Help Me Touch You || Vkook ff

Chapter 107

Folks... When I tell you I am EXCITED with how the story is unfolding and where it's headed... I haven't felt this giddy in a hot minute.

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"Come on! Pick up! Pick up already!"

Taehyung was losing it. It made him incredibly worried; that last look on Jungkook's face when he apologized and left. The man that had been his rock ever since walking into his life looked so pale and small as he almost folded into himself. It was an unrecognizable version of him. It threw Taehyung off. Seeing him, a man that seemed as though he had no fear, no unanswered questions about his identity and worth, a man who had been guiding him through his tornado of a life with a firm and unwavering hand, starting to crumble under whatever pressure he was under like that. No, he wasn't okay. He was especially not okay if Jungkook wasn't okay... Not to mention he felt like he had a part in whatever put Jungkook in this predicament.

The uneasiness that had him by his throat was almost unbearable when call after call he was ignored. He had to talk to him. They could figure it out together. The mess was a mess for them both but here he was, alone, hearing that dreadful ringing for the nth time the third day in a row. But this time the call did not go to voicemail. This time the ringing stopped and there was a ragged breathing on the other line.

"Jungkook?" – Taehyung asked softly, too afraid of risking another rejection of the call.

"Taehyung?" – Jungkook's voice sounded as ragged as his breathing. It was obvious he hadn't been talking for some time.

"Yea. It's me."

A sob left Jungkook, one he barely silenced before attempting to use his voice again.

"Look Taehyung, I'm really sorry, but I can't see you. Actually, I can't see you for some time. We can't have our sessions anymore... At least, for now. Just... go back to Dr. Han. Continue your sessions with him. Tell him of the progress you've made. He'll help you out better than I ever could."

Oh how Taehyung hated hearing Jungkook sound like that. How he hated the words he was hearing from him even more. How could Jungkook even think of abandoning him after all that's happened? After... he got so attached. He didn't know how to do life without him anymore. Had he really been alone until now? Why was even the thought of going at it alone terrifying him now? But he couldn't say these things to that shattered voice on the opposite end of the line.

"But won't I be seeing you at the clinic then?" – He had to, he just had to.

"No." – The negation came in a squeak and was followed by sobs. Those were difficult to hear... particularly difficult since he understood that Jungkook was being disciplined for whatever reason for being seen with him.

"Taehyung, I just need some space for a while. Can you respect that?" – Jungkook whimpered.

"Of course. Just, please reach out to me when you're ready. I'm worried about you." – Taehyung whispered. And then the call ended.

He was a helpless thing. No more Jungkook. Not for a long while. What will he do now? How will he cope now? But it couldn't be about him anymore. He couldn't help himself and he couldn't help the one person who had actually cared about him, who had gone out of his way to save him from himself. And when that person needed saving, here he was... useless, incapable, feeble...

"And here we go again with the pity party. So what? Will you cower and hide while the one man who gave a shit about you gets punished for giving a shit about you?"

self-sabotaging thoughts chipped away at his soul, as if Taehyung didn't already have enough on his plate.

His spirit was weighed down with a heavy feeling of disdain when more harmful thoughts swarmed in his head.

"The one time you can actually do something to help someone you choose to wallow in self-pity. If you were feeing shame at least I'd understand. Get your ass up!"

No, these didn't seem like thoughts. These were more like when Taetae was talking to him. But Taetae would never...

"Taetae would never because he actually has love left for you. I, on the other hand, will lose any bit of respect I have left for you if you decide to back away from this fight."

"Oh my days! Are you V?"

"Yes."

"I'm sorry Taehyung." – Taehyung could make out Taetae's voice. It differed greatly compared to V's. "V really needed to talk to you. He wanted to do this differently but he said it's an emergency. We have to help Jungkook."

Taehyung hardly had enough time to wrap his head around those words when he heard what he could now clearly distinguish as V's voice.

"Taehyung. I really did want to do this under better circumstances, but that chance was taken from me considerin how things ended up happening. Taetae heard your conversation with Jungkook and told me. And I had to do this for Jungkook. If you ever did want to get to know me this is the perfect time. Let me help you make this right. Oh, and don't freak out. If you pass out, I will front and his whole thing would've been for nothing. I want us to work together."

There was quiet for some time; enough time for V to worry that Taehyung was indeed freaking out.

"Taehyung?"

"Taehyung, for onc-"

"What would you have me do? He doesn't want to see me and I'm in trouble too. Our photo is everywhere online. "

"Photo? Online? Wait. Start from the beginning. What's happened? Tell me everything."

"Okay... Okay." – Taehyung took a moment to gather himself and his thoughts that were trying to go haywire. Maybe... maybe he can help Jungkook first and then he can go off the deep end about having a third voice in his head; the voice of the most dangerous and destructive person in his life. "There isn't much to tell. Jungkook took Taetae to the amusement park. And the one moment Taetae's face was showing someone snapped a selfie. They're in the background of that photo. They're smiling and Jungkook is trying to grab his mask to pull it over his face again. There's nothing going on but to anyone who likes spinning their own narrative, it could look like anything other than the truth."

"Okay. Now, we make a plan."

"V. Answer me please. Are you and Taehyung coconcious right now?"

V's smirk grew as he recalled the events that took place in the last 2 weeks. Oh, there was so much to tell. There was so, so much to tell.

"Yes. That we are."