Fading Away | Taekook

4 - Rescue

"Ooouch!", Taehyung, steps backwards moving away from the car while his hands went up to his mouth. A sharp pain and the taste of blood making him disoriented, until he hits his back against his car.

"Oh fuck, are you okay? I'm so sorry!" Jungkook got out of the car and approached the brunette.

"I don't know, am I? I can't feel my lips, did I break a tooth?" Taehyung forced his mouth open trying to show off all his teeth to the boy and pointing at it with his fingers, waiting for the confirmation that they were all there.

Without thinking much, Jungkook held Taehyung's chin and turned his face to the right, then to the left, trying to see the boy's mouth better. "Your teeth are fine, but there's a cut and it's bleeding a little... damn, I'm so sorry! The door froze and I had to force it a little to open it and—"

"It's okay, it's okay... no worries... Hey, what about you? Are you okay? You don't look good," Taehyung soon forgot about himself as he took a look at the boy in front of him. The ravenette was pale, very pale. His mouth slightly blue and he was shaking badly. "God, for how long have you been out here, you're freezing".

Jungkook nodded, "My car broke down a few hours ago, can you help me? Give me a ride to the nearest city, a gas station, anything, please?"

"Of course, of course. Hey, here..." Taehyung opened the passenger door and signaled for the boy to get in. Thanking him, Jungkook went into his own car to grab a backpack and hurried to get into his savior's car.

Taehyung then went around and got into the driver's side, closed his door and turned to have a look at the stranger, still worried about the boy's physical state. The boy was a mess, shaking violently as he placed his gloved hands over the heating vent on the car's dashboard. Taehyung reached for a small blanket that he kept on the backseat and handed it to the boy.

"Hey, what's your name?"

"Jeon. Jeon Jungkook, thanks again for stopping by and helping me."

"No problem, I'm Kim Taehyung. I live nearby and before I take you to the town I need to stop by my house quickly, okay?" The boy nodded dumbly as Taehyung drove off the road.

After a few minutes of silence and feeling the warmth return to his body, Jungkook faced the driver, when he saw the boy with his hand over his mouth and a painful expression. "I hit you hard, didn't I? You should throw me off of your car and let me perish," he chuckled.

Taehyung looked at him and gave him a smile before unlocking the doors and try to reach the passenger's handle door.

"Hey hey, I was joking", Jungkook impulsively slapped Taehyung's hand, regretting it immediately.

Now he would be thrown off of the car.

Much to his surprise, when he faced the boy he was laughing, a wide smile on his face.

"Damn, first you almost break my teeth and now you slap me. That's it, never helping strangers again."

Jungkook was ready to apologize, but he only managed to laugh back, "Yeah, you still have all your teeth", he said staring to the wide smile of his driver.

Taehyung drove the car through a perpendicular road, towards the Kim farm. The only thing Jungkook could see was a window with a light on in the distant house, the rest was darkness.

Parking the car, Taehyung turned to look at Jungkook and thought about what he should do, knowing that it would take some time for him to do what he needed to do at his home, so he decided to invite the boy in.

"You've already attacked me twice today, I don't think it's very smart of me but come with me, I need to do some stuff before I take you to the city"

"Come on, I already apologized... and how can I know you won't kill me as soon as I walk in?" Jungkook snorted but continued following the boy anyway.

"You're right", Taehyung stopped with his hand on the doorknob and looked back to Jungkook, "no one guarantees, no one knows that you're here", he winkes and opens the door.

Jungkook's eyes widened but he kept going, thinking it would be a less painful death than dying from hypothermia after all.