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Growth

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
~Shakespeare

52.

'Good Morning Eomma' Jungkook said as soon as he entered the Kim Mansion.

'Uh! You are back Kookie. We missed you.' Ye Sura said and hugged her son.

'Yeah! No one loves me.' Mr Kim pouted keeping his morning tea aside, keeping his tea cup back on the table.

'How can you say that Appa? I brought you new fishing equipment from USA.' Kook said feigning hurt.

'You did?' Mr Kim smiled wide.

'Look at this old man behaving like a child. When you were gone I couldn't recognise who was the father and who was the Son.' Ye Sura said chuckling.

Kook instructed his guards to rest and keep the luggage inside. He sat beside his Eomma and immediately pressed her knees, 'Dont worry Eomma. I am here. At least Tae would stop cribbing. I am sure Appa is only teasing you.'

'Yes. Always the loving husband, aren't you? Don't sit here. Go upstairs. He hasn't been sleeping well since the past month. You will find your husband in the room. For god's sake put him to bed Kookie. I am too old to be dealing with all this.' Ye Sura said sighing at her knees being pressed.

'How can you say you are old Eomma? Appa still has to make you a new garden. He is running out of flowers to give you.' Kookie laughed.

'Yaah!! Go away!! Shoo! Run to your husband.' Ye Sura said.

Kook got up and kissed his Eomma and Appa. Before leaving, he took out a medicine from his bag. 'Eomma I met some doctors in America, they have prescribed this for your knees. I will help with the pain too.'

'You didn't have to.' Ye Sura said quietly. He bent down and kissed her. He knew she didn't like talking about her pain. But he understood her. He just smiled.

'Oh Kook!'

'Yes Eomma!' Kook asked turning.

'I have asked Jimin and Yoongi for dinner. Hobi and Amy are so coming. Please call Jinnie and Joonie too. You can have a night stay. It's been long since you got the time. I don't know if any of the brats have been eating since you left.' Ye Sura huffed in annoyance again. These children. They would be the death of her.

'I will Eomma' Kook said. It had been a year and a half since his wedding. And yet whenever the family thought to include his Jin and Joonie hyung to the plans. He was left with a lump rising in his throat. Kook smiled. Before he could head for the bedroom to see his husband, he moved towards the kitchen. He told the head chef about dinner and gave the the different teas he had gotten to be served to Eomma and Appa during different times of the day. They were both getting older. Pains and other health issues were becoming a norm. Both the husband and wife didn't like medicines. Kook hoped that the special teas he had procured from different countries would help. Before leaving, Kook instructed to get his and Tae's breakfast served around 11. He instructed the ched to feed the guards as soon as possible and to let them sleep. They had been driving and working the entire night. They needed the rest.

Finally, Kook thought, as he entered his bedroom. He could see Tae sleeping on his side of the bed holding one of his T shirts. Kook realised it was the one he was wearing before he left for the states a month ago. He sighed. The room was a mess. The flowers were still the ones he had changed a month ago. He was sure Tae would have put up a fight and not let anyone change them. Or change anything in their room. Anything that Kook had placed. Which was technically the entire room. Kook placed his luggage in the closet and picked shorts to wear. There was no need to wear a shirt since his husband was going to get rid of it as soon as he woke up. Kook started clearing the room without making noise. It took forty minutes. The vaccum had to be put on silence. The flowers were changed. The clothes were sent to laundry. Empty bottles of the perfume he used were thrown out. Kook realised the full extent of how much Tae had missed him when he found his clothes, shoes, and bad just at their exact places. As if Tae had placed them there everyday, a fresh set every morning. Like Kook would come any day and wear them.