My Sweetest Thing (I Will Devour You) TAEKOOK COMPLETE (18+)

Chapter 8

Taehyung was never going to make it.

Instead, his frame slams against the back of the door when Jungkook shuts it in his face, caging him in between strong arms. The wood strokes Taehyung's cheek when he tries to breathe through the storm of feelings inside him. Jungkook gives him space, tattooed hands gingerly leaning next to his shoulders while he pleads, whispering:

"Please, Taehyung, I won't hurt you." His voice cracks. "Pleasepleaseplease." The small words fall on Taehyung's nape with hot tears when, helpless to do otherwise, Jungkook leans his forehead against him.

Taehyung's heart breaks with the sharp guilt he can hear burning in the quiet words. After everything that they have just done, could he really believe Jungkook capable of hurting him?

It was Taehyung, after all, who came here and pushed himself onto him, not the other way around. He wasn't lured here into some trap.

He breathes for a second and thinks.

"Is... this... why you stop coming to the bakery?" Taehyung swallows. He can feel the nod against his shoulder, hear the shaky breath in.

Jungkook whispers. "I'm sorry, I should never have..."

Taehyung twirls around in the small space between Jungkook's arms and stares right into those black, marble eyes, still gripping the book tightly.

"Stop apologising." Taehyung says, just to say something, the words hurtle through the tightness in his throat.

"But... It's my fault." Jungkook hangs his head. "I'm too... weak." A hand lifts as if to cup Taehyung's cheek but drops before making contact.

Taehyung gets angry. "I kissed you! It was me! I practically threw myself at you! Why are you apologising?!" He shoves a shoulder in a sharp stab but Jungkook doesn't budge, merely stares with eyes full of such sadness, it hurts.

When Taehyung pushes again, Jungkook grips his jaw with soft determination.

"You don't understand, Taehyung... The kiss activated your Cake. I'm a Fork, I'll kill you... maybe not now, but soon." Even as he says it, a gentle tear rolls down his cheek. The wide eyes seem to hold infinite sorrow and infinite love, at the same time.

Taehyung's insides twist with too much emotion... anger at the unfairness of it all, sadness, love. He has never felt anything like this for another person and he knows he never will again... he will fight for this.

It makes little sense anywhere but in his soul when Taehyung yanks Jungkook to his mouth and kisses him with all his heart. He wants Jungkook to know the full depth of his devotion.

When he finally pulls back, they are both breathless.

Cupping Jungkook's cheeks, Taehyung whispers against the soft lips:

"We'll figure this out, promise me?"

Tattooed hands cup around Taehyung's neck while Jungkook gazes at him fondly, as if trying to memorise every single feature on his face.

"I love you, Taehyung... since the second I met you..." His lips brush over Taehyung's and he is pulled into an embrace.

They lean against the door and hug for a long time, breathing each other in.

All the noise in Taehyung's head silences at the gentle rhythm of the breath against his body. He feels peace when he is with Jungkook, he knows they'll figure this out.