The Sweetest Poison

Chapter 9: Strawberry Scented Memory

When the words registered in Taehyung's brain, he closed his eyes for a moment. He still saw Jungkook's face behind his eyelids, but they seemed brighter, less sad somehow. Livelier, happier.

As soon as he also saw himself, he realized he was in a memory from his life. The life he had forgotten about. He took a deep breath, and decided to just let it happen instead of forcing himself to come back to the present.

"Come on," his young, apparently human self said, "you need to try it Jungkookie, please." He was shoving a strawberry towards the vampire's face, who had a horrifying expression on. "See, it's red, just like blood, so you won't understand any difference."

Both his young self and Taehyung let out a giggle at that. Jungkook on the other hand let out a whine, "baby, that's a horrible logic and you know it." When his eyes landed on the pout on the human's lips, accompanied by those puppy eyes, he closed his eyes.

After taking a deep breath, and shaking his head, he decided to make the best out of a very, in his opinion, horrible situation. He was a vampire, he has never had anything except blood, he never thought this day would come.

"Okay, since you used the puppy eyes on me," he side-eyed his lover, "I will try it but-" when Taehyung opened his mouth to argue, he put a finger up, shushing him, "but, you will feed it to me."

Taehyung raised his hand with the strawberry in between his fingers, "I was going to, even before you asked me to, Kookie."

The smile Jungkook had was so not innocent, and current Taehyung, the one watching the memory unfold before his eyes, knew what he wanted even before he uttered the words.

"No, my innocent, beautiful human," he caressed his cheeks, taking the strawberry from his hand, "I want you to," he put it in front of his mouth, "take this, in your mouth, and then feed it to me."

The human Taehyung and the current Taehyung both were so red when they uttered the same sentence together, "you have no shame!" but nonetheless he opened his mouth and took it in.

His ears and cheeks as red as the strawberry between his lips, he got close to Jungkook, making him open his mouth to get the strawberry from him.

As soon as he got it in his mouth, Taehyung made a move to pull back, but the vampire was faster, holding him in place, hand behind his neck, and kissing him, still tasting the strawberry on his lover's lips.

After a moment he let him go. When he finally swallowed, he opened his eyes and looked at the other. "So?" came a tiny voice, expectant, still shy.

"If you are going to make me taste new stuff like this, I am ready to drink poison from your lips, my Taehyungie." Taehyung playfully hit his arm, then went to sit on his lap, giggling away.

Taehyung opened his eyes, finding Jungkook watching him. Oh, so the memory ended.

When he noticed the amused look on the tattooed man's face, he crossed his arms, "what are you looking at?"

"Was it a spicy one?" he licked his lips. "What?" "The memory you just had. You are so deliciously blushing right now."

On an instinct he run his hands on his cheeks, trying to calm himself down a little. "I'm not." He said, his cool hands still on his hot cheeks.

Jungkook giggled, looking like himself in the memory Taehyung just had. Lively. Taehyung decided he liked this look more than the brooding, mysterious one. Although that one was equally good. But this was better.

"You are," his smile grew, "and you are still doing the same puppy eyes you did back then."

"Well, I am the same person." After a beat he added, "except I am not a human apparently." He started playing with his fingers, looking down at them.

"Hey," Jungkook tilted his head with his two tattoed fingers, "you are still the amazing person I fell for, all those years ago. The only thing that changed about you is that you somehow got a lot more beautiful."

"For the love of-" he put his hands on his cheeks again, "I just calmed myself down what is up with you and your words and the effect of them on my treacherous body." He huffed.

Laughing, Jungkook got up, holding his hand out for the brunette to follow him, "Come on, you still need to hear the rest of the story. And honestly," his eyes shined a deep red for a moment, "I'm curious why the witch took you from me. And how he managed to hide you for so long."

They were walking once again, side by side, down the road they came from. This time, people were all over the garden they passed.

With every step they took, Taehyung's heart was beating a little louder. Thanks to his vampire abilities, the dark haired man sensed his distress. Not wanting to make the other feel like he was somehow intruding, he decided to calmly take his mind off of the conversation he has to have with the witch, by asking him a question.

"So," he licked his lips when the brunette looked at him, "won't you tell me what the memory was about?"

Taehyung mumbled something, so quietly, and so fast, if he wasn't a vampire he would've missed it. "The strawberry?" he let out a laugh, "THAT made you blush so hard?" he was still laughing.

The brunette just shoved him, "I haven't- I" he sighed, "yes, it did! I am not so shameless like you Mr. OG vampire."

"Oh god," he finally caught his breath, "wait until you remember the time you made me taste a banana," when Taehyung's eyes got big and his mouth hang open, he laughed a little more, licking his lips, "that was a hell of a day."

When he focused again, he heard Taehyung's heart rate going back to normal, and he relaxed, knowing that his lover is alright now. Maybe just a little shy.

After a little more teasing, they arrived at Taehyung's home.

His hands were shaking while trying to put the key to the keyhole. He couldn't do it, getting frustrated by his own self.

"For the love of god just-"

Jungkook slowly held his hand, Taehyung looking at the side of his face, realizing their close proximity, his breath got caught in his throat, the man's scent surrounding him once again. He helped him put the key in, and slowly turn the knob to open it, "There we go."

He just whispered a small thank you and let them in.

When they entered together, they found Jimin who was already on his feet running to the door, but froze in place when he saw Jungkook standing a few centimeters behind his roommate, eyes shining red, in all his threatening glory.

"So," Taehyung licked his lips, "I'm a vampire, huh, Jimin-ah?"

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