Worlds Apart - Taekook - Book 2

Chapter 272 - Aftercare

HEEJU
When do I get to see it?

DOODLE
When I've recovered.

HEEJU
You mean when it's healed?

DOODLE
No, I mean when I have recovered.

HEEJU
From what? Are you ill?

DOODLE
No. I am recovering from the tattoo appointment.

HEEJU
Why? What happened? What am I missing?

DOODLE
I had a tattoo.

HEEJU
You are making less sense than usual.

HEEJU
I'm going to message hotty to find out what's going on.

"Heeju is going to send you a message." Tae calls out from where he is laying in bed.

Jungkook peers around the door of the bathroom, he can't see his husband from where he is but he knows he can hear him. "Why? What have I done?"

"I'm making no sense so she is going to message you."

"She lives with Ash... if you're making no sense, I would be offended if I were you."

"I don't know how she couldn't understand what I was talking about?"

"What did she say? Maybe I can explain if I know what the conversation was about." he was trying to get everything ready in the bathroom so that they could take a shower. It wasn't the most comfortable of nights after their tattoo session yesterday but they had no plans today so if they fell asleep watching a movie then so be it.

"Heeju asked when she can see my tattoo and I said that she could see it when I have recovered... and...."

Jungkook snickers and interrupts, "It's okay... I get it."

"Get what?"

"What the problem is. I'll message her after we've showered."

"What problem?" Tae wondered if this was how his sister felt because he didn't understand what was going on.

"Don't worry about it, baby."

Tae went to respond but his mouth stuttered and he smiled to himself instead. Yesterday was a day that he did not want to repeat! The numbing cream wore off at some point afterwards and he felt like he had the most intensive, concentrated area of severe sunburn on his chest and he'd only ever been sun burnt once in his life! He'd learnt from that and always applied sun block, so now he was learning and did not fancy putting himself through the tattoo experience ever again! One tattoo was enough for him, that's all he needed and he had zero plans on changing his husband so the initials would be staying forever.

He hadn't realised that there would need to be so much aftercare, it was less demanding when he had the car accident. The CEO didn't know how his husband managed to have two tattoos without the special cream! Jungkook lay like a pro and held a conversation with the tattooist, while Tae tried to distract himself by looking at emails on his phone, (he might've had numbing cream but his chest was throbbing).

They stopped off for sushi on the way home from the appointment and Tae stayed in the car, topless, brooding in the passenger seat. He'd eaten it after his husband had carefully followed the tattooists instructions, cleaning up the inked area of his chest. Tae's stomach fluttered when he watched Jungkook clean up the monogram with gentle touches... the kiss afterwards was the perfect distraction from the pain.

"Ready?"

"This behaviour has to stop... you're going to kill me, Kookie." Tae was conflicted, in one way he was looking forward to Jungkook's tattoos being healed as the one on his chest looked pretty angry right now and in another way, he didn't know how he would handle a shirtless husband.