Broken and Fixed

Fixed

Jungkook looked at Jimin's sleeping form as he stroked the elder's side gently. Jimin always looked peaceful in his sleep except for the few times he'd had a nightmare. Right now, his face was relaxed as he slept deeply. His even breathing was soft and delicate, his eyes closed and the eyelashes fanned over his cheeks made him look so ethereal. Jungkook moved his hand up and caressed the elder's cheek and pushed the hair out of his face. With a sigh, Jungkook leaned forward and placed a kiss on Jimin's cheek.

It had been an hour since Jimin had poured out all his inner feelings to Jungkook. After having said everything that was on his mind, Jimin had curled up into a ball on the floor and began crying. It had been softly at first but then Jimin ended up balling his eyes out. Jungkook had always ignored Jimin when he was crying, having gotten used to it, but this time was different. The broken cries Jimin emitted struck a chord somewhere in Jungkook and for the first time, he actually felt bad about what he'd done. But he didn't feel so bad that he would let Jimin go. That would never happen. No matter how much Jungkook saw Jimin cry he wouldn't let the elder go. Jimin would have to learn to love him or stay miserable living with him. There was no other option for him.

Jimin had his hands over his face as he cried into them and after a few minutes of just standing there and listening, Jungkook finally decided to comfort him. He went to Jimin and crouched down so he was level with the other. Then he reached out and removed Jimin's hands from his face. He looked at the elder's tear-stained face for a couple of seconds before pulling Jimin into his chest and wrapping his arms around the other. Jimin continued crying into Jungkook's chest, his tiny hands fisted in the younger's shirt. Jungkook just sat on the floor with Jimin in his arms and let him cry. He didn't say anything because he still had nothing to say. They stayed like that for a while until Jimin's cries began to quiet down to just sniffling. Even those stopped eventually as well. Jungkook waited for a bit after Jimin had completely gone quiet, and then pulled away slightly. When he did, he saw that Jimin was asleep. Jimin had cried himself to sleep. Seeing the elder asleep, he carefully picked him up and took him to their bedroom. He laid Jimin down and covered him with a blanket before getting in beside him.

Now Jungkook had been staring at Jimin for well over ten minutes, just taking in Jimin's lovely features while thinking about what to do. He knew that he couldn't pretend this didn't happen. If he continued on as if Jimin had never said anything about his true feelings, then he'd only break Jimin down more, which was the opposite of what he wanted to do. Jungkook realized he needed to change...but how was he going to do that? He doubted just being nicer to Jimin would be enough. Maybe he could stop punishing the other for every single mistake? Yea... that would be a start but...it probably wouldn't be enough. Jungkook sighed again as he continued to stroke Jimin's cheek.

Changing was hard and Jungkook knew he wouldn't be able to change overnight. He needed a plan, some way he could keep his anger in check as that was the main reason he would hurt Jimin. He continued to think about what he could do to change their situation and fix Jimin, but his mind was only drawing blanks. Jungkook groaned and gave up, he'd think some more later. So he wrapped his arms around Jimin and pulled the elder closer. He snuggled his face into Jimin's hair and drifted off to sleep.

Days passed and Jungkook was still clueless on what to do to fix Jimin. He was being nice and had stopped hurting Jimin for the most part. He was having a hard time, but he kept his temper in check. Still, Jimin didn't seem happy. Jungkook wasn't even sure if Jimin noticed any changes in his behavior. Jimin was still acting like a lifeless doll and only did what Jungkook asked him to do. He still didn't talk much, and if anything Jimin had gotten even quieter, and Jungkook didn't like that, but what could he do? He didn't want to threaten Jimin anymore so he couldn't say anything to the elder.

"Jimin?" Jungkook called out after a week had gone by and very little had changed. Jimin looked up from the book he was reading and waited for Jungkook to continue. They were in the living room sitting across from each other. Jungkook was on one end of the sofa flipping through the TV channels while Jimin was silently reading a book on the other end of the sofa.