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A glaring sunbeam at the side of his body protruded from the window

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A glaring sunbeam at the side of his body protruded from the window. Its gentle glow coaxed Taehyung's eyes open, where his blurred vision gradually began to clear.



It was morning now. Through repeated blinks and a quiet yawn, the man slowly began to tune into the world around him, only to realize that he was laid over the hospital bed still, quiet sounds of bird chirps seeped in through the window at the other side of the wall.


He shifted, sat up on the mattress and rubbed slowly at his temple. And that was when he had taken notice of the sleeping boy on the chair beside his bed. That being, of course, Jeongguk— whose arms were still atop the bedsheets, head rested over his own forearms. Taehyung narrowed his eyes, somehow unsurprised that the boy had stayed the night by his side instead of returning home like he'd wished he would do.


And truly, the alter planned on giving him an earful over that topic.


But maybe for now...


For now, he'll let the boy get more sleep.


Taehyung, or rather V, let his dark eyes take rest over Jeongguk's cutely flushed cheeks, and the naturally pouting state of his lips adorning that peaceful expression on his dozed face. He watched the length of his lashes, and the adorable placement of the scattered hair strands concealing the young one's forehead.


His teeth sank deep into his bottom lip.


Jeongguk looked so serene. So cozy. Like nothing in the world could ever harm him in this state. A world of true bliss.


Taehyung couldn't help but find it helplessly endearing.


It seemed the boy had ways to grasp that part of him that had been dormant for much too long. The part that took the time to stop and admire even the mundane things in life. Without the complex feeling that came with something like love, V tended to shift focus into the harsher parts of his life, often.


But as he'd caught sight of the ethereal boy, at the innocently tender sleeping angel beside him; he just couldn't help but cease all useless thoughts and instead direct his focus entirely to staring at him. At that sweet peaceful face, lips gaped open while the boy inhaled and exhaled in softened quiet breaths.


It nearly took the older's breath away. A feeling he had been desensitized from since the breakup that had changed his life. The last time he had been in love.


Still immersed completely at the sight of the cute boy, Taehyung sat up on the bed, leaning forward to get a closer look at the other. Jeongguk's face seemed a bit pale, probably because the room was particularly cold. Without thinking much of it, the older lifted his hand and quietly reached forward, hovering his palm beside the young one's cheek with temptation.


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