Run

Twelve - free as a bird 🐦

A/N: enjoy :)

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Jungkook rests his head against the car window and watches the sun slowly rise. They pass fields and he can see the skyscrapers of Seoul in the distance. The traffic was increasing with the rising sun and soon they were stuck in stop and go traffic.

The radio was playing some catchy songs he didn't recognize and Taehyung hummed along, drumming his slender fingers from time to time on the steering wheel to match the beat.

The closer they came to the city, the more nervous Jungkook felt, like he was taking an important test. Was it alright to seek help like that? Couldn't he cope over time alone?

He hadn't slept much last night, not daring to ask Taehyung again if he could sleep with him. His brain didn't calm down, despite the comfortable mattress and the thoughts affecting him, building a jumble of pictures and situations in his head he had already lived through, made him agitated.

He fell asleep exhausted in the early morning hours.

Jungkook closes his eyes and feels himself relax.

"You didn't sleep much, did you?" Taehyung asks suddenly.

Jungkook sits up and sighs, rearranging the seatbelt to make it more comfortable. "I didn't," he admits. "Too many thoughts."

"Mmmh," Taehyung hums. "If you don't scare me again, you can come over if it gets worse," he offers and Jungkook's stomach erupts with pleasant warmth. But the feeling instantly frightens him. He couldn't bother Taehyung with his problems all the time and he was a grown ass man, for fucks sake.

"Ha," Jungkook snorts, like it was a no brainer to deny the offer. "You are clingy."

"Told you."

"You were lying on my chest," Jungkook says dryly.

"Jepp, I did," he answers without an ounce of shame. "I warned you."

"You are too warm," Jungkook complains.

Taehyung sneaks a glance at him, grinning broadly. "Like you aren't. You are a furnace."

"Well, I usually sleep shirtless."

"Huh...," Taehyung mumbles and looks at the moving traffic.

Jungkook feels a little jolt in his chest. He just complained for show, he has to admit to himself. Because he had enjoyed it, slowly waking up and feeling Taehyung's closeness. He had enjoyed his body heat and that underlying scent that was purely Taehyung.

"Yeah, well..." Taehyung rambles on. "...that is how it is with me, take me or leave me."

"I will think about it," Jungkook answers gracefully and grabs his tumbler to take a sip of coffee. In truth he wanted to shout "I will take you" immediately. But he couldn't. What would Taehyung think of him?

"That is enthusiasm," Taehyung answers. "You are hurting my pride."

"Sorry, just being honest."

Lies, just so many lies.

"Can you give me a sip of your coffee?"

Jungkook leans forward, rummaging in his bag and presents a second tumbler. "Get your own."

Taehyung looks at him, irritated and shocked in a matter of seconds. "You are telling me just now that you made me coffee, when we are almost there?"

"I just want to keep you on your toes."

"You are so mean, Jeon Jungkook-nim."

"Ouch, honorifics."

"We can't be friends anymore."