Help Me Touch You || Vkook ff

Chapter 110

It's meee. 

My loves! Please enjoy~

I'm wondering about everyone's theories as to what you think will happen and where you expect the story is going. Let me know!

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"You're wearing them." – V points out. His eyes had wondered to Jungkook's neck and spotted the shiny necklace that held his ring, when he was thinking how and where to start telling everything that needed to be told. The other one was resting around the base of the man's finger.

Jungkook wasn't crying anymore. At least not right now. After that kiss, V pulled him off the floor and sat him down on the couch so they could talk. But conversations like the one V wanted to have are always difficult to start. When there's so much to tell, what do you do? Where do you start? Which bit of news gets told first? Which piece of information do you prioritize?

"What?" – Jungkook questions before following V's gaze to his neck. "Oh. Yea, of course I am. As I should." – He says, playing with the ring hanging from the beautiful chain, quietly mumbling the last three words as if he hoped V would miss them.

But of course he didn't. The statement quickly brought a satisfied smirk onto V's face. His claim on Jungkook was non-negotiable, regardless of the situation. He knew that. It was pleasing that Jungkook did as well.

"You mind if I rip off the band-aid again?" – V asks, remembering a certain situation from what seemed like a lifetime ago now.

"Huh?"

Before Jungkook got a chance to find out what he meant, V continued.

"I went to see the old man. And I confronted him about you."

Jungkook's jaw dropped, the quizzical look in his eyes gone almost instantly.

"Don't ask questions. Just let me tell the whole thing from the start." – V holds Jungkook's gaze, and when the latter got back to himself from whatever shock he went through, he carried on with delivering every bit of information he knew Jungkook needed to know.

"I did hear from Taetae initially that something was wrong, that you were gone. But since I needed to know more, and the only one who could know more was Taehyung, I decided to talk to him directly. And I did. And it wasn't as subtle as we were planning for it to be. But I didn't have time for subtle. When I heard him spiraling out of control I had to take charge. And he was really spiraling after that last phone call you two had. And yes, my tactless approach might not have been the best but I handled it. Long story short, he was worried about you, worried enough to grab onto it and not freak out on me."

Jungkook was frozen. If it hadn't been for the occasional blinking, V might have thought he went into shock. He didn't want to waste time pondering though. He had to get the whole story out. So he kept going... against every cell in his body telling him to stop and check on the boy first.

"We didn't really talk about anything other than you though. We needed to come up with something in order to fix whatever went wrong because of that damn photo. We did some planning you could say. In the end, Taehyung held a press conference, and he stated that you and him are old friends. I'll show it to you later if you want. And after that I asked him to let me meet the old man to handle that part. But he only agreed to it on the condition that we remain coconscious. You know... Since the other time I kinda forced myself out when he touched you... I guess he didn't particularly enjoy it." – V giggles, which was out of character, Jungkook thought. V doesn't giggle. He laughs, he smirks, he smiles, but he doesn't giggle. At least that's what Jungkook remembers.

"Anyway... We did do it. We went there and we both talked to your beloved Dr. Han and showed him the press conference video. We also showed him the progress we've made with you. Let me tell ya. The old man tried to keep a straight face, but I could see right through him. He was about to lose his shit when he found out me and Taehyung were coconscious. He couldn't believe it. We also told him about being coconscious with Taetae. And Taehyung mentioned how he was able to be touched without shifting. Oh! I also told him to remove your files from the clinic as well. We did everything possible to convince him it was safe to change his mind... which I think he did. But he's going to be an ass and take his sweet time with thinking about it. But I promise everything will be fine. He will call you soon and tell you about it. I'm very sure. So no more tears and no more thoughts of distancing yourself from me Jungkook. Okay?"

To say Jungkook was speechless would be an understatement. He wasn't responsive at all. He looked pensive at least, deeply lost in the word salad that Taehyung just served him. Almost mummified, he seemed to be going over everything in his head.

"Um. I don't know what to feel. Thank you. To both of you. And... I can't believe you made contact with Taehyung. I'm so proud of you two... But I'm feeling a lot right now so I can't react like how I would've were the circumstances different. But I swear I'm so happy and so, so proud of you." – Jungkook takes a deep breath in hopes to gather his thoughts. "Let me... Let me process everything and then let's revisit this. I want to dive deeper into it. Can we do that?" – Jungkook asks, hoping V could see how actually important it was to him. He just wasn't in his right mind, which is where he needed to be to handle this turn of events properly.

First he needs to sort himself out. Sometimes, you need to help yourself first so you can help others. This time Jungkook was a priority.

"Absolutely baby. Whatever you want." – V promises.

Jungkook takes a moment before making a statement V was expecting. After all, he was Dr. Han's intern.

"I don't think a press conference will be enough to make this go away V."

And there it was.

"Well there's one more thing. Please keep an open mind. Taehyung agreed to it. In fact he was the one to suggest it."

Jungkook's face fell. He could already tell he wasn't going to like whatever V was about to tell him.

"There will be a dating scandal about Taehyung soon. He will be photographed while hugging a woman and rumors will be spread about their relationship."

V looked into Jungkook's eyes, almost fearfully.

"Nope. I don't like it. Absolutely not. I don't want to complicate his life in order to fix mine. Not okay." – Jungkook shook his head violently, completely rejecting the idea. – "I mean the man has haphephobia. How can you expect him to hug someone? That's sadistic. I won't agree to it."

"Whoa. Calm down. I told you it was his idea." – V defended the plan.

"Regardless. You can't expect him to go through something traumatic for this. He can't be hugging strangers. Do you know how much psychological damage that could cause? Just...No." – Jungkook did not want all the progress they made to go to waste. All that effort they put into it shouldn't be undone just like that in a matter of minutes. It was a sensitive time, and they needed to tread this journey carefully.

"That's why..." – V paused – "He won't be the one doing it. I will."