Just For A Few Days (Namkook)

Chapter 7: "You need me"

Settling the bill at the bar, Taehyung returned back to the table. Namjoon's absence shook him to the core imagining unexpected situations if the billionaire is seen in drunken state by any person from media. This will certainly play an important role against Namjoon's stand in the ongoing divorce case as well as his gentleman image that public has drawn for him. He picked up the elder's phone that was lying on the table and departed the place fast in search of his boss.

He kept looking for the 32 years old producer erratically through the seven star hotel, finally running to the men's restroom to find an unconscious Namjoon on the floor with his head on an unknown man's lap, who kept mumbling about his presence.

"I'm here, Namjoon."

"Who are you?" Taehyung asked the man crouching down to inspect Namjoon's state.
"You, you must be Taehyung, right?" The man enquired back.
"Yeah, but how do you know my name?" The knitted brows of the manager put the other in a fix.
"I'm Jungkook." The man gulped with the response making Taehyung scrutinise him with surprised eyes.

"Oh! Okay!" The proper way to greet the casual hookup of his boss was unknown to the 31 years old. Sensing the awkwardness, Jungkook thought of breaking the ice.
"Namjoon isn't well, can you please help me take him out of the here before any outsider sees?"
"Yeah, he got drunk." Taehyung placed his hands on Namjoon's left shoulder while the right one was supported by Jungkook's hands. The eldest of the three had a very strong muscular body that required multiple hands to be supported.

Being a quick witted person, Taehyung put a pair of sunglasses on his boss's eyes and a black mask over his mouth covering half of the face.
"Smart move!" Jungkook complimented at the action.
"Thanks."

Gently dragging the body by shoulders, Taehyung and Jungkook was able to make Namjoon lie down on the backseat of his car.
"Thanks Jungkook, I will take care from here." Taehyung unlocked the door to the driver's seat when he got called back.

"You start driving, I will follow you in my car." Blurting this out, he remembered that today he came to the conference in his father's car, leaving him without any ride of his own.
"Oh no, wait! I don't have my car with me. I will go with you." He made his way to the backseat, confusing Taehyung.

Jungkook lifted Namjoon's head from the seat and placed it on his lap. He removed the bangs from the elder's forehead and started running his fingers on the skin to comfort him. Taehyung questioned himself of the kind of relationship the man shares with his boss. The care and concern in the younger's action and expressions didn't suggest of just a casual hookup between the two. As of now, he decided to keep his doubts to himself and drove off to Namjoon's place.

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"I will get some medicine." Taehyung said helping Jungkook to lay Namjoon down on his bed.
"He threw up at the hotel, let him sleep now. Maybe he can have some light food after he wakes up."
"Okay then, I will drop you home."
Jungkook looked up at the other with eyes showing hesitation to leave the place.
"I want to stay." He managed to state fiddling his fingers.

"He was sad over his ex wife when chugged down those drinks, Jungkook."

Taehyung maintained a straight face to make the other aware of the reason why Namjoon fell sick. He didn't want the younger to weave a blanket of hope that would trick himself in later stage of life.

"I know that. The divorce hearing was today, so I guess things didn't go as he planned." Jungkook's eyes didn't leave the passed out figure on bed.
"It did in a way, but Namjoon hyung was the one who got affected by it the most. I don't know how much you know about him and his relationship with his ex wife, but he is still in love with her, Jungkook. I have been with hyung since a very long time and I don't think he can give her place to anyone else."

"I don't know how much you know about me Taehyung, but I am not hoping for the woman's place who broke his heart. I am just here to help. That's all!" Taehyung smiled sadly at the younger's statement realising it would be wrong to ask Jungkook leave right now.

"Did you have lunch?"
"I'm not hungry, I will stay with him if that's okay."
"We haven't had lunch either, hyung just kept drinking. I will whip up something in the kitchen. Just call me when he wakes up."

Taehyung put Namjoon's phone and wallet in the nightstand and left the room when Jungkook took a seat beside the man. He took out some tissues from the drawer and drizzled some water from the bottle kept beside the bed. Gently, he started dabbing on Namjoon's face.

The smell of the room reminded him of the adventurous nights he spent with Namjoon. It brushed the memories of heated make outs, passionate kisses and intense love making. In a matter of seconds, his mind started saying it wasn't 'love making', it was just sex as there was no love between the two. It made him interrogate the inactive cells of his brain whether those intimate moments were just out of lust and devoid of emotion. He started searching for answers to the questions he should have never raised to himself.

"You need me, Namjoon. She is not worth of your love. I am not asking for anything in return, just let me stay by your side."

He spoke out in the softest tone with glossy eyes looking at the man he has start to feel things for. Taking advantage of the moment, he placed a peck on Namjoon's forehead. His trance got interrupted at the cluttering sound from the kitchen. Getting up from the bed, he stepped outside the room.

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Taehyung was struggling with the spice box which was spilled all over the floor. He turned back hearing a loud giggle.
"I was trying to-"
"It's okay, I will help you." Jungkook walked inside chuckling at the elder's frustrated face.
"Do you know how to cook?"
"I do, just that I'm not good at it." Taehyung said rolling his eyes at the younger's judgy expression.

"I thought there was a cook."
"Hyung asked him not to come to work today as he thought the divorce proceedings might take time."
"Just show me the pantry and I will cook something. I guess he needs to eat something too."

Taehyung knelt down along with Jungkook to pick up the spice boxes scattered on the floor and arrange it in the bigger box. In the back of his head, the caring nature of the younger was pursuing him to believe in some unsaid feelings that Jungkook might be harbouring for Namjoon.

"Hyung likes rice, so maybe a light dish of rice and kimchi would be good." He suggested the designated chef for the day.
"No, it will be spicy for him. Some soup and dumplings will be better in his condition and I will keep the spice levels down." Jungkook picked up the essential ingredients from the pantry that Taehyung opened.
"Okay, I will help you."
"Please don't mind but I don't trust your cooking skills, you better be with him in case he needs something." Jungkook said with a teasing smile making fun of the elder's previous actions.

Instead of getting mad, Taehyung laughed at the other's words and walked out of the kitchen. Right before taking the final step out of the room, he turned back at Jungkook saying, "I will call you if he wakes up before you finish cooking."

"Thank you, Taehyung."