Masquerade | Johnyong

★ Chapter Fourty-one

Chapter 41 bound by love

Taeyong gets up rather late in the day. He checks his phone first, checking for messages and finds a message from Haechan.

"Make sure Johnny takes good care of you. Take your time and rest. Don't do anything that will stress you."

He smiles. It's so cute. He loves when Haechan sends these little messages to make sure he's okay. Johnny looks up from the phone as he orders food. He quickly wraps it up before going to Taeyong.

"Good morning- oh wait, you slept in. It's afternoon now." Johnny chuckles as he helps Taeyong sit up. He ruffles his hair. "Did I?" Taeyong checks his phone and he's shocked when he sees it's about 3 in the afternoon.

It's even more shocking when Taeyong had gone to bed relatively early, falling asleep at 11pm rather than his usual somewhere between one to five in the morning.

"Are you okay?" Johnny asks, pressing the back of his hand on Taeyong's face. Taeyong nods. "I'm hungry." He says.

"Luckily for you I just ordered food."

"I'll go get ready in the meantime then." Taeyong kisses Johnny's cheek before hurrying to the bathroom. He does her usual morning routine before changing into something casual.

In the time it took him to shower, the food arrived. Johnny sits at the dining table, already eating. Taeyong presses his lips into a thin line. "Never mind." He says, no longer feeling hungry. The smell of the food just irks him. "Why? What's wrong?" Johnny questions. Taeyong shakes his head. "I'm good." He says as he goes to sit down and watch tv.

Johnny hums, shrugging it off as he continues eating.

"So when are you going to get tired of trance? We've been here for a while. We still have to go to Thailand?" He questions. Taeyong hums. He looks back at Johnny.

"Next week maybe? I want to go somewhere for your birthday though."

"Baby, that's next month."

"Ok but still let's make plans."  Taeyong insists. Johnny pauses, stopping himself from arguing because Taeyong is stubborn. He just smiles. "We can plan that when we leave for Thailand."

"Then we're not even going to spend that much time in Thailand. Your birthday is in like. . . 6 weeks."

"Okay, love." Johnny gives up.

"So instead of Thailand. . .where do you want to go?"

"Hmm. . .I don't know. You pick." Johnny says. Taeyong pouts as that's not very helpful. "It's your birthday, not mine." He says.

Johnny takes a moment to drink some water. "Bolivia." he finally answers. Taeyong gets up and kisses Johnny's cheek before going to grab his coat. "I'm going out for some fresh air." He says.

"Okay. Stay safe." Johnny tells him but he quickly changes his mind. He gets up. "Actually no- I'm going with you." He says and Taeyong just laughs as Johnny takes his hand. "I'll be alright." Taeyong reassures him.

Johnny sighs as he thinks about it. It's just for some fresh air. Can't possibly be too bad.

"I'll be quick."

"Okay. Please do. I want to take you to the hospital."

"Hospital? For what?" Taeyong questions, tilting his head. "You were poisoned with cyanide. Even if it was very little it's still very lethal. Have you noticed anything different like you feel any discomfort?" Johnny questions.

Taeyong did feel some level of discomfort but not anything too concerning. He could always shrug it off. He still takes some time to really think about it. "Just some chest pain and I have a hard time remembering people's faces but that's nothing too bad. I get really bad headaches too sometimes." He says.