Taehyung finished covering the wound after applying an ointment.
Jungkook went on to tell Taehyung about seokjin .Taehyung felt sorry for jungkook.
Even though Taehyung didn't know much about jungkook, he knew that he was a really amazing person. He didn't know that jungkook's parents had died. He could kind if relate to what jungkook must have been going through while raising his sister.
Before jungkook realised Taehyung leaned closer to him and placed his hand on jungkook's back. Jungkook's body tensed a bit but he relaxed when Taehyung started gently stroking his back as an attempt to sooth him. Jungkook's back was rather skinny, Taehyung could feel his back bone against his hands. After jungkook's sobs had died down he said,
"I - I am so sorry, I am acting really immature and pathetic, please don't mins me, I will leave right away"
he said trying too get up but felt a sharp pain in his head and stumbled back. Taehyung wash quick to hold jungkook's hand to prevent hum from falling.
"You are not being immature and pathetic. I want to help you jungkook and I can't let you go in such a condition. Don't worry you are not causing me any trouble. Take rest."
He said still holding jungkook's hand.
He the ruffled jungkook's hair and walked out of the room leaving jungkook alone.
Jungkook couldn't remember the last time he felt comfortable with anyone's touch.
He would usually finch or feel nervous.
But something about the way Taehyung held his hand, the warm making him feel comforted he didn't want him to let if his hand. Jungkook laid down thinking about Taehyung and soon fell asleep.