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This is weird, Taehyung thought as he examined his body in front of the mirror.

Nothing? Absolutely nothing!?

For he had arose to consciousness that evening, resulting in him being surprised, no, shell-shocked, that his other self hadn't bothered marking their body anywhere, something he hadn't failed to accomplish ever since the disorder initiated.

Hence, the puzzlement.

Taehyung knew he should be glad, and don't get him wrong, he was, it was just strange, is all.

Maybe the deity listened to my prayers for once, he thought as he shrugged on a T-shirt over his bare chest, and exited the room, barely able to contain his glee in telling Jungkook.

"Hey, Jungkook-ah! Guess what!?" He yelled as he skid into the kitchen.

Jungkook, in the middle of washing dishes, almost dropped said dish in the rush of the moment.

"Yah, don't do that, Hyung!" He scolded, regaining his grip on the object.

Taehyung looked abashed, but recovered, and recounted the tale, ending it with, "And it's just so weird, but it means I'm getting better, right!?"

Jungkook turned towards the sink so the latter couldn't see his secret smile.
"Yes hyung, that's brilliant! Let's celebrate tonight then, okay?"

To Taehyung's enthusiastic nods and sudden bubbly personality, his heart lifted up in joy.

*****

Both boys sat outside on the porch, draped in a thick blanket, and licking cones of ice cream as they examined the stars shining in all their glory above them.

"Those ones there look like an elephant." Taehyung said, pointing to a particular patch of sky.

Jungkook nodded, seeing the pattern clearly.

"Yeah." He mumbled sleepily. Truth was, he was brain-numbingly tired due to the cleaning of the wareroom that morning, but kept his eyes forcefully open for the sake of the blonde boy sitting next to him.

The latter was just so happy that night, he seemed to be oozing bubbliness. It was honestly, the exact opposite of the broken person he had been before.

Jungkook didn't want to miss that. Not one bit of it.

Unfortunately, his body had other plans.

"And those look like a.... pair of shoes, right?" Taehyung pointed again.

"Mhm." Jungkook felt himself nodding off, his mind swirling with psychotic elephants wearing high heeled boots.

"And those over on the left are making the shape of- Woah, you okay?" Taehyung stumbled a bit as Jungkook dropped suddenly, having rendered unconscious for a nanosecond.

"Mm? Oh...yeah, I'm fine." Jungkook popped the last bit of the cone in his mouth as he straightened up again.

Taehyung frowned.

"No, you're not, look at the state you're in. Come on, let's go inside-"

He felt Jungkook pull him back down as he made to get up.

"No! I mean...." Jungkook kind of blushed. "...can't we stay here a bit longer? Just a bit? Please?"

"I thought you were supposed to be the caretaker, not the other way around!" Taehyung protested, but plopped back down all the same.

His eyebrows rose in surprise as Jungkook settled back, with his head on Taehyung's shoulder and let out a contended sigh.

It was actually pretty comfortable for both of them.

After a minute of silence, Taehyung spoke up.

"Hey, Kook?" He was glad he finally got to use that nickname.

"Yeah?" If the latter was surprised, he didn't show it.

Taehyung smiled before saying, "Thank you."

He thought he felt the younger stiffen as he replied, "What for?"

"For choosing to take care of someone like me."

Taehyung felt Jungkook's body relax. "No problem." He had a smile in his voice.

Hesitantly, Taehyung extended a hand and stroked Jungkook's hair softly with the tips of his fingers.

He heard the younger boy's soft snores reach his ears soon after. He chuckled softly. Jungkook was so much a like a baby rabbit, right down to his bunny smile, it was adorable.

Taehyung glanced back at the stars, stretched out for miles and miles in all directions. As a sudden impulse, he closed his eyes and wished with all his heart for his caretaker to be safe from any and all harm for the rest of his life, and even after that.

As he opened them, a smile split his face, for he had just witnessed a shooting star.

A/N:
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