✓Venomous Devotion 》TK

Chapter 35

The whole family sat together for breakfast. Jungkook was sitting beside Taehyung, who was carefully feeding him. Jungkook chewed the food with mild irritation, watching everyone around him. This was his daily routine-to watch everyone as they ate attentively while he just observed, since Taehyung fed him and he didn't have to feed himself. All he could do was chew and look around.

Today, Taehyung introduced him to a new type of food he hadn't eaten before and didn't even know the name of. Every now and then, Taehyung changed Jungkook's meal plan, claiming he needed all sorts of nutritious food. So, strange dishes were forced upon him daily. Just thinking about it made Jungkook's expression deflate like a popped balloon. He kept signaling to Taehyung with gestures, trying to indicate he didn't want to eat more, but the elder paid no attention and continued feeding him.

Jungkook never ate the required amount, he had been reluctant about healthy food since childhood, feeling full just at the sight of it. His aversion to food left him quite weak physically. So, Taehyung made it a daily task to ensure Jungkook ate an adequate amount, which seemed irritating to the younger, but he couldn't say anything out of fear of Taehyung. Ignoring his signals, Taehyung kept feeding him, leaving Jungkook to fold his arms and look at everyone around the table.

Everyone was eating greens and veggies like Taehyung. Only Jimin was eating something different, as he couldn't stand these English foods; though sometimes, he had to eat them out of fear.

There was a bowl of bland, half-cooked noodles, egg milkshake, lightly salted, half-roasted veggies, and other things that Jungkook didn't recognize but which were all half-cooked. After eating, Jungkook held his stomach, patting it now and then, looking down to check if it had bloated.

No, it was okay.

He had thought he might burst from all this food, but somehow, he had survived, though he felt too weak to move. Taehyung had made him eat so much grasses. Jungkook silently scolded Taehyung in his mind.

Taehyung, who was eating, said,

--" If you're done scolding me in your little head, put your hand down from your stomach. It won't burst.

Hearing Taehyung, everyone stole glances at Jungkook, who, in turn, pouted and looked at everyone before glaring at Taehyung. He wished he could knock some sense into this arrogant villain but could only look around with wide eyes, helplessly. In this house, only he and Yoongi were fed like this without eating on their own.

Even though Yoongi was gradually improving, he could never do anything on his own due to his illness. Jungkook felt sympathetic toward Yoongi, as he was truly ill, but why was Taehyung treating him, a healthy person, as if he were sick, feeding him all these unappetizing foods? Jungkook wondered to himself.

Seeing Jungkook looking at Yoongi, Taehyung wiped his mouth with a napkin and turned to Jungkook with a frown. Placing a hand on Jungkook's face, he turned it back toward himself. Startled, Jungkook looked at him, as Taehyung raised an eyebrow and asked,

--" What are you looking at? You should look at no one else but me, no matter who they are!

He said with a clench of his teeth.

Swallowing nervously, Jungkook stammered,

--" I-I was just t-thinking...

--" What were you thinking?

Taehyung asked, leaning in with a frown. Jungkook trailed off,

--" Well, I was thinking that Yoongi hyung is a bit ill, right?

Taehyung looked deeply into his eyes.

--" And?

Jungkook mumbled timidly,