My Paradise || Taekook

CHAPTER 12

Jungkook literally felt like laughing; he doesn't know what the fuck is going on in his life anymore. The man standing in front of him is controlling his power or curse, whatever the fuck it is like he owns them. At this moment, Jungkook felt like his whole life was a joke.

Jungkook tried to calm himself down. He could see the older saying things but couldn't hear anything; his ears wouldn't register anything as if they had stopped working. He just can't understand why the older just came into his life, filling it with the hope that he never had, and soon he will leave him just like others.

Hope, he was scared of it, and the older was giving him the same hope he had given up a long time ago. He had accepted the curse in his life and was even convinced that soon a day would come when this curse would be the reason for his death. He didn't want to get hurt again because of that petty fucking hope when he already knew that the older was going to leave after seven days. 

Who was he to do this to his life and affect him like this?

"Who are you." he couldn't help but ask out loud. "Huh? You are making me worried, Kookie. Did you hurt your head? I am Kim Taehyung. V of BTS. You don't remember me?" older asked with a worried laced voice.

"Right, Kim Taehyung, aka V of BTS.", the younger said with a chuckle and bitter smile. The older could see the pain in his eyes and voice but didn't know why it was suddenly there.

He wanted to take all the pain from the younger and fill those eyes with happiness. He wanted to see that shine in those doe eyes, which is present whenever the younger looks at the kids, his family. Taehyung wanted to be the reason for those eyes to shine. 

He wanted to put the whole world in the feet of the younger.

"Are you okay, Koo?" the older asked, carefully bringing the boy closer to his chest. The younger chuckled sarcastically, but tears were visible in his eyes, which he was trying to hide so desperately. "Uh... J-just... L-leave me a-alone f-for now."

Younger felt embarrassed for getting this emotional, but he couldn't help it. He pulled himself out of the older's hold and walked past the older, trying to get out of the room but failing terribly when his feet came in contact with something slippery on the floor.

One foot of the younger slipped on the spilt soapy water, his hand going in the air frantically as he gasped, his mouth and eyes wide, and the other hand going to hold the older's hand unconsciously. The older took a step forward, trying to save the younger but slipped on the water himself.

The bodies fell on the slippery floor with a thud; the older's body was half on the younger as one of his hands was still holding the younger's waist while the other hand was under the younger's head, saving Jungkook's coconut from any damage.

The younger had his eyes shut tight as he let out a sound of pain as his bum landed on the floor. Jungkook remained like that for a minute or two; he was embarrassed until he felt a hand under his eyelids stroking the wetness from his cheeks with so much care, as if he was made of glass and might brake.

Taehyung couldn't take his eyes off the boy below him. Those tears on the younger's cheeks felt like arrows in the older's heart. So, he did what his heart demanded to soothe the pain.

He wiped them off and continued to stare at the beautiful and soft face of the younger without blinking, not wanting to lose a single second of what his eyes were blessed with. The younger opened his eyes, slowly blinking to remove the blur caused by the residual tears.

His eyes met with the older's eyes. The older's eyes held fire in them, but Jungkook could see the softness hidden in between the fire; he was curious to know the cause of the fire and softness captivated in the intense dark eyes of the older.