His Shadow

Chapter 34

Taehyung walked inside the room locking it behind him. He looked at the clock and sighed in relief when he saw that his prince was still sleeping.

He wasn't too late.

But he knew he was gonna wake up soon.

He looked at the bathroom door and then back at the bed.

Groaning, he went and stood there by the bed, watching him.

His eyes moved all over Jungkook's sleeping figure. His heart which had gone numb for the time being, slowly started melting in peace and unintended comfort that the prince provided him by just being in his sight again.

He couldn't get on the bed, neither could he move away from his side. He could just stand there, waiting for him to wake up.

Jungkook frowned once as he slowly started to wake up,
"Cub." Taehyung said softly making sure Jungkook heard him and nothing else.

He whispered again when he heard the adorable whine,
"Wake up, my prince."

Jungkook blinked and slowly opened his eyes looking at his side and a slow smile spread over his lips as he saw Taehyung.

Jungkook just looked up at his face with those doe eyes and Taehyung felt like falling in love all over again.

Not that he doesn't everyday.

"Why didn't you join me?" Jungkook asked, his voice a bit hoarse due to crying so much.

Taehyung's smile dropped as he looked down at himself and at the blood-covered clothes, he watched as drop after drop fell on the ground.

He looked back up at Jungkook's eyes who had not even flinched once about the blood and just smiled at him, as if the blood on him didn't matter to him.

"How could I ever let you be sullied by someone else's blood? Your hands are too precious to have any blood on them, not mine, let alone someone who's not even worth the dirt under your feet."

Jungkook just blinked once and bit his lower lip trying to stop himself from blushing, Taehyung's eyes followed the movement.

"Why didn't you wash up then?" He changed his question, slowly rising to sit with his back to the headboard.

Taehyung's eyes remained over Jungkook's lips as he replied,
"You were gonna wake up soon, I didn't want you to wake up alone." That's all he said, but Jungkook knew what he meant.

He didn't want him to wake up to sleep paralysis once again.

"Fine, now am awake right? Just go get a shower now. I'll call someone for lunch." Jungkook said turning his head away, remembering now that he had still not forgiven his guard yet.

Not so soon.

Taehyung stared at him for an entire minute not realising what he was doing,
"Am not going anywhere, just go get washed up," Jungkook said or more like tried to scold him.

Finally, the guard turned around to walk into the bathroom,
"I'll take just 5 minutes, and I've already ordered lunch so don't do anything just sit there." He said before he disappeared into the bathroom.

Jungkook scoffed at the audacity of the man, who didn't even close the bathroom door behind him.

"Close the door, I'll ask someone to clean the room," Jungkook said loudly so that Taehyung could hear him as he moved to get down from the bed.