My Gardener, My Husband

Traces of you

Taehyung insisted on getting discharged a day later, besides the fact that they weren't running anymore tests on him, he found no reason to stay since he wasn't sick per say.

A couple of days later, he was still staying with Yoongi, the elder had insisted that he stays with him and not alone in his apartment.

"Do you think he is going to fire me?" he asked Yoongi while they had lunch
"You still want to work there?" Yoongi asked, a bit surprised.

"I mean I don't see why not" Taehyung replied.

Which made sense, Jungkook wasn't a bad boss, he was getting paid pretty well and of course free accommodation.

"The boss is never around and when he is, he is deep inside the mansion that we don't to see him , so chances of me running into him are like what, minus five?" Taehyung said.

Yoongi hummed in agreement, "I mean if you like working there and they don't fire you I guess you can continue working there".

They finished their lunch talking about Yoongi's work and his recent trip.

Over the past few days Taehyung was doing well and there was no need for anyone to worry.
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Jungkook had informed Mrs. Ha about Taehyung and she conveyed the message to rest of the staff.

"Will he still be working here as a gardener?" Mrs. Ha had asked.
"I think it's up to him to decide on that, but if he does decide to come back I don't see why not" Jungkook replied.

Contrary to Taehyung, Jungkook did not have the luxury of taking days to simply rest, he had work that he had to get back to.

Once again the mansion was quite, Jungkook wasn't around very often, he either had to work long hours or travel out of town for some work related reason.

A new week had begun and he was going to leave the country for a couple of days for a business trip. Mrs. Ha was with two other maids that were cleaning the living room when he walked in.

He explained to Mrs. Ha that he was going to be leaving in an hour.

"Allow me to pack for you" she offered
"O, no, that's alright, I will do that myself" he replied.

It wasn't that he didn't like being helped, he just had a habit of wanting to do things for himself. It was partly because in university he lived alone and when he started working he was always moving around and didn't like the idea of having to rely on and trust new people every single time.

He hasn't been back in Korea for that long, so some of these habits still lingered.

He didn't expect this of himself, but he found himself preserving the traces of Taehyung that still remained in his room.

His silver tooth brush
His stretchy bunny head band
His see through toiletry bag
His pj's

He kept them in the same place Taehyung left them.

He knew it was silly thing to do, what was he expecting after all.

He didn't know and he didn't want to know as carefully placed Taehyung's toiletry bag back on the dresser. It looked perfect just right there.

Even though it was his house, and Taehyung would have no use for the room anymore, he never went his room. Somehow he felt like he was violating his privacy and when one of the servants offered to clean it, he instructed them to leave it as it was.

"Really, what am I expecting?"
" he might not even come back and work here?"

Time raced fast and soon the driver was ready to take him to the airport, he bid the staff and Mrs. Ha goodbye before leaving.
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Taehyung had been pacing back and fourth with his phone is his hand, "should I call her? what if she says I have been fired? " he asked himself for the nth time.

He dropped on the bean bag with a huff, "you know what, it's better I find out and start looking for another job right away" he said pressing the dial option.

"O my goodness Taetae, it's so good to hear from you" Mrs. Ha's voice sounded so cheerful and comforting.

"M-Mrs. Ha"
"O, we have missed you, when are you coming back?" she asked
"uhm- I thought I was actually fired" he replied with a nervous chuckle as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Why on earth would anyone do that? we were told you fell ill and needed to take some time off"
"Really?" he asked

"Well, I guess Mr. Jeon is really a great guy" he thought to himself.

"Of course, so just take all the time you need, we will be waiting for you"
"Actually, I was wondering if I can come in tomorrow"
"So soon?"
"I feel fine really, I might run mad from staying at home" he said with a laugh.

"In that case, hurry over here then" Mrs. Ha said laughing. "I will get someone to clean your room, it hasn't been used in a while, I am worried it collected dust"

" You don't have to"
"Don't be silly. We don't want you getting sick again"

"Thank you" Taehyung said in a small voice.
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Taehyung did a small twirl as he stood in the middle of the garden, "oh, I missed this place" he said taking in a deep breath

Earlier that day he came back to the mansion, and even though he would not admit it, he was a bit disappointed to hear that Mr. Jeon was away for business.

But soon after that he started scolding himself about why he was missing the man to begin with. It's not like they were really married or if he even thought of him at all.

He felt a bit embarrassed when he met the rest of the workers, but they all didn't mind as they joked about how he was the past few weeks.

"Honestly I was getting used to having a Madame at house" one of the girls joked
"No, honestly, I loved it too. It really suites you Tae" the other girls agreed.

Taehyung laughed at this, "well, that's not going to happen. I bet Mr. Jeon is going to find himself a well respect nice young lady to marry" he said.

The girls made a face.

"But-" he said flipping his hair.
"It was really nice running around barefoot in that big place while my husband ran after me"

Everyone laughed when he said this.

They chatted for a bit before Mrs. Ha joined them to get started with the house chores.

Even though Taehyung was back as a gardener, there was no missing that his presence made everything somewhat better and more lively.

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💌 for the late update, I haven't been feeling well recently.
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