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misery

CHAPTER 13

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there were not many things that amazed jeongguk immensely. he took pride of himself for being such an amazement itself for anyone, when people always gawked at him, praised him, and got jealous. as a man that could do almost anything, jeongguk never considered the feelings of wanting someone to be by his side for the rest of his life. he was a perfectly antisocial person, and he was proud of the capability that he had for being an independent. dealing with a significant individual was what-so-called burden in jeongguk's vocabulary. never was he interested so much that he got himself attached and thirsted to have something. yet, here he was, in a realisation, that there was a freaking angel soundly sleeping in front of him. completely mesmerised with the view.

taehyung looked breathtaking with his golden puffy hair sprawled around his head on the pillow, resembling a halo, tanned skin glowing despite the dim lighted room, lips so pink and full, and long eyelashes showcased the top of rosy cheeks. he was breathing slowly, chest raising up and down. the elder simply looked inhuman, ethereal even. and jeongguk was left gaping upon his first checkup, wishing for God to give him mercy when he visit next time when all he wanted was to stay there watching the elder forever.

a sleeping beauty, indeed, jeongguk thought. he must have standing for so long just to creepily ogling his best friend from the side, so he woefully brought a chair to sit next to the sleeping boy.

it was not even over an hour that he left taehyung alone for everything to become a mess again. he had been overly protective and possessive towards the elder, the message should've been so clear but jimin decided to be a douchbag by touching this vulnerable angel. the moment where jeongguk just arrived on the practice room, hearing jimin shouting taehyung's name had his heart almost burst out before adrenaline came rushing and he forcefully ripped taehyung apart from a panicked jimin, bringing him to the hospital.

God, what did jimin even do to taehyung back then? jeongguk hadn't confronted jimin after forcing himself to check on taehyung first, claiming to be his closest relative whilst ignoring namjoon's sharp warning for his reckless behavior. this was too much, and jeongguk was sure as hell taehyung didn't deserve whatever the hyungs did to him. seeing taehyung's sorrowful face broke jeongguk's heart. an inappropriate, intense anger suddenly rushed thorough his veins and a few seconds passed, he found himself boiling and flaming with sudden frustration. the urge to destroy something in the room was growing dangerously high as he stared at the lovely, cleaned sofa, imagining ripping the flowery sheet from the table, smashing the vase and tear the flowers inside. the walls he always put to control his emotions was wildly knocking out to be broken and jeongguk had difficulty of controlling his ragged breath. he needed to punch something, anything. whatever caused his rage was almost forgotten, but fortunately his rational mind took place as he remembered jimin's face; punching it until he bleed.

so jeongguk was out of the room in a light.

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"the patient was unconscious because of undernourishment and stress. he is also drained from excessive works that caused all his muscles to be tensed. that was only the physical. the cuts on and bruises were in places that are perfectly hidden from sight, which suspiciously i guess to be placed not so accidentally. kim taehyung's condition was simply apprehensive so i suggest that he must stay for at least a week--"