The devil's lover ENG

~Chapter 42~

Hey angels! I hope you have a great day/night~

The troubled expression on his face didn't seem to go away soon and the grip on his wrist was only getting tighter and tighter. He hated seeing Taehyung so troubled. Rather than that frown, he preferred to see a smile on his face but thinking about it, that was hard to witness. Now, Jungkook wasn't one to be easily touched by something he sees or hears, but when it comes to the detective in discomfort, his heart wasn't in peace and his mind only looked for solutions to get rid of whatever was making the detective feel miserable.

After thinking for a little bit, he sighed and took off his slippers.

'Last time this worked. I can only hope it will help this time too...'

Carefully, he lied down on his side and looked at the detective for a few seconds before raising his left hand and started to play with his hair. The gesture seemed to be very comforting since Taehyung almost immediately turned around, facing the raven and somehow leaning into the touch.

Now that they were face to face and the moonlight was illuminating their faces, Jungkook could admire the blond even better than before. He could now see dry tears on his pinkish cheeks and how puffy his eyes were. Even his lips were redder than usual and they formed a cute pout. The pout and the frown on his face made him look so troubled yet so adorable that the raven contemplated on waiting for a bit more before doing something. But those thoughts were quickly erased when Taehyung's bottom lip started to quiver and his own eyebrows formed a deep frown, not liking the sight. With the gentles touch, the raven ran his cold thumb over it a few times until the pout disappeared and any signs of crying were gone for good.

'Now the hardest part.'

He realized that whenever Taehyung is in such a vulnerable state he seems to wake up easier so he really had no idea what would be the best way to get him into his arms without disturbing his sleep. But almost like he could read his mind, the blond suddenly scooted closer to him and wrapped his arms tightly around his waist and threw a leg over his, as if Jungkook was some sort of body pillow. The raven froze in the spot, taken back by the sudden actions and scared to move even an inch.

'Is this for real?'

The detective never failed to surprise him.

Carefully, he slowly put one arm under his head and the other one circled his waist, holding him tightly against him.

'I bet he is going to regret this tomorrow morning.'

Certainly, the whole situation would be hard to explain and meanwhile he could blame it all on the blond, Jungkook was aware that this would be the last time he put his hands on the other.

Whatever, that was a problem for tomorrow.

'Yeah, I can just worry about that in the morning.'

Deciding to just enjoy the moment and forget about everything else, Jungkook started to play again with Taehyung's hair and said man started to murmur, seemingly pleased with the attention he was getting. With a smile on his face, the raven got a little bit closer and pressed their foreheads together. Now they were completely glued to each other and he didn't mind it one bit. It felt nice and the view was precious so there was really nothing to complain about. Even the tip of their noses were touching so they could now feel each other's hot breath. Others don't really like such closure but Jungkook was down for anything if the blond was in the equation.

Alright, maybe he had a problem...

Honestly, at the moment he was just glad that Taehyung seemed to be calmer than before.

Maybe he could get the blond to tell him what the nightmare was about.

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Taehyung moved around a little bit and let out a sigh. He felt relaxed and rested for the first time in months. His mind couldn't figure out why he was feeling so carefree and calm but he didn't mind it. He was just glad he was still able to feel that after everything that happened. Something was telling him to open his eyes and look around but there was also a voice in the back of his head that lulled him back to sleep and told him to allow himself to enjoy the peace and warmth of the moment. And so he nuzzled his head into the warm material, getting comfortable while doing his best -not really- to open his eyes. He wrapped both his arms and his legs tighter around the body pillow.

...

...

Wait a second...

He doesn't have a body pillow...

His eyes snapped open and were met by a black material. Jungkook was wearing a black shirt before going to bed...

His heart suddenly started to beat extremely fast and if he was already feeling some type of prior discomfort in his chest now it was definitely getting worse. He had a clue about what was happening, damn it, he actually was more than aware but he didn't want to admit it. He couldn't help but hope that it was his imagination or something.

Slowly as if something was weighing on his head, Taehyung raised his head and saw the peaceful figure of a sleeping Jungkook.

Just as he thought.

It took everything in him not to push the raven away so he just stood still, not wanting to wake him.

'Alright Taehyung, why are you even freaking out? It's not the first time you two are so close. Don't panic. You are just going to embarrass yourself even more. Just act natural, it's not like you did something wrong and nothing weird happened either so you are good.'

Even his thoughts were a mess and kinda came to the conclusion that if he didn't stop we would think about more nonsense. Why would he think about the last part? Why did he even think in the first place of the possibility of something weird happening last night? Of course nothing would happen.

'Alright, calm down. Stop thinking. It's too early for this.'

He wanted to hide his face in the pillows and scream but that would wake up Jungkook so instead he took a few deep breaths and looked carefully at small details on Jungkook's face. Whenever he starts to panic he just points out small details from whatever is closer to him. If in front of him were flowers he would pay attention to the leaves, their shapes, the colors, the different heights. If he had a piece of clothing in front of him he would pay attention to the material, to the texture, the colors and stuff like that. It was like a coping mechanism.

Judging from how sweaty he was and the slight pain he felt in his chest, he soon came to the conclusion that he must have had another nightmare. So maybe Jungkook came because he heard him and wanted to comfort him? That's the only reasonable explanation. Besides, he knew himself... When he sleeps he gets extremely clingy so maybe he forced the poor man into all of this.

'Damn it, damn it, damn it! Taehyung you dumbass! This is why I never got a roommate!!'

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