𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆. ⊶ 𝕍𝐊𝐎𝐎𝐊

⊶ 𝟏𝟐 ⊷

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Jungkook felt a weird pain in his back and only then did he realize he was on the floor. He groaned and squirmed when he tried to move. Somehow his body felt really sore and he couldn't recall the last time he felt so bad waking up. He run his hand through his face trying to regain some consciousness but his eyelids seemed to be glued together. When he finally opened them (still only partially) it finally stuck him.

All of yesterday's events came to him at once: the rain, the bridge, the kitchen talk, and the late-night break for a glass of water. The vivid memory of the boy's tears reflecting the moonlight. His desperate pleas and the cold touch when he finally grabbed his hand. Their shivering bodies sat in the muddy and cold puddle. All of it.

Only then did he realize it wasn't just sleeping on the floor. Jungkook was there to watch over Taehyung's life and well-being, or rather just being.

JK thought he had fulfilled his mission pretty well. He did not wake up for the rest of the night; there were no strange noises or cries, nor he was stepped on or pushed by Taehyung. Everything went smoothly so the boy must have had a decent amount of healthy sleep after that one pill. Good, he really needed it.

Jungkook was horribly tired and though he slept through the whole night, he was still sleepy. He wondered if he had some more time for a quick nap before he should definitely woke up for school. He tapped his phone twice but it didn't respond.

Aish, I forgot to charge it yesterday, Jungkook regretted it but in the end, he classified it as a mere inconvenience. There were more important things to take care of yesterday than charging his phone; Taehyung's life being one of them.

So he looked up to tell the time from the clock in the living room. Much to his surprise it relentlessly showed a quarter to nine. Jungkook blinked twice, making sure he wasn't mistaken, but his eyesight was more than fine. The sun was shining outside, the blue sky above had no sign of depressing rain, and it looked like the beginning of an amazing, calm, and hot day.

And it would be great if it wasn't for Jungkook oversleeping for the first class today, which to his misery was math.

He started to panic a bit but finally decided that math and school were of less importance than someone's life. He didn't care that much about his attendance in the past so he wouldn't care about one missed day now either. Jungkook still got someone to take care of today; he had a feeling that morning after such an event wouldn't be easy for Taehyung.

JK stretched slightly and finally sat down on the floor. He immediately turned his head to see if the boy was still sleeping well. He expected to see him curled under his blanket, still facing the wall, with wavy black hair spread on the pillow. But the image was quite different. Jungkook was surprised to find no one lying on the couch.