THE GEEK CHARMING

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When you fall in love, they say, everything feels escalated, your heart beat amplifies, your thoughts about that special someone heightens up into a whole new level, you feel giddy, every feeling gets augmented, it's the same you, the same piece but just a bit embroidered with colors you never expected, with shades you never thought existed, with gems never even discovered, every single apprehension is magnified, every feeling a pounding bliss.

Jungkook was laying in his bed, his ankle still crippled from the fall a few moments ago. And right in front of him was Taehyung feeding him something that was taught to him by his mother. And that was the most beautiful thing Jungkook had imagined seeing. The way Taehyung's lips pout out when he blew wind on the hot soup to cool it down, the way his face scrunches up when he hears any sort of complaints about the dish, the way his expression immediately turns into worry and concern when Jungkook groans with discomfort, it was all beautiful to Jungkook.

"What's this semi-liquid anyways?" Jungkook asked.

"It's soup by the way!"

"Never heard of any soup which looks like chyme and even tastes like one!"

"Oh please have you even seen what chyme looks like?"

"Not until now, but well I can at least say that it won't look and taste any disgusting than this!"

"Hey you calling this disgusting? This is my only go-to food when mom isn't at home! And well she is always at home, so yeah I've never tried cooking prior to this, so stop complaining and eat it!" Taehyung said, embarrassed by Jungkook's words.

Jungkook laughed at how flustered Taehyung would get with just one little tease. Does my teases affect you too, the way you affect me?

"Was just joking, well it's not so bad! Edible I can say!"

"Yahh!"

"Yeah yeah okay fine! Where did u learn it anyways?"

"This was just something my mother taught me, just in case you know something happens, and she is not there, you know, have to be the support for my sister and all!" Taehyung said, and then the pang that had previously left Jungkook's heart returned.

 It was like the word 'mother' triggered some emotions in Jungkook's heart. He remembers being fed by his mother, pampered by his mother, remembers how she used to know him more than he knew and knows himself. It was all so overwhelming, that he only has her memories to stick onto, but that's enough, memories are enough, at least his mother had taught him how to cook better than Taehyung. 

"Hey are you all right?" Taehyung asked, detecting the younger's sudden quietness, subsequent to all the chaffs and teases he was throwing before.

"Y-yeah nevermind!"

"Are you sure?"

"Hey Taehyung let me show you something!"

"Y-yeah okay!... Are you going to walk, hey hey careful, you might fall down, you have a sprained ankle dummy!"  Taehyung said and helped Jungkook make his way to the place he was wanting to go to.

"Ughh!! Is this house a freaking maze? If it weren't for you I would have been lost, trust me I nearly wandered off to someone's room when I went  to make food for you!" Taehyung said, they had been walking for a while now. Jungkook just snorted, and continued on his way. It felt good, although the constant pain shooting up from his ankle when he tried to move was quite a discomfort, he liked being close to Taehyung this way, his hand clutching his own, and the other woven around his waist to give him support, their shoulders would sometimes brush against each other, and the crazy rush of warmth that whizzed afterwards always made him go insane and almost lurching towards the touch.