IN THE NAME OF LOVE | TAEGUK

eight.

"you- you don't gotta do this."

"no backsliding! the wounds have to be cleaned or they might ignite." jeongguk spoke, dragging the alpha with him inside his room before making him sit on the bed.

"they won't—"

"they will." he cut him off, walking towards one of his cabinets as he brought a first aid kit with him. "now stop protesting."

taehyung groaned, clearly not fine with the younger's decision. ignoring his protests, jeongguk kneeled down in front of him, dripping some alcohol on a cotton pad to disinfect the wound on his face. "this will burn a bit, okay?" he warned, looking up at the alpha just to chuckle when he saw the boy's eyes pinched shut with his nose scrunched up, all ready to welcome the burning sensation.

shaking his head, jeongguk leaned closer towards his face before patting his bruised cheek by the alcohol-soaked pad while taehyung clutched the sheets in his fists, his jaw tightening, trying to resist the pain.

jeongguk continued to clean the dried blood from his face, trying to be as gentle and as careful as possible before dripping a bit alcohol on his own finger, replacing the pad with it as he moved his finger against taehyung's skin in a gentle circular motion. the alpha flinched at the touch of his cold finger against his warm skin but calmed down a bit again.

"ta-da, and it's done!" the omega chirped, smiling and looking down at the boy as he slowly opened his one eye before opening the other one as well. "now, now, remove your shirt so i can clean the other wound on your torso as well." jeongguk backed away, about to soak another pad with some alcohol but the boy stopped him.

"no- i-i mean there is nothing to clean." taehyung stuttered, fidgeting with the hem of if his shirt.

jeongguk sighed, showing him a —are you serious— look. "then care to explain the reason behind that red stain on your shirt, uh?" he raised one of his brows, staring at taehyung as the boy just kept silent, his eyes closed and he breathed out, deeply.

"i-it's an unpleasant sight." 

jeongguk frowned to his answer, not able to understand what the boy meant by that. "what do you mean?" he asked, genuinely worried as taehyung continued to look down at his feet, curling and uncurling his toes as if it was the most interesting thing to do at that moment. "taehyung?"

the boy sighed. "it's just unpleasant to see." he repeated the same words, making jeongguk frown even more.

"i'm sure it's not that bad and preventing you from getting a blood poisoning, it has a higher priority than an unpleasant sight." the omega spoke calmly, trying to make him understand.

taehyung sighed, yet again. "fine, as you want." he gave in, pulling his shirt over his head, revealing his upper body.

however, jeongguk's eyes went wide, and his breath hitched as he stared at the young alpha's chest closely. besides the fresh wounds created by baekhyun, there were tons of other bruises and scratches too. most of them were already fading away, leaving only scars on his skin.

is he in any trouble? and who—

"i told you, it's not a pleasant sight to see." taehyung mumbled, noticing the omega's shocked gaze on his bare chest.

"no- it's not, but- but who did this to you?" jeongguk asked as he couldn't hide his curiosity and the worry.

"bad people." taehyung answered briefly and noticing that he wasn't ready to talk about it yet, jeongguk left it like that, for now, and nodded instead asking him more questions. he stayed quiet and focused on disinfecting the other wounds as well.