Help Me Touch You || Vkook ff

Chapter 114

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"Can you promise me that you'll never hide like that again? You scared me so much."

Taetae might have calmed down, but his adorable little lip was still stuck in an unceasing frown.

When the boy didn't answer, Jungkook continued – "Are you going to sulk forever? I haven't seen you in so long and all I'm getting is pouting. I've missed you and your smiles but I guess it's just me." – Jungkook sighed – "It's making me sad."

"You're treating me like a stupid kid again. You think I don't know what you're doing?" – Taetae countered.

"I'm treating you like a kid, because you are a kid. You're my kid. But that doesn't mean I'm treating you like you're stupid. You want to hurt my feelings? How could you say that when you know how much I love you?"

"You have a funny way of showing it. My heart hurt so much I thought I was dying. It's good you were scared. You deserved it." – Taetae muttered and crossed his arms with a huff in show of discontent and disapproval.

"Ouch. Is my baby feeling sassy?"

The question earned the man a feisty glare.

Jungkook hugged the boy tightly to his chest without delay when he understood he couldn't lighten Taetae's mood with his jokes.

"Baby, I know I scared you and I'm so very sorry for that. But I wasn't doing okay either. I was scared that I was losing everything that I cared about and I was hiding from decisions I didn't want to make, just like how you were hiding from us because you were scared. But I think we both know that it was the wrong thing to do right? We scared each other. So if you promise me right now that you will never hide again, I will promise it too. What happened... it will never happen again."

Jungkook held his pinky out. Taetae looked at it and then back at Jungkook. He looked into his eyes to try and see if he can see dishonesty.

When the boy's soft pinky curled around Jungkook's, a big smile stretched on both of their faces.

"I want to hear it cutie. Promise me."

"I promise I'll never hide again Kookie." – Taetae says, that relentless frown now completely wiped as though it was never there to begin with.

"Darn. I never thought hearing that nickname would make me this happy, but here we are. I guess I'm forgiven?"

"Yes! Forgiven!"

Jungkook laughs before asking – "Is V still with you?"

Taetae's smile falls.

"Are you sending me back?!"

"No! No baby. I'm just wondering if he heard our conversation."

Taetae visibly relaxes.

"Yes, he's here, and so is Taehyung." – The boy looks at Jungkook through his lashes, suspicion still evident in his gaze.

"I feel like you really should talk to them too. I'm sure you know how worried they've been."

"I'm still upset with them. I understand why you didn't talk to me. But there's no excuse for how they treated me like I wasn't there. Like I was... like I wasn't part of the team. Like it was all my fault. Like I don't matter."

"Oh baby. You know that's not true."

"Do I? I thought I ruined everything. They ignored me like I was wasting their time but I'm not stupid! I needed to know what was going on. I deserved to know just as much as them."

Taetae picked at his nails and his body tensed up once more. His defenses were up up again and Jungkook couldn't have that.

"Yes. Yes you did. You're right. But baby, even adults make mistakes. I'm sure they were stressed and scared and probably just wanted to shield you from the things they had to deal with. Sometimes when we're scared we make the wrong decisions and act in a way we don't normally act. Like how me and you hid instead of facing our fears and our problems. They focused on solving those problems so much that they failed to think about how all of this was making you feel. You know how much you matter to V, baby. You're his little brother. He's taken care of you your whole life. He loves you. And so does Taehyung. He was so happy when he got to spend time with you remember?" Jungkook took a second to catch his breath after rambling so quickly and continued with a fierce determination – "Since you could find it in your heart to forgive me, can you also find it in your heart to hear them out? Talk to them... For me?"

Taetae remained quiet and motionless as he seemingly pondered over everything Jungkook said to him.

It wasn't wrong, the words the man told him were definitely the truth, but it's easy to believe them when the crisis has already been averted. What about the next time something happens? Everything seems okay now, but when he was frightened and confused, things weren't okay. And when things weren't okay he was left alone. The next time the sky falls or their world crashes in on them what can he expect?

"I don't know Kookie. I love them. But I don't know if I can trust them again. They left me alone when I needed them. What's going to happen the next time I need them? I don't know if I can count on them."

"Oh baby. Hearing that probably broke V's heart." – Jungkook almost winced upon hearing the boy's confession.

"Yea. Well... He broke mine first."

"I'm sorry Taetae. I'll spend the rest of our lives making it up to you if you let me." – Vowed V, his voice as broken as his heart was after hearing those bitter words from little Taetae, the one person who was always there, the one person he never thought he could lose.

"I'll think about it."

"What do you mean?" – asked Jungkook, confused at the irrelevant answer, unaware that V had spoken to the kid.

"Nothing, I- I think I need some time. I'll let them come out."

"No! No baby, not now, not when you're feeling down. Please?" – Jungkook panicked.

"I promised I won't hide again Kookie. I just need some alone time. I'll come out when I'm ready, I promise."

Jungkook reluctantly agreed as he answered with a defeated voice.

"Okay baby. You won't keep me waiting for too long, right?" – He asked hopefully.

"I won't."