The Fault In Romance

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two weeks had gone by and jungkook's mum was not doing good at all. her heart his very weak and her organs are failing. jungkook's father has been an absolute reck the past couple weeks, he has not been home at all and stays at a hotel close to the hospital. 

jungkook has been really struggling. he tells people he is fine but he feels like as everyday goes past he is struggling more and more. taehyung was feeling a little more alive today, jimin had just popped over and brought taehyung some donuts. they both were in the lounge talking. 

"it is nice to see you freshened up. I wont lie, it broke my heart seeing you like that" jimin whispered

"I am sorry you had to see me that way" 

"dont say sorry. im your bestfriend, it is my job to see you at your highs and lows."

"how are you feeling today anyways?" 

"a little better, i think i need to have a conversation with jungkook about what happened" taehyung whispered, brushing his hand through his hair. he looked at jimin who seemed unsure. 

"whats wrong?" taehyung asked

"jungkook's mum is in hospital" jimin said, taehyung gasped and sat up. 

"what! why?" 

after jimin told taehyung everything the brunette was shocked and immediately became worried for jungkook. he knows how stressed the male was last time and for him to have no help must be stressful. 

"and this is going on for two weeks?" taehyung asks, jimin sighs and nods. jimin spent the rest of the afternoon talking to taehyung about all sorts of things, by the time he left it was getting dark. the brunette was pacing back and forward. 

half of him was telling him to pack his bags and go over to jungkook's to help him. the other half of him was saying to stay home and leave it. he cursed as he quickly gathered some things and locked up the house before walking to the bus stop. 

it was a 30 minute bus ride to jungkook's street then a two minute walk. by the time he was at jungkook's door he let out a nervous shaky breath. it has been a very long time since he last saw jungkook. he could hear ara crying which caused him to knock on the door after using the doorbell. his heart beat picked up its pace when the door opened, his eyes landed on jungkook who had messy hair, red and teary eyes. he looked like a mess. 

jungkook's eyes widened, he was not expecting taehyung to be at his door at all. 

"tae?" the raven whispered, looking shocked as ever that taehyung was standing right in front of him. taehyung felt his heart break at how broken jungkook looked. 

"w-what are you d-doing here?" the taller questioned, his eyes not leaving taehyung's even though the brunette was finding it hard to hold eye contact. taehyung felt his heart ache cause now whenever he looks at jungkook all he can see is him kissing someone else, someone that is not him. 

"I am here to help" taehyung said, stepping into the house and went straight to ara who was crying in her cot in the lounge. 

"hi princess, oh I missed you" the brunette said as he picked her up, trying his best to calm her down. 

"has she been fed?" taehyung asked, looking at jungkook who was rubbing his head. 

"yes, I have been trying to get her to s-sleep for the past three hours. she just wont sleep" jungkook whispered looking completely drained. 

"when we the last time you slept?" taehyung whispered, noticing how jungkook was looking a little sick. 

"a c-couple days a-ago" 

"go take a nap, have a shower then come back down" taehyung said, jungkook shook his head. 

"I cant leave you with her, you dont have to h-help" jungkook stated, feeling awful that taehyung wants to help him even after all the pain he has caused him. 

"you trust me with her right?" taehyung asked and jungkook immediately nodded.

"I will be fine, go get some rest. set your alarm for an hour so you can still sleep tonight" the brunette said, jungkook contemplated arguing with him but he knew he was just trying to help. he whispered a thank you before going upstairs. as soon as his body hit the bed the tension left his body so it only took him a few minutes to get to sleep. 

taehyung sat on the couch with ara on his chest, smiling when she rested her head on his chest. he stayed with her like that for half an hour until she fell asleep. eventually he took her back to the cot and made sure she was okay before looking around the house to see everything was a mess. 

the brunette started with the lounge, cleaning everything up. making sure the lounge was spotless before heading towards the kitchen to clean and make sure all the dishes were clean and away. 

after he cleaned everything he started to cook a simple dinner. jungkook did not have much so he kept in mind to do a grocery shop tomorrow. all they really had was enough for toasted sandwiches. he did not have to prep much for it, he just cut up stuff jungkook and him could add to it. two hours ended up passing and by the time the raven came back down he was looking, refreshed and more awake. 

"how did you sleep?" taehyung asked, putting his book down when he noticed jungkook heading his way. 

"it was nice thank you. you did not have to clean up tae" jungkook whispered sitting on the other couch. 

"I wanted to" taehyung replied, soon looking back at his book. 

"has she been asleep the whole time?" jungkook asked

"no. she has been napping on and off, I changed her about half an hour ago and she fell back asleep" the brunette replied, soon clearing his throat before he starts talking again. 

"I got stuff for toasted sandwiches so when you feel hungry everything is out on the bench for you to make it" taehyung said, still looking at his book. 

jungkook sat on the couch, staring at taehyung and fighting every urge in his body to not pull taehyung into a hug and kiss the living hell out of him. the only thought now that is going through his head is 'im so sorry, I dont deserve you'