Still falling for you

51'~'

"hold on"

Taehyung looked at the time, it was past three am, he had just gotten off the phone with Jungkook's father.

The past hour felt like it went on forever. After settling into the hotel room Jin explained to Taehyung what he had to do to make sure that Jungkook was okay and could make it through the night.

After all the assessments he made, it was clear that Jungkook had a concussion, But Jin explained to him based of his symptoms, it wasn't life threatening , but he still needs to get to the hospital as soon as possible for better assessment.

He checked if he had any cuts, he did and he also discovered that he had hurt his ankle.

"You have to get him in a warm bath to raise his temperature before he goes to sleep" Jin explained. Taehyung managed to undress him and have him lay in the bath for a while as he continued to follow the instructions he was getting.

"I am sorry I have to bother you with all of this" Jin apologised
"You don't have to apologise sir, it's fine" Taehyung said.

During all of this Jungkook was barely aware of anything that was happening, the throbbing pain in his head seemed to have lessened a little bit but he was still in a lot of pain.

Taehyung helped Jungkook out of the bath and dried him off, making sure that was not a drop of water on him.

"Sit here for a bit" Taehyung said placing him on the couch, he was now dressed in a set of pyjamas provided by the hotel and a fluffy robe. Taehyung began to dry his hair.

Jin explained to him that after that he can let him sleep.

A little while later, his hair was dry and he picked him up to put him to bed. Taehyung checked again to see that he had cleaned and bandaged all the  cuts that he had and that the cut he had on his forehead was was properly covered.

"Get some sleep okay" Taehyung said as he pulled the blanket closer to his chin. Jungkook's eyes studied his face, trying to take it all in because he knew once he woke up, it would all be over. Within a few minutes he was fast asleep, Taehyung stayed by his side for a few minutes, brushing away the strands of hair that were on his face.

It has now been over an hour, Jin had called to see how they were doing, Jin tried to encourage Taehyung to at least sleep for a few hours since he had not gotten any rest since he landed. "I am really fine Mr. Kim, the receptionist said she will inform us as soon as the road is safe so I will rest when we return" Jin had no other choice but accept, but regardless he still encouraged him to at least go out for some air every so often and at least eat something. "Thank you sir, I will do that"  said Taehyung.

After watching Jungkook sleep and making sure that he was actually fast asleep, Taehyung went out to the balcony. He could feel the fatigue simply waiting for an opportunity to engulf him, but he wouldn't let it.

It was still raining , being here with Jungkook brought back some memories that he wished he would forget. The pain he caused, the way he left him, it was all coming back to him in waves and the pain that he felt five years ago was making its's way back into his heart.

He was in awe at all that he had done up to this point for someone that left him and hurt him. A year after he had left, five years ago, he came back to Korea. He wasn't sure what he was expecting or what he was hoping for, but he went to look for Jungkook. He found out he was not at his dorm anymore, he had moved. He went to his school everyday for two weeks in hopes of seeing him but he had no luck.

After a month, he decided to leave.

A year after that, he decided to return again not certain about what he would find but in the end he wished that he had not seen him at all, he wished it had been like last time, that no matter how hard he looked for him, he could not find him.

He wished that he had not seen him happy, laughing so much it looked like his stomach hurt. He wished he had not seen him look at someone else so dearly, it hurt to see someone else hold him and hug him as if he meant the world to them.

He wished he had not seen him moving on, he wished he had not seen his smile or heard his laugh, he wished he never came looking for him.

Why was he so sure that he would find him waiting, where did he get the confidence to assume that perhaps he just needed a bit of time to think things through, why did he lie to himself?

He watched from a distance and it hurt him to accept that he was happy without him, that he had moved on, and it hurt to realise that when he said he didn't want to be with him anymore, he meant it.

But here he was now, he heart ached.

"Why?" he said out loud.

So much time had passed without him noticing and suddenly he was snapped out of his thoughts by a sound coming from the bedroom, he  hurried back inside.

It was Jungkook, he got out of bed but fell as soon as he tried to stand, knocking over a chair.

Taehyung ran to his side, "hey, are-are you okay? you can't walk yet" he said trying to help Jungkook off the floor, but Jungkook refused to move.

Jungkook reached out his hand to touch Taehyung's face who was now kneeling besides him, was he really here, was it really him? His eyes were glistening, he was scared that it was all a dream and he was imaging everything, because why would Taehyung be here.

Tears began to fall from his eyes.

Taehyung started to panic.

"What's wrong? does it hurt anywhere, hold on let me call your-" Taehyung tried to speak while he tried to get his phone from his pocket.

"Why did you leave me?" Jungkook asked, his eyes never leaving Taehyung's face, "why- why did you leave me?" he cried.

Taehyung was lost for words, not knowing what to say as Jungkook broke down in front of him, he felt as if his heart was being ripped out of his chest.

"I am sorry, I-I was wrong, I am sorry, please,  please don't leave me again" Jungkook begged as he held on tightly to Taehyung's sweater, "please-" he said trying to catch his breath.

"It's okay, everything is fine, I am here now" Taehyung said trying to hold him in his arms, Jungkook was shaking and it was hurting him to see him in that state.

"Please don't leave me" Jungkook repeated as he rested his head on Taehyung's chest.

"I am not going anywhere, I promise" Taehyung said as he held him close.

The phone rang, it was the reception.

"please stay"